After gathering every critical piece of intelligence he needed, Dan did not make a sudden or suspicious exit.
Instead, he waited patiently until Marlon and Commander Luke had fully departed the scene.
Only then did he turn around smoothly, slipping away from the lingering crowd of soldiers without drawing a single eye.
He moved back toward the secluded drainage culvert where he had hidden the unconscious soldier earlier.
Working swiftly, Dan swapped their outfits, dressing the soldier back in his proper military uniform while changing into his own civilian clothes.
Once the man was fully dressed, Dan lifted him onto his shoulder, carried him out of the shadows, and placed him back near the exact spot where he had originally ambushed him.
Taking a small medical vial from his coat, Dan injected a second compound into the side of the soldier's neck to reverse the sedative.
Without wasting a second, he vanished behind the trunk of a massive oak tree nearby.
