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"Gracia." Jessie got out of the car and walked quickly to Gracia, keeping the distance between her and the man behind him calmly. "I've been looking for you today."

"Looking for me?" Gracia didn't respond for a while, "Oh, by the way, this is James Bayle."

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Jessie now only wanted to get Gracia out of here, and Morgan moved slowly from the car to Gracia in a dilemma.

Jessie stepped aside, watching James quietly.

"Is there something wrong?" Seeing that Jessie was not as relaxed as before, Elle knew something was wrong.

"Look at his hands." Jessie whispered into Elle's ear, "Does it look like he's holding a gun in his pocket?"

Elle followed the little doctor's gaze and nodded. "It seems that your inference is correct."

"Penelope..." Morgan said softly, "I bought two movie tickets for tomorrow night, can you go with me?"

Gracia turned her head and ignored him, still with an angry tone, "Why are you here? Are you afraid that others will plot against me? Then you are completely wrong, he is simply a gentleman..." She turned her head to prove it, but found behind her Long gone.

"Where is the person?" Gracia looked puzzled, and turned to Morgan angrily, "You scared the handsome guy away when you came..."

"He left when he saw a lot of people, there must be something wrong with him." Elle said lightly, remembering James' hand in his pocket for no idea what he wanted to do.

Jessie motioned for Gracia to keep silent, drew out her gun and followed, "Gracia, it seems that you were wrong this time." She walked forward quickly, and James came out of the corner unexpectedly, and shot her.

She hurriedly rolled towards the green belt beside her, and Elle followed behind. When she heard the gunshot, she quickly squatted down, facing the black figure in front of her, and pulled the trigger.

James didn't want to fight, and hurriedly escaped from the alley.

"It's all right..." Elle still raised her gun and looked at Jessie who was beside her.

Jessie shook her head against the dry grass on her head, shaking off the debris of branches and leaves, "I'm fine." She looked at several people not far away, "Gracia must have been frightened."

Gracia, who has been working as a technician, obviously has never seen such a scene, and immediately forgot about the unhappiness with Morgan before, clutching Morgan's clothes tightly, speechless.

"It's okay, it's okay." Morgan patted Gracia on the back to reassure her, and looked up towards the intersection.I didn't see anyone else, only Elle and Jessie running in this direction.

"Aren't you injured?" JJ comforted Gracia while looking at the dead branches and leaves left on Jessie's body. "he died?"

"He ran away." Panting, Jessie waved her hand.

"He used a -left-wheel-pistol." Elle handed the bullet to Emily, "Obviously, he came prepared."

"Why?" JJ asked.

"If the bullet goes into the flesh, it won't leave traces of the shell casing on the scene." Jessie explained, "Gracia..."

"I'll take you back to the police station first." Morgan said hurriedly, taking Gracia into the SUV, "I'll call Hotch, don't be afraid, we will protect you."

"JJ..." Gracia grabbed JJ's clothes and said something in a low voice. JJ nodded, patted her on the shoulder, and signaled her to get into the co-pilot.

"What did she say?" Elle asked.

"She asked us not to profile her as a victim." JJ sighed, "Let's go back to the office too, we have to work overtime tonight."

"Victim research, why Gracia?" The group returned to the office, and Elle sat on the round table in the conference room, shaking her legs.

"Gracia said that they met at the cafe she went to every day, and she helped him solve problems on the computer. In return, he invited her to dinner, and then, as a matter of course, sent her home... Jessie sat aside, "It is now certain that this so-called encounter has been planned for a long time."

"The name he left for Gracia was James Colby Baylor." Reid followed Emily in, "He should have planned to shoot Gracia at the door of his house, and then pretended to arrange the crime scene. Such a smart person, the name he left should also be a fake name. "

"Then let's search the database for information about people with the abbreviation J·C·B." Elle clapped her hands and got down from the table, "Is Morgan still comforting Gracia?"

Emily shook her head, "Hotch sent her home."

Jessie's hands trembled, and she exchanged glances with Reid, who was opposite, and Elle in unison.

"Morgan accompanied her back..." JJ said hastily, "Uh...that will ensure... that is, safety." She explained that she was afraid that Elle would recall bad memories of being shot at home.

Elle didn't know what these people were thinking, so she thought to herself, "Then what about our data analysis?"

"I've already contacted a technician who can look up the information in the legal database." JJ looked at the person who followed Hotch and Rossi outside the door, "That's him. Kevin."

"Are you sure she doesn't mind if I use her system?" Kevin asked Hotch apprehensively. "We both care about it."

"Just asking you to use her system to search." Hotch pulled Gracia's chair away and motioned for Kevin to sit down. "Let's get started."

It didn't take long for the people waiting in the office to see Hotch come out of Gracia's office with a serious expression and enter the elevator.

"What's wrong?" JJ stopped Rossi, and all he got was a dazed look on Rossi's face. Elle grabbed Kevin directly, "Hey, what's the matter."

"It's like this..." Kevin scratched his head, "I found an encrypted file in her computer, which cannot be opened without the password. Your officer is now going to her house to ask for the password."

