'The people in this sleepless city…'
'It seems as if they are not worried about the threat from the Fox River prison's incident at all.'
'Perhaps in their view, living in the moment and enjoying life is more important than anything else.
Moses withdrew his gaze, turned around and walked into the alleyway, waiting for the shadow clone to return.
A moment later, in the quiet and dim alley, a black shadow slithered along the ground like a snake, silently came to Moses's feet, and then merged with him.
'After absorbing the black sludge of the burly inmate, the increase in shadow intensity was not obvious.'
'It was likely because the shadow had already doubled in intensity, so more experience points were needed before moving on to the next level.'
'However, judging from the 'swelling pain phenomenon' at that time, there should be an upper limit to the way to increasing the shadow intensity by absorbing Swamp People.'
'This upper limit…'
'Most likely related to endurance.'
With Moses's current ability, he may only be able to withstand threefold to fivefold increase in shadow intensity.
There is also the possibility of enduring more than fivefold, but regardless, for him, harvesting Swamp People is a favorable shortcut for improvement.
'That person just now…'
After taking back the shadow, Moses glanced deep into the dark alley.
He just arrived in Nightless City tonight and had not familiarized himself with the environment. Therefore, he didn't intentionally track the Swamp People inmates from Fox River Prison. He only sensed the aura while passing by and sent the shadow clone to check the situation.
After confirming that he was killable, he took action decisively, and then incidentally rescued the horse-faced man.
However, the horse-faced man's decisive behavior to quickly escape from danger also caught Moses by surprise.
It can only be said that these people, who lived on the edge of a knife year after year, showed an extraordinary side in terms of survival instincts.
However, the horse-faced man's injury is quite serious. So even if he is cured, he would probably be in a semi-disabled state, making it difficult for him to continue his current life.
Perhaps…
Being transformed into a Swamp People on the spot would be a better outcome for him.
'I'll leave the investigation task to Pyon and the others. As for me…'
Moses put his hands in his pockets as he walked towards the lively streets.
'Of course, I'll do my best to get rid of these Swamp People prisoners who came to Nightless City.'
'It is unclear who attacked the Fox River Prison.'
'Knowing the existence of Swamp Man's ability and intentionally choosing Fox River Prison, a facility detaining numerous extremely evil prisoners...'
'Perhaps, as Kanzai said, the organization that targeted Fox River Prison was not seeking any benefits, but simply wanted to retaliate against society.'
'There should be many prisoners who escaped from Fox River Prison and came to Nightless City. Tonight... I'll stay up all night.'
Moses navigated through the crowd.
During this time, it's unknown how many people these Swamp People prisoners, who regarded human life as nothing, have harmed along the way.
They are like obvious sources of infection...
Recklessly and without psychological burden, they attacked others lethally.
In other words, they do not need to trigger the 'no outsiders are present' activation condition to become a standard source of Swamp People's infection.
Despite the financial support from the Dena Region, this is still a very bad situation for the Hunter Association, who wants to get rid of the Swamp Man as soon as possible.
Therefore, not only Pyon and Kanzai came to the Dena Region, but Botobai, the representative of the Zodiac Twelve's combat power, also rushed to the Dena Region.
However, because the information on the whereabouts of the Fox River Prison's inmates was scattered in all directions, members of the association could only act separately.
To find Davidson, the author of Swamp Man, as soon as possible, while simultaneously containing the transformation phenomenon of Swamp People.
This is what the association is currently working on.
It's just that, the influence of the Fox River Prison's incident has exceeded the level that the Hunter Association can control.
It can be said that...
The occurrence of this event has imposed a time limit on the Hunter Association.
They must find Davidson and terminate the Swamp Man ability as quickly as possible before this matter escalates further.
As for Moses…
Right now, he only wants to clean up the group of Swamp People prisoners who escaped from Fox River Prison in the Dena Region, thereby increasing the intensity of his shadow to the limit.
For him, this is a rare opportunity that must be seized.
'Let's first ask the 'local snake' which place is more chaotic.'
Moses has a clear goal.
After taking action, he quickly found a source that could provide information. It was a mafia family named Hex, who was also one of the local gangsters in Nightless City.
Moses spent some money to get the information he wanted from a small Hex's gang leader in charge of overseeing the territory, and then headed straight for a district called 'Roland'.
This area was the worst in terms of public order in the entire Nightless City, with countless criminals gathering here.
Even the large Mafia Families use this place as a 'slaughterhouse' to execute their enemies.
As a result, the police in Nightless City referred to it as a 'stinky drain' where rats ran rampant.
Most of the illegal transactions behind closed doors in Nightless City are basically carried out in this place called the stinky drain.
Trade in substances like G-drug, human trafficking, and organ trafficking …
The evils of humanity gather here.
At 10:54 PM.
Moses arrived at the Roland district.
Unlike the towering buildings he had seen before, this area only had densely packed low-rise buildings.
On both sides of the street, emaciated figures could be seen everywhere.
They all looked gloomy and lifeless faces.
With a single glance, the existence of 'G-Drug' immediately appeared in Moses's mind.
'The lives of these people…'
'Had already started the countdown.'
Without stopping for long, Moses headed deeper into the district.
After walking a few steps, countless hostile gazes converged on him from all directions.
In the late night, a handsome young man, alone and isolated.
In the eyes of the wolves in the Roland district, this scene was like a pie falling from the sky.
Moses paid no attention to the malicious gazes converging on him from all directions. He just walked along the street for a distance of two hundred meters, and the aura of Swamp People appeared one after another within the range of his perception.
And the number is increasing.
'I really came to the right place.'
This discovery brought a smile to Moses's face.
He found the right direction and actively headed towards the dimly lit and dark corners.
Such an action made the group of wolves watching Moses's movements with ill intentions also reveal smiles.
Under a street lamp by the side of the road, a group of people were smoking and chatting.
Among them, a young man with green-dyed hair stared intently at Moses's retreating back.
If Moses saw him, he should be able to recognize the green-haired young man. This guy was none other than the gangster who helped him obtain fake ID in Ganlin City, the one called Brother Fly.
The fake name he used until now, Kester, was chosen randomly when applying for this fake ID.
"Brother Fly, you... aren't into this, right?"
A bare-chested man next to him noticed Brother Fly's unusual behavior. He followed his gaze and saw Moses, who was being stared at by a group of people.
At this time, he saw Brother Fly was staring at Moses's departing figure, so he thought that there was something wrong with Brother Fly's orientation.
"Follow him."
Brother Fly couldn't be bothered to explain. He just casually threw away the half-burned cigarette and headed towards the direction where Moses had left.
'How did that young man come to such a shabby place?'
'And that direction…'
'It's where the underground fighting arena is.'
'Miss Koko is also there. She should be okay... right?