New Gods of North America

Whether it was Inissa, Lina, or Damon MacCready who had also been involved in the arrest work before,

Several people's views on members of the School of Life,

They all “may not be strong in combat effectiveness”, but are most likely “difficult to catch”.

The extraordinary abilities in the realm of life are varied and bizarre.

However, from a general perspective, most of the characteristics they reflect can be understood as "surviving" or "developing a competitive advantage in some aspect."

Although sometimes I can "survive\

,"It may not be “the” person from before, nor may it be the same “person” from before…

Although not all members of the Life School are extraordinary people in the field of "life\

,"But even for those who do not have strong extraordinary abilities, their level of understanding and application of their own extraordinary abilities is likely to be above average.

"So what we have to deal with may be 'rats' that are good at escaping, or 'cockroaches' that are good at hiding?" Wayne asked.

Lina threatened him, "It could be a 'worm' that can be chopped into several pieces but still alive, or a 'hornet's nest' that explodes when poked."

Wayne then looked at Lina:

"I remember you are also a member of the 'School of Life'? Can you think of a way to set a trap and lure people in?"

"Oh, you are such a bad person, you actually want me to betray the school."

Lina pretended to be surprised for a moment, then became a little more serious. "The School of Life does not prohibit members from 'hunting' each other, but if you use the name of 'school members' to lure members into hunting, it will be considered 'academic misconduct'. If it gets out accidentally, we will be regarded as public enemies by all school members. Are you sure you want to do this?"

Hmm...

The detective agency currently has only a dozen people, and they still have to take on jobs to do business.

It's not a big problem to create some "local friction" and hunt secretly, but as for officially carrying the title of "declaring war", it seems that there is no benefit... You can fight the cockroaches you encounter, but there is no need to attract all the cockroaches in other people's homes to your own home.

It is better to be safe than sorry. You should always leave yourself some room to "win one faction over another".

In this way, if the detective agency needs to cooperate with people from the School of Life Studies in the future, Wayne can find some excuses like "We are not targeting the School of Life Studies, we also have friends in the School of Life Studies."

So Wayne chose to "stick to the facts" and decided to let Damon MacCready be in charge of contacting the other party:

"Then should we make some preparations? Since they are from outside, I think it would be more convenient for us to go directly to their base to take down their lair, so that no one can slip through the net."

Inesa thought for a moment:

“It’s hard to guess the extraordinary abilities in the life realm, but there are some conventional hunting routines. The rest we can only improvise.

"But I also agree to attack the base directly. If we arrange to meet, not all members of the other party will be responsible for contacting, and there may be external observations. Compared with the defenses around the base, they may be more scattered, and there is a greater possibility of being missed."

Lina thought for a moment and said, "The organizational structure of the School of Life Studies is similar to that of migratory birds. Usually, members are dispersed into small teams, living or conducting research on their own. Only under certain circumstances will they gather or migrate on a large scale. So the good news is that if this is just the action of a small team, then there shouldn't be many of them coming."

"So what's the bad news?" Wayne asked.

"You already know the bad news. It's 'hard to catch' and it might disturb other 'bird flocks'."

…

The temporary residence used by the other party in Georgeburg was a cheaply rented townhouse.

The location is a little far from the city, but it is relatively spacious. It is suitable for the working class who have many family members, have a higher pursuit of quality of life, and are willing to spend more time commuting.

Wayne asked the landlord about this through Sheriff Bill Tench of the police station.

It is said that this townhouse was rented out two years ago, and the tenant is very active in paying the rent, which is basically mailed to his home in advance at the end of every month.

But according to the information Willy fed back - he and Lina had become the "king of the kids" among a group of newsboys without knowing when, and as soon as they spread the news, someone came back with a reply within half a day - it was said that it didn't look like anyone lived there permanently, but on one or two fixed days every month, the lights would be turned on at night, and it felt like someone was responsible for cleaning regularly.

This sounds a lot like the "backup safe room" of a secret agency or hidden organization.

It's bad news.

It's like accidentally discovering a pile of food stored by mice in the corner of the house. Even if you don't see the mice, a normal person can guess that mice have made a nest here - which means that the other party is not too unfamiliar with George Berg.

So the detective agency adjusted its staffing allocation.

The employer could not ignore it, so he had to ask Ryan to take two trainee detectives to guard him temporarily.

It was not convenient to bring the new little girl along, and letting her do whatever she wanted would affect Damon MacCready's work enthusiasm, so he brought her into the manor with him, and asked the housekeeper to secretly arrange a guest room for her to stay in, so that she could practice questions on her own there, and at the same time, the agents were also asked to keep an eye on her.

The remaining manpower was temporarily transferred out.

Try to make sure no fish slip through the net.

Inesa brought the list she discussed with Lina and Damon MacCready.

The "preparations" that Wayne had people purchase were so rich that they surprised him.

Large iron frames, mouse traps, bird-proof nets, insect nets, herbicides, insecticides, as well as matching iron chains, nails, hammers, kerosene, holy water, spoons, and containers.

Even the mirror that Lina had gotten in Kanks City was brought here just in case.

Both wagons were hardly fully loaded.

This may be the benefit of having professionals in the team. For some things, following them to do them is more useful than figuring them out for a long time on your own.

When Wayne faces something he doesn't understand well enough, he is willing to first see how professionals think and deal with it.

Several carriages mixed in the traffic, passing by one after another to confirm the location,

Two blocks away, Inissa was acting as the temporary on-site commander before the operation:

"According to the investigation, there are only four people on the other side, so we have enough manpower. I and a few members with relatively weaker combat capabilities will mainly be on the periphery to defend. The requirement is that even if we cannot stop them, we will try our best not to lose the target.

"After the operation begins, the peripheral members must immediately nail iron frames with railings and fine nets to the outer walls and seal several windows on the first floor. The windows on the second and third floors are too high, so they can only temporarily hang bird-proof nets and set traps below to try to prevent escape.

“At the same time, the assault team broke in from a window at the back and made sure to control the other side as quickly as possible and inform each other in time if there was any unexpected situation.

"Generally speaking, it's not too difficult. But from the perspective of catching them all in one fell swoop, we still have to prevent the types that can 'disperse and flee' or 'change form'."

Wayne and two trainee agents are the so-called "assault team."

At that time, Damon MacCready would take Lina in through the front door to meet with the other party and attract their attention.

Willy started to open the window at the back. If nothing unexpected happened, after Wayne and the others went in, Inesa would shoot the other party's member who was on guard outside, and the window would be sealed and the operation would officially begin.