Chapter 960 In Washington, D.C. (Part 2)
"Rangers or Green Berets?" Reacher narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the two people in front of him with a thoughtful look.
"Ranger." The woman in the black suit is short and is a white woman in her early thirties. Her appearance is unremarkable. Although she is formally dressed, she looks like a female who is ready to go. Leopard.
Although the other man in a black suit is also not tall, he has an extremely stocky figure. Just by looking at his hairstyle, you can tell that he is a strong man. The front half of his head is shiny, and some green can be barely seen at the back. Stubble.
He ignored Jack on the side and stood in front of Reacher and said in an impatient tone.
"The senator wants to make you an offer, get in the car, just you."
"No." Reacher refused, "He is my friend, he will go wherever I go."
A man and a woman looked at each other. It seemed that the woman was indeed responsible for giving orders. She looked at Jack carefully, and then nodded reluctantly, "Okay, you two."
"No." Rachel still refused.
"Any more questions, Mr. Reacher?" The woman frowned.
"Call me Rachel." Rachel felt a little uncomfortable with the prefix "Mr.".
"Okay, Rachel, do you have any questions?" The woman was a little confused.
"He is very rude." Reacher glanced at the bald man with a bad tone.
"OK, Hart, how do you say that magic word?" The woman looked at the bald man next to her.
As soon as a mocking expression appeared on the bald face, he noticed that the woman looked at him with a strong warning in her eyes.
He had to work hard to adjust his expression, and respectfully extended his right hand, "Please get in the car."
With a satisfied smile, Lei Che walked to the GMC commercial vehicle in front of him that had opened the door and sat in it. After getting in, Jack shook his head speechlessly, walked to the other side of the car door and got in the car.
He didn't know how Reacher could tell that the woman was from the Army, but the tattoo on the bald man's neck showed that he was a seal, so a guy from the Army Military Police suddenly became so fussy.
Two GMC commercial vehicles drove all the way into the Smithsonian National Zoo. It wasn’t until the driver got out of the car with them that Jack noticed that he was an Asian with a skull and shield tattooed on his neck. He looked similar to the bald man. Also a seal.
The SEALs and Clay's SEAL Team 6 are two completely different special forces. Their relationship is somewhat similar to the Rangers and Delta. They are not affiliated with each other, but most of the members of the latter are selected from former.
SEAL Team Six is now called the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, and the abbreviation has also changed from the original SEAL to DEVGRU.
Having witnessed the conflict between the US military on land and sea with his own eyes, Jack didn’t know whether to judge it as naive or boring. After all, he was not even a soldier, and now he was an insignificant companion, leisurely following a few people. Go into a room behind a cage.
The smell here is not very good, the monkeys are quite noisy, and the sign at the entrance says "Primate Exhibition Area".
"Isn't it a bit too much trouble to meet in a place like this?" Reacher looked at the empty cages around him with a half-smiling expression.
"Perhaps you will feel more comfortable with the company of gorillas." The bald man finally took the opportunity to avenge his previous attack with words, and then quickly retreated to the door of the room, completely distraught. Give Reacher a chance to fight back.
At this moment, figures flashed in the passage on the other side of the room. A white-headed man wearing a black windbreaker and shiny leather shoes walked out of the passage and extended his hand to Reacher and Jack very enthusiastically.
"Mr. Reacher, I am Malcolm Lavoie."
"He likes to be called Reacher directly." The female player who was also performing bodyguard duties was also standing at the door. said the trooper.
"No, if it's him, it must be prefixed with 'Mr.'." Reacher had no intention of shaking hands with the other party. He said stiffly, "The first lieutenant is the taxpayer." Tune.
A certain senator did not feel embarrassed at all. His outstretched right hand turned forward naturally, as if he just wanted to make a gesture to emphasize his tone, and put it back into his windbreaker pocket.
"Mr. Reacher, uh, this is Mr. Lane? I'm sorry to invite you here in this way."
Jack showed a fake smile, and the mustache on his lips curled up. Then, the other party called himself Ryan, which meant that he had done some research in advance, but the information he found was slightly wrong.
