Chapter 96 : The Death of Mayor Duncan (1)
Axton froze.
For a moment, it was as if the world itself stopped moving.
The sounds of the busy square faded, replaced by a sharp ringing in his ears.
"What did you say?" he asked, his voice low and disbelieving. "Dead?"
Axton blinked several times.
Such words didn't make sense.
What did they mean that Mayor Duncan was dead?
"Yes, sir," the soldier confirmed. "We found him not long ago."
Axton didn't wait for further explanation. In a flash, his body blurred as he sprinted toward the mayor's estate, leaving the two soldiers scrambling to keep up.
He didn't care that players were watching, or that gasps of surprise followed in his wake.
All he could think about was Duncan — the man who had been one of the first in this city to trust him, who had helped him secure Atlas City's foundations.
