Jimmy closed the notepad and put it in the glove box. This thing was too important. He wanted to go back to the office but was worried about Ginny still in the room. He thought for a while, picked up the phone and called Chris.
Jimmy: "Chris, if there's nothing urgent, come to Brooklyn. I found something here."
Chris: "Huh? Is it serious? Can't we come back and talk about it?"
Jimmy: "No, I can't leave here right now. It's not convenient to tell you on the phone, so you might as well come over. If it's not convenient, see who else can send you here."
Chris was speechless. He drove to work in the morning, but he couldn't use his left hand temporarily. "I understand, I'm leaving now."
Jimmy hung up the phone, took off his suit and put it in the passenger seat. He also took out the FBI badge in advance and hung it around his neck. With the armpit holster and the Glock holster on his belt, there was basically no problem except for the body armor.
After being vigilant for half an hour, Chris' car came up behind Jimmy and stopped. Chris walked directly to Jimmy's passenger side, opened the door and got into the car, "What did you find?"
"The notepad in the glove box." Jimmy looked at the glove box, and then looked at the entrance to the apartment. At this time, several people came in and out of the apartment, but it seemed that there should be no problem. People's movements are somewhat out of shape, and these people all look normal, although there are two who don't look like good people.
Jimmy: "I used the reason that reporter Ax was my informant, and asked the people in Ax's room to open the door. The person inside was Ax's girlfriend Ginny, and she showed me this notepad. It's the only record Ax left at home. He usually puts his laptop, voice recorder, and notepad in his bag when he goes out, but Ginny doesn't know much about Ax's business."
Chris: "Laptop? Voice recorder? These were not at the scene of the Ax accident."
Jimmy: "Yes, so this case is very problematic. I'm very worried that Ginny will be in danger in Ax's house."
Chris nodded: "Thoughtful, what else have you discovered?"
Jimmy: "There is something wrong with the content recorded in the notepad. It seems that Ax was interviewing someone. What was recorded in the notepad were short sentences and key points. The materials and equipment recorded in it gave me a bad feeling. Lenovo. You should be able to think of other uses for fertilizers and equipment, right?"
Chris: "Well, fertilizer can be used for purification, equipment can produce hydrogen, plus radio, remote control equipment is also available, a giant bomb of several hundred kilograms."
Jimmy: "This is just a superficial problem. The key is that set of equipment. I remember that during the previous training in Quantico, it was mentioned in the anti-terrorism training. This equipment can also be used to purify certain special gases."
Chris: "You mean X?"
Jimmy: "Yes, this part of the compression device is used in the V and G extraction process. If you think about it, not all the things on this notepad are, then this matter will be very troublesome. Of course, this is just my conjecture, And the association is in the worst direction.
I don’t rule out that they buy these things for their own use. For example, hundreds of kilograms of fertilizer are needed to open a gardening company. These equipment are only used to produce hydrogen balloons. Those circuit boards and wireless equipment are just short-distance communication facilities within the company. "
Chris took a deep breath and threw the notepad in his right hand onto the center console. "Fxxk, is there something wrong with these people's brains? Whether it's a fertilizer bomb or a poison gas bomb, they can't explode in New York."
Jimmy: "What I'm worried about now is that if Ax just discovers something and then goes to investigate, it means that these things have been successfully transported, and even the production work has begun.
Of course, we can also guess that Ax itself is a member of the team and they are just planning to get these devices. That way, we still have plenty of time to find them. "
Chris said nothing and looked at the notepad in a daze. Jimmy did not interrupt his thinking. Jimmy himself was shocked when he thought about the result. It is normal for Chris to be a little confused.
Chris took out his cell phone from his pocket and called Hughes directly.
"Hughes, I'm applying for two long-term monitoring teams."
"Yeah, right now, one deployed in Brooklyn and one on standby for rotation."
"Well, I'll go back and tell you that things are a little troublesome this time."
Chris hung up the phone and said to Jimmy: "The surveillance team will come over later. You explain their tasks and then go back to the bureau. I will take this back first to communicate with Hughes."
Jimmy nodded, Chris opened the door and went back to his car, turning around and going back on the road.
Jimmy waited for nearly an hour before a call came to his cell phone. He looked back and saw a truck parked not far behind. Jimmy got his clothes and got out of the car, put them on, looked around, and then walked over. The trunk door opened and Jimmy got in. Sure enough, it was still the same old recipe, a surveillance car similar to Jones.
