Puzzled by Musa's death and cautious by nature, Brando had come here alone to investigate, but he had remained alert to unknown dangers the entire time.
From the very beginning, he had noticed that only three people present wore raincoats, and they had not moved from start to finish, standing at the very back of the group! Two stood motionless, a man and a woman, with the man carrying a third person on his back.
That was strange. Those three were far too mysterious.
More importantly, there were more people here than the intelligence had indicated.
The investigation showed there were eighty-two Sentinel trainees. He had counted them already, and all of them were here.
But now there were more than twenty extra people, including three wearing raincoats who were obviously different from the rest.
Through the raincoats, he could not even make out the distribution of their muscles.
Their presence was restrained, making them seem like ordinary people.
But what ordinary person would not run when he approached, instead blocking his way like an idiot?
They had to be top experts arranged by the mastermind to provide backup.
Brando had remained on guard the entire time. Though he appeared to be fighting the crowd, he had only used thirty percent of his strength, constantly watching for anything unnatural as he waited for the Black Wand to appear.
Sure enough, the Black Wand was in the hands of one of the raincoat-clad men. He stepped forward and raised it.
"Have you been waiting for me long?"
"Not good! It's an ambush!"
Brando abruptly halted, then shot backward like a bullet in alarm.
He always remembered his teammates' warning: do not be careless, and retreat if things look bad! With his speed, he instantly opened a distance of several dozen meters,