"Yeah, we should do something." Matthew said expressionlessly. Then regardless of his physical weakness, he picked up his clothes and stood up directly.
"Hey, hey, what are you doing?" Bobby shouted immediately.
"Do what I should have done a long time ago." Matthew ignored him and walked outside.
Bobby saw Matthew being so messy and planned to stop him. Matthew was still very weak, not to mention that they had been discovered stealing other people's things. If someone else came to the door at this time, Matthew would really have no chance to resist.
Kai stopped Bobby and said he would watch Matthew. Kai could guess what Matthew was trying to catch.
…
Martin felt that he could no longer stay in the police force.
He was once the most promising star of the police force. He and his former partner were known as the "Stars of Justice." Any difficult cases would be solved easily when they came into their hands. And unlike his partner, Martin had a strong interest in interpersonal relationships. His handling of relationships is excellent. Anyone who has worked with him is full of praise for him. He is funny, tactful and never blushes. Naturally, everyone liked him.
But when it comes to the ability to handle cases... there is a saying that Martin feels that his ability is just that. Fortunately, he has no ambitions for this job. He just wants to get a higher salary, better treatment, and just get by.
He is not a person who regards work as everything. He regards being a policeman as a job to support his family, no different from other white-collar jobs, plumbers and the like. This is also the biggest difference between him and his former partner.
Yes, his partner is Matthew.
Martin and Matthew were once golden partners. Matthew is responsible for solving the case, while Martin is responsible for wiping Matthew's butt. Matthew's temper is also bad to a certain extent. Except for investigating cases, he rarely communicates with others, and he hates mediocrity very much. Matthew rarely shows good looks to people who have no ability. According to Matthew, this kind of people are just here to make money, and their existence is an insult to the victims.
Basically 90% of the people in this world are mediocre people. How can there be so many capable people? At least Martin felt that he was not a capable person, and he never treated cases with Matthew's crazy persistence.
In his opinion, it is enough to handle the case as long as it is almost done. If it is really difficult to handle, it is not their fault. They are human beings and they will make mistakes, right.
If Martin hadn't had a good temper, he would have fallen out with Matthew long ago.
Unfortunately, since that incident, the golden pair of Matthew and Martin have completely broken up.
In fact, the relationship between the two of them did not break up because of a certain incident. Matthew and Martin's wife cheated, which was only the trigger. The real rift started very early.
If we really want to trace the origins, we have to start with the sensational "child molestation case" that year.
Back then, the two of them were investigating Dora Lan's murder case, which was also known as the "cult corpse abuse case." They found out that Dora Lan's ex-husband Charlie Lan was in prison for forging checks, and Charlie's roommate was the crazy Reggie Le. Du [was imprisoned for manufacturing methamphetamine ecstasy, and was previously prosecuted for molesting minors, but was released due to insufficient testimony (he is a scumbag)]. In prison, Charlie showed Reggie a picture of Dora, and Reggie also told Charlie about the King in Yellow.
Later, they found out that after Reggie was paroled, he had people find Dora, who was working in a folk walking group - Christian Friends Church, and tricked this woman with a tragic life into a cult and was brainwashed. She also told her friends that she had joined the church and wanted to become a nun, and wrote in her diary, "I closed my eyes and saw the king in yellow robes walking through the forest."
Later, Dora Lan became a sacrifice, first taking methamphetamine and hallucinogens, then being tied up, tortured with a knife, violated, and strangled to death.
Following this clue, Matthew and Martin found Reggie LeDoux. In addition to being involved in a cult, these guys also work with motorcycle gangs to make drugs. Through the contacts he made during his undercover period, Matthew found Reggie LeDoux, Reggie's accomplice in drug making, and his cousin Devore LeDoux.
At that time, Martin and Matthew found their hiding place. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the arrest, the two of them acted in advance without calling for additional troops. In this arrest, according to the file, it was the Ledoux brothers who discovered the two of them in advance and shot and arrested them. After a gun battle, Matthew and Martin killed the two men and rescued the two men who were imprisoned by the Ledoux brothers. Of the three children, one was already dead when they were rescued, the other was seriously injured and eventually died. Only a little girl survived, but she was also physically and mentally traumatized and could only stay in a mental sanatorium from now on.
