Veronica shot through a pirate's wrist with a single bullet, charged forward, and kicked the man to the ground, where riot squad members immediately rushed over to handcuff him.
The brunt of the combat was monopolized by Veronica, with other members reduced to handling the incapacitated pirates. It wasn't that the riot squad members didn't want to help Veronica fight, but their captain moved too fast, and the pirates were incredibly easy to deal with. They showed no sense of danger when they saw the squad members approaching—in fact, some of them even brazenly provoked them with "Come hit me, come on, hit me"...
Veronica promptly broke the nose of the provocateur with a punch.
Some pirates who were pillaging valuables from the office suddenly developed black thorn-shaped tattoos all over their bodies and sprawled on the ground wailing continuously, eliminating the need for a fight.
