My days as a landlord in Gotham

(four)

Li Lei sent the video and pictures to the Pentagon and the Office of the Director of Intelligence of the United States, saying that a branch base of the Justice League was suspected of being attacked by the US Marine Corps and lost some high-tech equipment.

Since the Justice League provided a batch of advanced technologies to the U.S. military at the beginning, the relationship between the Pentagon and the Justice League is in the honeymoon period at this time.

After receiving Li Lei's complaint, the Pentagon immediately stated that they had absolutely no idea of ​​using the Marine Corps to attack their allies; and said that using the military in the country is very troublesome, not only the authorization of the president but also the approval of Congress, so the Pentagon almost officially denied it. related to this matter.

However, the behavior of posing as the US Marine Corps and attacking US paramilitary targets in the United States is indeed too bad. The Pentagon stated that it has launched an internal investigation mechanism.

As for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, it was taken aback by Li Lei's intelligence. A case of this nature is really terrible, especially after the attack on Li Lei last time, the federal government has been chased and scolded by members of Congress.

For a politician, is there anything more important than his own life?

After Li Lei handed over his doubts about the Justice League to the US government, he shared with Lu Dongbin the current situation of Western cultivators in this era and the methods he adopted.

"One of the biggest problems in the Eastern cultivation world and the Western cultivation world is that although some of you have gone on crooked ways, there is a so-called 'Heavenly Tribulation' in the Eastern cultivation world to restrict these evil cultivators.

Wanton massacre of living beings means "making karma" in the oriental comprehension world, which will not only slow down one's practice speed, but also once the catastrophe comes, the catastrophe encountered by monks who have created too much karma will often become a punishment from heaven.

And once the so-called heavenly punishment cannot survive, the soul will have to wash away its sins when it goes to the underworld to reincarnate.

In short, Eastern cultivation pays attention to karma, while Western cultivation does not. "

Li Lei explained, "There are many people in the western cultivation world who use human bodies and even souls as magic materials, and it is humans themselves who can punish them in the end.

Human beings use materials to restrain each other's magic by training themselves and occasionally obtaining them, and then destroy them.

Because the sacrifice of demon hunters is too great, compared with those evil magicians and wizards, the number of demon hunters is still too small.

Even a dark wizard has wrecked hundreds of innocent people before he could be killed.

That's why they had to be registered to restrict them, to control their cultivation under the eyes of human beings, and to prevent them from harming human beings.

As for those who are unwilling to register, most of them have a history of killing human beings.

For these people, some crimes can be pardoned according to the circumstances, but their charges will never be cancelled.

But now I have encountered opposing forces on the human side, and I don’t know what to do now. I am obviously trying to protect them, but I am ridiculed and insulted by them. "

"Benefactor Li, what is important in practice is to cultivate the 'mind'.

If you feel that you have a clear conscience, why should you care about so many troubles in the world? "

Lu Dongbin smiled and asked back, "I was also called a 'playboy', but what happened in the end?

How have I ever failed anyone?

Donor Li, you have chosen a path that you think is right, you only need to think about whether your heart has changed?

Have your goals changed?

As for what kind of slander or praise there is on the side of the road, it should not affect your way. "

While Li Lei and Lu Dongbin were discussing the topic of self-cultivation and mind-cultivation, several reports from the FBI were passed on to the US intelligence chief.

The FBI is a law enforcement agency at the federal level in the United States, and is generally not specifically responsible for law enforcement at the local level in the United States.

However, in order to communicate and coordinate with local police departments, the FBI has set up offices in several major cities in the United States.

If the local police station finds that a case involves several cities or even several states, they will usually see the case transferred to the FBI, and then the FBI will coordinate the investigation of the entire case.

And the cases that appeared in the hands of the FBI this time were several very unbelievable cases, and the police were reported in several cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, and Miami.

The callers claimed that their relatives who had been dead for several years had returned!

These people not only look exactly the same as the deceased relatives of the caller, but even their memories are correct, and even after DNA comparison, they are indeed related by blood.

But what is puzzling is that their memories of the period from death to return are all blank.

According to police investigations, their cemetery has not been destroyed, but their graves are still buried without exception.

What's more, the few people who called the police said that they took cremation at that time, so theoretically there should be no possibility of return.

Some families temporarily accepted these people, while most families refused to accept them emotionally or otherwise, so they could only temporarily live in shelters arranged by the police.

US Intelligence Director Daniel almost finished reading all the reports in the mood of watching an incomprehensible horror movie, and then he had the feeling that he was being followed by some kind of creature behind him.

He immediately contacted Li Lei by phone, and then sent all the case information to Li Lei.

"Mr. Li, I think you should read the case report I sent you.

