While Esme is enjoying her bath, Jihan started to look for the souvenir store that he is supposed to visit. They are not given the name of the place but its logo. It seems that the store logo is the famous Eye of Horus.
Jihan is well versed in world history due to his family being strict about them learning the history of the world. They even have sensitive information about the history of humans that is not taught in school. If they spread that information, then the history of humanity will be far different than what they say that man evolved from monkeys.
"The direction should be here yet the only thing I see is an alleyway that is not even being used. Am I lost? The chi in the area is confusing as it is only faint." Jihan told himself when he suddenly felt a pair of eyes stare at him.
Jihan reflexively looked at the direction where he felt the gaze is directed. He should not have done that, but his mind just reflexively reacted as he became somewhat relaxed. When he looked towards the direction of the gaze, it suddenly vanished.
"Am I just imagining things because of being too tired?" Jihan told himself and headed back to the hotel in order to rest. He might be a chi user that makes an individual's body sturdy, but he is still very much human.
"That is almost close, Youssef. You almost got caught by that foreigner." A woman in a veil stated.
"You are correct, Reem. What I find odd is the way he is searching for something in that street. The way he is acting looked like he is definitely searching for something and not acting like a tourist." Youssef replied.
"From the direction he headed, it feels like he is looking for the Order of the Eye. It seems that foreigner is seeking information about something." Reem stated.
"If you are right and he is looking for the Order of the Eye then he is out of luck. They are now hiding due to the death of their leader. Their order is in great disorder right now." Youssef stated as he laughed due to the pun he made at the end.
"Even if the Order of the Eye is not in disarray, the foreigner would still find it difficult to meet them. Even we are not sure how to actually meet them all the time as they only meet you when you need them and not want them to." Reem added.
"We should just observe the two Deviant foreigners for now. We can only interfere with them should they use their abilities openly. The group backing those two are not simple as even President is wary about them." Youssef stated.
"We do not need to worry about them as their group is not like the previous one that came to our city. The briefing about them tell that they only meddle with Deviant that might become Depraved. The odd thing is them secretly coming to the country instead of an official visit via the airport." Reem stated as the two started to continue observing from a distance.
Jihan returned back to the hotel and saw Esme still in her bathrobe. Esme did not even blink or raise a ruckus as if she already encountered this many times.
"You are back. Did you get anything from your walk?" Esme asked Jihan.
"Hello to you too. Maybe wear casual clothes after bathing instead of strutting in your bathrobe." Jihan stated as he laid down on the couch inside the room since there is only one bed.
"You and your conservative ways. It is not like you would pounce on me. If you did that then you will likely greet the wall. So did you get anything?" Esme stated as she picked what she would wear.
"Never mind. Do what you want. The map pointed to an abandoned alley. I was about to investigate but I suddenly felt someone watching me. I just returned since the symbol in the file is not on any souvenir store that is in the area." Jihan stated as he closed his eyes to try and fall asleep.
"Did you really feel like you are being watched? Strange…I also felt that for a brief second which is why I brought down all the blinds in the bathroom." Esme stated as she recalled why her bath time became short.
Jihan and Esme immediately met each other's gaze and pulled out their phones. Their standard procedure is to talk using their phones if they deduced that they are being watched. They might not be heard but some people are great at reading mouths.
"It is not a coincidence, is it?" Esme texted.
"No. It would mean that they are observing us right now. It seems they are assessing whether we are a threat or not. We should not split up starting now as they might target us when alone." Jihan replied.
"I agree. We rarely come to this country for missions which is why the local Deviants here do not know us. The only thing we need to make sure is whether they are friend or foe. By the way, any idea on the logo that is given to us?" Esme texted.
"All I know is that it is the Eye of Horus. I already asked Whiz to gather intel about it. It might give us more information about the souvenir shop. Did you use social media to see if some bloggers posted about the souvenir shop?" Jihan texted as he knows Esme likes scrolling in social media.
"Nothing. As if that logo is not used for a shop. It seems that this souvenir shop is very elusive, or a Deviant is running it. So, it would make sense that someone is watching you. Probably the store owner or someone who knows its true location." Esme replied.
"Let us just hope that you are correct. We should start searching tomorrow since we might be getting monitored right now." Jihan stated as he decided to finally sleep.