Chapter 469: SHIELD Is Here Again (Please Give Me Monthly Tickets, Please Subscribe, Please Recommend) Please Give Me Double Monthly Tickets!!
It was past three in the morning, and the whole police station was in a state of restlessness. → But seriously speaking, no one really complained. The main thing was that this matter... was really interesting!
Superheroes in this world are much more popular than in Kai's previous life. After all, a superhero really appeared during World War II. Even from World War II to now, for so many years, there have been some fanatics who dressed themselves up in fancy clothes and ran out to do justice. Of course, most of them were suppressed by the local police. Over time, superheroes have become a daydream for children, but do you think people look forward to superheroes?
Of course they look forward to it! Otherwise, Kelly and the other three would not have received so much attention. Police officers are also human beings, and many of them grew up as children. They are naturally interested in superheroes! Especially when they see a living one!
At the same time, because of this, law enforcement agencies are also particularly sensitive to such things. The reason has been mentioned before, so I won't repeat it. So when a guy who calls himself Batman makes such a big deal, the upper echelons of the Los Angeles Police Department attach great importance to it!
For this reason, the police station issued a gag order, not allowing anyone to talk about Batman, especially to the media. Those people can stir up trouble even for no reason, let alone if it is true. If the media really gets the news, the morning news and the media in the whole city will be in ecstasy!
Fortunately, it was more than three o'clock in the morning and it was in the police station, so there were not many witnesses. Even if some tabloid reporters heard about it tomorrow, it would be useless without evidence. At most, it would be another urban legend, which would not cause any trouble. There are too many such things.
The police station will definitely make great efforts to find out who this Batman is.
But Kai estimated that this matter should not fall on his head, for a very simple reason, the principle of avoidance. Regardless of whether the bureau believes Kai or not, Kai is the beneficiary of this matter. According to the principle of avoidance, Kai should also avoid suspicion.
This is also good. If this matter really falls on Kai, he will also have a headache. The thief cries thief? Carrying the red flag to oppose the red flag?
Kai ran into Dan when he came out of the director's office. Chap had been on paid leave because of a fractured rib. He was very responsible and wanted to continue with the case. This kind of professional attitude is rare among American policemen. After all, in the eyes of Americans, policemen are just a job, no different from cleaners and clerks. Who would not want to go into battle with injuries?
So Chap's case was handed over to Dan.
Dan was actually injured, but fortunately the injury was not serious and did not affect his work. Having said that, Kai was lucky to meet subordinates with strong sense of responsibility like Chap and Dan.
"Boss, the group responsible for surveillance has sent back news. That group of people seems to be planning to leave here."
Kai took the coffee handed over by Chloe and asked casually, "When."
"Three days later."
"Three days?" Kai looked over in confusion. Kai felt that these people were very courageous. They had done such a big thing in Los Angeles, but they had to wait for three days. I don't know if they are fearless.
"They contacted the smugglers and planned to take a boat to the sea at night three days later. The destination is South America." Dan also took the coffee from Chloe.
After the last attack, Chloe became much more honest after getting mad at Kai. At least she would not say those childish remarks in front of Kai.
"Three days... Why do you think they have to wait for three days?" Kai asked. →
Dan was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Then he found that Kai was still looking at him.
Kai had a headache. If Sage or Portman were here, they would definitely react immediately.
"Don't know? Don't know! You check! Check who they contacted, where they came from, where they went, and what they were going to do! Do I need to teach you this?"
Dan immediately stood at attention in a panic.
"Yes!" After saying that, he quickly put down the coffee and hurried out.
Kai shook his head and walked into his office.
"Not smart at all." Dan's ability is actually quite good, but he is a little dull and slow to react. Obviously, he has been a soldier for a long time, and is used to following orders, so his subjective initiative is a little poor.
"Dan is actually quite good." Chloe saw her ex-husband working with an injury, and was scolded (our local dialect, roughly meaning being scolded or blamed). She couldn't stand it.
Kai didn't even turn his head and said, "He's quite good, why did you divorce him?"
She was speechless.
Dan is really good in everything. He is handsome, neat, and has a great body. His six-pack abs are still clearly visible. He is serious and responsible, has no bad habits, and is sincere. But there is one thing that Chloe can't accept. He is always slow to react and is not considerate and caring enough for her. To put it bluntly, he is a late-stage straight man.
Although Chloe is a little woman, she has the heart of a strong woman. On the one hand, she hopes that Dan will be considerate and gentle to her, and on the other hand, she wants to be independent.
In short, it's quite contradictory.
Dan, a straight man, never trusts Chloe's ability, and he is the kind of person who even needs to think for a long time to say "I love you". How can he live with Chloe for a long time?
"You didn't go home?" Kai leaned back in his office chair, closed his eyes and dozed off.
