North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 426 Who is Targeting Jimmy?

When Mahone received a call from Hughes, he was actually a little confused.

Jimmy is one of his men, and he has read Jimmy's file more than once or twice. Except for being placed on administrative leave after the early shooting, Jimmy hasn't had this kind of treatment for a long time, even if he shot and killed a few more suspect.

And Jimmy has other special treatment, such as handling the homicide case on his own before Mahone's arrival, without the support and supervision of his peers, which is unimaginable at the level of a junior detective.

Excluding some special reasons, Jimmy's treatment is already very exceptional. Even ordinary senior agents, OPR can't have such an attitude.

After thinking about it, I have never been sure what exactly caused the OPR investigation. Speaking of it, could it be that something went wrong with Ruiz's actions?
After thinking about it for a while, Mahone decided to check with Ruiz. Although there is no case for Jimmy to handle, he is his own after all, and he can't pretend that nothing happened. This is a little different from before. of.

Mahone came to Ruiz's office, closed the door and told Hughes' arrangement and his own guess.Ruiz was also very puzzled, recalling Jimmy's actions in the early morning, there was nothing wrong with it, except that the attack was a little bit darker, and the death toll was a bit more this time, but nothing unusual was found.

Both Mahon and Ruiz are not talkative people. After they determined that there was an inside story about this matter, they separated.

After Mahon went back, he asked Felicia to start a secret investigation. Ruiz's efficiency was faster than Mahone's, and his face was more familiar. He quickly figured out that the OPR people found Hughes in the morning. In this matter, there is another matter on the OPR side.

Ruiz and Mahon got some information one after another, and that's why they called Jimmy. Of course, because Jimmy's cell phone was muted, he didn't call the two of them back until after he woke up in the afternoon.

The efficiency of OPR is Schrödinger's cat. They are very flexible about whether they need to pay attention to the content quickly. They can not only waste time and drag it down, but also spread out the manpower to investigate everywhere in a short time, making people panic.

The investigation of Jimmy this time is a very high-profile situation.

Not only did they arrange for someone to re-investigate the teams and cases that Jimmy participated in, but they also called the Dallas office specifically to ask Director Lambert to re-evaluate Jimmy's performance in Dallas when he was seconded for more than a month, and to evaluate his participation in Dallas. case is reviewed.

Lambert is also very confused. He still has an impression of Jimmy, but it has been more than a year since Jimmy arrived in Dallas. What do you mean by investigating now?Do you think there is a problem with the report submitted by our Dallas office?Everyone is a local office. Is your Manhattan office a class higher?What is going on!
Lambert ignored them, and went straight back to let them look at the file by themselves, then hung up the phone, took out his mobile phone and called Jimmy.

Jimmy is shopping with Nia. Now that she knows that Jimmy is not a poor boy, Nia no longer worries about Jimmy's thoughts. When she goes shopping this time, the store she enters is the place where she usually goes shopping, not the place where she accompanied her before. Jimmy only went to some middle and low-end clothing stores and jewelry stores.

Jimmy hadn't realized it before, because he usually went shopping at random, not only into well-known brand stores, but also into small studios on the side of the road, and even went to flea markets. In order to take care of him, a poor boy, he never chose expensive ones.

It was only after he took a lot of bags as a mobile stand that he realized that the stores he entered today seemed to be mid-to-high-end. Even though Nia used her own card, the cost was enough.

In fact, it’s not a big problem to spend more. Although Nia’s salary as a policeman is not high, but the situation in her family means that she must have no shortage of pocket money. Just be happy. Jimmy continues to be cheerful and put on airs, only responsible for smiling Say "good", "very beautiful", "it suits you very well", "this color is very suitable for you, and you can take another one next to it"...

Jimmy's cell phone rang and Nia came over to help him get some bags and Jimmy answered the phone.

Jimmy: "Hi, Director Lambert, good afternoon."

Listening to the movement from Jimmy, Lambert seemed to be in a noisy place: "Jimmy, find a quiet place."

