After the arrival of the Secret Service, they arranged for the vice president to leave as soon as possible, and the previous agent had already taken a first-aid kit from his car and dealt with him once, of course, only on an emergency basis. In fact, it should normally be that when Jimmy arrived, the agent arranged to take the vice president to the hospital immediately, but there were only two people on the scene, the agent and Jimmy, and Jimmy didn't dare to guarantee that he would have any moths.

The Secret Service began an investigation of the scene, and Jimmy was questioned at the same time. Jimmy's side is relatively easy to explain, he has a taxi record, and the car has been around Evanston for a long time, and the vice president was not in a coma when he came, and he knew exactly when Jimmy arrived, so he asked briefly and ended his part.

As for the other agent, it's not that simple, I don't know if he and the vice president have a good testimony, although Jimmy doesn't remember much, but this guy should be an agent of the CIA, their own internal problems caused by the current series of problems, if there is no good communication, there are testimony loopholes, it is interesting.

Jimmy finds Tom who is busy: "Tom, do you still need me here?" ”

Tom looked at Jimmy, "What's wrong?" ”

Jimmy: "I mean, now that you're doing your research, if there's nothing else, can I go back to New York first?" I don't think I can help much right now, can I? ”

Tom looked at Jimmy with a frown, and turned his head to look at the colleagues around him who were investigating: "Wait a few days, you can go back to the hotel and stay for the notice." ”

Jimmy nodded: "OK, you have my number, call me anytime you need to." ”

Vice President Stando is also unlucky, not long after taking office, he was bombed once in Little Rock, this is about to leave office, he was kidnapped again, and was shot, as vice president, high heir, he is also experienced.

Jimmy went back to the hotel to rest, it seems that he won't leave Chicago for a while, stay in the hotel honestly, the Secret Service will contact him at any time, the same operation has been done once in Little Rock before, and that time he was investigated back and forth by the Secret Service.

A week later, Jimmy was completely liberated, and the final report of the Secret Service had not yet come out, but people who had nothing to do with the case could already leave, and Jimmy had been playing soy sauce all the time, so on the Secret Service's side, Jimmy's questioning was only two rounds before he was let go, and he couldn't wait to buy a ticket to fly back to New York and never come to Chicago again.

The vice president returned to DC to recuperate, and the Secret Service left an investigation team in Chicago, and the others also returned to headquarters for internal investigation, and everything was fine.

On the way back, Jimmy bought another phone, messaged Tom, and went home to rest, and on Monday, Jimmy returned to his office after a long absence.

"Hi Chris, how are you doing?" Jimmy greeted Chris with a smile, this time the business trip was more than a week, and it seemed that he didn't spend as much time in the office as he did outside.

Chris is enjoying his first cup of coffee in the morning, and then his good mood is disturbed by Jimmy.

"Yo, you know this is your office, it's fun to have fun outside." Chris said angrily, he put down his coffee cup and looked at Jimmy, "Why do I feel like you're fat?" ”

Jimmy immediately stood up, buttoned up the suit and turned around, fortunately, the suit still fitted, "No, it looks fine." ”

"Well, since you don't feel fat yourself, so be it. When you come back, I'll do a good job and give it to you. Chris handed over a dossier.

"About what?" Jimmy asked, opening the file, glancing at the front photograph and closing it.

"FxxK, you did it on purpose." Jimmy yelled at Chris, and the unscrupulous old man grinned so loudly.

Generally, the first part of the file is a photo of the suspect or victim, either a life photo or an ID photo, but in this file, the front photo is a half-decomposed corpse. Judging from the photo, after digging up the soil on the ground, it is a corpse, and there is no coffin or other obstruction, and it has rotted and grown. I won't describe it specifically, so as not to be unable to eat.

The impact of such a photo is really strong, and Jimmy was completely unprepared to see such a photo, and almost didn't throw up.

Reopening the file, turning the photo over and placing it on the table, he began to look at the field investigation report below.

The identity of the deceased is unknown, the body was found in the woods of a park, due to the abnormality of a pet dog, the dog owner followed the pet dog to the burial place, because it has begun to emit smell, so the dog owner found that there was an abnormality here, and the police were exhumed.

