Chapter 827 Robbery, route
Six o'clock in the evening, outside a supermarket chain in southern Washington, DC.
boom!
“Don’t eat the sour radish! Give me the money!”
Luo An and Mona were carrying dinner ingredients, talking and laughing as they walked to the car, when the sudden sound of gunfire startled them both.
Passers on the street were even more frightened, screaming and running away.
Luo An and Mona subconsciously took out their pistols. While checking the direction of the gunfire, they shouted to passers-by:
“Bend down and go this way quickly!”
Seeing the FBI golden badges displayed by Luo An and Mona, most passers-by immediately ran in the opposite direction according to their guidance.
While Luo An and Mona greeted passers-by, they quickly rushed to the location where the gunfire came from with pistols in hand.
After running a few steps and turning a corner, I found that it was the street where the back entrance of the supermarket chain was located.
At this time, a white young man with disheveled hair was running away on the street with a dagger in his hand and a look of panic on his face.
Not far behind him, an elderly white man wearing an ordinary coat, with a big belly, gray hair and even glasses, pointed a revolver at the young white man and kept yelling:
“You **** bug! How dare you steal my money? Who gave you the courage!”
boom!
“…”x2
Mona’s face was filled with astonishment when she saw this scene. Luo An’s mouth twitched, but he quickly raised his pistol and shouted:
“FBI!”
Seeing the figures of Luo An and Mona, the panic on the white young man's face instantly escalated to panic. Even though the old white man not far behind him was still shooting, he still turned around and ran back quickly and resolutely.
Luo An casually grabbed a skateboard that accidentally fell on the ground when a passerby ran away in panic, and threw it directly towards the white young man.
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With a muffled sound, the skateboard hit the white young man with great accuracy. The white young man suddenly stumbled forward and fell face first to the ground.
At the same time, the old white man also saw Luo An and Mona and heard their shouts. He raised his hands without hesitation and shouted:
“You guys came just in time, I want to call the police, this cousin’s trash just robbed me of my money!”
“…”x2
Originally I thought someone was robbing someone with a gun, but it turned out that the robbery did happen, and the person with the gun was the one being robbed.
Not long after, two nearby patrol policemen arrived. The old white man whose revolver was taken away by Luo An was filled with indignation, pointing to the young white man whose hands were handcuffed and explained:
“Today is the day I collect my pension, and I planned to go to the supermarket to buy some daily necessities.
In the end, this kid actually jumped out with a dagger to rob me. I really don’t know what the heavens and the earth are…”
The patrolman was also speechless. Luo An looked at the revolver he had collected and asked casually:
“Do you have a permit to carry a gun in public?”
Washington, D.C. is, after all, the political center of the federation, and some regulations are quite strict. Not every federal citizen is free to carry guns in public places.
Mona also turned to look at the old white man. When the old white man heard this, he suddenly stooped a little, started tapping his thighs, rubbing his arms, and said to himself:
“I am getting older, my ears are a little deaf, and my body is not as good as before…”
Everyone present rolled their eyes, and Luo An handed the revolver to the patrolman. This kind of matter could be handled by the police department without the FBI's intervention.
“Thank you very much, Team Leader Luo An.”
The two patrol officers also knew Luo An. After a few brief greetings, Luo An and Mona turned around and left the scene, walking in the direction of their cars.
“What an unlucky guy.”
“That guy is very unlucky.”
Luo An closed the trunk, walked to the driver's seat and said with a smile:
“If you think about it from another perspective, the old white man is quite lucky.” “That’s right.”
The two were chatting and laughing, opened the door and got in the car, leaving the area and returning to the villa to rest. On average, more than a hundred people were killed by gunfire every day in the Federation, and street robberies were not considered major crimes.
After a night's rest, they resumed work the next day. Winslow and Michelle investigated paper mills across the federation; Mona and Lacey investigated the interpersonal relationships between Giannido and his cronies during their lifetime; Roan and Chenille investigated together within the federation. Have similar counterfeit bills appeared in other states?
Luo An also contacted deputy team leader Paul. He used to travel between the black and white worlds and had a very wide network of contacts. Counterfeit banknotes may not be found in the above world, but the underground world always has information and methods unique to them.
Investigation work is always the most time-consuming. Everyone in the special investigation team only felt busy for a short while, and the time came to noon. After making phone calls to order meals, everyone did not take a break during the waiting period, and continued to sit in their respective positions to investigate clues. .
Luo An brewed a few cups of coffee, handed them to everyone one by one, and asked casually:
“Mona, how are you doing here?”
"not so good."
Mona frowned and replied:
“Jiannido is very cautious. I am investigating the disposable mobile phone he used and I should get some clues.”
“Good.”
Roan nodded slightly. He put down the coffee and didn't ask too much about Winslow and Michelle. The two of them had been on the phone this morning. It didn't take much to know that they didn't get any clues.
Looking up at the time, it would take a while for lunch to be delivered, so Luo An sat back at his work station, ready to continue investigating.
At this moment, Cheniel suddenly clapped her hands and said with a smile:
“Luo An, I found a clue here!”
“What clue?”
Luo An quickly moved his chair and came to Chenier's side. Chenier showed the computer screen to Luo An and explained seriously:
“Luo An, your previous judgment was correct. This counterfeit banknote has indeed appeared on the market, and it took a long time.”
In Chenier’s computer, there was a map of several states on the east coast of the Federation. There were some red dots on the map. Seeing this, Luo An frowned slightly and asked:
“These are the locations where counterfeit money has been found, right?”
“That’s right.”
Chenelle nodded heavily and introduced:
“I contacted the state police and FBI branches, and the locations of these red dots are areas where super counterfeit bills have appeared.
This kind of super counterfeit money appears only rarely, and it is almost invisible to the naked eye, so the police and FBI in these red dot areas do not have many clues.
But wait until I mark all these locations in red..."
Speaking of this, Chenier tapped the keyboard a few times to zoom in on the map, and a line connected by red dots suddenly appeared on the screen.
The southernmost point of the red dot is Atlanta, Georgia, in the southeastern part of the federation.
Then the red dot went all the way north, passing through South Carolina - North Carolina - Virginia, and finally arrived in Washington, DC.
“Obviously, this is the route.”
Chenelle put her head in her hands and analyzed carefully:
“The problem is, we don’t know who is walking this route; we don’t know why they are coming from Atlanta to Washington, D.C.”
Judging solely from the purpose of selling counterfeit money, Atlanta, which has the highest crime rate in the entire federation and has barely fallen out of the top ten in terms of danger, is definitely more suitable than Washington, DC.
Atlanta is full of talented people and its convenient transportation is not only an ideal place for transferring reading materials, but also suitable for making and selling counterfeit banknotes and selling bulk goods there.
Chenelle frowned in thought, not understanding the logic of the route travelers. Luoan was silent for a while, and just as he was about to speak, Lacey who was not far away suddenly said loudly:
“Luo An, I discovered something new here!”
(End of this chapter)