Naturally, the next step would either be for them to send more people to subdue him and rescue the three captives, or for both sides to genuinely sit down and talk. But regardless of which it was, Luo needed this last person to relay the news that they had been subdued, which was why he had not bothered with the communication devices the three were carrying.
After that, Luo merely searched through all the miscellaneous items the three had on them, then tore up a bedsheet and tied them tightly together before tossing them onto the living room floor and ignoring them. He had no intention of extracting intelligence from them. He knew he was not good at that sort of work; even if he asked, he probably would not get anything useful, and he would have a hard time telling truth from lies. If El-Elf had been here, though, Luo would not have needed to worry about any of that. El-Elf was a professional.
After tossing the three onto the floor, Luo sat down on the living room sofa without saying a word and took out his handheld computer to send El-Elf a message. He was genuinely annoyed. Sending three people to sneak into his room like petty thieves—no one would be happy about that.
"Three people infiltrated my place. I've subdued all of them, but I don't know who sent them."
Upon receiving the message, El-Elf immediately left the classroom where he was attending a lesson. Only after stepping outside and reading it did he reply:
"Did you attempt an interrogation? Did they try to commit suicide or make threats?"
El-Elf did not even ask whether Luo had been hurt. As long as they were ordinary people from this world rather than Participants, there was no need to