The sex of the corpse was judged to be female, there were no clothes and jewelry or other items around, the bones of the corpse were intact, there were no fractures and other phenomena, due to the high degree of decay of the skin and muscles, it was impossible to confirm the cause of death normally, and the forensic examination of slightly intact visceral tissues tended to be suffocation, and there was congestion of internal organs, as for the method of suffocation, it cannot be presumed for the time being. Based on the degree of decomposition and the current temperature, it is impossible to determine when the body has been buried underground for more than a week.

"What are we doing with such a case? That's what the NYPD should be dealing with. Is there anything special? Jimmy turned to look at Chris, hoping to give him a hint.

"Well, the NYPD handled it, and I specially brought the information for you to see. How, based on the current clues, what do you think is the next step? Chris looked at Jimmy with a smile on his face, waiting for an answer.

"Well, this kind of case must have been determined first, but it has rotted like this, and the body surface features should be gone, and the best way is to investigate the dentist's records to see if there are any matching features. DNA is also recorded, and if someone reports a missing person, a DNA test is done with their relatives. ”

"Anything else?"

"Well, investigate the ground around the scene, if there are other buried things, because the body is naked, so her clothes and jewelry and the like are either taken away or buried around. There is also a survey to see if there are transport vehicles around, which can put the corpse, after passing here, the corpse is either in the vicinity of the accident, or transported from the outside, no matter what, the environment around the corpse must be carefully investigated. ”

"OK, the case is still NYPD, but you can go and investigate." With a wave of his hand, Chris arranged Jimmy's task.

Jimmy blinked, "No, why meddle in our case?" Speaking of which, are we really out of the case ourselves? ”

Chris nodded: "There are really no cases, the recent cases have been handled by the NYPD itself." For this single homicide to come to our side, it must be very serious, or the victim is a federal employee. The proportions are really small. ”

Jimmy was speechless: "If you don't have a case, you can take a break, really." Jimmy put the picture back in the file, got dressed and set off for Brooklyn.

This time it's an investigation, not a specific investigation of the case, Chris didn't come out at all, or Jimmy wandered around alone, which can be regarded as cultivating his ability.

Jimmy drove to Prospect Park and found the NYPD pulled cordon in the woods by the lake. There were no police officers at the scene to maintain order, but because the body was found here, it was not an auspicious thing, and no one came to watch.

Jimmy put on his gloves and walked into the cordon with the file, even though it was noon, he still felt a little shady here, he first went to the large pit where the body was excavated, and then opened his eyes to observe. Something was wrong, and in his mental vision, it seemed that the color dividing line had once again appeared. Jimmy walked outside and came to the position of the color dividing line, which was not visible in normal vision, but in the mind-eye state, it could be seen that it was gray, but near the position of the corpse, it seemed to be darker and slighter.

Jimmy begins to move along the color dividing line, eventually determining that it is an irregular circle and not an ellipse, just like when he draws a circle, there are some waves at the edge of the circle. Jimmy returned to the road and took the map out of the car, but unfortunately the map was not at the right scale, it was a map of New York, and if it was a map of Manhattan, it would be easier to mark.

He looked at the extent of the park on the map, the protruding location of the lake, the grove was not large, but there was no way to make the circular mark he found on this map, the map was too small.

Back to the location of the corpse, Jimmy continued to use his mind to determine the location, there is no way to mark it on the map, then it is simple, just walk to determine the number of steps, and walk along the approximate diagonal to walk over, here is an irregular circle with a diameter of about 40 steps, according to the length of Jimmy's steps, the diameter of the circle should be about 30 meters, the radius is about 15 meters, and the distance of Jimmy's step is about 70 centimeters.

Once the length was determined, Jimmy began to look for the center of the circle, and then for something unusual around it. Until he observed a square of different colors in the ground with his heart.,It's not big.,It looks like it's only 20cm in length.,A slap in width.,About 10cm.。。

Jimmy didn't dig directly, he canceled his mind and began to observe the surrounding situation, from here to the location of the pit of the corpse is about 5 meters, it is impossible to miss this place during the NYPD investigation, but they just observed the ground and did not dig it, now it seems that this ground is no different from other places, if he digs directly, will there be any trouble?

Jimmy came to the color dividing line that he observed, first found a few sticks and stuck them in the ground, marked the range, and then left the cordon.

