Chapter 854: Hunting for Shade (11)

Erik paused for a second, grappling with the wealth of information he had uncovered and the urgency of their situation.

"First of all, I found out that Gabriel has a detailed list of contacts regularly used by Shade to coordinate underworld operations on an international level." Erik looked at his friends' masked faces. They were all looking at him.

"This list comprises names, locations, and signals for secret meetings. It is a tangible point for tracking Shade's movements. "

He let the significance of his findings sink in among the group, each member processing the implications of such a network.

"However," Erik said, "using this might not be necessary at the moment, unless things take a turn for the worse."

"Why so?"

"Because I found out something else," Erik said, pausing again to gather his thoughts before delivering the next piece of crucial information.