Chapter 785 Negotiations with Ulterior Motives

Half an hour later, in the conference room of the command vehicle, Alice had found out the identity of the "biscuit man".

"White Cornell, who lived in Harrisville from 1998 to 2018, opened a small grocery store, and has been single since his divorce. I checked, and when Ronnie and his mother showed up there, he was In the second year of the divorce, everything happened. "

"Is he no longer living there?" Jubal asked.

Alice shook her head, "I only came back occasionally. After 18 years, he closed the grocery store and stayed in Florida most of the year to take care of his grandchildren.

He should have just returned to town in the past two days, and Ronnie was most likely going after him. "

"So Ronnie has always been looking for him, but he didn't find anyone at first. Instead, he met Lei Lin, which is why the following things happened. But now that White is back, Ronnie came looking for him again." Jie guessed.

"Confirm?" Aubrey scratched his head, picked up the phone and handed it to Alice.

"Hello?" The call was unexpectedly answered, but the voice that answered the phone was not old, and the tone was a little more glib.

"Is it Mr. Cornell?" Alice pretended not to know.

"Who are you? Sweetheart."

"I'm Sheila from Verizon Communications. Our company is now offering a free broadband upgrade to 300M download speeds per second for your community. I would like to take advantage of this offer."

Before Alice finished speaking, an old voice suddenly came from the other side of the phone, "Help"

The voice only had time to say half a word before it was replaced by a muffled groan, followed by the beep of the phone being hung up.

"It's him, let's go." Jack opened the car door and turned around and added, "Don't forget to take Lei Lin with you."

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When the Most Wanted Team led the West Virginia SWAT team to White Cornell's residence, as expected, they saw a gray Honda Civic outside the house. Clay looked at the license plate with binoculars from a distance. , it is definitely the car that was hijacked last night.

Before Jack could speak, Aubrey already knew what he should do, "I will lead a team to guard the back alley. In addition, the houses across the street have been cleared. At least two snipers can be arranged there. I think I took a look at the SWAT drone’s view. The angles are good and concealed enough.”

"The other party may have two hostages, and the risk of breaking in directly is a bit high." Jubal frowned as he looked at the window with the curtains drawn.

"Why do you have to break in by force and let him show up on his own?" Jack murmured at the car following them. The driver of that car was Jie Jie, and Lei Lin was sitting in the back seat of the car. .

Jubal was still hesitant, "Isn't this too direct?"

"Do you think he will be handcuffed by us and put in jail?" Jack asked.

Jubal was speechless for a moment. He was involved in the entire case. He clearly saw Ronnie Lee Bishop's crazy behavior, but he still couldn't accept Jack's intention to kill him directly when he first came up.

This has little to do with his personal outlook, and is mainly due to his different style of handling cases.

"I think Jack is right. This guy has gone crazy. Today's ending cannot include the option of a peaceful solution, and we cannot risk the lives of the hostages and ourselves."

Clay said as he began to skillfully inspect his beloved M110SASS sniper rifle. As a former soldier, he had always been asked to simply follow orders without asking why.

But being unable to ask doesn't mean he won't think about it. The reason why Clay was regarded as a thorn in Team B was because he had too many questions in his mind and was often regarded by the team members as challenging the authority of captain Jason.

After coming to the FBI, he was very satisfied with Jack as the de facto leader. Not only would he answer every question patiently, but he also had the same sense of justice as his former captain but also understood people's hearts better.

On the other side, Hannah also checked her G28E. The sweet girl never questioned her boyfriend's judgment. Even if one day she was pointed at by Jack with a gun, her first reaction would only be that there was an enemy behind her.

"OK, OK, but you have to write a report with me afterwards."

Jubal rubbed his eyebrows and saw Jack quickly draw a sketch on the notebook.

"Let Jiejie park the car here later to avoid affecting the shooting range to the greatest extent. Hannah and Clay will allocate the two sniper spots across the street. The only requirement is that they cannot be discovered by the other party. 120 yards to A distance of about 150 yards shouldn't be a problem for either of you."

After speaking, Jack pointed the pencil in his hand at Jubal, "Use your best negotiation skills and find a way to get Ronnie to show up in front of the window in the front hall, but you must pay attention to one thing, so that Ronnie can see Lei Lin. But Raylene must not be allowed to see Ronnie.”

