Half a day passed away, yet, no lawyer came to the station with bail.
Azzy, Claire, and Neal were waiting in the flying car, which is floating above the police station but is in invisible mode.
Continuing to concentrate on the auras of the policemen down below, Azzy replied, "Until I'm sure that everyone is safe."
"But, aren't they safe, Rael?" asked Claire.
"Police station is the most secured location in the city," Neal added, indirectly implying that he was worrying too much. "
Azzy replied, "I get this feeling that an attack will happen tonight."
He can see that the auras of death on the policemen had become a lot thicker compared to the morning.
"Alright, let's wait a little longer." Neal tried to be patient with Azzy's stubbornness.
Looking at the building through the window glass, Neal let out a sigh, "it would have been nice if they would have given us a chamber."
Originally, Azzy planned to stay inside the police station with the excuse of helping out with menial tasks such as arranging the files, shredding away the useless papers, etc…
But the police aren't as welcome as the detectives. They were actually cold towards Azzy and the other two. Of course, it wasn't without reason.
Unlike the capital city and tier-1 cities, the towns don't actually have detective bureaus. Every problem will usually be handled by the police, from investigation to arresting the culprit.
So, apart from praising Azzy, the media bashed the entire police department for being negligent. Even though Azzy is an Arcana Master and couldn't be compared to civilians like policemen, the newspapers mercilessly published that a 14-year-old kid is doing a better job at investigation than them.
With negative feelings towards these from WAMO, the inspector kicked them out, stating that they are good enough to protect Jay.
"Okay, it's already the time of the dinner. How long we are gonna wait here?" Neal complained as he glanced at the mirror where Azzy was seen, sitting in the backseat along with Claire but has his eyes closed.
But, Azzy couldn't abandon them when he knew that they were going to die. If they are criminals, maybe, he would have turned a blind eye but as they are police, he insisted on keeping watch even if it is from the sky.
After failing to persuade him, Neal and Claire also joined him with the former offering his flying car for help.
Soon, midnight arrived. Neither of the three had eaten any dinner but thankfully, they are higher realm Arcana Masters. So, they could stay without food for even a week without any problem, although bound to feel hungry if they have a daily routine of eating two/three times a day.
In the end, Claire took out a small pillow from her storage card and put it in Azzy's lap. "I'm going to sleep. Wake me up when something happens."
While she comfortably slept with a smile on her face, Azzy continued to keep his watch. As for Neal, he does seem uncomfortable sitting in the same position for several hours but he doesn't seem tired. So, he too waited in patience.
Roughly, about an hour later, with the entire city sleeping peacefully and half of the staff were still at the station, working a night shift, a burly man was dragged by two officers.
Azzy, who was keeping an eye on the surroundings using an Aura Sensing, detected that this person isn't a civilian but a rank-5 Arcana master who suppressed his strength to rank-1.
Coincidentally, just like the policemen, he too had the aura of death on him.
Azzy got suspicious because of the timing.
He immediately woke up Claire and jumped down from the car as the person stepped inside the station.
"Skill card: Erasure"
He slowly landed on the land while in an invisible state and entered the police station.
He found the thug was resisting quite a bit and threatening the officers. "Do you even know who am I? See this…"
Upon freeing himself, he raised sleeves and showed the tattoo of a snake with a crown. "If you dare to put me in jail, my boss will see your end."
The officers naturally weren't afraid of his threats as his Crowned Serpent gang is no longer a strong gang and currently, they were only known to be collecting protection money from small vendors.
However, the thug himself has a great physical strength that they weren't a match for him.
"Argh…"
He pushed the two officers away, alerting everyone around. After using soul energy as a layer around him, he started to smash around the tables and chairs. About six officers were found to be injured but only lightly. Azzy thought that the thug has great control over his strength. It almost confirmed his suspicion.
"What's going on here?" The inspector shouted.
"Sir, this man was destroying a fashion store for not giving enough protection fees and now, he was manhandling us…" An officer who was on the floor briefed him on what happened.
"So what… The streets are ruled by us, not you pus****s…"
The thug hurled insults at him, trying to provoke him, further.
It is past midnight and several officers including the inspector is sleepy. This trouble aggravated the inspector's mood.
The inspector pulled out his revolver and pointed at him, "now, shut the fu*k up and stay in the cell."
All of a sudden, the thug started laughing crazily, "Do you think such puny weapons do anything to me?"
Soul energy enveloped him and he released the aura of mid-rank-5. In an instant, almost everyone panicked and felt like their breathing became difficult due to the pressure exerted by an Elite realm expert, except for the Inspector. He summoned a hound, which is in peak-rank-4.
"Calm down, Mister. Let's not go too far." The Inspector also felt the actions of the thug suspicious but taking his subordinate into consideration, he decided to give up on the fight. He said, "You can just leave."
"Now, it doesn't matter. I will not leave you guys alive unless all of you fall on your knees and apologize." The thug appeared to be enraged. He took out a mysterious blood-red pill from his pocket and swallowed it, instantly raising his soul power to peak-rank-5.
Followed by that, Azzy saw his soul orb is starting to bulge, going for the detonation.
Is this a plan beforehand or was he just broken inside his head? Keeping that aside, how powerful that explosion is going to be? Is this the reason everyone dies? Azzy wondered.
Whatever the case, he wouldn't let anyone harm. He decided to take action.
The inspector furrowed his brows, "what are you doing?"
The inspector couldn't clearly see like Azzy but he could sense the gathering of soul energy. He felt like the thug was going to use energy eruption. He took action right away, "Arry, knock him out."
The inspected ordered the fire hound, which is his soul beast.
Looking at the beast, the thug raised his fist and gave a solid punch to the hound, blasting it away. The fire hound crashed onto a wall and broke through it.
"Arry…" The inspector screamed upon witnessing his Arcana died in just one move.
"You…" He was also enraged by the thug. But, when he turned towards him, a trace of surprise appeared on the inspector as he saw some veins are getting popped from all over the thug's body while it is getting burlier.
"Soul skill: Soul absorption"
Azzy unleashed his soul skill, revealing his appearance at the station. In the next second, the thug was not only returned to normal but fell unconscious after letting out a scream. His soul orb was completely destroyed.
"It's you…" The inspector finally saw Azzy and was bewildered, "What are you doing here, kid?"
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