( PH :2 )
The Harbour,Night turns hostile is hunting someone.Not to kill him,But to find him.That was the most terrifying part.
1: City Lockdown,
For a moment,the sky above the city
seemed to dim.Then,!!
KRRR—ZZZT—!
Every screen lit up at once.
CITY-WIDE ALERT: LEVEL BLACK
SUBJECT: ELIOR VEIL
STATUS: HOSTILE VARIABLE
PROTOCOL: MANHUNT
CIVILIAN COOPERATION: MANDATORY
Traffic froze,Metro lines,halted midway.
clang—!...,
Gates slammed shut,Neon Harbour was no longer a city.It had become a trap.
People stood still on the streets.A child
started crying.The mother pulled him close.
"Mom… what is it?"
She didn't answer.Because on the screen in front of her was a face.
Elior!!
VISUAL CONFIRMATION REQUIRED
REPORT SIGHTING: IMMEDIATE
REWARD: PRIORITY CLEARANCE
Some turned off their screens in fear.
Some watched with sharpened eyes.
"He's the reason…"
"Everything started after he appeared…"
Words spread like poison.
On the rooftop of a building,Elior stood.
Below sirens wailed.
(WEE-OO—WEE-OO—)
He inhaled deeply tightly.,
TRACKING ATTEMPT: FAILED
SIGNAL INTERFERENCE: ANOMALOUS
"Do you need an entire city just to catch me?" he muttered to himself.
The next moment,,
THK—!
A drone shot past his side.He leapt,His body twisted in the air.
WHOOSH—!
The next building,the instant his feet
touched...
CRACK—!!!! Concrete split apart.
*** " THE SLAVE ENTERS "
Black units flooded the streets.Faces
fully covered.Red eyes glowed inside helmets.
UNIT TYPE: SENTINEL CLASS
WEAPON MODE: NON-LETHAL / OVERRIDE ENABLED
"Target moving east.",,"Visual lost."
"Re-route drones."
whrrr—whrrr—..!! The drones ripped through the sky.
!!
Inside a café.An old man stood holding his coffee.On the screen Elior running, leaping.His hand trembled.
CIVIC PROMPT
REPORT OR IGNORE?
MORAL DEVIATION SCORE: TRACKED
He didn't press report.The coffee fell.
clink—!!!!
"Enough…" he whispered to himself.
Elior dropped into a narrow alley.His breathing turned heavy.In front of him
three soldiers.
KCH—!!!!!!
Weapons raised.,He didn't stop.He moved forward.
BOOM—!,,,
One soldier was slammed into a wall.
Another was hurled into the air.The third went still.Elior didn't slow down.
At a distance on a rooftop a woman stood.Her face hidden in shadow,Hands calm,Data flickered
around her.
ANOMALY: RECURRING
SIGNAL SOURCE: UNKNOWN
PRIORITY: DO NOT ENGAGE
She wasn't watching Elior,She was watching how the city was changing.
The sky turned red.
PHASE 2 INITIATED
CIVILIAN ZONES: RESTRICTED
COLLATERAL ACCEPTABLE
Elior stopped In his eyes was not a decision.It was a certainty.
"When you hunt me," he said,
"you are hunting yourself."
He vanished into the darkness.
MANHUNT STATUS: ONGOING
TARGET: UNCAPTURED
CITY STRESS INDEX: RISING
UNPREDICTABLE VARIABLES: INCREASING
Neon Harbour is no longer searching
for one man.It is searching for its own soul.