Chapter 435 - Missing Person Case (2)

As new cases appeared, the military wanted to move fast to stop this. They immediately send a pioneer team two days ago. However, since it was just a pioneer team, they were not equipped for the task. That was why the main team was created.

Several people were selected in this team. The military had preferred a small team since it would be easier for them to move around. And Alice was chosen as the leader of this team and operation.

Although Auron was excited about the mission, however, he frowned. This was a huge matter. He didn't know the reason why he was selected to join this case. He was a newbie, and his level was low.

General Aston seemed to know about Auron's concern. He said while pointing at Auron, "Since this operative area was vast and included several villages around. I wanted you to disguise yourself as a merchant that operates around the area. And, you will secretly pass around the message from one agent to another agent."

"You know, as this is a secret operation, we cannot bring a huge thing to a remote village. So, the communication method was limited. And, that was where you come into. You will become a bridge between each agent."

Auron nodded his head. General Aston's explanation was relevant and clear his thought. It also answered the other member's question. They were also wondering why Auron was invited to join this operation.

However, what General Aston had said was only one of the reasons why he picked him. The other reason was that General Aston thought that his ability was suitable for this task.

The ability that General Aston mean was the ability that he could communicate to other places when there was a blocking signal in the communication. He believed that this ability was necessary for this task. General Aston had a feeling that this ability would be used in this operation.

"Now, here is the plan..." General Aston began to explain his original plan.

After several minutes explaining, General Aston ended his conversation, "Go prepare yourself for 1 hour. After that, depart to your destination by yourself. Good Luck!"

"Don't forget, you should keep this as a secret. Only the seven of us know about this mission!" General Aston reminded them

Yes, just like what General Aston had said. Only the seven of them knew about this mission. Actually, the pioneer team which departed this morning was used by General Aston as a decoy.

The pioneer team didn't even know about this main team. Learning from the previous experience, this team would be a shadow team and worked secretly. Meanwhile, on the surface, the pioneer team would be the main one.

Of course, both of them would work secretly. But, no one knew about the main team which Alice led. General Aston's plan was to make the pioneer team retreated if the enemy started to become suspicious.

As the leader, General Aston had given Alice the member list of the pioneer team. However, he had warned her that she should use it only if it was an emergency, as he still didn't want the pioneer team to be aware of this team's existence.

Alice, as the leader, had divided the group into three small teams. Each team would go to a different place and use every necessary means to find a clue.

The husband and wife went into one team while Auron and Alice went together as a team. Meanwhile, the two men grouped as a team.

Alice and Auron met back in just 10 minutes. Auron didn't have anything to prepare. Meanwhile, Alice had prepared since the first time she heard about her receiving a mission this morning. So, in these 10 minutes, Alice just prepared the missing things.

Alice and Auron used the teleportation portal to go to the nearest town from their targeted town. From there, they would use ground transportation to the targeted town. To support their disguise, both of them had used ordinary clothes and hide their armor behind them. They didn't forget to change their face with the tool provided by the intelligence team.

Since Alice and Auron used ground transportation, it took them longer to arrived at the town. Moreover, the distance between the town quite far away.

Alice and Auron arrived at the target town in the morning. They chose this town as their starting point because of the missing group of merchants this morning. This town was the merchants' departure starting point.

Alice and Auron went off transportation. Alice paid the fee while Auron took their luggage. There was quite a lot of baggage that they brought. However, inside, it was full of unnecessary things. This luggage was also a cover tool for them to perfect their disguise.

While Auron was busy with their luggage, Alice took the led and walked at the front. Auron quickly followed behind her.

When they were about to past the town's gate, Alice was stopped by the town's guard. Since there were these cases, the security check was strengthened.

The guards started to ask several questions, "Only two?"

"Yes," Alice answered shortly while staring at the guard.

"Why do you come to this town?"

"I am planning to stay and live in this town," Alice said.

The guards frowned, "Why?"

The guards were confused. The missing person incident had garnered quite a lot of attention. Almost everyone around the area should know about it. So, it was weird when someone was planning to live in this town. It was not like there were no other towns.

Alice started to create an excuse, "We came from the village there, and you know the cases that happened these days. It was so scary, so we planned to move. Sadly, our money is limited, and we can only afford this town."

Alice created a sad face then glared furiously at Auron, who was still busy arranging the luggage.

The guard glanced at Auron and asked, "Who is he?"

Alice answered, "My husband."