"That's not right." Selina suddenly opened her eyes. "If we hadn't interfered, none of the robbers would've survived."
The four robbers who had been captured had all been Luke's and her's handiwork.
Based on how the police and the robbers had fought earlier, it was unlikely that the robbers had surrendered, and that they had all been killed.
So many of Big Nick's men had been injured; he couldn't have held back.
Selina's eyes glowed. "So, the black man is the mastermind. He lured Nick and the others here to kill his accomplices. His accomplices, on the other hand, thought that the money was real, and he could've waited at the dumpster, or stolen the truck and pocketed the money for himself. "
She then looked at Luke. "Is that so?"
Luke clapped his hands with a smile. "That's right. Just as I thought."
He had received a system notification just now.
System: Capture the serial bank robbers and seize the loot. Completed.
Total experience: 1,000. Total credit: 1,000.
Contribution rate: 60%. EXP + 600. Credit + 600.
EXP + 16890
Selina asked, "Are we not going to catch this guy?"
Luke smiled. "Don't forget that the loot is in Dustin's hands, so it's not our case anymore. Ask the boss if you need anything."
Selina was dumbfounded. Are you that obedient?
Luke, however, murmured inwardly, That's a lot of money. It might not be a good thing to catch a suspect on his own without Dustin's help.
More importantly, the Federal Reserve branch hadn't done anything yet.
How could the Federal Reserve branch not have done anything after the robbers had gotten so much cash from the bank? They should've sent a request for assistance a long time ago.
Given the unusual situation, Luke decided to go back and talk to Dustin first.
Sometimes, people might not be grateful to you for solving a case; they might even hate you.
When Luke returned to the police department, he entered a corner of the underground parking lot, which had been cleared out and covered with plastic sheeting. A foul stench was coming out of it.
Luke's nose twitched, and he immediately activated Sharp Nose.
Y'lisabet was guarding the opening of the plastic sheet. She was wearing a large mask that covered her beautiful face.
She was excited to see Luke. "Luke, you're back. Did you know that the garbage truck … Well, forget it. Let's go in and have the boss tell you."
Luke nodded with a smile. "That's right. You have to be vigilant about things you shouldn't say."
Selina smiled and patted Y'lisabet on the shoulder. "Good girl!"
Y'lisabet was not dissatisfied. She just took out two masks from her pocket and said, "Wear this. The smell inside is not good."
The two of them took the masks and put them on before going in.
Dustin and Elsa were inside.
On the other hand, Billy and Simmons, Elsa's rookie detective, were doing hard labor and rummaging through the garbage.
Elsa took out the cash from the black bags and threw it all into a plastic box on the side.
A large part of this pile of garbage was a kind of paper scraps that had been pressed into the shape of round cakes.
This was also the source of the weird smell of cash that Luke had smelled earlier. The old cash that had been crushed into round cakes gave off the same smell as cash, but with a different kind of weird smell.
Seeing them come in, Dustin waved his hand. "Luke, Selina, come here."
Dustin led them to one side. Elsa simply nodded at them, but didn't follow them.
After they reached a corner, Dustin asked in a low voice, "What's with the money?"
Luke told them what happened in the afternoon, then shrugged. "I don't know what's with the money. I was only suspicious about the timing of the garbage truck's appearance. I don't dare say where the money came from. "
Dustin's expression changed, and he looked at Luke in the end. "Who else knows about this?"
Luke said, "Just us, Sonia's team, and your team, boss."
Dustin nodded again. Pondering for a moment, he said, "It's a secret. Don't worry about it."
Luke hummed and said, "Got it. I'm not in charge of this anyway."
Dustin was stumped for a moment. "Huh?"
Luke chuckled. "Sonia was the stalker, and you were the ones who went through the garbage. It's none of our business, boss."
Dustin was lost for words, but why did he feel like beating someone up?
"Then we're leaving, boss," said Luke. "There's some good news about Mark Owen's case. I'm going to follow up on it."
Dustin looked at them and opened his mouth, only to realize that there was nothing he could say.
He was the one who had told Luke and Selina to stay out of it.
Luke's attitude was even more straightforward. He stated that the money had nothing to do with him at all, and that he had only asked Sonia to keep an eye on them.
Whatever they found and whatever they did could be attributed to Sonia's team, Elsa's team, or Dustin's team. In any case, it had nothing to do with Luke and Selina.
Since it had nothing to do with them, Dustin couldn't let them go through the garbage here.
Waving his hand helplessly, Dustin said, "Get lost."
Luke chuckled. "Where's Sonia? I have to investigate the case with them."
Dustin said, "Can't you make the call yourself? Am I the operator?"
Luke immediately saluted. "Yes, sir." He then slipped away with Selina.
This case was too deep for him to touch at all.
He wouldn't investigate the black man who might be the mastermind, either.
Luke had never been a righteous good guy. There wouldn't be much to gain from this, and there would be a lot of trouble. He certainly didn't want to get involved.
The problem wasn't with the police department, but with the Federal Reserve's Los Angeles branch.
The money could only have been stolen from the Federal Reserve's branch, but there was no response from the branch, which didn't make sense at all.
The FBI would go crazy looking for clues even if it was just one bill, let alone tens of millions of dollars.
After all, it wasn't just a matter of money, but also a loophole in the Federal Reserve's security system.
With such a loophole, how much more money would be lost next time? That was hard to say.
Luke took advantage of the fact that he hadn't gotten too deeply involved, and immediately left the blame to Dustin.
He could ask to join the investigation based on his own discovery of the initial leads and Dustin's trust in him.
But what would he get out of joining?
Even if Luke took the money, it would still be dirty money, and he couldn't use it openly, just like the millions in cash in his inventory.
There was no need to mention promotions. Elsa had already made it clear several times recently that he and Selina had to be promoted to level three detectives in a month, which was the highest level for detectives.
It was pointless for them to make more contributions on paper.
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