It was already four in the morning, and Chloe was still at the police station, obviously she hadn't gone home.
"Well... I've been keeping an eye on that case." Chloe said, leaning her head against her chest.
Kai opened his eyes, glanced at her, and said admiringly: "You're brave enough to know your shame, not bad."
Chloe looked at Kai. She didn't think she was brave after knowing shame. After all, not everyone is as good as Kai. It's normal for them to lose to more than a dozen armed bandits. But she was unwilling to accept it, especially when she saw that there were police officers who sacrificed their lives for this.
"What about your child?" Kai knew that Chloe had a daughter. But Kai was not good at getting along with children, and he had only seen them.
"My mother takes care of them."
"Yeah." Kai and her were not very familiar with each other, and private matters could only be said here.
This is very different from China. In China, when leaders care about the private affairs of their subordinates, it is care. Here, when leaders care about the private affairs of their subordinates, it is either gossip or... it is bad intentions. Very inhumane.
Kai had nothing to say, but it didn't mean Chloe didn't.
"Um... are you really not Batman?"
Kai looked at Chloe with a questioning look.
"Do you suspect me?"
"I just asked casually... What if? Tell me, I won't tell anyone." Chloe was obviously bored.
"I'm talking shit!" Kai said angrily. How stupid do I have to be to tell you?
"I don't think so either. I heard that Batman caught all those gunmen and didn't kill anyone." Chloe was really bored and didn't mean to test him. She just felt that if there was anyone she knew who was most likely to be Batman, it would be this person, after all, he could fight.
At the same time, she also said the biggest "difference" between Kai and Batman. Looking through Kai's resume, it is absolutely not an exaggeration to say that he is ruthless. Up to now, there are records of Kai's number of murders, which has easily exceeded 100. Every time he shoots, he never shows mercy.
Compared with Kai, Batman is definitely kind-hearted.
Kai rolled his eyes at her and didn't bother to pay attention to her. Instead, he asked about the Batman in their eyes.
"Have you seen Batman?"
"Of course!" Chloe was a little excited when she talked about this.
But Kai knew very well that she had never seen a shit! When Kai sent those robbers away, he had never seen her at all. This guy was obviously talking nonsense.
But Kai would not expose her, so let her be.
Kai pretended to be curious and asked, "What does Batman look like?"
"I tell you, he is very handsome!"
Kai touched his face. Although this face is indeed handsome, he has never seen Chloe praise him before.
"Did you see his face?"
"Of course not! Superheroes are covered with masks."
"Then you still say he is handsome?"
"I guessed."
Kai looked at her speechlessly.
Chloe had an expression of "Don't you believe it?" "Women's intuition is very accurate!"
Just when Kai and Chloe were talking nonsense, Dustin came in without knocking on the door. How rude.
Chloe stood up immediately when she saw the director.
There was another person following Dustin, who was Kai's acquaintance.
"Tsk... I didn't expect to see you everywhere. Agent Phil."
The man smiled kindly. "This is definitely a coincidence!"
Phil was still dressed the same way, bald, suit, looking like the uncle next door. But Kai knew that this guy's appearance was never a good thing.
"It seems that you smelled the smell again." Kai nodded to Dustin.
Dustin was surprised: "Do you know each other?"
"Of course, we had a pleasant cooperation in the previous few meetings."
Phil said with a smile.
Kai didn't care: "If you say so, then so."
Dustin obviously heard that there was a story between the two, but in view of the mysterious identity of the bald guy, Dustin didn't intend to ask more.
"Since you know each other, that's great. Agent Phil needs to talk to you about the Burbank case." After saying that, he left immediately.
In their line of work, there are not many opportunities to meet people from these mysterious departments, but once they meet, the best way to deal with it is to listen as little as possible, talk less, and pretend not to know! Only in this way can you avoid trouble.
Dustin ran away, and Kai looked at Chloe.
Chloe was quite curious, but seeing Kai staring at her, even if she wanted to stay, she didn't have the courage.
"Okay, everyone's gone. Tell me, what do you SHIELD plan to do?"
Phil didn't seem to hear the sarcasm in Kai's words, but said calmly: "Burbank! We want him!"
"Tsk, I say you SHIELD are really good. We are responsible for everything, but you come out to take advantage of the ready-made things. That's too much."
"As far as I know, those people were not arrested by your Los Angeles Police Department. They were arrested by a vigilante."
"What's your business? Believe it or not, tomorrow's news will say that we arrested them." Kai will not be bluffed. If you have the guts, just announce the truth! If SHIELD really wants to do this, it will not only be the Los Angeles Police Department that will cause trouble for them. The US government will also have to talk to Nick Fury.
