Sona's wings fluttered with urgency as she sped through the halls of the cultural center, her heart pounding in her chest.
The revelation that Ani and Yuki had been captured weighed heavily on her mind.
Every instinct told her to leave immediately before she, too, was discovered.
She darted out of the building, emerging into the open air. The sight that greeted her was eerily unusual.
The once-bustling city, filled with floating machinery and aerial operations, had come to a sudden halt.
The air was thick with tension, an unspoken sense of emergency enveloping everything. It was as though the entire city had been placed under a lockdown.
Hovering in place, Sona scanned her surroundings with narrowed eyes, trying to make sense of the strange stillness.
Her thoughts flickered back to Yuki's words during their meeting in the hideout. She had mentioned that the ruler of this city resided in a central tower.
