After Tomy drew his battle plan on the board, ready to confront the bandits at the king's request, the God-sent appeared again.

"Hold on," he told Tomy. "Let me go and survey their activities — their strength, capacity, threats on ground, weapons, and source of supply. You cannot handle that part, but it is easy for me, because I am a spirit."

He disappeared. A few hours later, he reappeared.

"It will be a serious battle," he said. "There will be high resistance. They have strongholds and landmines planted far from their hideout."

"The only easy option is the multipurpose handkerchief I gave you under the mango tree — it would make them sleep deeply and we could capture them alive for prosecution. But we already used it once to free you. If we use it again now, they will perish."

"And the king wants some of them alive, to reveal the country and persons sponsoring them."

"So this time, we will face them with normal weapons — but more powerful than theirs."

Lesson: Put your trust in God. (Part 5 to be continued) — *Johnson Adetomiwa*