Victor paced back and forth as he explained, "Based on my understanding of these crime syndicates, they will likely first have you do a small task. If that goes smoothly, they'll hand us bigger assignments. At that point, I'll send someone to set them up, teaming up with the Great Paris Police Hall to spread some enticing bait and create a demand for Gervais to forge documents. As soon as he wants to do that, he'll definitely send someone to Brest to contact Francois. With Gervais as a guarantor, approaching Francois to gather intel from him becomes much more feasible."
Such meticulous arrangements and clever designs—Arthur knew immediately that Victor wasn't new to these tactics.
Yet, he still hadn't realized that fishing enforcement tricks like this had been honed by the first detective in human history all the way back in the 19th century.
If Victor's plan executed smoothly, then Francois might not understand why he went from a life sentence to death row until the very end.
