Luke spread his hands: "So, we won't follow this case anymore and will just hand it over to the FBI. We are detectives and we deal with living people."
Elizabeth and Billy smiled wryly and nodded.
They had no right to make Luke unhappy, and there was no need to do so. It was just a case that could be investigated or not.
Luke then took Selina to Elsa's office and told her their decision not to follow up on the case.
Elsa wasn't surprised either.
Don't think that Americans are not superstitious. If they were not superstitious, why would things like God, Satan, vampires, and Halloween be elements of their daily culture
It is normal for detectives to be unwilling to follow up on certain bizarre cases.
However, Luke had just started investigating the case for the first time and he made it clear that he would not follow up.
Before Luke left the office, he seemed to remember something and asked casually, "By the way, who is this person from the FBI? Do I know him?"
Elsa: "It seems to be someone called the Advanced Research Joint Group, but I don't know who they are."
Luke: "Okay, I'll go look at the files first."
Elsa lowered her head and waved, indicating that he could go away.
Since he was not going to follow up on the case in Weaver Community, he had no more cases on hand, so Elsa naturally gave him a new case.
After returning to the desk, Selina asked quietly, "You really don't want to follow me?"
Luke nodded. "Yes. For ordinary police officers, they would stay away from such cases as far as possible because they have no ability to solve them. Apart from getting themselves involved, it's hard for them to do anything."
Selina nodded to show that she understood.
Of course, Luke is not ordinary, but he is unwilling to investigate, so you can imagine the danger.
At this moment, Luke felt not fear but surprise.
Just now, when he stepped into the door of the villa, the system suddenly moved.
System: Unknown negative energy has been detected. The energy is forcibly establishing a link with the host. Do you accept it
Of course Luke...didn't accept it.
What kind of existence is the system? It is something that is bound to Luke's soul. For most dangers, it will not have any active response at all.
All along, it has been like an auxiliary plug-in, existing there but never actively interfering with Luke doing anything.
All of its rules were discovered by Luke bit by bit.
Now, it actually took the initiative to send out a reminder, and that reminder looked wrong.
Luke wouldn't be so stupid as to choose a link.
Thinking about the people who had died in the villa before and the Remus family who were almost scared crazy, Luke felt that it would be better for him not to provoke such troublesome and strange existence.
Apart from his basic self-healing ability and super strong physical attack, he currently has no real ability to fight against supernatural events, so it is not worth taking a blind risk.
But there are still surprises.
If the so-called negative energy in this room is a ghost, and the system can actively reject the other party's forced connection, then let's extend the guess to see if the system can also reject the forced invasion of people with psychic powers
If so, will the system's soul binding still be effective in resisting mental attacks
Luke was very happy about this, as it was far more important than going to that haunted house to find out the truth.
More importantly, he didn't need to take the risk because he had a ready-made psychic named Bobby in his hands.
It is not known whether the public relations manager of Cosmic Cube Technology Co., Ltd. has made any progress in his telepathic communication ability.
Then, we can let Bobby use telepathy on Luke and get the result easily, which is both safe and convenient.
After all, Bobby's telepathic communication is still at a very low level, and it is definitely not the cheating-level telepathic ability of Professor X.
While thinking this, the phone on the desk suddenly rang. Selina picked it up and said to him, "Dustin asked you to go to his office alone."
Luke nodded: "Then take a look at this file first." Then he stood up and left.
When I got to Dustin's place, he waved his hand to stop me before I even entered the door.
Dustin stood up, put on his coat and walked out, motioning Luke to follow him, and whispered, "Jennifer is here."
Luke: “That big star?”
Dustin nodded slightly and continued to whisper as he walked, "She's in the director's office, waiting for you to come over."
Luke was puzzled: "Ah? Is she here to complain about me?"
Dustin gave him a strange look and continued walking: "No, I'm here to thank you."
Luke: "... You're not being sarcastic, are you, Boss?"
Dustin was puzzled: "You helped her solve a big problem. Several people involved in this case also had their own problems. Why would she complain about you?"
Luke: ... I reviewed all the knowledge in her dozen or so videotapes. How can I talk nonsense about this
Dustin didn't take it too seriously: "She said that she came to the police station to express her gratitude, but she wanted you to be there before she could continue the conversation."
In his words, the word "continue talking" was emphasized and prolonged.
Luke understood immediately: "Donation?"
Dustin: “Not sure, but it’s very likely, and the number is definitely not small.”
Luke: “… Boss, I don’t have the final say on other people’s money, right?” What if the big star says that it was just a verbal praise, and you insist on thinking that I did something wrong
Dustin knew what he was thinking: "No, even if she doesn't pay a penny, you are not at fault. But the greater her "thank you", the greater your credit."
Luke: … They don’t raise my salary, and you can’t just give me a bonus. What’s the point of my merit
Of course, this is just what he thinks in his mind. In fact, he doesn't care about the bonus now, but cares more about the support from the bureau.
In cases like the Weaver Community haunted house case, he said he would not investigate it, and he didn't even need to explain. This shows the support of the bureau for him.
Other detectives want to simply drop a case, perhaps with explanation.
If you fail to explain well, your boss may order you to follow up, or even give you a deadline to produce results.
Luke doesn't have this trouble now. He has a lot of room to choose what cases to investigate and what not to investigate, and this situation will become the norm and the default rule just like his uncle Old G.
When they arrived at the director's office, Dustin just motioned for Luke to go in, but he said at the door, "Director, Luke is here," and left without even entering.
Well, Dustin was originally Chief Brad Peel's man, and a loyal old subordinate. The two had a very deep relationship, so he could act so casually.
Chief Brad simply waved his hand, and Luke walked in and closed the door, then respectfully saluted the top man of the West District Police Department: "Chief, Luke Coulson is reporting in."
Brad hummed and waved, "Sit down and talk."
Luke sat on the sofa and made eye contact with Jennifer Perry, who was sitting diagonally opposite him.
His expression was calm and he even smiled at her politely, but the big star unconsciously turned his eyes away a little.