North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 771 Temptation
Jimmy set a fire and went back to rest. Mrs. Hareton hardly slept the whole night. Not only did she not sleep, but all the security guards were also mobilized. Some of them followed the direction Jimmy left, and some conducted a thorough check in the villa to prevent anyone from coming in from other places.

With such a loud noise, the servants in the manor were of course awakened, but they were asked by the security guards to hide in the rooms and not come out, so at least there was no chaos in the villa, but they could forget about sleeping peacefully.

The shot Jimmy fired did not cause any harm, but it gave Mrs. Hareton and the others a very wrong signal that the other party was there to demonstrate and had no intention of entering the house to kill people.

Mrs. Hareton discussed this with her personal bodyguard and came to this uncertain idea.

Under the circumstances at that time, it was impossible for the other party to discover that the security guards in the villa already knew that someone was coming and were ready to ambush in the room. It was easy to judge that the other party's purpose was actually to warn her, but it was not clear who warned her for the time being. However, one thing she had to consider was to move out of the manor immediately. It was no longer safe here, and the information about her return to the manor was leaked.

Not many people knew that he had returned to the manor, and the servants and security guards in the manor were very sure that there had been no contact with the outside world. So the only possibilities were the family lawyer and the people who attended the meeting that day.

Mrs. Sebastian Harriton still has great trust in the family lawyer. The next step is to find someone to investigate those people. Her task of being bait has been completed, and now it is time to ensure safety.

Her bodyguards did agree with the move, but they did not recommend moving now. The people just now might just want to lure them out of the manor. If they were ambushed outside in the middle of the night, her safety would not be guaranteed at all. None of the cars in the manor were fully bulletproof, let alone heavy firepower. They couldn't even withstand a pistol fire.

The security personnel outside did not chase far before returning. They were also worried that they were trying to divert the enemy away from their own territory. They did not want the enemy to escape but to allow the people they were protecting to get into an accident. They could still tell which side was more important.

A group of people held their ground inside the villa until daybreak, when they moved Mrs. Hareton to a wheelchair and pushed her to a car. Several bodyguards drove out in several cars and rushed to the next safe residence.

Mrs. Hareton thought about it all night, but still couldn't understand why the other party would give her a warning. No matter from which angle, the other party should not arrange such a person to warn her, unless there are mutually exclusive reasons, such as someone betrayed her and provided her situation to the opponent, and at the same time she was worried about her own safety, so she arranged someone to warn her and let her leave the manor before the opponent took action.

But such reasons made it even more difficult for her to determine who did it. Given the current situation, she could only list all those who attended the meeting as suspects.

Mrs. Harriton had been a housewife for a long time and had not been involved in the operation of the family business or the building of relationships. She did not have much business experience before, so now faced with such a complicated situation, she could only try to get some advice from others.
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While Mrs. Hareton was busy moving to the safe house, Lester was also having a hard time. He had been in the safe house for a few days, arranging the company's affairs remotely. He also asked someone to help investigate Mrs. Hareton's situation, but he had not obtained any useful information yet.

Lester did not intend to physically eliminate Mrs. Hareton. After all, what was between them was more of a struggle for control, not necessarily killing. However, he also knew that there were some things that were beyond his control, and Mrs. Hareton would definitely not let him go.

After all, Pete is dead. No matter how I think about it, Mrs. Harriton is the biggest suspect. She must know about the deal between Pete and me. Maybe she won't send someone to kill me, but she can deliberately target me in the company and clean up my subordinates. The major shareholder and CEO has great power.

Lester, the participant in that meeting, already knew about it, but he could only defend himself passively now, so after contacting some people, he stopped all actions and focused on waiting for news from outside in his safe house.

What he didn't expect was that he soon received news that someone had invaded Hareton's estate and fired shots. Although Mrs. Hareton was not hurt, she also left the estate and is now investigating who did it.

This information came from an intermediary intelligence dealer, and it can be confirmed that the information is accurate. After all, I spent a lot of money to purchase the information. However, who did it has not been investigated yet.

Lester did not take action himself. This action showed that there was someone behind the scenes targeting Mrs. Hareton, and it was obvious that they wanted to kill her. Now it seems that Hareton's death is not the end. The person behind the scenes will wipe out the roots, so there is no need for him to do anything. He just needs to wait for the final result.

Lester took the bottle and cup from the shelf next to him. After being in the safe house for so long, he could finally relax a little.
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The news from Dave was still very fast, but this time it seemed a little different. Jimmy received a call from the hotel front desk, and someone sent him a package.

Jimmy asked the front desk to bring the package up. When he opened the package, he found several pieces of personal information and a note with only Dave's name on it.

He didn't even call, but sent it in the form of a document. It was obvious that he wanted to avoid suspicion, but was it possible to avoid suspicion? As long as Jimmy investigated the people inside, there would definitely be traces left. If anyone had any doubts, Jimmy had no way to explain it.

Dave is just asking for trouble. These people did not appear in the records of those people in the previous investigation, so it is difficult to perfectly integrate them into the report. If he wants to investigate them, he inevitably needs a reason first.

Jimmy had no choice but to call Mrs. Hareton and her lawyer Sebastian again, hoping to talk to them face to face. After all, his case had not been concluded yet, and they had not given him another chance to meet since they met once before and provided information, which was unreasonable.

However, this reason was directly rejected by them. Mrs. Hareton said that she was currently recuperating from surgery and was not convenient to see anyone.

Jimmy did not indulge them any more and directly contacted the technicians in the New York office to retrieve Mrs. Hareton's phone location.

It's really a pain in the ass. I just alarmed Mrs. Hareton once, and now I have to meet her again to supplement the source of my clues. I should have held off on doing it earlier. It would have been more convenient to visit Mrs. Hareton when she was at the manor. Now she ran directly to the safe house, which caused more trouble for Jimmy.