It was this case that made the two of them famous.
But reality... is something else.
When Martin and Matthew were arrested, the LeDoux brothers did not resist at all. On the contrary, they were confident and had no fear of being caught by the police. At that time, Matthew was responsible for guarding the two people, while Martin was responsible for the search. The two people's plan at that time was to start with the two people and find out all the details of the Church of the King in Yellow.
But when Martin saw the three conservatively tortured children, he completely lost control of his emotions and shot Reggie LeDoux, who had surrendered at the time. In order to help Martin cover up the murder, Matthew directly blew up Wal-Ledoux with a grenade, and arranged the scene to be the scene of a gunfight mentioned in the file, creating the illusion that the two were shot dead after being arrested and resisting.
Although the case followed their expectations and deceived everyone, from then on, a rift developed between the two.
Martin no longer wants to hold on to the case. After all, Reggie is very likely to be the murderer of Dora. Martin thought this was enough. Of course, he was more afraid that if he continued to investigate, his murder would be exposed.
But Matthew didn't think so. He had been thinking about this case. When he was taking custody of Reggie, Reggie once said some words. Although these words were obscure after all, Matthew could still tell from them that this case was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, and there were many people involved.
This also caused the two to drift apart, with Matthew working hard and Martin just muddle along.
In the end, all conflicts broke out because of Martin's wife's affair.
Matthew aside, Martin's end was actually not much better. Because of his repeated cheating, his family has fallen apart, his wife has left him, and his children are extremely indifferent to him. That's not even counting, because the last time he took his son and ran to find a fight with Matthew, he was blamed by Kai and the entire department was arrested.
This made Martin's boss very unhappy. Coupled with the fact that his wife cheated on his partner, he became a joke in the police force.
All of this made Martin frustrated and decided to leave the police force.
His resignation report has been typed up and is just waiting for approval from his boss.
Sitting in the bar, Martin looked back on his past. Even he had to admit that he was a bastard.
As a police officer, he never thought about fulfilling his duties. As a husband, he cheated on her many times, was always forgiven, and always did it again. He could understand his wife's despair and anger at that time. As a father, he always thinks that he is too busy at work and lacks concern for his children. It is no wonder that his children do not like him.
And as friends...Martin once considered himself and Matthew to be friends. At least Matthew, who never cared about other people's business, actually went to his wife personally for his own business and tried to persuade her. Otherwise, Martin would have been kicked by his wife when he had an affair for the first time.
But how did he treat Matthew?
Matthew got out of the way when he needed support the most. When Matthew was diligently investigating the case, he had fun with a girl who was more than ten years younger than him. When Matthew was ostracized, he looked on with cold eyes. Even when Matthew argued hard, he not only did not give any In the end, Matthew was completely isolated, transferred, and even about to be kicked out of the police force.
Although something happened between Matthew and his wife,...he himself wasn't much better.
They're all assholes.
Just as Martin was drinking, a hand reached out and grabbed him.
"Quick! Come with me!"
Martin was almost knocked to the ground when he was led away. When he looked up, he saw that it was that bastard!
Although Martin was still reflecting on himself just now, that didn't mean that he had forgiven Matthew. Just like what he just thought, they were all bastards!
Martin seemed to continue what he had not done at the police station before and beat Matthew severely. But when he saw Kai standing next to Matthew, he gave up.
No idea, it doesn't matter if he has a strong background. The key is to be able to fight. Even if he is a fool, he can't beat him.
Martin broke away from Matthew's hand, obviously not intending to have any communication with Matthew.
"You should come and see, that's what I owe Dora Lan, and it's what you owe her!"
Martin resisted no more.
Dora Lan, this name was almost forgotten by Martin. It's not that Martin has a bad memory, but... he doesn't want to recall it at all. Back then, he impulsively killed the LeDoux brothers, which led to the investigation of the case not going forward. He knew this very well, but he just pretended that he didn't understand.
