The tranquillity of the day in the Quartier Marchand is shattered by the sound of arguing voices, then several shots fired, likely from one of the upper floors of Novak's Rentals. True to the Marchand's character, few people react to this.
The off-duty gendarme Dorian de Sauvre is then seen entering Novak Rentals. He runs out a few moments later, blowing a whistle and flagging down a pair of Gendarmes, before leading them back again into Novak's.
A while later, he is seen leading a distraught-looking Madeleine Voland out of Novak's, towards the Quartier Publique. The two Gendarmes exit a while later, carrying a large, mutated humanoid body between them...