As mentioned earlier, the government has no good feelings towards the so-called vigilantes and superheroes. Even though the US government has been praising Captain America, it was for propaganda purposes at that time, not because the US government really needs a Captain America.
If SHIELD dares to stab the Los Angeles Police Department on such a principled issue, just wait for the US government to stab them ten or eight times!
"Kai, we don't have to do this, right?" Phil was a little helpless. Ever since the last unpleasant parting, Phil found that this little policeman had a very bad attitude towards their SHIELD.
"Humph! Stop talking nonsense." Kai would not talk about those things with Phil. They were all adults, and there was no need for him, a SHIELD agent, to pretend to be a close friend.
"What do you want?" Phil then returned to his business-like attitude.
"I can give it to you. But my major crime team is short of some equipment and funds." Kai naturally wants to make a bargain. He does not lack these, and neither does the major crime team. As the richest police department in the United States, Los Angeles has sufficient funds. It would make my colleagues in Chicago cry. Even a big police department like New York can't compare to the Los Angeles Police Department. There's no way there are too many celebrities. But those celebrities are not allowed to do charity if they have money? Otherwise, how can we gain fans and demonstrate our sense of social responsibility? Donating to the police station is very cost-effective among all charities.
"We don't have the funds! As for the equipment... We can support some of the weapons and equipment, and we can also send a few police vehicles."
It is impossible to give money. Although S.H.I.E.L.D. claims to be an international organization, in fact most of their funding sources come from the United States. Some of them are solved by S.H.I.E.L.D. themselves, and some of them come from appropriations from the U.S. Congress. Otherwise Why does SHIELD listen to the US government? I have never heard of such a good thing like not giving money, but still expecting people to obey orders.
It is precisely for this reason that SHIELD's funding situation needs to be supervised by the Congressional Budget Committee. If SHIELD dares to give money to the Los Angeles Police, believe it or not, the budget will be cut in the second fiscal year!
Why?
You have money to support your brother's unit. What does that mean? It means you have a rich budget! Extravagance and waste are wrong.
If your budget is not cut, whose budget will be cut?
So giving money is no problem, but giving equipment is no problem. After all, the money is spent, that's another story. In the past, many units liked to spend money suddenly before closing accounts at the end of the year. This is the reason.
Kai nodded. He was just unhappy with SHIELD. He wasn't trying to make a fortune out of this, and he didn't expect it to bankrupt SHIELD. He just wanted to knock something out.
"Also, I want intelligence sharing!"
"Intelligence...this..." Phil hesitated a little. After all, intelligence has always been very sensitive.
Of course Kai knew what he was worried about.
"I'm not interested in those crappy things, and I don't want them if you show them to me. Knowing too much is troublesome. You should understand what I want to know."
Phil pondered for a moment and nodded.
"I understand, I will let you know when the time comes."
Kingpin's matter has little to do with S.H.I.E.L.D., and the U.S. government will not allow S.H.I.E.L.D. to intervene in such cases. Gang cases are under the jurisdiction of the police. So it doesn't matter, it's just a matter of asking a few more questions during the interrogation.
"It's a pleasure to work with you." Phil extended his hand.
Kai looked at Phil indifferently. "I don't want to cooperate with you at all! Your appearance means trouble. I beg you, who take so much money from our taxpayers every year, please work a little harder and stop letting these superhuman beings run around!"
Phil shrugged.
"This kind of thing is beyond our control."
"That's not our police's business!" After saying that, he ignored him.
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"What are you doing here?" After sending away Plague Shield, Kai caught up on his sleep in the office. He waited until after eight o'clock in the morning before he came out to make breakfast. As soon as he left the office, he saw Joe's daughter, a black woman. Journalist Iris West.
When Iris saw Kai, her eyes immediately lit up, and she grabbed him and pulled him to the rest area.
"Did a superhero deliver a carload of criminals to the police station yesterday?"
"Who told you?"
"Just tell me if you have it?"
"No! Fake!"
"Obviously everyone saw it!"
"Who? Find him!"
"You can't do this, the public has the right to know!"
"Yes, I think so too. So I tell you, look at the shape of my mouth. No... no!"
Kai was making coffee on the coffee machine while teasing Menzi with the little girl.
"Why are you free to come to our police station early in the morning today? You don't have to go to work?"
"Oh, it was my father who asked me to come. He wanted to go to the laboratory with you. He said that Barry had a breakthrough."
"Barry?"
Kai had forgotten who Barry was. It took a while before I remembered that it was Joe's unlucky adopted son who was struck by lightning.
"So fast?"
Barry was struck by lightning and turned into a vegetative state. Kai did not guarantee how much the experimental treatment project in the laboratory would help his situation. Unexpectedly, it was really effective.
"Yeah! Dr. Lanno also said this is a miracle."