New Gods of North America.

Chapter 477 Evacuation
I took on a security mission. The detective agency's office expenses for this trip to Richmond were covered by a sponsor.

So, leaving the "client ward" where Mr. Molière was temporarily recuperating, the three partners of the detective agency, plus key business personnel such as Doug and Sanders, gathered together for a small meeting.

After reporting on the security mission he had just received, Wayne tried to keep his words brief:
"Although we have accepted the security mission, Mr. Morrie and I have already made an agreement. The scope of our detective agency's business is to temporarily ensure his safety and prevent him from losing his life due to an accidental attack, but it will not lead to a confrontation with the federal law enforcement organization. Considering Mr. Morrie's secret identity, every agent needs to realize this."

The people present all had a general understanding of Wayne's position and were not surprised by this. In fact, this was the style of the detective agency.
Lina handed the check she had just checked to Inesa, and then she was the first to raise her hand, "So do I still need to continue acting with him?"

Wayne thought for a moment and said, "Let's keep the status quo for now. This is mainly based on two considerations. First, his past behavior still needs to be screened, which will determine whether we should take the initiative to hand him over to the relevant federal agency in the future. At the same time, during the security period, it is best to keep the client's mental state stable so that we can carry out our work. Otherwise, whether we want to get information or ensure his safety, it will become very troublesome."

Providing certain emotional value to customers is also part of the service.

Lina frowned over there, and Wayne paused for a moment before continuing:

"In fact, providing him with security is just a side job for us. I think one of the directions we can investigate next is to investigate the attackers tonight.

"Although Mr. Molière was not originally our target of investigation, he has been in Richmond for quite a while, and it is said that he has never been attacked before. Now that our clues have just been traced to him, this incident has happened. If we say this is a coincidence, the probability is too small. I think it is very likely related to the assassination case.

"So by protecting him, we have a potential source of information. As long as either party has subsequent actions, it will be difficult for them to bypass us. We can also obtain more first-hand intelligence during the confrontation."

Inissa basically agreed with this view. In fact, after she returned to the detective agency's temporary base, she had been asking Lina about tonight's attacker.

Lina originally had the script of a romance or spy film tonight. After the two of them finished their meal, Mr. Molière planned to take Lina to see a performance by a violinist. This was essentially the same move by a pursuer who wanted to prolong the time they spent together.
Unfortunately, Lina's identity as a "daughter of a noble family in distress" is all just an acting. It's okay for her to pretend to be nice, but if she is asked to sit quietly and listen to music seriously, she will not be happy.

So plans couldn't keep up with changes, and the final itinerary became a trip for the two of them to Mr. Molière's home to see the collection.

Mr. Molière was of course happy to see the beauty, and Lina went to check out the place happily. However, the romantic scene imagined by Mr. Molière did not go smoothly after all. After Lina got the map information, she quickly found an excuse to escape successfully.
But after leaving, before the carriage had gone far, Lina heard a strange noise and felt something was wrong. Then, when she was about to return again using the excuse of "accidentally forgetting something", she unexpectedly ran into the attackers who were committing the crime.

Then the story becomes "The brave agent rises to fight, and the pretty daughter saves the hero".
The reason why Lina and the others were able to escape safely was not only because of their good fighting ability, but also because the attackers at the scene did not pursue and fight them too much. After discovering the unexpected situation, they quickly stopped making any movements, unlike the detective agency who would chase others all over the streets when catching people.

"Since your schedule tonight was changed at the last minute and was not originally in his plan, and the attackers did not even let you notice anything unusual before they officially launched the attack, it means that he may have been targeted by the attackers for a long time, and even his daily movements and the defense of his residence have been figured out. This does not seem like the work of an amateur. "And the other party officially launched the attack not long after you left. The most reasonable suspicion for this situation is that the attackers' actions are very targeted and they do not intend to involve irrelevant people, so they deliberately waited until you left before taking action. If you put this premise into consideration, the attackers seem to be in a hurry, giving people a feeling that the plan is well prepared, but the specific action orders are somewhat urgent and hasty. "

After the meeting, Inissa continued to analyze the situation with Lina.

Lina clearly feels the same way:

"That's one of the reasons why I brought him back. The attackers at the scene didn't seem to be interested in property, and they had no ill will towards irrelevant people, but they were very decisive when they took action against targets within their range of action. Usually this kind of situation can only happen in larger organizations, and their temperament is completely different from that of ordinary criminal gangs."

Wayne, who was standing next to him, thought about it and said, "If this was done by a professional spy organization, then according to the normal process, now that the target has escaped, how should they deal with it later?"

Lina didn't need to think at all, and the answer came out directly:
"If the target escapes, it means the operation has failed. The normal process is to clean up the traces and evacuate in time. Then, according to different instructions, you may act again, abandon the target, or change a group of people to carry out a new attack mission. This mainly depends on whether the operation itself can be exposed and whether the operation team has follow-up support locally."

Well……

It sounds a bit like the viper in the animal world, which suddenly jumps out and gives its prey a big smack with its fangs, and then may not pursue or confront it head-on. Instead, it will slowly check to see if the prey is dead or not after a while, and then give it another bite or shake its tail and leave. Beneath this seemingly lazy and casual mode of action, there is an almost cold calculation and survival of the fittest.

However, Wayne had already obtained the information he wanted to confirm. "So since the operation has failed, if we go back to investigate now, the observation post that the enemy had set up near Mr. Morrie's house should have been evacuated, right?"

"It may not be accurate, but it's very likely." Lina nodded slightly, "Maybe even the scene has been 'cleaned'."

What a coincidence.

What detectives are good at is finding "what is missing at the scene".

Although the style of detective agencies nowadays with all kinds of fighting and killing has deviated a bit, according to the example in the animal world, the king cobra, which can eat vipers as food, just happens to like to run around in a hurry, chasing the tail of its prey.

(End of this chapter)