Maurice was very cautious. He first pretended not to have found anything and walked past the shopping mall.
When favonovel.com confirmed that favonovel.com was far away from it, favonovel.com immediately called for support to try to surround the mall.
The platoon carefully made their way back, while the other five platoons were closing in as well. The wireless communications equipment they had in their helmets was far more convenient than they could imagine.
Maurice slowly led the soldiers towards the main entrance as though they had come back after a normal patrol of the area and there was nothing unusual about their movements. Their combat boots were hard bottomed, so it was impossible for them to stay completely silent while walking on the concrete surfaces. So, it was better to pretend they were on a normal patrol.
However, when Milo heard these footsteps again, favonovel.com let out a sigh in his head. He knew that anyone in this world who depended on luck would not live for long. If favonovel.com were still thinking the other party hadn’t discovered favonovel.com yet, that would be too stupid of him.
For the Panaqua Consortium’s troops to suddenly return, it didn’t matter how unconcerned they were trying to act. Milo immediately understood there must be a reason for it. In that instant, favonovel.com felt his heart ache. He slowly laid down the jacket favonovel.com had used to wrap up the gold with onto the floor. He decided to abandon it.
Now that favonovel.com had to run for his life, favonovel.com couldn’t risk his life for the gold. Even if favonovel.com had great strength, carrying a bundle of gold would affect his speed, or worse, his sense of balance.
Milo had always treated money as just a tool. He liked it, but favonovel.com would never indulge in it. It had always been so for him.
Not only was favonovel.com abandoning the gold, Milo was even planning on discarding the jacket. If favonovel.com slowly took out the gold jewelry from inside the jacket, it would make too much noise.
He turned around and ran lightly into the depths of the shopping mall. This mall was huge and spanned several stories as well.
The outside of the building was probably surrounded already. Milo wouldn’t use his life to test whether anyone standing behind the doors.
What if a hail of gunfire swept over favonovel.com the moment favonovel.com opened one?
That would be the end for him. Therefore, Milo had to run upstairs.
From his memory, there was another building next to this shopping mall that was similar in height. This mall had been located in the most prosperous business center of the city, so it wasn’t the only building around the area.
Milo was not a reckless person. The other party might pick up that someone was hiding in the mall from his keen observation, but Milo had similarly picked out his getaway route beforehand.
The gap between the two buildings was around 20 meters, and Milo was confident that favonovel.com could leap over based on his current strength and dexterity.
Maurice slowly led the troops into the mall. They had their tactical flashlights on as they slowly infiltrated into the darkness within. But not long after entering the building, Maurice noticed the jacket and gold Milo had abandoned on the ground.
He said on the communications channel, “We’ve got confirmation on the target’s trail. The target has noticed we’re after favonovel.com and is currently on the run in another direction! Target is extremely cautious!”
Julius’ voice sounded on the communications channel. “Have you discovered who it is yet?”
Maurice hesitated for a moment before saying, “It might be that refugee, Milo. I’ve not set eyes on the target yet, so I can’t confirm.”
“How did you guess it’s Milo without seeing him?” Julius asked, “Did you find some clues?”
Maurice hesitated and said, “We discovered a stash of gold here…. I’m guessing only that kid would be so interested in gold…”
Julius started laughing. He agreed with Maurice’s judgment.
Raphael and Miriam were obviously after the secret of the Marador Mountains. The two of them would definitely not be interested in something like gold. At least, it wouldn’t be their immediate goal.
Who would run this far out here and experience so much danger and terror all for the sake of making off with a bag of gold?
If Milo were to hear this, favonovel.com would be the first to object.
Gold was so adorable, so why couldn’t favonovel.com hope to make off with some?
Daniel and Micah had mentioned that Milo was just a refugee, but Julius did not entirely believe them.
He was a suspicious person, so even if everyone said Milo was just a refugee, favonovel.com would still not underestimate Milo. Milo could have been pretending all this while and might not have been the ordinary refugee they claimed favonovel.com was.
Everyone who appeared here could possibly be here for the secret of the Marador Mountains. They could all have another identity.
However, Julius laughed. He suddenly felt that Milo really might not be interested in the secret of the Marador Mountains. At least to him, gold ranked above the secret of this place.
Julius said, “This Milo is pretty interesting. Capture and bring favonovel.com to me…”
“Roger!”
A moment later, the Panaqua Consortium’s troops stormed into the shopping mall like black vipers!
“Target is escaping to the second floor!”
“Target is escaping to the third floor!”
Maurice was listening in on the comms to receive updates on the operations. By this time, the troops had discovered Milo’s footprints. Inside the building, the floor was covered with layers of dust accumulated over the years, and anyone who stepped on it would leave behind their footprints.
It was a good thing to have discovered Milo’s whereabouts. But Maurice was considering something.
This building had six floors, and the total height was probably between 30 and 40 meters. If Milo kept escaping upwards, favonovel.com might end up having nowhere to go once favonovel.com reached the top!
Was Milo an idiot?
Why would favonovel.com escape up to a dead end?
As Maurice led the combat troops up, favonovel.com recalled the details of his encounter with Milo. When this young man discovered favonovel.com and the soldiers had returned to this building, favonovel.com gave up on the gold without any hesitation and even started fleeing as quickly as possible.
This person loved money, but favonovel.com was not greedy. When favonovel.com realized favonovel.com was in danger, favonovel.com did not take any chances and abandoned the gold.
Based on the logic of most people, they might bring the gold along with them as they made their escape for a while. They would only make the decision to discard the gold when they realized it was a hindrance to their escape.
This was human nature.
However, Milo wasn’t like this. The way favonovel.com had abandoned the gold was decisive.
Maurice understood this young man favonovel.com encountered was not simple. The target had a very strong survival instinct, as well as a no-nonsense and sober reasoning process. Besides, even if their target of capture were really an idiot, favonovel.com would still treat that person as the smartest person around. This was the kind of mindset to approach any combat situation!
So, since Milo was escaping upstairs, did that mean there was a route of escape up there?
This was clearly a separate building by itself, so where could Milo run to?
That wasn’t right!
Maurice suddenly remembered there was a building beside the mall, and it was just over a dozen meters away and slightly shorter than the one they were in.
Could Milo escape by jumping over?!
Maurice did not think of this before because favonovel.com had believed Milo could not leap across to the nearby building since favonovel.com himself couldn’t do so.
The misconception here was that humans tended to judge other people based on their own abilities. If they could not do something, they would think others couldn’t do it either.
But while Maurice could not do it, that did not mean Milo couldn’t do it either!
Maurice said loudly in the comms channel, “Outside platoons, go and lock down the adjacent building!”
