The status of investigative journalists is very similar to that of detectives, except that detectives are trying to figure out the truth of the case in order to get paid or solve the criminals.
As for reporters, after investigating the truth, they make it public so that the public can see it and indirectly gain fame or profit.
Young Laurie is an investigative reporter. She doesn't even have the backing of a certain TV station. This bold woman used to run around with a mobile phone, record what she found, and then sell it to the highest bidder.
newspapers or TV stations as exclusive news.
Speaking of which, it is a fairly free profession, even a bit like a mercenary in the press.
It's just that in a place like Kansas, it's impossible to have big news every day, so she can only afford to rent a small house in the city and live a very simple life.
On weekends, she would go back to town and go to her boyfriend's house. Even during the years when Clark disappeared, she was the one who took care of the old couple.
She believes that this is what a family should do, and she has not broken up with Clark even after losing contact with him for several years. Now she just doesn't know how to face him.
Because the things he did in the parallel universe were so cruel, and he could easily destroy the planet's combat power, making the girl feel as if her boyfriend was far away from her.
It's not a difference in social status or wealth, but a difference in life form. The other person is like a god.
But that was not the time to think about that. Now she drove to a crime scene. About half an hour ago, two madmen came from nowhere. They attacked the city administrative building, massacred the security guards and staff, and robbed
Some confidential documents.
The scene was so bloody that even the most experienced forensic doctors vomited a large amount after seeing the scenes in some rooms. It is said that this is not something humans should do.
As for Laurie, she came here to investigate and was prepared to dig deeper into what was going on behind the incident.
Unlike many reporters and anchors who chase hot topics and catch first-hand news, investigative reporters do not particularly value timeliness. They need to dig deep into a matter and expose the truth.
For example, why would someone attack City Hall? What is the other party’s motive? Is it a terrorist operation? Or does he want to steal confidential documents to make a profit?
Is everything as simple as everyone sees on the surface? Is there any strife between the two parties hidden behind it, or is it a dark political struggle?
These were all things she wanted to check.
So when she arrived here, the crowd of onlookers had almost finished leaving, because the current situation in the city was very bad, everyone was in danger, and the spectators hid back home.
The recent terrorist attack on the police station caused the police officers who were originally guarding the scene to go there. Therefore, outside the ruins of the city hall, which was full of blood and looked like a devil's cave, only a simple yellow and white plastic tape remained.
, as a blockade.
Laurie turned on the camera function of her mobile phone, raised her legs and walked into the scene. She took a deep breath, but was soon choked and coughed, and started to record the explanation with difficulty:
"I came to the city hall after the attack. God, this place really looked like a battlefield. Although I didn't see any bodies, the soles of my shoes were now covered in blood, making it difficult for me to walk."
"I am going to enter the ruins to look for traces of the criminals' past in order to find out the motive for their attacks. Today the city is in chaos. I have a vague feeling that there is something behind this series of attacks.
There is a connection.”
"I don't know what this connection is yet, but it is the responsibility of our reporters to investigate the truth. As long as they have been here, they will definitely leave traces. I just need a little good luck."
While talking to herself on the phone, she quickly walked towards the dilapidated city hall. It looked like it had been attacked by rockets. Part of the building collapsed, and the originally beautiful and heavy door was missing.
There was still smoke under some piles of rubble, and I didn’t know what was smoldering. Compared to most women of the same age, Laurie was not generally braver. When faced with such a terrifying scene, her tone didn’t even show a trace of emotion.
Trembling.
She walked up the blood-stained steps and entered the building. The moment the sunlight disappeared above her head, a sense of gloom swept through her every nerve.
Cold, this was her first reaction. She felt unusually cold, and even found herself breathing heavily in front of her as she spoke.
For a moment, she thought of being haunted, but as a materialist, she quickly threw this thought out of her mind.
"Click."
There was the sound of something falling in the deep and dilapidated corridor. She immediately used her mobile phone's flashlight to shine there, but she didn't see any living things. Instead, she saw some corpses that had not been taken away.
To be precise, there are more corpses inside the building than outside. Too many people died today. The manpower at the forensic center is completely insufficient, and the police are not enough.
For American law enforcement officers, their profession is a simple job. When a series of terrorist attacks occurred one after another in urban areas, they were also frightened. Many people preferred to return to their small homes.
Ensure the safety of your own family first.
Especially since many of today's vicious cases are specifically targeted at government employees and law enforcement officers, but investigations by the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have found nothing.
Laurie calmed down, walked to an office that looked intact, opened the door and looked inside, but she immediately vomited all over the floor.
She had never seen such a crime scene. No slaughterhouse would kill pigs like this, and it would not be so bloody.
"Click."
Just when she was vomiting, there seemed to be such a noise coming from the distance behind her. She struggled to be on guard, wiping her mouth and looking there in the ruins of the dark corridor.
Still nothing.
Nervousness can make people want to vomit, she understood this, and after calming herself down as much as possible, she didn't want to waste any more time, so she immediately walked upstairs to the mayor's office.
But as she walked away, she felt someone following her behind her. It was just a reporter's intuition that something was hiding in the darkness.
"Hello! Are you a survivor?" she asked.
"Yes, help, they're not leaving, they're not leaving!"
Someone responded to her question and crawled out of the darkness, but only half of the person. The man who was cut in half was still alive for some reason. He dragged his intestines and crawled as hard as he could, with a mixture of pain and fear on his face.
expression, and kept looking back behind him.
The female reporter's heart skipped a beat. She heard the other party's shout clearly. It turned out that the prisoner had not left this place. When the police came to investigate this place before, the murderers might have been hiding aside!
It was this second of shock and pause that prevented her from getting close to half of the people and escaped the disaster. Suddenly, a door in the corridor opened, and an iron rope with a huge hook shot out from the inside, knocking people on the ground.
The crawling half of the person quickly rolled into the dark room.
"ah!!!"
After a scream, everything became quiet again, and Laurie turned around and ran away. She wanted to escape from the city hall.