the roof as she gave chase. The car gained ground on her whenever she was running, but her glyph-jumps helped her make up the lost distance; if not for the drain it would put on her aura, she'd do nothing but use her glyphs to keep up.

The car turned corners here and there, which gave Weiss a challenge, but for the most part it stayed on long, straight roads. As she landed from another cross-street glyph-jump, her scroll rang. She pulled it out as she ran and put it to her ear.

"Kind of busy right now!" She jumped to another rooftop and grunted as she landed in a roll.

"You found one then?" Neptune sounded concerned.

"What gave you that idea?"

"Well the panting and grunting was a good start." AIf they were really trying to lose her, they'd wouldn't have had to try too hard. They definitely knew she was following them, and they were making sure she didn't lose them.

Good, she thought as she jumped to a lower rooftop. That means they're leading me away from the office for a reason. The car's increasing pace was further evidence of that. The faster it went, while still keeping her in sight, the further from the office she got. Which meant one of two things: something important was going to happen at the office right now, or someone from the office wanted to go somewhere else without being followed. And Weiss knew which one it was.

The leader of the group had said—in the one conversation Weiss and Neptune