Chapter 400: Shocking Change (Please Subscribe, Recommend, and Vote for Me) Please Vote for Me!!!
"Yeah, we should do something. →" Matthew said expressionlessly. Then, regardless of his physical weakness, he picked up his clothes and stood up directly.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Bobby shouted immediately.
"Do what I should have done a long time ago." Matthew ignored him and walked outside.
Bobby saw Matthew so messed up and planned to stop him. Matthew's body was still very weak, not to mention that they had been discovered stealing other people's things. If someone came to the door at this time, Matthew would really have no chance to resist.
Kai stopped Bobby and said that he would watch Matthew. Kai could guess what Matthew was going to catch.
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Martin felt that he could no longer stay in the police force.
He used to be the most promising star of hope in the police force. He and his former partner were called the "Star of Justice". Any difficult and complicated case in their hands would be solved easily. And unlike his partner, Martin was very good at handling interpersonal relationships. Anyone who had worked with him praised him. He was humorous, smooth, and never blushed with others. Naturally, everyone liked him.
But when it comes to case handling ability... Martin felt that his ability was just like that. Fortunately, he had no ambition for this job. He just wanted a higher salary, better treatment, and just muddled along.
He was not a person who regarded work as everything. He regarded being a policeman as a job to support his family, which was no different from other white-collar jobs, plumbers, and the like. This was also the biggest difference between him and his former partner.
Yes, his partner was Matthew.
Martin and Matthew were once a golden partner. Matthew was responsible for solving cases, while Martin was responsible for cleaning up Matthew's ass. Matthew's temper is also bad to a certain extent. Apart from investigating cases, he rarely communicates with people, and he hates mediocre people very much. Matthew rarely gives good face to people who have no ability. According to Matthew, such people are just here to get a salary, and their existence is an insult to the victim.
Basically 90% of the people in this world are mediocre, where do so many capable people come from? At least Martin feels that he is not a capable person, and he has never been as crazy and persistent as Matthew in dealing with cases.
In his opinion, it is enough to handle the case. If it is really difficult, it is not their fault. They are human beings and they will make mistakes, right.
If Martin had not had a good temper, he would have turned against Matthew long ago.
Unfortunately, since that incident, the golden partner of Matthew and Martin has completely broken up.
In fact, the relationship between the two of them did not break up because of a certain incident. Matthew and Martin's wife cheating was just a fuse. The real rift started a long time ago.
If you really want to trace the root of the problem, you have to start with the sensational "child molestation case" that year.
When the two of them were investigating the murder of Dora Lan, which was also known as the "cult corpse abuse case", they found out that Dora Lan's ex-husband Charlie Lan was in prison for forging checks, and Charlie's roommate was the crazy Reggie Ledoux [who was in prison for making methamphetamine ecstasy and was previously prosecuted for molesting minors, but was released due to insufficient testimony (he was a scumbag)]. In prison, Charlie showed Reggie a photo of Dora, and Reggie also told Charlie about the King in Yellow.
Later they found out that after Reggie was released on parole, he asked someone to find Dora, who was working in a folk trail group-the Friends of Christ Church at the time, and tricked this woman with a tragic life into joining the cult and brainwashing her. She also told her friends that she had joined the church and wanted to be a nun, and wrote in her diary "I closed my eyes and saw the king in a yellow robe walking through the forest."
After that, Dora Lan became a sacrifice, first taking methamphetamine and hallucinogens, then being tied up, tortured with a knife, violated, and strangled to death.
Following this clue, Matthew and Martin found Reggie Ledoux. In addition to participating in cults, this guy also cooperated with motorcycle gangs to make drugs. Matthew found Reggie Ledoux's accomplice in drug production, his cousin DeVore Ledoux, through the connections he met during the undercover period.
