The real life of an American police officer: Winning over others with virtue

Chapter 145 Terrorists

A sound came from the Ford Raptor that had just entered the garage.

"Darling, what about you?"

Eric grabbed his phone and the silencer-equipped Beretta M9A3, got out of the car, and said while glancing at the closed curtain door:

"I'll have to see, but I'll be there eventually."

"Whoo~"

Hearing heavy breathing, Eric confirmed that the curtain was closed, then turned to the exit and smiled gently.

"I promised you it would pass! To be honest, I've been thinking about that kind of thing non-stop these past few days. If I don't go and resolve this with you soon, I feel like I'm going to explode!"

"Really, what time is it?" Tifa's helpless voice rang out, but her tone softened a bit.

This interruption prompted Eric to laugh and ask, "So, how's things going with your family?"

“They’re on their way to the airport now,” Tifa said.

"But I didn't tell the truth; I just said I was sick."

Eric raised an eyebrow, roughly understanding what Tifa meant—it was nothing more than an excuse about serious illness.

"Okay, you're done for."

Tifa said, "It's okay, you're the one I was most worried about. Remember you promised me! You have to come here!"
Otherwise, don't touch me again! Go explode yourself!

The voice was earnest and firm! Eric smiled, a warmth welling up inside him. Even though he was all alone, there were people in this world who cared about him.

Unable to resist joking, he asked, "What if I find someone else?"

"Who!" Tifa's tone suddenly turned cold.

"I was wrong!" Eric admitted defeat on the spot. Although Tifa was just a woman, she was a genius. Eric couldn't imagine what such a woman could do.

For example, designing a murder trap to escape completely is entirely possible.

"Humph!"

Eric entered the house and then went into the computer room, saying, "Okay, I really will be there."

“Fine!” Tifa sighed, knowing she could never stop Eric.

"I'll wait for you to come!"

Eric hung up the phone.

Far away in Quantico, Virginia.

Inside a spacious and tall building.

Tifa was sitting at a desk, silently looking at her phone, then put it down and looked at the computer screen in front of her.

The screen was filled with files and related intelligence about the Rusty Harbor gang.

Tifa's hands, resting on the keyboard, kept clapping away.

If she wants the FBI to get involved, she needs to find a compelling reason for them to intervene.

The reason given is that the Rusty Harbor gang's affairs are not over yet; it still exists and continues to operate.

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Character: Eric Stevens.

[Personal attributes]
Spirit: 14.5 (average for humans is 10)

Strength: 14 (average for humans is 10)

Agility: 14 (average for humans: 10)

Constitution: 14 (average for humans is 10)
[Skills]: Rapid Fire lv5 (Master), Firearms Mastery lv4 (Expert), Precision Shooting lv5 (Master), Melee Combat lv4 (Expert), Driving Mastery lv4 (Expert), Acting lv4 (Expert), Language lv4 (Expert), [Architecture Analysis] lv1 (Beginner), Hacking lv3 (Proficient), Intelligence Gathering lv3 (Proficient)
Attribute points: +0.5
Completed cases:
Instead of immediately turning on his computer to investigate the information on the people he had photographed, Eric, sitting in his ergonomic chair, first tackled the attribute points that had not yet been processed.

Don't underestimate the power of a single attribute point, even though it's only 0.5. Each point added increases your strength even if it's stagnant. And at his level, every single point represents a huge leap forward.

After thinking it over, Eric decided to add 0.5 attribute points to his Spirit.

Mental abilities include memory, logical thinking, observation, and perception, and involve brain intelligence.

This will be of great help to what he wants to do in the future, such as modifying firearms, handcrafting, etc.

Even the intelligence gathering work that is currently being prepared is related to the mind.

Suddenly, the mechanical voice of the system feedback rang in my ears.

[Add points successfully]
[Spirit: 14.5 to 15]
Eric shook his head, which was now clear again, and looked at the computer screen in front of him. His pupils contracted slightly, as if something had happened.

He blinked and felt that his thinking ability, calculation ability, and other abilities were all improving significantly.

It's like the computing power of a computer is constantly increasing.

However, his improved intelligence does not mean that he knows everything. Without a large amount of knowledge accumulation as support and without practice, the improvement in intelligence only means that his brain works faster and he can calculate faster.

Eric let out a sigh of relief, opened his phone and then his computer, and began to investigate the identity of the person who had taken the photos.

Clearly, intelligence gathering is a difficult task.

Much of the intelligence is collected openly and scattered among various types of information; the difficulty lies in its analysis.

For example, it can analyze the location and fairly accurate position of a photo.

This step naturally requires relevant computer skills, so every intelligence expert is considered a computer expert.

Eric happens to have all the necessary conditions, though not very strong, but enough to handle the situation.

He went directly to the so-called dark web.

The so-called dark web.

Hidden networks refer to a type of technology that uses encrypted transmission, peer-to-peer networks, multi-point relay obfuscation, etc., to provide users with anonymous access to Internet information. Its most prominent feature is anonymity.

Just like the real ocean, the internet also has layers; the web pages that ordinary people browse are called the surface web.

The web beneath the surface layer, which is inaccessible to ordinary people through conventional search engines, is called the deep web.

The most secretive parts of the deep web require specific channels and special encryption technology to access.

This is what people commonly refer to as the dark web.

The surface web only accounts for 5% of the online world, while the deep web accounts for 95%. It contains all kinds of things and people, and people from the entire underground world exchange all kinds of unknown information here.

He can gather a lot of information here.

Because he has a specific target, namely the Grizzly Gang, as long as you investigate through that specific target, you will also find a lot of information.

The important thing is that he also has photos.

Not long after, a wanted poster appeared on the computer screen.

This is a wanted poster released by the FBI, and its age is unknown.

“Nikolai Shinko? Is this guy a terrorist?” Eric looked at the wanted poster and checked it on his phone.

Sure enough, the wanted poster photo looks much younger; it hasn't been updated in years. No wonder this guy dares to swagger around on American soil.

at the same time.

Back in Quantico, Virginia, Tifa, through the FBI’s vast database, discovered that the Rust Iron Harbor gang was backed by Pushkin of the Grizzly Gang.

She took a deep breath and continued her investigation by extending her research through information about Pushkin.

Now only one step remains. She just needs to have a reason to say that Pushkin retaliated against her family because of the Rusty Harbor gang, and combined with the surveillance video that Eric mentioned, she can get the FBI to intervene.

(End of this chapter)