It's been a few days since the corpses were here, and no matter what, there shouldn't be any moths in a day, so mark them first, and come back tomorrow to see if anything has changed.

Jimmy took off his gloves and was about to leave when the phone rang.

Jimmy: "Who are you?" ”

A man's voice came across the phone: "Are you Jimmy?" Jimmy Young? ”

Jimmy: "yes, who are you?" ”

The man said, "Roland asked me to send you a box, where are you?" ”

Jimmy was silent for two seconds: "Which Roland do you say?" ”

The man said, "The Dark Tower." ”

Jimmy: "I'm by the lake in Brooklyn Prospect Park, come and find me." ”

The other side didn't continue to talk, and hung up the phone directly, Jimmy was going to leave, so let's wait here for a while.

Roland arranged to send a box, it is very strange, before Roland gave himself two paintings by courier, and now he has sent another box, but he himself has disappeared for a few months, what happened?

After waiting for more than half an hour, a black man came to Jimmy's side with a suitcase, no way, there are too few Asian men by the lake, and he is the only one at present.

Jimmy raised his hand in greeting, "I'm Jimmy Young." Did Roland tell me anything? ”

"There's only this box, and he says he's tired and wants to go home and rest, and this is a parting gift for you." Then he handed the box to Jimmy.

Jimmy took the box, it wasn't heavy, it looked like a big suitcase, but it actually weighed only a few kilograms. "Thanks, by the way, what is your relationship with Roland?"

The black man shook his head: "I'm just an ordinary person, I'm going back, goodbye." ”

The black man turned to leave, and Jimmy watched his back until he disappeared around the corner.

Jimmy trusts Roland very much, and since he sent it, it must be something important. Without opening the box outside, he drove straight home, although it was still a working day, but it was okay to skip work occasionally.

Jimmy carefully checked the area around the box, nothing special, and then opened it, there were two revolvers on the left and right, similar to Roland's gun, and in the middle of the two guns, there was a crystal ball, both of which were attached to the bottom of the box with straps. There was a piece of paper pressed under the handle of the gun, and Jimmy pulled it out to look at it.

"Jimmy, I'm back in my hometown, I'm too old to want to leave here anymore. Here are the two guns I found from the previous battlefield, they should be enough for you to use, I hope you will treat them well. I didn't think of a way to enhance your physical fitness, so I found Black Rainbow and hope it will help you somewhat. Roland Deshan"

Roland said before that he is not from this world, and it seems that no matter who he is, he hopes that he can return to his roots when he is old. And what about yourself? Where are your roots?

Jimmy looked at the note left by Roland, inexplicably a little sad, he came to this world more than 3 years ago, although it seems that he has integrated into the world, but he is still a little uncomfortable, in fact, he has always been floating in this world with the current, although he has experienced a lot, but he has not put down his roots at all, and he does not know where he can go when he is old.

Jimmy folded the note and put it aside, took out a revolver, looked at it, the bullet nest was empty, and glanced at the barrel, the rifling inside was clearly visible, and it didn't seem to have many signs of wear, but judging from the appearance of the gun, the traces of use on it were very clear, it seemed that this gun was the same as Roland's gun, and it was also made of holy relics.

It just so happens that with them, Jimmy also has the ability to fight against paranormal events such as resentful spirits, provided that the gun is really the same as the one Roland uses. It seems that Roland still has some expectations for him to inherit the name of the gunslinger, otherwise he will not let people send two guns.

As for this crystal ball, Jimmy took it in his hand and looked at it over and over again, it didn't seem to be anything special, it was similar to the kind of crystal ball commonly found in stores, the only anomaly was that the black substance inside was flowing, which looked very mysterious, or weird.

Jimmy puts away the gun and the crystal ball, then takes out the padding under the crate, takes it to the safe, and places the gun and the crystal ball in place. Whether it works or not, it's a gift from Roland. Jimmy also had to go back and buy a vernier caliper and measure the size of the revolver's magazine and the inner diameter of the barrel to determine what bullet was used.

(The previous plot has been revised, and I won't add any movie plots in the future, all borrowing the background to make an original story, and apologizing for the previous chapters.)

Because my mood is a little collapsed today, I deleted a batch of comments from the book circle, I apologize, I won't in the future.

Today's chapter is regularly sent out in advance, and I hope you will see my apologies as soon as possible. ）

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