Chapter 899: Three tied up at once
Manhattan Island is a north-south long area. The north-south direction is called a street or avenue (Avenue), and the east-west direction is called a street (Street).
New Yorkers are accustomed to calling the area south of 34th Street downtown, 34th Street to 59th Street called Midtown, and the area north of 59th Street called Uptown.
Although the overall public security in Midtown and Lower Manhattan is not as good as that in Uptown, it is not so absolute. In any case, it is much better than Harlem, which is further north.
The reason why Jack said this was simply to investigate Sarah's whereabouts and provide more clues to Alice's search for the vehicle's whereabouts to speed up the progress.
Because both Columbia University and Sara's apartment are in upper Manhattan, the lower town should theoretically be outside of Sara's daily travel range.
However, Hasim, who was responsible for protecting her, was hit and killed in an alley in the lower city. Before he died, he emptied all the bullets in his magazine.
Jack did not comment on the marksmanship of this special soldier, but he had to admit that the bodyguard responsible for secretly protecting Sarah was very conscientious and did not give up his efforts to prevent the kidnappers from leaving at the last moment of his life. .
This also shows from the side that Sarah was probably kidnapped nearby, which is actually a bit unusual.
It stands to reason that a kidnapping should be done at night or directly break into the apartment to arrest someone. Why take such a big risk and do it in broad daylight?
At this time, Jack is actually looking forward to the plot of "Person of Interest" starting soon. Although he doesn't know how the original plot will be interpreted in this world, but with the help of artificial intelligence, there is no need to use a large army to encounter such a kidnapping case again. I helped people look at the road surveillance over and over again to do some visual recognition.
The sound of tapping footsteps sounded, and Detective Beckett, who already had two proudly long legs and still liked to wear high heels, walked into the lounge with his mobile phone.
“Kevin and Esposito are at Columbia University at the moment. They found Sarah’s best friend and roommate Amber. She knew nothing about the kidnapping. She only knew that Sarah was going out today. Went to participate in some science exhibition.”
“Got it.” Jack pushed the coffee cup away, stood up and walked to the large office of the combat center. He found Hannah who was busy in front of the computer and patted her. Shoulder.
“Search for science-related events taking place in Lower Manhattan this morning, including exhibitions, talks, and all related types.”
The keyboard clicked, and soon three related search results were excerpted by Hannah. "The first one is eight blocks away from where Hasim was killed. There is an art theater that is holding a science fiction movie marathon."
Cassell, who had come to join in the fun, curled his lips disdainfully, "But strictly speaking, science fiction movies have nothing to do with science."
Jack answered, "Of course it is limited to American science fiction movies."
“ScienceFictionFilm, there is indeed the word science in it.” As a COSPLAY enthusiast, Hannah was quite unhappy.
You must know that the so-called hard science fiction in the United States today is basically extinct. Any science fiction film can eventually be elevated to the level of religion. The only remaining ones are those superhero dramas with the title of science fiction. .
Cassell's disdain has turned into contempt, "If you think the evil superman who loves to drink breast milk can be considered a scientific setting, then I admit that science fiction movies are related to science."
"That's fine. It’s a sociological category, and strictly speaking it’s not a movie, it’s a comic book and a TV series.” Jack added coolly, knowing that he was talking about the people from the motherland in “The Black Robe”.
Beckett on the side shuddered and didn't want to talk to these two guys at all, "What are the other two?"
"A lecture on constellations held by an astronomer, and There is a lecture by a scientist named Hayden Posner, which will be held in the banquet hall of the Beaumont Hotel at noon today."
Before Hannah finished the introduction, Cassel seemed to have thought of something, "Wow. Oh, Dr. Posner, he is an expert on climate change. Alexis admires him very much and recommended his book to me, but I haven’t had a chance to read it yet.”
Several people present were already accustomed to this person's off-key speech, and Jack ignored the meaningless nonsense and directly hit the key points.
"Sara's major in college is marine biology, right, which means she should be interested in climate change. Who wants to come with me?" In fact, he also said nonsense. At the moment, everyone They are all busy, who else can be there besides Beckett, and as for the other follower, you can just ignore it.
It was the evening rush hour when I went out. Even though Jack kept turning on the Hellcat's hidden police lights and occasionally sounded the siren, the drive in less than ten minutes still took fifteen minutes. minute.
After arriving at the hotel, a hotel butler wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie greeted the three of them politely.
After hearing about the FBI and NYPD detectives' visit, the hotel housekeeper found a sign-in list, "I remember her, a very beautiful young girl, Sara Elmasri, right? I registered her personally. "
"Have you noticed anything wrong with her? Or is there anyone who has had a conflict with her, or is there a suspicious follower?" Beckett asked.
The hotel housekeeper looked a little puzzled because the three of them just asked about a girl and did not mention anything about the kidnapping case.
"No, it was noon when the speech ended, and she ate with her friends in the cafeteria before leaving."
"Her friends?" Cassel Got the point.
"Yes, there are two girls who are equally young. They should be younger than her, maybe not yet 18 years old, but I don't remember their names. They should also be on this list."
The hotel steward said and handed the list to Cassel.
“Can you describe the appearance of those two girls?” Jack asked with a frown, suddenly having an ominous premonition.
"Uh, blond, reddish, white, all pretty, cute type." The hotel housekeeper stuttered a bit to describe her.
"Both of them are blond?" Before Beckett finished speaking, he saw a smile on Cassel's face who was checking the list, "Ah ha, it's Alexis and Kim, on the list There are two of them.”
"Call them!" Jack's heart thumped, and Beckett's face, standing next to Cassel, became extremely ugly.
Before Cassel could react, he took out his phone and looked triumphant, "I didn't expect Alexis to be able to help us again this time. Maybe she knows something. ”
Almost at the same time he pressed Alexis’ cell phone number, a ringtone rang on the other side of the hotel.
Casel looked around with some confusion, "This is her cell phone ringtone."
The three of them followed the hotel steward towards the bar. The ringtone came from under the wine cabinet. .
"What is this?" Cassel looked around. At this time, he did not realize the seriousness of the matter.
“This is where we store lost items.” The hotel housekeeper took out a cardboard box from under the wine cabinet and put a bunch of wallets and mobile phones in it. One of the mobile phones was vibrating.
“This was just handed over by a guest, who said he found it on a fire hydrant next to the hotel’s security door leading to the back alley.”
Casel picked up the phone, his face The smile on his face disappeared instantly, and even lost its color, "The kidnappers also took away Alexis and Kim!"
(End of this chapter)