The convoy took as many minor roads as they could to avoid CCTV and police patrol cars, and made their way east as fast as they could.
Kujaku already had an exit strategy in mind and only needed luck to be on their side. Unfortunately, such had not been the current tides of fate.
But if they could make it to the borders of Russia, not too far above North Korea, in Suifenhe, they could cross into Russian territory, where security had yet to escalate as much as in China.
From there, she would go back down toward the sea, cross over into Japan by boat, and finally consider her escort mission to be over. She could barely wait.
With everything that had happened, nothing would beat getting home to her things, in the peace and quiet of her forest home.