"I think you chose this place because this is one of the few places in Washington DC where you can avoid others' sight, right?" Reacher said with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.
"Well, you are really smart, Mr. Reacher, and that's exactly why I joined the board of directors of this zoo." Although Senator Lavoie has white hair, his forehead is almost invisible. There are no wrinkles, and the carefully maintained appearance gives people the illusion that he just has a few gray hairs.
After saying that, he turned around and snapped his fingers. The figure that appeared in the passage this time was one that Reacher was relatively familiar with. After all, they had just met last night.
"Aha, I believe you still have an impression of my legislative director, Mr. Boyd, right?"
"Of course, the guy who likes cocaine." Reacher mocked unceremoniously. road.
Mr. Congressman still had that hypocritical smile unique to politicians, "You know, when I learned about this, I contacted a friend of mine in the FBI.
Imagine For a moment, Mr. Boyd was so embarrassed and relieved to find out that he had revealed some of our little secrets to two people pretending to be federal agents
So he made some small amends. Fortunately, this time the police station’s surveillance did not fail at critical moments like most of the time. Through facial recognition software, we matched your profile with that of a soldier.”
"Jack Reacher, from West Point Military Academy, one Bronze Star, two Silver Stars, and one Purple Star." Daniel Boyd casually flipped through the files on his phone, completely losing his cowardice from last night.
“Be respectful.” The attitude of a certain second-generation ancestor attracted a pretentious reprimand from Malcolm Lavoie.
He turned to Lei Che and apologized, "This is a very brilliant resume. Thank you very much for your service to the country."
Lei Che looked at the two of them expressionlessly. There they played double act together, still without saying a word.
"I'm sorry, Boyd did some small investigations privately without your permission, although we don't know why Mr. Major gave up his bright future in the army and subsequently died. Disappeared.
But a strange incident came into view a few years ago in the town of Margrave, Georgia, where your brother Joey nearly died while investigating a massive counterfeiting case. But then the entire criminal group collapsed, everyone involved was killed, and even the factory that made counterfeit banknotes was burned down.
According to the official statement, it all seemed to be the work of a retired soldier, a private detective who had just been fired from the NYPD, and police officers from two local towns. ”
“It wasn’t that I was fired. I became a private detective after I voluntarily resigned. "Jack kindly corrected him. Although he made up the fake file himself, there is still a big difference between taking the blame and resigning and being fired.
"Sorry, my fault. "Lavoie even showed an apologetic smile to Jack, which made him feel a chill in his heart.
"Let's get to the point. This place smells like monkey shit."
Leacher's patience is almost exhausted. He has no good impression of politicians. Now that the cases have been almost investigated, he needs to Unless Jack asked him to help "kill" the congressman in front of him, he wouldn't bother to talk nonsense.
“I know that what happened in Margrave Town was your fault, Mr. Reacher, Mr. Lane. I also know that you just went to DHS and asked Joey Reacher for help.
< br>In fact, I can also provide similar help, intelligence, weapons and even human resources. I just hope that you can do what you did in Margrave Town again. ”
Lavoi. He finally put away his hypocritical politician face and became serious.
"Why?" Reacher began to use his acting skills and subconsciously glanced at the three bodyguards at the door, as if he really had something to do with it.
If this guy hadn't been watching when Jack was forging the Margrave Town case information, and helped fill in a lot of details, he would have almost believed it to be true.
"Of course it's because of what you said to Boyd in Boston. Do you doubt the possibility of this weapon being lost? I'm surprised that the 'New Era Technology' gang only knows how to count money. The directors actually knew nothing about it.
So my people found one of the directors in charge of the Denver factory and used a little trick to get him to explain everything. "
Lavoie took out a USB flash drive from his pocket and handed it to Reacher, "This guy who owes a lot of gambling debts accepted a $2 million bearer bond and installed GPS on the vehicle transporting a batch of missiles. Locator.
Then I heard next that your people tried to intercept the hijacked truck halfway and almost succeeded.
