A huge, empty conference room, white, bright, clean, and neat.

There is a row of tables that seem to be in a straight line, and behind them is a row of men in suits who seem to be dressed uniformly.

Du Ping sat in the center of a huge, empty conference room, opposite the row of uniformly dressed men in suits.

1、2、3、……、14

It turned out to be 14 people, and 14 is not an auspicious number among the numbers in the East.

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As Du Ping counted the number of people across from him, one of the uniformly dressed men in suits opened the folder in front of him.

The blue folder can give a feeling of cleanliness, neatness, and efficiency and subconscious. It is an office color that many governments and large enterprises like to use.

Du Ping's attention was attracted by the open folder, and his gaze also moved to the top of this folder.

The next moment, this action of opening the folder was continuously copied by the other people in the 14 suits in front of Du Pingping, one by one, and just one minute later, all the folders in front of them were opened.

Du Ping was a little disappointed, because their actions of opening the folders one by one were too untidy and consistent, completely destroying the neat beauty of this room and this environment.

When Du Pingping was thinking about a lot of things in his spiritual world that only he knew, one of the 14 men in suits opposite Du Pingping spoke.

The man in the middle," Du Pingping, a researcher. ”

When the person in the middle spoke, Du Ping didn't realize that he was talking to himself, so Du Ping didn't have the slightest reaction, so the person had to call Du Ping again.

The man in the middle," Du Pingping, a researcher. ”

This time, Du Ping heard clearly, and heard clearly that he was indeed calling himself.

"Are you talking to me?"

The person in the middle, "If you're called Du Fair, that's you." ”

Du Fair, "I'm sorry, I'm called Du, I'm used to being called, and I was called Du Fair for a while, and I didn't reflect it." ”

The person in the middle, "It doesn't matter. Can we get started?"

Du fair, "Yes." ”

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This is the FBI's special investigation team, and it is the dozen or so special investigators of this special investigation team who are sitting in front of Du Pingping. The incident they investigated was also the case of a serial package bombing in Washington, but the aspect of their investigation was not to find the perpetrators, but to investigate whether their insiders were negligent in their duties. The previous apartment bombing caused a lot of sensation and repercussions to the authorities, and in this incident, not only the FBI, the police, but also many innocent citizens suffered casualties.

The media is watching, the public is watching, and the FBI is watching. Therefore, as one of the important figures in this incident, Du Pingping must accept this internal review, and this time the FBI's internal investigation department and personnel will conduct a review of whether all the people involved in the process of this incident are negligent in their duties.

The man in the middle, "How did you find this bomber in the first place?"

Du fair, "Guess." Of course, it can also be said to be noble, that is, reasoning. The reality is that the top is tight, and we don't have direct evidence at the time. But we found dog prints consistent with the bite marks on the steel pipes of the bomb found at the scene of the first explosion. We found the bio of that homeowner. We found a story that fits the story of the explosion. I felt that it was very likely, so I could only gamble, so I tried it. ”

The man in the middle, "How can you be sure you're right?"

Du Pingping, "Case detection is like this, often in the midst of countless wrong ways to fail, in the end, it may be luck to find the only right way." You ask me, how can I guarantee that it's right? Sorry, I can't guarantee it. ”

I don't know what the reason is, Du Pingping is actually very relaxed in the face of the time of these internal interrogators who seem to decide his life and death. No anger, no anger, no nervousness, and no good expectations.

The person in the middle, "You can't guarantee it?"

"Yes, I can't guarantee it. I believe that none of the people who are on the front lines can guarantee anything about the detection of any case. ”

The person in the middle, "You still suggest a search when you can't guarantee it yourself?"

"Yes, it's like we have to try again and again when we can't guarantee that my wife and I will conceive every time." ”

The person in the middle didn't ask any more questions, I don't know if he was choked by Du Pingping, but just looked at each other with the people on both sides, and then began to record.

The person in the middle, "You weren't directly involved in the search, why?"

Du fair, "No. I'm a researcher, and my specialty is just knowledge and reasoning. Tracking, counter-tracking, arrests, interrogations, etc., I can't do it, and it's usually done by others. So, it's the same this time. ”

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Same room, same interrogator, same location.

At this time, the person in the position had been replaced by Lisa.

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The man in the middle, "One last question, do you think Aaron miscommanded in this command." ”

Lisa, "I don't think so. ”

The man in the middle, "Agent Lisa, according to our records, Aaron was in fact sick that day. He also took medicine for colds and headaches, all of which may paralyze the minds of people who eat them, making them slow to react and have difficulty concentrating. Do you think that in this state, Agent Aaron's command is still not inadequate. ”

Lisa, "I don't know what you think is the standard for impropriety, but the FBI has its own strict guidelines for action. There was reconnaissance before the operation, and we did it. There was support when we acted, and we did it. Aaron rushed to the front line, mastered the situation first-hand, and was always in the position most favorable to command, and he did. The only thing we didn't expect was that there would be an explosion. ”

The person in the middle, "Agent Lisa, don't you think that for the criminals who have already had three serial and vicious explosions, before the operation, a professional explosion team should be arranged to conduct an on-site investigation?"

