The chapter focuses on the Destroyers' plans to create more vampires in Targoviste and Istanbul, causing the main characters to split up in pursuit. One group discovers a hidden base and manages to disable an explosive trap set by the Destroyers. Meanwhile, the Destroyers use paper puppets and clever maneuvering to evade a sniper and then split up further, utilizing a 'divine step formation' for increased speed, all while being tracked by a data monitoring system.