Li Pan consoled her, "Look on the bright side, maybe your mom is still alive."
Akiyama Saiko replied, "Alive but with no word from her? Do you believe that?"
Li Pan spread his hands, "She could be dead, but it's also possible that there's a communications breakdown, isn't it? You have to have a little hope, right? I have an employee whose son is gone, but she's still searching for him."
Akiyama Saiko sighed, climbed onto the motorcycle, and hugged Li Pan's waist. "Let's go. On the way, stop by the NCPA. I filed a report there yesterday; I wonder if there are any clues."
"Ha, you might as well not bother, your family is no longer middle class but bankrupt! They'll have less motivation to find your mom than help the Sky People search for a missing dog," he said.
Saiko pinched him.
Li Pan looked back at the fortress. "Hey, you didn't run into trouble inside? Notice anything unusual, like personnel, weapons, gear?"