But fortunately, because the call was connected just now, it is still possible for FBI technicians to use the phone to locate her. But I didn't expect that she didn't choose to hide in a deserted place in the suburbs, but instead came to a high-end apartment in the city. Is it because there are too many people here and she bets that the other party would not dare to take action in such a place?

Sometimes I really can't figure out what these rich people are thinking, but since it's in the city center, it's more convenient for Jimmy. He came to the downstairs of the apartment building and called Mrs. Hareton again, but this time he directly told her where she was and that he had come downstairs. If she didn't agree to meet again, she would have to bear the consequences.

Some people really won't cry until they see the coffin. Being too easy to talk to will give people a feeling of being weak and vulnerable. This was Mrs. Hareton's impression of Jimmy before. He was just an ordinary FBI agent, not a special little person.

Now faced with the other party's strong call and the fact that she had figured out her location with just one phone call, she finally gave up rejecting Jimmy. She asked a bodyguard to go downstairs and pick Jimmy up, and Jimmy finally met Mrs. Hareton again.

Jimmy: "Good afternoon, Mrs. Hareton, how are you?"

Mrs. Hareton was no longer lying on the bed, but sitting in a wheelchair to rest. "I'm sorry, the doctor told me that I still need to rest for a while, so I haven't seen you in the past few days. May I ask what can I do for you, Agent?"

Jimmy: "Oh, I'm glad you're okay." He took out the information provided by lawyer Sebastian from his briefcase and patted it. "These are the information you provided last time. I have done some investigations, but surprisingly, many of these people have already gone into hiding. I want to know why?"

Mrs. Hareton's expression was a little unnatural. Jimmy stared at her face and suddenly said, "One more thing. Why did you choose to come here to recuperate? Instead of your manor. What happened there?"

Mrs. Hareton said in surprise: "How do you know...Oh, no, nothing, it's just more convenient here, closer to the hospital."

Jimmy shook his head. "You mean to say that you moved in here with a few bodyguards just because it's close? I'm an FBI agent, not a newspaper reporter. Do you think I would believe this excuse?"

Mrs. Hareton's expression kept changing, but Jimmy did not give her time to think of a reason. He leaned forward and approached Mrs. Hareton, raising his voice and said, "Someone wants to kill you? How did you know?"

The bodyguard standing next to him suddenly came closer, and Mrs. Hareton waved her hand, and the bodyguard stepped back a little and returned to his original position. Mrs. Hareton said, "The night before last, someone broke into my manor and fired a shot, but he left immediately after firing the shot. We didn't find any trace of the intruder, and we don't know who it was."

Jimmy stared at Mrs. Hareton: "Mrs. Hareton, I respect your privacy very much, but your husband was assassinated just a month ago, and now you have been shot by an unknown person. Why didn't you inform me of such an important thing? What are you hiding? Do you know who the other party is?"

Jimmy now acted more like an angry detective, because their decision made him lose the most important clue in the near future. "If you had informed me earlier, I could have mobilized technical personnel to track down and maybe find the murderer who killed your husband. Now, tell me what happened?"

Mrs. Hareton looked at the bodyguard next to her and nodded. The bodyguard said, "Mr. Agent, the person who invaded the manor did not enter the villa. He just fired a shot outside and ran away."

Jimmy turned to look at the bodyguard, "I want to know everything."

Bodyguard: "The infrared alarm we set up in the manor was triggered. Through the night vision device, we found a man climbing over the wall and gradually approaching the main building of the villa, but he did not enter the villa. He fired a shot about 20 to 30 meters away from the main building of the villa, then immediately turned around and ran away, climbing over the wall.

After we found him, we stayed on guard inside the house and didn't go out. We chased him after he shot and ran away, but we didn't catch him. To ensure safety, we left the manor in the morning and came here, and we haven't left since then."

Jimmy: "Did you find any clues? Any items or other traces left by the other party?"

Bodyguard: "I'm sorry, because it was night, we didn't find anything, and we didn't return to the manor after we left, and we didn't continue the investigation there."

Jimmy frowned and thought for a while, then looked at Mrs. Hareton: "Mrs. Hareton, I think you are aware of the current situation. You are still in danger. I hope you can think about it carefully. Do you have any suspects? Competitors? Internal personnel? Or hostile forces?"

Mrs. Hareton sighed and shook her head: "I don't know. We moved after the incident. We have been investigating these two days, but there are no clues."

Jimmy: "Who knew you were back at the Manor? You were still in the hospital the last time I was there."

Mrs. Hariton paused and did not answer. After waiting for a few seconds, she said, "I had a video conference with some people from the company after I was discharged from the hospital, and then I didn't contact anyone else."

Jimmy: “Including your lawyer?”

Mrs. Hareton: "He knows it."

Jimmy gave Mrs. Hareton the information they had given him before: "I think these materials should be updated. Please trust our professionalism."

After Mrs. Hareton took the information, Jimmy said again: "I think this incident should be related to Mr. Hareton's murder, and our previous investigation did not find any clues, so let's change the direction of investigation. In addition to his business competitors, does Mr. Hareton have other hostile forces? Please think about it again. Maybe there is something we missed in our previous investigation. Any clues will be helpful to us."

The main goal of coming here this time is to find a way to direct the investigation to the opposing party, so that it will be possible to conduct targeted investigations on the people given by Dave. Otherwise, Jimmy really can't do anything. The key point is that he never expected that Dave actually played with the express delivery information, leaving him with no way to find someone to take the blame.

　I will update the next one tomorrow at noon, I promise. Also, this plot will end soon, I know the content updated during this period is very boring, sorry.

　　
　
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