Chapter 407: Art Exhibition (Seeking Monthly Votes, Recommendations, and Subscriptions) 4500 Words, Please Recommend!!
Kai was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head. "I'm very busy, so I won't get involved in your case."
Hearing that Kai was unwilling to intervene, Marcus was a little frustrated. He didn't blame Kai. After all, the case had reached a dead end. Bringing Kai in would most likely mean that one more person would take the blame. Others don't want to be blamed. Common sense.
"But...I can give you some information." Unexpectedly, there was another twist. Marcus immediately looked at Kai with expectation. Although he didn't know what information Kai could get, Kai always gave people a sense of reassurance. It feels as if any trouble will be solved by his hands.
Kay wrote down a phone number.
"Call this number and tell me my name, and they will give you the information you want."
Marcus took the phone number, a little hesitantly. He really wanted to know who the person on the other side of the phone was, but according to the informant protection regulations, the identity of the informant needed to be protected. Unless necessary, they had no right to know about Kai's informant. But he was indeed curious. After all, it was related to his sister's safety, and he still hoped to be safer.
Seeing Marcus' concerns, Kai patted him on the shoulder.
"Don't worry, my informant is absolutely reliable."
Just as Teresa was looking for him, Kai left his seat and went to Teresa's office.
Mike watched Marcus struggling with the phone number, and finally couldn't stand it anymore. He grabbed the phone number and started dialing.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Marcus stood up and tried to get his phone number back, but Mike pushed him away.
"Do we have any other options now? Since we have such an opportunity, why don't we try it?" Mike felt that since they were in a dilemma now, they might as well give it a try. Although it may not work, but if you don't try, then It will definitely not succeed.
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While Marcus and Mike were on the phone, Kay was called into the office by Teresa.
"Be prepared. In two days, the Secret Service personnel at the White House will communicate with you about the security of Mr. President when he comes to Chicago." When she said this, Teresa looked at Kai with a very strange look.
After hearing this, Kai was confused. How could he, a young detective from the Chicago Police Department, be involved with the White House and the President's security? Isn't this even more ridiculous? When the President of the United States goes to a place, either the local police are only responsible for the perimeter or maintaining order. The White House Secret Service is responsible for the security around the President. This is also true for the security along the route the President passes. The local police have always been responsible for the security. It's a slap in the face.
It is said that the reason why this happened was related to the assassination of Kennedy. The performance of the police in Dallas, Texas at that time was really poor. After the assassin was caught, he was actually shot dead by a tavern owner under the protection of the police... …
Although this incident had the air of conspiracy everywhere, the performance of the police in Dallas, Texas was indeed poor, so the security of the White House later relied more on the Secret Service. After all, no president would want to repeat what happened to Kennedy.
In short, this kind of thing should never have anything to do with a small policeman like him. Even if security issues need to be communicated, it should be the boss of the police station who comes forward, right?
"Does this have anything to do with me?"
Theresa's expression became even weirder when she heard Kai's question.
"Originally, Director Cooper went there personally for this communication, but the Secret Service asked you to go by name... It is said to be the president's request."
Teresa also didn’t expect that Kai’s network of connections was so wide, even the president knew about him! So enviable.
"President? Benjamin?" Kai immediately thought of the presidential candidate he had saved. Kai knew that he became president, but apart from introducing Duke to work, Kai did not have much contact with Benjamin. Unexpectedly, this guy actually remembered him and named him to be responsible for security.
"Do you know Mr. President?" Teresa was very curious about what relationship Kai had with the President.
Kai nodded, not doing much to hide the relationship.
"Well, I guess we know each other." But Kai couldn't say anything specific. Although Teresa was very curious about how Kai knew the President of the United States, she also knew that some things about the President were not easy to talk about casually.
"Well, don't take on any more cases recently. After taking charge of the art exhibition, go directly to the Secret Service."
The longer Teresa spent time with Kai, her subordinate, the more she felt that it was not simple. The information Theresa knows now is already very good.
First of all, have money! Very rich.
On my first day at work, I drove a limited edition original Cobra 427. That car cost at least seven figures! And there is also a very big house. In short, no matter how you look at it, you are a wealthy person, but this guy just came to be a policeman.
