Chapter 1809
Chapter 1809: What Is Your Goal? (1)
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Deep in the jungle.
During this season, although dawn had just arrived, the weather gradually became hotter.
The branches and leaves of trees in the jungle interlaced, blocking most of the sunlight; however, the heat did not decrease but increased, making people feel stuffy and restless.
They had been in the jungle for an hour now.
In that hour, Flossie Wright and Cassie Ferguson estimated they had only walked four or five kilometers. Patches of shrubs and trees blocked their view, and every similar-looking area of trees made it possible for them to lose their way at any moment.
Flossie and Cassie did not lose their way, but the road was far more challenging than expected, so the search locations took much longer than they anticipated.
The most unexpected thing was that the weather was not favorable.
An hour ago, it was still sunny and bright, but suddenly, a drizzle began to fall, gently through the leaves and branches of the rainforest.
Soon enough, the drizzle grew heavier, and with it came an even greater disaster.
The road here was hard to traverse, not an endless plain, but undulating peaks with rugged paths, many places had no roads at all. Now, with the rain, the road became muddy, making it even more difficult to walk.
At this moment, their only hope was that the criminals would also be slowed down by the rain.
After walking for another half hour.
Flossie Wright stopped and adjusted her rain-soaked hat.
In just a short moment, when she looked up to find Cassie Ferguson, who was previously within her line of sight, Cassie had suddenly vanished without a trace.
Flossie shrugged her shoulders.
Hesitating for a moment, remembering how Qianjin and Glenn Hutchinson would react, she decided to follow Cassie’s traces at a leisurely pace.
All along the way, she and Cassie each handled their own tasks, dealing with any obstacles they encountered independently; Cassie had no intention of helping Flossie, nor did Flossie intend to help Cassie.
It could be said that all this time, they hadn’t spoken a single word to each other.
Since they were part of one team, if Cassie lacked team spirit, and Flossie also lacked it, then there would be no need for this team to exist.
In any case, they were heading in the same direction, so following her wouldn’t make much difference for Flossie.
Flossie’s pace was quite slow; she wasn’t in a hurry to catch up with Cassie, avoiding Cassie’s scornful looks. But soon enough, she saw a series of footprints and her attention immediately focused on them.
There were footprints of four or five people, including both men and women. Conservatively estimating, there were at least two physically strong adult men.
Flossie scrutinized them closely but still couldn’t detect anything unusual.
From previous life experience, she had some expertise in reading footprints and had also learned to identify them during her time with the Forces, achieving top grades in every theory exam. She was confident she wouldn’t make a mistake in this matter.
Therefore, two possibilities existed.
First, her guess was correct, and there really was a woman among the criminals.
Second, these people were not criminals but local villagers—thought this was quite unlikely.
Judging by intuition, Flossie was inclined to believe the former, but the woman’s footprints were indeed unexpected, and she couldn’t help but feel a bit surprised.
Nevertheless, one thing was certain, Cassie was following these footprints.
The footprints were left no more than twenty minutes ago and were still fresh; if they pursued them to investigate further, even if it turned out to be a mistake, not much time would be wasted.
— End of Chapter 1809 —