Lisa, "We say that now, of course, no problem. But the situation at that time was that the evidence in our hands, in fact, was specially approved with a search warrant. Is it possible to mobilize a bomb team? If you were the commander, would you approve it?"

The man in the middle, "Is this the reason why 7 people were killed and 22 seriously injured?"

Lisa, "As an agent, it's my job to follow orders. In this incident, 4 agents died, including 1 of our lab companions, and 10 agents were injured, including our supervisor. So our lab is by no means the kind of guy who is high up and doesn't care about the life and death of others. We are comrades-in-arms who rush to the front line of the case, working with dangerous agents. So I don't ask you to understand our difficulties, but to respect our character!"

The people in the middle didn't press on step by step this time, looked at each other with the people on both sides, and began to record.

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In the hospital room, Du Pingping carefully took Susan's hand and helped her out of the bed.

Susan gave Du Fair a white look.

Susan, "I'm fine. ”

Du fair, "It's better to be careful!"

Susan, "The doctors say I'm fine, you're more at stake than the doctors?"

"I saw blood in your mouth that day, which is called internal injury in Oriental medicine, that is, the internal organs have been injured, although there seems to be no problem on the outside, but it is still a very serious injury." It would be better to stay in the hospital for a few more days. ”

Susan, "I'm fine!"

"No, I have to stay in the hospital for a few more days." ”

Susan, "Du Fair, in fact, I vomited blood in my mouth that day, it wasn't that I had internal injuries, but when I told you to be careful, I was hit by the impact of the explosion and accidentally bit my tongue." ”

Du Pingping, "Really?"

Susan, "Really. ”

"No, I want to take a look." ”

Susan, "Okay. ”

Susan's little fragrant tongue spit out of her mouth, so sweet and tempting, that Du Ping forgot what he wanted to do for a while.

Time passed minute by minute, and it was not until Susan withdrew her little tongue that Du Ping came back to his senses and felt his gaffe just now.

Susan, "Okay. ”

Du Ping's face flushed, "No." ”

Susan, "You're not thinking of anything bad, are you?"

Du Ping lowered his head, "No." ”

Susan, "Actually, there is nothing, do you want to kiss me on the mouth?"

Du Ping was silent.

Susan, "It's not like a boy!"

Susan pulled Du Fair's collar and kissed it, soft, fragrant, and soft. A small tongue poked in, wet, soft, hot. Du Ping felt that his breathing was a little urgent.

Susan, "Remember, you're my official boyfriend from now on! The one who has passed the test of life and death!

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In the garden, where no one is around, Du Ping took out his mobile phone, saw the number that belonged to Suzuki Sand Ha, hesitated for a long time, and still pulled it out.

Suzuki Sawa, "Fair-kun, didn't go to work today?"

"No, I just wanted to give you a call." ”

Suzuki Sunaba, "Thank you!" Sunaba misses Fair Kun too. Didn't you say you'd come back every week, with a teaching assignment, when did you come back recently?"

"Soon." ”

Suzuki Sawa, "By the way, I heard that there was a serious explosion in Hwasaki, you don't have any business, right?"

Du fair, "It doesn't matter, it's not us." ”

Suzuki Sawa, "Then I'll rest assured! Fair-kun, pay attention to safety!"

Du fair, "Okay. ”

Suzuki Sand Feather, "And pay attention to your body! Fair Prince, if you lose weight, Sand Feather will be sad." ”

"I'll pay attention." ”

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High in the hospital ward building, at the window of the ward, Susan held a mobile phone, stood at the window, looking at the figure of Du Ping in the garden, and the sound of Du Ping and Suzuki Sha Yu talking to the mobile phone was ringing. Yes, it's a spyware that was quietly installed into Du's phone by Susan. From this moment on, everything was out of the surveillance of Queen Susan, and Queen Susan had a confident smile on her countenance.

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This is an event that has attracted a lot of attention, a lot of media attention, a lot of public attention, and it can even be said that it even has a certain international influence.

Under the pervasive understanding of the media, Du Pingping's heroic deeds at the first time of the explosion were soon known by many media and many people. However, Du Pingping, who was in the hospital, has not been harassed by any media or reporters. That's because some of the things that Du Ping knows don't want many other people to know about for the FBI. So Du Ping is protected, but the nature of this protection makes it impossible for many media and journalists to get close to Du Ping. And another FBI's internal review opinion has been approved.

