Chapter 290: Police Vs Terrorists
The sirens got even louder, and Luna and the other residents watched as multiple police cars parked in front of the houses. People all had to move away from the roads as some of the cars almost hit them, and the mothers in the crowd shouted at the police in anger as their children were almost run over!
Luna limped forward and stood in front of the house, away from some of the men who were trying their best to get her attention. She watched the police officers come out of the cars. Luna watched them closely and didn't take her eyes off them as she started to count.
1. 2. Blink.
1. 2. Blink.
1. 2. Blink.
So they were under the King's control as well.
Luna kept her head down as the police officers came around and started talking to the crowd calmly. The officers tried their best to calm their nerves and told them to gather at the center of the street in one straight line.
"Adults with children, line up first. Those without children, follow after them and put your hands behind your head. This is all procedure to ensure we find the terrorists as quickly as possible. Please do not resist."
Police officers went into every house on the street and started to search to see if there was anyone left inside. Luna didn't stop them from going inside her house. There was nothing that could incriminate her there. They already got rid of all the bloody sheets, and she cleaned out the bathroom well to get rid of all the blood on the floor, so she knew that she was safe. Your journey continues on m v|l-e'm,p y r
Luna put her hands behind her head and limped over to the straight line and lined up with the others in the middle of the road. There was a deep silence that filled the entire area which made Luna's ears whine slightly. She glanced around and she could see that every person there was scared.
For some reason, even though the officers were telling them not to be worried, every police officer had a submachine gun with them.
How the hell would anyone be calm if you brought them out of their houses and lined them up in the middle of the road while carrying submachine guns?
As they were lining up, Luna noticed one of the policemen looking at her and she felt a cold shiver trail down her spine as she tried her best to keep moving calmly. The police officer walked a little closer to her, and Luna had to try hard not to run. She didn't know if he recognized her. He was probably just worried that she was limping.
The police officer finally stood in front of Luna, and Luna looked up at him curiously as she swallowed discreetly. The police officer blinked multiple times in a few seconds and a small blush rose on his cheek as he gazed down at Luna.
"Your name is…?"
"Luna… sir."
Luna reluctantly added the "sir" at the end to make herself seem more agreeable, and the police officer seemed to turn redder as he heard her voice.
"Like the moon? You are truly beautiful."
"Officer Shiho? What are you doing over there?"
Another police officer suddenly spoke up from the side and the officer in front of Luna seemed to snap out of his haze as his eyes glazed over again. He started to blink in the same way as the rest of the officers, and Luna breathed a sigh of relief as Officer Shiho answered that it was nothing and moved out of the way.
Thank Neptune that nothing happened.
Luna finally went and joined the others in the middle of the road, and one police officer who looked like the leader of the squad suddenly walked up to the crowd once they were properly lined up. He spoke up loud enough for everyone to hear him.
"Get on your knees."
The civilians were shocked.
"What? You want us to kneel? What is this? Is this what the police are meant to be doing!?"
One of the women at the front who was holding onto two children beside her suddenly spoke up in anger as she heard the policeman's order! How dare they tell them to kneel down like animals! This was not right! She was willing to obey them because she thought that this was best for her children's safety, but this was no longer looking like something normal!
Once she spoke up, everyone else suddenly gained their voices as well as they spoke up loudly!
"Yeah, this isn't right! Why are you punishing us? We aren't the terrorists!"
"You came to our houses and dragged us out without our consent and now you want us to kneel!?"
"You should do your job better! Don't make us kneel for no reason!"
"Are you trying to make us into the enemy!?"
The people were not happy that the officer was making them kneel and they all started to shout loudly while raising their hands to the officers, but what happened next immediately made everyone there shut up as the entire region drowned in silence.
BANG!
The leader of the police officers aimed his shotgun at the first woman who spoke and fired. Her eyes widened in shock as she was blown back by the force of the shotgun! Her lifeless body slammed into the ground and a woman at the side screamed loudly in shock!
"AHHHHHH!!"
Everyone went mental as they started trying to run away from the area, but the police officers all around raised their guns into the air and started to fire bullets into the air!
"Ratatatatatataata!"
"Ratatatatatataata!"
"Ratatatatatataata!"
The police officers did not shoot anyone else, but everyone started to move backward to try and avoid the police officers as they were packed into a circle and surrounded. The crowd went silent and watched the police officers closely as the police officers pointed their guns at them.
"Waaa~! Mama! Mama, wake up!!"
The two children that the woman had been holding were kneeling beside her downed body and the older girl was desperately trying to wake her mother up by shaking her. The police officers did not even spare them a second glance, but Luna couldn't help but look at them sadly as she felt a pang of pity in her chest for them. This was her fault.
The officer in charge spoke up again.
"I have deduced that this woman is a terrorist and she was preventing us from carrying out our task properly, therefore, I have disposed of her. I did not do anything against the law. If you do not wish to join her, then please follow my simple instructions. Kneel."
There were no more arguments as every person there immediately fell to their knees at once! No one was willing to risk their lives because they were not comfortable with what was happening. They would rather do as they were told and hope that the policemen would not shoot instead of running and being shot in the back.
Luna was also on her knees with her hands behind her head and she kept her head down while looking away from any officer to make sure no one noticed her.
"Wiik! Wiik!"
Luna's ear pricked as she heard the sound of the wiik-bat coming from the distance and she gritted her teeth and hoped that it would not come to her. If the wiik-bat came down there, then Luna could be exposed.