Legendary FBI Detective

In a county-level city in northern New Jersey, on a highway in the south.

"What do you call an 80-year-old black man? Answer: Vintage farm equipment."

In a rapidly moving SUV, Reesi, wearing a bulletproof vest, sat in the backseat, looking at a post on her computer with a strange expression, and said:

"It's a miracle that Innis Heller is still alive, considering he wasn't killed by black guys in prison back then."

Winslow, sitting next to her, was carefully checking his equipment and casually replied:

"Those black guys all have a talent for comedy. Those jokes might as well have been made up by the blacks in prison."

Reesi shifted her gaze from her computer and glanced at Winslow, laughing:

"Your hell joke isn't bad either."

"???"

Winslow paused in his actions and looked at Reesi with a puzzled face. Reesi chuckled and whispered:

"You mean to say that the prison is full of black people, right?"

"..."

Winslow was rendered speechless by this comment. Chenier, who was driving, gave Reesi a white look from the rearview mirror. Group Leader Luo An, sitting in the passenger seat, shook the gun in his hand and said:

"Stop the chatter, we're approaching the target location. Get your gear ready!"

"OK."

Reesi nodded in the backseat, quickly put the computer aside, and started organizing weapons. Luo An finished checking his equipment, pressed the communicator by his ear, and asked:

"What's the situation with the target?"

Not far behind the SUV on the highway, a black SWAT troop transport vehicle rapidly followed.

Mona and Michelle, along with several SWAT members, sat in the vehicle. Hearing Luo An's question, Mona tapped on the keyboard and replied:

"An hour ago, the target took out a bag of trash.

Since then, he hasn't made any moves to leave and has been in his house."

"Good."

Luo An nodded in satisfaction. Previous information showed that Innis Heller had no military experience and had not participated in any military training or clubs.

Therefore, the operation plan devised by the 13th Investigation Group was very simple: Kick in the door! Arrest him!

The two vehicles quickly reached the target location, a typical federal-style wooden apartment with two floors, prominently red and orange, not very large, front and back lawns, and two entrances, with a small staircase at the front door.

According to the layout of the apartment, the SWAT team and the 13th Investigation Group split into two groups to take the front and back doors. A SWAT member with a riot shield charged at the front door, followed by another holding a battering ram. Upon order, he immediately smashed the apartment door with a loud bang!

Boom—

A loud noise, and simultaneously the front and back doors of the apartment were shattered. SWAT team members rushed into the apartment with their weapons drawn and shouted:

"FBI!"

"Drop your weapons!"

"Hands behind your head!"

"Upstairs! Go upstairs!"

Agents of the 13th Investigation Group followed swiftly into the apartment, found no one on the first floor, and Luo An immediately led the team upstairs.

Boom—

Luo An kicked down the door of the upstairs study. Inside was a middle-aged white man with a crew cut, wearing shorts and a T-shirt, looking terrified—Innis Heller, the target.

Hearing the FBI's shout, Innis Heller didn't even think about resisting with a gun but was trying to disconnect his computer. Luo An and his team burst in just as he was about to pull out the network and power cables.

"Don't move!"

"Raise your hands!"

Chenier and Winslow, seeing the situation, yelled sharply. Luo An acted even faster, kicking Innis Heller in the stomach and sending him flying against the wall.

Thud—

With a muffled sound, Innis Heller's face instantly turned pale, and he groaned before slumping to the floor. Chenier and Winslow quickly approached, guns pointed at his head, while Luo An took out handcuffs and securely cuffed his hands together.

While Luo An and his team firmly apprehended Innis Heller, Mona quickly ran to the desktop computer nearby, tapped on the keyboard with relief, then gave Luo An and his team a thumbs up, smiling:

"That was close. Well done!"

Luo An stood up, raised an eyebrow, and asked:

"Is everything intact?"

"Some was deleted, but it can be recovered."

Mona signaled Michelle and Reesi to help with the computer case and explained with a smile:

"The operation was a success; we got everything we were looking for."

"That's good."

