Chloe seemed to have noticed something. She stared intently at a spot in the crowd. "Someone's causing trouble over there."
"It's already under control."
"My people have taken him away."
Theus had just opened the Mind Link to issue a warning when he received reports from both the Banshees and Chloe.
Theus looked in that direction and saw several plainly dressed people quietly moving away from the crowd. They looked vaguely familiar to him at a glance—they were people from Moth Chasing Flame.
The Banshees had been stationed beforehand as observation posts by Theus. They were hiding atop the roof of a newly built church nearby, using their advantageous vantage point to keep watch over the entire scene. As for Chloe's side—
"Didn't you say your people can't move once they enter an observation state?"
"In an area this small, one person can monitor everything. And since she deployed [Cocoon], the nearby Nymphs can communicate directly through consciousness. We may not be good at direct combat, but that's against Transcendents. Ordinary people are easy enough."
As if afraid Theus would not believe her, Chloe casually picked up a branch from the ground and gave it a light squeeze, leaving several finger marks in it.
One person activated their ability, and everyone nearby could communicate freely. Why did this ability feel so much like... Wi-Fi?
More precisely, it was like establishing a local network. This ability really was ideal for infiltration. Thinking about it now, the Nymphs' abilities all seemed highly suited to gathering intelligence. He really had not made the wrong choice in having Isaac develop an intelligence network. He wondered how things were going on Isaac's end now.
"Mm, we interrogated him. It seems he had a dispute with a coworker, got drunk, and wanted to make a scene.