Beneath Lagos Rain
An old commercial delivery truck rumbled out of the village.
The driver, an elderly fisherman named Musa, had no idea that the sealed wooden crate in the back no longer contained fishing nets.
Instead, it held the black ledger.
Alongside it...
A second device Damian had quietly assembled.
A signal repeater.
To anyone tracking the ledger, nothing had changed.
It was still moving.
Still heading inland.
Exactly as expected.
Meanwhile, Samuel's group left in the opposite direction.
Using an unmarked coastal road.
No phones.
No digital maps.