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Chapter 116 The Badge in the Ruins (Fifth update, please subscribe!!)

In the federal government, there are as many law enforcement agencies as there are crucian carp crossing the river.

Needless to say, the local police stations in each region.

The FBI is responsible for managing cross-border federal cases.

There is also the Central Intelligence Agency, also known as the CIA, which is responsible for foreign cases and operations.

But in addition to these three law enforcement agencies that are most familiar to the public, there are others.

such as……

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which specializes in federal Navy-related crimes.

The Army Criminal Investigation Division handles Army-related cases.

There are also those in the Air Force.

Even the Coast Guard Investigation Service has the power to investigate bodies found on the coastline.

In short, it’s just one sentence!

There are all kinds of law enforcement agencies here. Law enforcement agencies that you think of, or even ones you haven't thought of, all have law enforcement authority.

So sometimes, you can even see as few as two law enforcement agencies competing for a case, and as many as six or seven law enforcement agencies competing for the right to handle the case.

The Sentinel Secret Service is a niche, but it is indeed a law enforcement agency with law enforcement authority.

But in the beginning, the Sentinel Secret Service's authority was very limited.

Because when the Sentinel Secret Service was established, the major law enforcement agencies were already bloated to a certain extent, and their law enforcement authorities had overlapped.

It's like the pie has been divided, and there's not enough for everyone. How can another person eat the pie come in?

Therefore, the Sentinel Secret Service at that time was affiliated with the military. Only later, as the times progressed and the number of mutant cases across the federation began to gradually increase, did the Sentinel Secret Service gradually begin to have a role.

In the end, the Sentinel Secret Service successfully became a cooperative department of the Department of Justice and the military.

But law enforcement authority is strictly restricted.

The law enforcement authority of the Sentinel Secret Service is only valid for mutants and does not have any law enforcement authority for ordinary people.

Simply put.

If there is a mutant, even if he has done nothing, the Sentinel Secret Service has the right to control and contain him.

But if it is an ordinary person, even if this ordinary person is installing a little boy on a Hollywood landmark and the Sentinel Secret Service is right next to him, he is not qualified to arrest him.

However, most ordinary people would not know this.

Except for those gangsters who always inexplicably like to confront law enforcement agencies when they see them, normal people will usually choose to cooperate after knowing that the other party is a law enforcement agency, even if the other party has no authority.

Rachel herself graduated from Columbia University School of Journalism and has the dream of doing professional journalism.

So Rachel knew the jurisdiction between the major federal law enforcement agencies.

but……

After Rachel finished speaking, in order to confirm, she still looked at Luke: "I remember that there is no law enforcement authority for ordinary people. That's right."

Luke nodded.

Rachel then looked at Jiaying and Karl: "You should have complained on the spot."

Karl's eyes lit up and he looked at Rachel: "That's what I said at the time."

Jiaying shook her head and said: "Forget it, it didn't take long anyway. After confirming that we are not mutants, we will be let go."

She is a stranger.

Mutants and mutants are two different concepts.

Simply put.

Aliens and mutants, to put it bluntly, are two different species.

So Jiaying is not afraid of the Sentinel Secret Service.

Of course.

There is another reason why Jiaying cooperates with the Sentinel Special Service Team. It is the traditional characteristics of Dongguo. It is better to do less than to do more.

Luke did not express any opinion on this point, but asked: "Then did your plane change the booking?"

Carl shook his head.

"not yet."

"After we learned the news about what happened here, we rushed over as soon as possible."

Jiaying looked at Lu Ke and asked with concern: "Are you okay, Lu Ke?"

A forced smile appeared on Lu Ke's face: "Thank you, I can still stand it. In fact, you don't need to come here specially."

Jiaying said seriously: "How can that be done? You are the best friend our couple has ever met."

Luke thanked him again, and then said: "That's it, it's delaying your time to go to New York City again."

Jiaying shook her head: "It's already been delayed for so many years, and it won't matter if it's just a few more days."

Just know that their daughter is in New York City.

This is enough.

Moreover, it has been confirmed from the DMV system in Queens, New York City, that there is indeed Skye.

Jiaying and Carl also saw Skye's driving photos.

It's their daughter Daisy.

It's just that the address on Skye's driver's license at that time had long been invalidated, and there were no other updates to the address.

Luke helped contact the FBI in New York City, and Carl also contacted an old friend in New York City to help with the search.

It's just that there is no good news yet.In the intensive care unit.

