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"Then what are you going to do? Didn't you say they should be here? But why isn't there?"
"I don't know. But they seem to know that I'm stalking them and trying to uncover the truth about what happened, so they might change their route."
"If they change their route, what will we do next?"
"There's only one way" Tessa stared at the map that was right in front of her.
"What's that?" Trish looked at him closely, from the look on his face. Tessa could clearly see the curiosity that was enveloping the man.
"We need to find one of the places they're headed to. The place where the evolvers were kidnapped, that way we can secretly follow where they are going and we guide them until they themselves lead us to get to where we are going" Tessa told Trish. Explain the plan he has laid out.
"OKAY. Now where can you find that place?" Ask Trish.
"I'm sure here too, it's just that they changed their collection route to another place. Bring the evolvers secretly and split up. Now, we just have to find a place where it's likely to happen." Tessa got up from her place.
"So you're saying we're looking for where there's a missing evolver case? So we can meet the kidnappers and follow them secretly, right?" Trish makes clear Tessa's words.
"really. Now let's go." Tessa rolled up her map, stuffed it into her bag and walked in front. Lead Trish who is now stepping behind her.
"Wait on! How can we search in such a large place?"
"Easy!"
"How's it?" Trish clutching Tessa's wrist made the woman stop and stare at her.
"Look! There are characteristics such as a special place where they will ambush and paralyze the evolvers, for example is a quiet place that is rarely passed by people, then unused streets, for example, or maybe a dumpster. Usually they do ambushes in quiet places like those places."
"really? But, if you remember, you also live in a place like that right? I'm sorry, but I don't mean to offend but.." Trish didn't go on and chose to shut up, it didn't feel good to have to bring up the life of the woman in front of her.
"It's okay, I'm not offended. That is a fact. And I live in a quiet slum with a lot of unused roads that is with the aim that the government does not find me and of course so that I can more easily find out about this case. Even I knew that they had also made an ambush on the road near where I lived, only unfortunately every time they made an ambush at that time I was going to work. I didn't have a chance to follow them. Once I didn't work and decided to arrest and watch them at that moment they didn't come to ambush me."
"O-oh yeah."
"Yes. That's it."
"Ah yes, then now how do we find such places?"
"We just have to ask the people who live here."
"But what if they suspect?"
"Oh, you're right." Tessa stopped her footsteps. He just remembered that the people were also involved in this matter, the civilians who were mostly evolvers. They were also the ones he suspected of plotting with the kidnappers so they would shut up about what happened and keep quiet. He was suspicious because he still remembered how people criticized the article made by his late mother. The article was mostly censured by the evolvers who read the contents of his article.
"It seems like there's no other choice" Tessa murmured eventually. Trish, who was next to her, looked at Tessa with a confused look.
"You mean?"
"We have to find out where those places are!" He said as he threw his hand out of Trish's hand. He then stepped in front, leading the way and leaving Trish behind.
"What did he say just now? Looking alone?" Murmured Trish who was trying to digest her sentence. He shook his head quickly. He quickly followed Tessa in front of him.
"Hey! You're kidding, right?! You wouldn't be able to find it yourself, would you?" Tanya Trish made sure.
"Yes, I'll. And I won't give up until I find that place!" Tessa without looking. The woman kept stepping in front of him.
"Wait on! Just stop! Are you serious?"
"Very."
"You sure?"
"of course. Why why anyway? You don't want to look for her with me?" Tessa stopped her footsteps. He then turned to look at Trish there and stopped for a moment.
"Huh?" Trish is confused as to how to answer. He wanted to look for her because he was also curious, but he was also tired and wanted to rest. Especially after two long days of travel from one city to another. It must have been exhausting for him.
"If you don't want to find her with me, then you just go home. I don't need your help!" Tessa shouted as she turned around and accelerated her footsteps.
Hearing the words from Tessa made him surprised, again the woman threw him out. He certainly does not want to go away let alone have come this far and Tessa has started to believe in him and began to want to talk about every plan that has been made. There was no way he could just give up and go home empty-handed.
"No! I'm coming!" Sahut Trish as he accelerated his footsteps chasing Tessa who was very far from his position.
"Hey! Wait for me!" Shouted Trish but not in a peep by Tessa there.
"You don't want to wait for me?"
"Speak your pace or you go home!" Tessa chuckled loudly as she continued to walk regardless of her being left far behind.
Trish rushes to speed up her footsteps, trying to keep up with Tessa and follow the woman. He does not want to be expelled again by Tessa who continues to hope that he will soon go from before him. Trish doesn't want to make a woman's expectations real.
Eventually Trish is able to keep up with Tessa. Now he is walking next to Tessa whose footsteps are very fast.
"Where are we going to start now?" Trish asked, glancing.
"We start from the west, we find that place there and we look for them" Tessa said.
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