North America Gunman Detective

Chapter 1362 737: Before the Case Is Closed (2)

Ruiz was interrupted by Jimmy, suddenly hearing Jimmy's thoughts and feeling a bit confused, "Are you saying he already collaborated with the other side?"

Jimmy nodded: "When I saw Seventeen, he appeared in the same car with Victoria, always staying by her side, seeming to have a pretty high status."

Ruiz: "He was caught for a month, just one month."

Jimmy: "You guessed it right, shortly after he was caught, he was taken to Juarez, and quickly betrayed, which explains why he's in a high position within Victoria's Steel Tyrannosaurus Gang, he must have made some deal with them to gain their trust."

Ruiz was speechless, the information he had before was that Seventeen was killed by the gang, meaning he hadn't betrayed them and persisted, now Jimmy's words indicate another worst-case scenario, an undercover agent sold out intelligence and completely joined the gang.

He didn't doubt Jimmy's words, since Jimmy said Seventeen committed suicide, then possibly Jimmy was at the scene, wait a minute, Jimmy was at the scene, Seventeen committed suicide, he also saw Victoria and Seventeen get out from the same car...

Ruiz looked at Jimmy: "Did you do it?"

Jimmy expressionlessly looked at the gradually dispersing crowd in front and nodded, "I gave Seventeen a dignified end, it's the best for him, his family, and us."

Ruiz also looked at the crowd, "Well done."

Jimmy: "So, back to the earlier question, do you have anything to tell me? Victoria is with the Sinaloa Group, you should understand their operations."

Ruiz shook his head: "No, we haven't touched those, actually according to our plan, Seventeen's side dock's main business was gang smuggling of luxury goods and high-value electronic products, we're infiltrating gangs, not the drug cartel."

Jimmy glanced at Ruiz: "You know that's not what I'm asking, you, or rather many of you, how many might cause issues? Even though Seventeen is dead, some things aren't erased that easily."

Ruiz said nothing, Jimmy didn't rush him either, taking out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and giving one to Ruiz, they stood there smoking, quietly waiting for the crowd ahead to completely disperse.

Ruiz threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stomped it out, "Thanks, I'll handle it."

Jimmy also threw away his cigarette butt, "Need any help?"

Ruiz: "Not now, I'll manage it. Let's go."

Jimmy and Ruiz left the cemetery, each driving away.

Jimmy's vacation time isn't long, Hope has already notified him that he needs to go to headquarters in two days for a briefing, after all, the case was led by Jimmy, many procedures still require his involvement, even though Hope almost finished the paperwork, there are still many confirmations he needs to sign.

In New York, besides the church, he needs to meet a few priests to maintain relations, and with Nia also taking this opportunity for her vacation, Jimmy's days are indeed busy and exhausting.

Other meetings are fine, when visiting Father White at St. Andrew's Church, he was asked to do a prayer inside the church, along with chats and such, which wasted an entire afternoon.

However, Father White's perception is notably good, he sensed something might be happening to Jimmy recently, and after the prayer in the church, he also performed a simple purification ceremony for him, can't help it, Jimmy indeed killed too much, although he didn't feel it himself, but to outsiders, his expression and state seem not quite right.

Father White didn't ask Jimmy what he did, as an FBI Senior Agent, a public figure, cases involving killing are generally secretive, not something an old man like him should be concerned with.

Father Rodney didn't accompany Jimmy this time, he's rather unlucky, although he's fine, a previously arranged exorcism priest suffered severe injuries, now fresh blood is needed again, the chat with Jimmy was brief before he left.

It seems during Jimmy's absence these past two months, supernatural events remain in an outbreak period, these capable exorcism priests are extremely scarce, any casualty can throw them into chaos.

But it's odd, Jimmy has been in multiple places during this time, whether a city, wilderness, or forest, and hasn't encountered any supernatural events around him, it's unclear if these events have any patterns that can be traced, or if the key outbreak area is the Northeast United States?

If investigating patterns requires the church to provide complete data, at least provide data for New York and its surroundings, once things settle, Jimmy will ask Father Rodney, perhaps he can find the cause of these supernatural event eruptions, the key is, not only are they frequent, but the entities appearing are also harmful, Jimmy previously heard Father Rodney complain about significant losses among their people.

After shopping with Nia and enjoying a dinner gathering at Kevin's home, the next day, Jimmy flew to Washington, D.C.

Peter and Hope were busy in the office, Jimmy glanced through the window, looking around before knocking and entering, "Jimmy, just in time, take a look at this report first, sign it."

Seeing Jimmy, Peter immediately picked up a report from the table and handed it to Jimmy, "This afternoon there will be an internal case evaluation, you might need to present some details about this case."

Jimmy blinked, just got here and there's trouble? Can't it be settled normally? "Why?"

Peter: "This case involved four branches, along with cooperation from the DEA, multiple casualties, the case is too big."

Jimmy nodded, picked up the report and sat in a chair to review it, it mostly followed their investigation process, but avoided potentially problematic content, especially the incident in New Mexico, these are parts that might draw inquiries, this report likely blurred some details, overall it's okay.

These people are really annoying, things are solved, isn't that enough? Just go through the procedures, creating all this trouble purely to show their presence, Jimmy really hates such meetings.

Fortunately, Hope is the main speaker this time, being the report drafter, Jimmy might take advantage and relax a bit.

While reviewing the report, Jimmy inquired about how his colleagues at the Utah Salt Lake City office handled the investigation, they initially deployed several small groups to investigate separately, other teams' status he really doesn't know.

Hope, while revising the report, spoke without looking up, "Only one group successfully located the victim, a high school girl, contact has been made with her family; other leads ended, investigation concluded after about a week and they returned to the office."

Jimmy: "That's not bad, at least there's a result, they didn't completely waste their time."

Hope: "But this case they assisted with will also be included in our case."

Jimmy: "As long as there's credit, Peter, about how long will this case continue?"

Peter: "Probably at least another half a month or more, detainees from other offices need to be sent to Washington collectively, plus investigations from the Federation Prosecutor's Office, half a month might not suffice, compiling all personnel data and case situations, the Federation Prosecutor's Office may not have adequate manpower, once they set the court date it'll be settled.

By the way, an unofficial news, your case might be designated as a major case for promotion, at that time, the Public Affairs Office will contact you guys to schedule."

Jimmy: "Is that necessary? I traveled from New York, it's quite cumbersome."

Peter: "Not yet confirmed, requires further evaluation, if there aren't other significant achievements, yours might be prioritized."