When Jimmy heard Hughes say that Peter would be transferred to Washington, D.C., he understood that the Manhattan office was still a big loss this time.

Peter is the most optimistic candidate for field supervisor in the upper echelons before, he is only in his 40s, he is still very young and capable, especially in recent years, the solving rate of Peter's team can reach more than 80%, reaching 87% such terrifying data, and others have no advantage over him at all.

Moreover, Peter's circle of friends is very wide, and the interpersonal relationship in New York is far better than others, and such a field supervisor can control the position stably for a long time once he takes over.

Now, although Peter was not fired from the FBI for the murder, he was leaving the Manhattan office to go to the Washington, D.C. headquarters, and the Manhattan office still lost the successor they had prepared in advance, completely disrupting their plans.

You must know that Hughes had retired once in the early days, and was later hired back, and this time he retired again, and there will be no third chance to be a supervisor.

The FBI is not a private company, there are a lot of capable people here, there are too many people waiting in line for the position, because Hughes was wronged before, so he said that he was rehired once, and now he is retiring from the headquarters by order, and it would be too slap in the face if he was rehired again, and there is no one in your Manhattan office, right?

Now that the successor who was originally planned to be trained has been eliminated, it is not easy to find another one from the echelon, if you choose an unsuitable one, there is no way to replace it for a long time, and you can't replace three or five field directors a year, so let alone that there are opinions from the headquarters, the management of the Manhattan office is absolutely embarrassed.

Jimmy: "For how long?" ”

Hughes: "It's not going to be long, it's going to be a couple of weeks. ”

Jimmy: "If Peter goes to DC, is there a successor?" ”

Hughes looked at Jimmy, and he also noticed the way Jimmy paused to think just now, and it could be heard from the conversation that Jimmy was aware of a lot of things. The person who took over was talking about the head of Peter's group, and he was also talking about the person who was the head of the field.

After thinking for a while, Hughes didn't answer Jimmy's question, but changed the subject, "Are you ready to go back to the field?" ”

Jimmy nodded, "Always ready." I just hosted a press conference today, and while it's pretty good, it's really not my forte. ”

Hughes: "Well, in a few days, I'll talk to the others." ”

Jimmy's eyes narrowed slightly, and returned to normal: "Are you sure?" ”

Hughes nodded, "Let's arrange it like this for now, there are a lot of things that need to be dealt with." ”

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After talking for a while, Jimmy's beer was finished, he got up to say goodbye, and Hughes sent him to the door, "Get ready, goodbye, Jimmy." ”

Jimmy shook hands with Hughes, turned around and left his home, got into the car and went straight back to the apartment.

There was plenty of time to think back home, first of all Peter's group, who was now the supervising agent, and then to the assistant superintendent of detectives, where Hughes had been.

This time he was transferred to DC, and it is estimated that Hughes and they will not completely give up on him, let him act as the director for a period of time, and he will be officially promoted when he arrives in DC.

There is currently no second regulatory agent on the white-collar team, but from the perspective of echelon construction, it should be Jones, who has been in the group for several years, and has long been a senior agent, and now the promotion is normal.

Diana is forgotten, she and Jimmy are detectives at the same time, but they came to the white-collar team half a year earlier than Jimmy. Diana was normally recruited to study at the FBI's Kuanti Academy of Sciences, so she reported in January. Jimmy was recruited after 911, and it was June when he came to Manhattan after the training.

Jimmy has done so much, and he's only been a senior agent for two years, and Diana has absolutely no chance of being promoted to a supervisory agent.

It is not very likely that a team leader from another group will be transferred to take Peter's place.

In fact, Peter's case is quite special, most of them are art-related and white-collar crimes, first of all, we must have enough artistic accomplishment, and after discovering the case, we can judge the value of the artwork and whether there are potential suspects in the related industry.

Secondly, a considerable part of this kind of case needs to have enough interpersonal relationships, otherwise the communication between various art galleries and museums alone can make people crazy.

