Meet the father-in-law [Comprehensive]

"Boom!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!"

The gunshot and Lenz's scream sounded almost simultaneously, echoing far away in the empty and lonely woods.Hodge tried to sit up straight and looked back. Lenz had fallen to the ground, but he kept screaming. It seemed that the gunshot wound was not fatal.

Hodge stood up on his knees, staggered towards Lenz, and after kicking away the shotgun he had dropped to the ground, he looked at his wounds: he was shot twice, his left leg and right shoulder.

Elide didn't shoot someone in the head like he did in Bludhaven, Hodge was almost thankful, thank God!If she did... he'd have to do some more paperwork!

"Are you okay?" Elide picked up the dropped gun and walked over.She put her gun back into the holster, and then handed over the two that belonged to Hodge, "Sorry, I didn't ask your opinion in advance."

"Oh no, it's not important." Hodge shook his head speechlessly, took the guns and stuffed them back.Elide had already taken out the handcuffs and handcuffed Lenz's. She seemed to react for a while before starting to read the Miranda warning. Mobile phone, report the situation here to other people in bau.

"They'll be here soon, let's wait here." Hodge hung up the phone and looked at Elied. "By the way, your timing of shooting was decisive, and the location was well chosen."

"Actually, I aimed at his head." Elide shrugged at Hodge with a regretful tone.

After noticing Hodge's face froze, she immediately laughed exaggeratedly: "Haha, don't you really believe it? My accuracy is not that bad, Hodge!"

"No, I just thought this conversation was familiar. Rhett went through something similar, it was many years ago - we dealt with an unknown suspect with a 'hero plot', and Rhett took aim at him leg, but the last hit was on the forehead... right in the heart."

"Oh...!" Elide let out an exclamation of praise or dislike, "His luck, um, is pretty good."

"Yes, especially after I taught him his shooting skills..." Hodge's voice was a little fluttering, and he seemed to be thinking of some bad memories, and a little bit of embarrassment appeared on his originally expressionless face look.

"I think he should have learned a lot of useful skills. After all, you are a sharpshooter." Elide changed her stance and stood beside Hodge with her hands folded. Even if Lenz was lying on the ground, the surroundings were confirmed Safe, she still maintained a vigilant posture and observed her surroundings.

"Seriously, I can understand you knowing I have a spare gun on my right foot, but the sharpshooter part," Hodge said, looking suspiciously in the other's eyes, "I've never heard anyone say that about me."

"In your office, Hodge, there is a trophy on the bookcase behind you. Only those who get the highest score in the annual assessment will have that award. This is enough to prove your shooting level."

At this moment, Hodge's expression was almost a little surprised. Early this morning, the conversation between them was not only short, but also not friendly. Elide even took the time to observe his entire office——

"Don't show that expression, Hodge, I just have a better memory. I remember the shape and placement of each of your trophies, the title and the color of the spine of each book... an unforgettable picture memory , probably so.”

She has a vivid memory of the scenes she has seen, which almost sounds like——Hodge was startled suddenly. If she remembered every scene she had seen, would she also remember all the horrible murder scenes clearly? ? !

This is simply... too unimaginable!

At the same time, Hodge also felt a vague emotion passing through his heart, a distant and familiar feeling, he must have experienced similar things somewhere!

Hodge was about to speak, when he suddenly heard the faint sound of sirens, and it was someone else who had arrived.He turned his head, looked around for a while, then looked at Elied again, and then looked down at Lenz who was lying on the ground.

"Maybe we can actually get on the plane before twelve o'clock, Elied."

>>>>>

Bau's group still didn't get on the return flight that day. The reason was not that the case was not over, but that after weighing the pros and cons, they decided to stay in Ross City for one night and go back early the next morning.

The sheriff found a room for them in a hotel in the city center. The hotel was not too big, and the decoration style was very rustic, but the room was clean and tidy, and the small bar looked good.

Morgan and Rosie had already gone to the bar shoulder to shoulder, and the remaining four were not interested in drinking. They just got together and ate some fast food, and they were going to go back to their rooms to sleep.

Each floor of the hotel is an "L"-shaped structure, and the elevator is at the corner.The six people's rooms are all on the same floor, but Emily and Rhett's rooms are on the left, and Hodge and Ellie's are in the hallway on the right.After the four of them said goodnight to each other in the elevator, Hodge pushed open the glass door in front of Elied and raised his hand as a "please" gesture.

The corridor was covered with thick carpets, almost no footsteps could be heard when passing by, and neither of them spoke, which made the environment seem a little too quiet.

When Elide reached the door of her room, she suddenly looked back at Hodge.Under the white artificial light, Hodge's eyes showed a faint light brown color. His eyes were beautiful, bright, but with a bit of insight into the vicissitudes of the world. This contradictory contrast made him a little mysterious The test is like an impenetrable book.

"What's the matter?" Hodge's voice was a little hoarse. This long day full of running and adventure made him look exhausted, but at this moment, he still showed a shallow smile to Elide, with a low and gentle voice.

"I know you have questions you want to ask me. You wanted to ask me when you were in the forest. Don't bring hesitation and doubt into sleep, Hodge, ask whatever you want."

Compared with Hodge's gentle gesture, Elide's openness seemed a bit aggressive. The man opened his eyes slightly, and after a while, he pursed his lips and smiled.

"One of the established rules in the bau, Elide, don't profile your colleagues."

"No, I didn't profile you, I just sensed your confusion. I know you think I lack normal emotional responses, and yes, a lot of people do—but that doesn't mean I can't feel other people's emotions. "

"If you have a question, I am willing to answer it. Why are you still hesitating?"

Hodge still looked at Elied with his deep hazel eyes open, he seemed to be weighing, he seemed to be hesitating, and after a moment, he took a deep breath.

"We, have we met before? You sound familiar to me, but...sorry, I'm not sure."

"I did meet Mr. Hotchner a few times," Elide showed a sly smile, "The first time, it was a very, very distant story, Hodge, it's normal that you don't remember. "

“I was adopted by a gentleman from Gotham when my first adoptive parents were shot in front of me when I was eight years old. He adopted me because he felt what happened to me, and besides, he Felt he was responsible for what happened to me."

"Many years ago...[-] years old...the shooting...Gotham people..." Hodge repeated the key words to himself, as if it had been a long time, and it seemed that it had only been a moment, his eyes widened, with Looking at Eliud with undisguised shock, his voice suddenly raised, "You are—you are Lily?! The person who adopted you is Bruce Wayne?!"

Elliott said nothing, just smiled silently.The man was still immersed in the sudden shock, and he hadn't recovered for a long time. He seemed even more confused and puzzled.

Seeing this, Elide took half a step closer to Hodge.They were now very close, a distance that might be called "intimacy" in human relations.

"So you're still asking me why I joined the bau, Hodge? You know the answer, don't you?"

"Every word I said before is sincere, and I will never lie to you. You think there must be some special reason and reason for me to appear in bau... Yes, it is true."

"—I'm here for you, Aaron Hotchner."

After saying this, Elide tiptoed slightly towards the tall man, leaving a feather-like kiss on his cheek, a gentle and pure goodnight kiss.

"Sleep sweet dreams, my hero."

※: It is the one that everyone has heard "You have the right to remain silent balabala..."