At this time, Pete had also finished dinner, so Henry called him to leave the bar together.
"Pete, were there any wanted criminals among those six people?"
"No, at least our police station doesn't have bounties on them."
"Go back and check if any other police stations have wanted bounties on them. If so, you get 5%. If there are none, just throw them in the valley."
Upon hearing about the 5%, Pete immediately became energetic. His normal weekly wage was less than $5.
5% of a $500 bounty would be $25, higher than his monthly salary.
If he encountered a big fish with a $3,000 bounty, that would be $150 commission - he'd be rich.
So Pete enthusiastically returned to the police station to review files.
Henry went straight home.
As he neared his front door, he slowed down and carefully approached the house entrance.
People die for wealth, birds die for food.
Today there had already been two waves of 16 assassins.
What Henry was most worried about now was encountering massive bomb explosions.
The panel indicated that five green pearl shells could synthesize one blue pearl shell, which could withstand one bomb or artillery attack.
But it didn't specify clearly - after all, bombs and artillery shells varied enormously in yield.
So Henry thought it was better to be cautious. If he could avoid being bombed, he'd try to avoid it to minimize losses.
He now had 175 gray pearl shells, 58 white pearl shells, and 5 green pearl shells.
Every five lower-level shells could synthesize one higher-level shell.
So he could synthesize at most 4 blue pearl shells to withstand 4 bomb explosions.
Henry didn't sense danger, so he used his key to open the door and slowly pushed it open.
Indeed there was no danger alert. Henry slowly entered the house and slowly walked through every area.
Walking slowly was to ensure that if there was danger, his danger premonition would trigger and he'd have enough time to escape.
After more than ten minutes, Henry finally confirmed the house was fine.
He returned to the first-floor hall and began thinking about his next actions.
Fortunately he had the danger premonition talent this time, or he'd really be restless.
But he still had to be careful just in case.
This was Henry being bold due to his skills, not fearing pursuit.
But what if assassins started targeting Linda's family of three or Pete?
Although the Henry who had crossed over cared somewhat about these people, if they really died in an accident, Henry might not be truly heartbroken.
After all, the actual contact time was still short.
But being slapped in the face like this would make Henry very unhappy.
Originally he had wanted to wait by the tree for rabbits, farm a few more release pearls, upgrade to level 3 before going after the McKinley family.
Now he had to act quickly.
Henry focused his mind on the progress bar and found it had reached 54.8%.
Below were 4 gray pearls, 9 white pearls, and 3 green pearls.
Today's 12 assassins had provided 3 green pearls and 9 white pearls.
They were indeed all elite, but only two green pearls had skills.
This was equivalent to having 79 gray pearls now. He should soon be able to gather 100, then use them.
Today was only the first day the black market bounty was posted. These two batches of assassins were probably active nearby and caught the first wave.
The real experts should come later.
Henry simply tidied up the first-floor storage room - he planned to sleep here for the next few days.
At this time, in the four taverns of Fresco Town, many people were enthusiastically discussing Sheriff Henry's instant killing of 6 assassins.
This news was learned by many new faces who had just entered the taverns, and quickly spread to surrounding towns and cities through the tavern intelligence network.
Meanwhile, Henry's background intelligence was also being resold multiple times.
At this moment, in a hotel room in Fresco Town, eight Doug gang bandits were in heated argument.
They had followed boss Jack and strategist Gallaher in yesterday's assault on the town, but survived because they fell behind and escaped when they saw the situation.
Under strategist Gallaher's organization, the group returned to town to seek opportunities.
Because the town now lacked police manpower, they had easily entered and settled in town.
The eight had just returned to the hotel after collecting intelligence at the other two bars.
"From today's failure of the other two waves of assassins, Henry's marksmanship is godlike and his reactions amazingly fast. It's very difficult to ambush him," Gallaher summarized.
The other seven looked at each other, all having thoughts of giving up.
Gallaher saw everyone's reactions but couldn't force them.
After Jack's death, he didn't have such great prestige in everyone's eyes.
Earlier he had convinced everyone using the reason that Henry should have taken the huge deposit from Jack's body.
"Think about Henry's bounty, plus the money he has now - definitely over twenty thousand dollars. Kill him and we each get about three thousand dollars. We could live well anywhere after that," Gallaher said lightly.
The other seven's eyes seemed to turn the color of gold coins. The bald strongman Royce asked, "Strategist, how do you want to do it?"
"From the intelligence gathered, Henry is only close to Mayor William, Officer Pete, and former Police Chief Bryan Mills' wife Linda."
"William has many guards there. Pete's family could be considered as a target, but the most suitable target is still Linda. Her house only has her and two children, and Bryan Mills should have left her quite a bit of money."
"This town happens to lack police manpower these days, convenient for us to act. First we kidnap her and the two children, then use them to set an ambush for Henry."
Gallaher finished speaking methodically. The other seven bandits looked at each other, and Royce was first to express his position: "I agree. When do we act?"
The others immediately followed suit in agreeing.
"Around 11 PM tonight. If we wait longer I'm worried other assassins will act first. Linda's house has a border collie. John, you're responsible for drugging it. After Ryan gets the door open, John, you knock Linda unconscious, try not to make any noise. After success we immediately ride out of town."
"If we encounter anyone en route, Royce, you use throwing knives to deal with them."
"Four people go kidnap, four people guard the horses, ready to provide support anytime."
"Be careful not to alert Henry - his house is only about 170 feet from Linda's."
"If we're exposed midway, quickly rush out of town and regroup at location 2."
"Whether we succeed or not, we leave here tonight."
After Gallaher finished, he looked around. Everyone nodded to show understanding. There was over an hour before action, so everyone prepared individually.
On the other side, after Henry finished tidying the storage room, he quickly took a shower.
Why quickly? Naturally because he worried about criminals breaking in while he was bathing.
Sitting back on the sofa, he was so angry his teeth itched - one bounty from the McKinley family had made him restless.
Now he felt this way as a lone wolf - what if he had his own woman and children in the future?
He still needed to quickly establish his own power and build multiple protective walls.
Henry emphasized this plan again in his heart.