the next morning.
U.S. time, eight o'clock.
A car drove out of the consulate and arrived at the headquarters of the "World Criminal Tribunal" in Los Angeles.
This international institution called the World Criminal Tribunal was established after World War II. Countries and regions send clerks and representatives to hold regular meetings to discuss the development of international crime.
The purpose is to eliminate evil and curb illegal activities.
At the same time, it will also accept complaints from the police of various countries in transnational cases, and make rulings on behaviors that violate the purposes of the criminal court.
As long as the ruling takes effect, the national police force, which is a member of the World Criminal Tribunal, needs to recognize the ruling and punish the respondent.
All in all, the main function of this institution is communication and development.
At the beginning of each year, they hold a "World Criminal Tribunal Summit", which is held in three sessions in three different countries.
There is a tradition that the first meeting of each year will be held in Los Angeles, and the remaining two meetings will rotate among member countries.
This year’s second conference was held in Paris, and the third conference was held in Shanghai.
Today is the day when the first meeting of the World Criminal Tribunal Summit will be held.
The embassy's black car quickly arrived at the square in front of the building and parked together with the vehicles of representatives of other countries.
After the car stopped, a Los Angeles police chief in a black suit stepped forward quickly, opened the car door and said with a smile: "Ambassador Han, I am the Los Angeles Police Department, Chief Carter!"
"Assigned by the Los Angeles Police Department, I will serve as a personal bodyguard during the meeting to protect your personal safety."
Black suit, dark skin, black tie, black sunglasses.
Sheriff Carter is cool today, as cool as the Man in Black.
It's a pity that no matter how upright he stands or how serious his expression is, as soon as he speaks, his image becomes distorted. No matter how hard I hide it, I can't hide it, the arousing energy deep in my soul.
After Ambassador Han got out of the car, he glanced at Chief Carter and smiled: "I know you, we are old friends."
"Hey, hey, Ambassador Han, we are all good friends of Officer Li."
"Haha, you are also my good friend."
Sheriff Carter stood nearby, shaking hands with Ambassador Han with a smile on his face.
Ambassador Han patted him on the shoulder twice and strode into the headquarters building.
The two had met during the "Qian Tao" case, and they were familiar with each other. They would chat for a few words while walking.
Although many of Carter's funny behaviors really made Ambassador Han dumbfounded, he had both credit and hard work in rescuing "Xiurong" in the first place. Therefore, Ambassador Han treated Carter very well and really treated him as a friend.
Carter, on the other hand, followed Ambassador Han closely, glancing around with vigilant eyes, occasionally showing a cross-eyed look. He is really the funniest one among all the bodyguards in the venue.
While waiting, many representatives from various countries who were communicating with Ambassador Han caught a glimpse of Carter's strange expression from the corner of their eyes, and could not help but smile strangely at the corners of their mouths.
well.
There is nothing the Los Angeles Police Department can do.
Although, Carter accomplished two great feats with Sir Li and successfully secured his position as police chief. But Carter's strange brain circuit always gives the police boss a headache.
Therefore, the superiors gave Carter the first priority in all kinds of assignments, duties, and security tasks.
The World Criminal Tribunal Summit was held in Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Police Department was naturally responsible for related security work.
Ambassador Han's status is unusual and it would be inappropriate to send an ordinary police officer to protect him.
In the end, he had a relationship with Ambassador Han and Mr. Carter, who had the rank of sergeant, so he undoubtedly became the most suitable candidate.
Of course, Ambassador Han originally had bodyguards from the consulate around him, and the diplomatic attaché could also be mobilized to take action when necessary.
However, today's meeting specially appointed personal bodyguards, so Ambassador Han only brought one driver with him.
Packing light vehicles and not wasting manpower and material resources has always been Ambassador Han's style.
Soon, the representatives from various countries finished their greetings. Under the notice of the staff, everyone began to take the meeting schedule and go to the seats in the conference hall to sit down.
The five-star red flag, maple leaf flag, checkered flag, and flags of various countries filled the entire arc-shaped venue.
The tone inside the venue was solemn and the atmosphere was very serious.
Carter stood in the corner next to the podium with his hands on his chest.
Ambassador Han and the members of the Secretariat were all sitting behind a row of seats on the podium, and he was still sitting in the first position.
However, the first person to stand on the podium was not the ambassador, but Mr. Leonard, the president of the "World Summit of Criminal Tribunals" and the former security adviser to the United States.
I saw Mr. Leonard with white hair and high energy. He held a report in his hand, held the podium with both hands, straightened his chest and preached to everyone: "Dear gentlemen and ladies, representatives of various countries."
“Thank you all for coming to Los Angeles and participating in this year’s World Criminal Tribunal Summit.”
"I am 'Reynard', the president of the World Criminal Tribunal."