Jimmy: "Who's in charge here?"
Daniel: "I, Daniel Hahn."
Jimmy: "OK, let me tell you about the situation. What you need to monitor is room 203 of the apartment on the front left. The tenant in the room is Ash Perino. He died in an accident two days ago. Now he is in the room. Girlfriend Ginny.
Focus on two things. First, whether someone wants to enter her room and it will be detrimental to her; second, if Ginny leaves, you need to follow her to confirm whether she has been in contact with anyone and investigate the other party's situation.
On the basis of the above two points, you can add another item to investigate Ginny's situation, her social circle, etc. Because this is my first time meeting this Ginny, I don’t have any basic information about her yet. If you have any information, you can let me know. understand? "
Daniel: "OK, I want to ask, is there anything special happening here? Are there any armed elements?"
Jimmy: "The definition of the incident has not yet been determined. The lowest level is murder, and the highest level may be a terrorist attack. Do we need to prepare support forces in advance?"
Daniel was shocked, his eyes widened, and he looked around at his two companions. He looked at Jimmy: "I think it's best to have support. The three of us are intelligence personnel, not field agents."
Jimmy nodded: "I understand, but I need to go back to the bureau now. If I am free later, I will support you. If not, I will apply for others to support you. Please prepare self-defense weapons in advance."
Daniel nodded heavily: "I understand, let's start now. Brothers, open your weapon pack and get ready."
Jimmy: "Bye, Daniel."
Jimmy turned around and left the surveillance car, looked around, then got in his car and turned back to the station.
Jimmy did not go back to his office, but came directly to Hughes. He received a call from Hughes halfway. Although Chris had already explained clearly, Hughes still asked Jimmy to elaborate again, made a phone call, and turned on the radio to wait for Jimmy's statement.
Jimmy spoke in great detail this time, starting from when he and Chris went to the NYPD to discover possible anomalies in the case, to coming back to check the data, to meeting Ginny, and even the final communication with the surveillance personnel. After a while, he asked Hughes to assign a support team to Daniel and the others. If it was really a big fish this time, the three monitoring personnel would have no way to ensure their own safety when something went wrong.
Hughes waited for Jimmy to finish speaking and then said to the other side of the phone: "Did you hear that clearly?"
A man's voice on the other side of the phone said: "It's clear. This information is not enough at the moment. Hughes, this is not enough to activate the emergency plan. We need more clues."
Hughes: "That's all we have now. We still need to go to the NYPD to retrieve all the cases and related information before we can continue to check."
"Notify me when there is further news. I have reserved a support team for you. If there is news, they will rush to New York immediately. That's it."
The phone was hung up. Hughes pressed the phone and said to Chris: "Chris, go get the case back. Who else do you need? I'll ask them to come back and help you now."
Chris: "It's not necessary at the moment. When we get the case back, we'll check the existing clues first. But the NYPD needs you to say hello in advance."
Hughes nodded, and Chris looked at Jimmy: "Jimmy, you go back first."
Jimmy nodded and turned to leave.
Chris: "Hughes, this case won't be solved that quickly. I think it's difficult to guarantee the time limit if we rely solely on us. You know, if the worst case scenario occurs, you can't even imagine it."
Hughes looked at Chris: "No, I have no way to contact them. I can only go through DC, otherwise I won't get their support."
Chris: "We have to give it a try. Even if there is only one percent chance of this happening, we must treat it as a major threat."
Hughes thought for a while and nodded, "I'll try to contact you. You go handle the case first."
Chris nodded and left. He did not go back to the office. Instead, he went directly to the NYPD to retrieve the case and information. Normally, the NYPD would send them to the FBI, but now he couldn't wait that long, so it would be faster to get them himself. .
Jimmy returned to the office. If Hughes arranged a support team, there would be no need for Jimmy to think about the surveillance side. He could just take a good rest. After looking at the time, Jimmy went downstairs and bought a hamburger and brought it back directly. It was noon. I don't want to eat anything, so I can make do with it so that I can have the energy to deal with this case in the afternoon.
In the afternoon, Chris came back, followed by several uniformed NYPD police officers. They pushed a few boxes, placed them in Chris' office, and then left.
Chris: "Jimmy, come over here and sort it out together."
