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>Send Pulsemon out to get their attention. No need to rely on luck, when he's an excellent distraction on his own. He'll surely pull their focus towards him, allowing you to slip by without notice. However, he'll need time to rendezvous with you after he leads them away. You'll have to keep walking without his guidance for a little while.
You crouch by the vending machine to whisper into his hiding place.
“We need you to distract them.”
<span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-b">”Huh? But-“</span></span>
“They’re turning!” Ryan hisses.
Left with no choice, Pulsemon scurries out from under the machine. He crouches into a runner’s stance and takes a single second to check his shoelaces, before taking off in a burst of lightning. You feel the air crackling, and your static cloak fizzles in response. He’s gone in a flash, darting past the patients right as they emerge. One of them yelps in surprise.
He slows down, becoming visible to them for a brief moment, then continues along his way. The three of them are left marveling at the sight. The middle-aged woman in their group slowly follows along, holding up a camera, and her two friends accompany her. There are no bots escorting them, fortunately.
“You think he’ll get caught on camera?” Ryan asks.
“Nah, he lives here, he probably knows how to avoid them.”
The situation is handled, you quickly reach the intersection and turn right, moving away from the patients. Sp00f is one of those .apps that work off activation time, rather than being single-use, so you don’t burn too many copies while disabling the various cameras in your path. You eventually make it to the stairwell, which is buried annoyingly deep in the building.
“You sure this is the right one?”
“Positive, it has the same green door and everything.”
You push the door open and start climbing the steps. There were other staircase landings that could have taken you up to the third floor, but you decided to pick one that was inconvenient to reach. The vast majority of users would just take the stairs by the entrance, making this one less likely to be inhabited. Your bet pays off, and you run into nobody while ascending.
