At that moment, his phone suddenly rang. He picked it up and hung up. Lu Ke suddenly fell silent.
Selina glanced at him as she drove. "What's wrong?"
Lu Ke's expression was strange. "Director Thomas just called me. He said that the case has been transferred and we don't need to investigate anymore."
Selina asked, "Transferred to who?"
Lu Ke said, "Apparently, it's the FBI."
When they returned to the police station, they saw four people walk out. One in front and three behind. All four of them were wearing black suits and sunglasses. They looked indifferent, like gangsters.
They brushed past Lu Ke and Selina.
They entered the Major Crimes Division and went to Brock's office.
Seeing them return, Brock asked casually, "Did you find anything?"
Lu Ke's expression was strange. "Leader, the case has already been transferred by Director Thomas. We're here to report to you."
Brock was dazed. "Transferred? Why don't I know? Did the Deputy Director inform you directly? "His expression was a little ugly.
It was against the rules for the deputy director to interfere with his subordinates' cases.
If the higher-ups interfered with everything, what was the point of having the department heads? To be puppets?
Lu Ke pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, when we arrived at the forensics center to investigate the missing bodies, we received a call from the deputy director. He told us to leave it alone."
Brock nodded slightly. He felt a little better. At least these two weren't in the know.
He found a file on the table. "You guys follow up on this case." Then, he waved for them to leave.
Lu Ke and Selina nodded and left the office.
Selina said in a low voice, "It seems that Brock is very unhappy."
Lu Ke nodded. "But I don't think he's targeting us. Let's not think about that. Let's look at our new case. "
The two of them returned to their desks and opened the file. Selina was shocked. "What does Brock mean by this? He wants us to follow up on this case, and you're saying he's not targeting us? "
Lu Ke wasn't agitated. Looking at the information on the file, he said in a low voice, "Not necessarily. At least this is Houston. Even if these people are involved in arms smuggling, they won't fight the police. Also, did you notice that the final destination of these weapons is Mexico? "
Selina thought for a moment, but she was still dissatisfied. "We might have fought the Mexican gunmen before, but that doesn't mean we're familiar with them. How could they throw this kind of case to us? This is our first day on the job. Where would we get the information? "
Lu Ke nodded. "We don't have Robert to support us now. We have to think of a way ourselves. If you don't have any information, then look for it yourself. An informant can't be trained in a day or two. "
Selina suddenly thought of something. She stuck out her tongue and stopped talking.
In fact, the two of them did not have a source of information, mainly because Lu Ke had asked them to continue working together.
Otherwise, if they each followed an old detective, they could use the other party's resources first before slowly nurturing their own informants and intelligence.
Lu Ke had already expected this.
Of course, he preferred to be with Selena because he believed that she would support him unconditionally.
That way, after the case was solved, the two of them would share the credit equally, but he would get more experience and credit points from the system.
If it had been an experienced detective, he would have been the one to listen to them, and the experience he would have gained after solving the case would have been greatly reduced.
The two didn't waste too much time and drove out again.
This was the case for detectives in the Major Crimes Division.
If you wanted a promotion and a raise, then you had to work hard, and there was never enough work.
The two went to eat at a fast food restaurant.
However, this was a Mexican fast food restaurant.
Of course, there was the Mexican corn noodles … Well, okay, it was actually a flatbread made from corn flour, with special fillings and a spicy sauce.
For the two of them, this was a very delicious food.
Selina's parents were native Mexicans, and most of the food at home was Mexican.
Lu Ke was from Sichuan, China, in his previous life. He had a natural talent for spicy food and would forever love it.
Selina ate two special corn pancakes, and Lu Ke ate four. It took them almost forty minutes to finish.
After getting into the car, Selina asked, "How is it? Did you find anything?"
Lu Ke said, "Well, this place's corn pancakes are not bad, but not as good as Sandra's."
Selina rolled her eyes at him. "Alright, my mother isn't here. You don't have to be so attentive." Although she said that, she was still happy.
Lu Ke chuckled and dropped the subject. "On the surface, there's nothing wrong. Of course, we're just here to eat. If it was so easy to see the problem, the others would have solved the case long ago. Let's go and take a look around. "
The case they had received was an arms smuggling case, and the suspects were a Mexican gang.
That was why Selina felt that Brock was messing with them.
This kind of gang consisted of at least dozens of people, and at most hundreds of people. It wasn't something that two inexperienced detectives with no connections could deal with.
Lu Ke, however, didn't think so.
Perhaps Brock was trying to give them a warning, but he definitely didn't expect them to solve the case immediately.
If they really solved it, what would become of Brock's subordinates? Useless?
It had been more than two months since they had received news of the case. The detectives who had been in charge had all been transferred to other more urgent cases. Clearly, everyone felt that it would be difficult to make any progress on the case.
Selina drove, and Lu Ke observed the surroundings from the front passenger seat.
Suddenly, his expression froze. A somewhat familiar face seemed to pass through his line of sight.
It was familiar because he seemed to have seen the face before.
It was unfamiliar because he couldn't remember who it was, so it had to be a stranger.
After driving for dozens of meters, Lu Ke suddenly said, "Turn around and go back."
Selina didn't hesitate at all. She turned around and asked, "What did you find?"
Lu Ke finally remembered the owner of the face, and his expression turned strange. "… I think I saw a dead person walking on the side of the road just now."
Selina didn't suspect that he was lying. Instead, she asked in surprise, "Who?"
Lu Ke took a deep breath. "Do you remember the case we had this morning? The victim was a witch … She just walked on the side of the road. "
Selina's hands shook, and she almost drove the car off the road. "WTF?!"
That was a bit creepy.
Why would a dead person walk on the side of the road? Did I bump into a ghost or something?
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