Legendary FBI Detective-Chapter 116: Details of the Car Accident and Good and Bad News

Upon hearing Vireness' inquiry, Mr. Clement, who was far away in Washington, leaned back in his seat, his eyebrows knitted together:

"I'm not clear about that matter, Vireness."

"But the order for the case came from Washington."

In the team leader's office, Vireness holding the phone, expressed her disbelief:

"And it just happened to be assigned to my Team Five."

Clement felt somewhat of a headache, he massaged his temples and, after thinking for a while, he said with a weighty tone:

"I will try to get the details of the original operation for you later.

At the same time, after this case is over, I'll see if I can arrange for the CIA to provide some compensation for you."

After all, this case was stirred up by the CIA; missing such a good opportunity to get something from the CIA, Clement wouldn't forgive himself.

"Thank you, boss."

Having heard the answer she wanted, Vireness' lips curved into a slight smile, and after a brief chat, she hung up the phone.

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Meanwhile, at the office area of Team Five.

Seeing that a figure had finally appeared, Mona, who had returned to her workstation and was about to set off, Luo An turned with a smile and asked:

"Mona, where have you been just now?"

"Just a personal matter."

Mona replied with a smile and without elaborating, she quickly changed the subject:

"How far has this car accident case progressed?"

Seeing that she did not wish to say more, Luo An did not press further. Hearing Mona's question, he spread his hands:

"The case is still at step one.

But we have made some additional discoveries, like now we know who killed Ivande."

After briefly summarizing the situation from the meeting room to Mona, Luo An continued:

"Lady Heloise will soon send Team Five some documents, you and William need to hurry and check this information.

Hopefully, we can find useful intel, and then track down Jacques' whereabouts."

After listening to Luo An, Mona nodded solemnly, then looked up and asked:

"What about you?"

Seeing Red packing up and heading toward the equipment room, Luo An explained while he was packing up:

"I'm still puzzled about how Jacques ensured that Ivande's car would exactly malfunction in the woods and crash into a tree.

Earlier, when we visited the caller's home, we were too busy catching someone and didn't have a chance to inquire about this, so I'm planning on going back to the caller's home with Red to see if we can find any useful clues."

"OK."

Mona showed a look of enlightenment and threw Luo An an OK gesture.

Seeing this, Luo An smiled slightly and strode into the equipment room.

"Mona."

Just then, the door of the team leader's office opened and Augustus, with his belly out, came out and gestured:

"Come to my office."

"Alright, boss."

Mona's expression shifted subtly upon hearing this, but after taking a deep breath, she quickly stepped into the team leader's office.

"Sit."

Inside the team leader's office, Augustus went straight to the point without any chit-chat and, with a serious expression, questioned her after gesturing for Mona to sit:

"Mona, Luo An should have told you the content of the meeting just now, so I won't repeat it.

Since your father might be involved in the background of this case, for the next period, I have only one requirement for you: don't go out on the field, OK?"

Hearing Augustus' words, Mona let out a long sigh and immediately nodded in agreement:

"No problem, boss."

"Good."

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Augustus nodded in satisfaction.

According to FBI regulations, an agent must take a leave of absence and stay away from the case only when a direct relative is involved as a main subject of the case.

For situations like this, where only the background of the case touches on an agent's relative, FBI agents typically will not take a leave but will continue with their regular duties.

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The Qiansi couple's home, the reporters of the car accident.

"Please come in, Agent Luo An."

Seeing Luo An again, the Qiansi couple was incredibly excited.

The wife hurriedly invited Luo An and Lai De to sit down, while the husband grabbed Luo An's hand and wouldn't let go:

"Thank you so much, Agent Luo An, thank you for saving our lives, if it wasn't for you..."

Lai De, seeing this, was quite surprised.

Not surprised that Luo An had saved someone, but surprised at the attitude of the Qiansi couple.

In America, it was rare to see such expressions of gratitude.

"No need to be polite, Mr. Qiansi."

Luo An's mouth twitched slightly as he forcefully pulled his hand out of Mr. Qiansi's grip:

"I'm here mainly because I have a few questions to ask."

"No problem!"

Mr. Qiansi nodded repeatedly, and his wife presented two cups of coffee to Luo An and Lai De before she smiled and said:

"Is it about that car accident?"

"That's right."

Luo An nodded his head and took out a notebook:

"When the car accident happened last night, you said in your report that you had been following right behind that car.

So you saw the whole process of the accident happening clearly, could you describe it for me in detail?"

At that time, there were no dashcams, or Luo An would not have had to go through all this trouble.

"Sure, no problem!"

Upon hearing Luo An's question, Mr. Qiansi nodded and recalled:

"The time was around 10:30 PM, my wife and I were just driving home after attending a concert.

The car involved in the accident was driving ahead of us, not very fast.

I was thinking about overtaking, but that area was a small wooded area, and there were quite a few bends, so for safety reasons, I didn't overtake in the end.

When our two cars were in the middle of the wooded stretch, the car ahead suddenly started swaying and then made a sharp left turn, crashing heavily into a big tree on the roadside..."

After listening to Mr. Qiansi's description, Lai De silently took a sip of coffee and then turned his gaze to Luo An.

He didn't hear any problem.

"OK."

Taking brief notes of Mr. Qiansi's words, Luo An fell silent for a moment, then raised his head and asked:

"Did you call the police right when the accident happened?"

"That's correct!"

The Qiansi couple nodded together and explained:

"After we saw the car had an accident, we immediately called 911, the ambulance arrived really fast and took the person away soon after..."

Hearing this, Luo An frowned and continued to inquire:

"How many cars stopped there after the accident happened? Was it just your couple's car?"

"No, there should have been two or three."

Mr. Qiansi, upon hearing Luo An's words, frowned and after a few seconds of thought, said:

"There were always cars passing that road at the time, and some stopped to check the situation.

After the ambulance arrived, my wife and I left, and there might have been more cars behind us."

"Oh, right, Agent Luo An, I just remembered something!"

Just as Luo An was about to continue asking, Mrs. Qiansi suddenly clapped her hands, her face filled with joy as she said to Luo An:

"At that time, there was a family that happened to pass by, I noticed that their kid was holding a handheld video camera, and they didn't leave until the ambulance did.

If you want to look at the specific situation from that night, that kid's video camera might be able to help you!"

Hearing Mrs. Qiansi's words, Luo An's writing hand paused, and his eyebrows shot up.

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Area of the Investigation Team Number Five office.

After importing the video from the handheld camera into the computer, Mona's fingers began to fly across the keyboard.

A minute later, Mona's movements froze and she turned her head to look at Luo An beside her, her tone a bit strange:

"One good news and one bad news, Luo An, which one do you want to hear first?"