Shirley quickly left with A Dog, while Duncan's gaze returned from the distant intersection to the ruins of the factory.
After the spirit fire faded away, an invisible curtain closed once again, and the factory returned to its previous "normal" appearance—traces of the fire were completely erased, and the ash that was everywhere faded into nothingness.
Duncan slowly raised his eyes, looking up at the sky above the factory.
He imagined a thin veil quietly covering the surroundings, hiding the truth beneath reality. Although there weren’t many residents left in the Sixth District, there were still a few thousand people. Right under their noses, the invisible curtain had shrouded the truth for eleven years.
The residents here had even completely forgotten the fire from memory—they only thought the factory's "chemical pollution" was the reason for the district's decay.
Thinking of this, Duncan suddenly frowned.