When Sanderson was injecting the Shadow Messenger with morphine, Joe Ga saw from the drone's perspective that about 6 kilometers ahead on the road, several police cars had blocked off a three-way intersection, diverting traffic onto another route.
As the drone shifted direction, Joe Ga realized that the area they were in had become an isolated 'island'.
This discovery sent a chill down Joe Ga's spine; he knew that he wasn't the one with the problem, which meant that it could only lie with the Shadow Messenger.
All the roads leading to the interior of America were now blocked. If Eric didn't bring him good news in the next ten minutes, he would have to risk moving south across the America-Mexico border.
The only piece of good news was that it was about to get dark, and he could create a batch of camouflage material to block thermal detection at any time.
After waiting a few minutes and seeing no further abnormalities in the sky, Joe Ga patted Ayu, signaling her to follow him...