After opening the box, Jimmy and Chris took out the evidence inside. Fortunately, there was enough space in the office, so they placed the evidence directly on the ground. They were all packaged in sealed bags and were not afraid of getting dusty.
After taking the evidence, here is the file. In addition to the summary version they saw at the police station, there are also individual reports given by various agencies. It can be said to be very complete.
Chris became the hands-off manager this time, throwing all the files and files to Jimmy for him to handle. Jimmy was helpless when he looked at Chris. How could he be the boss of such a big thing again? He didn't know yet that Chris had communicated with Hughes about foreign aid. Although he wasn't sure he would get it, it would at least save them both a lot of time.
Jimmy continued to look at the file and then checked Ax's belongings. Indeed, there was no laptop, voice recorder, or notepad that Ginny mentioned. Theoretically, if he forgot a notebook at home, he would definitely buy one outside. For temporary use, how can a reporter not have pen and paper? When Jimmy was a police officer, he never left his pad and pen.
It can be seen that the people who handled this case were very sophisticated and handled it very cleanly. There are no clues that lead to a clear direction.
Naturally, it was impossible to bring the broken car to the police station. All we have now are the photos in our hands.
Jimmy decided to start with the parking lot surveillance. The NYPD had already sorted out dozens of photos and license plate numbers of cars entering and exiting the parking lot. Jimmy needed to enter them one by one into the system to investigate the information, compare, and verify identities. This was a lot of work. . Jimmy looked at the thick stack of photos in his hand and felt a little pained. What he disliked the most was this kind of repetitive operation, and it was still investigating dozens of license plates.
He still picked up the photo of Ax's car. Looking at the photo of the car in his hand, especially the dent in the rear bumper, Jimmy suddenly had an idea. Since it was knocked down, the person who hit Ax's car must have had damage to his car, or the car had a strong anti-collision bar, or it was similar to the push bar in front of a police car. Prioritize the use of vehicles that meet these criteria. A photo of the car in a certain condition should be fruitful.
Picking up the photos compiled by the NYPD, Jimmy only selected the photos of the exit part, which had large bumpers, including those with deformed front faces. There were only 5 cars, so it was easy to worry. Jimmy gave himself a thumbs up in his mind, then turned on the computer and started searching for these cars.
Fortunately, these five vehicles all had New York State license plates, which made the investigation much easier. Jimmy retrieved the owner information of the five vehicles and submitted it to Chris. The NYPD patrol officers were required to go to the corresponding car owners’ homes to investigate. For this kind of thing, let Chris contact you. Leave the analysis to yourself, and the support behind you should always be strong.
Of course, under normal circumstances, Jimmy should go out and investigate one by one by himself. This is also the responsibility of the detective himself. However, this case is very troublesome and requires a lot of time, so it is best to let the police investigate it as quickly as possible. Get relevant information.
With patrol officers conducting on-site investigations and taking photos, we can basically rule them out. In fact, Jimmy has already ruled out two of the cars. They have a lot of damage. It is obvious that the headlights are damaged. No matter how you look at it, this is not pushing a car out of the parking lot, but it happened on the road. accident.
There was another car that I paid special attention to, a station wagon with a large anti-armor bar on the front. Although it was not as big as the trolley bar of a police car, it still looked very strong. If he were to hit the car that pushed Ax, theoretically he wouldn't leave many marks on the anti-collision bar.
After dealing with the five vehicles with the highest priority for investigation, Jimmy continued to look at the car records at the entrance of the parking lot. Two of these five vehicles came in after Ax entered the parking lot, and they were the most suspect. And the station wagon that Jimmy had paid special attention to before happened to be among them.
However, the pixels of the surveillance were too low, and it was impossible to see the driver clearly. This was very frustrating, and it was impossible to investigate directly.
While he was flipping through it, Chris' phone rang. After he answered the phone, he said to Jimmy: "Jimmy, the NSA has agreed. You bring the dossier and Ax's mobile phone, and we will go out."
Jimmy immediately turned to look at Chris: "NSA? Is that the NSA you're talking about?"
Chris nodded, "Let's go, don't say anything, don't ask anything."
Jimmy immediately put away the file, picked up Ax's cell phone on the ground, followed Chris out of the office, and walked to a special place not far from Federal Plaza, the most special building in New York, a building without any windows.
(End of chapter)
