Varina felt much more relaxed after returning to the little world he dominated.
Many things in the morning were beyond his expectations, causing him to have to improvise.
Although he seems to be coping well at the moment, as the variables increase, he feels that his control over events is rapidly declining.
The beginning of all the changes was the boy with bright red eyes, Ian Wright.
Varina couldn't have predicted that Detective Zerrell would take him to a shooting club.
In the original work, Klein personally certified that Ian's observation ability, except for psychological activities, was not much worse than that of the "audience" in Sequence 9.
Not only that, he also knew Kaspers, and Varina even borrowed his name to open up channels for Kaspers.
Under various conditions, it can be said that Ian is only one step away from seeing through Varina's disguise!
It is precisely because of this that after taking over the mission, Varina did not dare to let Ian continue to stay with Zerrell, so he transferred him away from Zerrell on the pretext of collecting intelligence.
You know, Zerrell is a senior detective, which is the profession that requires the most association and reasoning abilities.
If the two of them are allowed to stay together, no matter who suddenly comes up with an idea, they can definitely peel off Varina's current weak vest.
Sure enough, Ian found clues in the taxi.
Varina was nervous but thankful at the time. Fortunately, he was not too stupid. He took Ian with him and roughly thought of how to deal with him.
Ian's suspicions were based on an unrealistic sketch, so he needed other information to support it.
Wariner noticed this and threw out explosive information, directly bombarding him on the spot and confusing his thoughts, making him accept his identity as a bounty hunter.
With this level of knowledge, the possibility of Varina being exposed to Ian will be greatly reduced.
There are rules to follow in the way people think.
Take Ian's suspicion as an example. Without Varina's misdirection, his focus would always remain on the similarities, prompting him to constantly compare and find the differences between Varina's two identities. commonalities;
After Wariner misled him, his focus would shift to differences. As long as he didn't find anything in common among the heavyweights, he would no longer doubt Wariner's identity.
This is the primacy effect in psychology.
Through this method, Varina has secured a more generous external environment for himself.
He doesn't actually want much, just a few days.
Once his plan is completed and Zerrell is asked to report the results of his design to his cousin Reyes, the commission will be over, and the possibility of them having any further contact in the future is extremely slim.
By that time, even if they raise suspicions again, they probably won't spend any more energy to verify it because there is no profit involved.
Varina took off his formal clothes and rested on the bed for a long time before he regained his composure.
He still has very important things to do next.
Of course, it's not really to go to the East District to find out the news, but to find a way to fix the loopholes of the previous behavior.
His so-called connections in the East District were all lies. Even for other missing cases needed for the plan, he had to rely on Xio's channels to obtain them, let alone go to the East District to interrogate gang members?
There's no point in him going to the East End.
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At seven o'clock in the evening, Varina, who had been at home all day, came to White Rum Street.
This was the meeting he and Xio had agreed on in the morning.
He waited near the street for forty minutes before he saw Xio coming quickly from the direction of the East District.
Varina hurriedly caught up and asked, "Have you had dinner?"
"Not yet." Xio shook his head.
"Then let's go over there and talk while eating." Warina pointed to a restaurant not far away on the street.
It's peak dining time for workers, and cheap cafes are packed with customers.
The restaurant on the street was only decorated to look a little more upscale than those cafes, and it filtered out most of the crowds, providing a fairly comfortable dining environment for the target customers.
In order to facilitate conversation, the two chose seats in the corner.
"These are some of the missing cases I found. You can take a look first."
With that said, Xio handed over a few folded pages of paper.
Warina opened it and found that some of the records were quite detailed, including basic information and the approximate time of disappearance:
"Dharavi Street, Harland, male, about 50 years old, box-gluing worker at Hendry Match Factory, unemployed half a month ago, disappeared about ten days ago..."
He skipped the case after only a few glances, because there were too few valuable clues and no room for pursuit.
"Tonghe Road, Erwan, male, about forty years old, lower-level member of the Squirrel Gang, disappeared at night a month ago..."
Tonghe Road, isn't this the neighborhood where the Dead Eel Gang and the Gray Rat Gang fought over each other? This guy was probably attacked by the Dead Eel Gang in revenge, and his body was thrown into the Tasok River, right?
"Black Palm Street, Corny, female, 13 years old, the daughter of the tavern cook Loida, disappeared on her way to the church's free school a month and a half ago..."
Kaping!
Whizzers!
His first reaction when he saw this case was him. The characteristics of this case were too obvious.
Alas, it's been a month and a half, so people have probably been moved away long ago... Moreover, Kaping's backstage is too big.
Not to mention the distance, there are several mid-level Beyonders taking turns guarding his villa alone, far more than he can offend now.
Moreover, the main rumors of Kapin's human trafficking focus on girls. Although it is actually more than that, it is still inappropriate to blame him for his disappearance.
From anger to regret, to helpless loss, Varina finally felt a strange numbness, as if his previous emotional changes were an overreaction.
Closing his eyes and sighing, Varina did not look down any further.
He needs some time to adjust.
"Two guests, this is the dinner you ordered. I wish you a pleasant meal."
After an unknown amount of time, the waiter's voice brought Varina back to reality.
"It's a completely different feeling to know the general situation and to know the specific details." Xio's tone was very calm, "Their experience is tragic, but they are not the only ones who are miserable."
"As a bounty hunter, you have to get used to this."
Varina nodded silently and ate the dinner on the table.
More than ten minutes later, he continued to look through the missing case information.
Each of the missing persons had their experiences condensed into a few sentences, each occupying a few lines of space on the unfolded note.
Varina's eyes scanned faster and faster, and finally stopped at one of the lines:
"Cruz, Green Road, male, about 30 years old, porter of the dock union, was detained by the casino of Boiling Blood Bar a week ago for losing money in gambling, and then disappeared..."
