Preparations for Retreat

"In a modern wartime retreat, only two things matter most: the route and the means of transportation. The route is easy enough to understand—just don't run toward wherever the enemy is concentrated.

"As for transportation, that is even simpler. When your pursuers are chasing you in vehicles and searching for you with helicopters, you wouldn't want to flee on two legs, would you? Don't talk about hiding in forests or tunnels. That kind of terrain isn't everywhere."

The speaker was Red Guardian, Alexei Shostakov, on the screen. Gilgamesh and Thena were speaking via video link with Red Guardian, who was far away in Europe, about the Mutant school.

Unless they wanted to be spotted by the U.S. military, they could not simply charge in with their physical abilities and unleash the Eternals' powers. They had to obediently use the tactics and tools of this era to disguise themselves.

It was not that they did not dare use their true powers. The trouble would come if their other kin found out, especially Ajak. When they had moved into their new home in New York, that leader had come by with more than a hint of warning in her visit.

There were plenty of textbooks on modern tactics, and anyone could figure them out by reading a little. But the two powerful Eternals in New York were not exactly the sort to use their brains. If they had questions, was it not faster to simply ask someone?

As a tactical master who had fought alongside them, Red Guardian naturally became a suitable person to seek advice from.

The same applied to Cassandra. From the past until now, she had only ever had two methods of handling problems: sneak in and assassinate someone, or activate berserker mode, walk straight through the front door,