Metzk Bar.

After a busy day during the day, drinking some wine at night is one of the great pleasures in life.

As soon as Luke entered the bar, he immediately became the center of attention.

He has thought of this a long time ago. He must not only satisfy the curiosity of the public, but also satisfy the curiosity of his colleagues before this matter is completely over.

Luke smiled and greeted his colleagues in the police station with envy, teasing, and congratulations. He accepted them all.

As today's protagonist, he must face everything with a strong mentality.

After chatting with other colleagues, people from the 1st Squadron of the Robbery and Murder Division gathered together, and Rhett and David also came.

David suggested, "Tell us more about the Las Vegas shooting. Everyone is very curious, especially about the shooter. This guy is definitely a perverted and ruthless person."

Luke smiled and said, "I am lapd, not lvpd. ​​Do you think they will let me participate in the investigation of the case?"

The deputy team leader said, "Then tell me what you know. I want to hear it too."

"OK." Luke nodded, and then described the shooting process again.

After hearing this, the deputy team leader laughed and said, "You have really offended the Las Vegas police. Don't even think about traveling to Las Vegas again."

"There's nothing special about that place except gambling." Luke was obviously unhappy.

Xiao Hei asked, "Did you gamble a lot when you went to Las Vegas this time? Did you win?"

"Stop! That's it for this topic."

Xiao Hei curled his lips, "I know the answer."

Luke drank some wine, chatted with the team members, and then drove home.

A golden nest or a silver nest is not as comfortable as your own kennel or your own bed.

Xiao Hei came out of the bar, glanced at a few colleagues, and was about to think about who to find a ride when his cell phone rang.

Xiao Hei glanced at his phone and said, "Hey, Reporter Jones, do you have anything to do with me?"

"There is a gray Ford in front of you on the right, which is my car."

Xiao Hei glanced at it, walked to the car with a smile, and greeted Ripali Jones in the cab, "Hi, beauty, can you give me a ride home?"

"Get in the car."

Xiao Hei got in the car and said, "Thank you."

Parry Jones took out two stacks of bills and said, "This is for you."

Xiao Hei took the banknote and said with a smile, "Happy cooperation."

"Not too pleasant for me."

"Why?"

"Did you know Luke was the police officer who subdued the shooter?"

"That's right."

"Then why didn't you tell me? I won't ask for your information in vain, and I will pay the informant fee, but you sold the information to other TV stations, which makes me very sad."

Xiao Hei touched his nose and said, "I thought you didn't take this news very seriously. Besides, this is not something I can completely decide. Luke is the boss, and I just followed his orders.

If I hadn't fought for it, he might not have even considered cooperating with you."

"He didn't want you to tell me the rest of the news?"

"That's not true. He just said that I should not be emotional and contact other TV stations. The one with the highest price will get it.

In terms of price, other TV stations are indeed more sincere than your TV station."

"How much did they pay you?"

"$40,000."

"I can also give you this price."

"But you said you were only willing to pay 20,000."

Pari Jones said helplessly, "Can the two of us only talk about money?"

Xiao Hei winked and said, "Don't be angry. I still have a bottle of fine red wine at home. We can drink and talk about other things at the same time."

…

The next morning.

Xiaohei's house.

Early in the morning, Luke received a call from Xiao Hei, asking Luke to pick him up for work.

Luke didn't know where this kid had the confidence to say this.

Luke went anyway out of curiosity.

Arriving at the door of Xiao Hei's house, Luke saw a gray car outside the garage and shook his head.

"Beep..." Luke pressed the car horn.

Not long after, the door to Xiao Hei's house opened, and he and a woman came out of the room.

Luke recognized this woman, Pari Jones, at a glance.

Pari Jones took the initiative to say hello, "Hi, Deputy Luke, we meet again."

Luke smiled, "I thought we would meet, but I didn't expect it here."

"We will meet often in the future, bye." Pari Jones said hello, blew a kiss to Xiao Hei, and then drove away in a gray car.

Luke shook his head, "Don't tell me, you called me here today just to let me see this scene."

"No, I have other things to do." After Xiao Hei finished speaking, he got into Luke's passenger compartment, and then took out six stacks of green banknotes from his bag, "I think the money I got from selling the news this time was before going to work.

It's more appropriate to give it to you, after all, I don't have a car now."

Luke picked up six stacks of dollars and gave two more stacks back to Xiao Hei, "This is yours."

Xiao Hei smiled and only took a stack of banknotes, "Just give me these. What I gained this time is not only money, but also other things."

"I see." Luke said nothing more and drove directly to work.

The two of them were chatting about each other on the road. Xiao Hei looked a little excited and looked like he was passionately in love.

Luke didn't bother to pay attention to him.

Although Xiao Hei has an unreliable character, he still has a bottom line in his work.

"Buzz." Both their cell phones rang.

Xiao Hei took out his mobile phone and looked at it, "The captain sent a message in the group, there is a new case, let us rush to the scene of the crime directly."

"where?"

…

Twenty minutes later, Luke and Xiao Hei arrived at the scene of the crime.

This is a white middle-class community, and you can smell a burning smell from a long distance away.

One house has been burned down, but fortunately the houses in the community are widely spaced and other houses have not been affected.

When the two got out of the car, there was mud under their feet, the surroundings were scorched black, and the house had been completely turned into ruins.

Luke glanced around, "Captain, what's going on here?"

"Last night, this house caught fire. The fire was very intense. When the firefighters arrived at the scene, the house was basically burned down. They suspected that they found a body in the house."

"Is he the owner of the house?"

Susan shook her head, "According to the neighbors, this house has been vacant and the owner doesn't come back to live in it often.

The homeowner's family has been notified and they are on their way here."

Luke looked around the house and at the people watching the excitement.

Not long after, the forensic and technical teams also arrived at the scene and entered the ruins to investigate.

Luke was not idle either. The ruins of the house were filled with mud, and all evidence visible to the naked eye was probably burned.

He looked towards the crowd of spectators.

Such a huge fire is probably man-made, and based on his experience, some perverted arsonists like to return to the scene to admire their masterpieces.

Luke and others began to visit the surrounding people and ask them if they knew about the fire.

These onlookers were all neighbors in the community, and they were also very angry about the fire.

A house on fire will affect the tranquility of the entire community, and an arsonist can burn your house today and mine tomorrow. Everyone is quite enthusiastic about this.

But they didn’t know much about the situation, and they almost all arrived at the scene after the fire started.

Most neighbors said that the fire spread quickly and there should be items such as accelerants. In other words, it was probably arson.

At this moment, people from the forensic department came out of the scene, carrying a burnt black object on a stretcher.
To be continued...