Jimmy: "Wait a minute."

Jimmy pointed to the sofa next to Nia, put the bag on it, and left the store with his phone.There were a lot of people outside the store, so he could only walk to the side alley, there was no one here, just enough to smoke and answer the phone.

Jimmy put the phone on his shoulder, stuck his head tilted, and said while taking out his cigarette and lighter, "It's ready now."

Lambert: "What did you do? Your office OPR just called to find out what happened when you were seconded."

Jimmy was a little puzzled, why did OPR pop up again?They didn't show up in the previous few cases, and they thought they didn't care about shooting and killing the suspect.And, why contact the Dallas office?So this investigation has nothing to do with the shootout yesterday morning?
Lambert couldn't hear Jimmy speak, and asked again: "Jimmy?"

Jimmy: "I was, just thinking about something, I'm actually on administrative leave, I just dealt with a gang case in the early hours of yesterday, so I don't know what the hell is going on now, no one has informed me. Also, I have been seconded to Dallas It happened a year and a half ago, why are you investigating now?"

This time it was Lambert's turn to be silent. The OPR in the Manhattan office was doing an unusual job this time.

Because of the nature of OPR, they conduct normal investigations in private, and try to avoid spreading them everywhere, which will seriously affect the image of the people under investigation, and will also have a great impact on the interpersonal relationship in the bureau.

If we analyze the current situation, it is obvious that OPR is going to make trouble this time. Such a big fanfare is not good news for Jimmy.But considering Jimmy's ability and his character, it seems that this matter is a bit wrong. It seems that they deliberately want to make this matter bigger, and they seem to be promoting Jimmy.

These two possibilities can be said to be completely opposite. It's not that the people on their side can't figure out which aspect their goal is.

Lambert: "Okay, pay attention over there, that's all, goodbye, come here to play again when you have time."

Lambert hung up the phone, and Jimmy stood still and continued to smoke. The phone call between Ruiz and Mahone yesterday seems to be about OPR. They got some clues, but they don't know the specific content, so Just a reminder yesterday.

Jimmy didn't feel impulsive and directly called back to ask. Now that he knew that the OPR group was causing trouble, he had to think about whether he had done something wrong.

Funding is ok, OPR has looked into it last time.

There is no problem with real estate. Although my fixed assets do not need to be reported, but based on my own discretionary funds, no one should make trouble for me in this regard.

That is related to work. Although he has only been in the FBI for two years, he has engaged in a lot of cases. Jimmy is now wondering what went wrong and there is nowhere to start. Forget it, go shopping first, and think about it when he returns.

Jimmy threw away the cigarette butt and went back to the store to continue shopping with Nia.

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In the evening, Hughes was leaving the parking lot at the end of his shift when the phone rang and he left his route home to a club.

Just now I received a call from a middleman. I have dealt with him before, but I am not familiar with it. It seems that it is not a normal process to call him suddenly to invite him to the club.Usually such people will contact first to confirm that the other party is interested or make an appointment to meet at a waiting place. There are not many times when this kind of direct appointment is met immediately.

Hughes thought about this when he answered the phone, and finally decided to meet the middleman and see who he was speaking for.

In the agreed club room, Hughes opened the door, and a middle-aged white man got up to greet him at the door, shook hands and sat down.

Hughes: "Thomas, tell me, who are you representing today?"

Thomas smiled and said: "I'm sorry, Hughes. This time because things are urgent, we can only meet in this way. Don't be so angry, sorry."

Hughes: "So, what are you going to say?"

Thomas: "Hughes, some people are concerned about your recent actions. You have acted too harshly."

Hughes: "Who?"

Thomas: "There are some unspeakable names, not one."

Hughes: "Be clear."

Thomas: "You know, there are some people I can't talk about, but they're the ones I can't afford to mess with."

Hughes: "So, what made them ask you to come and talk to me?"

Thomas: "Two days ago, you attacked a place again. Twelve people were killed and three were injured. One of the dead people belonged to a certain big shot. Hughes, I need to take the body back and clear his records."

