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I know.
I've seen those things.
And...
I also know where those things are now.
Luke, listening to Clarice's words, paused slightly with his right hand holding the wine glass, and the smile on his face gradually faded.
Clarice looked directly at Luke under his bright gaze, biting her lip, and said nothing.
The atmosphere suddenly became very quiet.
After a while!
"You're very honest."
Luke withdrew his gaze, said that, and then lowered his head to drink the wine in his glass again, saying nothing more.
Clarice also said nothing, but took out the document bag with the 'SSS' Sentinel Special Task Force label that she had brought after returning home, and handed the warm document bag to Luke.
Luke looked up, glanced at it, then reached out and took it, immediately opening the document bag and pouring out its contents.
Five photos and a disc.
What was on the disc was unknown.
But on these photos...
Director Horton Lewis, his elder sister, and his younger sister, were all naked, and the images were quite clear, yet somewhat eye-watering.
Even Luke, who considered himself well-informed in the Main God Space, couldn't help but gasp after seeing this scene.
Good heavens!
So that's it.
Luke looked at the content of the photos and understood why Director Lewis was so concerned and nervous about the missing items.
Sleeping with women is nothing, even if it's exposed, so what?
Anyway, if this kind of thing is exposed, its destructive power to men is always the lowest.
This is true.
Furthermore.
If such photos were made public, perhaps they would be damaging to a politician, but for a Director of a federal violent agency, such damage is almost negligible.
But...
If it was sleeping with his own elder sister and younger sister, and that was exposed, that would be another matter entirely.
Especially since the husbands of his elder sister and younger sister are also prominent figures in California.
No doubt.
If these photos were exposed, Director Horton Lewis might not just be ruined; it could be far more serious.
Luke held the five photos in his hand, his thoughts turning, then looked up at Clarice, who had been silent since handing him the document bag.
"How did you get this?"
"I snatched it from David."
"Is that so?"
"David lost his mind; he wanted to use these photos to blackmail the important person in the photos."
Seeing that the most important item had been handed over, Clarice was less nervous than before. She looked at Luke and explained, bit by bit, why she had snatched the materials from David: "I told him that if he did that, he would die a miserable death, and he would implicate many people, many innocent people who knew him."
Luke agreed with Clarice's words, nodded, chuckled, and then looked at Clarice with a slightly amused expression: "You said David wanted to use this to blackmail Louis?"
Clarice nodded: "Yes, that's what he thought."
Luke chuckled wryly.
That's right.
This could indeed blackmail Director Louis.
But...
The prerequisite for blackmail is that you must have the qualifications to blackmail.
This may sound contradictory.
But it's the truth.
Simply put, when you blackmail someone, you must at least ensure that if the other person chooses to flip the table after being blackmailed, it will have no effect on you; only then is it proper blackmail.
Otherwise, if you open your mouth to blackmail, and the other person flips the table and chops you up, what are you blackmailing?
Luke thought, somewhat speechless, shook his head, and placed the photos aside. He then picked up the film negatives that had been poured out with the photos, held them up to the light, confirmed they were indeed the negatives for these five photos, and then put them away again.
Clarice sat silently opposite him, watching Luke's inspection.
After inspecting the photos and film, Luke played with the disc in his hand and looked at Clarice.
"What is this?"
"I don't know."
"You didn't look."
"No."
Luke said nothing, but observed the expression on Clarice's face.
Clarice's gaze did not waver at all.
She had indeed not seen what was on the disc, because the computer at home did not support reading discs.
Most modern computers, at least home computers, no longer come with optical drives.
This is also common knowledge.
After Luke confirmed that Clarice was not lying, he nodded, then put the disc aside and looked at Clarice with a serious expression: "Clarice, I'm going to ask you one more time, and you must answer truthfully, you don't have any backups of these photos, do you?"
Clarice quickly waved her hand.
"No, I know these things are very troublesome, and keeping them would bring me danger."
"Are you sure there are no backups?"
"I promise, Mr. Dunn."
"What about David's side?"
"This..."
Clarice hesitated.
She could guarantee that she really had no backups because she genuinely didn't.