Finally, compared to the cases of other groups, there are basically no high-risk crimes in the white-collar group, and compared to people such as the homicide team who are already familiar with various crimes, they are likely to be uncomfortable.

As for the field director, this is really hard to guess, who knows how many options Hughes has in his hands, in addition to the people Jimmy is familiar with, there are many teams, not to mention several other field offices, there are also many regulatory agents there who can be promoted.

Now I still need to consider returning to my position in the field, I was in the homicide team before, and now Ma Hong and David are doing very well, and it is not bad if I go back, at least everything is familiar.

If it wasn't for the homicide team, it would probably be the white-collar team, because the apprentice agent stage was there, and now that Peter is leaving and Jones is promoted, their team is very short of people, and nine times out of ten they will have to readjust two people to come over, and it is not ruled out that another trainee agent will be arranged here to familiarize themselves with the situation, just like Jimmy and Diana did at the beginning.

Another option is Ruiz's side, but it is estimated that Hughes and they will not let him pass, he is too familiar with Ruiz, if he is on his side, it is estimated that no one will care about it completely.

There are only three possible options, and you can't just throw people into the field office in order to get yourself back to the field, right?

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It's been busy for a while, and on the weekend, Jimmy drives away from New York with Nia for a vacation to Kazki Mountain.

Kazki Hill is not far from New York, just a few hours by car, the time is not quite right, if it is summer, Jimmy will definitely choose to go to the national park campground to pitch a tent, it is already cold, it is better to honestly choose hotels and cabin villas.

Nia had lived in a cabin in Alaska for a while, but eventually decided to stay at the cabin camp on the campus.

Hiking along streams and lakes, admiring the natural scenery and expansive lake landscapes is their goal, and after a long busy day, it is definitely a great destination for a weekend getaway.

Looking at the calm lake in front of him, Jimmy suddenly had an unexpected impulse, he picked up a flat stone chip from the ground, looked at it carefully, and then bent down to the side and threw it at the lake, and the stone chip sank into the lake after a few strokes on the water surface.

"Oh roar~" Jimmy screamed, looked down for small stones again, and threw a few in a row, but he really couldn't find the right size of small stones, the ones on the ground were either too big and useless, or too small to feel, he could only sigh regretfully, and gave up this childish behavior of older boys.

He turned his head to look at Nia, who was ignored by him for a while, she clasped her hands to her chest and watched Jimmy laughing, seeing that Jimmy was finished, she pointed directly to the lake, "Go wash your hands." ”

Jimmy glanced at his hands, honestly washed them by the lake, took a tissue from Nia to wipe his hands, Nia reached out and hugged Jimmy's arm, "You actually like this, it's like a child who can't grow up." ”

Jimmy shrugged: "I don't want to, I just suddenly had an urge to throw a few." Hey, it's a pity, the small stones by the lake are not very suitable, and you must find one to take advantage of, only to hit a few water drifts, not enough! I'm going to have to throw twenty floats. ”

Nia rolled her eyes and pulled him along the lake. Jimmy looked left and right at the ground as he walked, "You know what? There are special water rafting competitions, and there are special world records, but I don't remember them. ”

Nia: "You're enough, there's a game like this." ”

Jimmy: "How can you not have a game?" No boy can refuse to play on the lake! Especially when a group of people play together! I was a master of water drifting. ”

Nia: "When?" ”

Jimmy: "Well, when I was in elementary school, I don't remember exactly. I haven't played it in years. Wow, you wait for me. ”

Jimmy broke away from Nia's hand and ran to the side, where an oval stone shard, less than ten centimeters, lay on the ground. Jimmy picked it up, wiped the dirt off it, and went to the lake and threw it out at an angle, "Wow, Twelve." YES！ Sure enough, there was something wrong with the stone in front of it. ”

Nya was speechless, Jimmy had never been so naïve, she had never played the game, she didn't know what to be excited about throwing a rock.

