Hughes was still a little concerned about Thomas' situation. After waiting for no news for a few days, he checked out Thomas' information from the system. After writing it down, he found someone who had nothing to do with the FBI to investigate what happened to him.
However, the results were very bad. Thomas has disappeared for several days. His neighbors said that he has not been home for several days. His phone has been turned off and his family cannot be contacted. They have even called the police.
When Hughes got the news, he also felt a little incredible. The middleman is not a small role. This kind of person must have credibility, status, ability, and be recognized by all parties. Such a person has disappeared like this? Although many people go missing in the United States every year, it is hard not to think of something bad when such people disappear at this time.
Josh, Thomas said that Jimmy's investigation by the OPR this time should be related to him. Hughes thought about it for a long time, and finally gave up the simplest official investigation, and instead asked an acquaintance to help investigate. In addition, he also obtained Thomas's mobile phone's historical location information from certain channels. If nothing unexpected happened, he might be able to find some clues.
The mole Derek has confessed, and the contact person has also confessed to identify a person, but unfortunately, with an anonymous mobile phone number, he has no way to contact that person except paying in cash.
Although there is still no progress, this cannot stop Hughes from attributing it all to Thomas. You must know that he was the one who contacted him at the time. Although he only gave a name, it must be something he had to do. .
You must know that he is contacting Hughes, the assistant agent in charge of the FBI's Manhattan office, who is responsible for all field agent operations. Although he does not seem as powerful as the directors of the XX Bureau, he is also the actual director of a powerful unit.
He would rather say nothing than tell a lie to deal with Hughes. Once discovered, he may have to bid farewell to his career. There is no need to be an intermediary.
Now we are waiting for the results of the investigation. Once Thomas is confirmed dead, then Josh will be the next target, and by then it may be time to synchronize the cause and effect with Jimmy.
Hughes found that he was a little too timid in handling this matter. He wondered if it was because he was approaching retirement. He was getting older and had softened his heart. He was increasingly thinking about the long term and stability when doing things, and he couldn't let go.
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While at work, Jimmy received a message from Woody, the bartender at the bar near the apartment, inviting him to sit at the bar in the evening. Jimmy thought about it and found that nothing happened. Nia would not come over today either. I sent a message back to confirm.
Jimmy hasn't been to the bar for a while, mainly because there are too many things going on, and it's been more dangerous recently. He doesn't touch alcohol if he can. If something happens, it will be over.
Now that the mole has been caught, and the people from Azite have been killed, the danger is temporarily lifted, so there should be no problem.
After get off work, Jimmy drove back and came to the bar after dinner. Woody was still standing at the bar in his bartender suit, cleaning glasses. Well, it’s similar to Justin from Little Rock. Every time I see him at the bar, he’s basically wiping cups with a cloth in his hand. It’s like there’s a different dimension in the bar, and there’s an endless supply of cups.
Jimmy sat at the bar and knocked on the bar: "Hey, Woody, give me a drink."
When Woody saw Jimmy coming, he had already put down the wine glass in his hand, took the cocktail shaker from the side and started to work. He had known Jimmy for a long time, and Woody knew Jimmy's taste well. After a while, a glass of Black Russian was placed in front of Jimmy.
Woody: "Black Russian, it's an appetizer bar for you, I added extra lemon juice."
Jimmy raised his glass, and then took a sip. After the ice cubes chilled, the spicy vodka base and a little bit of lemon sourness were still very good. Of course, this was also because Jimmy was used to drinking high-altitude drinks like whiskey before.
Jimmy: "It tastes good. Woody, what's the matter?"
Woody: "Long time no see, how are you doing?"
Jimmy shrugged: "You know my profession, sometimes I am too busy to care about anything."
Woody: "Actually, I just want to say hello to you in advance. I may not be here for a while."
Jimmy looked at Woody with wide eyes: "Why? Do you want to go back to your hometown?"
Woody shook his head: "No, it's just that this place may be closed after a while."
Jimmy looked at Woody, waiting for him to continue, but Woody had already turned around to receive the greeting from the customer next to him. Jimmy picked up the cup and drank the wine. If such an excellent bartender were not here, he would have to change the place where he drinks after get off work.
