The dove circled around in the air for a while following the departure of Adam's team, then flew away from the scene.

On the other side, the severely wounded technomancer informed Oni no Miko of what the dove had seen.

"Mistress Miko, that team has left the supply point. Should we follow them?"

"No. Leave them be for now." Oni no Miko's complexion was rather pale. Every time she invoked Yamata no Orochi, she would always suffer from an extended period of fatigue. "That clown anomaly hasn't sustained much damage. 

“If we go after them in our current state, even if we manage to win, it'll be a very hard battle. If we run into any other strong teams or artificial anomalies after that, we'll be in a lot of trouble. There's too much risk involved in that course of action, so let's...