CI Immersion #5: The Storytelling Phase

In Chapter 7 of Lo que esconde el monte, Nicolás and Javier uncover a new connection between Tomás Salgado and Zacarías Rojas. As Nicolás finally reveals more about the letter and map he inherited, the search takes an important turn.

In Chapter 6 of Lo que esconde el monte, the mystery continues as the search for answers around the old map, Tomás Salgado, and the hidden treasure becomes more complicated.

Javier travels to Toluca to visit his elderly grandmother, Lupita, whose memory is beginning to fade. Just as he is about to leave, an old photograph on her wall catches his attention and opens a window into Santa Lucía’s past.

Nicolás heads into Santa Lucía del Monte to buy food and supplies, but a simple stop at a local gas station turns tense when he meets Daniel Rojas, the town’s suspicious police commander. Daniel immediately takes an interest in the stranger, and when something unexpected falls from Nicolás’s wallet, the encounter becomes much more dangerous.

Nicolás and Javier spend an afternoon fishing beside the lake, and Nicolás begins to open up about the year he has spent traveling through Mexico with little money and no clear destination. But when a promising tug on the fishing line sends Nicolás straight into the water, the quiet afternoon takes a much less serious turn.