North American Gunslinger Detective

Jimmy still didn't like it at DHS. This time, it felt fake to him. The feeling of a group of people pretending to smile was too scary. He always felt like someone was muttering behind his back about how to harm him, so Jimmy didn't spend too much time in Washington DC at all. After a long stay, I returned to New York early, but I have one more item in my collection. This is really good news.

Looking at the space on the table, Jimmy moved the frame of the photo of him and Nia, and then displayed the medal. If there were one or two more, there would be no space on the table, and it would probably be on the wall by then. .

Unlike Ruiz, Jimmy's office has a large bookshelf behind them, where he can put a lot of things for display. The only thing he can use is his own desk, and he can't put too much. After all, there is room for computer stationery and some information. .

When the matter came to an end, Jimmy lay down again. Mark and Julia were responsible for the department's daily affairs and outbound investigations. Jimmy could almost trust them now. As long as there was no danger, he did not need to accompany them out. Now there are fewer and fewer occasions when Jimmy is required to accompany him.

Elliot's birthday is here, and it's also the day he recognizes Jimmy as his godfather. Jimmy has communicated the time with Father Rodney before, and also informed others of the church and time of the ceremony.

Recognizing a godfather is completely different from getting married. Father Rodney did not arrange for the ceremony to be held in the cathedral. Instead, he specially arranged a small hall in the lounge behind the church and placed a chair in front of the cross. There are high-backed chairs, and three rows of benches are arranged in front of the hall. These chairs are prepared for people watching the ceremony.

There were not many people watching the ceremony. The Elliot family, Kevin's family, and two friends invited by Alex Green were only the close people participating in the ceremony.

The spectators were seated early, and Jimmy and Elliot were waiting in a room on the other side.

When Father Rodney announced the start of the ceremony, everyone stood up. Jimmy pulled Elliot to Father Rodney and asked Elliot to sit on the chair. Jimmy stood beside him and put his hand on his shoulder. superior.

Although Father Rodney had not presided over a ceremony in person for a long time, he still performed very professionally. He held a Bible and read scriptures, and then baptized Elliot.

The baptism process this time was much more complicated than the simplified version that Jimmy had done before. He used holy oil to lightly tap Elliot's lips, forehead, eyes, nose, and ears a few times, while reciting prayers and praying.

Then he asked Elliot if he believed in the Lord and so on. These were all procedures that were informed in advance. Elliot answered quickly, occasionally turning his head to look up at Jimmy's face.

Then Father Rodney asked Jimmy if he would be Elliot's godfather and guide Elliot on the right path as a guardian and protector. Jimmy agreed decisively.

Father Rodney prayed for the two again, used holy water to complete the baptism ceremony for Elliot, and Elliot became a believer.

Jimmy came to Elliot and squatted down, taking the cross pendant off his neck. He reached out and touched the cross pendant, looked at Elliot and said, "This pendant was a gift from a priest. I have worn it all these years, and it has protected me. I give it to you now in the hope that it will protect you in the future.”

Elliot looked at Jimmy with wide eyes and surprise, "Thank you, Godfather."

Jimmy put it on for Elliot himself. This was his godfather gift to his godson. Elliot put the pendant in his hand, looked at it, and then put it inside his clothes.

Father Rodney looked very pleased. Jimmy's godfather gift to Elliot was a personal cross, which was perfectly in line with the teachings and very suitable for the current scene. It was far more expensive than the bracelets or other gold and silverware prepared by some lay people. It is much more valuable, not to mention that he is aware of this cross and has certain protective capabilities. It can also be seen that Jimmy really cares about his godson and can provide him with shelter.

Others saw Jimmy take off an old-looking cross necklace from his own neck and put it on Elliot, and they didn't think there was anything wrong. It was intimate to give such a personal item to a loved one. It symbolizes that Jimmy has truly accepted his godson.

At the end of the ceremony, Jimmy and Elliot's relationship was witnessed by everyone. He is now one of Elliot's guardians, and naturally has the responsibility to teach and protect Elliot.

