Sinmonger Chapter 4: Tracking

On the side of the road, an ordinary newsstand looks inconspicuous in the crowded streets of Chicago.

"Any news?" a man in his early forties asked.

He was not asking the owner of the newsstand, but a squat man next to him who had just picked up a newspaper.

The chubby man didn't answer, just turned around and winked, then took a step and walked in one direction.

Five minutes later, Frank and Sergeant Arthur, the second boss of the Genovese family, were sitting side by side on a bench on the edge of the square, feeding the pigeons with their heads bowed.

"Are you trying to ask about the explosion in Northwind Island Park last night?" Arthur said first. Although he was talking to Frank, his eyes were not in contact with him at all, and his head was turned to one side, looking like Focus on feeding the pigeons.

As a corrupt police officer, Arthur is very experienced. He has been a police officer for more than 20 years. He has seen many colleagues or superiors who took dirty money and ended up in prison. He also knows that as long as he is shaken in front of his interests Once that happens, you will never be clean. So caution has become Arthur's habit now, and even if someone is filming it, he can say, "I just happened to be sitting in the same long photo with the second-in-command of a mafia family while feeding the pigeons. In the chair, what can I do if he wants to sit down in public?"

If he expects to live to get his pension in ten years, he must be an actor every minute and every second, and imagine that cameras are everywhere. On this endless road, there is only one liberation from waking suffering in a dream.

Frank's performance arts skills are obviously a lot worse than Arthur's, but with a good teacher by his side, he follows the same example, rubbing his neck and looking away unnaturally. : "Yes, talk about it, Officer Arthur."

Arthur said: "Actually, I don't know much more than the newspaper reports. Yesterday evening, a little while before the park closed, there was an explosion in a remote area near the water. There were two loud bangs, and then a park manager heard the movement and called the police. He was terrified and thought it was a terrorist attack or something. Because he was nearby, in addition to the explosion, he also vaguely heard some gunshots, so he The description on the phone is like a world war.

About half an hour ago, there was a hit-and-run traffic chaos in the area around Highway 41. The bureau dispatched a lot of patrol cars and police to maintain order, just in time for this, plus The manager described it really like that, so hundreds of police officers turned the car around and drove onto Highway E. We even prepared ourselves mentally that the other party was the front line of freedom, and almost called HL for support. When they arrived at the park, they only saw two burnt cars and some footprints. After searching for half a mile, they found no half-corpse, no wounded, and no slogans left by any organization or individual.

The follow-up investigation of this matter in the bureau should continue this week. Now many police officers are contacting their informants, hoping to find a major case from this explosion. You still need to know what? "

Frank remained calm and continued to ask: "Officer Arthur, analyze from your professional point of view, what might the truth of this matter be?"

Arthur threw corn kernels in his hand and thought for a while: "If you don't come and ask me about this today, I will advise my colleagues in charge of this case to write on the closing report that a group of hippies were high on drugs in the park. A fire was accidentally started, which led to the explosion of two cars. One of them was confirmed to be a stolen vehicle, and there was a previous record of hit-and-run traffic accident. At present, there are no specific numbers or characteristics of witnesses and suspects. For the record."

Frank laughed: "So, did my curiosity change your opinion?"

Arthur said: "You have to tell me something I don't know before I can come to a conclusion."

Frank said: "Assume that one of the two cars yesterday was a car used by our company's employees to deliver goods; but the other car does not belong to the party who took the goods, but the origin is unknown." /

Arthur stopped for about two seconds, then cursed: "Damn..."

Frank just smiled noncommittally, waiting for a response.

This time, Arthur was silent for a long time, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "According to the situation of the on-site investigation, I will give you two possible conclusions. The first is that your employees swallowed the goods or money, and then run away.

They stole the car beforehand and deliberately used that car to create a traffic accident and cause a commotion, and ended up parked next to the delivery car and exploded before leaving, as if they were attacked by some force or someone , and the fact that there were two cars at the scene just explained this, but in fact, these kinds of illusions were used to cover up the simple truth, and everything was done for the Genovese family to avoid being hunted down later. "

Frank thought for a while after hearing the words: "I have to tell you something, Officer Arthur, it may be helpful to you. We have contacted the delivery party, and they said that the transaction started well last night. , but after the end, a young man suddenly appeared to spoil the situation. He came on foot and did not have a car, so he may have accomplices.

According to your first conclusion, I also do not rule out the possibility that the young man was hired by my staff to act. Maybe the conflict between them is just for the delivery party to see, but I think if it is really going to be played, it should hire a group of fiends with live ammunition to drive an SUV to the scene and shoot directly, which is more convincing. "

Arthur glanced at the other party: "You have a bad temper, Frank, do you have anything else to tell me? Let me make wrong judgments based on limited information, and then be accused of You deny it, it's a waste of time."

Frank said: "Excuse me, Officer Arthur, but I have lived to this day by being suspicious and cautious, and I can't be sure if you have some kind of recording device in your jacket pocket right now, so Prepare for future emergencies.”

Arthur did not continue this topic, because he had a ghost in his heart. He has been working with the Genovese family for a long time, and there are actually quite a few recordings at home in case of emergency...

"Okay, then let me talk about the second possible situation, that is, the 'young man' you mentioned and his unknown accomplices killed all your employees and swallowed up the post-trade Pay for the goods, throw away the transportation, maybe they have other cars, maybe not, but they managed to get out anyway.”

Frank asked again: "Don't your police set up a card check?"

"Of course ~IndoMTL.com~ After receiving the report of the explosion, they quickly set up a card on the E highway. All cars leaving Beifeng Island Park must be checked. In fact, the number is not large and suspicious. The guy from the car searched and recorded the driver's license information on the spot, but the criminals found were just a few drivers who didn't pay the ticket. After searching a lot of people, they didn't find the money you said or the explosion we expected at the time. device, the only contraband is a few ounces of marijuana." Ather paused and said, "Based on the new situation you just told me, I guess that group of people must have used some clever method to evade the pursuit, maybe they took the money Hidden somewhere in the park, intending to retrieve it later."

Frank said: "Then... can I trouble you, Officer Arthur, to try to find the money and the bodies of our employees."

Arthur threw away the corn in his hands, clapped his hands and stood up: "I'm just speculating, maybe the money was taken out of the park by them last night, but I'll still try to find it; as for yours With all due respect to the staff, Frank, if their bodies had been dumped in Lake Michigan, they would probably have drifted to Milwaukee by now, not to mention other ways of discarding bodies that would make people disappear from the world You know more than I do, don't you?"

Frank took out an envelope from his arms and placed it in the middle of the bench, thick enough to make one think: "Actually, I don't have much hope, but we also have our own rules, family members are missing or killed, no It's a small matter, just like you police officers, you follow the rules, we follow the tradition, so we look for it.

The Genovese family will handle the work of finding out the truth of the matter and sanctions. ' he said and left.

Arthur looked around before picking up the envelope on the bench, stuffing it into the inside pocket of his jacket and leaving in the other direction.