The dimly lit alleyways and bustling city streets were his hunting grounds, where shadows concealed both predator and prey. Francis Doubledged, a man of singular purpose, moved with calculated precision, his intense eyes scanning for any sign of malevolence among the faces that passed by. To those who noticed him, he was just another passerby, but his mind was a finely tuned instrument of twisted justice.

"Monsters hide among us," he murmured to himself, a cold smile touching his lips, "but tonight, they are the hunted."