433 aspiring artists
Hurried footsteps rang out, one up, one downward, running swiftly towards his place.
Ethan put down what he was holding and walked to a corner of the room.
"Knock knock."
As his fists thumped, a hollow sound sounded in the studio.
Most of the houses here are made of wood, and the walls are all wood-paneled, but the sound of the banging is by no means so hollow.
Ethan tugged at his sleeve and wrapped his fist.
"Bang."
As Olinski and Antonio walked in briskly, they saw Ethan throw a punch and plunge half of his arm into the white wall.
"Please, Superman, can't you look for the secret door?"
Olinsky chewed on the candy and shook his head.
"Found it." Ethan bent his arm and tore hard against the wall panel inside.
"Sting."
After a screech, a large piece of wall panel was torn off the wall by him.
Looking through the hole, a workbench comes into view.
Ethan continued his efforts, and with a few strokes, he broke through the hole for one person to enter.
He flashed and slipped in.
After a few seconds, the lights flickered a few times, and the inside became clear, and the walls of the darkroom were covered with detailed drawings of dollar bills.
Zoom in to a very fine degree.
In front of the workbench, there are several carved plates, some of which are one hundred and some are fifty.
On the easel next to it, there is also a half-painted portrait.
Hank's guess was correct, they were indeed a gang of counterfeit banknotes.
It's not easy to find a secret door outside, so it's accurate to find one from the inside.
Ethan pushed open the secret door, only to find another room, behind a bookshelf.
"When you think you've seen everything."
Antonio picked up the thin brick-like engraving and looked at it carefully: "Life always brings more surprises. ”
The people who used these things have already been killed.
They didn't have to be so careful, the three of them looked at each other, Ethan also admired Masters' craftsmanship, this precise engraving is simply a work of art.
Take a picture of everything inside and put it in your bag.
Continuing to inspect the entire house, no other secret rooms were found, and they quickly returned to the police station with their belongings.
Just on the second floor, Hank walked out of the office:
"Please, please tell me that my conjecture is correct."
"Huh."
Ethan directly threw out the evidence bag in his hand, drew an arc, and fell steadily into Hank's hand.
"You guessed it, it's a counterfeit gang."
He threw the rest of the engravings to Russec and Erin: "Come and admire the work of the late artist Masters." ”
These people have a bit of a bad taste, and they usually see a lot of violent and perverted criminals.
In the face of people who play with this kind of technology, they are a little curious.
"Haha." "We never know how far these people can go if they are out of their profession," Rusek laughed. ”
"This is an aspiring artist, who doesn't want to be a thief, just wants to live by his craft."
Hank opened the evidence bag, and after playing with it for a while, he threw the engraving aside: "There are three steps to make counterfeit banknotes. ”
"Banknotes, engravings, printing presses."
"We're one last step away, and that's the printing press."
"There are very few people who still use these methods to make counterfeit money, and you need some real skills to do it."
He used a pen to write down the three steps he said on the whiteboard, and slapped it a few times: "It also proves that this counterfeit team is not simple, we need to find out the rest of the people." ”
Ethan returned to his table: "What can be done at the moment is to find the three gunslingers. ”
Erin yawned, "We've been watching the surveillance for half an hour." ”
"Now that you're back, the progress should be a little faster."
At this time, Jean ran up the stairs quickly, shook the paper in his hand and asked, "Erin, you just said that Nadia has only been to Masters' house two or three times, right?" ”
"That's right."
Erin stood up: "What's wrong. ”
"Masters' cell phone communication records were called up by me." Jean shrugged and said, "In the last fourteen days, these two people have sent more than forty text messages. ”
"Fack, she lied to me." Erin stood up.
"You are not allowed to come with me." Before Ethan could speak, she walked downstairs angrily: "I'm going to do it myself." ”
"Whatever you want."
Ethan spread his hands and sat comfortably in his chair.
"Wait a minute." Seeing that Jean was also returning to the garage office, Ethan hurriedly stopped him.
"Detective."
Jean walked over: "What's the matter?"
"You call me again." Ethan looked at him dissatisfied.
Jean hesitated: "Detective Morgan? ”
"I'll give you one last chance." Ethan's face turned cold, and he clasped his hands in front of his chest.
"Ethan?"
Jean asked tentatively, feeling apprehensive.
"That's right." Ethan suddenly smiled and pulled over a chair: "Sit down." ”
"Okay."
Jean sat down carefully, he usually stays in the garage and doesn't come up for anything, he's a standard otaku.
Returning to the house, he is no stranger to the people in his group.
The detective in front of him has only been here for more than a month, and he has more than a dozen lives in his hands, so he can't help but be cautious.
"I've been here for so long, and I haven't talked to you yet."
Ethan looked at the handsome Chinese guy: "I haven't seen you at Morley's Bar, don't you like to drink?" Are you a second-generation immigrant? ”
"Second-generation immigrants are right." Jean smiled and nodded:
"I never drink, I didn't go last time you had a treat, I'm really sorry."
"It's okay." Ethan knocked on the table: "In terms of technology, can I ask you a question?"
"Absolutely."
This piece of technology is what Jean is best at, and when he mentions this, he comes to the spirit: "You say, I'll help you solve it." “
"That's right."
Ethan quickly tapped the keyboard and clicked on the web page: "Look, video sites can be accessed." ”
"Why can't I download the game platform?"
Jean's eyes twitched as he looked at the steam engine linkage in the blue icon on the web page.
He was stunned for a few seconds, and said silently: "The computer in the bureau has a limit, I can help you unlock it, just one minute." ”
"But this configuration doesn't work, do you need me to help you change a set of computers?"
"Processors, hard disks, memory sticks, graphics cards, all of them are the best in the bureau for you, there are a lot of these accessories below, people in the bureau don't understand, I have made a lot of good things for myself."
Jean knew that he was recruited by Hank, and he also had a sense of unscrupulousness in doing things, so he simply cooperated.
"You're my brother."
Ethan stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "Then just help me change the computer." ”
"Okay."
Jean clashed fists with him and laughed, "I'll get it for you tomorrow." ”
After chatting for a while, Erin walked up quickly, and she said quickly: "A few days ago, a group of black men came to Masters' house and threatened him. ”
"Hoods, jeans, similar to the photos Ethan took."
"The gang took a picture of Nadia and threatened to kill her if she dared to tell the truth, so she just hid it."
Erin walked over to the whiteboard and drew a strange sign:
"The target was a gray van with the logo of the Jesus Fish painted on the back."
(End of chapter)