Chapter 855 Hancheng Strategy (9)
The red butter is rolling in the hot pot, and the alluring aroma seduce pairs of chopsticks. Various beef and mutton rolls and yellow throat hairy tripes are placed in it. Flying.
Ma Xidao's small eyes widened as he watched a group of foreigners skillfully waving chopsticks and fighting for them. He always felt that something was wrong.
"Is this really your first time in Korea? Have you been to Japan or China before?"
Jubal picked up a piece of lotus root and blew on it, "This is our group This is my first overseas mission. I have been to the Philippines, Jack and Jiejie have been to Singapore, and Clay should have been to the most places, but I can’t say.”
Aubrey was so hot that his face was covered with sweat, and he hurriedly opened a bottle of cold beer for himself.
“Jack made this Sichuan hotpot for us, and it tasted even better than this. His cooking skills are the best I have ever seen, and he can cook cuisine from any country.
But he rarely cooks this kind of spicy hot pot for us. He said that frying it in chili oil can easily attract complaints, and most of the ingredients have to be flown from Los Angeles or Austin to New York, and they can easily spoil if they are not processed in time. "< br>
“Eh? Let me count.” Ma Xidao clapped his carrot-thick fingers, “Jack’s shooting skills are the best, Jack’s crime-solving skills are the best, and Jack’s cooking skills are also the best, eh. Hey, special forces, can Jack beat you?"
Clay's hand movements paused slightly, and he and the wanted criminal group sitting around showed a strange smile, "Jack can beat you? Any one of us is a draw, even the weakest Alice.”
Seeing Ma Xidao blinking with confusion on his face, Clay continued to explain, "That is to say, during training, he can have a very exciting sparring with any of us, allowing us to give full play to our skills while ensuring that each other does not get hurt. "
"Axi. I don't believe it, Jack, are you Superman?"
Looking at Jack whose arms were more than a circle thinner than his own, Ma Xidao's curiosity was completely aroused. Clay said this, which was equivalent to admitting in disguise that he couldn't beat Jack.
“It’s just that I have some talent.” Jack didn’t want to be delved too deeply into this matter, so he raised a beer bottle and touched it with him, changing the subject.
"Sorry, we can only drink this before the case is over. We owe the promised wine first. When everything is over, we will have a good drink."
Ma Xidao waved his hand indifferently, "I don't know if I can help yet. Besides, you are guests. How can I ask you to pay? I'll treat you to this hot pot meal."
A hot pot meal is enough. The guests and hosts had a great time, but luckily they didn't drink too much. The FBI went back to their residences to rest, but they were woken up by a call from Prosecutor Jin Junhao before dawn.
It was not even 4 o'clock in the morning when everyone arrived in Itaewon. A dark alley had already been cordoned off, and a group of guys in strange clothes gathered at the entrance of the alley to watch the fun.
Seeing the FBI, the dark-faced prosecutor Jin Junhao waved away the two police officers who were reporting something to him, and took the initiative to greet them with a notepad.
"We have confirmed that the victim is Elsa Birquist, 23 years old from Stockholm, Sweden, who works in a nearby shop."
After everyone helped to set up a temporary human fence around, Jack put on gloves and opened the plastic bag on a shopping trolley next to the trash can. "A young white girl with blond hair, the target type of the suspect has been determined."< br>
Prosecutor Jin Junhao raised his finger and pointed at an old man not far away who was writing notes for the criminal police. He looked to be at least seventy or eighty years old.
“According to your reminder, we have just strengthened night patrols on several streets around Itaewon. The body was discovered by the patrol at 2:45 in the morning. The one over there is from the convenience store next to it. The employee said that he had not seen the cart when he came to work at the convenience store at 11 o'clock in the evening, but when he came out to smoke at 2 o'clock, the cart was already here."
< br>Hannah turned her head and frowned to look at the convenience store employee he was talking about, with a strange expression. Although Europeans and Americans are somewhat face-blind when it comes to Asians, they only saw the deep wrinkles on this employee’s face and his rickety back. , no matter how you look at it, it should be the age of retirement.
Jiejie noticed her doubts and explained to her in a low voice that a quarter of the elderly over 70 in South Korea had to continue working because their pensions could not make ends meet.
The poverty rate for the elderly in South Korea is 43.4%, because the most extensive basic annuity pension covering this group of people is only 300,000 won per capita per month, which is equivalent to less than 220 US dollars.
It is actually a relatively easy job for an old man like this to be a convenience store employee on night shift. There are also a group of elderly people over 65 years old who shuttle in the Korean subway. They can use the senior citizen card to take the subway for free. Advantages, carry out intra-city express delivery business.
So in Seoul subway stations, you can often see some gray-haired figures running all the way. They are not "unscrupulous" people who get up early to go to the vegetable market to purchase fresh ingredients and compete with young people for public transportation resources. "The old man is also running for a living.
At the same time, the prosecutor was angry with Jubal, "It was you who told us we were looking for a serial murderer, but why did your people give away the American who was a major suspect? Let it go, this is probably what he did.”
Jubal was stunned by his inexplicable accusation, but before he could answer, Jack stood up first.
“We excluded Grayson Faber as a suspect based on the time of the murder of the first deceased. He was not in South Korea at the time. Moreover, he was escorted into the embassy by us this afternoon and was already flying. We're on the plane back to the United States."
Jin Junhao was speechless for a moment. Finally, he snorted and walked to the side, pointing fingers at several police officers. He was looking for himself. Go down the stairs.
"Should we consider changing a liaison officer?" Aubrey was a little unhappy with this guy's attitude.
Jubal shook his head, not wanting to get into trouble, "Forget it, although his attitude is not very good, at least he is doing his work with all his heart. It is estimated that there is a lot of pressure on him from above."
"It is estimated that the pressure will be passed to us soon." Jiejie said quietly.
With three deceased persons in three countries, the diplomatic pressure on South Korea will not be small. It would be okay if the FBI did not come to assist, but now that the FBI has taken over the investigation power, it is estimated that the blame will be passed quickly.
"That is an issue that the embassy needs to consider. We just have to do our job well." Jubal is not worried about this. It has only been less than two days since they got off the plane, unless the case is delayed for one or two days. months, otherwise the blame will not be placed on them.
“Now there is a question, how did the murderer find them? Since the three victims have something in common in appearance, are there any commonalities or connections in other aspects, including with the murderer? "
As he spoke, Jubal looked at Hannah and said, "Go back and collect and compare the information of the three victims with Alice, including their usual work and entertainment, daily travel habits, etc.
Jiejie and I will stay at the Seoul Police Department to provide remote assistance, and they have promised to open all criminal databases to us. "
Jack waved to the others, "Clay and Aubrey are going to the morgue with the body. We need to get the autopsy results as soon as possible, so the fastest way is to stay with the medical examiner. . ”
(End of this chapter)