All of his zen meditation had not dulled Wu-Han's ability to come to a quick decision. With them standing in this alley that Niko was certain wouldn't conceal them for very long, the former assassin pointed towards a disused Mahjong Parlor and he nodded in agreement. A Mahjong place - abandoned or not - may've seemed a bit on the nose, but it was every bit as possible anyone looking around would think 'Nah, they wouldn't be in there.' if the place was spotted. In any case, Niko re-secured the door with a heavy Mahjong table wedged against it and made sure that there wasn't any way of anyone looking in before getting down to the matter at hand.
This place had, of course, seen better times. It may've even been a den for the Wuye-ying, at some point. No matter. What it was...was unoccupied, out of the public eye, and quiet in comparison to being exposed outside, so now they could talk and think. Han explained that the Wuye-ying operated in this town (and others on Earth, presumably) under such originally-named businesses as the White Lotus Shipping and Black Lotus Estates. As he finished naming those places, Niko felt that the secrecy of the Wuye-ying was perhaps based more on intimidating people to not talk, rather than subtlety. This place wasn't even a Chinese town! Of course, since they worked with the MMC, they wouldn't exactly NEED to hide...
Still, that was the situation, and they were probably closer to the Black Lotus than the white one. Unfortunately, as it was a Real Estate office, that meant their choice location for hiding out would be...anywhere there was real estate, and...well...that was everywhere. Fortunately, and possibly because he wanted them to walk into what was presumably a trap, Goda had stated that he was at 'the office'. This could've been a lie, and that they were meant to fall prey to something there with him absent, but then even if so, that lead would net them other leads.
"Alright, so the main thing we need is to know where that location is, and also some way to travel the city safely. We won't be able to do this if we head there and about a million cops follow. Fortunately, we have an asset that will help us with that."
He indicated the cellphone in Wu's hand.
"That will have city maps on the local network. We can get around without getting lost. The only problem is that we don't want the authorities dogging us, and even though we're strong, I want to approach this a little carefully, since we know it's probably a trap and we don't want Goda to bail. So, we have some options."
Niko began to count these off with his fingers, as he was coming up with them fairly quickly. His experience in espionage was really going to come in handy right now, even with limited resources.
"Option One, we take to the rooftops and limit possible surveilance to anything setup in the air, which there will be some, but not as much as literally the entire population of this city, with plenty of cops on the ground. If we need a distraction to confuse, say, a patrolling helicopter, I toss a Capsule and a car crashes somewhere, drawing attention elsewhere."
His projection for success on that was...middling. They had no idea how many air vehicles or surveillance drones there were here. Could be alot.
"Option Two, we delve underground into the utilities - probably the sewers - and navigate completely by GPS on the phone. It's probably not going to be traced - unless by Goda - if it's on, so the worst thing that could happen is that our enemy knows we're coming and is fully-prepared."
Niko wanted to avoid that if he could. A quick check of the maps, and then off goes the phone would be preferred.
"Finally, Option Three. We find some means of disguising ourselves to keep us from looking the way we do - faces included - and then we use one of these Capsule cars to just drive near the location before scoping it out."
He honestly like this one the most. No one would give them another look if they had a change of clothes and some way of looking less like the men on the wanted posters. With no pressure on them, they could do what they wanted and focus on the Wuye-ying themselves.
This place had, of course, seen better times. It may've even been a den for the Wuye-ying, at some point. No matter. What it was...was unoccupied, out of the public eye, and quiet in comparison to being exposed outside, so now they could talk and think. Han explained that the Wuye-ying operated in this town (and others on Earth, presumably) under such originally-named businesses as the White Lotus Shipping and Black Lotus Estates. As he finished naming those places, Niko felt that the secrecy of the Wuye-ying was perhaps based more on intimidating people to not talk, rather than subtlety. This place wasn't even a Chinese town! Of course, since they worked with the MMC, they wouldn't exactly NEED to hide...
Still, that was the situation, and they were probably closer to the Black Lotus than the white one. Unfortunately, as it was a Real Estate office, that meant their choice location for hiding out would be...anywhere there was real estate, and...well...that was everywhere. Fortunately, and possibly because he wanted them to walk into what was presumably a trap, Goda had stated that he was at 'the office'. This could've been a lie, and that they were meant to fall prey to something there with him absent, but then even if so, that lead would net them other leads.
"Alright, so the main thing we need is to know where that location is, and also some way to travel the city safely. We won't be able to do this if we head there and about a million cops follow. Fortunately, we have an asset that will help us with that."
He indicated the cellphone in Wu's hand.
"That will have city maps on the local network. We can get around without getting lost. The only problem is that we don't want the authorities dogging us, and even though we're strong, I want to approach this a little carefully, since we know it's probably a trap and we don't want Goda to bail. So, we have some options."
Niko began to count these off with his fingers, as he was coming up with them fairly quickly. His experience in espionage was really going to come in handy right now, even with limited resources.
"Option One, we take to the rooftops and limit possible surveilance to anything setup in the air, which there will be some, but not as much as literally the entire population of this city, with plenty of cops on the ground. If we need a distraction to confuse, say, a patrolling helicopter, I toss a Capsule and a car crashes somewhere, drawing attention elsewhere."
His projection for success on that was...middling. They had no idea how many air vehicles or surveillance drones there were here. Could be alot.
"Option Two, we delve underground into the utilities - probably the sewers - and navigate completely by GPS on the phone. It's probably not going to be traced - unless by Goda - if it's on, so the worst thing that could happen is that our enemy knows we're coming and is fully-prepared."
Niko wanted to avoid that if he could. A quick check of the maps, and then off goes the phone would be preferred.
"Finally, Option Three. We find some means of disguising ourselves to keep us from looking the way we do - faces included - and then we use one of these Capsule cars to just drive near the location before scoping it out."
He honestly like this one the most. No one would give them another look if they had a change of clothes and some way of looking less like the men on the wanted posters. With no pressure on them, they could do what they wanted and focus on the Wuye-ying themselves.
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