Originally, after reading disgusting information for most of the day, I was in a bad mood, but after listening to Nia's call, I was in a bad mood.

Jimmy has also seen a lot of life and death, but those are criminals, most of them are vicious criminals, there is nothing wrong with saying that death is innocent, he does not have too much psychological pressure, not to mention the little soul influence that the original owner Jimmy left in his body before, once Jimmy used to do it, he was very tyrannical and directly killed.

Later, after the exorcism of Father Horton in Dallas, Texas, Jimmy was able to get rid of that occasional brutal state, and then he was relatively restrained, of course, he didn't spare his hand when it was time to kill.

Jimmy is largely immune to someone dying in front of him, but for Nia, she is just an ordinary police officer, although she has not seen her file, but according to the experience of most police officers, Jimmy even doubts that Nia has ever shot at someone, including warning shots.

Nia should have seen the dead man, this time the bad mood was obviously the little girl, they worked hard for a week, and finally caught the kidnapper's route, and made sure that they were in the forest, and after chasing them, it was such a result, and it was not easy for anyone. Seeing the tragic situation of the three people who fell to their deaths, Nia, who had hope for the little girl to be saved, was disappointed, and the feeling of distress was even stronger.

Jimmy ate instant noodle dinner, tidied up the room, threw some used toothbrushes and towels in the bathroom into the trash, and took out a new set from the cabinet next to it and put it on the shelf. I was busy at home for half a day, and after exercising for a while, I washed up and went to sleep.

Jimmy now has only one open case, so until there are new clues, he can only stay in the office and look at the materials, just like yesterday, Jimmy endures the uncomfortable feeling and continues to read the massive number of cases. If you don't look at it, you can't do it, no one is the top beam now, everything can only rely on yourself, speaking of which, Hughes has given himself a bit too much freedom.

In the afternoon, when he was dizzy, Ruiz came in from outside.

Ruiz: "Jimmy, Seventeen just called me and he had a problem. The younger brother who helped you find someone is missing, and now he has been locked two blocks, and he is investigating there. ”

Jimmy was instantly refreshed, how could there be such a big trouble in investigating a clue? Jimmy looked at Ruiz and asked, "Is it missing or dead?" Any definite news? ”

Ruiz: "It's not finalized yet, he communicated with the little brother on the phone last night, but at noon today, he couldn't get in touch." It was now certain that there was no news of him at home or in the places he frequented, and Seventeen had gone to the place he had investigated to see if there were any clues. ”

Jimmy: "Got it, can I contact him now?" I'm going to help too. ”

Ruiz shook his head and refused directly: "Don't contact him now, now he is looking for his little brother, no matter what, no one will say anything, once you intervene, you may expose him." ”

Jimmy nodded, "I understand, but for his safety, I'd better stay at the Bronx, and if there is an accident nearby, I can go to the rescue." Seeing what Ruiz was going to say, Jimmy waved his hand directly: "I know how important he is, so it's just prevention." As long as he is not in danger by night, I will come back, only for a few hours. ”

Ruiz thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, "You must not call him directly, wait for my news." ”

Jimmy: "Okay, I'll go now." ”

Jimmy went out of the office with Ruiz, and he went downstairs to get in the car and set off.

Jimmy has a bad feeling that the missing person may be more than lucky. He is a member of the local gang, and he must be his henchman who can be investigated by Seventeen, who should be a mature gangster, and he must have encountered force majeure when he disappeared like this.

The only hope now is not to die, Jimmy has a lot of headaches, he was just looking for an informant to help him, and it would be too much to lose if he had to make another personal murder.

The point is that this is not an ordinary informant, there is a considerable possibility that he is a real person, and his loss of a reliable junior brother may also have a great impact on his mission.

It was not yet time to get off work in the afternoon, and although the traffic was not so smooth, at least it was not delayed much. Instead of going to the café where he saw Seventeen, Jimmy went to the neighborhood where the suspect was photographed by the surveillance, found a parking space and parked it first, and he waited in the car, opening the window and smoking.

Waiting until 8 p.m., Jimmy has not received news from Ruiz, and it seems that Seventeen is still looking for someone, and the situation has not been determined. Jimmy looked at his watch bored, but finally decided to go home first.

The next day, when the girls were finally returning to New York from New Hampshire, she called Jimmy early in the morning and expected to be back at the police station in the afternoon.

Jimmy didn't plan to go to the bureau today, he drove to the Bronx early in the morning, in order to be able to support seventeen in time, he also fought hard, no matter what, he had to persevere.

