Chapter 899: Three were tied up at once

Manhattan Island is a north-south long area. The north-south direction is called Avenue, and the east-west direction is called Street.

New Yorkers are accustomed to calling the area south of 34th Street as Downtown, 34th Street to 59th Street as Midtown, and the area north of 59th Street as Uptown.

Although the overall security in Midtown and Downtown Manhattan is not as good as that in Uptown, it is not so absolute. In any case, it is much better than Harlem, which is further north.

The reason why Jack said this is simply to investigate Sarah's whereabouts and provide more clues for Alice to search for the whereabouts of the vehicle to speed up the progress.

Because both Columbia University and Sarah's apartment are in Upper Manhattan, the Downtown should theoretically be out of Sarah's daily travel range.

However, Hasim, who was responsible for protecting her, was hit and killed in a small alley in the Downtown. Before he died, he emptied all the bullets in his magazine.

Jack did not comment on the special forces soldier's shooting skills, but he had to admit that the bodyguard who was responsible for secretly protecting Sarah was very dedicated. He did not give up trying to stop the kidnapper from leaving until the last moment of his life.

This also indirectly shows that Sarah should have been kidnapped nearby, which is actually a bit unusual.

It stands to reason that kidnappings should either happen at night or by breaking into an apartment to arrest people. Why take such a big risk and do it in broad daylight?

At this time, Jack was looking forward to the plot of "Person of Interest" starting earlier. Although he didn't know how the original plot would be interpreted in this world, with the help of an artificial idiot, there would be no need to mobilize a large group of people to watch the road surveillance again and again when encountering such a kidnapping case, and do some naked eye recognition.

The sound of footsteps rang out, and Detective Beckett, who obviously already had two proud long legs and still liked to wear high heels, walked into the lounge with a mobile phone.

"Kevin and Esposito are at Columbia University right now. They found Amber, Sarah's best friend and roommate. She knew nothing about the kidnapping. She only knew that Sarah went out today to attend a science fair."

"Got it." Jack pushed his coffee cup, stood up and walked to the big office of the operations center. He found Hannah who was busy in front of the computer and patted her shoulder.

"Search for science-related activities held in Lower Manhattan this morning, including exhibitions, speeches and all related types."

The keyboard rang lightly, and soon three related search results were picked out by Hannah. "The first one is eight blocks away from where Hasim was killed. There is an art theater holding a science fiction movie marathon."

Cassell, who came to join in the fun, curled his lips disdainfully, "But strictly speaking, science fiction movies have nothing to do with science."

Jack added, "Of course, it is limited to American science fiction movies."

"Science Fiction Film, there is indeed the word science in it." Hannah, a COSPLAY enthusiast, was quite indignant.

You have to know that in today's America, so-called hard science fiction is basically extinct. Any science fiction movie can eventually be elevated to the level of religion. The only things left are those superhero dramas with the name of science fiction.

Cassel's disdain has turned into contempt, "If you think that the evil Superman who loves breast milk can be considered a scientific setting, then I admit that science fiction movies are related to science."

"It can be considered a sociological category, and strictly speaking, that is not a movie, but a comic and TV series." Jack knew that he was talking about Homelander in "The Boys", and added coldly.

Beckett shuddered and didn't want to pay attention to the two guys at all. "What are the other two?"

"A lecture on constellations held by an astronomer, and a speech by a scientist named Hayden Posner, will be held in the banquet hall of the Beaumont Hotel at noon today."

Before Hannah finished her introduction, Cassel seemed to have thought of something, "Wow, Dr. Posner, he is an expert in climate change research. Alexis admires him very much and has recommended his works to me, but I haven't had time to read them yet."

The people present have long been accustomed to this person's unfocused speeches. Jack ignored the meaningless nonsense and directly picked the key points.

"Sarah's major in college is marine biology, right? This means that she should be interested in climate change. Who is willing to go with me?"

In fact, he also said nonsense. Everyone is busy now. Who else can come except Beckett? As for the other follower, he can be ignored directly.

It was rush hour when he went out. Even though Jack kept the hidden police lights of the Hellcat on and occasionally sounded the siren, the less than ten-minute drive still took a full fifteen minutes.

After arriving at the hotel, a hotel steward in a black tuxedo and bow tie politely received the three people.

After hearing the purpose of the FBI and NYPD detectives, the hotel steward found a sign-in list, "I remember her, a very beautiful young girl, Sarah Elmasri, right? I registered her personally."

"Did you notice anything wrong with her? Or did anyone have a conflict with her, or was there a suspicious stalker?" Beckett asked.

The hotel steward looked a little puzzled, because the three people just said they were asking about a girl and did not mention anything about the kidnapping case.

"No, the speech ended at noon, and she and her friends ate in the cafeteria before leaving."

"Her friends?" Cassel grasped the key point.

"Yes, two equally young girls, who looked younger than her, perhaps under 18, but I don't remember their names, and they should be on this list."

The hotel housekeeper handed the list to Cassel.

"Can you describe the appearance of the two girls?" Jack frowned and asked, and suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"Uh, blonde, reddish, white, very beautiful, cute type." The hotel housekeeper described it with some stammering.

"Both are blonde?" Beckett had not finished speaking when he saw Cassel, who was checking the list, smile on his face, "Aha, it's Alexis and Kim, they are both on the list."

"Call them!" Jack's heart skipped a beat, and Beckett, who was standing next to Cassel, also looked extremely ugly.

Before Cassel could react, he took out his cell phone and said smugly, "I didn't expect Alexis to be able to help us again this time. Maybe she knows something."

Almost at the same time when he pressed Alexis's cell phone number, a ringtone rang from the other side of the hotel.

Cassel looked around with some confusion, "This is her cell phone ringtone."

The three followed the hotel butler to the bar. The ringtone came from under the wine cabinet.

"What is this?" Cassel looked around. At this time, he didn't realize the seriousness of the matter.

"This is where we store lost items." The hotel butler moved a cardboard box from under the wine cabinet. There were a bunch of wallets, mobile phones and other things in it. One of the mobile phones was vibrating constantly.

"This was just handed over by a guest. He said that it was found on a fire hydrant next to the security door leading to the back alley of the hotel."

Cassel picked up the phone, and the smile on his face disappeared instantly, and even lost his blood color, "The kidnappers also took Alexis and Kim!"