Arven was not willing to let that happen. After all, the other party was from the Federation, an organization that had always antagonized the academies.
Also, if before he did not particularly care about Michael, now he did. Michael had become interesting.
Arven sighed softly, as if mildly inconvenienced, and then moved as well.
Neither of them, not Caelum and not Arven, believed Michael had left the Fifteenth Floor.
Michael had just awakened his Law seed.
He should not have the refinement to shift space to such an absurd degree.
So the conclusion both men reached was simple.
Michael had just moved beyond their immediate sensing range.
Either way, he was still on the Fifteenth Floor.
Somewhere.
Caelum's anger kept building as he searched.
He expanded his perception again and again.
"Where's this brat?"
And as both Rank Four superpowers searched the Fifteenth Floor with different methods and different intentions, neither realized the truth.
