Just to make sure you ask him to show you some identification and he produces a university identity card. You hand him the real memory stick. “Thank you!” he says in his thick accent. He turns abruptly and leaves, leaving the door open behind him. His people skills need some work.
You close the door behind you and head towards the room the professor and Emily is sharing. Emily is in the same state as you, a clean body in dirty clothing. Kate also enters the room, completing a trio of people who clean and dirty at the same time. You guess she is hungry as well. The troops gathering for the hunt, or pizza restaurant at least.
The professor is just about to get into bed in the second, smaller room. He is wearing a hotel robe. “Professor, campus security has just picked up the data. At least we don’t have to worry about safeguarding it for the evening!”
Kate looks at you intently. “Campus security? My friends will never trust campus security.” You grow cold, realising that you have just handed over the data to foreign agents. After all you have been through, you just simple handed it to them!
“He just left!” you exclaim. “We can still catch up to him!”
“I’ll grab our car! You and Emily good look for him!” Kate shouts and runs out the door.
You follow close on her heels, running down the few flights of stairs. You get to the lobby but he is not there. You run to the entrance and catch a quick glimpse of the mountain of a man getting into a car.
As the car pulls off, Kate comes screaming up in your rental car. Emily and you dive into the car and Kate starts driving, following the car you point out to her. Following the car at a safe distance is not too difficult for Kate, she seems to have some experience at it. She does not give you a clear answer when you raise it with her.
The busy city streets give way to a meandering country road, forests on both sides of the road. Dusk is falling as your target pulls off onto a side road and disappears into the forest.
If you:
Follow on foot, go to chapter 30
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