"Crash."
As soon as Leonard's voice fell on the microphone, a burst of warm applause broke out in the venue.
Carter raised his eyebrows and thought to himself: "Hypocritical Yankee."
Leonard raised his hand to press down, and after the applause calmed down, he continued: "The first topic of this year's World Criminal Tribunal Summit was proposed by the Secretary-General of the Secretariat, Mr. Ambassador from the East."
"The issue is to combat the world-wide triad organization."
Leonard paused, glanced down at the document, and then said in a calm tone: "As we all know, today's triad organizations are no longer street gangsters extorting protection money."
"Whether it is a wealthy developed country or a backward African country, they are present in every country in the world. Of course, except Hong Kong Island."
"According to estimates, they already have a business empire worth more than 50 billion US dollars, engaged in extortion, drug trafficking, pornography and slave trading."
"We need to catch his leader before the world is consumed by their darkness."
The representatives from various countries in the audience all wore translation headphones, and their expressions were very solemn.
Because in most of the countries present, there are societies organized by triads. Now talking about cracking down on triad organizations has undoubtedly touched their sensitive nerves.
Why is it sensitive? Whether it's fear or worry, no one knows.
Next, Leonard handed the podium to Ambassador Han.
As the proposer of the issue and the Secretary-General of the Criminal Tribunal Summit.
Ambassador Han stood up from his seat, walked up to the podium and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Triad is a secret organization. No one knows who its leader is, and we don't know who is leading or who is. Controlling this organization."
“Even their history is as long as five hundred years.”
"But today I stand here and will tell you a very influential secret face to face."
"After a long period of intelligence collection, we have learned that their controller is called 'Evil Star' and will soon be able to determine his location."
"China will go all out to fight against evil and catch the evil star!"
This voice was powerful and powerful, echoing in the venue, immediately causing shock.
"NO, no one in this world knows who the evil star is! How do you catch him?"
"Evil star, what is evil star?"
Some representatives from various countries knew the name, while others were full of doubts and did not know any information.
This is a reaction caused by the different intelligence capabilities of various countries.
However, this does not prevent them from questioning Ambassador Han...
Catch the evil star?
This is an impossible mission unanimously recognized by the intelligence agencies of various countries!
At the same time, on the rooftop of a building opposite the headquarters building, a black-clad killer had adjusted his sight, slightly leaning on his shoulder, and locked the center point of the cross on Ambassador Han's chest.
The chest is larger than the head, making it easier to hit the target.
Carter stood in the corner with his hands behind his hands. He happened to look up and saw a faint reflection on the opposite side.
"Huh?"
"What it is."
Carter squinted his eyes and tried to take a few steps to see clearly. But before he could make his next move, the killer on the rooftop opposite had already pulled the trigger.
"boom!"
The bullets shot out quickly.
A mirror in the arc-shaped venue suddenly shattered.
With a snap, the bullet penetrated Ambassador Han's chest, and Ambassador Han fell to the ground instantly while standing on the podium.
"There's a killer!" Representatives in the venue jumped up one after another, and bodyguards from every corner swarmed in. The venue immediately became a mess.
Almost at the same time as the gunshot, Carter rushed to the podium and blocked Ambassador Han with his body.
This action is very dangerous.
But it's just the basic operation of a bodyguard.
However, if Ambassador Han was not a good friend of Officer Li, Chief Carter would not be so sacrificial.
Now that Ambassador Han has been shot, this matter is really big!
As for the killer opposite the building, he had already packed up his firearms and disappeared before the police arrived.
Chasing the murderer? Carter wouldn't do something stupid like this.
I wonder if Officer Li will come to the United States to avenge Ambassador Han? If Officer Li were present, he might have staged a drama of chasing the murderer.
After Carter waited for other bodyguards to surround him, he hugged Ambassador Han and shouted, "Send Mr. Ambassador to the hospital quickly!"
"Yes, sir!"
Sheriff Carter was very heroic at this moment.
…
Hong Kong Island.
General Administration.
Li Shaoze sat in the independent office of the senior division director and bought a new desk for the first time.
No way, this office is too big, twice as big as his previous office. It is equivalent to half the area of the criminal department's office area, and the previous desk is really not enough.
Sir Li was very busy throughout the holiday. Not to mention Saturday, after having dinner with Teacher He and Le Huizhen at noon on the weekend, he also invited Raymond, Uncle Biao and other elders to have a meal on the weekend night.
Fortunately, he was an "ad hoc regular" and had been performing his duties as chief officer before, so there was no need to hand over work at all. These days are not very busy, the main responsibility is to rearrange the office.
It's now Tuesday, and all the office decoration matters have been completed on Monday.
Sir Li was processing some documents at this time, and his expression looked very relaxed.
(End of chapter)
