As a new district attorney takes office in New York City, stoking backlash against the acceptance and political progress mutants have been striving for, Nightwatcher is on the hunt for the Mutant Town crime boss Lao Ban. The only lead to Lao Ban is already trying to escape the city, though, and thereβs no guarantee heβll give up the intel Nightwatcher needs. If Nightwatcher canβt persuade him to turn on Lao Ban, the trail will go cold...and they arenβt the only one whoβs been tracking down Lao Banβs loose end.