In the past three months, unbelievable "resurrection of the dead" events have occurred in many places in the United States.

These resurrected dead are undoubtedly, physiologically or otherwise, the resurrection of the dead.

But the problem is that their purpose is still to bury them; and some of them were cremated back then.

Mr. Li, I think this series of cases may require your office to handle. "

"The resurrection of the dead?"

Li Lei was a little surprised when he heard the news.

Although Li Lei is not sure whether there is a so-called hell in the western world, Li Lei is sure that it is very difficult for the dead to be resurrected. Even the most powerful black wizard or necromancer in this era is unlikely to achieve it.

And according to Daniel's description, this seems to be related to "resurrection"

It has nothing to do with it, but some ulterior secret organization should be hidden behind these resurrected dead.

"Your Excellency, it is true that such a case should belong to our office.

I will arrange personnel to investigate as soon as possible, and I hope you can inform the local police station to cooperate with us as much as possible.

And because of the mysterious nature of the case, I probably won't give any explanation until the investigation is complete. "

"Of course there's no problem."

Daniel agreed to Li Lei's request on the phone, "If you need any assistance from my side, please call me in time, and I will arrange it for you as soon as possible.

In short, this case must be resolved as soon as possible! "

Of course, Li Lei understood what Daniel was worried about. In contemporary society, a person's death is actually related to too many things.

Such as his legal responsibility, debt liability, property and so on.

If you inherited all the property of your dead uncle, and one day your dead uncle came back, would you be willing to give up your property?

In other words, how should the law define the ownership of this part of the property?

This is different from cases where the law declares someone dead because they have been missing for a long time, because there is a real death here.

There are many cases of this kind of violation of biological laws, and it is estimated that the impact on the judicial system will be greater.

"Our first target for this investigation is Chicago."

Li Lei took Hamada Hiroshi and others, and set off in the Black Tiger.

As a muscle car MPV, it is very easy to sit five people.

The reason why Chicago was chosen as the breakthrough point is that the first informant of this type of case was in Chicago, and at the same time, Chicago currently has the largest number of informants.

And Chicago is also a very special city in the United States. This is a city that was almost controlled by the American Mafia.

In those dark days, the mayor of Chicago either worked with the Mafia or was completely excluded by the Mafia.

Even the Mafia once planned to run for the mayor of Chicago and separate Chicago from the US federal system.

Due to the arrogance of the mafia finally angered the federal government of the United States. Under the audit of the federal government's number one killer, the Internal Revenue Service, the leader of the mafia went to jail and a large number of assets were frozen.

For the capitalist society of the United States, running gangsters also requires huge financial support.

The Black|Hand|Party, which lost cash support, immediately withdrew from Chicago, and even they were suppressed by the U.S. federal government on the east coast of the United States. former glory.

However, as one of the important stronghold cities of the Mafia, Chicago, the Mafia still has a great influence today.

However, the former mafia has become a business family and no longer fights and kills in the rivers and lakes.

"In fact, in addition to the cases filed by the Chicago police, there are also some cases that were not reported to the police."

Hamada Hiroshi began to monitor media sites, social networking sites and forum communities in Chicago and nearby cities with a computer in the passenger seat.

Under the matching of artificial intelligence, many missed cases have also been salvaged.

"These cases are all alleged to be related to a religious sect called the Church of the Resurrection of the Holy Spirit, but the church has so far denied any connection with these cases.

They say they are a low-key, harmless religious congregation and have nothing illegal about them. "

"You know what I'm interested in?

Why are they linked if there is no connection at all? "

Li Lei asked while driving, "No wind, no waves. If there is no evidence, how can anyone link them together."

"The earliest source of this was someone praying for the resurrection of their father.

The man who prayed was an orphan and was bullied all the time.

His prayer was heard by Father John of the Church of the Resurrection of the Holy Spirit, and Father John asked the praying person if he prayed sincerely.

The prayer said that he sincerely prayed for his father to be resurrected, because without his father, he might not live for a few days.

The priest sighed and said that God had heard his prayer, and God would be moved by his sincerity.

Then the father of the man who prayed that night returned to his home. "

Hiroshi Hamada said, "Do you think this is a fairy tale?

This priest is nothing short of a fairy godmother.

But this Father John is quite famous in Chicago, especially among the poor and the punks. "

Chicago is also a city that is going into decline. The glory of the past is now a good time for Chicagoans to recall.

As large manufacturing industries are slowly being replaced by high-tech manufacturing industries, the original prosperous industrial cities have inevitably encountered the pain of transformation.

Because Detroit relied too much on the automobile industry, it was defeated when Japanese automobiles aggressively attacked the American market in the 80s; and Chicago was supported by other non-industrial sectors such as the financial industry, and Chicago’s background was far superior. Detroit, and therefore Chicago, can survive.