Luo An breathed a sigh of relief. Innis Heller had been lifted by Winslow and Chenier, and Luo An patted his shoulder, saying with a smile:

"I'm sorry, Mr. Innis Heller, but you've been arrested for making racially discriminatory remarks against political correctness."

Innis Heller: "???"

————

In 2006, the concept of political correctness was just beginning to take shape, but the practice of ascending the ranks by comparing the number of BUFFs was not yet prevalent.

Therefore, when Innis Heller was arrested, his face was filled with questions about the words of Luo An.

It was not until he entered the interrogation room and heard Luo An and Chenier start asking about the posts on the Underworld websites that Innis Heller realized that the previous statement was a joke.

Across the interrogation table, Innis Heller was handcuffed to a chair, covering his face in silence.

Luo An sipped his coffee leisurely and was about to speak, when there was a sudden knocking at the door of the interrogation room, and then Mona walked in holding a laptop.

Placing the laptop on the interrogation table, Mona looked disdainfully at Innis Heller and introduced:

"Group Leader, I just found accounts registered by Innis Heller on 6 Underworld websites in his computer. The contents of the posts are roughly the same, all related to 'meat rabbits'.

Moreover, in a hidden folder on his desktop computer's hard drive, I also found about 50g of child exploitation content.

We've caught another pedophile."

Luo An and Chenier were both somewhat surprised at this, but before they could speak, Innis Heller quickly put down his hands and first shouted loudly:

"I am not a pedophile!"

"Few people would directly admit to their pedophilia. I understand."

Luo An waved his hand and said:

"Don't rush, Mr. Pedophile. We have plenty of time to chat."

"Damn it, I'm really not a pedophile!"

Seeing the contempt in Chenier and Mona's eyes and hearing Luo An's words, Innis Heller's face became even more flushed.

Taking a few deep breaths, Innis Heller suppressed his impatience and said sternly:

"Agent sir, ladies agents, I really am not a pedophile.

The content you found on the disk is just merchandise.

Do you understand? Merchandise. I make money from it, but I am not interested in it itself."

Chenier and Mona still looked unconvinced, while Luo An seemed to suddenly realize and said:

"So, you're just selling child exploitation content, you are a distributor of child exploitation, not a pedophile yourself, right?"

"..."

Innis Heller stiffened upon hearing this. In federal law, the crime of distributing child exploitation content seemed not to be much less severe than being a pedophile himself.

Innis Heller hesitated for a few seconds preparing to continue to explain, but Luo An waved his hand to interrupt him, signaled Mona to leave, and steered the conversation back to the main topic.

After briefly recounting the serial killings on the beach, Luo An pushed the photo of the pit to the other side with a serious face and asked:

"Do you have anything to say?"

"I..."

After a long silence, Innis Heller looked up at Luo An and said:

"Agent sir, I must first declare something, I am just a businessman, everything I do is just to make money."

Luo An chuckled and said:

"That is to say, you know the situation behind this serial killing, right?"

"I do know some."

Innis Heller nodded his head, then shook his head and said:

"But I can't say."

Chenier narrowed her eyes slightly:

"Are you scared?"

Chenier thought the reason Innis Heller wouldn't speak was for fear of being retaliated against and killed in prison.

"I am indeed scared."

Innis Heller nodded his head readily admitting this point, then added:

"Also, I feel, Agent sir, that with your status, you may not be able to investigate the situation behind this case.

How about this, I will tell you the identities of those who bought things from my disks, you go catch them, and it will be a great achievement for you.

As for me, I help you arrest people, help you accumulate achievements, and you help me get immunity agreement, or a witness agreement, to reduce some of my charges, how about that?

Mutual help, mutual benefit."

After Innis Heller finished speaking, Chenier's face suddenly turned cold.

She didn't think Luo An would agree to the other party, but she realized that if Innis Heller wasn't lying, then there might be big problems behind this case.

Luo An pondered for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled and asked:

"Mr. Innis, you say you are a businessman, then I have a little question.

Did you pay taxes for those things you sold?"

"..."