"Where is he?" A bald man slammed his fist into the table, splitting it into two. After searching for months, he hadn't found a single clue about Clovis. It was so frustrating, especially with Clovis disappearing as if he was swallowed by Earth.
"We haven't found him yet. There's basically no trace of him after that day. Absalom is doing their best to hide him," his assistant reported while shaking his head helplessly. S~eaʀᴄh the NovelZone.fun website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
"What's even the situation there?" The bald man gritted his teeth. "This annoying Hacfield with their antics."
"Currently, we have searched about 90% of their cities, but none of our spies have spotted them, so we're planning to assume that they're not in the cities. Instead, they're either in the wilderness or in the fallen cities.
"Our spies are currently moving to the wilderness right now, especially in the underworld. There are a lot of spaces to cover, so we have a hard time finding them.
"If there's no progress, we will be searching for the fallen cities."
The bald man gritted his teeth. When he became a Tier 9, this country did give him a city, but he couldn't care less about a city. He wasn't the type of person who would handle such a thing.
Still, it wouldn't be weird for Clovis to be given a city after revealing his trump card. Of course, some countries wouldn't give it right away because there was a chance for them to die, but Clovis' identity was so big that they had no choice but to give it to him. And he was known to be someone who had escaped from a country before, so Absalom would definitely do everything they could to retain Clovis in their country.
The only problem was, which city did they give? Most of the time, it would be an already established city since they didn't have to rebuild it from scratch.
But they had been searching all these cities without finding any clues. If they continued at this pace, Clovis might have been gone in one way or another.
"We're also keeping an eye on the OpenSky Company, but they haven't done anything extraordinary.
"They are, as usual, sending their people to all kinds of places."
"…" The bald man squinted his eyes. "Pay attention to their movements. How about their top people? Where are they going? Are they staying for too long? My instinct is telling me that something is wrong. If they're going to stay out for long, they need equipment or supplies, so they will definitely need the OpenSky Company to assist them."
"That's…" His assistant rubbed his cheek.
"Don't you know my instinct? My instinct is telling me that they're the culprits. Give me the location of all their top groups… top 5 groups."
"I understand." The assistant nodded.
It didn't take too long for the assistant to prepare everything that he wanted. Once he presented the information, the bald man squinted his eyes, noticing something weird.
"There are three groups who are staying outside for months?" The bald man squinted his eyes.
"We're assuming it's for raid preparation. They're hunting and learning the behavior of their targets."
"While it's true, my instinct is telling me that one of them is the clue we're searching for." He rose from his seat.
"Where are you going, sir?"
"Of course, Absalom. I'm going immediately. I don't plan to wait for you to confirm it."
"But sir…"
"I have done a lot for this country, so let me do things as I please once in a while, understood? Who are you? Are you really my agent?"
"…" His assistant let out a long sigh.
"Handle the work. I'm heading out right now."
There were a lot of things his agent wanted to say, but in the end, the bald man had gone away. "Haa… I thought I had gotten used to this, but he became more and more absurd recently. I need to handle the paperwork, the political relationship with Absalom, and even blind their Tier 8… I'm not paid enough for this… He might be a Tier 9, but he can't do this all the time…"
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While the Berserker was searching for Clovis with his instinct after finding enough information for his instinct to take over, others used different methods to locate Clovis.
"I believe he is in the fallen cities. That's the conclusion I have reached after not finding any clues for six months.
"Give me the information about all fallen cities in Absalom. Make sure you check the ones with the danger level that his group can take. I don't like underestimating anyone, so bring me ones with higher difficulty as well.
"If we still can't find other clues, we have no choice but to check each fallen city ourselves. Tell all our spies to move accordingly."
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An old man fixed his glasses while smirking, "I found him. There are a lot of rumors about his whereabouts, but none of them are true. However, these noises have one origin.
"It's this fallen city. I don't know what kind of thing they have prepared, but they are still too immature if they think this is enough to fool my eyes.
"Get the ship ready. We're going to Absalom right away!"
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Vina's protection was gradually running out of time. Even though she had skillfully spread misinformation, people simply had investigated all kinds of misinformation and gradually narrowed down Clovis' location.
As a result, more and more people were figuring out Clovis' whereabouts in one way or another.
Of course, some people couldn't pinpoint his exact location right away, but some managed to figure out the fallen city he had chosen.
Absalom had been denying their entry, but in one way or another, they could still enter the country even if it meant clashing with Absalom's Tier 8 fighters.
Meanwhile, there was one person who wasn't monitoring Clovis but the people that tried to find Clovis.
It was none other than his father, Gerald Hacfield. Seeing more and more people coming to Absalom, Gerald knew that he had to make his move pretty soon.