The offices of various federal agencies in New York are basically concentrated near Federation Square, not far from the Federal Building where the FBI office is located.

The F.B.I. has a saying that it is in charge of the air in China, so after the two showed their documents, they were not subject to the usual prevarication methods used by federal agencies, and soon met with a director named Austin Stevens.

This is a well-dressed white middle-aged man in his early 40s, and he very politely received two FBI agents who came to the door to ask for guilt.

But after apologies, Stevens said he had only been in office for less than a week, and that the search had been issued by his predecessor two weeks earlier, and that he had no prior knowledge.

He has not yet received a report on the operation on the ground, and does not yet know where Lacroix's daughter Tali is being held, so he needs a little time to clarify the situation.

Lacroix took the guy's business card and forced his anger out of the ICE office, and Jack didn't say any more comforting nonsense, pulling out his cell phone and calling Jane Banner on the way back to the Federal Building.

Since the last joint operation, Scarlet Witch has taken over the work of the anti-kidnapping team in Phoenix and returned to the Austin office, where she is still in charge of immigration.

This girl is online in terms of IQ and EQ, and she also looked good when she led the anti-kidnapping team before, and then followed Jack whether it was the Wind River Valley or participated in the joint operation in Mexico, and the credit was also there, the only thing she lacked was qualifications, and it was estimated that she should be able to become a senior agent in a year or two.

Listening to Jack's account of what happened to Tully and some of his suspicions, Jane, who also has a regular deal with ICE, immediately confirms them, and she also notices rumors that there are indeed some racists in ICE and the Border Patrol.

She provided an internal webpage called "10-15," a secret website that was invited to sign up and was named after a code commonly used by border enforcers that means "Accept Foreigners."

Jane also promised to contact some of her friends at ICE to help check the relevant documents in the system, and vaguely reminded that the conditions in the detention centers for illegal immigrants were very bad, and Tali must be found as soon as possible.

Jack shuddered at the reports of the shelters and detention centers in the past few years, and he couldn't imagine what kind of blow Lacroix would have suffered if something unspeakable had happened.

Walking briskly back to the Federal Building with a blushing face, the two of them went straight into Dana Moger's office and closed the door.

While the Wanted Criminals Division, which runs parallel to the BAU, is part of the FBI's Criminal Investigation Division, Lacroix's group is administratively part of the New York office.

The difference is between Rossi and Hodgner, who are all over the country and fly around, while Lacroix and his team are basically only responsible for criminals who commit crimes in New York State, or who are on the wanted list near New York State, and do not have the authority to take cases freely.

In other words, Dana Moge is not only Jack's boss, but also nominally Lacroix's boss, but she is rarely involved in the management of the group, and they are usually assigned directly from Washington.

But in any case, Lacroix also belongs to the New York office, and all the agents are in the same position when it comes to threats against their families.

This is also the reason why Jack didn't want to think about it before, and put aside the massacre that Emma Caine had just created, and accompanied Lacroix to the ICE office to inquire about the situation.

"Are you sure what happened to Tali has anything to do with our current case?" After listening to the two of them, Dana Moge thought for a moment and looked up at Jack.

"There are so many coincidences in the world, I just searched a few social media platforms with Tully's name and the keyword 'Island Garden Food Bank,' and I found them easily."

As he spoke, Jack flashed the Instagram page on his phone, a socially shared photo of a little girl named Chloe, with the caption reading, "Me and my best friend Tully at the food bank."

Then he went straight to Google and searched for a story titled "Middle School Volunteers Give Their Time and Generosity," which also included a picture of Tully.

"I warned her not to post about herself on the Internet." Lacroix sighed heavily.

"Tully is only a ten-year-old girl, and it's not her fault that she has friends." Dana Moge covered her forehead, pondered for a moment, and got up from her desk with determination.

"It's not my style to get along with other federal agencies, but I don't mind slapping me and my department hard if someone messes with me and my department.

It's just that we still need some defensible evidence, that director Austin Stevens, and the secret web page that Jack mentioned, and give me a hard look at all of this, and we will always be your reliable backs in this matter. ”

After saying that, she walked up to Lacroix and gently hugged him as a sign of comfort, just as there was a knock on the office door with two tuk tuk knocks, and a serious-looking Jubal poked his head in and said, "We just found the statement issued by Emma Kane on YouTube." ”

"Let's go to the operations center first." Dana Moge looked tight and took the lead out of the office.

Jubal, who was walking behind, whispered to comfort his old partner, "It's a pity that I just heard about your daughter, I know that your people are not around New York at the moment, and they directly treat us as your support team, and all the resources here can be used at will." ”

While speaking, several people walked quickly to the combat center, and all the people here today were spinning in succession, originally thinking that 26 children had been successfully rescued, and the case could be ended perfectly.

Unexpectedly, a horrific tragedy followed, 12 pregnant women were killed, and 13 people are still being treated in hospitals, and the place of the crime is still a sacred religious site.

Jack glanced at the analysts and technicians busy in front of the computer, most of them had ugly faces, their faces were shiny, and almost everyone had a cup of black coffee on their table.

Some people also deliberately turned out extra-large coffee cups with a capacity of nearly one liter to stay up late, such as Hannah. This seems to have been bought by Britney for herself during the last "Blue Templar" case.

Jubal pressed the remote control, and a middle-aged white woman with long brown hair and slightly convex cheekbones appeared on the big screen, who looked to be over forty, her eyes were red and swollen at the moment, and her face was obviously haggard, but her emotions were extremely excited.

"The game time is over, and today, the first shot has been fired for the original true masters of this country, for the great American whites.

Last night, my husband, Tiger Kane, who had superior blood and a pair of charming blue eyes, was assassinated by this mongrel FBI agent who ruled the government of the colored mongrel, wake up, white people, wake up and act.

We are all superior human beings, and this is the truth, and we are to take charge of our own destiny, cleanse ourselves of filth, and reclaim the sacred land that God has given us. ”

(End of chapter)