Zarek found himself getting slowed again and again. The people weren't very powerful, but they didn't seem to care about stopping him entirely, so they didn't even bother to confront him directly, just doing whatever they could to slow him down.
The shadows on the buildings appeared every once in a while, sometimes flashing weapons, sometimes just standing there, sometimes firing out rounds that slowed his steps.
The distance between himself and them was too far for Zarek to rely on his Scouting Skill to map out the trajectory of their bullets ahead of time, so Zarek had no choice but to take their threats very seriously. If he was too casual, and got a sniper bullet to the chest…
Death would be the only path forward.
After he killed Van Hollen's clone, they only grew more cautious.
'Their goal is just to delay… That means their real aim here isn't to deal with GFI, they probably just want to deal them a small blow first that might boil over into something more in the future…'
