The world of American TV series: Starting with the L.A. Patrol.

Manhattan Island is a north-south long area. The north-south roads are called avenues or avenues, and the east-west roads are called streets.

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

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

The reason why Jack said this was simply because he wanted to investigate Sarah's whereabouts and provide more clues for Alice to search for the vehicle in order to speed up the process.

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

However, Hasim, who was responsible for protecting her, was hit and killed in an alley in the downtown area. 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 responsible for secretly protecting Sarah was very dedicated and did not give up trying to prevent the kidnappers from leaving until the last moment of his life.

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

Normally, kidnapping should be done at night or by breaking into the apartment to arrest the person. Why take such a big risk and do it in broad daylight?

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

The sound of footsteps could be heard, and Detective Beckett, who had a pair of proud long legs but still loved wearing high heels, walked into the lounge with her cell phone in her hand.

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

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

“Search for science-related events taking place this morning in Lower Manhattan. Shows, talks, whatever.”

The keyboard rang softly, and soon three relevant search results were picked out by Hannah. "The first one is that eight blocks away from where Hasim was murdered, there is an art theater holding a science fiction movie marathon."

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

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

"Science Fiction Film, the word science is indeed 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, and 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 an evil superhero who loves to drink 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's not a movie, but a comic and a TV series." Jack knew he was talking about Homelander in "The Boys" and added coldly.

Beckett shuddered at the side, not wanting to pay any attention to these two guys, "What are the other two?"

"A lecture on constellations by an astronomer and a presentation by a scientist named Hayden Posner took place at noon today in the Beaumont Hotel's ballroom."

Before Hannah finished the 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 recommended his works to me, but I haven't had the chance to read them yet."

The people present were already accustomed to his irrelevant remarks, and Jack ignored the meaningless nonsense and went straight to the point.

"Sarah majored in marine biology in college, right? That means she should be interested in climate change. Who wants to go with me?"

In fact, he was just saying some nonsense. Everyone is busy right now, who else could it be but Beckett? As for the other follower, he can just ignore it.

It was rush hour as soon as we left the house, and even though Jack kept the Hellcat's hidden police lights on and occasionally sounded the siren, the journey of less than ten minutes 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' visit, the hotel manager found a sign-in list and said, "I remember her, a very pretty young girl, Sarah Elmasri, right? I registered her personally."

"Did you notice anything strange about her? Or any conflict with anyone, or any suspicious stalkers?" Beckett asked.

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

"No, it was noon when the speech ended, and she ate something with her friends in the cafeteria before leaving."

"Her friends?" Cassel got the point.

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

The hotel manager handed the list to Cassel.

"Can you describe what those two girls look like?" Jack asked with a frown, suddenly having a bad feeling.

"Uh, blonde, reddish hair, white, very pretty, cute type." The hotel housekeeper described it with a stutter.

"Both of them are blonde?" Beckett hadn't finished speaking when he saw a smile on Castle's face as he was checking the list. "Ah, it's Alexis and Kim. They're 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 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 he dialed Alexis's cell phone number, a ringtone rang from the other side of the hotel.

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

The three followed the hotel butler towards the bar, and the ringing came from under the wine cabinet.

"What is this?" Cassel leaned over to look around. At this time, he did not realize the seriousness of the matter.

"This is where we store lost and found items." The hotel housekeeper moved a cardboard box from under the wine cabinet. Inside was a bunch of wallets, cell phones and other things. One of the cell phones was vibrating constantly.

"This was just handed over by a guest who said he found it on a fire hydrant next to the hotel's security door leading to the back alley."

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