Ken initially thought that Derek and his cronies were just building some kind of warehouse or something but it seems his guess were entirely wrong base on what he's seeing.
The place was complete with fence, watch tower and even a search light, he didn't even know how many people inside yet, but he suspect that there were plenty of guards inside, he just wonder what could be so important that it would warrant such tight security.
I wonder what were they hiding or building inside... let's see what you're hiding in there. Ken thought inwardly before turning his senses in the camp.
He first tried to sense how many people were inside, he sense that the place have about 36 people scattered all over the place, some were sleeping others were playing poker. He found that those people guarding the place were patrolling with constant rotation.
Every time the other patrol would leave a section, their path would intersect allowing no blind spot in their rotation. Such tight security... this really feels like a military base. Ken have visited a military base before when his was on duty in a military camp.
Next he allowed his senses to wander around to locate the power source of the camp. But instead of locating the power source he found two large warehouse at the southern part of the camp.
He found what looked like a two warehouse side by side inside, the warehouse were very large and he estimate that it was around 40 feet by 15 feet. What could they be storing in there that would need such large warehouse...
Ken focused his awareness and tried linking with the pile of the fauna he detected in the corner of the warehouse allowing him to take a good look at the goods stored in the warehouse.
Ken found that since he entered this place he was having more questions than answers, but because he didn't sense any type of fauna in one of the warehouses he couldn't check what is inside. The other warehouse though was so full of fauna that in his vision it was like a blinding light in a completely dark environment.
After linking to the fauna inside the warehouse he immediately saw tremendous amounts of packaged boxes, the entire warehouse were full of such boxes inside, it was stored in a large storage rack that almost reached the ceiling.
More over he found that the boxes cointained the fauna that he had initially sense and currently linked with.
Ken suddenly had a sinking feeling when he saw what was inside, he inspected the fauna he's currently linked with and found that his suspicions were right. The entire warehouse contained Cannabis! Raw Cannabis!
Cannabis, also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the Cannabis plant used for medical or recreational purposes. Cannabis has mental and physical effects, such as creating a "high" or "stoned" feeling, a general change in perception, heightened mood, and an increase in appetite.
But it also has very dangeous uses, it was the main ingredients for various drus such as marijuana, kief, hashish and more. Which could cause anxiety and panic, impaired attention and memory, an increased risk of psychotic symptoms, the inability to think clearly, and an increased risk of accidents in the short term.
Seeing large amount of cannabis being stored in this warehouse caused alarm bells to fire off on his mind.
What the hell... such large amounts of cannabis could amount to millions if not billions of Pesos, it seems this Honey Badger Gang is really involved in a lot of shady business. Ken thought to himself before remenbering the existence of the other warehouse.
I wonder what the other warehouse cointains... it's too bad that there's no fauna inside the other warehouse, I should have activated my Tree Heart... Ken suddenly regretted not activating his Tree Heart, after all it is essential in using his second ability; Take Over.
If he had access to Take Over he could control a fauna to get inside the other warehouse allowing him to see what was inside it.
I know for a fact that the other warehouse didn't contain any Cannabis or any other type of fauna, so there could only be two things I could think of, first is the warehouse being used as a drug factory to process the cannabis and the other would be that it contains smuggled goods... Ken started speculating on what is inside the other warehouse.
Anyways it doesn't matter anymore... I don't think I have the capability of fighting with a drug cartel.
Ken thought that if he really caused trouble here and destroyed this warehouse then he wouldn't be able to escape suspicion no matter what he do, after all he had a conflict with Derek's group earlier with Derek even taking his materials.
If the warehouse suddenly burned down in that same day he had conflict with Derek, even if they think that it could just be a coincidence, he wouldn't believe that they would just let it off without investigating throughly, after all they would have lost millions or even billions of Peso if he really burn down the warehouse.
Yeah... I should wisely retreat for now... but I need to scout the place first in case I need to fight back. Ken thought inwardly before surveying the entire place.
He first looked for the emergency exit of the camp, then the power supply and the food reserves. It might be unecessary knowing their food reserve but you never know...
After completing his information gathering on the construct of the camp, he headed down the tree and turned to April.
"Let's retreat for now."
April didn't say anything and just stared intently at him.
Seeing April staying silent while giving him an intense stare caused him to be uncomfortable, he rubbed his face before asking.
"What's wrong? is there something on my face?"
April stared at him for a few seconds before turning her gaze away from him. This guy is definitely concealing something... She thought to herself but didn't pursue the matter, every one has their secret, even she had her secrets.
"Why do we need to retreat? what did you find?" she asked.
Ken pondered whether to tell her or not before deciding to disclose his findings.
"I saw cannabis being stored on a warehouse, I suspect that this Honey Badger Gang were a drug cart- " Ken didn't manage to finish what he was saying before giving April an intense stare.
"Did you know they're a drug cartel?"
Ken asked with a heavy heart, if she really knew that and still allowed him to attack them then...
With clenched fist he asked her again. "Did you know?"
April was silent before nodding her head.
Just when he was about to explode she said. "That's why I followed you."
Startled, Ken gave April a bewidered look.
As if understanding his confusion April explained. "I'm your guarantee that nothing will happen to you, in short as long as I'm with you they won't be able to touch you."
Seeing that Ken was still confused April suddenly gave a sweet smile and didn't elaborate.