She looked down, picked up a pebble, and threw it in imitation of Jimmy, "It's not difficult, you see." ”

Jimmy was speechless for a moment, Nia just picked up stones and threw them, and she could make ten water drifts before sinking into the water, which ...... Where to reason.

It was so devastating that Jimmy and Nia washed their hands in the lake water and continued to hike along the lake.

In the evening, the two returned to the cabin, Jimmy and Nyoa cooked dinner together, and when they sat in the living room of the cabin to rest, Jimmy once again brought up his previous idea of whether to buy a house as a new house before getting married.

There are still a few months left, and there is almost enough time to renovate the new house according to their ideas, and if it is a little later, it may not be possible to move in immediately after getting married.

Nia doesn't have any special ideas, in fact, if you don't consider the situation of population growth in the future, the Upper West Side apartment where the two live now has met their daily needs, and the key is to go to work closely.

Based on the current work situation, it is better to be nearby, and the two discuss a few options, and then the requirements for the house, and wait for the return to New York to pick up.

Jimmy still has the phone number of the real estate agent that the FBI office cooperated with before, and it is more convenient for Nia to be there, for Kevin, a small man, it is really too easy to find a reliable real estate agent, and the agent will definitely not make any moths, they still expect to develop well in New York, offending the big people of the NYPD, that is really going to die.

The two-day weekend soon came to an end, and Jimmy drove Nia back to New York, where she was sent home and Jimmy himself back to his apartment to rest.

Back in the office, Jimmy went to Isabelle, who had been his spokesman for the murder of Senator Terence Pratt, and then went on vacation before he had time to check the news about his attitude.

Isabel gave Jimmy a very good evaluation, but most of the media did not pay attention to the situation of the spokesman at all, but the focus fell on the senator, the case was too serious, and it was a mistake for Jimmy to avoid possible good and bad reviews.

Spokesmen are not so easy to do, saying the wrong thing or unreasonable manners, etc., will be magnified, so the spokesperson of the general government agency is either a department leader or a special external propaganda department, and they have undergone a lot of training.

Jimmy was sure he was okay and went back to his office. Before he could finish the paperwork, the phone on his desk rang, Jimmy answered it, and got up and went to Mrs. Mason's office.

Jimmy: "Mrs. Mason, what's the matter?" ”

Mrs. Mason: "Well, these days, pack up and hand over the work to Isabel." ”

Jimmy raised an eyebrow, immediately returned to his normal expression, and asked, "Is it already decided?" ”

Mrs. Mason nodded: "Don't worry, it's just that I'm not sure where you're going for the time being." ”

Jimmy: "Okay. Thank you, Mrs. Mason, for the long care you have taken of me. ”

Mrs. Mason waved her hand, and Jimmy turned and left her office.

At noon, Jimmy met Mahon downstairs who was out for lunch, and he happened to be a dinner partner.

During dinner, Mahon revealed to Jimmy that Director Callaway had already had a meeting with the department in the morning, and that she would end her position as field director in the Manhattan office this week and move to DC headquarters.

As for the successor, there are no plans for the time being, but Peter just finished his prison life last week and is now recuperating at home until he returns to the office next week.

During Peter's arrest, the white-collar team was temporarily represented by Little Black Jones, just like when Jimmy was in the homicide team at that time, before Mahon came, Jimmy was in charge of the homicide team alone.

The white-collar team is the most troublesome now, and Jimmy has just learned that Diana, another member of the white-collar team, is pregnant, and now her belly is obviously bulging, and she is no longer suitable for field work. In fact, there is only one agent in the white-collar team who can go out in the field, and that is Jones, plus Neil Cavrey, an art consultant, is all the personnel.

Jimmy was also thinking about who would take over from the white-collar team last week, and now it seems that when Peter leaves Manhattan for DC, the white-collar team will completely change.

Jimmy didn't tell Mahon about Hughes's arrangement, although Mahon was transferred by Hughes from Chicago, but he was only in Manhattan for a year or two, and the time was still too short, and I don't know if he was from Hughes's side.