Chapter 43: Annie's License Revoked

Luke did not hear the sound of the submachine gun, only the sound of a pistol and the sound of something heavy hitting the ground.

He hurried to the floor where the freight elevator was, but found that the elevator was going up to the top floor.

Luke didn't have a police radio, so he couldn't call for reinforcements and had to run to the top floor.

When he was almost at the top floor, the elevator went down again.

After swearing, Luke followed the elevator downstairs.

The SWAT commander downstairs also discovered the problem with the freight elevator and hurriedly sent someone to check it out.

Luke turned on his Eye of Insight and discovered that the elevator had stopped on the underground floor.

When he carefully passed through the fire door of the stairwell and arrived at the elevator, he heard gunshots.

It was the voice of QH917, and then Luke walked towards the direction of the sound.

But after a few seconds, a loud noise was heard.

Ahead of him, Jack was blown around the corner of the passage and into the wall.

Luke didn't bother to chase the criminals and hurried over to check on Jack and Harold.

Jack wasn't in serious trouble, he was just blown away by the shock wave.

Harold was shot in the leg.

After giving him a brief treatment, SWAT support arrived.

The man almost mistook Luke for a gangster, but did not shoot when he saw Luke treating Harold's wound.

Luke knew they had misunderstood and hurriedly explained that he was from the FBI.

Jack was also helped up by his teammates and confirmed Luke's identity.

After clearing the danger alarm and confirming safety, the three of them went to the first floor.

Harold was taken away in an ambulance, and Jack stayed behind.

Luke also saw his support at this time, Harris came in person.

She was communicating with the commander of the SWAT team.

Seeing Luke and Jack coming together, the two stopped talking.

Jack then recounts what happened to him and Harold after rescuing the hostages.

The two of them came to the freight elevator and prepared to check, but were suddenly attacked by bandits.

The elevator car was smashed and they both fell in one after another.

The gangsters held Harold hostage with a bomb tied to their bodies and they went to the underground first floor.

Jack shot Harold in the leg, causing the gangster to lose his hostage.

But the gangster had a bomb in his hand and was not afraid of the gun in Jack's hand.

Just as the gangster was running away and Jack was about to chase him, the gangster detonated the bomb.

After listening to Jack's story, Luke sighed and said:

"With two of you and a submachine gun, why didn't you take him down? It would have been fine if you'd killed him."

Jack was also very depressed. When rescuing the hostages, they handed the submachine guns to their companions and finally they could only use pistols.

Although the criminals escaped, the hostages were rescued perfectly.

The FBI and LAPD shared the credit equally in this matter. Jack and Luke worked together to rescue the hostages.

It can be considered as cooperation between the two parties. Each side reports its own results and rewards its own people, and everyone is happy.

In the next stage, it depends on everyone's ability to catch the bomber.

But when Luke saw that Harris personally supported him, he no longer had any hope.

After leaving the building, Harris and Luke explained.

Seeing Luke's playful look, Harris knew he couldn't fool Luke, so he sighed and said:

"When I was first transferred here, many people were dissatisfied. After all, I was parachuted in."

Luke nodded to show that he understood, and then said:

"The current head of that group of agents would have been promoted to your position, right?"

Harris nodded, depressed and said nothing.

Luke knew this would happen.

"So the breakthrough point is me. I have to solve this case to prevent them from undermining you, right?"

Harris nodded.

"Although I can't help you with field work, I can help you with some investigations and information gathering in the bureau."

Luke thought for a moment and said:

"OK, that's it. I'm the only one in the field. As long as I have a gun, I'm not afraid of more people."

Harris smiled and looked at Luke and said:

"Is that fear of insufficient firepower that you mentioned real?"

Luke nodded seriously.

After reaching an agreement with Harris, Luke also got into work mode.

The people in the police station were very surprised to see Luke like this. This guy didn't shoot and started investigating the case.

Because Jack and Harold had seen the gangster's appearance before, Luke also requested to jointly investigate the case.

Harris coordinated with the LAPD, but was rejected by the LAPD.

It's clear they want to exclude the FBI.

Many times the FBI is unwelcome to local police.

To grab a case is actually to grab the credit.

The credit that the police get for solving a case individually and jointly is different.

Although they belong to different systems, there is still a difference between independent case solving and joint case solving.

Therefore, police departments in various places do not want the FBI to take over cases, unless they are clearly interstate cases or cases that they cannot solve themselves.

Police in some places are unwilling to hand over the case to the FBI even if they cannot solve the case themselves.

Because the FBI really has experts, if the case is solved it would make the local police appear too incompetent, so they are reluctant to hand the case over to the FBI.

Luke didn't see the face of the criminal, and the LAPD police refused to cooperate, so he could only check the cameras inside and around the building.

This job was given to Harris, and he went to the crime scene.

The LAPD has already swept the scene.

A security guard died in the elevator shaft maintenance control room the night before the incident.

It's clean here, no clues.

Then all that's left is the bomb itself.

These bombs are very well made, not like those made by amateurs.

Luke guessed that this criminal probably had experience working in the police and military.

This guess is very likely, but it is also like looking for a needle in a haystack, there are too many people like this.

Since he is blackmailing the police, he is probably related to the police.

Luke and Harris discussed it, and Harris agreed that Luke's thinking was correct, but the workload was too heavy.

Finally Luke said:

"Let's check the local ones first, and see if they are retired."

After several days of investigation, Luke and Harris found nothing.

So I thought about finding Annie to relax after get off work.

Just as I was thinking about this, Annie called.

"Luke, my driver's license is revoked..."

This left Luke confused.

"What? What did you do?"

Anne was silent for a long time, not knowing what to say, and finally she told the truth.

"Uncle Chen gave me the key to the car in your garage. I drove the Porsche convertible and accidentally exceeded the speed limit a few times..."

Luke had seen Annie driving, a pure female driver, her driving skills... that's not called driving skills... that's called doing whatever you want...

He sighed and said to comfort her:

"It's okay. I'll let Uncle Chen take care of the car. Your driver's license has been revoked and you may have to wait for 6 months before you can take a new one..."

"Yes, it is……"

"That's it for now, I'll pick you up after get off work and we'll have dinner together."

"Okay, I'll see you tonight."