At that time, Martin and Matthew found their hiding place. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the arrest, the two of them did not call for reinforcements and acted in advance. In this arrest, according to the archives, it was the Ledoux brothers who discovered the two of them in advance and shot and arrested them in counterattack. Finally, after a gunfight, Matthew and Martin killed the two and rescued the three children who were imprisoned by the Ledoux brothers at the time. One of the children had died when he was rescued, and the other was seriously injured and died in the end. Only one little girl survived, but she was also physically and mentally injured and could only stay in a mental hospital from then on.
It was this case that made them both famous.
But the reality... is another matter.
When Martin and Matthew were arresting them, the Ledoux brothers did not resist at all. On the contrary, they were fearless and not afraid of being caught by the police. Matthew was responsible for guarding the two, while Martin was responsible for searching. At that time, the two planned to start with the two and find out all the details of the Church of the Yellow King.
But when Martin saw the three children who were tortured, he could not control his emotions and shot Reggie Ledoux, who had surrendered at that time. In order to help Martin cover up the murder, Matthew directly killed Wale Ledoux with a grenade and arranged the scene to be a gunfight scene as described in the archives, creating the illusion that the two were arrested and resisted and were shot dead.
Afterwards, although the case went as they expected and deceived everyone, a rift was planted between them.
Martin no longer wanted to hold on to the case, after all, Reggie was very likely the murderer of Dora. Martin thought that this was enough. Of course, he was more afraid that if he continued to investigate, his murder would be exposed. →
But Matthew didn't think so. He had been thinking about this case. When he was in custody, Reggie had said something. Although these words were obscure after all, Matthew could still hear from them that this case was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, and there were many people involved.
This also led to the two of them drifting apart. Matthew had been working hard, while Martin just muddled along.
In the end, because Martin's wife cheated on him, all the conflicts broke out completely.
Matthew didn't talk about it, and Martin's fate was actually not much better. Because of his repeated cheating, his family had fallen apart, his wife left him, and his children were indifferent to him. That's not all, because last time he took his colleagues to fight with Matthew, but was caught by Kai, and the whole department was arrested.
This made Martin's boss very dissatisfied. In addition, his wife cheated on his partner, which made him a joke in the police force.
All of this made Martin frustrated and decided to leave the police force.
His resignation report has been submitted, and he is just waiting for his boss's approval.
Sitting in the bar, Martin reviewed his past, and even he had to admit that he was a bastard.
As a policeman, he never thought about fulfilling his duties. As a husband, he cheated many times, but was always forgiven, and always committed the same crime again. He could understand his wife's despair and grief at the time. As a father, he always said that he was too busy with work and lacked care for his children. No wonder his children didn't like him.
And as a friend... Martin once thought that he and Matthew were friends. At least Matthew, who never meddles in other people's affairs, actually went to his wife in person for his affairs and persuaded her, otherwise Martin would have been kicked out by his wife as early as the first time he cheated.
But how did he treat Matthew?
When Matthew needed support the most, he avoided it. When Matthew was investigating the case, he was happy with a girl who was a dozen years younger than him. When Matthew was excluded, he watched coldly. Even when Matthew argued, he not only did not give any help, but also added insult to injury. In the end, Matthew was completely isolated, transferred, and even kicked out of the police force.
Although something happened between Matthew and his wife, but...he himself was not much better.
They are all bastards.
Just when Martin was drinking alone, a hand reached out and grabbed him.
"Quick! Follow me!"
Martin was almost knocked to the ground, and when he looked up, he saw that it was that bastard!
Although Martin was just reflecting on himself, it didn't mean that he forgave Matthew. Just as he thought just now, they were all bastards!
Martin seemed to continue what he had not done in the police station before, and beat Matthew severely. But when he saw Kai standing next to Matthew, he was scared.
There was nothing he could do. This person had a deep background, but he was good at fighting. He couldn't beat him even if he was a jerk.
Martin broke free from Matthew's hand, obviously not intending to communicate with him.
"You should come and see, that's what I owe Dora Lan, and you owe her too!"
Martin stopped resisting.
Martin almost forgot Dora Lan's name. It's not that Martin has a bad memory, but... he doesn't want to recall it at all. He killed the Ledoux brothers in a moment of impulse, which made the case unable to be investigated. He knew it very well, but he pretended not to understand it.