But before leaving, Jimmy took Elliot to the place where Rodney rested in the back. He wanted to take Elliot to express his gratitude to Father Rodney. This was the first time that Elliot had met Father Rodney. Meeting, in fact as the officiating priest, Father Rodney can also be considered Eliot's godfather in the doctrine.

After a brief chat, Jimmy took Elliot out of the church and met up with others before heading to the hotel for dinner so that everyone could get acquainted with each other.Nia agreed to Jimmy's plan to have a child. Now, as Elliot's godmother, she is also understanding his situation with Elliot, and at the same time, she can eliminate the strangeness between them. This way, Jimmy does not need to be busy giving birth to a child. Elliot introduced.

Elliot is still young, still in elementary school, and Jimmy can't teach him anything now. Just let Nia teach him how to protect himself when she's fine. Nia is also a professional policeman, so these are just trivial matters.

After getting in touch with Elliot more, Nia gradually fell in love with this smart kid. Elliot himself is not stupid. He had some psychological problems due to the kidnapping case before, and he is much more withdrawn than before. It's much better now, plus Alex has raised him since he was a child, and it's normal for children who are polite and well-educated and don't mess around to be liked by others.

This also made Nia look forward to her future child, so much so that when she and Jimmy tried several times to get pregnant but couldn't get pregnant, she almost took Jimmy to the hospital for a check-up.

Jimmy also didn't expect that recognizing a godson would have such an effect. It seemed good. Although he would be a little tired, at least the two of them had a unified understanding now. Since they were married, it would be good to have a child. As for whether it would be a good idea. Nia no longer cares about the fact that this incident will lead to some changes in the work content. Kevin will take care of everything anyway.
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A peaceful period of time passed, and Jimmy finally took his first exam for further studies. Because of his marriage, he communicated with the college in advance to postpone the exam until the beginning of the fall semester.After several months of reading textbooks and information, and asking Dr. Mary for some advice, I finally successfully passed the exam subjects this semester. It was indeed not easy.

People who have worked for several years should have this feeling. After getting familiar with the rhythm of work, it will be very difficult to pick up textbooks and study again. There are often all kinds of inexplicable thoughts in the mind, and it is impossible to concentrate at all.

Although Jimmy has a very good memory, the exam does not require memorization and filling out. There are many analytical contents that require guidance from others. It is difficult to find the right person during the holidays. Dr. Mary is a very good choice.

Jimmy shamelessly chatted with Dr. Mary several times before getting her guidance. Although he didn't sell his body, he also accepted a lot of favors.

However, when Jimmy got the test results, the professor also said one thing by the way. Several students in their college did not come to school after the holiday. For the time being, the school still contacted the parents, but they did not know what the students were. Wherever he went, he just disappeared.

Jimmy told Nia these things, and then Nia investigated through the police system. In August and September alone, there were more than a dozen more missing cases of college students than last year. However, unless you count these cases, Otherwise, few people would notice the problem of the number of missing cases.

In the evening, Nia synchronized her survey data with Jimmy, and Jimmy decided to tell Kevin about it.

Kevin had said before that he might be promoted. If this kind of news is not reported until he takes over the NYPD, he will be very passive. It is better to know the layout in advance and be able to handle the investigation. Even if You can't, but you must try not to affect yourself as much as possible.

If the case of missing college students were a single case, no one would make a big deal about it because it is too common and there are quite a few of them every year. But if there are large-scale disappearances, it would be different.

After Kevin learned about this situation, he immediately started a private investigation. As a result, the results of their investigation were more serious than what Nia found. After 2000, the number of reported cases of missing college students has increased year by year. At the beginning, there were only a few dozen cases. Only nine months later this year, there have been over a hundred cases, which is close to the number for the whole of last year. If According to this trend, public opinion will definitely explode when the one-year data is compiled early next year.

