"Either,Voshkod said:The FLEA watch commander calls back in a few minutes. "Sorry for the delay, sir, but someone popped the tipster as our man was arriving. Shot him twice. Got away. I'll have a full report after we've looked at the scene."
- Voshkod, as Demi-mod
- he was already on the run,
- someone overheard him make the call,
- the phone that he called on was bugged,
- somehow the call was intercepted,
- the information when received here was misappropraited and used to tip off those who wanted him dead,
- the agent sent to meet him tipped someone off, or
- it was a case of mistaken identity, and they shot our tipster by accident.
Who was this person anyway? Was it someone famous enough or at least well known enough to enough people that someone could have a chance of recognizing his voice? Is there any connection between those who could have heard the voice and the victim? If not, then we have to go back to the first, third or last options. When we find out who he is and where he might have called from, please make sure we check whether any of those phones are bugged, which would let us rule in or out the third possibility."