This is also one of the reasons why he and Matthew have become increasingly distant over the years.
He was escaping. He didn't want to lose his life and job, but he knew very well that he had not done what a policeman should do and seek justice for the victims. So he chose to escape. In the past, he could still feel at ease, after all, he did what he should do... As for the truth, who the hell cares!
But only he knew what crime he had committed.
Anyway, his life is a mess now, why not make it easier for himself? If he can really get justice for Doralan, at least he will feel less guilty.
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"Ah!!!!"
Bang!
Kai and others stayed outside the room, hearing the crying and explosions inside, looking at each other and shrugged. Any normal person who sees the videotape will have this reaction. It's not surprising at all.
About ten minutes later, Martin, who was already a little exhausted, walked out of the room.
He didn't ask where the videotape came from, nor did he ask why they were looking for him, but asked directly.
"What should I do?"
The moment he saw the videotape, even a jerk like Martin who lacked a sense of responsibility could not tolerate those beasts continuing to get away with it.
"Kill those beasts!" Matthew said firmly.
Martin is from the Intelligence Department of the Chicago Police Headquarters. If this videotape wants to be turned into evidence in a dignified manner, Martin's help is needed. He could give the evidence a legitimate source. As for how to do it, Martin definitely knew how to do it better than them.
In order to prevent someone from covering up the evidence, many copies of the videotape were recorded before Martin came. Once things change, they will release the videotape and let public opinion push back on the case and continue the investigation.
After all, no matter how powerful a cult is, it cannot fight against public opinion.
In this country, public opinion is everything. Even if the cult has a strong backing, once it triggers public protests, the authorities must respond.
Similarly, in this country, public opinion has never represented everything.
For example, the famous "pedophile billionaire" Jeffrey Epstein, this guy is simply a legend. He bought an island and then used a Boeing 727 aircraft to open the so-called "Lolita Express", collecting all kinds of underage girls to entertain those dignitaries, including former President Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom, Victoria's Secret boss Wexner, etc.
In 2005, Epstein was criminally accused of sexually assaulting a girl. After an 11-month undercover investigation by the police, Epstein was arrested in 2008, but with his power relationship in the law enforcement agency, the prosecutor in Florida agreed not to prosecute him, and he only faced less than two years in prison in the end, and he was also on parole with work that was close to freedom. During this period, he was allowed to leave the prison for 6 days a week and stay in his office for up to 12 hours a day...
Is this also imprisonment? Is this also the law?
This incident has completely destroyed the majesty of the American judiciary, and there is also public opinion in society, but so what? Various media are not allowed to report, all protests are ignored, the cries of the victims are ignored, the personnel investigating the case are threatened, transferred, etc.
In short, everything must be prepared for the worst.
Unfortunately, reality played a joke again.
The next day, Kai found Deputy Director Cooper. The deputy director is now in glory, but tracing back to the source, his glory is the biggest credit. In this case, shouldn't Cooper give back?
"You want me to help you get a search warrant? And it's for the Archbishop of the Chicago Diocese? Hey, man, are you sure you're not crazy?"
Cooper is a Catholic, and the word "shocked" can no longer describe his state at the time for Kai's request.
Kai didn't say much, just let Cooper handle it.
Cooper was also in a headache, what kind of thing was this.
Just as the two of them were in a stalemate, Kai was thinking about whether to take out the videotape, a phone call came into Cooper's office.
"Hello? This is Cooper." Cooper answered the phone with a bitter face, and then his face changed, as if he had seen a ghost. "What did you say?"
"No, no, no, who are you talking about? Billy Lee Tuttle? The Archbishop of our Chicago Diocese?"
"Where was he killed?"
"Home..."
Cooper hung up the phone with a confused look on his face, opened his mouth to Kai, and wanted to say something.
And Kai, with a stinky face, turned around and went out, asking for a shitty search warrant, now he can walk into the house of that bastard bishop openly and do whatever he wants! The only problem is that the bastard is dead! The clue is broken again!