Tim is not young, he looks to be about thirty-five, while Natalie is only about twenty-five or twenty-six.
After carrying out high-risk missions for a long time, the elderly man planned to retire, but he did not get the support of Natalie who was in the prime of her career.
However, the partnership between these two does not seem to be simple.
Luke didn't think that their profession would allow partners to have personal feelings, which would be more likely to cause problems than police partners having personal feelings.
However, it was not a good idea to watch other people's love drama like this, so he intervened and said, "Okay, let's talk about the matter you investigated. Confidential information cannot be disclosed, but how do we arrange for Jeff and the others? Today, they even sent out gunmen. And this Director Carl, you won't let him live in that old warehouse again, right?"
Karl smiled bitterly: “If I can, I will choose to sleep on the floor in the company and work the night shift, provided that the company believes what I say.”
But looking at the attitude of Tim and his wife, he didn't think he could just go out and talk nonsense.
Tim shook his head: "Carl, you can call and ask for leave or something, but you can only stay under our surveillance for a few days until we find someone, sorry."
Carl said nothing.
A promotion and a pay raise would be nice, but he doesn't want to die yet.
Although he is a pauper now, he still wants to live, even if it means living in an SUV or an old warehouse.
Tim looked at Luke and the other man again: "You can't report this to the police."
Selena was concentrating on eating her ice cream.
Luke smiled and nodded. "Okay. But I just shot and killed eight gunmen. You guys have to deal with the aftermath of this, right? I used a police-issued gun. The bullet marks can be detected."
Tim nodded: "Don't worry, we have already notified people over there to deal with it."
Luke: "We have no problem. Our job is to deal with criminals. But what about Jeff and Karen?"
Tim: "It won't be long. I can't tell you the details. Jeff will go to work normally in the next few days. We will protect him."
Luke thought about it and nodded: "That's fine, we still have to go to work tomorrow. We've already skipped work today."
Everyone: …
Next, Tim and Jeff asked Jeff a lot of questions individually.
Luke knew that they were looking for the person who leaked the information and attracted the killer to kill him.
Not long after, two men in ordinary clothes came and took away the security director Carl, and the others went home together.
Carl will be temporarily taken into custody because his identity is sensitive and the gunman's attack on the old warehouse in the afternoon is not enough to clear him of all suspicion.
Middle-level human resources management staff like Jeff and junior detectives like Luke Selina cannot directly contact the top management of MBI.
Only Carl, as the security director of MBI, has the right to report security issues directly to senior management.
Of course Tim couldn't let Carl alert the enemy.
On the other hand, Tim needs Jeff as bait, but he can't control Luke and the other two.
His department must be extremely cautious in its domestic operations, otherwise they might be caught by someone if they are not careful.
Although Luke and Selina are just small detectives, they are the local bosses here. If you want to keep them under control, you will have to use some connections, which may alarm the target of the mission.
Besides, Luke also helped them save the lives of Jeff and his wife and Carl. They didn't want to attack such friendly forces unless necessary.
When saying goodbye to Jeff and Tim's house, Luke suddenly frowned and waved to Tim.
Tim was a little surprised, but he got out of the car and walked over.
Luke said some polite goodbyes while typing out a message quickly on his phone.
Tim nodded with a smile: "Okay, got it." He looked away from the phone screen and casually tapped the car door twice with his hand.
Luke also said goodbye with a smile: "I wish you a good dream. Jeff Karen, come to my house and have dinner." Then he drove away.
Jeff looked puzzled, but he drove along anyway.
Tim looked at the two cars going away, smiled bitterly, walked back to his car, said something to Natalie, and then drove back to his backyard.
A moment later, there was a loud bang.
Two cars that had just driven a short distance stopped. Jeff and Karen looked at a huge ball of fire rising behind them with horror, and then countless debris flew around in the sky, burning.
Luke also got out of the car, looked at the explosion site, and took out his phone with a puzzled look on his face: "Selena, come and bring Jeff and Karen to our house."
A few minutes later, Luke returned home.
It was Tim's house that was blown up into the sky.
However, Luke was too lazy to act there. He just explained something to the police who came and went home.
Looking at Jeff and his wife sitting in the living room, he sighed helplessly: "Sorry, your home is not safe either, so it's best for you to stay with me for the time being."
Karen couldn't help but ask, "Was that... Tim's house?"
Luke nodded.
Jeff's face was filled with disbelief: "No way, they... died? You don't care?"
Luke is in charge of the West District Serious Crime Unit, so this kind of case should be his responsibility, not to mention that he is a participant.
Just as Luke was about to answer, his cell phone rang. He smiled, walked a few steps away and answered the phone: "Found it? Come in, I've opened the garage door. Go through the door next to it to the basement. We'll be there soon."
After hanging up the phone, he greeted, "Do you need something to drink? Or watch TV."
Jeff and Karen looked conflicted.
Even though Tim and his wife might be some kind of agents and we have only known each other for two days, we can't be so heartless!
Luke looked at the two's expressions and said, "It seems you are not thirsty yet."
As he spoke, he signaled to the two of them, "Let's go, don't get too excited later."
He led the way, and Selina walked at the end. Only Jeff and his wife were worried: What was he doing? Was he trying to silence her
After going down the side door to the basement, Jeff and his wife were stunned as they walked down the stairs.
Then the two of them shouted: "Tim? Natalie? You are not dead?"
Standing there in the basement were Tim and his wife.
Tim pressed his hands down: "Jeff, don't get excited, we are not ghosts."
"But your house was blown up!" Jeff still had that expression of disbelief.
Natalie nodded: "In fact, we didn't even enter the house. We just detonated the x-bomb hidden inside to cover up our tracks."
Jeff: “Why?”
Tim and Natalie looked to the side.
Everyone's eyes shifted over and found that two people were tied to chairs with sealing tape on their mouths.
"Danny? Meg?" Jeff and Karen looked at the two in surprise.
Jeff looked at Tim in disbelief: "Wait a minute..."
He suddenly realized and turned to look at Luke: "And you guys, you kidnapped Danny and the others? Why?"