The Wolf of Los Angeles.

A young girl appeared in the pop-up video playback window. She was wearing a pink lace dress. Although her eyes were covered with a black cloth, her fair skin and slim figure still showed her outstanding appearance.

Hawke had a feeling that the girl looked a lot like Elle Fanning in her early adulthood.

"It looks like it was captured by surveillance." Erica could easily tell: "Criminal video?"

Before she finished her words, a person suddenly walked into the scene.

The man was wearing a black robe and his back was always facing the video screen. A hand stretched out from under the black robe, holding a shiny hook.

Then, the black robe fell to the ground, and the hand holding the hook waved quickly, and the white lace flew everywhere and fell to the ground.

Bloody wounds appeared one after another on the girl's fair skin.

Although the surveillance video did not record any sound, it was not difficult to tell from the girl's wildly swaying body and rapidly closing lips that she was in great pain and was screaming miserably.

The black robe began to commit violence, and the degree of its madness was no less than those videos of the Ackerman family that Hawke had seen.

Erica had seen too many bloody tragedies and had long been numb to these scenes.

Hawke is much the same.

At the end of the video, the man in black puts on a black robe and walks out of the frame.

The fair-skinned girl has turned into a bloody person, her life slipping away with the dripping blood.

Although the girl's death was not seen at the end of the video, it was not difficult for Hawke to guess that the girl was dead.

The video ended and the playback window went black. Erica said, "A video of a murder case was mailed to me? Sending it to the NYPD or the FBI is the normal way to solve the problem. I am a member of the LAPD's Special Operations Bureau. I don't have the power to investigate cases at will, and it is not my job to investigate cases."

Hawke took the mouse, backed up the video on the computer, and then said to Erica, "The other party mailed it directly to you, obviously they have other purposes. No matter what they want to do, we will get this thing back on track."

Erica doesn't have the heroic mentality of solving all problems by herself, nor is she a person who pursues justice. She agrees with Hawke: "I'll hand it over to my superiors tomorrow and let them handle it."

She speculated: "Could it be related to the two cases I encountered when I was in the detective bureau?"

Many cases happen in Los Angeles every day. Hawke couldn't figure out which two cases Erica was talking about, so he asked in confusion, "What are the details?"

Erica said simply, "In the cases of the two murders of young girls, each of the bodies had an inverted pentagram on them. I found a few clues, but before I could investigate, I was transferred to the Special Operations Bureau."

Hawke remembered the last case his girlfriend investigated before she got promoted: "They were all young girls."

He moved the mouse and clicked replay.

Erica asked, "Did you find anything?"

Hawke dragged the video progress bar until he came to the part where the man took off his black robe, clicked pause, and then zoomed in on the picture.

He pointed to the corner of the video screen and said, "Look at this."

Erica looked carefully and found something on it. Although it was a little blurry, it looked like an inverted pentagram.

"I've already gotten out of this, and you still want to drag me down with this?" She frowned slightly: "This was obviously mailed to me on purpose."

Hawke reminded: "We have used similar methods before."

Erica still remembers: "The Ackerman family's club, we produce and sell our own products."

Hawke took out the disc and put it away: "Do you still have the mailing address?"

Erica took out a black package with a New York postmark on it: "Here it is."

Hawke took the package and looked at it, then said, "I'll ask Butterfly to send someone over to see if there are any clues, but the chances of finding one aren't very high."

Erica nodded slightly: "I will submit it to the police tomorrow."

The housekeeper came over to inform that dinner was ready in the kitchen.

The two put the matter aside for the time being and went to the restaurant for dinner together.

After dinner, Hawke accompanied Erica for a walk in the garden.

Erica rubbed her flat belly and said, "The chef you hired is so good at cooking. If I keep eating like this, I feel like I will definitely gain weight when I get older."

Hawke couldn't help but laugh: "We could do more exercise."

Erica thought it made perfect sense and said, "There's a room on the second floor underground that you haven't seen yet. Do you want to do some heavy exercise training like Tomb Raider?"

Hawke turned and looked at her, then said, "I'll be the Zombie King, and you'll be Lara Croft?"

He has measured it on site many times: "It is no smaller than Laura."

"It's not that exaggerated." Erica pulled Hawke back into the house. "Like Angelina Jolie in the movie, it will seriously affect movement and may affect the body's center of gravity when shooting."

Hawke knows a little bit: "Jolie is not that big. She had extra padding for the movie."

“You know so much,” Erica said.

The two went downstairs and came to the second underground floor. There was a room here that was decorated like a tomb in ancient Greek style.

The adventurous Laura accidentally activated the sleeping zombie king, and a shocking super war broke out between the two sides.