Even so, the number of bankrupts in Chicago is increasing year by year, and the crime rate is also increasing year by year.

"Father John publicly declared when he was preaching that if a person is about to starve to death, then he can be forgiven for stealing or even robbing.

Not only will God forgive his sins, but he also suggests that human courts should not punish such people severely.

His set of ideas is used by many small gangsters as a means of protection for their own robbery, thinking that they just want to survive.

Therefore, many local media in Chicago had a lot of discussions on this statement, but the statement against Father John still prevailed. "

"I actually agree that it is a very stupid thing to talk about morality in the face of life and death, but as long as the society has not completely collapsed, then people should have a bottom line under any circumstances.

I don't object to people stealing in order to survive, but I object that he can get a pardon from the law.

This is an understandable but inexcusable matter, after all, the social relief system still exists.

Besides, even if he does go to court, if it is only the first offense, the judge is likely to give a lighter punishment to community labor. "

Li Lei himself also has a lawyer's license. He believes that if a person is really going to starve to death and robs food, he can use "emergency avoidance"

As a positive defense reason, and the judge can easily accept this reason.

But Li Lei does not think that after robbery, he can be automatically pardoned without trial, especially if he can continue to be pardoned again and again.

"This Father John's thoughts are a bit extreme. I think the police should list him as a key surveillance target, right?"

"Congratulations, you got it!"

Hamada Hiroshi checked the information about Father John in the database of the national intelligence system, and found that as a priest, he was actually the focus of the Department of Homeland Security.

"His ideas are so radical that DHS is concerned that he has extremist tendencies.

But in the eyes of others, this seems to be a saint!

I found that many self-media in Chicago are advocating this Father John, and some people even suggested that the Vatican should give this priest Zhu Sheng. "

While Li Lei and Hamada Hiroshi bickered back and forth, a group of people rushed to the office building of the Chicago Police Department headquarters.

Li Lei and Hamada Hiroshi got out of the car, and ordered the other three people not to get out of the car for the time being.

Li Lei and Hamada Hiroshi entered the headquarters building with their respective IDs, and after registering the information at the front desk, they met with the Chicago Police Chief's office and the chief.

"Mr. Director, I believe you should know the purpose of our visit, right?

From now on, the case you reported will be entrusted to us. If it is convenient, I would like to meet the detectives who were originally responsible for the series of cases. "

While talking, Li Lei showed the relevant documents of the Federal Department of Justice and the State Department of Justice to the Chief of Police.

After checking the documents, the police chief got up and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you two, I asked my assistant chief to take you to meet the detective who originally handled the case.

If there is anything that requires our cooperation, please bring it up as soon as possible. "

"no problem."

Li Lei shook hands with the director with a smile, then followed the assistant director and left the office.

Like all levels of government in the United States, the chiefs of various departments are mostly political officials, while the deputy ministers are mostly affairs officers.

However, the Police Department and the Public Prosecutor's Office are two relatively special departments. Whether it is direct elections or the nomination of the winning head of government, the final elections are generally people from the department or at least from the system.

But the chief is obviously not familiar with the affairs of his own police station.

Otherwise, the person who led him to meet should be himself, so that he could maintain a friendly attitude with the federal level and establish a direct communication relationship with his subordinates, but he gave up.

Li Lei only sighed in his heart, and he would not make any comments or reminders about it.

He is not a local official in Chicago, so he will not be involved in the vortex of the local political circle.

"This is Captain Albert who is in charge of this series of cases,"

The assistant chief pointed to a 30-year-old white police officer and said, "Albert, this is Li Lei, director of the Federal Office of Special Biological Management, and Hamada Hiroshi, deputy director.

According to relevant laws, this case is currently under the jurisdiction of the federal government, and you need to follow the arrangements of these two gentlemen.

Well, I hope you can cooperate happily in the next case detection process!

I wish you solve the case as soon as possible, good luck! "

Officer Albert sized up Li Lei and Hamada Hiroshi, and said rather unconvinced: "I don't know how your department was established, but you are actually in charge, do you look down on us? "

Racial discrimination has always existed in the United States, and even exists explicitly and implicitly in many places.

The so-called obvious means that people openly treat you differently according to the color of your skin; the so-called obscure means that people beat you to death and refuse to admit that it is racial discrimination.

As long as you don't catch people expressing any racism, even the fact that it is racist is useless.

It’s like Harvard University’s admissions policy. You know that it will make it more difficult for Asian students, and the admission rate of Asian students is much lower than that of white students. It means that it has something to do with your skin color, so even if everyone understands and understands that this is racial discrimination, the law is still helpless.