Jimmy went back to rest last night and didn't want to wander the Bronx at night, which was really unstable. Jimmy is an Asian American, driving a car parked on the side of the road, nine times out of ten it will cause some trouble, now is not the time to engage in fishing law enforcement, rather than being passively influenced by others, it is better to go back and wait, park here during the day, how much can you save a little snack.

Just waited until the afternoon, Jimmy looked at the time, Nia should almost be back, he just started the car and left, and if he waited, he might not be able to wait until Seventeen contacted, it was better to deal with his own affairs first.

Arriving at the police station, Nia hasn't come back yet, and Jimmy is waiting in Chuck's office, and it hasn't been long. The murder of the homeless on Chuck's side has been adjusted and lowered by him, and the other cases are dealt with first.

There are a lot of cases handled by police detectives, such as burglary, robbery, homicide, disappearance, etc., although the number of detectives in the NYPD is quite large, but everyone will still be assigned a lot of cases, and if they are not very important cases that need to be prioritized, they usually do not spend much time on them.

In the same homicide case, the death of the homeless and the death of the ordinary citizen are two cases of different priorities, to use a less politically correct statement, the citizens are taxpayers, they pay taxes and support the police, while the homeless are more synonymous with trouble, they do not contribute a penny to the police, but cause a lot of troublesome cases, and it is strange that the police can have a good face for them.

So Chuck decisively gave up after a few days of investigation, and adjusted his priorities to deal with other cases first, not that he was not responsible, but the actual situation was like this, the reason why he was so concerned a few days ago was actually because these two cases may be related to serial murders, since there is no direct correlation now, it doesn't matter.

Nia finally returned, and by the time she entered the office, Jimmy had already walked over, stretched out his hands and picked up Nia for a turn with a bear hug, and kissed her.

Jimmy: "Finally back, Nia, you've had a hard time these days, haven't you?" ”

Nia smiled reluctantly and said, "Actually, it's okay, I didn't do anything, I just followed Agent Rice, but unfortunately it didn't end well." You wait for me for a while, and I'll go change my clothes. ”

With that, Nia put her bag in place and turned to go to the locker room.

Nia's expression was not very good, although she could see that she was very happy to see Jimmy, but it was only for a moment, and she soon looked a little lonely. It seems that the impact of the little girl's death on her has not dissipated after two days.

Jimmy waited for a long time, and Nyoa came out, took a shower in the police bathroom, and changed into a spare set of clothes in the locker room, and now she looks quite refreshed, much better than when they first met.

Jimmy looked at Nia and said with a smile, "It seems that the past two days have indeed been hard, and now it is much better than just now." Have you informed the family? ”

Nja returned to her place, "Not yet, Agent Rice arranged it, and I should only meet with the girl's family tomorrow." All three had already done autopsies in the local area, and we waited until the report came out before arranging a return trip. ”

Nia opened her bag, took out a stack of papers, and handed it to Jimmy, "Look at it for yourself." ”

Jimmy was holding the stack of A4 papers, which were the sorted out traces, as well as the photocopied photos of the scene and the suspect's autopsy report.

The two suspects were really able to run, because it took time to investigate the surveillance footage, so the police chased after them at intervals each time. Later, they also robbed three cars, changed vehicles and continued to escape, each time because they were called to the police and the police investigation confirmed their identities, and with the FBI by the side, Agent Rice never lost their escape direction.

Coming from New York to New Jersey, they originally fled westward, but later, I don't know what they thought, they turned to the north, and it is not ruled out that they intend to cross the US-Canadian border into Canada, if they are allowed to continue to flee.

After robbing a car at the gas station for the last time, they were chased by the police and had to enter the Green Mountain National Forest, followed by more than a day of pursuit, with the assistance of K9 police dogs, the police did not lose their general direction in the forest, and finally fell off the cliff It was a bit weird, because all three people fell, and there were no other injuries on their bodies, only fall injuries and impact injuries caused by the head hitting the stone below.

Detective Rice conducted a round of searches above the cliff and found no trace of the presence of a fourth person, nor did they find a large animal such as a bear, and in the end they could only blame it on an accident, they did not see the cliff, or fell while checking the terrain on the edge of the cliff.

Jimmy: "Does Les plan to continue the search?" ”

Nia: "Keep the search?" ”

Jimmy nodded: "From the identities and information of these two kidnappers, who is going to kidnap this little girl." None of them left the little girl behind in such an escape route, and this is not like an ordinary kidnapping case. ”

Nia shook her head: "I don't know, all the materials are on Agent Rice's side, and I didn't play a role this time." ”

Jimmy put the materials on Nia's table: "Let's go, Chuck isn't here, you've been busy for so long, it's time to take a good rest." ”

Nia looked at her watch, nodded, packed her bag, and left the police station with Jimmy and got into Jimmy's car.

