After leaving the lab, Dilos immediately changed his identity. Of course, he didn't just use his facial-shifting ability to take on someone else's appearance. He also put on a black wig that could be secured to his head and changed his clothes. In any case, S.H.I.E.L.D. was very good at gathering intelligence. To be safe, Dilos had to adopt an identity that wouldn't arouse suspicion.
What had happened this time was completely unexpected. Dilos had acted in a hurry, so he needed to double back and check whether he'd left any traces behind. Fortunately, he had done so. Otherwise, he and Lex's group might really have found themselves in danger.
When he reached the middle of the forest, Dilos extended his telepathic range to its limit. In an instant, more than forty mental signatures appeared in his mind, including one that was especially familiar to him: Phil Coulson.
"More than forty people... Coulson's here too. I really do run into him everywhere." At the end, Dilos couldn't help shaking his head helplessly. "With a boss like Nick Fury, who works his employees to the bone, he really has it rough."
"Huh?"
Dilos had been about to withdraw his telepathy when he suddenly let out a surprised sound.
It wasn't that strange a reaction. If these people had been ordinary, they wouldn't have made him suspicious. But the mental signatures of fifteen of them were so bizarre that he couldn't help wondering what was going on.
The mental energy radiating from each of the fifteen people was far more active than that of an ordinary person. On top of that, their mental signatures all contained a faint red glow that was easy to overlook.
The red glow looked ordinary enough, but it gave Dilos a somewhat oppressive feeling.
Dilos suddenly sensed