Three days later.
Lake received Tony Stark in his office.
"This wine…"
"Sorry, I can't afford good ones."
"…"
Tony took a sip of his $99 bourbon, glanced at Lake who was sitting at the desk, and put it down. "Do you want me to send you a few boxes?"
Lake's eyebrows twitched.
box?
Lake shook his head, looked at the information in his hand, and said to Tony Stark, "Bionaut Industries' equipment worth $8.7 million is missing. You should contact the FBI or the New Jersey Police Department."
Tony said, "I'm not worried about the $8.7 million equipment."
Lake: "…"
Good job.
You came here just to show off your wealth to me.
Tony then said, "I asked Jarvis to check. Dr. Will Wick took sick leave for half a month. The next day, a batch of equipment worth 8.7 million purchased just last month disappeared from the company."
"Do you suspect that this Dr. Will Wick has run away?"
Lake said, "Is this device very popular in the market? I've seen many people abscond with the money, but this is the first time I've heard of someone absconding with the equipment."
Tony said, "That's why I came to see you. Dr. Will Wick is missing. Finding people should be your specialty, right?"
Lake nodded at the table, looked at the address of Will Wick attached to the back of the document, and said to Tony, "I'll go check it out later."
Tony stood up and said goodbye immediately.
Lake took Tony downstairs.
Tony put on his sunglasses and said to Lake, "Just ask the assistant to deliver it."
Lake chuckled and said, "I don't want to waste time looking for a new assistant to replace someone who has suffered such a physical and mental blow."
Let Tiffany send Tony off?
hehe.
That's almost like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth.
Besides.
If anyone was going to break his assistant's heart, it should be him.
This guy is a scumbag who only cares about his body and not his heart. Rachel even said that he is very similar to Tony Stark. Lake feels that this is a complete insult to him.
Tony spread his hands, said that it was a pity, then got into his flashy sports car and left the National Land Building.
Lake returned to the office and called Jack directly, and then called Olivia who was hiding in the morgue and accusing him of not caring enough about her. They took their equipment and drove directly to Will Wick's house in the suburbs of Jersey City, New Jersey.
"Boom boom boom!"
Jack went straight up and knocked on the door: "Mr. Wick, DHS, open the door."
Lake looked at Olivia, who was wearing a hood, and asked curiously, "Are you sure you don't need an umbrella or something?"
Olivia looked at Lake and showed her two little fangs: "What is this."
Lake shrugged: "Vampire fangs?"
Emilia also has it, especially when Emilia shows her little fangs, Lake doesn't feel scared at all, but just feels that the contrast is a bit cute.
Olivia rolled her eyes at Lake, glanced at Jack who was knocking on the door, and whispered, "I'm a zombie, not a vampire."
"Is there any difference?"
"Of course."
Olivia said: "They are afraid of ultraviolet rays, but I am not. They suck blood, but I eat brains."
Lake touched his chin and said, "I feel like zombies are scarier than vampires."
Olivia: "…"
Now that the blood is gone, you can suck it out slowly and steadily.
But the brain?
If you eat a little bit of your brain, can it heal and grow back automatically?
Jack at the gate turned his head and looked at Lake: "Boss, no one is here."
Lake came back to his senses: "Break the goal."
The words fell.
boom!
Jack didn't hesitate and broke in directly.
"Cough cough cough!"
The moment the door was opened, dust that seemed to have been there for a long time rushed directly in Jack's face. He covered his nose and looked inside. It seemed that there had been no trace of human activity for at least ten days.
Lake and Olivia entered the house and looked around.
Really ran away?
Lake thought so in his heart and walked around the house. He found several photo ornaments by the fireplace, which were happy photos of a family of four.
The smile in the photo comes from the heart, a very happy smile.
Lake touched his chin and thought about whether he should find some time to take a photo with Emilia. It would be even better if Emilia and Rachel didn't mind being in the same frame.
After a while.
Jack's voice came from the basement: "Boss."
Lake came back to his senses and walked into the basement with Olivia.
Jack pointed to a corner of the basement and said, "There are signs of disturbance here."
Lake frowned as he looked at the scattered dirt in that corner and the floor tiles that had obviously been moved.
Jack said, "Should I call for backup?"
Lake frowned and nodded: "Call your people over."
Jack nodded.
