Chapter 313: Overconfidence and Oversights

River Torrent was their best shot.

Elsewhere, deep inside one of the listening posts scattered across Marka, a group assigned to monitor all communications had been scanning phone lines for anything suspicious.

Their task was to intercept conversations related to the fleeing royals, but they had picked up far more than expected.

For hours, they heard call after call, plans for thefts, smuggling, illegal deals, so many that the eavesdropping agents eventually started forwarding the criminal chatter to the local police.

Though they weren’t law enforcement themselves, they couldn’t ignore the overwhelming flow of crimes pouring in through the airwaves.

Marka was clearly not the peaceful kingdom it pretended to be.

Then, just as fatigue began to weigh them down, and one of them had started nodding off, something unusual crackled through the speakers.

“Guys, are you all safe?”

The voice was quiet, hesitant, but unmistakably familiar.

“Hey, hey, wake up!” one of the men whispered sharply, nudging his half asleep companion. “That voice… doesn’t it sound like the Third Prince?”

The other sat up quickly, suddenly alert.

They turned up the volume and leaned in.

This wasn’t just another phone call.

This was the thread they had been waiting for.

They continued listening, straining to catch every word, hoping this would be the breakthrough they had been waiting for, the elusive crew’s next move.

were playing basketball, and I made that

pause. Then a

stronger, firmer voice followed a beat later,

Anyway, you all know what

click. The

blinked at

it?” one of them

was that supposed to mean?” the other

decode the

what kind of code that is,” one

inside,” his partner added,

he had said it that way, it meant something to the people he was speaking to. And that meant Assistant Michael had to hear

this to him,” one of them said, already copying the file. “Maybe he’ll understand it better than we

maybe he’ll throw another phone, my phone.” the other muttered under his breath

way, they

they didn’t

to the audio, Assistant Michael immediately stood

“Track their phones. Now!”

The tech guys “..?”

Abuchi said,” one of the techs replied cautiously. “They’ve switched off their phones. We can’t

Assistant Michael “…”

pressing a hand to his temple as he paced. Of course they had.

ears of outsiders.

train station, bus station, riverway, location, shopping mall, hotel, anything that connects to

check,” one of the tech guys

wealthier side of the kingdom. There’s also a Memory Park, but it’s on the opposite end. And, wait, there’s a river called Dunk. It’s used mostly for

detail lit

point, maybe.

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