[Rinrou]

"Though I still deem it lucky that Laurel was not on site. She would have gone with him I imagine." Wolfe noted. He leaned back in his chair, "Raven, Dan, Cong, Bee and Laurel are on route back to James's place." he filled Yue in.

He paused a little, "I suggest we wrap the last few days up in Germany and head back ourselves. This attack of theirs has shown a weakness in our system. We can't afford to be so vulnerable again."

As he expected, there was protest. "What the terra, Wolfe?!" Pepper demanded, "There are still plenty of cities we haven't looked through!" she stated harshly, "We're running out of time."

Wolfe nodded, "Yes, but as of now... there appear to be three large organizations trying to pin members of our group down. We need to lay low for a little and think things through carefully or we'll all get caught." Pepper pursed her lips but did not argue further.

So far, James had not said a word, staring at the table in front of him with bland interest.