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After obtaining fake IDs and enough counterfeit cash, Arthur, Carl, and the agents split into four groups. They drove the four vehicles belonging to the family of five away from the villa, heading in four different directions to conduct reconnaissance.

Arthur and Carl were in one group. They drove the smallest two-door BMW Mini, using the map stored in the Personal Computer for offline navigation as they took the highway toward Philadelphia, New York, in the far northeast.

As for the family of five who had been robbed, they woke up five hours after Carl, Arthur, and the agents left.

The first thing they did after waking was call the police. However, when the family saw the Chamber of Commerce Gold Coin on the glass table, they were instantly dumbfounded.

Although the American police force had few personnel, they still responded fairly quickly. In less than three minutes, two police officers arrived to make inquiries.

The family had tacitly agreed to conceal the Chamber of Commerce Gold Coin. However, when the police asked about the robbing agents' facial features, the agents' swift actions and the effects of the anesthetic had left the family completely unable to remember what they looked like.

Fortunately, the middle-aged couple from the family of five provided the police with the license plate numbers and descriptions of the stolen vehicles.

However, by that time, Carl, Arthur, and the agents had already driven out of Washington.

Moreover, in this era, American police investigations were not interconnected between states, or even between cities.

This was especially true between states. Once a wanted criminal fled to another state, the police from the state where the crime had been committed had no authority to make an arrest across state lines. They could only apply to a higher-level department to handle