[Zhongyingmei] She is such a sand sculpture netizen

"This is the communicator from the FBI." Natasha handed Joanna something the size of an earphone, and then took out a hairpin. "This is our communicator."

Joanna let Natasha bring the two communicators to her, and she couldn't help asking a little nervously, "Will they not interfere with each other if they're so close?"

"Tony?" Natasha shouted loudly while lowering her head and adjusting the data, "Joanna is wondering if your technical support can really keep up."

"Tell her to be her bait, and don't worry about the rest." Tony's slightly dissatisfied reply came from the communicator.

Joanna pursed her mouth and said nothing.

Steve pushed open the door and walked in from the outside: "Dr. Watson said that Mr. Holmes didn't return to the hotel yesterday."

Both Joanna and Natasha were stunned.

Steve continued: "But according to Dr. Watson, he seems to be like this at ordinary times. He does things in his own way and rarely communicates with his teammates beforehand."

Joanna pursed her lips nervously.

Seeing this, Natasha turned to Tony on the other end of the communicator and said, "Tony, is this person the military recruited reliable?"

"Roddy also said that Downing Street warned this side from the beginning, saying that Holmes is very difficult to get along with. However, he is the only one who infers that there are wizarding forces in the UK without knowing the British Ministry of Magic. people."

"Wizard." Natasha shook her head, "This world is simply crazy."

"I can't agree more." Tony said in a slightly tired tone, "Wizards, magic, fallen angels... I wouldn't be too surprised if someone stood in front of me right now and told me he was the god of death."

"Why is it 'him'? The god of death may also be a woman." Joanna couldn't help but argue, she hoped to use this method to divert her attention and relieve her nervousness.

Steve on the side saw Joanna's nervousness.He walked to Joanna's side, sat down, and gently squeezed her fingers.

"Let's review the action process again." Steve patted the back of Joanna's hand.

Instead of worrying about what's next, Joanna thinks Steve's idea is really great for relieving tension.

"I will go to Hannibal's clinic under the surveillance of the FBI, pretend to chat with Linda, but actually go to 'meet' Hannibal and let him know my recent life trends. Immediately afterwards, Crawford will send me Introduce to Will and make sure the news gets to Hannibal from other sources. Then just in case, Steve, you will pretend to leave LA. Then all I have to do is wait for Hannibal to make a move on me .”

Steve nodded, and then pointed to Joanna's communicator: "Leaving aside the FBI's communicator, the one Tony gave you must be carried with you."

Joanna nodded, indicating that she knew the seriousness of the matter.

"The things that really need our ideas will come later." Natasha took over the conversation naturally, "After Hannibal took action, the FBI will immediately arrest him as a criminal. Generally, they will drive three to five police cars, and I will Get ready to take over for one of them, and find a way to get Joanna escorted out."

Joanna nodded: "If that Constantine and Hannibal really made a plan, he wouldn't know that Hannibal was attacking me. And once Hannibal is arrested, for Constantine, he will be escorting me. Hitting me on the way is his best chance."

Steve put his hand on Joanna's knee half worried and half comforting: "We will guarantee your safety. If Constantine cannot be caught on the spot, Holmes will take over the rest of the investigation."

Joanna took a long breath and asked, "What about Lucifer? It would be great if he could participate. After all, he is the only fallen angel, no matter what the origin of that guy named Constantine is, he will always There is a way to deal with the other party. Speaking of which... Does Lucifer have any impression of the name Constantine? Could it be Holmes who made a mistake?"

Natasha dropped the corners of her mouth, showing a look of disdain: "That fallen angel is still going around to find out where Constantine came from. According to Lucifer himself, he doesn't remember someone like Constantine. We also check For the record, Constantine is British. He was brought up with some weird religious associations. It wouldn't surprise me at all that he would be the one to steal the 'Tongue of Lies'."

"Anyway," Steve said firmly, looking into Joanna's eyes, "I won't let anything happen to you,"

"Yeah." Joanna nodded, showing a comforting smile.

After everything was ready, Joanna put pressure on Hannibal step by step according to the script they discussed with Crawford.Steve also pretended to leave Los Angeles as arranged in the script.As for Natasha, who was unlikely to be bumped into by Hannibal from the beginning to the end, she took on most of the security tasks.

Finally, on a Thursday afternoon, Hannibal Lecter took the initiative to contact Joanna.

He first politely cared about Joanna's recent health status in the text message, and then mentioned that he accidentally learned that Joanna, Crawford and Will had known each other on other occasions.

Hannibal's texts were natural, as if he really thought of Joanna as a friend he hadn't seen in a while.

Hannibal: I'm guessing, maybe Miss Rickman will be able to come to the humble house when she is free on the weekend?I also had a date with Will and Jack, which was a really unique opportunity.I would also like Miss Rickman to judge my cooking.

Joanna: Thank you, Dr. Lecter.I'll be there on time, I hope your home is somewhere easy to find, I'm a road idiot.

Hannibal sent the time and location to Joanna, and attached a thoughtful sentence, "If you have inconvenient transportation, you can come with Inspector Crawford."

Joanna passed on the text message records to her partners and began to prepare for the weekend's action.

Until Joanna sat in the car from Crawford to Hannibal's residence, everyone still didn't hear from Sherlock.On the way, Crawford couldn't help complaining about the meaning of Sherlock's reasoning.

