Legendary FBI Detective-Chapter 85: The Truth About the Laundry Shop Owner (Subscribe! Monthly Pass!)

"Luo An!"

Ignoring the two white youths who were writhing on the ground, Mona searched them and took their guns, ammunition, and drivers' licenses, then looked deeply at Luo An and said irritably:

"Your speed just now was too fast. That's extremely dangerous! What if you had been shot by the opposition? We're just FBI agents, not a SWAT team!"

When Mona saw Luo An rushing towards the stairwell with incredible speed, she was first shocked by his speed and then felt extremely anxious, very worried that she would find Luo An on the ground, unable to get up, by the time she reached the stairwell.

Indeed, Luo An was fully armed, but bullets do not have eyes; who could tell if one would strike Luo An at a vital angle?

Such incidents have occurred many times on the vast lands of America.

"Okay, it won't happen again."

Seeing the seriousness in Mona's face, Luo An laughed and did not argue further, then he changed the topic, hoping Mona would use the drivers' licenses of the two white youths to check their identities.

Mona glared at Luo An but turned around to go down to the SUV to get her laptop.

Then, Luo An stepped on the gunshot arm of the white youth on the left and asked harshly:

"Tell me, what are you doing here? Why did you shoot at us?"

"F..."

This white youth had been shot in the back by Luo An. Both arms had been shot, and he was already in severe pain.

Now with Luo An stepping on his wounded arm, the youth barely managed to utter the first letter of an expletive before passing out from the pain.

Seeing this, Luo An sneered and turned his head towards the other white youth on the right.

The youth on the right was shaking from the pain of the gunshot wound to his arm, and when he looked up and saw Luo An's cold gaze, and realized that Luo An hadn't yet called for an ambulance, his body shook even more violently.

Seeing the hesitation and reluctance to speak on the youth's face, Luo An had some guesses about their identities, so he said coldly:

"If you don't talk, in a few minutes you're definitely going to meet God. Spill it, and perhaps you can avoid that meeting until you die of old age."

Hearing this, the white youth on the right flinched. They had shot first, and even if they bled to death here in a few minutes, it was highly likely that the FBI would only be placed on administrative leave afterwards. So he quickly said:

"My name is Harry, and his is Dominic. We just came here to find someone today. We didn't intend to have a conflict with the FBI. We were just scared and fired our guns instinctively when you called out to us. Please, call an ambulance quickly…"

"Coming to find someone gets you this nervous? Choosing to shoot when faced with an FBI inquiry? Lying to an FBI agent is a serious crime!"

Hearing this, Luo An's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he took out his cell phone, waved it in front of Harry, and said coldly:

"You better think carefully."

Harry was 21 years old, with little education received throughout his life. His entire character can be summarized in four words: bully the weak, fear the strong.

When it came to his own life and death, Harry trembled with fear. Remembering Luo An's previous words, he immediately confessed everything:

"We just came to the Erkin family to collect money!"

Harry said he was a member of the 'Black River Gang', a small gang from a few streets over, which he had joined less than three months ago. One of the gang's businesses was lending out money.

Erkin had borrowed a large sum from them a few days ago, and it was their gang leader who had sent them to remind Erkin to remember to repay the debt when it was due.

As to why they opened fire on Luo An and his companion, Harry said that Dominic was the instigator, with blood already on his hands; Harry had fired at Luo An instinctively upon hearing Dominic's command.

"Erkin borrowed money from you?"

Hearing this news, Luo An was momentarily stunned, then asked:

"When did this happen?"

"Just last week!"

Hearing this, Luo An's eyes narrowed slightly, recalling that Erkin had also borrowed money from the Hyena Gang and quickly paid it back, Luo An realized what was going on.

Erkin was playing the game of borrowing new loans to repay old ones!

But Luo An was puzzled; how could Erkin be so bold? Daring to play with money from a gang?

This was very inconsistent with Erkin's usual persona and behavior.

"You first said you came to find someone, then you claimed you came for money."

Luo An cocked his head and spotted the inconsistency in Harry's words, hence he grinned and asked:

"So which statement is true?"

"The latter is true!"

Feeling his body trembling more and more violently, Harry's lips quivered as he spoke:

"Last night, Erkin got into a conflict with one of our gang members at a nearby supermarket and was accidentally shot with a handgun.

This morning, our gang members nearby accidentally discovered that Erkin had also brought his parents in the car, so they speculated Erkin was planning to abscond with the money.

After the boss found out, he sent people to intercept their car en route and took the entire family back to our bar... and then not long ago, the boss sent the two of us to Erkin's house to look for money..."

As Harry spoke, his complexion grew increasingly pale, and he seemed on the verge of losing consciousness.

Seeing this, Luo An immediately pressed his phone to send a message to Mona.

Shortly after, several medical personnel arrived with a stretcher, placed the two on it, and carried them back to the ambulance, which rushed them to the hospital.

Actually, as soon as Mona went downstairs with the two men's driver's licenses to check their identities, Luo An had already instructed Mona to call an ambulance from the nearest hospital to come over quickly for the pickup.

As the ambulance sped off, Mona sat in the passenger seat of the SUV, tilting her head toward Luo An, who was notifying the New York Police Department, and inquired:

"Did the other party confess everything?"

Luo An nodded; the story was not complicated.

For some unknown reason, Erkin had recently begun borrowing money from criminal gangs, even going so far as to borrow from not just one gang, but both the Hyena Gang and the Black River Gang.

Even more absurd was the fact that Erkin was using this dirty money to gamble on loan sharking.

In Luo An's two lifetimes, this was the first he had heard of such a thing.

At the time of the sixth bank robbery, Erkin was borrowing money from the 'Black River Gang.'

The previous video surveillance showed that, four hours after the sixth robbery, Erkin returned to the laundromat with a brown bag.

In fact, according to what Harry said, the brown bag actually contained money Erkin had borrowed from the 'Black River Gang.'

The night before last, for some reason, Erkin decided to sell the laundromat.

Last night, on his way home, Erkin ran into trouble with people from the 'Black River Gang' and was shot by their handgun.

Not knowing it was an accidental shooting, Erkin thought his loan sharking had been discovered by the 'Black River Gang.' The original plan to take a road trip and drive his daughter to school was disrupted, and he decided to flee with his entire family by car instead.

As a result, they were intercepted midway by the boss of the 'Black River Gang.'

"So what's next?"

After listening to Luo An's narrative, Mona's eyebrows twitched too, having never seen such a bold person.

Fingers dancing on the keyboard, Mona quickly located the 'Black River Gang's' bar, a ten-minute drive from their current location.

"Call Norton from the Organized Crime Investigation Division and have him contact SWAT," Luo An said, rubbing his temples speechlessly. Originally, he thought Erkin was the 'bank robber,' but it turned out that Erkin was loan sharking; he was actually borrowing money from the gangs during the bank robberies.

The discrepancy between the two scenarios was indeed rather preposterous.

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Mona nodded, then slightly frowned, "So, this case is not related to the bank robbery, and we came all this way for nothing?"

"No."

Luo An shook his head and turned to smile at Mona:

"We have the chance to rescue the prospective college student Seren from the hands of the gangs, so it's not a wasted trip."

Luo An felt Mona's envy towards Erkin's daughter Seren and, thinking back to his understanding of Mona's family situation, he found himself empathizing with her.

Sure enough, upon hearing Luo An's words, Mona's speed of typing momentarily stalled, and her lips curled up into a slight smile.