Chapter 63: Second In Command
Joe and Mike were being paraded through the middle of the street. Guns pointed at them, surrounded by Nighthound members.
They had their weapons taken from them and were bound in cuffs. The cuffs the Nighthounds used were the jinsil cuffs that Joe and Mike carried around. Sealing their magic. So neither Joe nor Mike could use their magic to try and get away at this point.
It was somewhat ironic that the cuffs the policemen carried around to capture mages were being used against the police now.
They were currently walking through a main street in the Red-light District.
Most of the establishments around were closed during the day at this hour. But, there were still a few restaurants open and some people walking around. The people walking around stopped what they were doing and stared at what was happening.
The onlookers looked at both investigators. The people were both scared and curious about what was happening. It’s been a long time since anyone living here saw the Nighthounds marching a man through the middle of the street with guns out. But, the older locals understood the significance. This was basically a funeral procession.
To the onlookers, Joe and Mike were dead men walking.
No one was going to help them.
The people back at the police headquarters likely won’t hear about this. The locals won’t go against the Nighthounds, and they knew enough to keep their mouths shut about this. So not a single observer was going to report this to the police. And, even if they did, the police wouldn’t send anyone to try and rescue Joe or Mike. Murdock wouldn’t risk sparking another Bloody Days-like event to save Joe. This was the risk Joe understood when he came to the east end. If they got caught by the Nighthounds, he was on his own.