Chapter 982 In Hawaii (Part 9)
After Cheng Hao and the HPD officers cleaned up the open space in front of the house, they checked the two cars. The unmarked car was originally parked there.
But when they checked the police car, they found two bodies stuffed into the trunk. They didn't speak out immediately because they were worried about affecting Jack's first aid.
"So the killer killed the two police officers in advance, put on their uniforms, and drove their car here, so the FBI agent left the house without any defense and appeared in the open area."
Danny walked to the place where the old agent fell just now, looked at the house about 20 to 30 meters away, turned back and frowned, and said, "The agent found something wrong after he approached and tried to draw his gun to fight back, but was shot by the opponent who was prepared."
"But where is the killer?" Jack felt that this didn't make sense. There was no sign of a third car from the tire tracks at the scene. Could it be that the killer was still nearby?
"Go in and take a look, and you'll see. Julie is a girl full of fighting spirit." Kono, who had searched the house with Danny before, pointed to the small wooden house.
Many houses in tropical areas are built like stilt houses, and the first floor is also separated from the ground by a distance, probably to avoid the humidity of the rainy season.
Jack lived in the Jiangnan area in his previous life, and he had some experience with this. Every year during the "yellow plum season", whether it was a building or a bungalow, the first floor was always condensed with water droplets.
The wooden house used as a safe house was decorated quite warmly. It seemed that Julie Master and the FBI agent had lived here for some time.
The novels on the bookshelf were a little messy. Jack even saw Cassel's new book-Nikki Hitt series and his own domineering articles on the coffee table. Considering that there was no network or signal here, reading seemed to be the only pastime.
What was out of tune with everything around was the footprints on the ground with mud. Danny, who had just searched the whole house with Kono, pointed to the footprints and the direction they extended.
"Two people, tall, at least size 11 shoes, went directly to the bathroom."
Everyone carefully avoided the footprints on the ground, walked around the living room corridor, and saw a smashed door and more messy footprints.
Kono pointed to the messy footprints on the ground, "These are left by high heels. They found Julie, but what happened afterwards was obviously beyond the killers' expectations."
She led everyone into the bathroom, where the footprints were even messier, and in addition to the footprints, there were also shells and burn marks.
"9mm bullets, at least three shots were fired." Cheng Hao picked up a shell on the ground with a pen and said in an affirmative tone, then looked at the broken door and the black burn marks on the wall next to it with some doubts, "What is this? Someone tried to set a fire?
"Let me show you. "Jack put on gloves, picked up a can of antiperspirant and a lighter from the ground, lit the lighter and pressed the spray head of the antiperspirant.
The heat wave in his face made Cheng Hao subconsciously take a half step back, his face was not surprised but happy, "She is really a smart girl."
"If this girl is still alive, I would like to meet her." Kono walked to a broken glass window in the bathroom, "She burned one of them and then jumped out from here."
Jack looked at the bloodstains on the glass window, and then looked at the tropical jungle in the distance, frowning, "She was cut by the glass, the injury is a bit serious, I hope she was not caught up by the killers."
He raised his hand to check the time, and estimated in his mind, "We are more than three hours behind, but since the two killers did not come back to pick up the car, I think there should be a chance."
"We not only have to find Julie, but also send her to Honolulu before the trial. "Danny looked at the vast jungle and the distant ridges in a daze.
"The question is where should we start looking."
"Not us, but me." Jack said firmly.
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"Water, energy bars, GPS, satellite phone, everything you need is in there." Danny sorted out the things and helped put them into Jack's backpack, with a little hesitation on his face.
"Are you sure you want to go in alone?"
"If any of you have received special training like me, you can come together, otherwise you should wait for the search team to gather. "
Jack didn't have to pretend to be a hero, but a tropical jungle is still a tropical jungle.
Although Oahu is the most developed island in the Hawaiian Islands, and there is no real uninhabited area in theory, it doesn't mean that you can go deep into the jungle at will.
The danger is secondary. The main thing is that there are only two satellite phones. One needs to be left here waiting for the search team to join, so there is only one left.
If someone loses contact in the jungle, it will really become a gourd baby saving his grandfather, and they have to go one by one.
Jack has not only received training, but also followed the guys from Team B to perform missions in a real tropical rainforest. Before that, he had the experience of being stranded on a deserted island. This level of tropical jungle is not a challenge for him.
"McGarrett will definitely like this guy." Cheng Hao, as a local, originally planned to follow along, but was persuaded by what Jack said just now.
Although Kono is also a local, as a "mermaid", she is familiar with the sea and has never been deep into the hinterland of the island. Although there are no snakes in the Hawaiian Islands, there are many poisonous insects and leeches.
As for Danny, a city dweller from New Jersey, the only type of jungle he is familiar with is called the "concrete jungle", so when the search team arrives, Cheng Hao, the only person with some experience, will be needed to lead the team.
Steve McGarrett mentioned by Cheng Hao is Danny's good friend and partner, and also the head of "Five-O", the major from the Navy SEALs.
Obviously, in the eyes of everyone, if he is here at this time, Jack will have a temporary partner.
"Don't worry, as long as she is alive, I can bring her out safely." Jack said and wrote a note to Kono.
"Contact this number. This is my colleague Alice in New York. Ask her to help find all the information about the defendant Allen Brenner and the so-called Baha drug cartel. The DEA must have relevant information.
Let Alice retrieve all the intelligence about the drug cartel, especially their usual assassination methods and team configuration, and then try to find the identity of the killer based on this intelligence."
These killers dared to kill HPD police officers and federal agents directly. Jack did not think that they were temporarily hired by the Baha Group in the local area. These people must be from outside the island. If there is any clue, the identity of the other party can be found out through flight information.
From the point of view that these guys did not raid the safe house directly, but chose to intercept the HPD police officers who came to meet them halfway, they may not know the specific location of the safe house.
This shows that the local FBI office and HPD are clean, and the only problem may be the court.
Thinking of this, Jack reminded again, "Ask the judge for a list of insiders, including everyone who knows about the transfer of witnesses today."
Originally, this case had nothing to do with him, but now the situation is different. The old agent who was shot is an FBI. Although the two of them are strangers, they are still colleagues.
Jack didn't really care about sending the witnesses before the trial at 5 pm. Now this case is no longer about helping to protect witnesses for Jack and the entire FBI.
A colleague fell for this. This case belongs to the FBI. Whether it is the DEA or the federal marshals, it will not work.
Even if the judge approves Allen Brenner's parole, it will be useless. The news that the agent was shot must have been reported back to the local office. Once the guy leaves the court, he can be arrested again.
The charges are ready. He is suspected of participating in the murder of two HPD police officers and causing serious injuries to a federal agent, which directly returns the case to the federal level.
As for the evidence, Jack insisted on entering the jungle alone not only to find the witness Julie, but also to hunt down the killers.
As long as they fall into his hands, Jack has plenty of ways to make those hired killers "willingly" become witnesses to testify against the Baha drug cartel.
But these methods must be shady. Jack knew that the "Five-O" Hawaiian police were also very shady when he watched the show in his previous life, but after all, they had never cooperated formally, so there was no need to scare them right away.