Luke and Selina stared with wide eyes: "Their family... city?"
Elsa nodded slightly. "Back then, their ancestors dug a gold mine there, and then the city of Esworth was established. They also became one of the upper-class families in California, and their family tradition has been passed down to this day."
Selina gasped.
This kind of family that has lasted for more than a hundred years is not easy to mess with as long as it has not fallen.
Judging from the social status of Sheldon and Henry, father and son, it cannot be said that their family has declined.
Luke: “So…?”
Elsa: "So this case is not urgent, you can investigate other cases first! There is no absolute certainty... No, once it involves the Elsworth family, you must notify me first, and don't alarm them."
Luke looked at her for a moment, then suddenly laughed, "Okay, Elsa."
Elsa was not trying to suppress him. She was more aware of the power of these families in the local area and knew what was the other party's bottom line.
By saying this, she was taking on a large part of the responsibility and risk, which was not a smart move.
However, this is indeed a boss that Luke admires very much.
If you can't take the blame for your subordinates at the critical moment, don't expect them to fight for their lives at the critical moment.
After leaving the house, Luke went to find Sonya and asked, "How is the intelligence investigation of Bearded Nick's group going? We have to make an appointment with this big guy later."
Sonya looked away from the screen in front of her, raised her head, and lowered her voice: "There is something wrong with this group of people. I checked their records in recent years, and there are no less than 30 complaints about their abuse of violence every year."
Luke chuckled: "So, each of them gets complained about once every quarter?"
Sonya: "These are just complaints of abuse of power. If we count the other smaller complaints, everyone is busy every week. But..."
"But they can fight," Selena said.
Sonya nodded helplessly. "These guys are either transferred from the SWAT team or retired from the army, but they don't want to join the SWAT team. They are now in the serious crime squad of the county police department. They are really good at dealing with violent crimes. Sometimes even the county police's special operations team can't do the job they can, so the county police department turns a blind eye to some of their little tricks."
Of course Luke understood.
If one is capable of handling cases and fighting, then one cannot demand excellence in other aspects as well, such as outstanding ethics and strict discipline.
If there really is such a perfect person, why would he stay in the county police department? There must be a better place for him to go.
Choosing the lesser of two evils, the top brass of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department tolerated Nick and his gang.
After all, there aren’t many police officers in the county police station who are capable of fighting to the death with the group of professional robbers yesterday.
If there were a dozen ordinary policemen, they would definitely be taught a lesson by those robbers who are retired Marines.
Luke leaned against Sonya's desk and pondered for a moment: "So, Nick actually has a pretty good position in the county police department? Then yesterday's work was not in vain."
Sonya shrugged. "Yes. They have considerable power and are well-informed about all kinds of information."
Luke smiled: They can do anything! It's not hard to understand, those guys don't look like decent police officers. Well, for example, a decent and sunny young detective like me, no one would believe that I can do anything.
He looked at the time and it was already eleven o'clock, so he called Bearded Nick.
After a few simple words, Luke stood up and said, "Let's go, but only Alexandria and I can question them later."
Selena and Sonya looked puzzled, but said nothing and went to the parking lot to drive away.
In the car, Selena asked, "What does Elsa mean?" She was a little surprised by what Elsa had just said.
They haven't even started investigating the case of the pajama girl who was hit and killed.
If there is trouble, there is no need to check. Why do you need to remind them without saying they cannot touch it
Luke pondered for a moment and sighed: "With power comes enemies. We may just be a tool for testing."
Selina groaned. She didn't expect to hear this kind of answer: "Then, should we continue with this case?"
Luke nodded: "It is our duty to handle the case, so we have to go."
But how to start and even how to end it is up to me. He will not be stupid enough to be used as a tool by someone.
Elsa's behavior just now was also hinting at this situation.
But she obviously couldn't afford to offend anyone who could go against the Esworth family, let alone say it openly. She could only add an insurance policy and ask Luke to ask her opinion before getting involved in certain matters.
This is the background of the old detective!
Compared to Dustin and Elsa, his roots here are still too shallow, and he is not that sensitive to many things involving power struggles.
However, within a year or two at most, he should be able to build up his own network of contacts, and then not just anyone will be able to take advantage of him.
The two cars quickly drove to the destination. Selina looked at the sign with wide eyes, "You didn't have enough last night? Why are you here so early in the morning?"
Luke: "This is the meeting place Nick chose, ok? Besides, I'm very strong, what's one night?"
Selena was speechless.
Someone is really not that hungry to come to a place like this so early in the morning.
It was true that he felt refreshed every time he met Ginny or Ximena.
As Luke got out of the car, he said, "You and Sonya stay here. I'll keep the voice link open. You should also pay attention to the movements around you."
Selina hummed, crawled over, and took over the driver's seat.
Luke called out to Alexander, and the two of them introduced Nick's name to the security guard at the door, and then entered the club called South American Jungle one after another.
After entering, the place was very quiet.
It's just past ten o'clock, which is the break time in places like this.
The security guard at the door shouted to the two of them and pointed to a corner nearby.
The two walked in that direction, passed through a passage, and arrived at a place similar to a box.
"1024, this is it." Luke looked at the number on the door and knocked.
After a moment, the door clicked open.
Nick, dressed in jeans and a tank top, opened the door.
Luke could only lower his sensitive sense of smell and try not to make contact with the bearded man in front of him.
But what left him speechless was that the smell inside was even worse.
For safety reasons, he couldn't turn off his sensitive sense of smell, so he could only try to control its sensitivity.
Nick opened the door and saw the two men, looking at Alexandria: "Your buddy?"
Luke glanced at Alexandra beside him and nodded, "Yes."
Nick made way: "Come in."
The two of them then entered the room.
This is a suite, with a living room of more than 30 square meters connected to four or five rooms.
The room is not particularly luxurious, but the quality is not low.
The remnants of wine and food on the table and elsewhere fully demonstrate that the consumption level here is first-class.