An hour later.
The bodies of two children and a pregnant woman were lifted out of the mud, but Will Wick's was not among them.
"Domestic violence tragedy?"
"Killing his wife and children?"
"savage?"
"Inhumane?"
"…"
Olivia listened to the mutterings of Jack's agents and said unhappily, "I'm the one who determines the cause of death here. I'm the professional. It's not about killing his wife and child. It should be an accidental death."
"What?"
"That's impossible."
"You didn't call the police when it happened?"
Olivia picked up something from a corpse with her gloved right hand and held it up in her hand: "See, what is this?"
Several agents looked over.
Olivia checked the bodies again, confirmed them, and asked, "Did you find any cars in the garage?"
"No."
Olivia stood up and said to Lake, "There should be a pond behind their house."
Lake nodded.
Half an hour later.
The agent who had infiltrated the pond emerged and took off his mask. "Sir, there is indeed a car. It's badly damaged. It doesn't look like it happened here."
Olivia looked at Lake and said, "That's right. Those four bodies must have died in a car accident."
"In disguise?"
"No."
Olivia shook her head. "At least the body says it died in a car accident. I need to take it back to the morgue for a further detailed examination to find out the specific cause of death."
Lake nodded.
Jack touched his chin and said, "That's strange. If he died in a car accident, why didn't he call the police? And where did he go?"
Lake shrugged.
Where did you go?
Or maybe this car accident was also faked.
Or... this guy hid equipment worth 8.7 million somewhere and planned to secretly resurrect his wife and children through cloning. This is why he chose not to call the police.
If the police were called and the official death was confirmed, how would he explain his wife and children who came back to life?
Just then.
A handsome, bearded man in a black suit walked out of the room with a woman. He looked at Lake and the others standing by the pond, whispering, and asked, "Who are you?"
Lake and others turned their heads to look.
Baba Yaga!
In the New York killer world, the top killer rankings, NO.1, John Wick!
but...
John Wick completed the retirement mission given by the organization half a year ago and retired successfully. He also became the first killer in the killer world to withdraw safely and successfully.
Jack walked over first and showed his ID: "DHS, Department of Homeland Security, you are..."
John Wick, who came over with his new wife, took a look at the ID and came back to his senses: "John, John Wick, this is my brother's house, what's wrong with him?"
Jack turned to look at Lake.
Lake walked over, shook hands with John Wick and said, "Mr. Wick, do you know where your brother, Will Wick, is now?"
John Wick shook his head: "What's wrong?"
Lake glanced at the expression on John Wick's face, nodded, and then said to Jack beside him: "Take Mr. Wick to the basement."
Jack nodded.
After a while.
John Wick walked out of the basement and said to Lake, "Where's my brother?"
Lake said, "It's not clear yet. When was the last time your brother contacted you? Do you remember?"
John Wick lowered his head and shook it, thinking for a moment: "Uh...about sixteen days ago, he called and said he was going to come to my place, but he didn't go. I called, and Will said that Mona was feeling a little unwell, so the trip was postponed. Then, after so many days, I discussed it with my wife and decided to come over to see her."
Sixteen days ago?
Dr. Will Wick took leave from the company about fifteen days ago.
Lake thought to himself, nodded, and handed his business card to John Wick: "Okay, Mr. Wick, if you think of anything else, call me."
John Wick took the business card, asked a few questions, and then left with his wife.
After John Wick left, Jack said to Lake, "Boss, there's something wrong with this John Wick."
Lake looked at Jack.
Jack said, "Just now in the basement, when John Wick saw those four bodies, I couldn't see any other emotions except shock."
Lake laughed: "That's it?"
Jack said: "The first reaction of ordinary people when seeing a corpse is definitely fear."
Lake shrugged. "Perhaps, this John Wick is more introverted. He relies on evidence to solve cases, but relies on intuition to kill people. But, you are right, this John Wick does have some problems."
Of course.
Lake made his judgment based on evidence.
John Wick was able to slaughter the entire killer world for a dog. If he didn't know about his brother, he would not have been able to remain calm like he did just now.
Lake looked at Jack and said, "Send out a surveillance team to find the communications under Will Wick's name, and also find the communication records of this John Wick to see if it is the same as what he said."
Jack nodded.
From the house across from Will Wick, a phone call was made.
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