The Old Butler left with the items, while Li Wei took the others back to the second attack site, which was in a forest. Li Wei stepped off the airship with a flashlight, examined the marks on the ground, then walked a circuit before returning.
Then he looked at the three of them.
"I noticed you stayed here for quite a while after leaving the airship. What were you doing?"
"Huh? You can tell that too, Sir Li Wei?"
Lydia was astonished, and the others were taken aback as well. They had not told Li Wei what had happened here at the time, only given him a brief account. Yet all he had done was walk around, and he already knew what they had been doing?
"You can tell from the footprints."
Li Wei pointed at the footprints on the ground.
"Especially on muddy ground like this, footprints are quite easy to distinguish. Tell me, what happened?"
Polk glanced at the other two and decided he had better answer himself.
"We were discussing our attack plan."
"Your attack plan?"
"Yes. Mr. Carter said we should split into two groups, one to draw their attention and the other to circle around behind them. Then, while he was explaining the route... Miss Ruth suddenly charged out."
"This way, right?"
Li Wei turned and headed toward the other side of the forest, and the others hurried after him. They watched him in astonishment, completely unable to understand how he had discovered all this.
Just from footprints? Was that even possible?
"Yes, I think so... I don't remember very clearly either."
Polk looked somewhat sheepish, while Carter still wore the same stern, displeased expression.
At last, Li Wei stopped in a clearing. Signs of battle covered the area, and branches had been broken all