Chapter 306: Those Kids Are Fast

Inside, he found himself in a dimly lit living room with peeling wallpaper and a fan slowly turning overhead.

An old man sat on a couch, blinking at him in complete silence.

Abuchi raised a finger to his lips. “Please. Just give me a second.”

The man stared… then slowly nodded.

Down below, the guards reached the alley, breathing heavily, scanning every corner. One of them shouted, “Where did he go? He was just here!”

The women selling vegetables all looked at one another, then pointed in different directions.

“Left!”

“He ran that way!”

“I think he jumped into that big gutter!”

The guards groaned in frustration, fanning out in confusion.

Then

“Ahhh! A strange man is in my house!” a woman’s voice screamed suddenly from upstairs.

The guards snapped their heads upward.

“There! The first floor!” one of them shouted, charging toward the door of the building.

Inside, Abuchi grimaced. Too late. The man’s wife had panicked when she saw him.

window in

to it, opened it, and saw a small awning slanting down to another building

a

the awning, landing with a soft thud on the roof of

down onto a balcony, then rushing through an open corridor. He passed by startled tenants

on the far side of the block, now three buildings away from the guards, his breath ragged

the guards stormed into

“Check the roof!”

gone,” one of them said a moment later. “He

clenched his jaw when he got the report. “Useless. All

on the quieter street, Abuchi melted into the crowd, grabbed a discarded cap from a vendor’s stand, and threw it over

down, he thought, slipping away into the city’s deeper maze. Now to

in confusion and curiosity as two young people sprinted past, chased by a wave of men in sleek black uniforms. Murmurs began to rise, who were they, and why were they

at Nnenna, who was just a few steps behind him. “Come on! They’re catching

Nnenna almost laughed.

think she was

that she’d been running behind him on purpose, keeping a watchful

be athletic, too. If she wanted, she could’ve outrun the guards already, but her mind wouldn’t rest if she left Ekene

guards lunged from the side, aiming to grab

and flipped over the man’s outstretched arm, landing gracefully on the other side. With a sharp kick, she sent him

back and

said with a smirk, keeping pace beside

be impressed

this time, she

fast, highly trained, agile, relentless. Nnenna had to get behind Ekene again to fight off the ones getter closer to

This method wasn’t working.

shoulder and narrowed her eyes, more guards. A lot more. Assistant Michael must’ve

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