Chapter 505: Booth and Xiaogu Ask for Monthly Votes!!!

Looking at Norman leaving, Kai showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth. It's almost time. This kind of scum should get the retribution he deserves... no, it should be punishment.

"Boss! Your phone, someone is looking for you!" Chloe suddenly ran out and shouted.

"Who is it?"

"It's said to be from the FBI, named Booth."

Booth, whose full name is Hilly Booth, is an FBI special investigator. He was once a sniper in the Marine Corps. After retiring, he joined the FBI and became a special investigator of the FBI Washington Branch because of his excellent work ability. This typical American strong man had worked with Kai in Chicago. His military style made Kai very fond of him. In addition, he had a good personality. After a few visits, he and Kai were also friends. When they were free, the two sides would contact each other and chat. But generally speaking, the contact was not close.

Kai returned to the office and answered the phone.

"What? You want to see the body found on the beach?" As a result, after greeting each other, Booth made a request that made Kai a little embarrassed. Previously, their serious crime team received a call that a body was found on Venice Beach. The body was washed up on the beach by the waves, and cement was poured on the feet, a typical gangster execution method. The owner of the body was Laurie Smith, an undercover agent of the police seven years ago. However, because the body was eroded by seawater for a long time, there were few clues on it. In desperation, Kai asked the forensic department to hand over the body to the laboratory, hoping to rely on high technology to find some clues.

"Booth, you are also a policeman, you should know the rules." This body is one of the few or even the only clues in this case. According to the regulations, unless the case is related to the personnel, no one else is qualified to approach the body.

"I know, I know... but..."

Booth certainly knows the rules, and he is the FBI. Now this case is handled by the Los Angeles police, and the FBI has no right to intervene. Unless Booth can provide evidence, this case is within the jurisdiction of the FBI. Otherwise, Kai will never let Booth participate. Interfering randomly is very unwelcome in the police world.

Booth just thought for a long time, but still couldn't come up with any reasonable explanation. Finally, he gritted his teeth and told the truth.

"Actually, my partner and I were on vacation in Los Angeles. When the body was found that day, we were actually at the scene. And my partner was very interested in the body."

Let's not talk about it for now. What's the matter with vacationing with a partner? Just talking about the sentence "interested in the body" at the end is enough to make people complain slowly. Is there anyone who likes this?

"Booth... your partner... is there anything wrong with him?"

Hearing Kai's words, Booth didn't react at first, but just said casually: "She has always been like that."

She? Is she a woman?

Kai was still thinking about this, but Booth on the opposite side came back to his senses and understood the meaning of Kai's words just now.

"No, you misunderstood. Bones is a forensic anthropologist who specializes in human skeletons. Her interest in corpses is a professional disease."

"Wait... Why would an FBI investigator like you partner with a forensic doctor? Is the FBI so wild?" It is super rare for law enforcement officers to partner with non-law enforcement officers. In fact, it completely violates law enforcement regulations!

"No... There are many things involved. In short, things are complicated and cannot be explained in a few words, but now she is indeed my partner."

Booth's partner is called Temple Bellen, nicknamed "Bones". A smart, diligent and serious doctor of forensic anthropology, a super academic master, with two doctoral degrees, and can speak multiple languages: French, Spanish and Chinese. She is also a best-selling author, very good at suspense novels, and she is also a believer in science and an atheist. Currently employed by the famous Jefferson Society and the FBI.

The Jefferson Society is particularly worth mentioning. The organization was established in 1864 and its initial funding came from the bequest of British scientist James Smithson to the United States. It is a collective organization of a series of museums and research institutions in the United States. The organization includes 19 museums, 9 research centers, art galleries and the National Zoo, as well as 36.5 billion works of art and specimens. It is also the only semi-official third-sector museum institution in the United States funded by the US government. It also has the world's largest museum system and research consortium. Management and funding come from grants from the US government, other donations, and profits from its own stores and magazine sales. The headquarters of the institution is located in Washington, DC.

The Smithsonian Institution's board of directors is composed of former US vice presidents, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, three senators and nine US citizens, and the president is appointed by the board of directors.

