James, who opened the car door, was in a very bad mood. Georgina expressed support for him in postponing the date. The girl said with a relieved expression, "Go protect Barton! I can tell Winnessa that she doesn't have to work for me anymore." , I’m still worried about having to pay her back to work twice! You know, weekends are the busiest.”
This did not comfort James at all, so he said fiercely in his heart, 'It better be something important! '
The facts did not disappoint James. There were almost cars parked in front of the police station. Coulson's 'everyone' was not an exaggeration. Among the familiar license plates, there were also a few vehicles with unseen license plates, which should be from the Newton Police Department.
Walking into the police station, the usual noise was replaced by silence. Everyone seemed to be paying special attention to even walking. The occasionally noisy street gangsters immediately fell silent under the fierce glare of dozens of pairs of eyes. Then everyone's attention shifted again and stopped on a few strangers sitting in the middle of the police station.
Coulson turned his chair around, and a row of homicide detectives leaned on the back of their chairs, tilting their heads and staring at the guys with passes on their chests. From time to time, they raised their chins and twitched the corners of their mouths provocatively.
childish.
As the most serious part of the police department, the homicide team is now being pushed to the front like the watchdogs to demonstrate to their colleagues. If it's not childish, what is it
James had a sullen face, pulled his partner over, and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?"
"Detective Lance!" Coulson raised his voice, "My partner! You are here!" He had no intention of answering his partner's question. He raised his chin towards the people, "The general's son is my partner." , is a detective from the Barton Police Department. Can the Newton Police Department compare? '
James' eyes twitched, but he had to smile and stretched his right hand towards the stranger's extended hand. I shook them one by one and silently wrote down the self-introductions of these people.
Coulson snorted, showing off too obviously. He tilted his eyes and said, "Partner! You forgot to bring coffee. Let's go out for a walk." His arm was already on James' shoulders.
"Haha." Newton's people laughed dryly, "At least we know now. The coffee in every bureau tastes equally bad."
Those who wanted to laugh suppressed it. Coulson glared at the pouting police officers and hugged James out of the police station.
"What's going on!" As soon as he went out, James pushed Coulson away. If he was just called to show off, there was no guarantee that he would be able to hold back from doing anything.
But Coulson sniffed and leaned close to James and took a breath, "You put on the perfume. What are you going to do today? A date?"
James stared at Coulson and said nothing.
"Okay, I won't ask!" Coulson smiled and held down James' arms that were about to raise his hands, and continued walking forward, "I don't know what the case is yet."
Looking at James' expression of wanting to do something again. Coulson immediately added, "You are called here by the big guy! The others are just here to show off!"
"Director Cologne?" James raised his eyebrows. Coulson, the female leader of the homicide team, will be called boss. Boss refers to the boss’s boss, that is, the director. James tugged on his collar, hoping that the perfume he was wearing for Georgina would evaporate quickly. He didn't want his 'boss' to have a worse image of him. The first impression Kim had left was still there, and Director Cologne was not someone James could 'buy' with a treat. "why me?"
"What do you think?" Coulson has already seen James' intention. After all, he is a young man and always hopes to perform well in front of his boss, but this unnecessary and meaningless action is really ridiculous, "Lance."
Coulson emphasized the surname, and the meaning was obvious.
James frowned. This is not a joke with Wes, but a real issue. James pursed his lips. Should he use Lance as a 'vase', just like Coulson did just now, or would it be more practical to use the force that Lance represented - the military
The former made James angry. The latter made James just as angry.
Just like James would answer the phone and say, Detective Lance, instead of, Lance's son.
Coulson patted James on the shoulder to comfort him. His expression seemed like he had made a great sacrifice, "I'm going to treat you today."
"Coulson, Detective Lance!" Someone stood at the door of the police station and shouted, "Look for the boss!"
Coulson's face relaxed, and he happily pushed James back, "I really plan to invite you!"
James was too lazy to say anything, pushed his partner away with his shoulder, straightened his coat, and walked into the police station.
Several guys from the Newton Police Department were already waiting, and Coulson and James were walking upstairs, apparently for a meeting.
As soon as he entered the conference room, a man about the same age as Cologne smiled and extended his hand to James, "You must be Detective Lance. Nice to meet you." He held James' palm. , clapped his arms, "Just to put it bluntly, I am a fan of General Lance."
James kept his face expressionless. The man continued to look at Coulson and extended his hand, "You must be Detective Coulson. Cologne thinks highly of you."
Cologne? The direct title can only mean that the two are equal. It seems that this guy is the boss of Newton Police Department.
