A retired reincarnator from a certain American film studio

He was far away in Eastern Europe, while Jack Benjamin was in Los Santos.

Logically speaking, he had a very reasonable excuse for going to Texas this time, so Maria Hill shouldn't be that concerned.

But judging from Hill's demeanor, it's like someone who knows the exam questions the day before, but doesn't know the results.

and so!

Has the news leaked somewhere?

Lu Ke pondered this thoughtfully.

at this time.

There was a snap.

Luke snapped out of his reverie and looked at Maria Hill, who had abruptly closed the documents in her hand, raising an eyebrow.

Wow, looks like I won.

but……

Maria Hill closed the file without saying a word. With an expression that seemed to indicate she had discovered something, she stood up, leaving the file behind. Instead of taking it with her, she hurriedly walked down the spiral staircase leading to the lower cabin.

Luke turned to watch Hill disappear down the spiral staircase, then looked back at the documents placed in front of him, his eyes gleaming.

He now suspects Hill is fishing.

Let's catch this gentlemanly big fish.

However, Luke recalled the expression on Hill's face when he left, which didn't seem fake but rather as if he had really discovered something significant. After thinking for a moment, he put Bourbon aside and went straight for the documents Hill had left on the table.

That is, the information about Heather Miller's biological parents' family, the Sawyer family.

Luke knew that Heather's original name was Sawyer.

Debbie had already found this out for Heather when she told him that she had received her grandmother's inheritance.

Debbie also researched the Sawyer family.

Luke did not ask.

the reason is simple.

The person he was connected with was Heather, not the Sawyer family. So he didn't look up any information about the Sawyer family. He only heard Debbie mention that Heather's biological parents died in a fire the year she was born.

At the time, the residents of the local town rushed to put out the fire, but unfortunately, they only managed to rescue Heather; the rest perished.

Afterwards, Heather's current adoptive father, Mr. Miller, adopted Heather and raised her.

But right now?

Luke flipped through the file on the "Sawyer family" in his hand, and a look of interest appeared on his face, especially when he saw the testimonies of the town's residents at the time.

Very simple.

These testimonies are false.

To be precise, every single one of the thirty-five people who went to put out the fire, including Heather's adoptive father, Mr. Miller, lied in their testimonies.

The evidence is that the testimonies of these thirty-five people, while not exactly identical, are certainly not entirely the same.

Even the time they arrived at the fire scene was exactly the same.

However, the local police department believed these 35 identical testimonies and closed the case as an accidental fire.

It's as if even the local police station knows about this and is willing to cooperate with these people to close the case as soon as possible.

This is interesting.

Lu Ke raised an eyebrow, closed the documents in his hand, stood up, and walked straight toward the spiral staircase leading to the lower cabin not far away.

Hill's Aegis private jet layout is strikingly similar to Cipher's aerial fortress.

The cabin is divided into two levels: the upper level is for rest, while the lower level is where the air command center is located.

As Luke went down the stairs, he saw Hill with her arms crossed, having a video call with Natasha Romanoff and Commander Victoria Hand, who appeared on the big screen.

Natasha saw Luke emerge from behind Hill, immediately fell silent, and greeted him.

"Good day, Director Dan."

"Good day."

Luke walked to Hill's side, smiled and said something to Natasha on the big screen, then his gaze fell on Commander Victoria Hand: "Good day, Commander Hand."

Commander Hand, who was in charge of the New York SHIELD center, greeted him with a smile.

Luke went straight to the point: "Sawyer family, what have you found out about that fire?"

Natasha and Commander Hand exchanged glances, then silently looked at Hill next to Luke.

Just as Jack has only one sun in his heart, Natasha and Commander Hand will forever have only one moon in their hearts.

Hill looked at Luke with a half-smile: "Director Dane, peeking at classified SHIELD documents is a federal felony."

Luke laughed and said, "Federal charges, Commander Hill, the right to interpret federal charges lies with me."

Hill turned to look at Luke: "When did Director Dane become the Supreme Court?"

Luke turned around and smiled at Hill: "When did Commander Hill's SHIELD acquire the Federation's legitimate law enforcement authority?"

Well known.

Only federal law enforcement agencies can convict someone of a federal crime.

S.H.I.E.L.D., a law enforcement agency that has not been registered with the House of Representatives, is considered a quack law enforcement agency in the Union, even with the backing of the five major powers.

Impersonating federal law enforcement is a federal felony.

Just want to.

As the FBI's state director, Luke could easily shut down S.H.I.E.L.D.

Hill and Luke locked eyes, their gazes locked in a fierce confrontation.

The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in the cabin kept their heads down, as if they were deaf and blind.

On the big screen, Natasha and Commander Hand had their arms crossed and their eyes wide open, seemingly watching the scene with great interest.

quite a while.

Hill looked away: "Pause?"

Lu Ke also withdrew his gaze: "I agree."

Hill nodded, his gaze returning to the large screen: "Report now."

Natasha and Commander Hand snapped out of their daze.

Commander Hand took the documents handed to him by the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent off-camera and spoke first.

"I had the agents retrieve news articles related to the year the Sawyer family fire occurred."

"According to the local fire department's case closure report."

"When we received the alarm, it was already 3 a.m. They arrived about half an hour later. The fire was already very big and out of control. After the fire was extinguished, eight bodies were found inside."

"resident?"

"When the fire department arrived, 35 nearby residents were already on the scene and participating in the firefighting efforts."

"..."

Hill frowned upon hearing this, nodded, and looked at Natasha: "Continue."

Natasha also looked down at the documents in front of her.

Today is Melinda May's wedding anniversary with her husband, so she took the day off. Natasha is filling in for her today.

"I had someone compile a list of news reports from that year, excluding the fire."

"I found this."

As Natasha spoke, she gestured to the agents to project numerous yellowed electronic versions of old newspapers onto the interface.

There are many reports, spanning a period of five years, ending with the Sawyer family fire.

Based on the content of these reports over the past five years, one thing can be concluded.

A serial killer has emerged in the area.

wrong.

To be more precise, he was a serial chainsaw killer.

"The earliest body was discovered on September 12, five years before the Sawyer family fire."

"The six bodies belonged to six backpackers who had hiked from another state."

"His death was very gruesome."

As he spoke, photos of the scene taken back then were instantly projected onto the large screen.

but……

The agents who can work at Commander Hill's air command center are the cream of the crop of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents; their mental fortitude is such that seeing these gruesome photos of the scene is almost unbearable.

Luke and Hill were the same; they were completely unaffected.

Natasha continued speaking.

According to the information Natasha obtained, after this first murder, similar cases began to occur more frequently.

However, the criminals' modus operandi changed. At the second crime scene, they only found bloodstains and the victim's clothing, but not the body.

The criminals also seemed to be professionals. Due to their expertise and the limitations of the times, the local police station, despite increasing manpower, still made no progress.

They called him the chainsaw killer because, on the seventeenth case, they finally encountered a living survivor.

To be precise, he was a survivor who was barely clinging to life.

The survivor's hands had been sawed off, and there were even chainsaw marks on his waist, so he died before he could get any answers.

Over the course of five years, this chainsaw killer committed at least a hundred cases, causing many residents of the small town to leave.

Until the Sawyer family fire occurred.

"Based on relevant data and information."