This surprises me very much, and I am very happy to see that your 110 Special Investigation Team has been reorganized again and its capabilities are still the same as before, although some of its members have unfortunately passed away. "
Seeing that Reacher's face was a little strange, Congressman Lavoie, who felt he had taken the initiative, showed a bit of pride, "Don't be so surprised, Mr. Reacher, I am a senator in Congress, and I am still very good at what I do. Efficient. "
The corners of Lei Che's mouth turned up slightly, "I was shocked precisely because I didn't expect members of Congress to do things so efficiently. "
"Hahaha" the complacency on Lavoie's face turned into self-mockery, "In fact, I am used to being criticized like this. ”
After saying that, his expression became serious again, "The key point is that these weapons cannot fall into the hands of terrorists. I think our demands are consistent on this point. What do you think? Mr. Reacher."
Leicher sneered, "Of course, because DHS has realized that this matter is related to terrorism, you may be able to cover it up now, but once domestic civil aviation aircraft are attacked by such missiles, or in our If an enemy country discovers this weapon, someone will get to the bottom of it.
Then someone will find out that you have been involved in illegal transactions related to the 'Little Wings' project from the beginning. Who will do it then? I can’t save you.”
“So kill the bad guys and let me get clean too. This is what we call a win-win situation in Washington.” Lavoie spread his hands and his voice became extremely contagious. , as if giving a speech on Capitol Hill.
“I tried my best to give this country the powerful tools it needed to defend its democracy, and I just did it in a small way, avoiding a lot of red tape, and no one can question it. My motivation.”
"By the way, you can make a fortune in the process, right?" Reacher snorted coldly.
"Again, this is a win-win situation." Lavoie showed no shame on his face and even took half a step forward to stare into Reacher's eyes.
"I want to make it clear to you that I don't want to see innocent people die because of this weapon. I am a politician, not a perverted murderer, Mr. Reacher.
And I am I'm not asking you for help, I'm offering you help ."
Lavoie stretched out his finger and pointed at Reacher, "I know what kind of person you are. You will avenge yourself and you will be ruthless, whether it is your record in the army or your time in Margrave Town. Everything you do proves this.
I like your style very much, keep it up, kill those bad guys, you can always call me for help when you need it.
At the same time, I also promise you that when this is over, all records will be erased, just like before.
Use your violence to destroy it all, smash everything into pieces, catch all the bad guys without leaving any evidence, and then you can continue to disappear, no one will pursue it, and no one will If someone tries to find you, your friends can return to a peaceful life. "
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" Phew! "It wasn't until the two left the monkey exhibition area and mixed in with the crowd of zoo visitors that Reacher breathed a heavy sigh, raised his arm and looked at his fist with bulging veins.
"It was just a little bit close. I was so close that I couldn't help but punch that bastard to death."
"This is the first time I've seen a politician say such a long series of sincere words in one breath. "What else are you dissatisfied with?" Jack teased and took out his cell phone to dial Joey's number.
"How is the recording effect? OK, how to turn these recordings into legal surveillance evidence is your job at DHS.
In addition, the congressman also provided us with a new piece of evidence , the reason why 'AM' appeared in Denver was found, he was going to bribe someone
He should have arranged for the carjacking to be carried out by a board member in charge of the factory. This was the delivery method agreed upon by both parties. Next, we only need to find the chips in Langston's hand, or follow those. The missing missile can be found by walking away. ”
After making the call, Jack raised his fingers and said, "Dixon has no important relatives alive. O'Donnell's family went on vacation. Niggly has an old father who is in poor health and it is difficult to move, but the FBI has sent people to help protect him."
The Special Investigation Team is currently impeccable, but we still lack an important witness. Maybe she can help us solve the final mystery, especially the part about Tony Swan. "
"Then call O'Donnell. It's time for us to return to New York. I hope your two girlfriends are strong enough and have found out the whereabouts of Marlo Burns."
< br> Rachel pouted, took out a few coins from his pocket and bought two ice cream cones for himself and Jack.
"Shut up, Big Jack, if you mention this again I will call Roscoe to come to New York. I believe she will be happy to come and help when she hears your name."
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Jack bit off half the cone in one vicious bite.
(End of this chapter)