This was one of the reasons why he and Matthew had become increasingly estranged over the years.
He was escaping, he didn't want to lose his life and job, and he knew very well that he failed to do what a police officer should do, to seek justice for the victims. So he chose to escape. In the past, he could feel at ease. After all, he did what he should do... As for the truth, who the hell cares!
But only he knew what crime he had committed.
His life is a mess now anyway, why not make it easier on himself? If he can really seek justice for Dora Lan, then at least he will feel less guilty in his heart.
…
"ah!!!!!"
bump!
Kai and the others stayed outside the room, hearing the cries and explosions inside. They all looked at each other and shrugged. As long as a normal person sees that videotape, they will have this reaction. Not surprising at all.
About ten minutes later, Martin, who was already a little exhausted, walked out of the room.
He didn't ask where the tape came from or why they were looking for him, but asked directly.
"what should I do?"
The moment he saw that videotape, even a bastard like Martin who lacked a sense of responsibility couldn't stand those beasts continuing to be on the loose.
"Kill those beasts!" Matthew said firmly.
Martin is a member of the Intelligence Department of the Chicago Police Headquarters. If this videotape is to be turned into evidence openly, Martin's help is needed. He can give this evidence a reasonable and legal source. As for how to do it, Martin definitely knows how to do it better than the rest of them.
In order to prevent anyone from covering up this evidence, many copies of this tape were recorded before Martin arrived. Once things change, they will release the videotape and let public opinion push back on the case and continue the investigation.
After all, no matter how good the cult is, it cannot compete with public opinion.
In this country, public opinion is everything. Even if the cult has a strong backing, once public protests are triggered, the authorities must respond.
Likewise, in this country, public opinion has never represented everything.
For example, the famous 'pedophile billionaire' Jeffrey Epstein, this guy is simply a legend. This guy bought an island and then used a Boeing 727 aircraft to open up the so-called ' Lolita Express' collects all kinds of underage girls from everywhere to entertain dignitaries, including former President Bill Clinton, Britain's Prince Andrew, Victoria's Secret boss Wexner and so on.
In 2005, Epstein was criminally charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl. After an 11-month undercover investigation by the police, Epstein was arrested in 2008. However, with his power relations in law enforcement agencies, Florida prosecutors He agreed not to prosecute and ultimately faced less than two years in prison, with work parole that was close to freedom. During this period, he was allowed to leave his prison sentence and stay in his office 6 days a week for up to 12 hours a day...
Is this also a prison sentence? Is this also the law?
This incident has completely destroyed the majesty of the American judiciary, and public opinion is agitated in society, but so what? The media were not allowed to report, all protests were turned a blind eye, the cries of the victims were ignored, the investigators of the case were threatened, transferred, etc.
In short, everything must be based on the worst plan.
Unfortunately, reality has made a joke again.
The next day, Kai found Deputy Director Cooper. The deputy director was now very proud, but tracing back to the source, Kai had the greatest credit for his prosperity. That being the case, shouldn’t Cooper give back?
"You want my help with a search warrant? And specifically for the Archbishop of Chicago? Hey, man, are you sure you're not crazy?"
Cooper is a Catholic, and the word "shock" cannot describe his state at the time regarding Kai's request.
Kai didn't push too hard and let Cooper take care of it anyway.
Cooper also has a headache. What is this?
While the two were in a stalemate, and Kai was thinking about taking out the videotape, a call came into Cooper's office.
"Hello? This is Cooper." Cooper answered the phone with a grimace, and then his expression changed, as if he had seen a ghost. "What did you say?"
"No, no, no, who are you talking about? Billy Lee Tuttle? Our Archbishop of the Diocese of Chicago?"
"Where was he killed?"
"Home..."
Cooper hung up the phone with a confused look on his face and opened his mouth to Kai, wanting to say something.
And Kai turned around and walked out with a stinking face, asking for a damn search warrant. Now he can walk into that bastard bishop's house openly and do whatever he wants! The only problem is, that bastard is dead! The clues are so broken again!
