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Chapter 88: Agent Rama Goes Into the Water
The pickup truck was shaking a bit as it drove on the dirt road, with the body of the truck swaying from side to side. Ma Hong was a little confused as to where Roy was taking him.

He asked, but Roy wouldn't tell...

During the bumpy ride, Ma Hong seemed to hear an unusual noise from behind the car. He turned around and looked at the back seat, listening carefully. It was a kicking sound.

Turning back, Ma Hong looked at Roy and asked:
"Is there anyone behind the car?"

"You'll find out later..."

At the fork in the road ahead, the pickup truck turned into the uphill road.

Finally, the pickup truck driven by Roy stopped in the dense forest halfway up the mountain. After pushing the door and getting out of the car, Roy looked at Ma Hong:
"get off……"

Confused, Mahone followed Roy out of the car.

The two came to the back of the car and Roy opened the trunk lid.

A living person suddenly appeared in Ma Hong's field of vision. The person's mouth was sealed with tape, and his hands and feet were tied. Ma Hong turned his head and looked at Roy with astonishment.

The white man lying in the trunk of the pickup truck had a look of fear on his face. He kicked his legs hard, curled up like a cricket, and made a "wuwuwu" sound from his mouth.

"I tied him up..."

"What are you doing?"

Mahone was very surprised. He didn't understand what Roy was doing.

Roy took out an ashtray from the trunk and hung it on Mahone's chest pocket. Then he took out two Marlboro cigarettes from the cigarette box and handed one to Mahone.

Then he said:

"Don't flick ashes around, throw the butts in the ashtray."

Ma Hong: “…”

When you smoke outdoors, you should bring an ashtray with you.

Are you playing something different?
Ma Hong asked again:

"Who is this person?"

Roy smiled while smoking:

"A dying man."

When the man in the trunk heard this, he became even more terrified. The white man was terrified and wanted to say something, but no words came out.

"I don't understand you."

"Aren't you short of money?"

"Lack of money? I don't understand what the lack of money has to do with you kidnapping this person. Don't forget your identity. You are kidnapping. Who is this person?"

Roy smiled, he stuck the half cigarette butt into the ashtray on Mahone's chest, then took out a shovel from the trunk.

Ten meters away from the rear of the pickup truck, Roy used a shovel to test the hardness of the soil on the ground, and found it was okay, so he began to shovel the soil and dig a hole.

Ma Hong: “???”

After shoveling a few times, Roy looked at Mahone:
"What are you standing there for? There's a pickaxe in the trunk, come and help me."

Ma Hong: “???”

Seeing that Mahone didn't move, Roy stuck the shovel into the soil.

He walked up to Ma Hong and the two looked into each other's eyes.

"Listen, I know you need money. Your ex-wife Mary has a very rare mitochondrial disease and needs a lot of money."

Hearing this, Ma Hong's face instantly turned ugly. He did say that his ex-wife was sick and needed a lot of money, and also said that he wanted to sell the house, but he clearly remembered that he had never told her what disease her ex-wife had or her name.

Ma Hong narrowed his eyes slightly and stared into Roy's eyes:
"How did you know my ex-wife's name and that she had mitochondrial disease?" Roy said with a smile:

"Some situations can be easily found out with a simple search, just like you know that my sister is receiving treatment at the Presbyterian Hospital. I believe you have been to the Presbyterian Hospital in person. Similarly, I can send someone to Los Angeles..."

hiss--

Ma Hong took a deep breath and asked:
"What do you want to do?"

"I don't want to do anything. I want to help you, FBI Senior Agent, Mr. Alexander Mahone!"

Ma Hong took a step forward, grabbed Roy's collar with both hands, and pushed Roy's body directly against the giant tree behind him. He stared into Roy's eyes and said angrily, word by word:

"I have investigated you, but I have never thought of hurting your family. I have been to the Presbyterian Hospital, but I just went there to take a look. Roy, I know you are a person who will never let go of a grudge. If you have anything to do, come to me, don't target my family!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, be careful, don't get excited, the ashtray will fall down soon, there are ashes and cigarette butts in it, we can't leave cigarette butts at the scene."

As he spoke, Roy adjusted the ashtray on Mahone's chest.

Ma Hong looked at the ashtray hanging on his chest and was speechless.

"Let me go first..."

Mahone loosened his hands.

Roy straightened his collar:
"I just sent someone to check on Mary's case. You don't have to be so nervous. I don't want to hurt your family. I said I want to help you."

"Help me? How?"

Roy turned his head and looked at the person in the trunk of the pickup truck:
"If you kill him, I'll give you $100,000."

Hearing this, Ma Hong froze in his tracks. He turned his head to look at the man struggling in the trunk, then slowly turned his head and said in astonishment:

"What did you say? You want me to kill him?"

Roy nodded:

"Yes, I'll give you $100,000 if you kill him."

"I'm an FBI agent and a staunch defender of federal law. Would I kill innocent people for $100,000? Roy, what do you mean? Or maybe I should ask, who are you?"

"What a joke! You defend federal law, but will the federal government pay for your next hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in medical expenses? Mary's mitochondrial disease is hereditary, and your daughter Lindy may develop the disease at any time in the future. By then, where will your money come from?"

"You even know my daughter's name, Roy, who are you?" Ma Hong stared straight into Roy's eyes.

Roy walked around Mahone, pulled out the shovel stuck in the soil, looked back at Mahone, and said:
"I am the same person as you. You are a husband and a father. And I... am a brother, the only relative Irene has left in this world. We are the same kind of people. We have a lot in common. I am a municipal employee and you are a federal employee. We both have relatives who are seriously ill. We both need a lot of money..."

Ma Hong took a deep breath, took out a bottle of asthma spray from his trouser pocket, took out two deep puffs, then took out a cigarette box, took out a cigarette with trembling hands, lit it, and took two deep puffs, trying to calm his anxious mood.

"Ma Hong, some things are beyond human power, but some things are within human power. If you kill that person, you will not only get $10 right now, but from now on, I promise you will earn more..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Roy took out a whole bundle of US dollars from the passenger glove box and threw it on the ground in front of Mahone.

Looking at the thick bundle of US dollars on the ground, Ma Hong took two big puffs of his cigarette again, raised his hand and was about to throw away the cigarette butt between his fingers, paused slightly, and then inserted the cigarette butt into the ashtray hanging on his chest.

Seeing this, Roy smiled...

"This is your first time killing someone outside the legal framework. I can understand how you feel at the moment. After all, you have fought tooth and nail to defend federal law. When you joined the FBI, I believe you also swore an oath. The man I chose for you today is a devil..."

Roy threw a file bag over:

"His name is Sayid Garrison, a member of a motorcycle gang. When he was young, he killed a neighbor's child. At that time, the state court sentenced him to manslaughter. After he became an adult, he committed drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping and other crimes.

Half a year ago, I caught him and sent him to court. Why do you think he is here? If he was in prison, would I still be able to bring him here?
He applied for that damn bail loan and that damn judge approved his bail, and a bad guy like this can be released on bail, and that's the federal law you were sworn to uphold.

Do you know how many police officers are killed every year by criminals who are out on bail? "

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