Rick thought that one over as he climbed out of the valley and set a compass course south to Baguio. The course would intersect the Bontoc Road, which he would then follow into town.
"What's our next step?" he asked.
"We've got to find Tony, of course. I have a hunch that we weren't thorough enough in looking over the Bontoc Road. Nangolat had to be on it. Where else could he go? Or where else would he go?"
"That lumber could have been camouflage," Angel offered.
Rick's first reaction was to ask what lumber, then he remembered that an Army truck like theirs, but loaded with lumber, had been on the Bontoc Road.
"Of course! Who would suspect a load of lumber, especially since this is lumber country?"
Scotty nodded. "It's possible. Tomorrow we'll go back to Bontoc, and if Nangolat was driving that lumber truck, Pilipil and company will know it. Tonight we'll cover Baguio again to make sure our enemies aren't still around. Perhaps we can find Chahda."
"If we haven't found Dr. Briotti by tomorrow night," Angel said, "we should go to the police."
"There's someone else we'll visit first," Rick said grimly. "And that's Mr. Irineo Lazada!"