The two men on the other side of the mansion's gate had assault rifles aimed at him and seemed ready to shoot him down at a moment's notice.
Seeing this scene, his expression turned grim for a moment before indifference replaced it. Then, he calmly walked toward them.
Each step he took made the two men narrow their eyes, their fingers twitching on the trigger.
When he was just ten meters away, one of them shouted. "Stop right there. If you come any closer, we'll shoot you dead. This is the first and final warning."
Max looked the man in the eyes for a moment, his gaze darkening. Then, he turned his head around and swept his gaze across the street, noticing many figures previously hidden gradually reveal themselves.
From their body language, he could tell over half of them, almost 100 people, were hostile to the Governor's Mansion for reasons unknown. Moreover, none of them looked like they had been eating less.
