Legendary FBI Detective

"Get in the car first."

Luo An waved his hand and motioned for Mona to quickly get into the passenger seat. The SUV quickly drove out of the parking lot and headed to the location mentioned by Morton York. After passing several passers-by, Luo An asked:

"What exactly happened?"

"Do you know the Twelve Apostles of Christianity?"

In the passenger seat, Mona waved her hands and explained:

"The twelve followers of Jesus recorded in the Bible."

Luo An didn’t know much about Christianity, but he knew one thing:

"Those are the people in that painting of The Last Supper, right? There's a traitor named Judas in there."

"Yes, it's them."

Mona nodded and said in a serious tone:

"Based on your guess, I just briefly checked the cult files recorded by the federation. Most of the cult teachings have not been found to be related to this case.

But in a religious content from Europe called "Devil Worship", part of the content teaches believers how to transform their souls into devils after death to gain eternal life.

One of the main requirements was to kill the twelve disciples of Jesus with their own hands and drink their blood. "

Luo An frowned slightly, not because he was frightened by the content of "Devil Worship Cult", but because he really couldn't figure out what was wrong with the minds of people who believed in this religion.

However, there was still a problem that was not clear. Luo An then asked:

"What is the connection between the twelve disciples you mentioned and these five victims now?"

"Same occupation and name."

Taking a deep breath, Mona opened her laptop and explained:

"A Zealot disciple named "Simeon", records indicate that he was sawed in half, which corresponds to Speaker Seaman's name and his occupation.

The two disciples whose translated names were James were beaten to death and beheaded respectively. Their names and occupations corresponded to church pastors and naval officers respectively.

A disciple named Matthew, who was a tax officer, was hacked to death with a knife, which corresponds to the victim Matthew we just discovered, who works in the tax department. "

After listening to Mona's introduction, Luo An's lips twitched. Did all the twelve disciples of Jesus die in such tragic circumstances? He then asked:

"What about Butters, the tannery worker? Which disciple does he correspond to?"

"A disciple named Bartholomew."

Mona pulled down the computer screen and frowned:

“The translation of Bartholomew is Bart, whose skin was flayed when he was martyred.”

Luo An sighed helplessly. The names of the twelve disciples were not originally in English, and the English translation was still different from the original ones. He did not understand the content of Christianity, and the logic of the murderer's behavior could not be imagined at the moment.

Mona is also helpless. They are not religious either. The entire federation is dominated by Protestantism. They have been exposed to Protestantism since they were young.

The content of Protestantism emphasizes personal and church participation, focuses on praise, teaching and prayer, and direct contact with God. There is not much content related to Jesus and the Twelve Apostles, which is basically only found in church schools.

European Catholicism emphasizes rituals, sacraments, masses and communions, and contact with God through the church and Jesus. Therefore, the vast majority of people in the Federation do not know the names, translations and professional experiences of the Twelve Saints.

Just like the "Seventy-two Sages" in the East, most people know at most three or four. Except for students and experts in this field, most ordinary people know the names, occupations and abilities of the remaining "sages". What.

Seeing that the new crime scene was still some distance away, Luo An took out his mobile phone and called Morton York, the leader of the No. 4 investigation team, and asked directly:

"Captain Morton, have you found out the victim's name, occupation and other information?"

"certainly."

At the scene of the crime, Morton-York waved to one of his detectives, took the information from the other party and replied:

“The victim’s name is Thomas, he is 44 years old and works in a construction company as an architect.

The victim died in the bathtub of the house. Not only was his tongue missing, but his right hand was also chopped off and missing. He should have been taken away by the murderer. "

"The right hand was chopped off?"

Luo An's eyebrows moved and he tilted his head to look at Mona. Mona in the passenger seat pulled down the computer screen and whispered after a few seconds:

“There was indeed one among the twelve disciples whose name was translated as Thomas. The Bible records that he did not believe in the resurrection of Jesus until he saw and touched Jesus’ wounds with his own eyes.

The murderer chopped off the victim's right hand, most likely because of this story. "

Luo An was silent for a few seconds, and then asked Morton York a few questions on his mobile phone.

Morton-York answered one by one and finally asked:

"How long until you get here?"

Luo An twisted the steering wheel hard at the intersection and drove the SUV directly back to the direction of the FBI Los Angeles branch building:

"I'm not going."

Morton-York:? ? ?

Luo An chuckled. Anyway, Morton-York had gone to the crime scene with the trace inspection department detectives.

The on-site inspection was carried out by the agents of the Trace Inspection Section, and Luo An and Mona only went there to check the situation at the scene.

Luo An originally went to the crime scene hoping to find out the identity of the murderer and the reason for the crime through the clues left by the murderer at the scene.

Now that the reason why the murderer committed the crime is known and determined, we can try to find the identity of the murderer through the trace inspection department's investigation of the scene, so there is no need for him and Mona to go to the scene.

"Thank you for your hard work, Team Leader Morton."

Luo An expressed his gratitude to the leader of Investigation Team No. 4, Morton York, with a smile on his face on the phone, and finally said:

"After you return to the FBI Los Angeles branch building, I will send someone to your office area to hand over the case. Thank you."

snap——

Morton York's face darkened when he heard the busy signal on the phone. He originally planned to tease Luo An on the spot, but he didn't expect that Luo An didn't come at all.

After a few seconds of silence, Morton-York raised the corner of his mouth and smiled. He was not angry about this little thing, but he felt that Luo An was more and more interesting now.

"Becoming the leader of the special investigation team at such a young age..."

Putting away his mobile phone, Morton-York waved to one of his detectives and said:

"Process the scene well, and then the special investigation team will come to take over the case. Remember to give them everything about the case."

Morton-York now has no idea of ​​stumbling upon Luo An. Cooperation and exchanges are beneficial to both parties, and he is not stingy about showing his goodwill first.

On the other side, after Luo An hung up on Morton York, he immediately called other people in the special investigation team.

The first is to ask them how far their investigation has gone so far, and the second is to order them to return to the special investigation team.

Mona's discovery just now is both good and bad: the good thing is that they finally figured out the murderer's logic in this case. Based on the name and occupation, the special investigation team may be able to find other potential victims.

The bad thing is that there were a total of twelve disciples of Jesus recorded in the Bible, six of them have died, and six are left.

Whether or not any of these six people died is a big question.

After receiving Roan's call, a group of detectives quickly returned to the Special Investigations Unit. The team of Lacey and Winslow were the first to return, followed closely by the team of Michelle, Anwar, and Patricia.

Then half an hour passed, and Annie Chi and Cooper still hadn't come back, and the phone calls went from being answered within seconds to being unanswered. The faces of Luo An and the other agents all darkened.