Chapter 855: Hancheng Strategy (Part 9)
The red butter is rolling in the hot pot, and the alluring aroma seduce pairs of chopsticks, which are flipping up and down with various beef and mutton rolls and yellow throat hairy tripe.
Ma Xidao's little eyes widened. 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 the first time our team has gone abroad for a mission. I have been to the Philippines before, 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 hot pot for us, and it tasted even better than this. His cooking skills are the best I have ever seen. 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. If they are not processed in time, they will easily spoil. "
"Eh? Let me count." Ma Xidao pinched his carrot-thick fingers, "Jack's shooting skills are the best, Jack's crime-solving skills are the best, Jack's cooking skills are also the best, eh, special forces, then Can Jack beat you?"
Clay's hand movements paused slightly, and he and the wanted criminal team members who were sitting around showed a strange smile, "Jack can beat any of us, even Alice, who is the weakest. "
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. "
"Arcy. 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's words were equivalent to a disguised admission that he couldn't beat Jack.
"I just have some talent." Jack didn't want to be delved too deeply into this kind of thing, 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'm paying for this hot pot."
The guests and hosts enjoyed a hot pot meal, but luckily they didn't drink much. The FBI went back to their residences to rest, but they were woken up by a call from Prosecutor Jin Junhao before dawn.
By the time everyone arrived in Itaewon, it was not yet 4 o'clock in the morning. 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."
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.
"Following your reminder, we have just stepped up night patrols on several streets around Itaewon. The body was discovered by the patrol at 2:45 in the morning.
The employee over there was an employee of the convenience store next to him. He said that he had not seen the cart when he came to the convenience store to work at 11 o'clock in the evening, but when he came out to smoke at 2 o'clock, the cart was already here. "
Hannah frowned and looked 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, but only looking at the deep wrinkles on this employee's face and rickets, why? It seems that he should be of retirement age.
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 among 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.
This old man can still work as a night shift convenience store employee, which is actually a relatively easy job. There are also a group of elderly people over 65 years old shuttled in the Korean subway. They take advantage of the fact that the elderly card can take the subway for free to carry out intra-city express delivery business. .
Therefore, in Seoul subway stations, you can often see some gray-haired figures running all the way. They are not "unscrupulous" old people who get up early to go to the vegetable market to purchase fresh ingredients and compete with young people for public transportation resources, but the same Running for a living.
At the same time, the prosecutor was angry with Jubal, "You told us we were looking for a serial murderer, but why did your people let the American who was a major suspect go? This is very possible. That’s what he did.”
Jubal was stunned by his inexplicable accusation, but before he could answer, Jack stood up first.
"We ruled out Grayson Faber as a suspect based on the time of the first victim's death. He was not in Korea at the time. Besides, we took him to the embassy this afternoon and he is now on a plane back to the United States."
Kim Junhao was speechless for a while. Finally, he snorted coldly and walked to the side, pointing fingers at several police officers, which was considered a way out for himself.
"Should we consider changing the liaison officer?" Aubrey was a little unhappy with this guy's attitude.
Jubal shook his head, not wanting to cause trouble, "Forget it, although his attitude is not very good, at least he is doing his best. I guess he has a lot of pressure from above."
"I guess the pressure will be passed on to us soon." Jiejie said faintly.
Three dead people in three countries, the diplomatic pressure on South Korea will not be small. If the FBI did not come to assist, it would be fine, but now that the FBI has taken over the investigation, it is estimated that the blame will be thrown to us soon.
"That's something the embassy needs to consider. We just need to do our job well." Jubal was not worried about these things. It had not been two days since they got off the plane. Unless the case dragged on for a month or two, they would not be blamed.
"Now there is a question. How did the murderer find them? Since the three victims have similarities in appearance, are there any commonalities or connections in other aspects, including the connection with the murderer?"
Jubal looked at Hannah and said, "You 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. They promised to open all criminal databases to us."
Jack waved to the others, "Clay and Aubrey, follow me 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 forensic doctor."