After racing across the vast, white expanse of ice for several hours, the trio finally began to slow down. Their formation shifted, and Gui Ying took the lead from Zhou Fan.
"Zhou Fan, are you sure this plan will actually work?" Gui Ying, now walking in front, whispered to Zhou Fan. "If we're exposed, my life will be on the line!"
"Don't worry," Zhou Fan said with complete confidence. "Jannis is injured, so he won't be moving very fast. Besides, he'd never imagine we'd be bold enough to come straight here. So even if word about us gets back to headquarters, it won't have spread this quickly!"
"I even suspect he's slower than we are. We might even run into the severely wounded Jannis as he's trying to escape back here!"
Listening to Zhou Fan, Gui Ying and Xuanwu thought his plan was insane. And yet, for some reason, they found it difficult not to believe his deductions.
