Chapter 270: Time to Pay Debt

Luke was just joking with everyone.

But not entirely.

Although the team members were not sent to Quantico for training, a training plan was still formulated.

Mainly urban CQB arrest training and emergency response.

The main purpose is to help the Warrens and Johnny quickly get into the daily rhythm of the FBI.

Forget about Maizi, this guy doesn’t even go to the bar to guard Lucifer anymore.

I don’t have to be fed dog food every day, and my mood naturally improves a lot.

Luke's life also returned to his semi-retired life of drinking tea and reading newspapers in the office every day.

But things did not go as planned, and Luke received a call from New York police detective Kate Beckett.

She asked Luke to help solve the case.

So Luke thought about it, took Lilith with him, drove the Roadblock, and flew directly to New York on the Pelican.

The two did not meet at the police station or the airport, but went directly to the door of a trust bank at 32 Wall Street in Manhattan, New York.

A strange robbery happened here a few days ago.

This bank was robbed just yesterday.

It's still in lockdown.

Originally this wasn't Kate Beckett's case, but the ESU (Emergency Services Unit) in New York screwed it up.

The robbers mixed in with the hostages and all disappeared...

Luke didn't ask any other questions.

The relationship between the New York NYPD and the FBI branch is not good, so it is possible that the FBI did not intervene.

But Kate Beckett has special news for Luke.

The bank owner found a special person named Medellin White.

He entered the LAPD negotiation team with a document signed by the President.

Keith Fraser, who is in charge of the case, is a good friend of Beckett and also a friend of John McClane.

This time, because of the bank case, he was transferred away from the front line.

Previously, he was under investigation because he lost a check worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in other cases.

Add the two together and things aren't looking good for him, so Kate Beckett hopes Luke can help them solve the case so their friend Keith Fraser can get out of his bad situation.

Now the case has been closed at light speed.

Police did not find the robber.

It was certain that the hostages had infiltrated the robbers.

But no one had seen the robber's true face, so the police couldn't tell who the robber was.

In the end, all the hostages were released after 48 hours.

Luke got the case records that Beckett gave him.

It contains the confessions of all the hostages, as well as police action records and recordings.

Luke knew at first glance that there was something wrong with this case, and it was a big problem.

He knew that Medellin White.

She is a very famous lawyer and political broker.

Someone who specializes in settling things for some politicians and capitalists.

Of course, she was not the one who took the actual action, but she was the main person in charge of the negotiations.

Why did Luke know her? Because she was a classmate of Qin's father Drake...

Luke had met her when he was a child, and based on his mother Elsa's attitude towards her, he guessed that there must be some grudges and entanglements between them when they were young.

Now that the case is over, Medellin White has left the task force.

And with the intervention of Arthur Case, the owner of the robbed trust bank, the case was closed at lightning speed.

Because there were no casualties and no financial losses.

This is amazing...

It’s not that Luke doesn’t want to solve the case, but the biggest problem here lies with the banker Arthur Case and the robbers.

First of all, why did Arthur Case ask Medellin White to participate in this case?

It was obvious that he was negotiating with the robbers through the identity of the police.

It is obviously unreasonable that the robbers made such a careful plan but did not hurt anyone and did not take a penny.

Even Luke guessed that there might be a bigger conspiracy.

He told Kate Beckett his guess. Although he could help solve the case, once the truth behind it came to light, neither Beckett nor his good friend Fraser would be able to bear it.

They are just ordinary detectives without any powerful background.

Once the truth is revealed, the behavior of the person behind it will be unpredictable.

Those who use more polite means would ask them to take off their police uniforms, while those who use more dirty means would directly let them have an accident, which is considered kind-hearted.

What I fear most are those who are framed and imprisoned for no reason. Once in prison, they have no one to turn to and are bullied by everyone.

Kate Beckett also hesitated when she saw Luke explaining the whole story to her so seriously.

Finally she made an appointment with Frasier and asked him to meet Luke.

By the way, if Luke wants to investigate the case, Fraser's words should be helpful to him.

Keith Fraser still came to the hotel and met Kate Beckett and Luke.

The two sides exchanged some pleasantries and then got down to business.

Fraser came straight from the police station.

Just now, he had gotten rid of the investigation for the case of lost checks.

His supervisor said the check had been found, but didn't tell Fraser where.

Luke could tell from his expression that this guy wasn't telling the truth either.

But Luke is here to help, not to steal the show.

So in front of Beckett, Luke repeated what he knew and analyzed.

Fraser heard it and told Luke.

"The bank case made me a laughing stock in the police station. If I..."

Luke naturally knew his worries, and smiled and reached out to stop him from speaking.

"That banker, Arthur Case, will make it up to you."

And Fraser revealed another big revelation.

"I have a recording of the President and Medellin White threatening me..."

Luke still didn't let him finish.

He looked at Fraser with an amused look.

"Why? Do you think that recording is really useful?"

“Can you bring down a president or can you bring down a power broker with huge connections?”

"Don't be so naive. You don't know how powerful the capitalists and politicians are when they come together."

"It would be the easiest thing to make you disappear from the face of the earth."

Fraser was silent for a long time and didn't speak again.

Kate Beckett also realized that there was something fishy behind the questions Luke asked.

Even the current president was implicated.

After analyzing the entire case, Luke smiled and said to Fraser who was silent:

"Even you are part of the robbers' plan, and now you don't realize the seriousness of the problem."

Fraser looked at Luke, somewhat confused.

Luke smiled and gave him an analysis.

"Why do you think the robbers let you into the bank to negotiate?"

"Do you really think he was trying to negotiate with the police? No, that was to lure you in."

"For this reason, you are bound to solve the case. What kind of police officer is it that dares to risk his life to enter a bank among most honest police officers?"

Kate Beckett gave Luke the answer.

"He must be an upright police officer who has justice and conviction in his heart."

But Luke looked at Frasier with amusement, and it was obvious that Frasier was teetering on the line between integrity and selfishness.