The plaintiff's lawyer apparently noticed Pique's predicament, and his otherwise relaxed demeanor turned serious.

Peake talked a lot about the law of rights, and ended with the slightly guilty eyes of the jurors, 'I really tried to listen, but I really didn't understand.'

The plaintiff's lawyer came to the jury with a smile on his face, and he walked back and forth before juror No. 25.

"Last night the Powerball jackpot was announced to be the owner." He spoke.

"To be honest, I bought it too." The plaintiff's lawyer pulled a crumpled Powerball voucher out of his pocket and showed it to the jurors.

"I started buying Powerball two months ago when the media reported that the Powerball prize pool had accumulated more than 1 billion. I bought every issue, but unfortunately, I didn't hit once. He said self-deprecatingly, eliciting a good-natured laugh.

There are many people like the plaintiff's lawyer and Ray, and since the media reported that the Powerball prize pool has accumulated hundreds of millions, New Yorkers' enthusiasm for Powerball has been constantly stimulated, until recently, when the prize pool exceeded 1.5 billion, people went completely crazy.

New York City, with a population of 8 million, at least 1 in 10 is buying Powerballs, hoping to be the lucky one.

A large number of people in the jury bench, the auditorium, and even the courtroom staff have had similar experiences to plaintiffs' lawyers.

"Before the lottery, I always told myself that maybe it would be me next time, and I would buy it again, one last time."

"After I bought it, I was a little nervous, thinking that I couldn't win the jackpot for a while, and thinking 'what if', 'what if it was me'."

"Finally, last night, someone won the jackpot, and unfortunately, that person was not me, but luckily, I finally didn't have to suffer from gains and losses. It was a terrible taste, really, worse than the night I had my high school prom. There was another chuckle in the courtroom.

The plaintiff's lawyer also smiled, and then the smile slowly retracted.

"This morning, watching people all round out the identity of Mr. Mystery, a question suddenly occurred to me."

"What if the media took a picture of Mr. Mystery buying Powerball and put it out at this time?" The plaintiff's lawyer began to move, his pace slowing and his speech slowing down, giving the jurors plenty of time to think.

With the previous ridicule and empathy, the jurors slowly entered the role, and their thinking began to follow the guidance of the plaintiff's lawyer.

"If this mystery is you, unfortunately, when you went to buy Powerball, you were photographed by a reporter, and today he put this picture out, it was the front page headline of the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal also put you on the first page, New York Post, New York Sun, ABC, Good Morning New York, Good Morning Federal...... All the newspapers, all the TV stations, all the radio stations are you. ”

"How are you feeling?" The plaintiff's lawyer spread his hands.

"I feel terrible anyway. I couldn't even eat breakfast. I was worried that the Maggie next door would pick up the pan and knock me out and then take my voucher to claim the prize. ”

"I was worried that a stranger would break into my home, snatch my credentials, and most importantly, he might hurt my family."

"I didn't even dare to appear where there were people. I suspect that everyone knows me, that everyone has bad intentions towards me, and that they want to steal my credentials to claim my prize. ”

"1.7 billion!"

"There are too many people who can do anything for the sake of money."

"Good Morning New York just reported the news truthfully, just reported the news truthfully, and the Wall Street Journal just reported the news truthfully. The reporter only took a picture. They act legally and compliantly. ”

"But because of this legal and compliant behavior, because of this rights law, my privacy was leaked, and everyone knew that I was carrying a check worth $1.7 billion in my arms." The plaintiff's lawyer shook the evidence in his hand.

"I could have been in a car accident, shot, robbed, burglarized, kidnapped...... Who knows. ”

"Is there less news that lottery jackpot winners encounter all kinds of dangers and even accidents every year?"

"Why do they have to go all out to claim their prizes?"

"Why didn't every winner rush to the street and shout, 'I've won!' 'I'm the Mr. 1.7 billion'! "His speech began to grow faster, his emotions were full, and his body language began to increase.

This was a good way to get the jury emotional, and they were hooked up.

"I think every journalist has the right to interview, but every interviewee also has the right to refuse to be interviewed."