But David...
Luke looked at Clarice's expression, smiled, and nodded: "I understand."
Clarice was slightly startled.
Luke, however, changed the subject: "Have you seen these photos?"
Clarice was about to nod.
Luke looked at Clarice with an unreadable expression.
Clarice instantly understood.
"...I haven't!"
"Are you sure you haven't seen them?"
"No? Yes, no!"
Clarice met Luke's gaze and said firmly: "Mr. Dunn, what photos? I don't know anything about it."
Luke, seeing this, showed a slight smile: "That's good. Remember, no matter how anyone asks you, you say the same thing."
Clarice, while feeling relieved, nodded repeatedly.
The next second.
She looked at Luke, who had once again picked up his wine glass, and seemed to remember something, quickly speaking up.
"Mr. Dunn."
"Is there anything else?"
"May I ask..."
Clarice opened her mouth and looked at Luke, still unable to resist asking: "What will happen to David?"
She had already understood Luke's meaning.
This matter, from beginning to end, had nothing to do with her.
Even if it did, it was now completely irrelevant to her.
But...
What about David?
After all, they were classmates.
"David?"
"Hmm, will you catch him?"
"Why would I catch him?"
Luke chuckled, looking at Clarice: "Has he violated any federal laws? Oh, right, bank robbery, but that case involves a Mutant, and I've already transferred it to the Sentinel Special Task Force. Besides, when I went to his house, he had already run away, hadn't he? Oh, right, David's Mutant ability seems quite miraculous. I'm afraid he's not in California anymore, is he?"
Clarice once again understood the meaning in Luke's words.
"Yes, he should have run away."
"Any other questions?"
"None."
Clarice understood instantly and rose from her chair: "Thank you for your time, Mr. Dunn. I'll be leaving now."
Luke nodded.
His goal had been clear from the start.
Director Louis's dirt.
As for anything else.
It was not within his consideration.
Furthermore.
That David Jones was actually a good guy, giving him money and Mutant abilities and such. He just took something he shouldn't have.
Not a capital offense!
What?
Horton Lewis doesn't think so?
Heh.
If he insists on a body, that's fine. Anyway, in Los Santos, there are plenty of unclaimed bodies found on the roadside or in sewers every day.
A living person with a name is difficult to deal with.
But nameless bodies, in the Federation, you can have as many as you want.
So!
If Horton Lewis wants an explanation, then give him an explanation.
But...
After Luke watched Clarice leave the study, he put the disc into his computer to read it. As he looked at the content on the disc, a strong thought surged in his mind.
If he were to hand over these materials to Director Louis, Director Louis would probably harbor ill intentions and find a way to make him disappear too.
No other reason.
The files on the disc were two video files.
After opening the first video, it was the live video from the photos, in 4K high-definition, without any censorship, and even with the sound recorded.
The loud sound startled Luke.
At the same time...
It also startled Rachel, Clarice, and Lorna, who were outside.
Rachel turned her head with a strange expression, looking at the study upstairs.
Lorna also had slightly flushed cheeks and looked at Clarice with a hint of suspicion.
She had asked Clarice what was so mysterious about the item.
But...
Clarice just wouldn't tell her.
Clarice seemed to guess the source of the sound, coughed, quickly said something to Lorna, and then, with her bag on her back, left.
Rachel blinked, watched Clarice leave, then looked at Lorna, and then lifted her foot, preparing to go to the study to see.
Luke, meanwhile, directly muted the sound, fast-forwarded five times, and watched the video.
There was no feeling of blood rushing to his head.
If he had to give this video a label.
Luke would directly note:.
'German system!'
This video was all German technology, nothing else.
As for the other video.
It was the confession of a middle-aged woman who looked quite attractive.
Sentinel supervisor.
Director Louis's ex-wife.
Luke looked at Director Louis's ex-wife on the video, facing the camera, raised an eyebrow, and reached out to unmute the volume he had just blocked.
Instantly.
The sound from the video also came through after Luke unmuted it.
At the same time...
The study door was also pushed open.
Rachel walked in from outside.