Is it a case of thieves robbing each other, or is it a case of intercepting the enemy halfway
Suddenly, the phone on the desk rang. Selina quickly picked it up, said a few words and hung up: "Let's go, Dustin is looking for us, there is an urgent case."
The cases that Dustin directly summons are either urgent or important, so he will be asked to handle them personally.
The two arrived at Dustin's office and closed the door consciously.
Dustin immediately spoke up: "Go to the Colmore Hotel. A kidnapping case just happened there."
Didn’t we just come back from there? Luke and Selina looked at each other: “Who was kidnapped?”
Dustin: "Tony Stark."
Luke, Selina: “Wth!”
Dustin looked at the two men's expressions and said, "It was an unsuccessful attempt! That's why you guys went. If the kidnappers had really succeeded, all the police officers in Los Angeles would have been forced to go out on the streets to search."
Luke sighed: "So, we are just going through the motions?"
Dustin: "You can say that. But it's better to find the kidnapper. Do you know how much the Stark Group donates to our police department every year?"
Luke nodded: "Okay, we'll go there now. But we won't be able to see Mr. Stark even if we go there, right?"
Dustin looked at him strangely: "Why do you think I asked you to investigate this case?"
Luke, Selina: ...
I see!
Luke and the other man came in with the golden title of "relatives" on their heads, and there was also an annotation of "Stark" behind it.
The bureau will throw the case to them.
Luke sighed again and nodded, "I understand."
Let's check it! Stark is fine anyway, he muttered in his heart.
The two returned to the Colmore Hotel and asked the security guard, but the security guard immediately replied stiffly, "No comment."
This is the reputation of Stark Group in Los Angeles.
Even if it was official business, even if they were facing detectives, these security guards were unwilling to reveal Tony Stark's whereabouts.
Luke didn't care and went straight around the main passage of the hotel. After a while, he arrived at... the entertainment hall.
Looking at a playboy not far away, he chuckled: "Long time no see."
After signaling to Selina, the two walked over.
Luke did not confront the young master, but walked to a peripheral security guard, showed his police officer ID, and whispered a few words.
The security guard didn't make things difficult for him, but he didn't let him get close either. Instead, he went to find the fat security guard next to someone and whispered to him.
After a moment, the fat security guard came over and whispered, "It's Mr. Stark's private time now. You can go to the company to make an appointment and wait for notification."
Luke raised an eyebrow: "Mr. Happy, do you remember me?"
The fat security guard frowned and looked at him for a moment, then suddenly looked at Selina, as if he remembered something: "Is it... you guys?"
Luke smiled and said, "Since Mr. Stark is busy playing, how about you ask him to play another game with me?"
The fat security guard was unhappy: "I said, now is private time."
Luke's expression remained unchanged: "Go ask him if he wants to beat me once? After all, Mr. Stark seemed to lose last time... very unwillingly?"
The fat security guard looked unhappy: "You..."
Over there, someone finally noticed the movement here and looked over.
When he saw Luke and Selina, his expression changed and he stared at Selina for a few seconds before he wanted to speak.
Suddenly, an unpleasant experience flashed through his mind, such as having a date with a female detective for dinner, but it turned out to be just dinner.
Then the young man's face brought back even more unpleasant memories.
For example, one time he was cheated by someone and was not even given a chance to win back.
He narrowed his eyes and waved, "Happy, what's up?"
Happy walked back and said something in a low voice, and Stark's face didn't look very good either.
Happy had repeated what Luke had just said in very tactful words, but it still made Stark very unhappy.
Is he a sore loser? Yes, he is.
It's not a matter of money, but the feeling of being cheated and having no chance to get back at him, which makes him feel angry but has no place to vent.
He whispered something to Happy.
Happy came over immediately: "How do we bet?"
Luke pointed to the dice on the table and said, "Just throw these and compare the size. Also, if Mr. Stark wants to play more times, you can use the best of three or best of five system."
Happy: "What about the bet?"
Luke took out a bank card: "This card contains all my savings."
Seeing Happy's strange expression, he chuckled, "There are 520,000 US dollars in it. You can check it first. Of course, if Mr. Stark thinks it's too little, forget it. After all, it's equivalent to my salary for five or six years."
Hearing this, Happy couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you... get a lot of money last time?"
He finally managed to swallow the word "win".
Luke shrugged. "Shouldn't money be spent? Mr. Stark is my role model in this regard."
Happy: You make a lot of sense! But I... still don't like you.
Happy went over and whispered to Stark for a moment, and Stark's eyes stayed on Luke, not paying much attention to Selina.
Then he nodded slightly.
Happy came over and said, "Mr. Stark agreed to your request. Let's have a bet now. Best of five."
Luke handed over the bank card in his hand and said with a smile: "What about my request for investigating the case?"
Happy frowned, "I can give you five minutes."
Luke shook his head: "No. Mr. Stark's five minutes are very precious. I just need the security guards present at the time to cooperate with me as much as possible. They won't only have five minutes, right?"
Happy was stunned, but this time he didn't ask Stark again. He just nodded and agreed: "Okay."
Tony Stark's security team doesn't just have those few people. If we transfer another group over, they can take over the security work.
Besides, Luke only wanted the security personnel who were present when the attack occurred to cooperate with the investigation, so there was only one group of people.
But a thought flashed through Happy's mind: If he just wanted to question the security guard, why did the young detective make a bet with Stark
Luke was right, Stark's five minutes of conversation was really valuable.
If the detective wants to question the security guard, it will be a little troublesome at best, and he can always find an opportunity to do it in a day or two.
There is absolutely no need to spend half a million to buy one or two days of advance time.
However, the agreement had been reached, and Happy's doubts only flashed for a moment, and he handed the credit card to a security guard to verify the amount.
Last time, Tony Stark was cheated because the amount was not confirmed. Even if it was caused by a certain young master's carelessness, Happy did not want another unexpected situation to happen again.
Fortunately, when Luke stood opposite Tony Stark, the security guard who had verified the card came back and told him that the amount in the card was correct.