"When interviewing, media reporters should avoid revealing the interviewee's privacy, home address, work address, telephone number, email address, family ...... When respondents don't want this information to be exposed to the media, the media should take steps to prevent it from being exposed, which in turn can cause problems for the interviewee. ”

"When a media reporter is interviewing, in addition to asking questions, he should also communicate with the interviewee about what content is not allowed to be leaked, and be responsible for this."

"Imagine that, guys."

"What would happen to our lives if journalists could brazenly invade personal privacy and make it public?"

"Our privacy will be spread and discussed at will, will we still have privacy?" The plaintiff's lawyer asked solemnly.

………………………… That afternoon, Brooklyn took Ray to claim the prize. Of the 1 million in the thunder, there are still more than 600,000 left after paying taxes.

That's a lot of money for them. Powerball winnings are usually withdrawn in two ways.

One is fractional extraction. Similar to installment payments, the winner withdraws once a year, in a fixed number of times according to the lottery company's regulations, and withdraws it every year.

This method of withdrawal results in the full amount of the bonus. Another option is a one-time cash withdrawal, where winners can claim their prizes in a lump sum after winning, but usually only receive half of the total prize amount.

Ray opted for a one-time extraction. Verify your identity, confirm your number, calculate the tax amount with the help of the staff, confirm the amount of the prize, take another photo, fill out a few forms, and the prize is over.

They don't have to worry about the rest, they just have to wait for the winnings to be credited to their accounts. Lottery companies are very good at following the account filled in by Ray.

After completing the necessary formalities, the two bought ingredients on the way. In the morning, Ray talked to David on the phone and made an appointment for dinner in the evening.

When he got home, Brooklyn took out the copper pot that had just been put in the cupboard, stacked the ingredients one by one, and Ray prepared the charcoal fire.

When the hot pot was served, David also arrived. The three of them gathered around the table to eat and chat. David talked about the Eucalyptus of the Bay Area Killer.

Previously, with the cooperation of BAU and the Scorpio team, the FBI's high-IQ crime team and the NYPD failed to catch the handle of the killers in the Bay Area, and now only the NYPD's murderous team remains, and there is no progress in the eucalyptus.

In fact, the NYPD has classified the Bay Area killer eucalyptus as a hanging eucalyptus, and no longer tilts resources on it, and the only thing the police department can do is wait for the Bay Area killer to commit the eucalyptus again, and pray that he will leave a clue.

Now only a few people such as David are still obsessed with breaking the eucalyptus. After David learned all the information about the Bay Area Killer Eucalyptus, the first thing that came to David's mind was Dexter.

With the DNA comparison report provided by Brooklyn and the record of Dexter's trip to New York Harbor to dump the body, David is almost certain that the Bay Area killer is Dexter.

But he had no proof. The progress of the case was compounded by the fact that there was too much information on the victims, and the file room was flooded, which caused most of the data to be lost.

Knowing that the murderer was right in front of him but couldn't do anything about it, it made David very uncomfortable. It's not that he hasn't thought about the NYPD's thinking, and quietly waits for Dexter to commit another crime, but Dexter, a super serial killer, doesn't know which tendon is wrong, and the dignified Bay Area killer doesn't kill people, so he goes to Zhang Luo's own wedding instead.

According to David, Dexter just finished sending out invitations yesterday and is happy every day.

"He doesn't seem to be going to do it anymore." David sighed, picked up a piece of ribs and nibbled it thinly, looking a little sad.

"If Dexter is really the Bay Area killer, wouldn't it be better if he didn't commit it?" Ray expressed confusion at David's melancholy.

"Not committing a crime in the future does not erase his previous crimes." David spit out the bones and said with another quick sauerkraut

"Otherwise, I'm sorry for the more than 100 broken corpses lying in the dissection room." As he spoke, David looked at Brooklyn

"Can that DNA comparison report alone convict you?"

"Impossible." Brooklyn shook his head, shattering David's illusions

"Too much time has passed, and there is only a DNA comparison report, no motive for the murder of the eucalyptus, no murder weapon, no eucalyptus scene, no chain of evidence, and the court cannot even accept the indictment."

