(Commander Jackson's POV – Temporary Investigation Center, Sky-God Arena Perimeter, Lockdown Day 2)
After forty eight hours of nonstop investigation, dozens of witness interrogations, and two sleepless shifts at the helm of the Sky-God Arena task force, Commander Jackson finally compiled his preliminary report on the terror attack.
Unfortunately, it wasn't much.
As he found no smoking gun. No names of any central mastermind that had orchestrated the assault. Nor any hot trails that could help trace the kidnappers of Darnell Nuna.
What stood before him was a massacre that was meticulously timed and flawlessly executed.
As it seemed to have been carried out by independent sleeper cells that self-destructed upon mission completion, leaving behind no loose ends.
Still, despite the lack of credible cult witnesses to interrogate, the task force did manage to extract a few critical insights— none of which were particularly comforting.
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