Thus, Augustus calmly asked, "What's wrong, Lacy? Did something happen on the road?"
"Sir, we have found the murderer!"
Lacey's first sentence made Augustus spit out the coffee in his mouth. Then, Lacey briefly introduced the current situation on the other end of the phone and said with a solemn expression, "We need reinforcements! The murderer had a gun and poured gasoline in the bedroom. Roan and I don't dare to shoot now!"
"F*ck!"
After hearing what Lacey said, Augustus jumped up from his chair. Ignoring the surprised looks of Mona and the others, he said firmly, "I'll inform the SWAT team to rush to the cabin in the forest now! Hold on, don't let the murderer escape!"
"Yes, Sir."
Lacey nodded and hung up the phone. Augustus immediately told Mona the news and asked her to contact SWAT and ask them to go to the cabin in the forest as soon as possible.
Augustus himself hurried to the team supervisor's office and entered without knocking. He said to Veronica with a serious expression, "Ma'am, Roan and the others have found the murderer."
When Veronica, who was on the phone, heard this, she was surprised. After she reacted, she licked her lips and became more interested in Agent Roan Greenwood.
After saying a few words in a low voice and hanging up the phone, Veronica stood up and walked to the office of Investigation Team No. 5. As she walked, she said, "Contact SWAT immediately. I want to go with them."
"SWAT has set off, Ma'am."
Augustus was speechless. He quickly stopped her.
"Moreover, the location of the murderer is too far away from here. It's not suitable for a press conference. Some of the equipment in the press conference room downstairs has not been dismantled yet. When Roan and the others catch the murderer and continue to use this room, the media will have a higher opinion of you."
When Veronica heard this, she stopped in her tracks. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, but she immediately returned to her cold expression and nodded in agreement to Augustus's suggestion.
Augustus sighed in relief and turned to look at Mona. Mona raised her hand to signal 'ok'. She had already contacted SWAT and they were heading to the cabin in the forest. They were estimated to arrive in 40 minutes.
After hanging up the phone, Mona looked up at the clock in front of the office and realized that it was less than three hours since the press conference. Her eyes lit up.
Thanks to Roan, her salary and bonus were saved.
...
On the other side, just as Roan was using words to calm the murderer who had left the balcony and hid in the bedroom on the second floor with Sabrina while waiting for an opportunity to make a move, the pale-faced Darren suddenly appeared on the road not far away and slowly walked toward the villa.
"F*ck!"
Seeing Darren's staggering figure, Roan cursed in a low voice and turned to look at Lacey.
Lacey nodded and immediately ran out of the villa in a blind spot where the murderer could not see. She grabbed Darren and pressed him to the ground.
"What are you doing?"
Darren struggled frantically.
"Mr. Darren, please hurry back to the car."
Lacey was a little surprised. She did not expect the other party to have such a good physique. She did not expect him to recover so quickly from the serious injuries caused by Roan's driving skills.
"Sabrina's kidnapper is here, isn't he?"
Darren quickly reacted after hearing what Lacey said. He immediately stopped struggling and said to Lacey with a serious expression, "Please tell Agent Roan to save my wife as soon as possible! As long as the rescue is successful, I'll pay a million dollars as a thank-you payment!"
"1 million?!"
Before Lacey could say anything, a female reporter with long wine-red hair suddenly ran out of a car on the other side of the road with a man carrying a camera. Without saying anything, she asked, "Mr. Darren, are you willing to pay the FBI so much money because you believe they can save your wife? Do you think the FBI has the ability to do so?"
"What the f*ck?!"
"And who are you?"
Lacey and Darren turned their heads and looked at the woman who suddenly appeared. They did not know where she came from.
It was the reporter, Linette.
After being shaken off by Roan's SUV, she had used both threats and promises to get the location of Roan's SUV from Jock. She then arrived at the road near the cabin in the forest before the other reporters arrived.
As soon as she arrived, Linette heard Darren say the word 'one million'. She was extremely sensitive to news and ran to Darren and Lacey without saying anything to ask the question.
Not only that, before Darren and Lacey could react, the sharp-eyed Linette saw Roan negotiating with the murderer in the villa. Her eyes instantly lit up, and she turned to look at the cameraman.
As Linette's long-time partner, the cameraman was extremely experienced. After taking out his phone and pressing a certain number, he simply said a few words before opening the front cover of the camera and calmly saying,
"The live broadcast will begin in three, two, one. Begin!"
"Good evening, everyone. This is Linette, the outdoor reporter. There's breaking news at my location…"
From the moment Linette got out of the car to the start of the news broadcast, the entire process was smooth and smooth. It took less than 30 seconds, not giving Lacey any time to react.
By the time Lacey reacted and was about to stop Linette from broadcasting the news, Roan, who was negotiating with the murderer, had already been broadcasted to thousands of households through the New York News Channel.
"Could it be that another bank was robbed?"
" I don't think so. The banks in New York are robbed every day. It's not breaking news…"
The audience was discussing the matter of whether or not to sleep in front of the television.
After hearing Linette's introduction and learning that it was a serial murder case, and that it was only three hours after the press conference, the audience in front of the television exploded.
"It only took three hours to find the murderer? This was too ridiculous. Could it be that they were looking for someone to take the blame?"
"Who knows? It's not like the FBI hasn't done this before!"
"No, it's impossible this time!"
"Why?"
"Look at the FBI agent who is negotiating with the murderer. He is so handsome. How could he do something like getting someone to take the blame?"
"..."
On the other side, the small cocktail party organized by Bronson was slowly coming to an end.
After bringing Matthew to pay a final visit to a few big shots, Bronson picked up a glass of wine and took a sip to moisten his throat. He was about to walk to the front and thank the guests for tonight.
At this moment, a group of guests suddenly gathered at a certain place in the banquet. Bronson walked over with a smile and clinked glasses with a female guest. He asked with a smile, "What are you looking at?"
"Breaking news from the New York News Channel."
The female guest took a sip of wine and smiled.
"It says that an FBI agent from your New York branch found the serial killer announced at the press conference not long ago in just three hours."
Bronson and Matthew were shocked.