Joanna had no choice but to comfort Crawford: "The British side also said that Mr. Holmes is a bit weird, but his ability to investigate cases is affirmed by Scotland Yard. Maybe he just got away to solve other troubles ?”

"Is there anything more troublesome than a serial murderer? And if it's true as he said, this serial murderer will eat people. Does he have more troublesome things now?"

Joanna thought to herself, there really is, it's just that it's not convenient for everyone to disclose it.

"Anyway, let's treat it as a simple gathering of friends tonight. If Mr. Holmes guesses wrong and Hannibal is not the murderer, then everyone can have a light meal. If Mr. Holmes guesses right, he will sooner or later It’s going to give away. We just have to be prepared and we’ll be safe.”

Hearing what Joanna said, Crawford felt inexplicably comforted.After he calmed down, he felt that his performance was a little unprofessional, so he turned to comfort Joanna: "It will be fine, I have already deployed an action team. If Hannibal really changes, you will It'll be fine."

Joanna nodded: "The other thing is, I never spoke in front of Hannibal and Will. I always communicate by typing on my mobile phone."

"why?"

Joanna smiled: "It's hard to explain. Hannibal said it was some kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Anyway, after a while, it's not convenient for me to speak. I hope the inspector will cooperate with me."

At [-]:[-] in the evening, Joanna and Crawford arrived in front of Hannibal's residence.The moment she got out of the car, Joanna silently felt in her heart that "the life of the rich is good".The two of them walked through the neatly kept front garden to the bluebell-hanging porch.

The doorbell rang twice, and Hannibal came to answer the door.

"Jack, Joanna. Welcome. Come in. Will's here."

While saying these polite words, Crawford led Joanna into the house.Joanna smiled and handed the gift to Hannibal at the entrance.Natasha accompanied her to choose the gift and swiped Tony's card.It was an expensive bottle of red wine.Everyone agreed that it was safer to drink what they brought with them than to prepare with others.If you want to drug, it's much easier to tamper with wine than it is to tamper with food.

As soon as Joanna entered the room, she put on a posture of rolling up her sleeves and preparing to help the cook.It wasn't that she really wanted to be helpful, she just wanted to oversee the kitchen in case Hannibal actually served something she couldn't swallow.

But Hannibal said that the kitchen is his absolute territory, thus refusing to come to Joanna's request.

Fortunately, Hannibal's kitchen is an open kitchen. Sitting at the dining table, one can see what Hannibal is doing at a glance.Joanna breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the fish on the cooking table.

In order to keep their script going without deviation, Joanna began to chat with Will frequently while she was distracted by Hannibal's cooking.

Compared with the last time Joanna saw Will, Joanna felt that Will's mental state seemed to be worse.His mind wandered and his eyes avoided frequently. Even in normal chats, he showed a kind of despair full of exhaustion.

I don't know if Hannibal is too good at acting, or he is not the killer at all.Seeing Joanna chatting with Will in a strange state, he did not show the unhappiness that Joanna had seen before. Instead, he encouraged Joanna to chat with Will, saying that it would be good for Will to change his mood.

Joanna just laughed and didn't respond positively.

Everyone has their own concerns, and they are extremely tired after a dinner.After dinner, Hannibal brought out dessert from the refrigerator.It's a chocolate mousse topped with big cherries.Just looking at it will make your heart flutter.

Joanna wondered from the very first bite, could it all be wrong?Perhaps, Hannibal is not some terrible murderer.

Until the three of Joanna said goodbye to Hannibal, Hannibal did not show any strange behavior.He gracefully sent the three of them out of the house. Because Crawford drank a little wine at dinner, Hannibal repeatedly asked Joanna not to let Crawford drive when he failed to keep them.

Hannibal was acting too natural, too ordinary.Even Joanna didn't realize that she had slowly let go of her guard against him.

In the end, it was Joanna who drove Crawford and Will back.Because Will was also in the car, Joanna didn't speak to anyone all the way.She maintained her dumb persona throughout the whole process, listening to Crawford and Will chatting about irrelevant things.

When the car was driving halfway, Joanna saw two police cars flashing ahead, with warning lights and roadblocks set up beside them, which looked like a random inspection.

Joanna followed the instructions, turned on the car's double flashers, and then pulled the car to a side stop.A man in a police uniform knocked on the window outside the window, and Joanna rolled down the window politely.

"Did you drink?"

Joanna shook her head.

The other party frowned: "Why don't you speak?"

Crawford on the side replied: "She can't talk."

"Did I ask you a question?" The man in uniform said very rudely.

Crawford immediately became angry: "Do you know who you are talking to?"

"Oh? Who am I talking to?" The man didn't seem to buy Crawford's account at all. "You three, get out of the car."

Joanna and Will were stunned when they heard this.Especially Joanna, she didn't want to conflict with the local police over this kind of thing at all, she hurried back to appease Crawford.And Will rolled down the car window, trying to explain to the other party.

But the moment Will rolled down the car window, the man in uniform quickly completed the action of drawing his gun and shooting.

The bullets in the gun were not ordinary bullets, but anesthesia bombs.

The three people in the car looked at the man outside the car in shock, completely confused by this sudden turning point.

The other party raised the brim of his hat slightly, and said provocatively to Crawford: "I don't need to know who you are. I just need to know who she is."