The pedestrians strolling along the commercial street were all stunned by the scene before their eyes...

"What's with all these stray animals at this hour?!"

"They're so cute, are they having a meeting or something?"

"This doesn't feel right, it's like something big is about to happen!"

"Is there an earthquake coming? Are the animals giving an early warning?"

...

"Could it be the work of those Superhumans..."

Some of the more quick-thinking pedestrians immediately shouted:

"Look out! Everyone, get out of the way!"

The next instant!

Countless stray animals flooded in and occupied the entire street!

A large, fierce, and imposing black dog ran proudly at the very front of the stray animal pack, like the leader of these creatures!

Guiding the direction of their charge!

Countless stray dogs with ferocious glints in their eyes followed closely behind the large black dog, matching its every step!

Stray dogs of various colors covered the entire wide commercial street!

They knocked over all the decorations and signs placed outside the shopfronts!

They swaggered through the area with an almost brutish arrogance!

Above the commercial street, some birds commonly seen in the Jadeite Star Domain were circling in the sky!

They emitted their distinctive chirping sounds from time to time!

Within this animal procession of various species, there were also nearly a thousand agile stray cats!

While swaggering along with the main group, they accidentally knocked over drinks held by some elegantly dressed women!

Eliciting several sharp, startled screams!

"Ah!"

"Ah!!"

...

After a chaotic scramble to get out of the way, the pedestrians all cleared the space on the street.

They took refuge at the sides of the street, watching this spectacular scene with vigilant eyes!

It took this traveling band of stray animals over ten minutes to completely pass through this wide commercial street!

Some more observant pedestrians roughly calculated the number of these stray animals in their minds...

In that short period, at least tens of thousands had passed by!

It was as if all the stray animals in the entire Jadeite Main City had been gathered together by some mysterious force...

Some people had already taken out their communicators and started dialing the Law Enforcement Department!!

All signs indicated this was absolutely not a simple incident...

It more closely resembled a beast tide composed of stray animals!

And to these people's surprise, their communicators all, extremely "coincidentally," malfunctioned at this exact moment...

After the spectacular procession of stray animals left this bustling commercial street, a curly-haired young man wearing thick glasses slowly walked into the street...

His pace wasn't hurried, more like someone taking a leisurely stroll after a meal.

As he walked, he casually observed the chaotic scene within the commercial street...

Under the strange gazes of the people on the street, this somewhat skinny, curly-haired young man leisurely followed behind the group of stray animals and left the commercial street with a smile...

This curly-haired young man seemed to have come chasing after the footsteps of the stray animals.

In fact, it was precisely with a snap of Loren's fingers that the pedestrians' communicators were quietly damaged by Misfortune.

These rather sophisticated communicators wouldn't suddenly break down completely, but under the influence of Misfortune, they would develop some unknown malfunction...

Seven minutes later.

Loren followed this organized group of stray animals to the outskirts of a high-end residential area.

As the support role within the team, he silently walked into a coffee shop that was still open late at night, located on the street opposite the high-end residential area.

After ordering the most expensive coffee at the bar counter, Loren walked over and sat down at a window-side table inside the cafe, settling in comfortably...

Interestingly, in this cafe, aside from Loren, everyone else had stepped outside and were looking across at the chaos unfolding in the high-end residential area.

Even the barista in the shop, after preparing a cup of coffee for Loren, hurriedly ran outside the cafe to watch the spectacle.

Clearly, such chaos was not a common sight within the Jadeite Star Domain's Main City...

With the barista's departure, Loren, sitting by the window, was the only person left inside the cafe.

For Loren, who enjoyed quiet,

being able to enjoy a unique peace in an empty cafe late at night put him in a rather good mood.

Of course, most importantly, he still had a show to watch...

Loren smiled, reached out, picked up the steaming cup on the table, and took a small sip.

Then, his brow furrowed, and he silently spat out that mouthful of coffee.

Compared to the rich, mellow coffee made by Madam Akahiti, this cup of coffee was more like a crude, shoddy product.

It was practically undrinkable.

Perhaps because that barista was in a hurry to go watch the spectacle, it seemed they had skipped many steps in the preparation process.

This cup of coffee, costing 88 Federation coins, aside from having the aroma of coffee beans, bore almost no resemblance to the coffee in Loren's memory...

Loren silently put down the cup in his hand and looked out the window.

That barista was squeezed among the crowded crowd of onlookers, gazing across at the high-end residential area.

"A slacker who doesn't respect their work." Loren shook his head and delivered a disappointed critique.

He decided he wouldn't pay for this coffee...

After making the decision to skip out on the bill later, Loren quietly released his Spiritual Power, expanding his perception to its limit.

He too joined the ranks of the spectators...

"Fine, in such a lively atmosphere, occasionally disrespecting one's work is understandable."

Loren silently forgave that barista in his heart.

Within Loren's spiritual perception, the area outside the high-end residential zone was now surrounded by countless stray animals with ferocious glints in their eyes.

They had menacingly encircled the place.

The bodyguards assigned to the high-end residential area were sweating bullets as they faced off against these stray animals.

Most of these bodyguards for the high-end residential area were just ordinary people with stronger physiques; only a small portion were low-rank Superhumans.

The only mid-rank Superhuman was the Captain of these bodyguards.

Noble Superhumans rarely took up positions as residential area bodyguards.

Aside from some low-rank Superhumans who just wanted to coast through life, almost no one chose to take on such a dead-end job as a residential area bodyguard.

Most Superhumans with any ambition preferred promising careers like "private bodyguard," "Federation government employee," or "Interstellar Hunter."

And Superhumans with overly grand ambitions would devote their lives to struggling in places like the "Dark Zone" or the "Gray Zone."

This reality also resulted in many places that needed Superhumans actually having great difficulty recruiting them.

For example, this high-end residential area. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Even though the newly wealthy residents living here jointly offered quite attractive compensation, they could only recruit some low-rank Superhumans who wanted to coast.

Under such a stark reality, it also led to some powerful newly wealthy individuals often spending large sums to hire formidable "private bodyguards."

And these private bodyguards hired by the newly wealthy were the first hurdle Cook P. Jones would face tonight.

These bodyguards outside the high-end residential area, whose legs were trembling, clearly didn't even qualify as an "appetizer"...