It is the best academic institution in the United States, and in some fields, such as medicine, art, engineering, etc., it is at the top of the world. For example, the laboratory under Kay's name is also a top academic research institution worldwide, but even so, apart from quantum physics, few fields can surpass the Jefferson Society.

In short, it is a gathering place for top students, and the best students and researchers in the United States all dream of entering this association.

And Booth's partner was able to enter the Jefferson Society in his twenties and become the chief forensic anthropologist in the association, which is undoubtedly a feat.

As for why Temple Bellen wanted to get close to the bones, it was entirely because of her research.

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"Okay, listen ladies and gentlemen, I can let you participate in this case." Outside the forensic laboratory of the laboratory, Kai stopped Belen (he will call her Xiaogu from now on) who wanted to go in.

"Just say but, Officer Kai, we can skip those meaningless conversations."

The person who spoke was Booth's partner, Temple Belen. Belen was a very beautiful woman, not very old, about 25 years old, with chestnut hair and very three-dimensional facial features. According to Western aesthetics, she is undoubtedly a beauty. At the same time, Kai could not feel a trace of worldly atmosphere in this lady, just like a nerd in an ivory tower. This is not Kai's slander. This lady emphasizes logic when speaking and doing things. Her speed is always half a beat faster than that of others, and her observation is also very sharp.

This is not wrong, but correspondingly, from the short contact of less than ten minutes, Kai can feel that she is extremely clumsy about human relationships, or she doesn't care at all.

This kind of person is not pleasing in daily life, but Kai doesn't hate it at work. After all, this looks very professional and can also reduce communication costs.

"Okay, Miss Belen, you are assistants, and I hope you can follow Dr. Smith's orders."

"Dr. Smith, I have listened to his lectures and read his papers. He is an excellent forensic anthropologist. I am willing to cooperate with such an authority." Xiaogu may not understand Kai's meaning at all.

Kai was also helpless. This kind of person is like this. He is extremely good at his professional work, but it is difficult to communicate outside the professional scope. So Kai simply didn't waste his breath and looked at Booth.

Booth is an old detective and knows what Kai wants to say very well.

"I understand that this is your Los Angeles police case. We are just assisting in our personal capacity and have nothing to do with the FBI."

Booth understands that it is rare for Kai to agree to their request. Put yourself in his shoes. If this case is in the FBI, Kai suddenly asks to participate like him, he will most likely refuse. After all, this kind of thing is not in accordance with the rules.

Kai nodded. If it was just him, he would not object to someone coming to help. There is strength in numbers. But this involves the two major law enforcement agencies, the Los Angeles City Police and the FBI. Even if Kai doesn't care about those trivial things, he still has to consider the basic position. So some things must be made clear.

To put it bluntly, the premise of Dustin allowing them to participate is that they are not allowed to take the credit!

The world is so realistic.

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Kai is the boss of the laboratory. Although few people know about this matter, only Harrison Wells, the former owner of the laboratory, knows about it. However, in the name of the outside world, the laboratory is funded by the Wayne Group, so this time Kai inspected as a shareholder of the Wayne Group in addition to the police.

This is why the laboratory gave face, otherwise the face of the West District Police Department would not allow outsiders to enter and leave the laboratory at will.

Dr. Smith was very unhappy about someone interfering in the case he took over. Just like the police don't want others to interfere in their cases, this sudden interference will be detoxified into distrust. This is a distrust of his own ability.

However, after seeing Xiaogu, Dr. Smith's face looked much better.

It was also at this time that Kai knew that Xiaogu was one of the top forensic experts. He was an authoritative expert.

Dr. Smith had been exposed to Xiaogu's lectures and papers and recognized her very much.

However, Xiaogu's personality meant that she would not have much ado about anything with Dr. Smith. She directly proposed to examine the corpse.

Dr. Smith was also a researcher and was familiar with the various quirks of researchers. Even his temper was not necessarily very good. So he was emotionally stable for Xiaogu's almost lack of emotional intelligence.

Soon a clean corpse was placed on the test bench.

