Legendary FBI Detective

The sudden explosion startled Vireness and Lady Heloise greatly.

The next second, with a tense look on her face, Vireness loudly asked into her phone:

"Luo An! What's happening on your end!"

No one answered on the other side of the phone. Vireness looked down and saw that the call had been disconnected.

She tried to redial but no one picked up. Vireness turned her head with an ugly expression and looked at the old lady beside her:

"Lady Heloise, perhaps you should give me an explanation?"

Lady Heloise's expression was also very grim; the situation seemed to have spiraled out of their initial plan.

Hearing Vireness's words, Lady Heloise pondered for a few seconds. Just as she was about to say something, Vireness put away her phone and turned to walk toward the conference room's door.

Vireness was now in a hurry to pass this news onto Task Force 5, and at the same time, she wanted Task Force 5 to rush to the scene to investigate the situation quickly.

When she reached the door of the conference room, Vireness said coldly with her back to Lady Heloise:

"Lady Heloise, I have no interest in listening to any more of your excuses, I will be reporting this incident.

As for you, you better think carefully about how you're going to deal with the Federal Prosecutor's Office later."

Having said that, Vireness pulled the door of the conference room open and strode out.

Hearing Vireness's words and seeing her back as she arranged tasks with Augustus in the Task Force 5's office area, Lady Heloise's anger surged, her face turning red and then pale.

"Damn it!"

Muttering a few curses under her breath, Lady Heloise immediately took out her phone, found a number, and dialed out.

In the current situation, it was more urgent to figure out exactly what happened at the site of the explosion.

Not only that, but Lady Heloise had some other ideas.

Like having CIA agents, who had already been lurking nearby, catch the criminals responsible for the explosion before the FBI did.

As long as they had the suspects in custody, the rest would be easy to handle.

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Time rolled back to just before the explosion.

Lady Heloise's shrill voice suddenly rang through the phone. Luo An showed little reaction; his face stoic as he sat in the passenger seat checking his gun, while Lede, startled by the outburst, flinched, almost dropping his hands.

However, after hearing Lady Heloise's command, Luo An and Lede exchanged glances and smirked disdainfully.

The two had no intention of obeying orders from that CIA old lady.

At this moment, the car had already arrived on the road diagonally opposite the Federal Prosecutor's Office.

While preparing to park the car, Luo An cleared his throat with a chuckle, about to say a few words in retort to Lady Heloise when suddenly, from across the Federal Prosecutor's Office's entrance, a deafening explosion was heard.

Boom——

"Shit!"

The unexpected explosion gave Luo An a major fright. Lede, equally scared, cursed loudly and immediately opened the car door and jumped out.

The small plaza outside the entrance of the Federal Prosecutor's Office was in chaos, with pedestrians scattering in all directions and screams from those frightened by the bomb and the moans of the injured who had collapsed on the ground echoing continuously.

As Lede ran out of the SUV, Luo An also quickly hung up the phone and ran out of the car.

Seeing Lede ready to head towards the entrance of the Federal Prosecutor's Office, Luo An hastily reached out to grab him, shouting loudly:

"Lede! Wait a second!"

Lede, in a running stance, was yanked hard by Luo An, almost tumbling forward onto the ground.

Quickly adjusting his posture to stand properly, Lede's face showed astonishment, more shocked by Luo An's strength.

"What's up? Luo An!"

But given the urgency of the situation, it wasn't the time to be concerned about strength. Lede assumed Luo An was worried about more bombs nearby and immediately said:

"Don't worry, Luo An, based on my previous experience in SWAT, it's highly unlikely there's a second bomb here!"

Luo An, while rapidly checking his gear to ensure his plate armor vest, stun grenades, smoke grenades, Glock 18, and extended magazines were all in order, carefully surveyed the running crowd and explained to Lede:

"The perpetrator who caused this explosion is highly likely to be Jacques and Thomas!

They are probably still at the scene! We have to hurry and catch them now!"

The reason for suspecting that Jacques and Thomas are likely still at the scene is mainly due to the earlier car accident.

After the car accident, Thomas went to the scene in the guise of an ambulance driver to check if Ivande was dead.

Considering Jacques and Thomas's determination for revenge, they would definitely check to see if John King was dead after the explosion.

"What?...OK!"

Upon hearing Luo An's words, Reed paused for a moment, then nodded decisively in agreement.

He then began to carefully observe his surroundings while asking:

"How exactly do we do this?"

"You take the left, I'll take the right! Search thoroughly!"

Without any unnecessary talk, Luo An pulled out his Glock 18 and quickly said:

"Jacques is 36 years old, physically fit, with a crew cut.

Thomas is older, with a shrill voice, long hair and some white hair!"

"OK!"

Searching for targets among a crowd is a basic skill for a SWAT operative.

Hearing the detail of the action plan, Reed immediately pulled out his Glock 18 like Luo An and quickly moved towards the crowd on the left side of the Federal Prosecutor's Office.

Fully armed, Luo An charged into the throng of people on the right side of the Federal Prosecutor's Office, scanning the face of every running person while quickly heading towards the platform on the right side.

There is a small plaza in front of the Federal Prosecutor's Office. To enter the building, you have to go up a long flight of stairs from the plaza.

The explosion took place right at the entrance of the Prosecutor's Office.

If someone wanted to check whether John King was dead, they would have to come to this platform.

Also, standing on the platform, Luo An could get a clearer view of every person at the scene.

Amidst the shocked looks from the passersby, the fully armed Luo An, seemingly unfazed by fatigue, took large strides and ran to the top of the stairs in a few seconds.

"FBI!"

Taking out his gold badge from his pocket and showing it to the bald security guard of the Prosecutor's Office who had collapsed on the ground, Luo An continued to carefully survey his surroundings while ripping open the guard's shirt to give first aid, and simultaneously asked:

"Did you witness the specifics of when the explosion happened?"

The bald security guard nodded, indicating that he saw the explosion came from a little boy's backpack, at the time when the boy's father was asking what was so heavy in the bag.

The next second, the explosion occurred, killing the father instantly, and the fate of the boy was unknown.

The boy's father, named John King, was a federal prosecutor.

After hearing the security guard's recount, Luo An licked his lips without speaking.

While carefully observing the crowd, just as Luo An was about to continue questioning, a fierce exchange of gunfire suddenly erupted from the left side of the Prosecutor's Office.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang...

"Fu-k!"

Hearing the gunshots, Luo An immediately stuffed the cloth into the guard's hands, rushing towards the left side of the Prosecutor's Office.

On the left side of the Prosecutor's Office, the fully armed Reed was squatting beside a sedan, taking cover from the enemy behind the SUV across, which was shooting a barrage of bullets this way.

The enemy was holding a rifle and had long white hair.

Reed had merely asked the person to stop for a moment, and the person opened fire without hesitation, which made Reed sure that the individual must be the one named Thomas.

With only a Glock 18 in his hand against an opponent with a rifle, Reed didn't dare to confront him head-on.

However, remembering the past combat experiences with Luo An, Reed allowed himself a smile and pulled out a stun grenade from behind him.

Just as Reed was getting ready to throw the stun grenade at the opponent, he suddenly saw four stun grenades from above his head flying towards the SUV across.

Reed: "..."

Thomas: "???"