As soon as Locke arrived at the police station and changed his clothes, he was notified to meet Anna Davis.

“Dong… Dong…”

“Come in…”

Locke pushed the door open and walked in. He saw Anna Davis sitting in front of the computer and drinking coffee. Her face was a little haggard, and her eyes were full of bloodshot. It was obvious that she hadn’t slept all night.

Anna Davis looked up at Locke and pointed to the chair opposite her. “Sit down, Locke, how do you feel now?”

Locke knew what she wanted to ask and replied, “I had some insomnia last night. David took me to church this morning…”

Anna Davis asked with concern, “Is it effective?”

Locke shrugged, “It seems to be a little bit. In fact, I’m not too afraid of this…”

“…”

Anna Davis looked helpless and still didn’t believe Locke’s ghost story.

She restrained her expression and said, “OK, now I have two things to tell you…” She picked up a document from her hand and handed it to Locke, “Something went wrong yesterday, so there is a new remedy. In view of your outstanding personal ability, you will be hired by the Wilshire Police Department to protect me and Nathan during your administrative leave. This is the employment contract…” Locke took the contract and looked at it. It was a very common security employment contract. The LAPD did have the power to hire private detectives or security guards to handle some special cases. The date on it was the day before yesterday. The clause specifically mentioned that Locke had the right of self-defense. When the employer was in danger of his life, he could take the initiative to open fire, which was considered to be officially granted the right to open fire. It also specifically mentioned that this contract had confidentiality requirements and should not be made public. He looked at Anna Davis in confusion. If it could be done this way, why did he use another plan last night! Anna Davis took a sip of coffee and replied, “The case of the Copernicus organization may be handed over to the FBI or DHS (Department of Homeland Security), so yesterday’s plan will not work. No matter which of the two departments accepts it, they will definitely investigate yesterday’s matter thoroughly in advance, so the senior police officers agreed to re-sign this commission contract to make your actions yesterday legal…”

“Last night’s plan was a favor, but today’s plan makes everything a legal procedure, which is more beneficial to you!”

She leaned back and stretched her body without any image, “In fact, I also thought about changing the end time of your administrative leave. After all, it’s only a few hours, but there are too many departments to coordinate, and the operation is more difficult…”

After listening to Anna Davis’ explanation, Locke immediately signed his name on the contract.

Yesterday’s plan only sealed what he did in this matter. Now everything is legal and there is no future trouble. Naturally, he likes it more.

He said gratefully: “Anna, thank you!”

“This is what I should do. I won’t let anything happen to you!”

Anna Davis returned this sentence to Locke. She put away the document signed by Locke and said: “You have to be mentally prepared. When this case is closed, you will need to appear in court for questioning…”

Locke replied: “I have no problem…”

Killing five people during administrative leave is not an internal investigation, but a normal judicial procedure, and will definitely go to court.

Anna Davis said again: “The guns and knives you took away yesterday are all evidence. You must replenish them as soon as possible. Do you remember where you lost them? Do you need to arrange a diver for you…”

Locke replied without blushing: “No, I have good swimming skills and will get it done as soon as possible.”

Anna Davis naturally guessed some, but didn’t say anything, “OK, then you go and make a complete record later. Richard will not arrange a patrol mission for you today…”

“Understood…”

Locke nodded. She naturally knew what could be written and what could not be written. Anna reminded him to leave with a gun, so naturally he couldn’t write these things.

Anna Davis breathed a sigh of relief. It was obvious that she was relieved that the matter could be handled in this way. After all, the sealing method still had consequences, which was not conducive to Locke’s future development and she also had hidden dangers. She said: “There is one more thing. Regarding the case of Elvin Marcus, we will not submit your testimony to the prosecution. Your testimony cannot be brought to court…” “I have no problem…” Locke wanted it very much. This was exactly his purpose. He asked curiously: “Then how do we explain the matter of going to Villa F-10-09 with a search warrant…” Anna Davis said calmly: “The police received a tip…” “Cool!” Locke couldn’t help laughing. He was an enthusiastic citizen yesterday afternoon, and now he has become an informant of LAPD. At this time, someone knocked on the door. After obtaining permission, Teresa from the detective team pushed the door open.She looked at Locke with sympathy, “Captain, Captain Tom from the Detective Bureau wants to find Locke to learn about the case of Elvin Marcus…”

Anna Davis had a headache, “You can tell the truth…”

Locke was also a little annoyed, “I know what to say!”

Interrogation room.

Locke looked at Tom Williams and Sofia Gaia opposite him with an unhappy face, and said coldly: “So, you treat me as a suspect? This is Wilshire!”

Tom Williams looked at Locke with a cold face. How much he admired Locke before, how much he hated him now.

The arrogant rookie actually rejected his invitation, making him a laughing stock of the Detective Bureau.

In contrast, Sofia’s attitude was much better. She looked at Locke with a smile on her face. She wanted to buy Locke a drink to thank him for making Tom Williams lose face.

She pointed to the camera next to her and explained, “Don’t get me wrong, the cameras are not on. We just want to find a private space to talk. After all, your experience is too incredible…” Locke shrugged, “Okay, ask whatever you want to ask, I’m really busy!” Sophia looked at Tom Williams, but seeing that the arrogant man didn’t seem to want to speak, she couldn’t help but asked, “Locke, please repeat how you found out that there was illegal detention in Villa F-10-09…” Locke said, “Captain Davis just informed me that he will not use my confession. After all, my confession is not good for the prosecution, so you just listen to it.” He smiled bitterly, “I now doubt whether I am seeing hallucinations…” Locke sighed and started telling stories again. Don’t say it, the more lies he told, the more fluent he became. He felt that what he said was true. When Locke was telling the story, Tom Williams kept staring at him, trying to interpret his expression, voice, eyes and body language. Locke would naturally not give this pervert this opportunity. He used all the knowledge of micro-expression analysis and psychological profiling to build up layers of defense for himself.

Sophia was not aware of the psychological confrontation between the two. After listening, she said in surprise: “This is really amazing. Is there really a ghost?”

Tom Williams stared at Locke and smiled coldly, “Rookie, you really should go to Hollywood. Did you forget that your action cameras recorded everything last night? I have to say that your acting skills are much better now than last night, and the ghost story is more credible…”

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