Jimmy had already booked a place in the restaurant in advance, and Nia had just finished her first big case since becoming a police detective, just in time to celebrate. Originally, Jimmy planned to do it at home, but considering that his craft was really not very good, he finally gave up.

It was already off work, and when they drove to the restaurant, it was just time to pick up customers, and many seats in the restaurant were already full.

Jimmy and Nia each ordered and poured a glass of aperitif: "Congratulations on completing your first case, how does it feel?" ”

Nia touched the cup with Jimmy, drank a little lightly, and then shook her head: "Very bad, I haven't forgotten the girl's appearance for the past two days, if only we could get to the position earlier." ”

Jimmy: "Oh, don't think about it, the case is over, it's time to relax." I mean, did you feel a sense of accomplishment when you closed the case? ”

Nia nodded: "Yes, when I was a patrol officer before, I was just patrolling and dealing with some violations and other small cases, and this kind of big case is also my first contact." Agent Rice is really good, she is very accurate in judging the kidnapper's course of action, and when Chuck arranged for me to follow her, he said that I should study hard. ”

Jimmy: "Of course, Agent Rice is a senior agent, specializing in kidnapping and disappearances, and of course she is very capable, so don't compare with her, it will be very frustrating." There is still a big difference between a police detective and a patrol officer, when I first entered the FBI, I felt like a stupid person, and the cases I handled when I was a county police officer were too pediatric. ”

Nia: "Yes, I feel it. In fact, I had this feeling when I first became familiar with the case with Chuck, and many of the cases on Chuck's side were too complicated. ”

Jimmy: "Okay, let's not talk about the case, I haven't been back for a few days, is Chuck going to give you a vacation to rest for a while?" ”

Nia: "I haven't asked yet, but I'm tired, so I'll talk to Chuck tomorrow." ”

The waitress delivered the food and interrupted the conversation between Jimmy and Nia, "Nia, what's next?" Want to hang out? ”

Nia shook her head: "I don't want to take a long vacation to go out for the time being, just take two days off." ”

Jimmy: "What about the night?" ”

Nia: "Today? ”

Jimmy nodded: "Let's go down and watch a movie, just relax." ”

Nia shook her head: "Not today, I need to go back first." ”

Jimmy: "Okay tomorrow, and you can go home today and get some rest." ”

Nia: "My father knew that I was going back today, and he called me in the afternoon to ask me to go back, and I couldn't help it. ”

After eating dinner and chatting, Jimmy drove Nia home in a little over an hour, and he drove straight back to the apartment. After getting out of the car, he took the equipment bag in the trunk, and Jimmy took the equipment home to rest, because he went directly to the police station in the afternoon, and Jimmy didn't have time to go back to Federation Square to change his car.

Just as Jimmy was about to wash up, his phone rang, and Jimmy took a look at it, and his heart tightened.

Jimmy: "Ruiz, Seventeen has news?" ”

Ruiz: "Yes, he's got a clue, you go to the Bronx now, and Seventeen will be waiting for you at the café." ”

Jimmy: "Which café?" ”

Ruiz: "He said you know. ”

Jimmy: "Understood, I'm going now." ”

Jimmy hung up the phone, got dressed, and went out with his gear bag, at which point he couldn't help but be glad that Nia wasn't here today, otherwise it would be embarrassing.

It was still the same café, and Seventeen was still in the corner, and Jimmy saw him for the first time when he came in.

"Cappuccino" Jimmy sat across from Seventeen, ordered a cup of coffee from the waiter, and then looked at Seventeen, "How's your guy?" ”

Seventeen shook his head slightly, did not speak, and waited for the waiter to bring the coffee and leave, before he said to Jimmy: "He died, we found the body, he was shot twice in the back, the people around him did not hear the obvious gunshots, it was obvious that the gunman used a silencer, and the location chosen was very good, there was no surveillance around, and there was no small alley that no one passed by." ”

Jimmy frowned, "Silencer, could it be that the gunman I'm looking for found him?" ”

Seventeen: "It's possible that it's him, I've located the last place he investigated." Seventeen pulled out a note, and Jimmy took it and looked at it, a piece cut straight from a map, and circled a street with a pen.

Seventeen: "This is it, but I don't know which one it is, and you'll need to investigate it yourself." ”

Jimmy nodded: "Thanks, I'll investigate tomorrow." ”

Seventeen picked up the cup, drank the coffee inside, and got up to leave. Jimmy hurriedly stopped him: "Seventeen, do you have any requests?" ”

Seventeen looked at Jimmy, and instead of sitting down, he walked up to him, reached out and patted Jimmy on the shoulder, and left without saying a word.

(End of chapter)