Deafening snores rose and fell throughout Dr. Pym's living room.
Paimon covered her ears as she and Lin Ze walked between the soundly sleeping Luis, Kurt, and Dave.
Hope explained to them how things had ended up this way.
"I gave each of them half a tablet of Jialeding."
Paimon asked curiously, "What's Jialeding?"
"An anti-anxiety medication with a sedative effect."
Vision walked over to them. "These gentlemen were experiencing considerable emotional distress. On top of that, the corny jokes Officer Cyno told to soothe them seem to have had the opposite effect. Giving them Jialeding to put them to sleep temporarily was certainly a sound choice."
Lin Ze nodded in agreement. His ears really couldn't take all the racket they had been making earlier.
"Looks like Cyno's jokes can do damage in all sorts of ways, huh?"
Lin Ze shook his head in amusement.
They had a tough battle ahead of them tomorrow, and everyone needed to rest and build up their energy.
Cyno had already returned to the Police Station. If necessary, should Lin Ze and the others fail to handle things, he would request assistance through the FBI.
Yanfei had left Dr. Pym's residence long ago. Lin Ze had sent her elsewhere to stand by.
Itto, on the other hand, hadn't left and was still in the house. Lin Ze planned to take him along tomorrow and hide near the Pym Building, so they could provide reinforcements promptly if things went wrong.
"Where's Scott? I haven't seen him. Is he asleep already?"
Unable to find Scott in the house, Lin Ze asked Hope and Vision.
Hope shook her head. "Isn't he in the house?"
"No."
Vision blinked, locating Scott on the city's surveillance cameras.
"Judging by Mr. Scott's route, he appears to be going to see Little