Drax confirmed, then added to his report. “Yes. And these people seem to be in a hurry to give something to the members. Oh, I almost forgot, after my system scanned these mysterious individuals, one of them has a body shape, height, weight, voice, and walking style similar to someone who led the attack on us at the NewTech Industries branch.”“Oh, I remember this person. He’s the one who escaped by jumping off the bridge.” Nouel recalled a man who had previously directly confronted him, unfortunately failing to defeat or bring down the individual.“Yes, Captain, that’s him,” Drax confirmed.Nouel nodded several times, understanding the current situation, then spoke to Drax. “Okay, that’s indeed evidence. But… what strong evidence confirms that they are sympathizers or rebel members?”“Sorry, Captain, but that’s all the information we’ve gathered until now.”Nouel wore an annoyed expression, then sat back in his chair. He muttered to himself, “Ah, damn, if it’s like this, we can’t iss

As soon as the conversation ended, Lucrezia was already in front of Nouel, thrusting her sword. Nouel quickly dodged, avoiding the first sword, but Lucrezia attempted another strike. Nouel grabbed Lucrezia’s hand, causing the sword to miss. He then threw Lucrezia towards the flying knives, intending to attack her. As a result, Lucrezia was hit by her own knives and thrown several meters, rolling on the ground.The knives’ attack was quite potent. Although they didn’t injure her, the impact was strong. Lucrezia quickly stood up, ready to continue her assault, but Nouel was quicker, firing shots from his launcher.“Damn,” muttered Lucrezia. She deactivated her sword, intending to activate her shield, but it was too late. The blue light blast from the launcher sent her crashing into the room’s wall.Nouel placed his weapon on his back, then drew his plasma sword. Lucrezia hurried to her feet and shot flying knives towards Nouel. Naturally, he effortlessly deflected each knife, then leape

Having finished her cake, Lucrezia raised her left hand as if checking a watch she wasn’t wearing. “It’s late, can I go home now?”“I actually wanted you to stay overnight.” Nouel teased the girl again, clearly joking and not serious.“If that’s what you want, I don’t mind.” Lucrezia replied casually and effortlessly without any second thought. Nouel turned to her upon that response. “You wanted to hear me say that, didn’t you?”Nouel grinned mischievously in response, causing Lucrezia to stand up.“Stop your pointless jokes. I’m going home now.” Lucrezia intended to leave, but…“Wait, there’s one thing I want to ask you,” Nouel said, causing Lucrezia to stop in her tracks and look back at him.“Okay, I’m listening.” Lucrezia mumbled, showing no interest at all.After a few seconds of silence, Nouel, who stood in front of Lucrezia, put on a serious face and asked, “Do you know the whereabouts of Ferdinand Volkov?”The question was unexpectedly thrown, catching the girl off guard. Lucr

Nouel embarked on his journey in his private car, equipped with complete armor and weaponry. The roads he traversed grew quieter and more remote. The destination was an area rarely frequented by the inhabitants of Lycaelus City—a part of the industrial zone, partially operational, partly under construction, and some left abandoned. Among the abandoned structures, some were half-finished, while others were completed.After a considerable journey, Nouel arrived at the specified coordinates. It was the location of a finished but non-operational building.Nouel adjusted his posture as his attention focused on the intended structure, a thirty-story building looming dark in the distance.Reading the data stored in his database about the building, Nouel stated, “Terrnick Industries. It’s a branch factory of that company, but it’s not in operation due to funding and licensing issues. I didn’t expect rebels to use places like this.”Nova appeared right beside Nouel, the AI assistant maintainin

After obtaining permission and full authority to handle the search for Nouel, Lucrezia continued to work tirelessly. Although the condition of all Wolf Team members had been confirmed, it didn’t change Lucrezia’s mood. Currently, Nouel’s whereabouts remained unknown, with no signs or clues anywhere.As if intentionally avoiding tracking, Nouel shut down anything related to him, even hacking CCTV on the streets and everywhere else. The tracking of his armor and vehicle was inactive, turned off since leaving the base, preventing the search team from using that avenue. Indicator statistics were also inactive, keeping Nouel’s current condition unknown.Lucrezia kept trying to locate and contact Nouel, even scolding the Eagle team members working specifically in the command room for taking too long without making progress. Their efforts only reached dead ends.“What is that man doing? How can he disappear like that from monitoring?” Lucrezia wondered. She didn’t understand Nouel’s thought