North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 807 Being targeted
Gus got in the car and left alone, while his employees returned to other restaurants to continue working. For Gus, unless there was something necessary to deal with, he usually stayed in the first restaurant he opened, working on-site to maintain his image.

Gus's office is not big. It is the manager's office of the restaurant and also where Gus usually works.

Gus took off his suit and sat behind his desk, while Mike followed him into the office and stood in front of him.

Gus said expressionlessly, "The news we received earlier confirmed that the DEA has indeed reopened the case of Hank's ambush. Hank has also returned to the office. Moreover, there is now a new problem. They have contacted the FBI, a young Asian man, Jimmy Yang."

Mike also had a blank expression on his face. He waited until Gus finished speaking and made sure he had nothing to add before he said, "What did they find?"

Gus: “It’s unclear at this point, but I have some interest in this young man, especially since he’s stepped foot in my backyard.”

Mike nodded, "I'll look into it."

Gus: "Not only his resume, I want to know everything about him, the progress of his involvement in the investigation, and his secrets."

Mike: "I have some acquaintances, let's see what they can offer."

Gus: "Good. If they only have some vague clues, then let him just grasp the wind and give him a target."

Mike nodded but said nothing. Gus's eyes became sharper: "If he digs too deep..."

Mike: "Then I'll know what to do. There's always a way to shut up a curious cat."

Gus nodded slightly, satisfied with Mike's answer: "Just do it. Remember, Mike, I prefer prevention over cure."

Mike nodded and turned to leave.

Gus's eyes followed Mike's back as he disappeared through the door, then he turned back to his work, knowing that Mike would handle this quietly, as he did everything.
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Jimmy, Hank and the others are still investigating. In fact, Hank and his team handled the previous case very cleanly. However, it is a bit embarrassing that the informant who provided clues when they cleared out the location where the drug dealers hid the drug money, their biggest gain before, disappeared almost a year ago and is suspected to have been killed. They still cherish this kind of informant who has inside information and can provide Hank and his team with useful clues. What a pity.

The focus this time is the DEA. Unless there are special circumstances, Jimmy is reluctant to mobilize people from the FBI Albuquerque office. He is not familiar with the place, and some things are still more troublesome, so the people who follow this time will be sent by the DEA.

Jimmy was following two people this time. One was Jesse Pinkman who had been targeted before. Gomez was shot because he was following him. Obviously, he was one of the key figures, and this was the person Jimmy wanted to focus on.

The second person was Gustavo Forlin who had just come over. Gus gave Jimmy a good first impression, but what he said made Jimmy very concerned. Most people would never want to know about cases investigated by an agency like the DEA. After all, they deal with drug dealers, drug dogs and the like, and most people should definitely stay away from these scumbags.

Hank and the others have a good impression of Gus. Jimmy does not intend to convince Hank, but the investigation into Gus must be carried out, so Gomez's younger brother Miguel is in trouble. Jimmy directly gives him the task of investigating Gus's information and does not allow him to go to the scene to keep an eye on him, but he needs to get all the information related to Gus, including personal information, assets, related companies, etc. In short, all details are required. If it involves information from other states, you can directly contact the FBI Albuquerque office to obtain it, and Jimmy will give him authorization.

In addition to these two people, Jimmy has to deal with an extra case. Hank has brought the murder evidence information he got from Tim at the police station to the office. Hank has confirmed that the chemical-related content recorded in the other party's notebook is indeed the raw materials and steps for making methamphetamine, and based on speculation, it can be basically determined that this production method can produce the blue ice on the market. However, it is somewhat arbitrary to think that this person is Heisenberg. After all, the blue ice on the market has not disappeared.

However, Hank will continue investigating this murder case at home. With Jimmy's help, Hank is no longer as decadent as he was in the past few days. Now he can be said to be full of energy. If it weren't for his own limited mobility, he would have wanted to follow the investigation with Jimmy.

After reading the information for two days in a row, Jimmy, who was dizzy, finally went through all the cases. He also confirmed with Hank and the others some content that was not in the information, and then he brought the two of them to Jesse's residence again.

This time he was more careful and did not just stand there casually. Instead, he drove around the road and parked the car far away.

This is a residential area and parking next to the road is very common. Unless someone is watching deliberately or they are blocking other people's space, there is generally no problem.

The two black men who were arrested before have been put in jail, awaiting their trial. However, we can’t get any important information from them. So let it be. They are all low-level thugs. There is no point in bothering them.

However, Jimmy still found a small problem. The people in Jesse's house were still there, but the person who was previously found on the road was gone. This time, Jimmy only found the monitoring point opposite and the suspected monitoring probe. The location of the monitoring probe was a little farther away. Although Jesse's house could be observed from the angle, it was not directly observing the door of his house. It was not certain whether it was for monitoring him.

The people in the other house are not always watching. Now we can see someone sitting in the room on the first floor, and there is only one person. It is not the conventional 24-hour surveillance with multiple people taking turns.

There was no one watching Jesse during these few days, which was a big mistake, but both Hank and Gomez had fallen, and Jimmy was not in a good position at that time, so it was not realistic for him to watch him by himself.

It was not until the evening that Jimmy discovered that Jesse had actually come back from outside. This meant that they had been watching him for nothing the whole day. They had originally planned to see him go out, but in the end he did not come back all day.

Jimmy patted the DEA brother who was watching in front of him and took a rest. Since Jesse just came back at this time, he would not go out for a while.

But he soon couldn't fall asleep. Near the early morning, he received a call, "Mr. Yang, is it convenient for you to answer the phone now?"

