New Gods of North America

"Prepare bank notes with a face value of fifty thousand dollars and arrive at Burke Park on Wednesday morning to prepare for the transaction."

After returning to the hotel and seeing the message Doug sent by pigeon,

Wayne and Inissa rushed to Ian Fisk's newly bought mansion again.

This letter was also made of cut newspapers and was delivered by a local newsboy.

The newsboy said he didn't know the person who asked him to deliver the letter.

But it was certain that he was a white-skinned man in his thirties, with ordinary looks, and not fierce - at least not as fierce as the servant who caught him on the spot.

After Wayne finished asking questions, he asked the newsboy to leave an address where he could be contacted and agreed to let him leave first.

The old butler was quite considerate in his dealings with others, and he even had the servants give him a paper bag of bread as compensation and a thank you for his cooperation.

It's good news that the kidnappers have news.

However, the letter of contact was obviously not good.

Ian Fisk did not want the Chicago police or other forces to know about this matter.

So the only people he can rely on now are his servants and Wayne and a few others.

But judging from the kidnappers' behavior, it is very likely that they will "run away" when the time comes.

Chicago is a coastal city with a well-developed water system.

Burke Park is located in a well-connected block in the city, and there is a lake connected to the river. If the locals were to take outsiders out for a walk, the consequences would be unpredictable.

Maybe a boat will flow from the lake in the park into the Chicago River, and then it will be crowded there.

"Are you sure you don't want to consider asking the Chicago police for help?" Wayne asked.

The old housekeeper said tactfully, "The public security in Chicago is not very good, and the Fisk family is a prominent and prestigious family. If the news leaks out, Miss Olivia may be in greater danger."

Hmm...

As a big slave owner in the South, he is definitely not welcome here.

Moreover, they are a very wealthy family. If word gets out that a family member has been kidnapped, many people will definitely gloat over it, and someone might even take the opportunity to come up with other ideas.

So their concerns are not wrong.

At least in their opinion, Ms. Vahana just wants the ransom, but her character is decent, and there is no great hatred between the two parties. She is likely not to harm the hostages and make things worse.

If they were intercepted by some local gang, things might become really unpredictable, or even worse.

Ian Fisk thought about it:

"If you think it's necessary, I can give you some extra money to recruit people to assist you. But the news that Olivia was kidnapped and that this matter involves the Fisk family must not be disclosed to them.

"Although the ransom of 50,000 US dollars is a bit high, it is not something our family cannot afford. The most important thing at the moment is to ensure Olivia's safety. As for dealing with the kidnappers, it is not something we need to consider urgently for the time being."

Wayne thought for a moment and said, "The transaction will be held on Wednesday. We still have time. Let's go to the scene to confirm the situation. I will tell you if there is anything necessary."

Then Wayne thought of another problem that often appears in movies and TV shows:

"Fifty thousand dollars is a lot of money. You only have two days to raise the ransom. Is it enough?"

Do you need some newspapers, some real or fake banknotes or something like that?

Ian Fisk nodded. "There's no problem with the ransom. We've already brought the money. It's all ready. Considering that the other party might raise the price temporarily, we also brought some extra money."

All right...

I just asked this question unnecessarily.

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Burke Park, chosen by the kidnappers, is not particularly large. It is a public area in the downtown area for citizens to relax and entertain.

It's probably the kind of place where men and women meet or date in romance movies.

However, precisely because of this, Burke Park is interconnected and from the perspective of catching people, it can be said to be "leaky everywhere."

Fortunately, "leisure" is not so popular in this era, so the parks are not too crowded most of the time, at least you don't have to worry too much about accidentally injuring passers-by when pulling out a gun.

Ian Fisk completely entrusted the on-site trading to Wayne and his team.

So Wayne and his team pretended to take a walk and wandered around Burke Park, choosing a few locations that were easier to monitor and support each other, and tried to guess the kidnappers' possible transaction methods.

"If I were to arrange it, you wouldn't be allowed to use the carriage. I would ask you to run around in the park with the money for a while, and then move you to other places in the city to confirm whether there are other people following the person in charge of the transaction.

"Then when you are tired of running, we will arrange a carriage to intercept you halfway at a place where it is inconvenient to track you, rob you of your money and run away.

"I'll give you another location to rescue the hostages. I'll also set up some time traps, like burning the ropes with candles. If you don't rescue them quickly, the hostages will die. You probably won't have time to continue tracking them in a short time."

Lina is indeed a professional, and the solutions she came up with are very instructive and forward-looking.

Wayne felt a little timid after hearing this.

The Fisk family was cautious and planned to provide the kidnappers with bank notes with a face value of $100.

In this day and age when even $1 needs to be changed daily and the working class with weekly wages rarely have the opportunity to use $10 "large-denomination bills\

,"If an ordinary person suddenly uses $100 bills continuously in his life without the corresponding identity and reason, it is actually quite noticeable.

But that is something the kidnappers need to consider. For Wayne, at least it allows him to not carry too heavy a burden when he is in charge of the transaction.

But the negative effect that comes from this is that

A suitcase makes it easier for the kidnappers to escape.

"There are only six of us now. If that doesn't work, why don't we recruit some more helpers?"

After Wayne checked out the site, he thought more and more that Lina's plan was vicious, and thought he needed to recruit more people.

By the way, Wayne has already thought of a preliminary backup plan:

"Lina, do you have any ideas? For example, put a small item in the ransom so that we can track the cash later?

"Our goal now is to rescue the hostages. Since the employers don't care much about the ransom, if it's really not possible, we should first ensure the safety of the hostages.

"Considering that the other party has accomplices, we may not even be able to force the person sent by the other party to handle the transaction to stay. We can let the kidnappers take the money away first and then track them down later."

"That's easy. I can just mix a few strands of hair in there when the time comes."

Lina first answered easily, and then raised a new question:

"But are the hostages really safe now? Could it be that the hostages have already died, but the kidnappers still want to pretend to make a deal?"

You are so annoying.

Wayne can only pray in this regard, hoping that the other party is not as good at playing as Lina.