Damon nodded readily, "It's hard to explain right now, why don't you come to our place and talk?"
Luke thought about it and shook his head: "Although it is a bit hurtful, I still want to remind you that it is best not to reveal your real address to others, even me."
Mindy next to him snorted in dissatisfaction: "Annoying!"
Damon was also a little embarrassed, but still said: "We believe you."
Luke sighed, "If I were you, it would be best if you only trusted each other. What you are doing is too dangerous, and it is not safe to give too much trust to other people."
Seeing the father and daughter in silence for a while, he pondered for a moment and nodded, "Let's go, I'll go see what your home is like this time."
Mindy snorted again and turned away.
Damon didn't know what to say, so he could only signal Luke to follow him, and then he went to the outside of the garbage dump and got in the car. The three of them and the two cars left the garbage disposal site.
After leaving the garbage disposal plant, the car drove southwest and returned to the area where Luke had called just now, and stopped in front of an old single-family house.
With the remote control, the garage door opened, two cars drove in and then closed again.
Luke got out of the car and followed Damon and his daughter in front of him to the living room.
Entering the living room, Damon walked to the corner and entered the password on a combination disk. The wine cabinet there moved horizontally, revealing the secret room inside.
The Damons walked in and began to remove their equipment.
Damon also said, "What do you want to drink? There are beer and juice in the refrigerator."
Luke: “No need.” Then he walked to a few windows and looked outside.
After just a quick glance, he shook his head in his heart.
Perhaps the only reason why Damon and his daughter chose this place was because of the transportation.
It takes less than five minutes to drive to the Lincoln Tunnel. When the weather is good, Luke's five-story building can overlook the area.
On the other side of the Lincoln Tunnel is the Clinton area of Manhattan, where there are many traffickers.
Continue eastward, cross the narrow Manhattan Island, and you will reach the border of Brooklyn and Queens. To the northeast you will reach Queens, and to the southeast you will reach Brooklyn, which is also not very peaceful.
Moreover, Manhattan is surrounded by the Hudson River and the Harlem River, and water transportation can quickly travel from here to the three most lively districts in New York.
Sadly, there's nothing else to do here.
The neighbors are too close, with the nearest one only twenty meters away.
There are quite a few residents here, and it's a community with good public security, so many people are familiar with each other.
If you keep going in and out of places like this, you'll probably be seen by people you know one day.
Of course, today it might be Damon and his daughter who brought me along. Normally, they would change their clothes outside before returning.
But overall, this place is not suitable as a base for Damon and his daughter.
The Damons unloaded their equipment quickly.
In less than five minutes, the father and daughter came out in tights, and Mindy was wearing the special bulletproof vest Luke gave her.
"How's it here?" Damon asked with a smile.
Luke: "Well, I have some ideas about your home. I'll tell you later."
Damon didn't waste time, he looked at him and asked, "Let's solve your problem first, what do you want to know?"
Mindy also opened the laptop she brought out from the secret room, ready to check the information on it at any time to provide additional explanation.
Luke began to ask questions of his own.
There are some things that the Damons will not record in their notebooks.
Things like their subtle sense of the various forces were difficult to quantify and there were no ready-made answers. These were basically guesses made by Damon and his daughter based on their own experience after they heard his questions.
The three of them talked on and off for almost an hour before they finished. Damon also asked Mindy to copy a bunch of relevant information for Luke.
Luke got the USB drive and stood up: "Sorry to bother you today."
Damon: "It's okay, you can come over when you have time."
"What I'm going to say next is my thanks for providing you with the information." Luke raised his hand to indicate, "The environment here is not suitable. You'd better find a new place as a base for your activities outside."
Mindy's face fell: "You do it again!"
Luke looked at her, his voice still calm: "What you are doing is very dangerous. You can never be too careful about your own safety. There is no need to rely on the carelessness of others for your safety."
After that, he looked at Damon and said, "I will give you a design and construction drawing of this secret base, and provide you with a batch of professional equipment to ensure the safety of this new base."
Damon and his daughter were stunned, and Mindy subconsciously asked, "How much?"
Luke smiled and said, "I told you, this is a thank you for providing the information. It's free of charge."
"Really?" Mindy couldn't believe it.
"Really." Luke: "I'm not asking you to give up this place, but most of the things in your secret room can be put in the new base."
He just saw a box of iron pineapples in there. God knows what's wrong with this father and daughter. Wouldn't they be panicked if they sleep on top of a pile of dangerous goods every day
For example, Luke himself only had a few guns registered with the police in his house, so he was definitely not afraid of being checked.
Secondly, these weapons are enough to start a local war in this community. What’s the point of piling them up in the house
If they really meet the enemy, this father and daughter can only take two or three long and short firearms, and a dozen magazines at most. There is no need to keep most of these weapons here.
This doesn't really have much benefit other than increasing the risk of exposure and difficulty of storage.
Besides, there isn’t even a shooting range here. Even with so many guns, they still need to be taken out during training.
What if, like Alex, the second-generation criminal, they were stopped by the police because one of their car lights was broken, and their car was checked, how would this father and daughter explain the guns in the car
I think many of these guns are recorded in the New York Police Department's bullet hole database. Damon has used them to kill gang members many times.
Seeing that the father and daughter began to seriously consider his suggestions, Luke gave them the biggest surprise of the day: "In fact, you only need to have one thing, and that is that safe transfer in an emergency will not be a problem."
Father and daughter: "What is it?"
Luke: "Wait here. Well, that's you, Mindy, don't follow me out."
Mindy's raised leg stopped in mid-air. She looked at Luke who turned to leave the room and murmured, "How did he know I wanted to go out with him?"
Damon: "…Maybe it's abnormal for you not to follow me out."
Mindy: …
Luke returned shortly after he left, holding two flat black boxes, one large and one small.
Walking to the dining table, he opened the small box and found a set of black armor lying quietly inside.
He picked it up and beckoned Mindy over.
When Mindy stood in front of him, he raised his hand and put the armor on her.
Mindy quickly yelled, "Wait, I'm still wearing a coat?"