"Knock knock!"

“…… In! ”

Standing at the entrance to the basement, Mark was holding a bottle of Bourbon and two glasses in his hand, and turned his head to look at the door that had never been closed.

Gibbs, who was packing up a wooden boat in the basement, smiled and said, "Is this the same boat I saw last time I came over?" ”

Gibbs put down the planer knife in his hand, glanced at Mark, and instead of answering the question, he said, "Did you hear Kate talk about this?" ”

Mark looked at Gibbs, who was dodging this misunderstood question, and shook his head!

Frankly!

How did such a large wooden boat get out of the basement?

It's always been an unsolvable problem!

But since Gibbs didn't want to answer this, Mark didn't bother to ask, and he wasn't a blue cat, so he didn't have a hundred thousand questions......

Pause!

Mark poured a bourbon into the cups of the two of them, and then touched them lightly.

Mark sat on a fresh, handmade wooden bench and asked, "What the hell is going on with this case?" ”

Gibbs smiled, took a sip of the bourbon, walked over to the workbench, and handed the case file he had brought back directly to Mark.

Mark was stunned.

Then he blinked and said, "You knew I was coming?" ”

Gibbs didn't speak, just made a classic smile, and then continued to grab the planer knife beside him and began to point it at the wooden boat that had just come out of a shelf......

Mark flipped through the case file......

The deceased was called Jason Barlow, twenty-five years old!

Gibbs, who was on the side, said while holding the wooden boat: "Jason has participated in three overseas operations, and was transferred from overseas operations to the Carvinson in May last year, and the only time he docked was on Christmas Eve, and then ...... Found dead outside a nightclub......"

Mark closed the file, looked at Gibbs, and said in a deep voice, "I don't see this man's relationship with Worthing Labs. ”

Gibbs put down the planer: "We don't either, in fact, the clue that can connect Jason Barlow to Worthing Labs is just a call from Jason's mobile phone, and the person on the other side of the phone is Dr. Rao, who is the director of Worthing Labs. ”

"Chinese?"

"Yes!"

Mark nodded, threw the file in his hand onto the workbench, and said, "The Secretary of the Navy has asked about this case." ”

"Yes, would the FBI be interested in taking it?"

Mark frowned slightly.

Take over the case?

According to the terms of reference, Mark's FBI did not go all out to take on the Navy death case.

Especially if there is already a murderer who has turned himself in......

Unless......

Mark suddenly looked up, looked at Gibbs, who seemed to be smiling, and suddenly shook his head and said, "You haven't closed the case yet?" ”

Gibbs gave a trademark smile and said, "Rule three!" ”

"Don't believe what others tell you, be sure to check it yourself......"

Mark thought back to Gibbs's rules, looked at the file on the table, and sighed: "If you're here to test whether I'm familiar with your rules, I think it's okay, now, what about the real file." ”

Gibbs laughed and pulled out a file with NCIS printed on it from a pile of sawdust on the ground......

Mark was a little speechless, and directly got up and took the file with sawdust in Gibbs's hand again!

Flip it open and take a look.

Slightly stunned......

This is not a dossier about Jason Barlow, who is dressed in the skin of NCIS, but inside it is a dossier on missing persons in the Washington Police Department......

The name of the missing person is Jimmy Barlow......

Barlow?

Mark glanced up at Gibbs, who nodded and said, "This was for McGee to be retrieved from the Washington Police Department system, and when I asked McGee to look at it again yesterday, the disappearance case was gone." ”

“…… The water is deep! After reading the case about the disappearance, Mark sighed.

Look!

That's why Mark doesn't choose to go into business or any other industry.

With the power of law enforcement agencies, a person's case can be completely ruined by casually......

Someone from another industry, okay?

After a while!

Mark put the file aside and drank the Bourbon from the cup before saying, "You want me to accept Jimmy's case?" ”

Gibbs nodded!

Mark said secretly, sure enough.

Jimmy disappeared in June last year, and the last sighting was in the square in front of the Capitol.

According to the division of powers, the FBI has the power to take up the case first.

But......

Mark frowned slightly, "I remember that you are not very familiar with that senior agent of Vernal in the Washington office?" How to ......"

"You don't want to take over?" Gibbs asked rhetorically.

Mark shook his head and said, "No, I'm just curious, where did you know I was going to accept this case?" ”

Truth be told, Mark felt that his relationship with Gibbs was nowhere near as good as that of Agent Vernal in Washington.

These two ......

The biggest thing in common is ......

Vernal's wife is Gibbs's ex-wife.

Gibbs's ex-wife is Vernal's current wife......

Though!

Mark never understood why two people who married the same woman became good friends.

This is also an unsolvable question!

After hearing Mark's words, Gibbs smiled and said, "After I asked McGee to call up the information of Worthington Pharmaceutical, and after seeing Teslak's shares, I knew that you would definitely accept this case." ”

“…… You're cheating on me. ”

"You don't want it?"

"Yes!" Mark got up directly and said angrily: "I guess, I am the first person to snatch the case from you, how can I not take such a commemorative thing......"

Look!

There are no secrets inside law enforcement agencies!

Mark just used his power in New York to get in trouble with Tesla Industries a few times......

Almost all law enforcement agencies are aware of this......

What is the saying?

Forgot!

After a while.

After Mark finished the call with a friend in Washington, he looked at Gibbs, who was concentrating on the wooden boat, and frowned, "The Washington Police Department has denied receiving this case." ”

The person who just spoke to Mark on the phone was a friend who was the head of the homicide team at the Washington Police Department.

In the middle of the call just now!

The friend did not positively state that there was no such case, but said that if Mark came to ask, he would get this answer......

So ......

Mark's plan to transfer the case directly to the New York office through the Washington Police Department was frustrated......

After all!

Mark's law enforcement activities are in New York State, not in Washington State!

This is the home of the Washington office.

Gibbs smiled mysteriously again, holding his glass in one hand and letting go of the file with the other to page three before turning to Mark.

Under Mark's gaze, he clicked on the name of one of the informants on the file......

Mark was suddenly aware!