Hughes: "Name, the person above you."

Thomas sighed: "Josh, MP Blair's man."

Hughes narrowed his eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "You have crossed the line!"

Thomas nodded, stretched out his hands and pressed down: "I understand, Hughes, for the sake of our previous friendship, don't let this matter continue to ferment."

Hughes: "So, you guys did the latest thing?"

Thomas frowned slightly: "What's the matter? I didn't do anything."

Hughes pointed to Thomas and said, "Tell the people behind you, don't stretch your hands so long, not everyone in the Manhattan office can interfere."

After finishing speaking, Hughes got up and left directly, Thomas also got up and shouted a few words behind, Hughes didn't stop at all, opened the door and walked out.

Thomas moved his mouth, reached for his tie, and sat on the sofa.After thinking for a while, he picked up the phone and dialed out.

Thomas: "What did you do? Why is the FBI so angry?"

After the other party finished speaking, Thomas was so angry that he wanted to smash the phone: "You idiot, why didn't you say it in advance? Haven't you considered the consequences? Son of bxxxx!"

After cursing a few words, Thomas hung up the phone and threw it on the sofa.

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Hughes left the club, got into the car and didn't start it, but was thinking about what happened just now. Suddenly he patted the steering wheel with both hands, and then started the car to go home.

It is definitely not a simple matter for Jimmy to be investigated by OPR. OPR is not under the jurisdiction of Hughes, but there is definitely more than one insider in the FBI. What happened in the early morning of that day, the people behind can contact OPR at noon and find a way to directly Suppressing Jimmy's promotion application, and at the same time, the investigation in the past two days is extremely high-profile. This is to kill Jimmy.

Although Thomas said just now that he is a member of Councilor Blair, it is obviously not something that a small person can do to be able to do so many things, and it is not even one or two people who intervened behind.

Hughes is only the head of the field agent, not the director of the Manhattan office. He can't control all the departments. This kind of insider is not something he can handle. Now he can only try to keep Jimmy under the current situation.

When he got home, Hughes' expression had recovered, and he couldn't bring home work matters, which would affect his family.

At night the doorbell rang, "Hughes, looking for you, he said he was Thomas."

Hughes frowned and stood up from the sofa, and came to the door, "Hughes, can we talk?"

Hughes: "Anything else to say?"

Thomas reached out and gestured to the outside, Hughes also came out, closed the door behind him, and the two walked aside.

Thomas: "Hughes, I swear, I didn't know they were going to do this, I just wanted to get this sorted out as soon as possible, so that it wouldn't be good for everyone."

Hughes: "You know what they did?"

Thomas: "Yeah, I've figured it out, they've gone too far. I have an idea that we can all work out our own troubles."

Hughes nodded, signaling him to continue.

Thomas: "Your internal investigation will continue, but the results will meet your requirements, and no one will object to this process. I promise, no matter the cost, I will make this happen. Trust me again."

Hughes took a deep breath, nodded, "Continue."

Thomas: "That body, we'll take care of it, you just have to delay the case for two days."

Hughes: "What are you going to do?"

Thomas: "Don't worry, it won't have any effect on you, I will take care of it."

Hughes: "One more thing, transfer the ghost away, don't let me find him."

Thomas reached out and touched his face, took a deep breath and considered carefully, then nodded heavily, "I will try my best."

Hughes: "You promise."

Thomas: "Yes, I promise."

Hughes stretched out his right hand and made a gesture of two, "Two days." After speaking, he turned and went home. Thomas took out his mobile phone and walked to his car, and began to arrange how to deal with the follow-up matters. A fool has affected so many things for them.

Hughes went back to the house, picked up his mobile phone and called Mahone: "Mahong, Jimmy's leave will be extended for another three days."

Mahone didn't ask the reason, and repeated it directly: "Jimmy's leave will be extended for another three days, understand, I will notify him now."

(End of this chapter)