"Wait." Seeing that David didn't even have an appetite for his favorite ribs, Brooklyn comforted

"It's impossible for a serial killer to stop all of a sudden. Even if it's starting a family. You and I know that. ”

"Now what you compare with him is patience, whoever is impatient first will lose." David nodded, and said no more.

mentioned the Bay Area killer eucalyptus, he was originally holding a fluke mentality to try it out, but now that he was vetoed by Brooklyn, he is dead set on and no longer thinks about taking shortcuts.

Maybe it's just after Christmas, David's recent job has been easy, and the entire murder team is very quiet except for the Bay Area killer eucalyptus.

It's as if the killers in New York have all suddenly retired. David had a round belly and slumped in his chair with emotion

"If only it had been like this." Ray scoffed at the dish as he cleaned up the bowl and took the plate in front of David

"It's not bedtime yet." As he spoke, David's cell phone rang. Lei raised his chin, gave David a 'what am I talking about' look, and walked into the kitchen with a plate.

David grabbed his phone and pressed the answer button, and with the report on the other end of the phone, his face changed from lazy to serious, and finally became ugly.

He propped himself up on the table, and as he communicated, he grabbed his coat and walked towards the door.

"Sal Angus is dead." Hanging up the phone, David said with an ugly face. Brooklyn and Ray looked at each other.

"Who?"

"Sal Angus." David put on his coat, grabbed the key and walked out.

"Mr. 1.7 billion."

"Just found dead in the bathtub." ………………………… Sending David away, Brooklyn and Ray finished cleaning, sat on the sofa and looked at each other, and couldn't react for a while.

The Powerball jackpot was only announced yesterday, and the whole of New York is speculating about the identity of Mr. Mystic during the day today.

Even now, there are reports on TV about the highest prize in the history of Powerball, and as a result, the winner died!

With the Powerball prize pool of $1.7 billion, the news was widely reported and attracted the attention of the whole society, and major TV stations were reporting on it.

Brooklyn's dispute with the A News host also had to make way for it, and the time was reduced from 15 minutes on the first day to 3 minutes, and it was also placed at the end of the show.

Watching the various financial advice made by economics experts to 'Mr. 1.7 billion' on TV, Brooklyn only felt that the world was extraordinarily absurd.

A's news presenter echoed the advice of the economics expert, citing the lives of more than a dozen former jackpot winners of the Federation.

These winners became rich overnight, began to squander unscrupulously, did not have a good sense of financial management, and soon the prize money was squandered by them.

Although the bonus is gone, the habits cultivated by the short-term 'rich life' have not disappeared together, and they are accustomed to spending lavishly, and they cannot return to the original frugal life.

As a result, these people have to borrow money to maintain their extravagant lifestyles. Most of the winners end up as homeless, and instead of giving them a better life, the jackpot has cost them even their original lives.

A news host finally warned the mysterious 'Mr. 1.7 billion' to learn to manage money, and to use this bonus as a starting point, rather than squandering it unscrupulously.

Then in the last three minutes of the show, there was a brief mention of the argument with Brooklyn. In the afternoon, Brooklyn did not give an interview, and the Cedric trial lasted only two hours, and the prosecution and defense had only one round of speeches, and the content of the speeches was lackluster.

There's really not much to report about Cedric and the arguments between the two sides. A host finally said to the camera, 'Themis!

Ha! And that's the end of the evening news. After watching TV, Brooklyn returned to his study, ready to read a book for a while before going to bed.

Flipping through Lyley Crewe's sleepy book, Brooklyn couldn't read it.

The death of 'Mr. 1.7 billion' gave him a sense of unreality, even though he didn't know the lucky guy at all.

Brooklyn simply closed the book and browsed the news on the Internet. The identity of 'Mr. 1.7 billion' is still being discussed all over the Internet, and nothing is known about his death.

Brooklyn confirmed after going through the official websites of all news outlets that the police had blocked the news of the death of 'Mr. 1.7 billion'.

A lucky winner who won the 1.7 billion grand prize died after only one day, and the outside world did not even know his identity......