American Detective: Starting as a Rookie Cop in an American TV Show

Chapter 1307 Victim?
"You mean you'll help me, right?" Lawrence Pope sneered in response to Diane Hansen's words.

"I've seen too many assistant prosecutors like you, who only want to get ahead and make a name for themselves so they can go to a big law firm and make a lot of money. You never care about justice, and I'm not a good person either."

Jack thought that if it happened to him, or even to Reese and Finch, nothing would be simple. Lawrence Pope's words basically confirmed that he was indeed dragged out and convicted.

But this kind of thing is very common. When a big case occurs, throwing gang members out to take the blame has almost become a normal practice.

I'll have to ask Danny to check with the NYPD's Organized Crime Control Division. Maybe there will be some unexpected gains, Jack thought, and took out his cell phone to write a message.

At the same time, the conversation in the detention center's interview room continued. Diane Hansen was obviously not angered by Lawrence Pope's words. Instead, after analyzing his psychology, she pointed out the key to the problem.

"No one likes going to jail, especially since you're likely to be sentenced to multiple life sentences this time. I checked your gang record, and you're right, you're not a good guy, but you're obviously not someone who can be easily intimidated.

On the other hand, someone has a hold on your weakness, and the person who really saw what happened was actually your brother Mike, right? The one person you really care about. "

Jack was a little surprised that things were not what he expected. At the same time, Finch's voice came on the phone, "I noticed that Pop's information shows that he does have a brother."

In the detention center's interview room, Lawrence Pope was obviously silent for a moment, as if he had been hit on the point. "You should stop here, ma'am. I will go to jail if I have to. Just think of it as atonement for the crimes I committed before that you didn't catch me. Anyway, I am a bad person."

Then he lowered his voice deliberately, "And those people are much more evil than me, they kill people without any scruples, and they have people protecting them.

Stop asking, or they will kill me, my brother, and maybe you too."

"It sounds like we have found the key clue to this mission." Finch's voice came from the phone again.

He spoke with a standard old New York accent and at a fast pace, in a straightforward manner with almost no emotional ups and downs. It felt as if he could only express his emotions with the volume of his voice rather than the tone and speed of his voice.

But at this time, Jack could also hear a hint of excitement and excitement.

He certainly didn't know how difficult it was for a middle-aged cripple to investigate those "irrelevant numbers" alone. Although Finch had trillions of dollars and plenty of money to hire bodyguards, an employment relationship was just an employment relationship after all.

The murder of his friend made Finch extremely cautious. He dared not assign any work that might leak the secrets of the "machine" to others and had to do it himself.

This also made his "life-saving career" fraught with difficulties, and was the fundamental reason for his shockingly low success rate.

After all, personal power is limited. For example, Jessica's social security number appeared among the "unrelated numbers", but when Finch found out the general situation, all he could do was to go to the hospital to find out about the car accident.

Now that he has just one more helper, Reese, and the FBI as backup has not even taken any action yet, he can find clues so quickly. How can Finch not be excited and thrilled?

At this time, Lawrence Pope's excited voice came from the phone, "Bitch, shut up or I'll shut your mouth for you."

Then there was a woman's painful scream.

It seemed that Diane Hansen spoke a little loudly just now, and said to Lawrence Pope something like "If the real murderer is still at large, I will definitely find them", and the latter chose to take action directly. Realizing that Diane Hansen might be in danger, Reese wanted to open the car door in excitement, but was stopped by Jack, "It's a prison inside, and the prison guards will not let an assistant prosecutor die in there easily."

What's more, if something happened at this time, it would be too late for them to rush in. Even if Jack revealed his identity, it would be difficult for him to explain why he drove into the county detention center.

Fortunately, a shrill alarm sounded from the phone soon, and calm was restored after a period of chaos. The woman's difficult breathing and the prison guard's question could be vaguely heard, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, nothing's wrong."

Hearing Diane Hansen's voice again, Reese couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. For a moment, he almost fell into the guilt caused by his previous powerlessness.

"Are you okay?" Jack asked.

Reese glanced at him, obviously understanding the expression, and just shook his head slightly in response.

"The 'machine' is not a prophet. The numbers it spits out have a rigorous internal logic, so you can also infer that the 'machine' cannot predict any random events, like the one just now."

Jack's words made Reese slightly stunned. He could actually figure out this logic if he was given some time, but it was obvious that he was just caught up in some kind of emotion.

Soon Diane Hansen's car drove out of the detention center. Jack followed behind her until he saw her return to the apartment and the lights in the living room and bedroom came on. Then the two returned to Long Island.

"So this time the 'number' shows a potential victim. Diane Hansen is likely to be murdered by the person who framed Pope because of her follow-up investigation."

Regarding Reese's opinion, Jack shook his head slightly and said, "Don't jump to conclusions so early. Past experience tells me that the truth will only surface at the last moment."

Today's work came to a temporary end. Reese was sent home, which was the house Jessica was renting now. The two agreed on the division of labor for tomorrow.

Jack was responsible for keeping an eye on Diane Hansen near the court, while Reese went to find Lawrence Pope's brother Mike Pope.

If the latter is really a real eyewitness at the time of the crime as the assistant prosecutor said, then he might be able to tell who the real murderer is.

Back at the base building, besides Hannah and Jiejie, Aubrey and Alice were also there.

Even though they had agreed to provide backup support, the members of the wanted criminal team would not just sit there and wait, so during the day Aubrey and Clay went to investigate the gang fight that resulted in the deaths of five people.

"There is definitely something wrong with this case." Aubrey vowed.

The case was identified as a gunfight between drug trafficking gangs, but apart from the bodies and bullet shells on the ground, there was no trace of the stolen money or even the drugs.

The NYPD's forensic team did find traces of drug residue at the scene, but neither drugs nor guns were found in Lawrence Pope's residence.

(End of this chapter)