It was unclear whether someone was orchestrating the trend, but a video clip of Special Defense Department members using animal capture nets to drag sedated players skyrocketed to the top trends of major online platforms, at one point overshadowing the news of a residential building explosion. Public sentiment towards the Special Defense Department was extremely negative, especially because not all the captured individuals were Cannibal Players.
This caused existing players, those about to become players, and those hoping to become players, to feel anxious and fearful of becoming targets themselves.