I’ve always thought the Crying Freeman solution to distributed responsibility was the best.
You stab the guy you are dealing with in the heart. Not enough to kill him, just enough to make him fear for his life and go back to his boss to refuse to interact with such a dangerous person again. You, Crying Freeman, have, in the meantime, followed him to his boss’ location.
You now stab the boss in the heart, not enough to kill him, just enough to make him fear for his life and report to his boss about the difficulties in doing the assigned job.
Now you have an indication of who to go to and almost stab through the heart next.
It’s a simple system but it works.