Jiaying looked at Lorna Dane who was sleeping on the hospital bed, and said to Luke beside her: "Your sister is very beautiful."

"Of course my sister is beautiful."

The corners of Lu Ke's lips raised, like a real brother, he looked at Jiaying and made no secret of his love for his little sister: "She was even cuter when she was little than she is now."

Jiaying nodded: "I can see that."

Lu Ke then sighed: "Because of the undercover incident, I can be said to have disappeared for two years. Even when I returned home, I would watch secretly. I originally thought that I would find time to go back next month, but I didn't. I once thought... something like this happened."

Jiaying comforted Lu Ke: "I believe your sister will be fine."

Luke looked at Lorna on the bed: "I hope so!"

It is normal for the little sister to suddenly encounter such an accident and be surprised. Suddenly, she forgets about her brother who has not been back for two years.

after all……

Diseases of the brain are difficult to explain clearly.

Moreover, there are so many people who suddenly encounter accidents and cannot remember their family members when they wake up, or simply forget part of their family members.

So, Lorna Dane woke up and suddenly didn't remember the existence of a brother like him.

Is it weird?

Not surprisingly.

Quite the opposite.

This is normal.

Couldn't be more normal.

After all, no one would doubt that Luke, a dignified deputy director of operations for the FBI branch, already a well-deserved superhero in the hearts of the West Coast people, and with good credibility among the people, would lie about this matter.

and so!
Luke didn't think at all that Lorna Dane had better not wake up.

More than anyone else, he hoped that his sister, who had suddenly suffered such a disaster, could wake up safely and soundly as quickly as possible.

Jiaying and Karl did not stay in the ward for long.

The two of them were probably in the ward, accompanying Luke and Rachel. They stayed there around eleven o'clock and then said goodbye.

Luke and Rachel, who also wanted to go downstairs and breathe some fresh air, simply sent the two of them downstairs. After watching Jiaying and Karl leave, they turned around and walked towards the inpatient building again.

Luke said to Rachel: "Are you hungry? Let's go to the restaurant here and have a meal?"

Rachel was indeed hungry and said with a smile, "Okay."

She smiled not because she could finally eat, but because Luke finally knew he was hungry.

After all, Luke didn't eat much at the manor reception last night. He just drank with the group of people.

Moreover, he had not slept all night and had not eaten in the morning. Logically speaking, he was already very sleepy and very hungry.

But Luke didn't feel that way at all.

Rachel understood this to mean that Luke was overly sad, and the adrenaline triggered by sadness offset the feelings of sleepiness and hunger.

at the moment.

Luke finally said he was hungry. Although this did not mean that Luke had come out of his sadness.

But at least it can be proven that Luke has tried to accept this accident and accepted the consequences of this accident.

This is a good thing.

This is why Rachel is happy.

In the hospital restaurant on the fifth floor.

Luke and Rachel found a seat by the window and sat down.

Rachel looked at Luke who was sitting across from him with a smile. After opening the package, he took a big bite of the burger. She helped put a straw on the Coke on the side and handed it to Luke.

Luke said thank you.

"I suddenly felt so hungry."

"You knew you drank last night, but you didn't eat anything this morning. Are you not hungry?"

"There's nothing I can do. That guy from Dodge has to fight me for a drink."

Luke thought about yesterday, when he was invited to have a golf date with him, and to have a drink with state representative Dodge. He complained speechlessly, and then looked at Rachel: "Do you know why this guy met for the first time? Am I so enthusiastic?”

Rachel shook her head: "Mrs. Dodge and I are also curious, why?"

Luke smiled and whispered: "Dodge said that his girlfriend at the time was also from Dongguo, but Mrs. Dodge used some tricks to get him to misunderstand his girlfriend, which led to him breaking up with her. He thought I knew his girlfriend and wanted my help to find his girlfriend at the time."

Rachel couldn't help but want to laugh: "It seems that this state representative is still an infatuated person."

Luke shrugged.

Rachel saw the ashes still on Luke's forehead, opened her backpack, and was about to take out a tissue to wipe Luke's face, and then she saw a badge in his bag.

"correct."

Rachel took out the FBI badge that Pan Ning had just given to her and handed it to Luke: "Pan Ning gave this to me when he came over. He said that this was also found in the ruins. You didn't reply at that time." Home, but send the badge back.”

Luke looked at the badge in Rachel's hand and frowned slightly.

next second.

Luke hummed softly and took the badge handed over by Rachel.

……

(End of this chapter)