The moderator shook his head helplessly.

"Dr. Nichols, do you know how unrealistic this is? Do you know how much panic it would cause among ordinary people to use such a huge amount of money to prevent such a baseless attack, let alone Congress? ”

However, in the next moment, Dr. Nichols stood up suddenly, his palm slamming heavily on the table, "You guys are derelict in their duties, why can't you damn bureaucrats face reality!" ”

"This country should panic and look at where we are now, these enemies that we are facing."

"Please sit down, Dr. Nichols." The host couldn't help but raise his voice.

"I'm not going to sit down!" Dr. Nichols grew angrier, but the moderator and the congressmen and military representatives next to him looked speechless.

"This is an era of asymmetrical warfare and weapons of mass destruction, and if you continue to ignore this reality, it will kill everyone in this country, and I will continue to blame you bureaucrats in public!"

After the video was played, everyone's faces became very exciting, and the middle-aged man turned his head and said, "According to the committee, his remarks after that became more and more radical, and his mood was extremely manic. ”

"So they kicked him out of Fort Detrick?" Rosie turned to look at General Whitworth on the other side.

"And you can't join other important departments."

The lieutenant general's expression was a little subtle, "Dr. Nichols used to be very respected in the circle, and he just came up with what he thought was a defensive strategy, not an offensive strategy. ”

"But it's clear that he doesn't feel his point is being taken seriously as it deserves, and maybe he wants to prove it somehow." Hodgner retorted.

Seriously, Jack really thinks that Hodgner's business-like and serious approach is too suitable for dealing with these high-level people on this occasion, and Rosie's vision of choosing people in the first place is really amazing.

"He was exposed to germs, lost a good job, and got divorced, which fits perfectly into your profile." Obviously, at this time, even the middle-aged man, who did not know the specific position, was on the side of BAU.

General Whitworth was a little reluctant to speak, and it was easy to guess that Dr. Nichols had come out of Fort Detrick after all.

If it is really confirmed that Dr. Nichols is involved in this terrorist attack, or even the murderer, it is difficult to guarantee that someone will use this to attack him as the person in charge.

"Anyway, it's an important clue, where is he working now?" Rosie asked.

"'Biodesign Process Company' is an outsourcing company under our umbrella, but they don't study anthrax, their main research direction is influenza." General Whitworth replied.

Rosie walked straight out, saying as she went, "Emily and I went to visit his office, Jack and Red went to his house, Hodge and Jiejie stayed, remember to call the director and ask him to try to buy some more time." ”

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Lawrence Nichols lives in the small town of Leonardton in southern Maryland, less than an hour's drive from Annapolis, but it's afternoon and the rush hour has arrived.

By the time Jack and Red arrived in front of this villa with a large area of land together with the soldiers of the anti-chemical defense unit, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.

The villa was empty, and the anti-chemical soldiers first checked the surroundings of the villa, and found no abnormalities, so they went into the house to check, and Jack and Red wandered around the villa to see if they could find any clues.

The garden at the back of the villa is a little dilapidated, and it is estimated that since Lawrence Nichols' divorce, it has not been well cared for without a hostess.

At last the two stopped in front of a small vertical fountain, which was a decorative fountain shaped like a small vertical pillar, more than half a man tall, with a basin of water in the middle.

Jack looked at the little fountain with some strange looks, which should have ceased to work a long time ago, and the basin was full of dead branches and leaves, but it made a strange humming sound.

"Rhett, is this a fan? I felt like an exhaust device. ”

"Rhett, is this a fan? I felt like an exhaust device. ”

Red leaned forward and took a closer look, "It looks like the exhaust port of a negative pressure device." ”

Jack looked around and saw a shabby-looking flower house in the corner of the garden, and no other buildings.

Just when he wanted to bypass the small fountain and go up to check, the mobile phone on his body suddenly rang, and it was a call from Rosie.

Jack answered the phone and motioned for Red to wait, just as the sprinklers in the garden happened to turn on, and he had to take two steps back to avoid the range of the sprinklers.

Rosie and Emily found no valuable clues in Lawrence Nichols' lab, and the lab director said they hadn't seen the doctor for at least three days.

That is, before the bookstore accident, Lawrence Nichols disappeared.

The anti-chemical warfare soldiers who accompanied the two to the laboratory were also unable to find any anthrax spores in his office.

It shows that the doctor did not use the equipment of the laboratory to synthesize the germs, or rather, his hands and tails were cleanly handled.

Jack hangs up the phone, only to find that Red has disappeared.

"Red?" He walked into the somewhat dilapidated flower room and was surprised to see a staircase that stretched down behind the door.

This stupid boy won't go down alone, will he? Jack was in a hurry, and hurriedly walked down the stairs.

"Rhett." Jack shouted again.

There seems to be a lot of space below, and there is a faint echo.

"Don't come in, get out of this." Rhett's voice rang out as there was a bump in the basement.

Jack made three steps and two steps to the basement, only to see that Red had closed a glass sliding door and locked it inside, looking at him through the glass with panicked eyes.

"I'm sorry, I think I made a mistake."

It was a self-built lab, and when Red closed the sliding door, it became a completely enclosed room, and Jack's eyes fell on the ground behind him, a broken test tube, surrounded by some white powder.

Not far away, in the middle of two rows of shelves, lay a corpse, bleeding all over the ground, but it had long been blackened.

"You wait here for me!" Jack almost didn't off this guy, just turned around and ran.

"Set up a decontamination tent, call the CDC's ambulance, and notify Dr. Kimura and General Whitworth of a suspected anthrax leak."

Several soldiers at the door of the villa couldn't help but stiffen when they heard this, and stopped preparing to take off their protective clothing.

"What happened?" The captain who knew Jack hurriedly asked.

"Behind the garden, there's a basement in that camouflaged flower room, where Lawrence Nichols' private lab is, get me a hazmat suit, and my colleague locked himself in."

(End of chapter)