At the end of the battle, Laura was defeated by the attack of the Zombie King.

The fierce battle took place only once. Laura trained during the day.

Hawke had urgent matters to attend to the next day.

The Tiger Woods cheating scandal has now come to an end for Twitter and Butterfly Security.

The news is still incredibly hot, with Woods and Elin and his wife attacking and accusing each other, keeping them at the center of public opinion.

But these no longer require Hawke to make any effort, just let them develop naturally.

Hawke was ready to promote the expedition and northern expedition for homosexuality and women's rights.

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The next morning, Erica came to the Special Operations Bureau and handed the CD to her boss immediately.

We don't handle specific cases here, and the CD was quickly transferred to the Detective Bureau.

Two of Erica's former subordinates came to the Special Operations Bureau specifically to find out the situation.

Neither the sender nor Erica herself knew the origin of the CD.

Erica did remind the people in the detective bureau that a symbol similar to an inverted pentagram appeared in the video on the CD.

The two murder cases of girls with inverted pentagrams were shelved by the Detective Bureau and no one paid any attention to them.

In recent years, the LAPD's crime clearance rate has been lower year by year, and the homicide detection rate has long fallen below 50%.

Looking at how hard Erica, an LAPD elite, works to solve the case, one can imagine the overall situation of the LAPD.

Saying that LAPD is the largest gang in Los Angeles is true in every sense.

On Hawk's side, after dealing with several urgent matters in the company, he and Edward came to the Butterfly Security Company.

"They have already set out."

In the conference room, Campos said to Hawke: "As for secrecy, in order to avoid being tracked, they will all come from the sea."

Hawke took out his phone and sent the address and package he had taken last night to Campos: "Send someone to New York to see if we can find out who sent it. We just need to look for clues, and don't do anything unnecessary."

Campos looked at the picture and said, "I'll ask someone familiar with New York to make a trip."

Hawke took a newspaper and looked at it.

Campos said at this time: "The divorce case between Woods and Elin and his wife should be settled soon."

Hawke hadn't paid much attention in the past two days, so he asked, "Did they reach a settlement?"

"We have followed the lawyers of both sides," Campos said in detail. "The two lawyers have met three times in private and are expected to reach an agreement on a divorce. From what I have heard, Woods may pay more than $1 million in divorce settlement."

Edward was quite surprised: "Tiger Woods is so generous?"

Campos made another point: "Too many women have come out to expose the truth. As of last night, 43 people have appeared in the media. Several companies are ready to suspend their endorsement cooperation with Tiger Woods. If he doesn't calm down quickly, the losses will be even greater."

Edward said: "As expected, money can calm people down quickly."

Not long after, after a short wait, Rosa, Sora and Fiona came over from the sea by boat one after another.

The security company was originally part of the Ackerman family's private yacht marina in Venice. Although many places have been renovated, the marina still exists and can accommodate large and small yachts.

The three disguised people quietly entered the conference room. After seeing Hawke, they came over to greet him: "Boss."

Hawke nodded slightly: "Sit anywhere."

Fiona sat across from Campos, and Rosa and Sora sat next to each other.

Hawke praised: "Over the past six months, you have done an outstanding job, exceeding expectations, and each of you has assumed important deputy positions in your organization."

Rosa stated a fact: "It is the boss's funding that counts. Without financial sponsorship, we would not be able to become vice presidents."

Fiona said at this time: "Erin's lawyer has basically reached an agreement with Woods. She will get $1.15 million in breakup settlement. When her unborn baby is born, it will be confirmed to be Woods through paternity testing. She will also receive % of Woods' income as child support."

Sola exclaimed: "A female billionaire has been born. This is much easier than starting a business."

This was so true that everyone didn't know what to say for a moment.

Edward pondered and said, "I suddenly have a good idea for starting a business."

Hawke looked at him and said, "You want to start a business?"

"We must join forces with Frank." Edward said directly what he thought of: "Frank, that bastard, is well-informed. I will co-found a training institution with him, recruit young and beautiful women for targeted training, and then let them marry cultural and sports stars like Woods and Jamie Foxx, and then break up and divide the property after two years."

Campos reminded: "Don't forget the prenuptial agreement."

Fiona said: "If you stay together for a longer period of time, you can get a share of the man's income after marriage. As long as the woman's income is lower than the man's, the man has to pay child support, which is often calculated based on the average income of the past 12 months."

Edward was greatly inspired: "Marry a Hollywood star and specifically choose to divorce in the year when the Hollywood star gets the highest salary?"

He smiled with two rows of white teeth: "This can save many suffering women." (End of this chapter)