Chapter 85: Diverse Interests

Chapter 85: Diverse Interests

After a little more discussion on plans regarding making the traps, we end up changing the rest of the training sessions to take place in the morning, after my regular wake-up ritual.

Strangely enough, waking up, stretching, and practicing my awareness is becoming more habitual. Not much, but I can feel myself getting into the groove every day that I continue with this.

I think if I manage to keep doing this for the next few months, it will become automatic.

Hopefully, I can get to that point in one piece.

As we finish up our last conversation, I can see spiders running all around, clearing up the webs and fixing up some of the buildings.

They also seem to be disassembling the giant boulder formed from the building, on the other end of the alley. Pulling it back to the original building and fixing it up. Shes actually making it better and more stable than it was before we got here.

With some words that she has to go take care of something else, mostly to do with intelligence gathering and further damage control, she jumps away onto the buildings adjacent to me. Disappearing into the distance.

Once again, Im alone.

Well, looks like its time for me to continue on. Luckily, that didnt take too much time.

I start moving back to the entrance to the Yellow Sashes area, just like before. As I get close to the street again, I can see that there are few eyes on me. It seems to be the normal spies, just keeping watch and recording what I do.

My footsteps tap on the stone ground, not making much noise, but seemingly loud to my ears. I attempt to move a little quieter.

There arent that many people around, strangely enough.

Ive noticed before that the people around this area are not that poor, compared to the people near to where Gong lives.

Unsurprisingly, there is a larger ratio of humans versus demi humans in this area. With that said, Ive only been seeing sick humans and plenty of demi humans around here.

Normally, there is quite a few healthy people still around

Which is when I notice that there is a flow of people on the main street. Heading in the same direction Im going to, the Yellow Sashes entertainment area.

Raising the hood to my robe, I attempt to blend in with the bustling crowd that has formed and heading into the entertainment district.

Similar to how I used the scan to determine and correct my nervous tics, I now use its power to figure out the best way to avoid the line spies lines of sight.

Im still unaccustomed to walking stealthily or handling the myriad of different aspects of doing this, so Im only partially successful. My scan also reveals that most of the spies are Yellow Sash agents.

The chained womans chest heaves and she begins clearly panting in anticipation.

Critical hit.

Shoot, I need to keep moving.

Even as I say that to myself, I seem unable to move past looking around and marveling at the area, and the various things Im interested in.

Ultimately, my eyes finally land on the last group he mentioned, the older security women.

Each of these older women are clearly fighters.

Not in the sense that theyre bulky, like bodybuilders, but instead toned, alert, and seemingly ready for a fight anytime. They are also clothed in form fitting dresses, that near the legs are adjusted to allow for increased movement.

One woman over there seems to catch a glimpse of me. Her eyes gain a hungry, but still attractive, predatory look and she waves vigorously at me. The other women also notice and join her.

I can feel my breath catch, with my hand raising up and waving subconsciously back, before I catch myself. Literally catching my hand with my other one.

Cant blame hypnotism on that one I really need to get out of here, or I will actually gain and lose something today.

As I am about to snap my head away from them, to leave this temptation zone, my eyes land on one more figure out of that fighter group.

What I see causes me to do a double take.

In the middle of that group is an ordinary woman, flexing and attempting to look intimidating. She does the stereotypical bodybuilder flexes and turns to me, while still smiling proudly. With impossibly shiny teeth.

Its pretty clear who this actually is. The leader of the Yellow Sashes, Wu Qing.

All in her normal form. Clearly out of place.

Just why?

From what I can tell, no one else can see her or they dont want to say anything about it.

This is what causes me to immediately turn back onto the main street and sprint back towards the curtain heading to the backstage area.

I can practically hear the Wait, dont go from her behind me, as I sprint away.