Most of these disappearances were caused by no news after traveling alone or in groups. The places where they last appeared are also different. It can basically be ruled out that their disappearances are directly related.

Kevin's head hurt. If Jimmy hadn't reminded him of this unexpected situation, he would have to wait at least until the end of the year to compile the data. It wouldn't be long before they released the data. Once the entire police station management was released, All levels are under pressure from public opinion.

According to data released by the FBI, there are nearly [-] missing persons in the United States throughout the year. These are all cases reported but no one has been found. These people are a mixed bag. Many times, everyone only pays attention to the numbers and laments the public security issues.

Now they only count college students. These people are relatively clean, and the people they interact with are relatively safe. The increase in the number of missing people is more troublesome, and the public opinion they face is more serious. It is normal to judge the size of the public opinion based on their identity. .

Now they can know about this situation two or three months in advance, which also gives them some time to deal with some cases urgently. No matter what the outcome is, there will always be something to say later.

Jimmy was also surprised when he learned the results of Kevin's investigation. He only heard from the professor that several people were missing, but in fact they were more than [-]. Each university must have deliberately concealed the information and not announced it.

The FBI is not omnipotent, and they only deal with interstate or major cases. In principle, they will not intervene in disappearance cases. Jimmy can only comfort Kevin. At most, he will provide some out-of-state information that Kevin needs to investigate, hoping that they will I hope I can get some of it done as soon as possible.

Data from police across the United States are not synchronized. It is possible that the missing persons in New York have relevant information in other places, but their identities cannot be determined, so spend more time investigating, and if there is someone to coordinate, there is still hope to find some. of a missing person, or to determine the life or death of a missing person.

If it is determined that the missing person died elsewhere, the disappearance case itself will be completed, the corresponding data will be much better, and the case detection rate will be higher.

While Jimmy was busy helping Kevin deal with the troublesome disappearance case, something unexpected happened on their FBI side.

Ruiz called Jimmy one night and went out with him on a field trip the next day.

The next day, Ruiz drove his personal car to Jimmy's apartment and picked him up, and the two set off for New Jersey.

Jimmy was sitting in the passenger seat and turned to look at Ruiz: "What happened?"

Ruiz: "I need you to help me control the situation. Our people had an accident."

Jimmy: "Who are we going to meet?"

Ruiz looked calmly at the road ahead: "Seventeen."

Jimmy was shocked. He and Ruiz had talked about Seventeen before. He was doing well with the anti-terrorism team. Why did something go wrong again?
Ruiz: "We're going to see Shiqi, but it's not Shiqi who has the problem. We won't know the details until we meet."

Jimmy: "Okay, what do you need me to do?"

Ruiz turned his head and glanced at Jimmy, then looked forward: "Protect me and arrest people."

Jimmy: "Understood."

Jimmy reached out and pulled out the Glock and revolver, reloaded the bullet, made sure there was nothing wrong, and replaced it.

Seventeen is now in the anti-terrorism team. It has something to do with him. It's not him who has the problem. It's either a colleague or someone he knew when he was undercover.

Ruiz spoke less and less now, and Jimmy could only guess on his own. They drove to the suburbs of South Amboy, in front of a single-family house. Ruiz got out of the car, looked around, walked up and knocked on the door.

Jimmy saw a person inside walking to the door, looked outside through the peephole, and opened the door, "You are here, come in."

Seventeen looked fine, but his expression was a little more serious. Of course, he was still bald, but his clothes were no longer a suit, but a set of T-shirts and jeans, and the tattoos on his arms were exposed.

Arriving in the room, Ruiz asked, "Where is he?"

Seventeen: "I moved the people outside, and the things are in the basement."

Ruiz: "Let's go take a look first."

Seventeen nodded and led two people to the basement. He pulled open a sheet and several boxes underneath leaked out. One of the boxes that had been opened was wrapped in a black plastic bag and tightly wrapped with brown tape. Tight square tiles.

　Damn it, I forgot to post it on time.

　　(End of this chapter)