The snow gradually intensified in the deep night, with snowflakes fluttering down.
Then Colin turned around and walked to the other side of the street, his footsteps sinking alternately deep and shallow.
...
The situation on another street was not much different from what he had anticipated.
The street was now ablaze with light, shadows intermingling, with two or three checkpoints set up by the City Defense Force in the distance.
Colin hid in the shadows and observed for a moment, only to see that the opponents were continually dispatching patrol teams in all directions, and as expected, as their numbers increased, their opportunities diminished.
This was true even in this direction, making one imagine what the scene at the south gate might be.