"What do you mean?" Reid frowned, "He doesn't think Gracia is a safety hazard, does he..." He got up and entered the elevator, "I'm going to check it out too. Anyone with me?"

"I'm going too..." Elle turned to look at Jessie, "Together?"

"That's true." JJ looked at several people, "That guy killed a policeman on duty and just went to Gracia's house." She signaled everyone not to panic, "Gracia is fine, Hotch and Morgan are there now, he wants We got there before the bureau guys got there."

"We no longer have the right to follow up on this case, right?" Jessie pressed down on the floor and asked.

"Yes." JJ nodded, "Before this matter came to light, she was suspended..."

Everyone in the elevator was taken aback.

"The leader of the bureau must have been suspended recently to stop being addicted..." Elle couldn't help complaining.

"This guy is getting bolder and bolder. I'm sure it's not over yet." Morgan said angrily when he saw a few people rushing over. "He also killed a policeman!"

"Take such a big risk to attack you." Elle frowned, "Did you offend someone?"

"What is that encrypted file?" Reid also looked at Gracia, "The bureau doesn't allow us to take this case now, so you tell us what you know, so that it won't be regarded as a security risk."

Gracia shook her head, "Since the Fish King incident, my system was hacked and Elle was shot, I encrypted all of your information to prevent you from being targeted again. That's it... I never Knowing him, I don't know what he wants from me."

When mentioning the case that seriously damaged the vitality of the newly established BAU, several parties were at a loss for words.

"We have to move you to a safer place." Hotch sighed. "Even though we can't follow up on this case, we still have the right to do so."

"I want to go to BAU, I feel safe with you guys."

Hotch nodded, "Okay." He looked at Gracia, seeing her staring at the corner in a daze, "What's wrong?"

"When we were eating together, the waiter was going to let us sit by the window, but he insisted on the worst table, with his back facing the corner."

"Tell me about the car." Reid sat down on the sofa beside him, "White, four doors, made in the United States, what else?"

"The seat belt is behind him." Gracia closed her eyes and thought for a long time, "Speak slowly."

"The agent is not wearing a seat belt." Elle said, "It is convenient for surveillance and quick action."

"Stop talking nonsense." Rossi pushed Morgan away and sat down in front of Gracia. "Look at me, not them. You got shot, and a lot of people got shot for a reason."

"Rossi..." Emily cried, "You're going to scare her."

Rossi fell on deaf ears. "There's a room full of FBIs here, and they all want to believe that an agent is trying to shoot you, tell us what you did on the job and we don't know."

"It's not a bad thing..." Gracia muttered, "Reassure the victim's family, it's me and I flagged these cases, whoever is investigating, they know the FBI has priority to investigate this...I just want to put pressure on them... "

"You're overstepping your authority..." Hotch sighed, "We've got to go back and look through these files and see if we can find anything in common." He looked at JJ and Jessie, "You two, and Dave and I'll go back to the BAU, the others People stay here to keep Gracia safe."

"He'll come to BAU." Jessie whispered in JJ's ear.

"You know?" JJ asked.

"I'm not sure." Jessie said softly, "In another parallel world, Gracia was shot, and that person didn't see us. This time he met us, I'm not sure if he would take the risk Come to BAU..."

"His narcissism is very serious, I think he will come." JJ searched in front of the computer, "What is his position?"

"Sheriff."

"This one." JJ stared at the computer screen, "No, there are several more, all about point-blank shooting cases, the murder weapon is a revolver, let's see the guy in charge of these cases." She called up the photos , whispered, "It's him!"

"He has a hero complex. In those cases, he was the first to arrive at the scene. He was the murderer. Gracia marked these cases and made him think that the FBI started investigating him. Take the photos and let's go find Hotch." Jessie got up, in At the entrance of the corridor, I met Kevin who was walking towards them, "I found him, he is a deputy sheriff."

Jessie nodded, "We also know, go back to the office now and find a way to inform Gracia."

"She's not suspended..."

"In your own way..." JJ said, walking towards the office, unexpectedly meeting that guy at the door.She is not a field worker, and she does not carry a gun. When she was about to walk back, it was too late... James kicked away the leader beside him, restrained JJ with his backhand, and pulled out the left-wheel-hand-gun at the same time , facing Jessie who aimed at himself.

At the same time, several people in Gracia's house watched the stalemate of several people through the monitoring of the FBI headquarters sent by Kevin...

"Jessie..." Elle looked at the computer screen, biting her lip.

"Your -left-wheel-hand-gun only has six bullets." Jessie held the gun, "Where do you have the confidence to hijack FBI personnel?"

"Accurate marksmanship, I don't care about the number of bullets. I didn't expect you to work on this floor. I made a mistake."

Jessie raised her gun and didn't answer.

"You can try, but be careful, I haven't lost anyone in terms of shooting speed." James grabbed JJ's neck and retreated to the corner.

"My marksmanship is not good, but my luck has been good."

As soon as the words fell, JJ heard two different gunshots.

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Elle heard a hint of hesitation in Jessie's voice.

"I should explain to you what the... meaning of those three numbers."

"You have to...be prepared..."

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