Next,
after sneaking into the Arctic, these poachers came to a halt.
There were twelve of them, all fully armed.
They waited on the spot for a moment,
until Frans and his assistant also arrived.
Frans was indeed the initiator of this hunting expedition,
and he had been observing that lynx for a long while.
Not only was the lynx larger than usual, but its intelligence also exceeded that of the ordinary lynx.
Besides,
he was deeply curious about some Arctic creatures mentioned in Tiffany's thesis.
Since he was going to the Arctic anyway, he figured he might as well capture them all together.
The team he mobilized this time was well-known in the security industry,
led by a man named Slonka,
who would take on any job around the world for the right price.
"Master Frans has finally arrived, my brothers and I have been waiting for a long time,"
Slonka, standing tall at one meter eighty-nine with a face full of beard, looked rough and wild,