When Xiaogu saw the corpse, she put on plastic gloves and started to work as if she had seen a rare treasure.

Seeing her impatient actions, Kai suddenly felt a cold air blowing on the back of his neck. Kai was also an old criminal policeman. He had seen a lot of corpses, some strange and even disgusting corpses, but for corpses, Kai could only be emotionally stable and not afraid.

He couldn't even keep a normal mind. After all, this thing was really taboo. As a policeman, the biggest wish is never to kill people wherever they go. On the contrary, the policeman is most eager for peace in the world. When Kai watched Conan before, he always felt that this comic was a bit distorted. Who wants a case to happen? To satisfy his detective hobby, he wants a case to happen? How crazy must he be to have such a weird idea? Those victims are not human?

Seeing Xiaogu like this, Kai's first reaction was to touch the pistol under his ribs. This is the state that a perverted murderer would show. The best thing to do is to catch her and throw her into a mental hospital.

Booth saw Kai's actions and sweated coldly.

He had been with Xiaogu for a long time and didn't feel it very much, but when he saw Kai's actions, he remembered that he had a similar reaction when he first met this girl.

"Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Calm down, bro. Xiaogu is just keen on research. She doesn't have any special ideas. Really, I promise God!" Booth has seen how fierce Kai is. If Xiaogu looks like a murderer, then Kai is a real murderer. He participated in the battle of the Chicago Police Department throughout the whole process. He also recruited Kai on behalf of the FBI.

More than fifty gangsters died under Kai's gun that day!

According to this, Kai deserves the title of murderer. He really did it.

Xiaogu is different. She just likes to study anthropology and human bones.

Kai looked at Booth and didn't retract his action. Instead, he asked: "Have you FBI done psychological testing on her?"

"Yes! Yes! Although her social skills are very poor, she doesn't have autism, and she doesn't have mania or violent tendencies. She is just a nerd. Except for being a little dull, there is nothing wrong with her." In fact, the FBI really didn't do a test on Xiaogu. It's nonsense. As for Xiaogu, it is even more impossible for her to be stupid. She just doesn't want to waste time on things that she thinks are useless. She is a bit like a genius. She can become very talkative about things that interest her, but she can't communicate with normal peers.

Kai slowly retracted his hand that drew the gun and chose to believe Booth.

Yes, he was just frightened by Xiaogu's enthusiasm. Xiaogu is just an ordinary girl. How much harm can she do?

Soon, Xiaogu began to describe the characteristics of the corpse with her naked eyes.

"Male, judging from the increase in ossification centers of the costal cartilage and the fusion of the sternum manubrium and sternum body, the age of the corpse is about 30 to 35 years old."

When Xiaogu was talking, Kai also unconsciously compared the information he had learned with what she said.

In archaeology and forensic identification, there are many methods to use bones to determine gender, which can be generally divided into two categories: comparative observation method and instrument measurement method. Xiaogu can accurately tell the age of the victim with her naked eyes alone. This ability shows her professionalism. If it is not long-term research, there is no such vision.

"He had multiple fractures all over his body, three gunshot wounds, an obvious bullet mark on the fifth rib on the left side, gunshot wounds on the left thigh and right arm, and the cause of death was presumed to be ischemic shock!"

"Wait! Wait! Didn't he drown?"

Kai interrupted, after all, the cause of his death was exactly the same as the way the gang executed traitors. In order to maintain deterrence, generally speaking, they tied people to cement and drowned them alive.

"Three gunshot wounds, except for the wound on the arm which was not fatal, the wound on the left chest was close to the heart, and the wound on the thigh was on the femoral artery. In this case, it was too late to drown him. After the bullet hit him, he died in at most ten seconds." Xiaogu said very calmly.

"Okay, you continue!"

Never use your interest to challenge other people's expertise! Arguing with professionals is undoubtedly the stupidest thing to do.

Next, Xiaogu began to carefully check the bullet marks.

"Is there a bullet?"

"No!"

Kai and Booth, two idle people, just watched Xiaogu operate over there, and they couldn't even get a word in.