Forget it, just think of it as a quirk of the rich. But the problem is, he is really good at being a policeman. When he was still a Sheriff (sheriff) of a small town, he had already achieved great military exploits. According to the bright side of the file, he had killed at least more than a hundred people!
It doesn't matter if you can fight, the key is that you can handle cases.
In short, anywhere is good. Now he's even more awesome. His connections are so good that Teresa doesn't know whether to envy him or not. Not only does he know Tony Stark, but he's also related to the president!
Sometimes Teresa feels a little scared when she thinks about it. She didn't know how to deal with such an awesome subordinate under her, so what about licking him? Or pretend not to know? Anyway, it’s quite confusing.
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The Art Institute of Chicago, today is the first day of the official exhibition of the art exhibition.
This joint exhibition will last for about a week from today, and the exhibition will be held during this period, which can be regarded as a disguised popularity.
When Kai drove here, many people had already started queuing.
Although it is always said that the United States is the world's number one power, this country is always too young. As a country, the United States is not young, two hundred years, but as a society, the United States is really, really young.
For example, many people say European culture, Chinese culture, etc., but few people say American culture. If you go back a few decades, many Europeans think that the United States is a cultural wilderness. Strictly speaking, American culture can only be counted as a branch of British culture. It has not formed a so-called nation. Even now, Americans still divide people into British, German, Italian, Irish, African, Asian, etc.
So even in modern times, the United States is still a little unconfident in art and other cultures, and they prefer European art. So this time the joint exhibition of the Louvre and the Art Institute of Chicago still attracted many people to visit the exhibition.
There are not many people who really come to appreciate art. After all, no matter which country, there are always a minority of artists. Most people here are here to watch the fun. After all, not every American can afford to go to France.
Kai, the policeman in charge of security, is actually very bored. There are local police outside to maintain order, and there are security guards for museums and the Louvre inside. There is really little that Kai needs to do. He spends most of his time wandering around.
Diana and Kelly are very busy.
Kelly has been following Diana these days and rarely goes home, although their house is still being renovated. But Kai has hardly seen Kelly these days except for phone calls.
And just in the few days when Kelly disappeared, several urban legends suddenly spread in Chicago.
It is said that there are two crazy women who wear strange costumes and do justice everywhere at night.
The media has begun to discuss this in the past two days. Some media call these two people female superheroes, and even some politically correct media have touched them to the height of feminist fighters, saying that they are the vanguards of resisting the patriarchal society. There are all kinds of things.
The other part scoffed at this, believing that this behavior is not only illegal, but also brings hidden dangers to social security. The most important thing is that it will cause some people to imitate it. In short, it is not good.
But no matter which side of the media, they all started to criticize the Chicago police after relying on the two female superheroes.
They all believe that it is precisely because of Chicago’s poor public security that this kind of violence against violence has been born.
This makes the Chicago police very helpless. They were still praising people as "Little Sweetie" two days ago, and they turned around and criticized them again two days later.
However, the Chicago police are used to this. After all, criticizing the government and the police is absolutely politically correct in the media. On the contrary, the media that speaks for the government is easily criticized. Therefore, the police don’t pay much attention to the two "female superheroes".
This is Chicago. There shouldn’t be too many mavericks. Anyway, the people who are being dealt with are also small gangsters, and they won’t call the police, so it’s not worth caring about. In addition, the two did not cause any major trouble, so they just turned a blind eye and let it go. The police are very busy, so who would waste precious police force for such a "cosplay enthusiast"?
If they really arrest these two people with great fanfare, believe it or not, the entire Chicago media will be in a carnival the next day.
Rather than this, it is better to pretend that nothing is known.
Kai knows very well that this is definitely Diana and Kelly's doing.
Let alone Diana, a hot-blooded girl, even if she is hundreds of years old, this cannot change. As for Kelly... As an avid superhero comic fan, what can make her more excited than letting her experience the daily life of a superhero in person?
At the exhibition venue today, Kelly said hello to Kai and ran away with a group of classmates. Kelly is now Diana's temporary assistant, and the school is also happy to see this. After all, this is a good social practice opportunity, and even approved Kelly for leave.
This also made Kelly very popular in school. Many classmates came to Kelly, hoping to get the so-called "internal ticket", after all, a ticket is not cheap.