Woody is really good. He has been a bartender for many years. He has all kinds of drinks at his fingertips. He can also create some cocktails that match the atmosphere according to the situation. For example, when Jimmy and Nia came here for the first time, When drinking, the "true love" that Woody sent over was his own creation. Unfortunately, Jimmy tried to learn from it several times but failed because many of the wines Woody put in the bar did not have labels.
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After a while, Woody finished his work, poured himself a glass of ice water, and touched Jimmy, "I'm a bit busy today, what were you talking about?"
Jimmy: "Are you going back to your hometown?"
Woody: "Oh, no, the boss seems to have something going on. He plans to close the bar and transfer the liquor license."
Jimmy frowned: "This store's business is pretty good, why?"
Woody sighed, "I don't know, it's just that the boss rarely came here some time ago. He chatted with some of our old employees a few days ago, and then he knew that this place was about to close."
Jimmy smacked his lips and said, "It's a pity. Now that you're gone, I don't even know where to go to drink. Not everyone can make so many delicious drinks. Here's to you."
Woody also shrugged: "It's okay to close down, just take a break. I've been busy for so many years, maybe I can go around."
As time went by, there were more and more customers in the bar. Jimmy and Woody could only chat occasionally. Most of the time, he had to entertain customers with other bartenders. Jimmy had two drinks and said goodbye to Woody. , left the bar.
Standing at the door of the bar, Jimmy looked at the flow of people around him. In the bars on the Upper West Side, there were not so many bad things and there were more customers. It was really a good place to open a shop. What a pity.
After returning home, Jimmy checked his phone to make sure there was nothing wrong, then went to wash up and get ready to rest, and watched TV in bed to kill time.
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The next day at work, as soon as Jimmy got out of the elevator, he saw Hughes sitting on the sofa at the front desk. He saw Jimmy coming over, stretched out his hand to say hello, then got up and took Jimmy back into the elevator without saying a word. The two came to the parking lot.
Hughes took out a note from his pocket and handed it to Jimmy, "Jimmy, take this to the Counter-Terrorism Bureau. I have already contacted Director Watson. Give it to him and come back with the information."
Jimmy nodded. From upstairs to now, Hughes's first words were to ask him to go out. It seemed that the matter was not small, and it was very sensitive. He didn't look for him in the office, but stayed at the front desk.
After getting in the car again, Jimmy drove directly out of the parking lot and headed to the Counter-Terrorism Bureau. There was a phone number on the note. It seemed that in order to keep it confidential, Hughes did not even use the phone to communicate. He wanted to use Jimmy, who had dealt with the Counter-Terrorism Bureau several times. This is probably going to be a big problem for people to handle.
Jimmy came to the Counter-Terrorism Bureau. He had been here many times and was familiar with it. After contacting the front desk, Jimmy was asked to go up by himself after registration. In fact, Jimmy needs to register every time he comes here, and he needs to contact the person above to confirm his identity and whether he has an appointment. It is not that easy to get in. After all, this is an institution that is highly confidential to the outside world.
As soon as Jimmy got out of the elevator, he saw several people standing at the door of the elevator and were about to rush into the elevator. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Be careful." Jimmy dodged and hid aside. He waited for the people outside to enter the elevator before he squeezed in from the side. Got out. It looked like there was an emergency operation, and Jimmy was not in the mood to curse. He watched the elevator close before turning and walking towards Watson's office.
Before they reached Watson's office, Watson and Kerry had already walked out of the office, wearing windbreakers as they walked.
Jimmy greeted quickly: "Hi, Director Watson, Director Hughes asked me..."
Watson waved his hand: "Stop, we'll talk later! Wait for me here." He walked out without stopping, and Kerry turned around and walked towards the command center, completely ignoring Jimmy's intentions.
Jimmy sighed helplessly. When Hughes contacted Watson, he must not have thought that Director Watson had something urgent to go out. What should he do now? You can't just ask Kerry directly to help with the investigation, right?
Fortunately, Jimmy is familiar with the environment here. The conference room next to the command center is usually empty, just right for him to take a rest.
Jimmy sat in the conference room in a daze, not knowing when Director Watson would come back, and judging from the situation just now, their matter seemed to be very important.
You must know that Watson is the director of the Counter-Terrorism Bureau. The people he met in the elevator at the beginning could be said to be working. Shouldn't he, a supervisor, normally be in the command center watching the surveillance and giving remote control commands? Why show up in person?
