The Great Collapse [2]

 "Practically speaking, and from what many past experiences have concurred, the way to win a war is to have the other surrender or take out the opposition's base. And for centuries, the method hasn't changed, well, until now. Theoretically speaking, to win a battle, one needs but to surround the opposition. Won't matter no matter the number or opponent, a caged bird can only do so much."

 "Detective, what's with the boring talk," said a lady behind her hand fan, "-I heard the news, what have you done?"

 "Here a question."

 "I'm not much interested to answer, fine, go on."

 "How does one defeat an invincible foe?"

 "No clue." 

 "Didn't bother thinking," he exhaled.

 "What's the solution?"