How many people were here? A hundred thousand? Or a hundred and fifty thousand?
Kuro couldn't estimate a rough number, but he knew clearly that if Law acted to subdue the perpetrators one by one, the karma of increasing book pages would be counted on Law.
He didn't know how many pages would ultimately increase, but it was undoubtedly a huge risk that couldn't be ignored, potentially making him pack up and leave immediately.
"Law!!!"
Thinking this, Kuro steeled himself, emerging from the back of Law's hand, but only palm-sized and embarrassingly cartoonish, with watery silver eyes occupying one-third of the volume.
"If you act now, I… I won't ever see you again."
Kuro showed a pitiful expression.
Smack!
Law casually swatted, slapping the palm-sized Kuro directly to the ground.
Then, he didn't even look at Kuro, turning to Ging and saying, "You stay here to protect Sheila. I'll go find them."
Ging said gravely, "But your Nen isn't unsealed yet."
Law calmly said, "I know my limits. And the scene is chaotic, they're so scattered. I can take them down one by one."
Ging glanced at the surrounding situation, somewhat uneasy. Plus, Sheila wasn't combat-oriented. Leaving her alone here or taking her to deal with perpetrators weren't good choices.
Law saw Ging's concern, smiling. "Could it be that because I'm not unsealed, you think I'm weak now?"
Ging thought that wasn't his meaning, but the starting point was indeed similar, mainly worried about potential risks.
"Don't worry."
Law looked towards the surging, chaotic human flow, calmly saying, "Compared to many dangers on the Dark Continent, this is nothing."
As soon as he finished speaking, he kicked up the palm-sized Kuro stuck to the ground.
"Let's go."
Law immediately headed towards the human flow, while the sorrowful Kuro could only follow behind Law's back.
Most people in sight were pushing towards them, but the two went against the flow, heading towards the fleeing crowd, forcibly cutting a path against the current.
Ging and Sheila watched Law and Kuro squeeze into the human flow, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
"Is Law alright?" Sheila worried.
She was already a team member, so she knew Law's current situation.
With Aura Nodes not fully open, facing over a hundred thousand shoving people… just thinking about it was tough.
Who knows how many were already swept underfoot, dying miserably.
"You heard what he said just now."
Ging observed the surroundings, through the direction of human flow, he could easily judge the perpetrators' general direction.
"Let's leave this place first."
Ging immediately protected Sheila, heading towards the outer edge.
He knew Kakin's military would certainly act. Whether they could resolve it was secondary… not getting involved was what Law sought.
As Law said, getting 'experience packs' was good and not getting them didn't matter.
Thus, Ging clearly knew Law would make appropriate choices at each moment. What they needed to do now was withdraw from the chaos, wait for Law to bring good news at a suitable location, then leave here as quickly as possible.
While Ging and Sheila headed towards the edge, they saw teams of well-equipped soldiers trying hard to push through the human flow. However, in chaos, people focused on fleeing wouldn't cooperate with the military.
The result hindered the military's progress, creating some time for the perpetrators.
At this moment, Ging specifically glanced at the sunshade area. There were quite powerful forces there, yet they remained unmoved.
'Kakin… really calm.'
Ging silently thought, then looked back at the dark sea of people, feeling emotional.
He knew in their eyes, the cheapest thing was human labor.
So, their calmness wasn't strange at all.
On-site, the perpetrators' sudden massacre was like a criminal with a heavy machine gun charging into a crowded train station, then raising the muzzle to randomly shoot around.
Wherever they went, corpses lay everywhere.
From the start of the chaos until now, less than a minute had passed, but corpses already covered the ground.
Because there were so many people on-site, plus the queue arrangement was dense, once chaos arose, people in the inner circle frantically tried to escape. People in the outer circle, unaware, became obstacles slowing the escape speed.
The dense human flow greatly increased the perpetrators' slaughter efficiency, also making it hard for the military to eliminate them immediately.
"Hahaha!"
Wild laughter came from the crowd, even overwhelming the fleeing people's screams.
The one laughing was a muscular man with a dog mask and black bowl-cut hair.
He wore dog claw gloves on his hands. After charging into the crowd, with just a light swipe, people up to two meters away from the claws were instantly sliced in half, dying on the spot.
"Experience, experience, all experience!"
The dog-masked man's voice trembled slightly… from excitement.
He could clearly feel power continuously flowing into his body.
Every time he swiped his claws was when he felt it most clearly.
"The effect is too obvious. Even if I kill from day to midnight, I could definitely do it!"
The man's eyes beneath the mask were already bloodshot. The moment power flowed into his body fascinated him endlessly, also constantly replenishing his consumed stamina.
Right, perpetrators gained 'experience' from killing ordinary people, and this experience also became a small part of their total Potential Aura.
Just a few scattered ones might not be noticeable.
But if harvesting like wheat, cutting down a large pile at once, one could clearly feel Potential Aura increasing a small notch, plus a stamina recovery effect.
Precisely because of this, the dog-masked man felt the illusion that he could kill for a day and night without tiring.
He looked at the fleeing people everywhere, coldly saying, "Since you'll die anyway, better stand still and wait for death."
Before his words faded, another swift dash, swinging claws downward, instantly killing dozens.
"Hahaha!"
The dog-masked man immediately laughed wildly, again chasing the slowly moving crowd in his eyes.
The crowd he targeted screamed in fear while pushing people ahead with all their might, wanting to distance themselves from this place as quickly as possible.
However, another utterly despairing claw strike came, again felling a large group.
The screams before death were like countless needles piercing those ahead.
"Help! Help!"
"I don't want to die!"
"Someone save me, please, I beg you!!"
Many wills to survive were fully revealed at this moment.
Seeing this, the dog-masked man sneered coldly, stepping forward, pressing towards the fleeing crowd's backs.
Suddenly, his eyes changed. His extended claws abruptly changed trajectory, slapping the ground. The Aura Blades extending rapidly from the claw tips struck the ground, the momentum forcefully pushing his body back.
Just as he retreated backward, Law stood where he originally was.
"Quick reaction."
Law currently had bare hands, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes.