Los Carnales

💭Nikita: Well, Roman, I guess you're dead. I'll have to go back to "Nikita". None of us can run from reality... not even me.

Li traced the investigator's rental car back to where it originated... but the company didn't give any information on the investigator.

The rental car company made one mistake and mentioned which car was exchanged, which ultimately traced back to an apartment unit owned by Carl Bane, which could be an alias. I can assume this is the investigator's apartment.

Once Li investigated the apartment unit, he mentioned that there was an explosive planted underneath the doormat. So, Carl Bane, or whatever his name is... is as good as dead. Someone else is trying to kill this investigator.

The assassin he feared probably set the explosive... So, I can expect the assassin, Antonio, to be in San Diego because he will leave Los Angeles... Antonio thinks his job is done by planting the explosive that will trigger when the investigator goes to his apartment.

Because Roman will be no more, for this mission I'll need a cadaver. Li can bring this to me at the restaurant. Los Carnales has a backdoor that we can use.

Nitroglycerin is easy to make. I'll create that before I leave for Carnales. That can easily kill Yoro and Antonio. But his men will storm the restaurant... Hmm...

I'll need a deterant, such as fire... I'll also need a bulletproof vest.

Using an explosive might link the apartment bombing with the Carnales bombing... Perfect, this could confuse investigators... because in reality, these events have nothing to do with each other... other than this private investigator.

An obvious starting point for the police will be to find Carl Bane... and I'll be long gone by the time they consider other suspects.

Perfect, I've got it all mapped out.

Now I just need to make sure I survive at Los Carnales. The easiest way to hide form a criminal organization is... to die. So that's exactly what I'll do.

First, I'll enter the restroom, at which point Yoro might see me and wonder what I'm doing at Carnales... So, he will call some men, so I'll need to be very quick.

The manager at Los Carnales told me the bathroom had hand sanitizer, a class I flammable liquid, which has a flashpoint of less than 100 degrees, so I can safely touch burning hand sanitizer. Once I create the cold flames, I'll open the bathroom door and throw the nitroglycerin at Yoro...

Immediately as the explosion occurs, I'll close the restroom door and lay on the ground in the non-lethal flames. Hopefully, the cartel responds quickly enough before the fire actually burns me...

Before the cartel men enter the bathroom and spray me with bullets... I'll place my head slightly below the sink, so they hit my body where I'll have bulletproof armor.

The cartel's men won't stay long because of the flames. When they run out of the building, I'll get up and start another flame from gasoline this time. Then I'll brink the corpse that Li brought. I'll use the door in the back to transfer the cadaver and then escape with Li.

This plan might be on my list of top 10 most intricate schemes... Haha, how exciting, this will all end in a bang.