"Wait." Although the person on the other end of the phone didn't say his name, Jimmy already knew who it was. He said something to the agent in front of him, got out of the car and walked to a nearby place, lit a cigarette for himself, and then said to the phone: "It's all right now, what's the matter?"

"There's a message from the manager that someone is asking about you, but it hasn't been investigated further yet. Do you want us to follow up on this?"

“When did they investigate?”

"yesterday."

"Thank you, go ahead and say hello to the manager for me."

"Of course. Goodbye then, Mr. Yang."

"Goodbye, Charon."

Jimmy hung up the phone and continued to stand there smoking, but now he was more suspicious of Gus.

He had only taken over the case of Hank's ambush for two or three days, and it had been just over a week since he came to Albuquerque to see Hank. Who could know his information so accurately and investigate him directly in the underworld?

Obviously, only those who understand the reason why Hank was attacked and the people behind the scenes would keep a close eye on Hank. Jimmy and his team's investigations these days are basically carried out in the office building, and the people who know about their investigations are all from the DEA. The only outsiders are Gustavo Flynn and his staff. Excluding the very low possibility that the people behind the scenes specially arranged people to disguise themselves as Gus' employees, we can basically lock on to Gus.

These people were quick enough. In just two or three days, they had obtained Jimmy's identity from the DEA and directly found Jimmy's base in New York. There is no doubt that they must have obtained the information recorded in the FBI. Jimmy's information is not confidential to a certain extent, but ordinary agents do not have the authority to query his information. In addition, a lot of information is of high level and requires authorization to read.

Since they still have to look up Jimmy's information from the underworld, it means that the level of their channel for obtaining information is not very high. However, the underworld can get more information about Jimmy's non-work records, including his family information, etc., which is troublesome.

Jimmy looked at the time. It was already very late. Nia must have gone to bed by now. He called Kevin directly. Kevin picked up the phone after a while. "Jimmy, what's wrong?"

Jimmy whispered, "Kevin, I need Nia and Liam to stay with you for a while."

Kevin: “What happened?”

Jimmy: "I was temporarily assigned to handle a case in Albuquerque. The current information basically confirms that the killer who ambushed the senior DEA agent is from a Mexican drug cartel. My identity is public when I investigate the case here. You know how brutal those drug cartels are. I am worried..."

Kevin: "Okay, I understand. I will pick them up tomorrow morning. Don't worry, I will make arrangements."

Jimmy: "Sorry, Kevin, I didn't expect this to happen."

Kevin: "No need to say more, I understand, take care of yourself."

Jimmy said a few more words and then hung up the phone. Regardless of whether the other party would take risks or not, Jimmy must ensure the safety of his family in advance. Kevin's home is very safe. As long as Nia doesn't go out recently, even if the other party wants to arrange someone, it is impossible to do it in a day or two. The time is enough for her and Liam to move to Kevin's home.

Jimmy threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stomped it out, then returned to the car to continue monitoring Jesse's house.
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Mike has obtained Jimmy's public information. Just by looking at the time of Jimmy's promotion recorded in these materials, he can understand how capable he is and how strong his background is. Not everyone can climb from a trainee agent to a supervisory agent in just six or seven years. This speed of promotion undoubtedly belongs to only a very small number of people, and there must be powerful people behind such people pushing them forward.

After getting the information, the friend who provided Mike with the information directly warned Mike that the information could be given to him, but he must not be implicated. If he was targeted by someone like Jimmy, he and even the people behind him might be in trouble.

The New York FBI office is one of the three major branches. To be able to climb so quickly in such an organization, he must have had enough merits and the support of people behind the scenes. You can imagine how powerful Jimmy is. Even these are some of the cases he handled before, which were all highly confidential and he couldn't find them at all. Even the information he has obtained so far is enough to scare many people, especially those who know how deep the water is here.

The information about the underworld was also faxed over smoothly, and Mike gritted his teeth when he saw the information about Jimmy's family.

In Gus's office, Mike stood in front of Gus's desk again: "That FBI, Jimmy Yang, his background is complicated."

Gus put down the report in his hand and looked up at Mike, "What does complicated mean?"

Mike: "He is very strong, very very strong, nicknamed the Butcher, and has killed over a hundred criminals..."

Gus's originally calm face immediately changed, and his brows were furrowed. Mike continued: "Also, his wife is the daughter of the current NYPD chief, and they have a newborn child."

Gus pondered for a moment and said slowly, "This is a tough opponent. His family also gives him an extra layer of protection."

Mike nodded. "Yes, direct action would be too risky and might draw unnecessary attention."

Gus: "Then we have to use a different strategy, keep our distance, pay close attention to his actions, learn his habits in detail, find out the details of his daily actions and who he meets with."

Mike: "Where's his wife? Does she need someone to monitor her?"

Gus: "We won't touch his family. We just need to observe. If he continues to investigate, we need to know his goal."

Mike: “What if he gets closer?”

Gus: "Create fog to guide him to others. I will find the right target."

Mike nodded, turned and left Gus's office. Gus stared at the wall in front of him and thought for a while, then continued to work on the reports on the table. Good habits over the years ensured that he could remain calm at all times and maintain his image as a successful entrepreneur.
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Jimmy and his team's surveillance was still effective. Even in the middle of the night, there were still poisoned dogs coming out of Jesse's house. However, these people were not caught and interrogated by Jimmy and his team. They just took photos like the people they saw during the day, and then investigated their identities after returning.

It was not until noon the next day that Jesse finally came out of the house. He walked out of the room in a daze, got in the car, waited for a few minutes, and then started the car and left.

Jimmy also asked the agent in front to drive and catch up. Just after passing a few streets, the car in front suddenly turned at an intersection and accelerated. When Jimmy and his team turned around, it had already run a long way away.

(End of this chapter)