"Why?" Jubal was a little confused, and even Clay and Hannah next to him cast doubtful glances.

"Because Raylene's role is the audience, if Ronnie felt that she was watching, he would probably shoot the hostage directly. His purpose was always to satisfy his own psychological needs, not anyone else or anything else."

Jack's explanation shocked Jubal. After a long silence, he nodded with difficulty, "I know what to do. Contact Ronnie."

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The call was connected, and Ronnie's greasy voice came from the other end, "Again? What are you trying to sell this time? Why not just introduce yourself, the police or the FBI?"

"Mr. Bishop, I'm Jubal Valentine, the FBI agent in charge. We have surrounded the house now. I want to discuss a way with you to get everyone out safely, including you."

As Jubal spoke, Alice in the command car also connected the call to the team's communication channel, and everyone could hear the conversation between the two.

"Go on if you want to talk, I'm listening, FBI, you finally found me, just take it as a reward." It can be heard that there is no surprise in Ronnie's tone.

"First of all, I want to know if everyone inside is safe, Emma, ​​White, and of course you."

As usual, Jubal began to follow the process, always asking the other party to put forward conditions, otherwise it would be really difficult to write the report later.

Ronnie also sounded cooperative, "Of course, we are all fine, but if you want to come in, Emma and White may not be as good as they are now."

"OK, I know this very well, and I promise you that we will not do anything that will provoke anger, and I hope you will not hurt them, so as not to end up hurting both sides. I promise to try my best to ensure your safety." Jubal tried to release goodwill.

"It doesn't matter, haha, anyway, I have never been truly protected by anyone in my life, right? Dear White?" After a burst of crazy laughter, accompanied by a burst of punches and kicks and the cry of an old man.

"Do you remember the child sitting on the side of the road? Looking at the home he had just been driven out of, do you know how he felt at the time? You don't know you damn bastard!"

"Hey, stop it, we just agreed that you can't do anything to them anymore."

Although Jubal shouted loudly to stop it, it was obviously useless until he saw Jack, who was listening to their conversation with headphones on the side, mouthed a silent "Mom" to himself.

Jubal suddenly realized and said, "Hey, Ronnie, I know why you think so. I've met your mother. You never felt safe when you were with her, right?"

"Shut up!" The beating sound on the other side of the phone really stopped, and then Ronnie's voice with a little fear in anger came, "Listen, FBI, I don't want to hear you mention her."

Jubal secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and finally did not let the situation get out of control, "Then let's talk about another person, the only person in the world who can make you feel safe, Leilin, am I right?"

"Where is Leilin, has she been arrested by you?" The voice on the other side of the phone suddenly became louder.

Jack was relieved to hear Ronnie's reaction. He looked up at the other side of the street. Hannah and Clay were already in place. Next, it depends on Jubal's level of deception.

"I thought I was wrong. Do you really care about her, Ronnie? You sent her out as bait before so that you can take Emma away."

"Shut up, where is she!" Ronnie roared on the phone.

"So you love her?" Jubal said, imitating Ronnie's previous slick tone, "You didn't realize this before, did you? It wasn't until you broke up that you realized that life without her was painful. Without her watching you, you couldn't do anything well. You two are truly a perfect match."

Ronnie's voice suddenly became cold, "Listen, FBI, where is she? Tell me, or I will shoot these two people to death."

The sound of the revolver hammer being pressed and the girl's terrified screams were clearly heard on the phone, "No!"

This time, Jubal was relieved because he was very Clearly, the fish has taken the bait, "How about we make a deal? If I bring Leilin to you, what can you offer?"

"She's right next to you?" Ronnie was very surprised, "Okay, as long as you can give her back to me, I'll give you the cookie man, how about this deal?"

"It's a deal, I'll have someone bring Leilin to the front of the house, you can go to the French window in the front hall to confirm first, and then we'll discuss how to exchange hostages, this is enough to show my sincerity."

The two of them briefly discussed a few more sentences, and after hanging up the phone, Jubal, who was still smiling a second ago, suddenly had a dark face.

"Jack, you are right, that madman just wants to kill White in front of Leilin, otherwise he will propose to exchange Emma, ​​because White is his real target all along."