In the dead of night, Hunter stood atop a tree by the roadside.
Through the gaps between the leaves, he could vaguely see dozens of meters away.
There stood an old-style villa built during the Cold War, with a history of forty or fifty years.
That was Stanfield's residence!
Located in an ordinary residential area in the old district of Los Angeles!
Stanfield's place looked unremarkable, aside from being slightly larger than the surrounding villas.
Including the garden, it covered an area of nearly five hundred square meters.
Furthermore, it was a rare brick and concrete structure among the newly built residences in Los Angeles, rather than a wooden one.
Other than that, no real problems could be seen!
However, Hunter had been investigating for several days.
He was almost certain of one thing: this was the only property Stanfield frequented.
After all, in the plot of [léon: the professional]...
That Corrupt Police Officer Stanfield from the Drug Enforcement Bureau was not only cunning and insidious but also engaged in stealing drugs from other criminals in the shadows.
He even used his status as a senior agent of the Drug Enforcement Bureau to sell drugs, becoming a veritable drug lord.
But he rose by the Drug Enforcement Bureau and would fall by it.
Stanfield's status as a senior agent meant he occasionally had to undergo investigations and inquiries from relevant US agencies.
To cover up his drug theft and trafficking, this guy had to meticulously disguise himself.
Therefore, Hunter felt there must be something wrong with Stanfield's residence.
Over the years, the black money he earned from stealing and trafficking drugs could not see the light of day.
In all probability, it was either kept in a bank like a Swiss Bank that had certain confidentiality measures for customer information...
Or, it was hidden right under Stanfield's nose.
And this old brick-and-mortar villa was very suspicious.
"I have to find a way to get in and take a look!"
Stanfield wasn't home right now, but Hunter didn't rush in blindly.
He still needed Stanfield to divert the FBI's attention.
He was also worried that if he broke into Stanfield's home and triggered some anti-theft measures, it would alert the man.
Then Stanfield might not follow his plan to help Hunter clear out the FBI at his rented apartment.
In that case, if he wanted to get rid of the FBI...
He would have to spend more time and use more methods.
Hunter naturally wanted to deal with the FBI as quickly as possible.
Because of this, today he had only come ahead of time to scout the location.
Once Hunter's plan succeeded, the best-case scenario for Stanfield was being targeted and investigated by the FBI.
Even if he could evade them, Hunter would personally take action to assassinate him.
Having already obtained thirty to forty million us dollars from Steve, Hunter had developed a taste for it.
He had already set his sights on the assets of this corrupt cop and drug lord.
When the time came, Hunter planned to come and have a look.
Once something happened to Stanfield, he would sneak into the man's home at the first opportunity.
To see if he could find the black money this guy had earned over the last ten years or so.
It would be best if he could find it!
Even if he didn't, Hunter wouldn't be too disappointed.
After all, his primary goal now was to resolve the threat from the FBI.
After idling outside for a day and finally shaking off the FBI trackers behind him...
Hunter followed his investigations from the past few days, found, and finally confirmed Stanfield's residence.
After waiting for a while, he still hadn't seen Stanfield return.
Hunter had a vague feeling that the guy had probably taken the bait.
His plan was actually very simple.
To put it bluntly, it was to divert the trouble elsewhere.
Before leaving this morning, Hunter quickly stuffed a note he had prepared days ago into Matilda's home.
Her father, Michael, was a greedy piece of low-life scum.
Although it wasn't certain whether Michael was a member of some gang or just an ordinary thug...
That guy was clearly a very greedy bastard.
Hunter intentionally withheld information and misled Michael into thinking that the FBI agents monitoring Hunter...
Had targeted Michael after hearing some rumors.
Michael was a greedy, petty man to begin with; in the plot of [léon: the professional]...
If it weren't for his insatiable greed, embezzling a portion of the drugs Stanfield had hidden at his place...
Which ultimately drove Stanfield to a rage where, after getting high on drugs and becoming mentally deranged, he directly shot and killed Michael's entire family.
Only the female lead, the little girl Matilda, was smart enough to notice the problem.
She desperately ran to her neighbor's, the hitman Léon's home, to seek help.
Only then did she finally escape a fatal end.
Hunter estimated that after he delivered that note...
Michael, who had already been struggling with the desire to embezzle some of Stanfield's drugs, would most likely take action.
Once Michael notified Stanfield, that senior agent of the Drug Enforcement Bureau...
That corrupt cop who stole from others and sold drugs in private... would definitely know that even in the US...
The things Stanfield had done were enough to keep him in prison for over a hundred years.
One must know that the US is theoretically a country with no upper limit on prison sentences.
As a senior agent of the Drug Enforcement Bureau, Stanfield had committed numerous crimes.
Once convicted, it would definitely be a hundred years to start with.
To avoid spending the rest of his life in prison, this corrupt cop, even if he discovered it was the FBI 'investigating' him...
Would definitely dare to strike ruthlessly and give those FBI agents a taste of true evil.
When that happened, it should be enough to temporarily divert the FBI's attention from Hunter.
As for the consequences of his actions, Hunter didn't care at all.
He didn't care if Michael took the opportunity to pocket some of Stanfield's drugs.
Hunter also didn't care about the lives of Michael and his family.
Anyway, in his view, he only needed to ensure the safety of Michael's wife...
That good neighborly wife Maggie, who had frequently visited to offer 'warmth' at night since Hunter moved into the apartment.
As for the female lead of [léon: the professional], Matilda—the little girl who had never shown any closeness to him again after discovering his special relationship with her stepmother...
Hunter couldn't say he cared much about her either.
Whether she could survive would depend on her own luck.
He waited a while longer, until it was past nine o'clock.
Still not seeing Stanfield return, Hunter finally slowly and quickly climbed down from the large tree where he had been hiding for a long time.
"Very good!"
Ever since he discovered he was being monitored by the FBI, Hunter had been thinking of a counter-strategy.
Over the past week or so, he had taken the opportunity to investigate Stanfield.
According to Hunter's investigation of Stanfield, he was a person with a very regular lifestyle.
He liked music and opera, and on the surface, he had no bad habits.
Unless there was a special operation, Stanfield would return home to rest before eight o'clock in the evening most of the time.
Now it was almost nine-thirty, and the guy still wasn't back.
Hunter could basically confirm that his plan had succeeded.
And in fact, it was indeed as he had expected.
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