Luke didn't care. He never took the expressions of these big shots seriously. Many times their actions were just required by the occasion and the time, and did not reflect their true feelings at all.
But the following interrogation was interesting, as there were two parties present when interrogating him.
On one side is the FBI and on the other side is the Los Angeles Police Department.
What’s even more interesting is that the FBI’s questions seemed to be trying to prove that his contribution was not that great, while the LAPD’s questions repeatedly highlighted his contribution.
For example, the FBI asked: "Why didn't you escort the hostages until they left safely? Instead, you let them run around until our people came to protect and rescue them?"
The LAPD immediately asked, "What forced you to leave the hostages you had escorted to the rooftop and go down to clear out the criminals and ensure the safety of the hostages?"
Most of the time, Luke just stood there and watched with a smile as the two sides engaged in a show called questioning but which was actually an argument.
When asked questions by both sides, he fully cooperated with the Los Angeles Police Department.
The FBI had no credit for what happened last night, and they almost shot one of their own.
Moreover, Luke now thinks that the FBI may have helped the criminals a lot.
He simply recounted last night's actions truthfully, and tried to highlight John McClane's contribution.
For example, he said that the last twenty or so gangsters were dealt with by the joint attack of himself and Detective John, which is more reasonable.
The reason for doing this is that Detective John did something serious last night. He smashed the second floor of the house directly, and it would cost a conservative estimate of millions of US dollars to repair it.
If his contribution is not exaggerated, this guy will definitely be in big trouble.
After all, he is a New York policeman and he has no law enforcement power in Los Angeles.
Luke wasn't sure whether Zhongfu Company would be grateful for his help. What if they were shameless and simply asked Detective John to pay compensation? Wouldn't he have died unjustly
John cannot afford to pay the compensation, but his wife is very good at making money. The greater the detective's contribution, the more his behavior is justified.
But this still has nothing to do with the FBI.
Detective John is from the New York Police Department, not the FBI.
Finally, facing the FBI's endless questioning, Luke became a little impatient.
The FBI officer asked again: "How did you kill those criminals? Can you tell me again?"
Luke tapped the table with his hand: "I've said it twice, please don't doubt my ability."
The FBI officer looked nonchalant: "We are just further confirming..."
Luke waved his hand. "If you have the patience, go check your FBI's internal files. This September, I worked with your FBI team in the small town of Shackelford, Texas. I shot and killed thirteen armed Mexican gangsters that night. This has been confirmed by your FBI. In addition, last month, there was a gunfight on the highway near Queens and Nassau County in New York. I shot and killed nineteen and injured twelve armed gangsters. This is also in the New York Police Department's files, and you can check it. Now, what do you doubt?"
The FBI guy was stunned.
If Luke really did these two things, it wouldn't be an exaggeration for him to have solved the robbers in the Zhongfu Building that night, after all, there was Detective John to share the firepower.
According to Luke, Detective John killed at least a dozen people, and Luke himself only killed more than thirty people, which seems not much different from the gunfight in New York.
As long as the previous two examples were there, the FBI would be unable to find fault and question whether Luke could possibly have such ability.
The two examples Luke cited, one was the conclusion given by the FBI itself, and the other was the conclusion given by a third party, the New York Police Department, neither of which can be overturned at all.
After being tricked by Luke, the FBI guy finally behaved himself.
Especially after one person went out and came back to say a few words to their boss, the people from the FBI obviously stopped their actions.
This time they finally stopped being lazy and retrieved Luke's information from the FBI's internal files. The content was much more comprehensive than that of the several police stations he had worked for.
This young detective, who is only 18 years old and has been a policeman for just half a year, has already solved many major cases, and those are extremely dangerous ones.
Roughly speaking, he killed or injured nearly a hundred bandits in half a year.
Moreover, these bandits almost all existed in gangs, were fully armed, and when they committed crimes collectively, they were eliminated by Luke alone.
This kind of record cannot be achieved by just one FBI agent, nor would it be easy for a team of ten to achieve it.
They have real abilities and their positions are low, so I am not afraid of them at all.
The FBI had no choice but to give up the idea of taking advantage of Luke and instead communicate with the higher-ups at the Los Angeles Police Department to at least get a piece of the pie from last night's case.
Otherwise, their specialist who arrived on the scene forcefully took over the scene and ordered the power to be cut off. With everyone still in the helicopter, Detectives Luke and John would have killed almost all the gangsters.
The FBI had no credit other than flying a plane to bring down a few hostages. This is so shameful.
Luke defeated the FBI and regained his freedom.
It's not like that the big guys above valued him that much. It was just a coincidence at best, and he just happened to be able to snatch the credit from the FBI.
For example, last night's Deputy Director Dunn had his command power snatched away by the FBI. He felt aggrieved and was determined to make trouble for the FBI.
But when Luke accidentally learned that it was this deputy director who did not do any reconnaissance and directly ordered eight special police officers to rush into the building and sent armored vehicles directly up, he felt a chill in his heart.
He was very grateful at the time: Fortunately, this person was not his superior, or it was fortunate that this person had a high position and would not often command frontline operations, otherwise it would be hard to say how many SWATs would be killed.
Finally, the FBI was driven away and Luke left the Parker Center. It was already five o'clock in the afternoon.
In the morning, Dustin received a call from Selena in his car. I briefly explained to her what happened yesterday and today. She complained to me a lot, saying that she didn't even call me for such a big thing.
She didn't watch TV last night, but was watching soap operas online, so she didn't know anything about the news about the gunfight in the Zhongfu Building.
Ximena also called and said that she was still waiting in line at the police station to give her statement and was not sure when she would leave.
Luke asked if he needed to help her cut in line, but was rejected.
There were employees from Zhongfu Company waiting there, and she, an intern, ran to cut in line, which was really a bit pretentious.
The two had to cancel their plans for tonight, and Ximena said that she had a colleague to take him home, so he didn't have to wait.
Dustin was going to give instructions in the car this morning. Luke had taken Dustin's car to the Park Center, so now he could only take a taxi back to the West District Police Station, pick up his own car and drive home.