Due to the tragedy of the bombing, Du Pingping, Aaron, Lisa, and Shema were all forced to take leave and enter psychotherapy by the FBI.

The crime laboratory, which had not had a few people, was reduced by more than half at once, and the crime laboratory suddenly became a situation in name only.

Lisa is gone, and Lisa is leaving without anyone in the lab knowing when or where she is going. If it weren't for Lisa's leave notice from her superiors, people here wouldn't know that Lisa had left.

Shema don't leave. Shema also wanted to return to the lab to continue working, but had to leave. After two people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came and talked with Shema for an hour, Shema left with something of her own.

Du Ping also needs to leave, because people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs have also come to Du Ping several times. The advice is simple: when you leave Washington, it's best to find a place where you can't find you, stay quietly for a while, and wait for things here to cool down, and someone will naturally notify you to come back.

In this case, Du Pingping must also have to leave Washington, leaving the center of the whirlpool of this incident.

Du Fair took a bouquet of flowers to Aaron's hospital room, a special surveillance ward where only visitors were allowed to visit outside the transparent glass, and Aaron remained motionless under the cover of countless medical equipment.

According to the nurses, Aaron has passed the dangerous period, but it will take a long time to really recover and be discharged from the hospital. Because he was in the center of the explosion at the time, Aaron should not have been alive if it weren't for the protection of the body of the fat homeowner who was hit by the explosion and pressed down on him. But this kind of life is also based on the body, multiple serious fractures as a substitute for survival.

The obese homeowner planned the event, the obese homeowner carried out the event, the obese homeowner killed a lot of people, but the obese homeowner accidentally saved Aaron with his huge, obese body. Whether he did it intentionally or not, but the truth is that the fat and huge body blocked most of the damage for Aaron.

Du Ping came to say goodbye, but Aaron was still unconscious.

Du Ping put the flowers in a special place for flowers, and stood in front of this glass window that separates the inside and outside, for a long, long time.

Although Du Ping came to the crime lab not long ago, Du Ping also clearly saw that Aaron liked that Paj, and that Paji also liked Aaron. Although I don't know why the two people don't openly love each other, it is now never possible.

Death, especially the death so close to himself, made Du Ping seem to have a kind of realization in his heart: love the people he loves, be loved by those who love him, and never believe that there is still a lot of time.

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A week has passed since the last explosion, but it has not yet returned to its original state. It's not just the dangerous building that is still crumbling because of the explosion. There are also residents who come and go here, and many of them still have pains that have not gone away.

Du Fair and Susan came inside with huge sunglasses and concealed their original appearances, and came to the downstairs of the explosion apartment where the danger warning line was hung.

Outside a kind of isolation zone, in a cleared open space, there are photos of individuals with bright smiles, surrounded by candles that confirm their glory and flowers that thank them. Burning candles and bouquets of flowers filled the clearing.

In this clearing surrounded by candlelight and flowers, Du Fair found the piece that belonged to Paj. In the photo, Padge is dressed in a police uniform, beautiful and heroic. That kind of bright smile, as if she was living in the best moment of her life. This is a female colleague that Du Pingping is not very familiar with, no matter who she is, there will always be a very cordial feeling. However, now she only has this photo of her voice. In the end, the FBI failed to find her body, because her 3 detectives and 2 police dogs were all turned into pieces of minced meat and bones, and the FBI had no choice but to cremate them together. It was divided into 6 urns and buried in the police cemetery.

Du Fair and Susan each lit a candle and put it in the midst of the countless candles, and each put a bouquet of flowers in the midst of the countless flowers.

Silent prayers, for the sake of the dead, for Paj, for oneself.

That day, if it weren't for Susan, not because he needed to accompany Susan, Du Ping's situation would probably be to stand on the front line of the search with Aaron, looking directly at the fat homeowner who seemed to be drunk all the time. If that's the case, the best outcome for Du Ping is to be like Aaron now, still lying in the intensive care unit of the hospital, just escaping the danger of death.

Thinking of this moment, Du Ping involuntarily tightened Susan's hand beside him. In a sense, it was the appearance of this woman who saved herself, not just the moment when she exploded.

Susan, "When are we leaving?"

"Tomorrow morning!"

This explosion almost crippled the entire crime laboratory. Du Pingping was given a long leave of absence, and he was required to undergo regular psychological treatment and evaluation, and finally he could only return to his post through psychological evaluation. Lisa and Shema were also put on long vacations. Only Peggy, Spencer, and Ray are left in the entire laboratory, and no one knows if it will work properly. Du found a New York agency from the FBI's service treatment room and decided to return to New York City for a while, leaving the place that gave him great memories.

Unable to attend Paj's funeral, Du Ping and Susan chose to participate in the street memorial service. After this event, they will return to New York City.