Demonic Pornstar System novel Chapter 658

Chapter 658: Observing the Pests

It was time to conduct some pest control.

Kaiden disengaged from the Charger cluster mid-fight, pulling his girls out with a sharp gesture. Ash’s group swarmed the remaining kills like vultures on a carcass, and Kaiden let them have it.

He had a theory.

The stream delay hadn’t worked. Ashbound couldn’t be watching their broadcast because there was nothing to watch. Which meant Ash was getting their position from somewhere else.

’Let’s narrow it down.’

"We’re relocating," he told the girls. "Southeast. The ravine network past the treeline."

Luna’s mouth opened.

"Please save the questions for later. It’s important."

Luna’s mouth closed. She understood that Kaiden wouldn’t just tell her to ’shut up.’ He never did that, even when she might’ve been a teeny tiny bit getting on his nerves.

That’s why she listened.

They moved quickly and quietly, covering ground with the efficiency of a unit that had been fighting together long enough to read intentions from footsteps.

No stream. No communication artifacts active.

The ravine network was two kilometers south of their previous position. It wasn’t on any optimal farming route. It wasn’t flagged by the association. There was no strategic reason for anyone to come here unless they were specifically following Kaiden’s group.

They found a cluster of monsters nesting in the lower basin and engaged.

Kaiden counted silently in his head as they fought.

Thirty seconds.

One minute.

Two minutes.

Three minutes in, Alice’s voice cut through his mind. <Big brother. They’re coming.>

’There it is.’

Ashbound appeared at the ridge with Ash in front, weapon drawn, camera drones up. Same formation. Same angle of approach. Same confident stride of a man who somehow always knew where to find them.

The girls saw it too.

Nyx’s expression went flat. Luna’s went dark. Aria looked at Kaiden with quiet understanding.

Kaiden finished his kill and sheathed his weapon.

Theory confirmed.

...

They moved again, finding a sheltered alcove between two ridgelines where the wind broke against the rock.

Kaiden sat cross-legged at the center.

"Come here. All of you."

The girls gathered with no banter for once. They’d read his tone.

He kept his voice low, hushed enough that the words wouldn’t carry past the cavern.

"We’re being tracked."

Silence.

"The stream delay didn’t shake them. I moved us to a dead zone two kilometers off any farming route, with no broadcast. They found us in three minutes. It appears that every time we relocate, they know where to come. And if that isn’t enough... They do so only after we engage the monsters. Someone is watching us move and reporting our position to Ashbound in real time."

<I couldn’t sense anyone.> Alice’s voice was small, frustrated. <I tried... There was nothing.>

<I know. You’re the Light That Destroys, not a scout.> His tone carried no blame.

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