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

At first glance, Trevor Saropian doesn't seem to be anything special; he runs an office cleaning company.

The so-called office cleaning company is responsible for providing daily maintenance services to large companies, such as regular replacement of light bulbs, cleaning of rotten green plants, and even exterior glass and floor waxing.

But according to the FBI investigation, this company is just a disguise for Trevor Saropian to cover up his identity. He is actually a black glove who specializes in helping the rich deal with some "troubles".

Being a professional killer is just one of his job responsibilities. In addition, he also does "dirty work" such as stealing business secrets, kidnapping and extortion, and even cleaning up witnesses.

If the work of private detectives that the investigators of the 110 Special Investigation Team do after retirement can be considered to be walking on the edge of the law, then what Trevor Saropian is engaged in is pure underworld business.

People like this are dead and there is no trouble. The real trouble is that "New Era Technology" company.

This is a high-tech company headquartered in New York, mainly engaged in research and development of aerospace technology.

Although its scale is far smaller than that of SpaceX, a company that doesn't even care about landing on the moon and always claims to colonize Mars, it is also a large company with a R&D team of thousands of people.

The most troublesome thing is that this company not only has close ties with NASA (Federal Aeronautics and Space Administration), but also has a certain military background.

In addition to its software development headquarters in New York, New Era Technologies also has a large manufacturing plant in Denver, Colorado, which produces a series of military products for the military, including radars, military drones, and individual guided weapons.

As retired soldiers, Reacher and others naturally know what kind of existence the country's arms manufacturers are. Although this company can only be regarded as a new military-industrial enterprise and cannot be compared with military giants such as Lockheed Martin, Grumman, and Raytheon, there must be some politicians behind it whom they cannot afford to offend.

"Did you know something in advance?" Reacher looked at Jack suspiciously.

"Know what?" Jack was puzzled.

The big guy gestured on his face and said, "All of these, disguise, disguise, you seem to have known that the opponent's identity is not simple."

"When I learned that Franz was your former colleague and that he died after being tortured and thrown from a helicopter, I knew the murderer must be someone extraordinary. Otherwise, he wouldn't have immediately dispatched a private jet from New York to Arkansas to find you."

Jack had expected him to ask this question and had already thought of how to respond.

"And the reason I disguised my identity was not because I was afraid of my opponent's identity." Jack tapped the table with his knuckles to remind him.

"In Margrave, I wasn't an FBI agent at the time, but do you think I was acting in secret because I was afraid of the Kleiners?"

Jack's words made Reacher fall into deep thought, but the other people who were listening couldn't help but become curious.

"What exactly happened to you in the town of Margrave?" O'Donnell asked curiously, stroking his stubble.

"We'll talk about that later." Reacher's eyes lit up, and he probably understood someone's intention. "You are worried that the FBI's premature intervention will alert the mastermind behind the scenes."

Jack opened a document on his computer with a teachable smile on his face. "This is a situation report from DHS about that 'AM'."

There were too many people at the scene, and he didn't want to waste time, so he directly introduced the content, "DHS has been paying attention to this guy for a long time, but doesn't know much, just like what Sanchez and Orozco investigated.

His nationality is unknown and there are no photos. All we know is that he is a white male in his 40s, with a South American, Italian, Greek, or Middle Eastern appearance.”

"It sounds like a ghost." Dixon curled his lips. Jack's example was not meaningless. If the people of these countries had any common characteristics, they could probably be attributed to white people with black hair and black eyes but deep facial features.

But people with this appearance are everywhere, and their number is almost the same as that of white people with blond hair and blue eyes, so it’s no problem to call them ghosts.

"His previous alias was Allen Millens, also abbreviated 'AM'. Six years ago, DHS agents uncovered a case in which terrorists were trying to obtain experimental nerve agents, and all the suspects were arrested.

This was also the first time that this mysterious "ghost" entered the DHS's field of vision. They had three recordings related to this person, but nothing else.

In this case, 'AM' is a middleman. The only information we know is that he has no faith, or his only faith is money. He works for whoever offers the best price.

Reacher listened to Jack's introduction while browsing the relevant case introductions, and gradually frowned. "It said that they used bearer bonds for the transaction?"

Dixon was a civilian military officer. Before joining Reacher's 110th Special Investigation Team, he was an army accountant. After retiring, he was also engaged in related financial investigation work, which was very similar to the work Chris did.

The difference is that Chris originally served shady employers such as drug cartels, while Dixon specializes in auditing private institutions and billionaires.

Hearing about her profession, she couldn't help but move closer to Reacher. "Bearer bonds are indeed often used for tax evasion and money laundering, but the Federal Treasury stopped issuing them as early as the 80s."

"But there are still some countries using it." Jack clicked on an attachment, "At that time, 'AM' used bearer bonds issued by Luxembourg.

I contacted Joey this morning and asked him for some details. He will meet with two DHS officials in New York later this morning.

The Joey that Jack mentioned is naturally the big brother Joey Reacher. The Secret Service he works for is also under the DHS. In addition to being responsible for important personnel, another important task of the Secret Service is to combat counterfeit currency and financial crimes.

"So you suspect that '650 and 10 each' represent the transaction amount?" Negley blinked for a long time and suddenly realized.

Jack spread his hands. "What else could it be? Among the clues we have now, there is an arms dealer who specializes in dealing with terrorists, an arms company, and three investigators who were accidentally involved and killed.

The '650' most likely represents a certain weapon, and the '10' is the unit price, which means that we are facing an illegal arms deal with a total value of 6500 million and an unknown currency."

"Fuck." O'Donnell slapped his forehead. "Now it all makes sense."