As soon as he said that, Joe's expression turned strange.
John had mentioned in private that it was Luke who had killed the robbers together with him.
Coincidentally, Dustin had been in Los Angeles at the time, and was Luke's direct superior.
At the thought of that, Joe's hair stood on end. So the explosion had really been directed at the Detective Bureau and his three colleagues?
The old man nodded slightly. "That's right. Peter Krueger, real name Simon Peter Gruber, is Hans Gruber's brother. "
John's face was bitter. "So, I'm dead for sure?"
The agent nodded. "That's right. That's it. We think that Simon is here to avenge his brother. After all, you caught his brother and sentenced him to hundreds of years in prison without parole. He's going to spend the rest of his life in prison. "
(⊙ ▽ ⊙)?! Mori? John looked like he had just f * cked up. Wait, that wasn't right!
He glanced at Dustin, only to see that his boss was giving him a look that said, "Hold on, you have to hold on alone."
John cursed inwardly. F * ck, wasn't Luke the one who knocked Hans out in the end? Why was Simon looking for me for revenge?
The old man seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and said, "At that time, your colleague was indeed involved in the Nakatomi Plaza robbery, but the survivors didn't know his identity. None of the robbers even saw him. And you … "
John immediately realized what was going on, and couldn't help but speak up.
In the Nakatomi Plaza robbery, the only hostage who died was a colleague of John's ex-wife, Gennero. This person thought he was smart enough to expose the relationship between John and Gennero to Hans, and he even revealed that John was a New York detective, before Hans casually killed him.
So, those criminals knew John's identity at the time, and it was only natural that Simon was looking for him.
Luke, on the other hand, had basically been saving people in the dark that night, and had even sneakily put on a mask. All the criminals who ran into him were dead. Hans was alive, but he had been knocked out with his back to Luke.
After that, the FBI had transferred the files related to the case. Apart from some of the people who had handled the case, not many people in LAPD knew that the detective was Luke.
NYPD had also blocked the news, but Hans and the criminals had known John's identity that night. There was no need to investigate.
Dustin looked at John's expression with a strange feeling in his heart.
In that case, it didn't seem like he was the scapegoat this time … No, the other party didn't know that he had Luke's back in the Nakatomi Plaza robbery, so it was still John and Luke's fault?
When he thought of this, he didn't feel depressed. Instead, he felt much better.
As it turned out, this matter was related to him in the first place, and Luke was now on the same mountain as him.
If he couldn't solve the case this time, it would be difficult for him to even become a bureau chief. It would be impossible for Luke to live as comfortably as he did when he was under Luke's protection.
Just do your best!
Beside him, John's expression changed. He felt as if he had eaten sh * t.
He didn't think it was wrong for him to take the blame for Luke.
If Luke hadn't taken action back then, he and his ex-wife might've died in Nakatomi Plaza, and wouldn't have had a chance to take the blame.
But why was he always the unlucky one? That was a question worth investigating.
It seemed that his luck hadn't been very good in the past few years. The sergeant suddenly had the urge to burst into tears.
…
Luke was also stunned when he heard the news.
It was actually a historical problem with Nakatomi Plaza? That was too f * cked up.
Nobody knew that Hans Gruber's brother, Simon, was such a ruthless person.
Simon's activities in the future were mostly in Europe, and he was a nobody, as if he had vanished into thin air.
Luke didn't dig deeper. After all, he had arrested a lot of criminals, and even more of them had family members. There were a lot of people who he couldn't find records of, and he couldn't get to the bottom of the matter.
But when he recalled how Simon had ordered John to stand in the middle of the street in nothing but shorts and two wooden boards, Luke couldn't help but feel creeped out.
Thankfully, he had kept his hands clean, and hadn't shown his face in front of the criminals and the hostages.
Of course, that might've been Simon's luck.
If they had investigated Luke in detail beforehand, the investigators would have contacted the public through any phone or Internet.
As long as these people mentioned information about Luke multiple times, the multifaceted system would record it and alert Luke.
That way, these people would enter Luke's line of sight, and he would conduct targeted surveillance and counter-investigations.
Simon might not have the chance to hide and launch an attack now.
Luke thought quickly, and his clone immediately sent a message to Tony.
Tony had already arrived in New York, but a large number of rescue workers were already on the scene at the Wall Street subway station where the explosion had just taken place, and there was no need for him to appear.
The tycoon could only investigate in other ways and try to find clues.
Tony was also helpless.
In the past, the minions he dealt with were basically in the mountains and wilderness. Even if there were villagers, there wouldn't be many of them, and it would be easy to screen them out.
But now, these terrorists were in Manhattan, the most densely populated metropolitan area in the world. It would be very difficult to find them in a sea of people.
After receiving Batman's message, he finally heaved a sigh of relief. He finally didn't have to use his strength anymore!
Batman gave him a two-pronged investigation plan.
One was to track down Simon Peter Gruber himself.
The second was to find Simon McClane, the person in charge of this case at NYPD, who also had a grudge against Simon.
Both directions pointed to the same point, which was Simon himself.
This person was the key figure in the subway station explosion. Even if he wasn't the number one criminal, he should be the number two or three.
As long as he found the guy who controlled the explosion, the problem would be greatly simplified, and this incident would be completely resolved.
Thinking that, Tony hacked into the phones of all three parties in the logistics van.
Luke could do it too, but he didn't want anyone to discover his multifaceted system. There was basically no need for such a crude infiltration method.
Tony didn't care. Hacking into other people's systems and peeping on them was a daily occurrence; it wasn't his style to do otherwise.
At that moment, Simon's call came in.
This time, Simon directly called Dustin's personal office phone, proving once again that this guy hadn't been looking for Dustin on a whim. Otherwise, he wouldn't have Dustin's personal number.
This time, Simon was even more pleased with himself.
He directly revealed that John was in the same car as the FBI and Homeland Security. He even greeted the three of them on the phone, and didn't even get their names wrong.
This was a deterrent to the people in the car, but it was a clear reminder to the tycoon and Luke, who was listening on the side.
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