Tan Rou fired another shot, not at a person this time but at a target nearby. The gunshot startled the noisy Dawn guards; they seemed to revert to their initial state, as if the control over them had been lifted.
But Tan Rou did not let her guard down. She edged along the wall, making her way outside. Seeing the Dawn guards motionless, she quickened her pace.
The door at the very inside opened, and Gand fled through it. Tan Rou tried to chase after him, but he had locked the door from the outside.
It was lucky that when she had first come in, Tan Rou had stolen a glance at Gand's password, or else she would have been really stuck now.
She discarded a gun that was out of bullets and took a few cold weapons from the wall beside her—she was more comfortable with cold weapons.
Once Gand exited the door, he disappeared. Tan Rou wanted to open the second door, but the password had been changed by Gand; she was trapped between two doors.