After Chief Huo Ying of the Newton Police Department introduced himself, he did not let anyone wait. He directly turned over a display board with Colon. The white page was covered with large and small photos, information, and labels, "Let Colon introduce it to you." Tell me about this case. You can ask questions at any time and I will answer them." He is a very direct guy.
Cologne glanced at his two men. He was a more direct guy than Huo Ying. He curled his lips impatiently and said, "This case only involves the two of you." It seemed that the people below who had gathered for the demonstration were too busy to spare time. It’s the same as Kong said, “No one can help you, and our resources don’t have time to waste in other people’s cities!”
"Newton City, your neighbor." Director Hoyin added nonchalantly.
So this is a cross-city support case
Colon waved his hand, lazily arguing with his peers, turned to the display board, pointed to the top, "'Fight-club', this is your goal." Then Colon's hand shook up and down in front of the display board, Smashed cars, broken shop windows, collapsed square statues, remaining building frames after blasting... a display board full of them.
"This is what this so-called club did." Director Cologne threw away two pieces of information.
James and Coulson frowned and opened the information. The first page was the total number of casualties and property damage. The total number made the two frown even more tightly. Continuing to scroll through, there were reports of various detailed incidents, but the unfamiliar place names reminded the two of them that these were things that happened in other people's cities, oh no, their neighbor - Newton.
"Hmph." Cologne snorted, "It's nothing to see. It's just the arrogant masterpiece of a group of outlaws."
"Anti-social elements take revenge on society." Director Huoying glanced at Cologne, shook his head, and added.
"The anti-social elements you didn't catch!" Director Cologne looked back and struck again.
"Now we're at Barton." Director Hoyin said helplessly, "Colon, can you be serious? Now is not the time to argue."
James looked away from the information, frowning, and looked at his 'boss', "Director. Nothing similar has happened to Barton recently." He didn't understand the purpose of choosing him.
"good question."
James' eyes turned to Huo Ying. He didn't think what he just said was a question.
Director Huo Ying handed over two much thicker documents again, "We found their pattern." James frowned and took it, opened it, and Director Huo Ying continued, "To answer your question, it's not no. It’s you who haven’t noticed yet.”
James flipped through the pages quickly. What is this! Road signs were defaced, sewer manhole covers were removed, trash cans were vandalized, and alarms were removed...
Wait, why does it look so familiar
James and Coulson looked at each other.
"Back Bay, Pai Siying." Director Cologne's mood obviously lost the previous deliberate squeeze on his colleagues. Getting serious, "Even in Hermann's factory, there have been more and more such 'little things'. You two should have discovered it by now."
It was indeed discovered that these 'little things' almost coincided with the incidents that Coulson had written down that night when he was in a irritable mood and was looking for trouble.
But as detectives, it was entirely coincidental that they noticed this, and the patrol officers should have known better. Why choose James and Coulson? This question remains unanswered.
"We discovered their pattern." Director Hoyne pulled over another display board and pointed to the question mark at the top. "This is the soul of their club."
"What a soulful figure!" Director Cologne squeezed Huo Ying away impatiently. "He's just an organizer of a cult! He has no photo, no name, and we know nothing about this guy!" He was blaming Newton. Police department incompetence.
Director Cologne stood in front of the display board and moved his fingers down. Completely taking over Huo Ying's explanation, "The first step is recruitment. The candidates are those who are dissatisfied with society." He looked at his two police detectives, "So basically anyone!"
Hoyin, who wanted to explain, was interrupted by Cologne's glare, and continued, "The second step is training. Start with these little things! So anywhere!"
Huo Yin, who had fully felt Cologne's resentment, shook his head and gave up interjecting.
"The third step, brainwashing, hypnosis, you can call it whatever you want! Prepare for the next..." Colon directly pulled over the previous display board, "prepare for the next thing!" This is a qualitative change.
"Step four." Cologne pointed back to the top question mark, "This guy, abandon everything under his command and move to the next place! That's us!"
James and Coulson looked at each other. So after giving the order, when all the people in the police station were tied up in the vicious incident he created, he escaped without any involvement.
"Those of his men." Coulson frowned and looked at Huo Ying, "Didn't you catch them? What was the result of the interrogation? Isn't there any clue about his identity?"
"We didn't catch them." Huo Yin frowned. "They all confessed publicly afterward." He emphasized the word "public", "'You are all living in hell.' This is what they said when they made it public. What the citizens are saying.”
Colon frowned, "The point!"
Huo Yin shook his head helplessly. "No matter what method we use to interrogate him." He tapped the question mark on the display board with his finger. "This is still a question mark. We are even doubting whether this person exists."
"We." There were too many thoughts crowded in his mind, and James's face had completely darkened, "What to do."
"You." Colon pointed at James, "You want to join the 'Fight Club'." (..)