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

it, and saw a

took a breath, and

he landed, then slid down the awning, landing with a soft thud on the

corridor. He

now three buildings away from the

into the first building, searching

“Check the roof!”

one of them said a moment

clenched his jaw when he got the

melted into the crowd, grabbed a discarded cap from a vendor’s stand, and threw

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

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

just a few steps behind him. “Come on!

Nnenna almost laughed.

he really think she was the

behind him on purpose, keeping a watchful eye to ensure

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

lunged from the side, aiming to grab

arm, landing gracefully on the other side. With a sharp kick, she sent him crashing into a fruit stall. The vendor screamed, but

her hand, glanced back and

behind, Ekene,” Nnenna said with a smirk, keeping pace

whether to be impressed or offended. “I’m literally

she said, and this time, she

agile, relentless. Nnenna had to get behind Ekene again to fight off the

This method wasn’t working.

glanced over her shoulder and narrowed her eyes, more guards. A lot more. Assistant Michael must’ve sent nearly the entire second division

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