It seems that many government departments choose ethnic minorities or women as managers for the sake of political correctness, but often they do not get the support of others, and even think that they are taking advantage of their skin color or gender.

What's more, it is also drug abuse, but the crime of abuse of drug A is often not as good as that of abuse of drug B.

This is because drug B is used only by poor black children, so the punishment must be increased; while drug A is often used only by richer white middle-class children, so try not to leave them with a criminal record. Not to mention the sentence of community labor, many even just arrange a compulsory psychological counseling course and it's over.

"If you have any dissatisfaction with our investigation of this case, you can raise it with your supervisor."

Li Lei would not lower his status to argue with such a person, he just reminded him lightly.

"Alternatively, you can challenge our department's jurisdiction in court.

Both state and federal courts will accept this case, and because the case involves local and federal power distribution rules, there must be many lawyers willing to fight this lawsuit for you.

And, I think there should be many interest groups shouting for you behind your back.

It's just that at that time, you can't help yourself.

Just like now, we came down just to follow up the investigation of this case, and left after the investigation.

From then on, I will hardly have any contact with you, and I may not remember you.

But you still want to jump out and provoke me, wishing that I would hate you for the rest of my life.

Do you see any advantage in your messing with the head of a federal law enforcement agency?

Use your brain well, don't be used by others.

By the way, it is not terrible to be used by others; what is terrible is that after being used by others, it is treated as used toilet paper and thrown directly into the toilet. "

After listening to Li Lei's words, Albert's originally pale face turned blood red from shame and annoyance.

He seemed to understand that he was being used by others, but out of face he still wanted to take revenge on Li Lei.

Li Lei pointed at Hamada Hiroshi to him, only to see Hamada Hiroshi was taking pictures with his mobile phone.

"Officer Albert, I must remind you that it is a felony to attack a federal law enforcement official in the line of duty at will.

If your attack also included hate crimes such as racial discrimination, I think the judge should be happy to sentence you as a punishment case?

So, Officer Albert, put your fist down.

I hope we can cooperate happily in the next few days. After all, if this case is successfully solved, it will also be very helpful to your resume. "

After Li Lei finished speaking, he and Hamada Hiroshi left the police office, and after returning to the Black Tiger, Hamada Hiroshi said regretfully, "You know what?

I wish he'd punched you in the face like that and watched you take him to court. ——Actually, the information he gave is not as detailed as the information I just got from the police database.

Local police departments have always been one-on-one to federal law enforcement. No wonder the FBI said they wished us 'all the best'. "

"That's the way it is. Who wants to share half of the cake?"

Li Lei said calmly.

"By the way, your thoughts just now are terrible, and you actually hope that I will be beaten up.

If I was really beaten, my prestige would be completely gone. "

"Ok."

Hiroshi Hamada shrugged, "Where should we go next?

Like visiting that Father John? "

"Why so early?"

Li Lei shook his head with a smile and said, "There is an FBI safe house next to Father John's church, and I just applied for it as our office location this time.

Of course, in order to compensate for the loss of this safe house, the management office had to buy another safe house for the FBI.

Fortunately, our office funds are still relatively rich, otherwise I would have a headache. "

The safe house does not have to be arranged in a secluded place as most people think. In fact, as long as the composition of nearby residents is relatively simple, the more people there are, the safer it will be.

However, there are also some safe houses that do the opposite, and deliberately select some communities with relatively complex residents, so-called "hidden in the city"

That's probably what it means.

And this safe house is indeed located in a relatively low-income community. Most of the people living here are wage earners or lower-class residents who live on relief funds.

Li Lei turned on the black tiger's camouflage function, and immediately the black tiger changed from an advanced MPV into a seventh- or eighth-hand van that seemed to be pulled out of some garbage dump.

Hamada Hiroshi, Jason and Adam form a father and son in a single-parent family. This is because Hamada Hiroshi has half white blood after all, and Jason and Adam seem to have some Asian genes, so it is relatively unreasonable to form a father and son; and Li Lei and Lu Dongbin formed a pair of Chinese relatives and friends who came to Chicago to seek opportunities.

The two families became close friends before arriving in Chicago when they discovered that the renters were neighbors.

The two families carried their respective luggage and lived in two adjacent suites. Although the joining of the two families attracted some people's attention, soon no one paid any more attention.

In this impoverished community, feeding yourself and your family is the most important thing.

Obviously, these two new families are not rich, and they may be poorer than themselves, so it's better not to get involved with them.

After Li Lei and the others entered their respective rooms, they naturally locked the door immediately and unlocked all the locks.

This is the first rule of renting a house in the United States. When you go home, you must close the door and lock it.