In short, Kelly now has no time to care about her man.
And Diana is also very busy. As one of the persons in charge of this exhibition, she needs to entertain celebrities. This is one of her duties, and she must complete it.
So Kai can only wander around the venue alone.
Just as Kai was wandering around, a nun and a young man also entered the venue.
But this nun was not as steady as other nuns. Instead, she held a large glass of juice, sipped it loudly with a straw, and jumped around to look very happy. The young man next to him looked very steady, but he was carrying several large bags in his hands, which looked a bit funny.
"Sister Catherine, we... Is it really okay to go to find that female knight like this?"
The young man said to the nun in a low voice while avoiding the surprised eyes of the crowd with a bit of embarrassment.
"What's the problem?" The nun seemed very relaxed, walking around and looking around, sipping more happily with a straw in her mouth. Because the sipping sound was too loud, the people around the exhibition cast dissatisfied eyes, but when those eyes touched the nun's face, they immediately turned into amazement.
Because this nun is really beautiful, the kind of beauty that will make people think of something wrong at first sight, very attractive, men are fine, even women are unconsciously attracted.
"Uh... I thought we would be more formal, after all... that is a real superhero! And it is very likely to be an original superhero." When the young man mentioned the person he was going to meet, his expression became excited.
"Eggsy, don't think of Diana as so mysterious, she is just a bad-tempered silly woman. You think she is so noble, you will be disappointed when you meet her."
"Sister Catherine... You can't say that..." The young man named Eggsy just wanted to refute, but the nun didn't listen to him at all and walked away directly.
The nun was naturally Catherine who came from England. Actually, Catherine should have come to Chicago a long time ago, but this nun who was over a hundred years old had been living in seclusion in the monastery for too many years, so after being exposed to modern society, she was very curious about everything. I don’t know if it was because she had been suppressed for too long that her personality became extremely willful.
She changed her mind temporarily and had to go to Los Angeles to see Hollywood and go shopping in New York...
This caused the trip to be delayed again and again.
And Eggsy was the assistant sent by Kingsman to Catherine. To put it bluntly, he was a bag-carrying brother. He was the apprentice of Harry Hart, the new ‘Arthur’, the current leader of Kingsman. He had inherited Harry Hart’s former code name ‘Galahad’, officially drank the Holy Grail, and became a Kingsman agent, one of the twelve Knights of the Round Table.
Interestingly, Eggsy was the first Kingsman agent born as a civilian in the history of Kingsman. In the past, Kingsman agents were recruited only from the aristocratic circle, and Eggsy’s ancestors for eighteen generations were civilians... There was no aristocratic blood at all. He is also the result of 'Arthur' Harry Hart's reform of Kingsman. Harry Hart feels that in the current situation where the aristocracy is gradually weakening, Kingsman must adapt to the times if it wants to grow and develop. They need more fresh blood to keep Kingsman vigorous.
Before Kai's revival, such reforms have always been obstructed by the conservatives represented by the previous generation of 'Arthur' Alfred. After losing their loyal master, they care more about what the master left behind, and they do not allow any changes.
But all this will be different after Kai returns and the Holy Grail begins to revive. Alfred seems to be decades younger and has found the meaning of life again. For Kingsman, he also chose to let go and let Harry Hart become the new generation of 'Arthur' and no longer obstruct Harry Hart's reform.
In fact, he also knew that if he continued to hold on to the old thinking, Kingsman would inevitably weaken. After all, the weakening of the British aristocracy after World War I was visible to the naked eye. But at that time, Alfred had lost his life goal and instinctively hated change. But now, what he wants is different. He hopes that when he sees his master again, he can hand over a brand new and more powerful Kingsman to his master.
This is a bit far-fetched. Let's go back to the two of them.
Their purpose this time is naturally to find the statue of Ares, the god of war, and Wonder Woman Diana.
There is very little information about Wonder Woman in the folk. In modern times, basically no one knows about Wonder Woman's deeds. After the Allies won the First World War, they all chose to weaken the supernatural events that happened that year.
But these are of course not applicable to Kingsman. Kingsman has all the detailed files of those things that happened back then.
As a Kingsman who came from the streets, Eggsy naturally admires this kind of superhero. After learning about his mission, Eggsy was excited for many days.