Run!
The moment those people appeared at the border, Beigong Ling realized something was wrong.
Without a moment's hesitation, she snatched a weapon from a checkpoint worker and rushed out of the Mika District.
The workers responsible for preventing illegal border crossings clearly had never encountered anything like this. They descended into chaos, but few were willing to risk their lives to stop her.
Clearly, the two groups that had appeared out of nowhere were enemies. Judging by the tactical uniforms worn by the group that arrived later, neither side was one the workers could contend with.
So after Beigong Ling forced her way through the checkpoint, the Mika District workers put up only a token resistance before watching the two women disappear into the distance.
The Alt Conglomerate seemed to have other arrangements in place. Rather than immediately pursuing the two women, its forces followed at an unhurried pace.
Although her swift reaction had briefly taken her beyond the reach of the Alt Conglomerate's pursuit, Beigong Ling felt no relief whatsoever... if anything, her heart was heavy.
After all, she had just said that the Alt Conglomerate probably couldn't find them so quickly, only to be proven wrong the very next second. She had previously thought its intelligence network was troublesome, but now it seemed a network that penetrated every corner of society was far more than merely troublesome.
Beigong Ling finally understood how the Alt Conglomerate had known every move the Star of Dawn planned during its previous operations... She could comfort herself by blaming those earlier failures on a mole leaking information from within the Star of Dawn, but this time, the only person besides herself who knew their exact location was Amau Sueko.
Surely Amau Sueko couldn't have leaked information about me?
At that thought,