The danger of the virus was evident to Pierce from the situation abroad. The thought of it spreading in King City was unimaginable.

Once the personnel were in place, the primary task, aside from controlling the virus's spread, was to investigate its origin.

After some probing, everyone felt something was amiss. Typically, the spread of a virus was due to the movement of people. However, this neighborhood had no outsiders. Even the few strangers who had entered the neighborhood were found not to carry the Haevon virus.

"This is very strange," Pierce said, furrowing his brow. "This neighborhood lacks the conditions for the virus to spread, yet it has the first infected person. None of the residents have been to King City Airport. How did the virus get here?"

He was deeply worried. If they could trace who brought the virus to this neighborhood, everything would be easier to manage. The worst-case scenario was finding nothing, with the virus appearing inexplicably. Could anything be mo