Brando took the opportunity to flee the scene. Under cover of night, he drifted into a county town. Beyond it lay Shaxi Ancient Town.
After a string of encounters, fewer and fewer people remained by his side. At this moment, only the unconscious Royia was left.
He recalled Grania's earlier ambush. "Why were there people lying in wait at the exit of that route?"
"That makes no sense. Could Hua Ji be receiving my newest spore signals?"
Brando was unwilling to suspect Flowran of betraying him. The woman had no chance to betray him either, so the only possibility was that Hua Ji and the others had also detected the spore signals he and Brandy used to locate each other.
"Good thing I scoped out this town long ago. Most of the houses are empty..."
"And there's a flour mill over there. I can crawl in through the warehouse ventilation ducts."
"I'll hide somewhere now. If they can still find me, then the spore signals must definitely have been exposed."
Brando casually expelled the signal-transmitting spores from his body and threw them at the entrance to the town.
Then he turned around, found the flour mill warehouse, climbed inside, and hid behind a window, secretly watching the location of his spores.
As he waited, he checked the electronic map. Brandy's red dot was also steadily drawing closer.
Suddenly, he saw Grania drive a car to the entrance of the town.
The tall woman was supporting Coyote with one hand and restraining Flowran with the other as she looked around.
"Heh, just as I thought. They can locate my spores. Back during the New York battle, when the rebels hid my spores among migratory birds, that was Hua Ji's doing too, wasn't it?"
Brando realized that he could no longer use