"Police station? Why would we need to go there? Do you think little Jack has been caught?" Big Yage asked.
"If that were the case, you wouldn't need my help. I'm going there to confirm some clues," Chen Ke said.
A city map of Langdon was spread out on the table, circles drawn in stronger areas with a feather pen. Over the decades, Jacob and Ivy's Thief Gang had become not just a sanctuary for the homeless but the information nexus of the entire city.
Yet even as an information center, it provided no useful intelligence for Chen Ke... He believed they must be collecting information in the wrong way.
"Do you need my help, Chen?" Big Yage volunteered.
"No... it would be better for a stranger to handle this. I'll take my companions with me. Your faces would be recognized quickly on the streets by little Jack, and if they really wanted to avoid you, it would be easy for them," Chen Ke shook his head.
