The three potential targets were, in order, the "cunning and resourceful" Tungas Family, the "charity-loving" Merida Family, and the "aristocratic" Sir Cross.
After discussing it for half the day, the four finally chose their target—the least guarded Sir Cross.
In his daily life, this Sir was particular about aristocratic manners in every respect.
And such excessive fussiness brought a problem: too many elaborate formalities inevitably meant too many loopholes.
For example, one major loophole was that he had hired too many servants to maintain his aristocratic image, causing the number of servants to greatly outnumber the security personnel.
That made things much easier for the four of them.
Dr. Stein provided technical support and served as an assistant. Maple Father was in command, while Birch and Bracken were the operatives.
Bracken also had to play the role of a "hunter." Her hunting dog was an Otherworldly User cultivated by the Heaven's Mandate Society long ago, the owner of the Seed of Wrath, codenamed "Gundam."
"Gundam" had also been branded with an Ideological Imprint and already considered himself a dog.
That was precisely what gave the Heaven's Mandate Society an opportunity to cooperate with Dr. Stein. They feared they would be unable to control this Otherworldly User.
Thus, this Otherworldly User had not appeared at the discussion. Dogs naturally had no right to participate in decision-making.
As for why he had that codename, it was simply because Bracken liked it.
Sir Cross's estate had been converted from a farm.
He had spent a full thirty million Miken renovating it.
What displeased him was that although labor costs had dropped considerably, shortages of building materials forced him to compromise in many areas.
For instance, the six swimming pools that should have been built had ultimately been reduced to three.
The three