Chapter 559: The Resigned Detective
The three of them stayed in the restaurant for three hours, eating and chatting.
Although the topic was Jonathan's retirement, Luke found an opportunity to talk to Winston about hosting a testimony.
As a lord of the underground world, Winston obviously knew about the vampires.
Luke curiously asked him what he thought of the vampires. Winston shrugged and said easily:
"The underworld also has its own rules. As long as they don't break the rules, they can do whatever they want. After all, I'm not a policeman."
Luke nodded.
This is the manifestation of order. The dark side also has order.
Whether it is black, white or gray, order is needed to obtain benefits.
The pursuit of interests is the goal of all forces.
Luke and Jonathan took Winston back to the Continental Hotel.
The restaurant is very close to the hotel, less than a hundred meters away.
The person who came to pick Winston up was Charon, the black man Luke saw last time.
Judging from the way he greeted Jonathan, it was obvious that they had a good relationship.
After sending Winston away, Jonathan asked Luke:
"I send you?"
When Luke heard this, he knew that there was something he wanted to say, so he agreed with a smile.
Jonathan took Luke to the roadside near the hotel and saw a brand new retro sports car, a 1967 Ford Mustang Boss 429.
From the look in Jonathan's eyes, Luke knew that this guy loved this car too much.
"Wow, a 7.0 displacement, you must be reluctant to drive it normally, right?"
Jonathan smiled and opened the car door.
"This is a gift from Helen. I really like it..."
After Luke got into the car, he took a look at the interior. Although it was retro, it was refurbished with modern materials.
"I have to talk about Helen when I see her. I'm a shareholder of Dodge. Next time, ask her to give you a Dodge."
"Why not you?"
"Can what I gave her be the same as what she gave me?"
Jonathan smiled and started the car.
"Indeed, if it was you who gave it to me, I wouldn't be polite."
Although Luke could see that Jonathan liked the car, Jonathan still stepped on the accelerator and drove out.
For this naturally aspirated large-displacement V8 engine, high revs are the correct way to drive.
“I know the way to the Marriott.”
"Oh, how are you going to leave?"
Jonathan explained the route and Luke shook his head.
"Take XX Road and take a detour. The neighborhood over there is not safe."
Jonathan smiled and teased Luke:
"You, the FBI, are actually worried about this? With our skills, what do these small gangs have to worry about?"
Luke shook his head and said to Jonathan teasingly:
"I'm not worried about us, I'm worried about your precious car..."
Jonathan was stunned for a moment, then he understood what Luke meant.
"Okay, I take your advice, but unfortunately, we're already in this neighborhood."
"If you ease off the accelerator, I'll believe you... Turn, there's gunfire ahead."
This time Jonathan did not act on his own. It was obvious that he really liked this car and was afraid that it would be damaged in any way.
After the turn, Luke took a look at the situation over there.
Although it was dark, it had no effect on Luke.
There were several cars surrounding a house, and a petite figure was killing everyone in the crowd.
And on the opposite apartment building not far away, there is a sniper to assist...
But Luke didn't care about it and took Jonathan's car back to the hotel.
After getting out of the car, Luke patted the roof.
"Remember to choose a Dodge next time..."
"Haha, I'm waiting for you to send me off..."
After saying goodbye to Luke, Jonathan drove away.
Luke stood there, thinking for a long time, and finally walked out of the hotel.
After leaving the hotel, Luke opened the door of the roadblock and got in the car.
"Go to XXX..."
We arrived at the block where the gunfight had just taken place, and it had been blocked by the police.
Luke just looked at that place from a distance and didn't go near.
There were more than 20 bodies of gang members, most of whom were killed by cold weapons.
After watching for a while, Luke said to Roadblock:
"Follow the pickup truck ahead."
"Okay, boss."
"Lilith, did you find the information?"
"The vehicle has a fake license plate. The original owner was a Mexican woman who worked as a cleaner."
"According to facial recognition, the man in the driver's seat is a former New York State Criminal Division detective who resigned many years ago for unknown reasons..."
"The person in the passenger seat had his face blocked, so no specific information could be found."
"Give me this person's information...um...and the last case he handled."
Lilith is very efficient.
Luke asked Roadblock to follow him from a distance while he picked up the tablet and browsed the information.
Damon MacReady, former New York State Police Detective Sergeant…
Judging from his resume, he is an excellent detective with rich experience, a variety of methods of handling cases, and is not fussy about details or rigid.
but……
After resigning, this person no longer has any work record.
Looking through the police files again, Luke has guessed the real reason why this detective suddenly resigned.
There were two cases before he left office.
One was a case he normally handled, and the other involved his wife, so he was excluded.
In the first case, a single mother was raped by five young men from society.
Because one of the young men came from a wealthy family, he hired a famous lawyer.
In court, the lawyer falsely accused the single mother of being a prostitute...
Thanks to the lawyer's eloquent speech, the five young people in the case were found not guilty by the jury.
The single mother almost collapsed.
This case is actually not complicated. When Damon handled it, all the evidence and procedures were normal.
It was only because this lawyer and the parents of those young people made false accusations and framed this single mother.
Because she suffered violent injuries, the single mother did not do much to defend herself, and the appointed lawyer was just a formality.
In the end, these young people were released in court.
However, when Luke asked Lilith to retrieve the information of these young men, he got a surprise.
Within a month after these five young men were released, several of them died one after another due to various accidents.
Moreover, the evidence is sufficient, and the final conclusion given by the police is also an accident...
This is very intriguing...
Not long after, Damon's wife also died in an accident.
Luke asked Lilith to retrieve all the information about the case, and finally linked the two cases together.
Eventually, Luke deduced the truth.
When Damon saw the single mother, he thought of his wife and daughter.
After the five young men were released, he used his identity as a policeman and some means to kill the five young men.
And disguised the scene as an accident.
One of the young men was a gang's donkey (a drug delivery guy) who caused losses to the gang because he failed to deliver the goods on time.
In the end, the gang found Damon, but they had no evidence and didn't know where the goods were.
Because Damon is a policeman, and a veteran one at that, a very clean one, not a corrupt one.
So the gang had no choice but to start with his family.
But unexpectedly, an accident happened and Damon's wife died in a car accident.
Since then, Damon resigned and started to take revenge on gangsters and drug dealers...
It has to be said that Luke was able to deduced the general truth based solely on the case information.
Putting down the tablet, Luke looked out the window at the dark New York city and sighed.
"New York is a place..."
