Within the circular field of view, every blade of grass and tree in the clearing outside the mansion was clearly visible, including the scene of Madam Baolifa battling three boxers in a second-floor art studio with its curtains open.
The boxers had well-developed muscles and generally burly builds, making the aged and overweight Madam Baolifa actually look petite and delicate among them.
At the same time, other colors could be picked out in the field of view. Some came from formations, while others emanated from individuals. Around the perimeter, they were commonly seen on security guards in patrol teams. Every patrol team included a cleric.
Kallen lowered the binoculars and rubbed his fingertips over them twice. "Very finely made. How many vouchers?"
Neo shook his head. "Very expensive. These are supplied exclusively to the Knight Order. But we don't need to buy them anyway. We can get a requisition slip and borrow them from the warehouse when we're on a mission."
"So we still have to return them?"
"That depends on the mission." Neo took several broken binocular components from his pocket. "This mission is high-level. We can turn these broken parts in as combat losses afterward."
"Finding those discarded parts couldn't have been easy either, could it?"
"There's always a little grease left in the sponge if you squeeze hard enough."
At that moment, Kallen and Neo stood on the roof of a building, where they could clearly observe the situation inside the mansion through the binoculars.
The command room for this operation, however, was not here. Kallen and Neo were effectively outside the mission plan, because once the operation began, they would choose the right moment to enter and take the copper coins.
Still, although the two ministers did not feature in the mission plan, Alfred and Vic