Their search for the chip was systematic, even though Hendrix suspected that it was gone with the target. Layla scanned the astral with her special sight, all the while listening to Juju give updates on the spirit. Hendrix took the lead, moving as fast as his boosted reflexes and augmented musculature would allow. Juju had reported finding no auras doing his astral recon, but that didn’t mean there weren’t surveillance cameras or track-running security drones. Hendrix had seen too many mercs kiss death by such killing machines. And to him, that would be the worst way to go—by the mindless autofire of a drone.