The last time they engaged in boxing, Watson was still in the command center the whole time. They had already applied for foreign aid and lost several agents. Isn't this serious enough? However, Watson did not take action personally at that time and relied entirely on remote control.
This time it turned out to be even more serious than the last time the top agents rebelled. I really can’t believe what happened.
Jimmy had been thinking about it and suddenly remembered something. Jason Bourne had met him before in Paris, but that was two years ago, right? I still have some impressions of the movie, but I really can’t remember the time. Could it be that he appeared?
Trying to recall, it seems that there is indeed a scene where Jason Bourne appears in New York, but I really can’t remember the plot. If it was really Bourne who arrived in New York, then their nervousness seemed to be explained.
Jimmy stood up and stood at the door of the conference room and looked at the command center. Noah's deputy Kerry was in the command center. The soundproofing of that room was good. You couldn't hear what was said inside, let alone Jimmy was a little far away from there. , and because of the angle, Jimmy could only see part of the people in the command center, not even the monitor on the wall.
Jimmy took a few steps back and continued to look at the command center with his mind's eye. He had determined which figure was Kerry. Using his mind's eye to observe and guess what they were doing was considered entertainment. It was more interesting than staring at the ceiling in a daze.
While observing, Jimmy wondered about Bourne's matter and whether it would be of any benefit to him if he intervened.
I already knew from Tom that Bourne is Jimmy's senior. Jimmy's biggest problem lies in the CIA's secret files. If Bourne really appears in New York, will they investigate the original agent information and use it? Agent versus agent?
If an agent is to be arranged to assassinate Bourne, in addition to the existing agents from the Counter-Terrorism Bureau, he is likely to be activated as an agent lurking in the country.
It's just that Cia's cell phone is still in a disassembled battery state, lying in his safe collecting dust. They will definitely not be able to contact him. I was just worried that they wouldn't be able to get in touch with my information for future investigation. It was very likely that they would find out from the information that he used to be a police officer and later joined the FBI. Based on cross-checking the information, his identity could be easily determined, and then he could be contacted and forcibly activated.
Of course, this possibility can only be said to be possible, and it is not certain to happen. Moreover, if they want to find themselves in such a situation, the data they need to investigate will definitely not be small. Maybe Bourne has been killed by then, or No need to enable it.
Tom has disappeared for a long time, never appeared, and had no contact. If he didn't know his hidden ability, Jimmy would really worry that he had died. Jimmy is really convinced by Tom's makeup skills. Every time he sees him in New York, he always wears a different outfit, and they are all very similar. You can't find any abnormalities without careful observation.
Now that Jimmy is facing the possibility of being exposed and can't find Tom, he feels really guilty. Jimmy is really not too worried about what mission he will do after being activated, but his apparent identity as FBI is his real identity now. According to CIA's usual urination, it will most likely be another killing mission. I'm really not interested. ah.
You can't say you want to quit the CIA after being activated. What if they arrange an assassination team to kill you? If he kills too many people, it will be too miserable for him to be put on a national wanted list for a murderer or something. As for CIA, you can never bet on their lower limit, because they really have no lower limit.
After waiting for a while, Jimmy suddenly found a person appearing in his mind's eye. He did not walk in a normal way, but was a little sneaky and looked in all directions.
There was something wrong with this man. Judging from his position, he should have come from the fire escape nearby. Moreover, he was obviously not familiar with this place and seemed to have been looking for something.
Jimmy's focus changed from Kerry in the command center to this person. He walked around quietly because Watson took too many people away when he went out. Now, except for the command center, there are no other offices on this floor. There were basically few people inside.
When this person appeared on the side of the command center, Jimmy smiled, and it turned out to be you.
Byrne approached the command center from the side, then stuck a stick in the door handle, then left from the side and circled into Director Watson's office.
Jimmy observed his actions throughout the process, but after thinking a lot just now, Jimmy decided not to participate in this matter. No matter what Bourne does now, it has nothing to do with him. He is just a melon-eater waiting for others in the conference room.
Jimmy changed his position and came to the middle of the conference room. He couldn't even see the outside of the command center. When they came to investigate later, he could say nothing, because he couldn't see anything from here.
