Tracing the Hidden Trail

After Deputy Director Lu was taken away, Chen Chuan put on gloves, picked up the piece of Mutated Tissue, and placed it on the information-processing desk in his office.

A moment later, clear audio and images came from it.

The person on the other end had obviously modulated his voice, so there was no way to identify him by comparing voices. As for his appearance, Chen Chuan drew on some of Fu Mu's resources to search the records, but found no match. He therefore suspected the man was an outsider who had recently arrived in Jibei Province.

The man had also used Domain Field interference throughout the operation. Without targeted surveillance, there was no way to establish his exact movements.

Deputy Director Lu had some ability, though, and that was not all he had left behind. Through their conversation, he had managed to establish the man's approximate location and had provided one crucial clue. The chances of finding him had risen considerably.

It was still impossible to tell for certain who had ordered the man to act.

Chen Chuan had not forgotten that someone from the Gray Shell Agency had previously tried to control him with an object. A Fighter was likely involved behind the scenes.

That was strange. Why would a Fighter target him so specifically? Even if that Fighter belonged to the Purity Faction, such a swift and fierce reaction seemed unnecessary. Later, Chen Chuan had suspected that the man might not have come because of his Purity Faction affiliation at all, but for some other purpose he knew nothing about.

And today's method looked much the same.

Why did the other side want to track his movements? In Central City, that information would be of little use: even knowing where he was, they could not make a