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Chapter 77: Xavier’s Unstoppable Shield

Author: JDHWS
last update publish date: 2026-07-27 14:54:40

Quinton Square was the beating heart of Townsville’s tourist district, a sprawling plaza of fountains, street performers, and vendors selling everything from industrial-strength keychains to "I Heart Derek Quinton" t-shirts. It was a place of constant motion, a chaotic river of humanity that was the perfect hunting ground for "The Fingers of Townsville."

The Fingers were a legendary gang of pickpockets who had survived the fall of the Connors family by being too small to notice and too fast to
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