Legendary FBI Detective

"30 billion US dollars..."

Hearing the number spoken by Michael Brey, Luo An narrowed his eyes slightly, pondering for a few seconds, then asked:

"So, what's the price?"

Seeing that Luo An was neither frightened by the number he had mentioned nor showing uncontrollable excitement, Michael Brey looked at Luo An deeply and explained:

"If we decide to purchase CDS products with a value of 450 million US dollars at the 'BBB' level, a monthly premium of 0.3% is required, that is, 1.35 million dollars.

It's April 2006 now, if we set the timing to June 2007, the premiums will add up to around 17.5 million US dollars."

"Good."

Luo An nodded, handing the note to Michael Brey with a smile:

"Then, I'll wait for your good news."

"Definitely."

Michael Brey nodded firmly, his face serious:

"We will definitely succeed."

Luo An shook hands with Michael Brey, believing that they would succeed, but the final number obtained would most likely not be 30 billion dollars.

Having lived federal life for so long, Luo An understood deeply that the so-called spirit of the contract is a joke, it's the shameless and dishonest behaviors that reveal true colors.

The number of 30 billion dollars was simply too large, those investment banks wouldn't willingly cough up the money.

Unless unexpected, this CDS purchase agreement will eventually be bought back by one of the investment banks, Luo An deduced that the final transaction price would likely be between 10-15 billion US dollars.

Turning 450 million US dollars into 10-15 billion dollars, a return of 2 to 3 times...

"Waiting quietly for fourteen months."

Exiting the building and looking at the Wall Street Bull ready to charge not far away, Luo An murmured to himself with a corner of his mouth lifted, then turned and walked in another direction.

A few hours later, Luo An drove back to Washington D.C.

Returning to the villa, Caroline indeed planned to leave the federation and return to Europe. Luo An didn't say much upon seeing this, he simply helped her pack some luggage.

The next morning, during the working hours, Luo An first visited Vireness' office and briefed her about the Las Vegas case and submitted the case funding to Vireness.

Vireness briefly praised Luo An and then handed down the case funding spent during the investigation of the previous case, the Ponzi scheme, to Luo An in a folder.

"..."

Looking at the 800,000 dollars on the account, Luo An fell into thought.

He remembered that the amount he had reported previously was 200,000 dollars?

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Luo An silent, Vireness raised an eyebrow and asked:

"Is there a problem?"

Luo An closed the folder with a smile:

"No problem, thank you, boss."

"Good."

Vireness nodded in satisfaction, looking down at the report Luo An had submitted this time for the case funding for the trip to Las Vegas which was 300,000 dollars. She paused slightly, then without a sound, made a couple of strokes with her pen, and the number changed to 800,000 dollars.

Luo An: "..."

Seeing Vireness's actions, Luo An's mouth twitched. Just as he was about to speak, Vireness set the folder to one side and handed Luo An a red one, saying seriously:

"Luo An, the vacation is over, there's a case that needs you to lead Investigation Team No. 13 to handle."

Reaching out to receive the folder, Luo An casually asked:

"What case is it?"

"A series of serial murders."

Vireness crossed her arms, her face serious, and spoke with a grave tone:

"This case is quite complicated. From the discovery of the initial victim to the recent emergence of new victims, the time span has already exceeded ten years."

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"A series of serial murders that span over ten years?"

In the office area of Investigation Team No. 13, after hearing Luo An's brief, everyone present was very surprised, and Reesi quickly asked:

"Which state is the case in? Where did the incidents occur?"

"Very close to us, just next door in New York State."

Luo An stood at the front of the office area, holding the folder, introducing:

"In March 1992, on a beach in New York Long Island, a female body was discovered, and the police were notified, but no killer was found.

Subsequently, in September 1992, April 1993, August 1994… and so on, victims' bodies were discovered.

Recently, on March 14, 2006, another body appeared on that beach.

To date, a total of 11 bodies have been found on this not-so-small beach."

"..."x5

After Luo An summarized the information, the air in the office area became very quiet, Winslow, Chenier, and Michelle frowned deeply, while Reesi and Mona exchanged glances, both looking quite pale.

After a few seconds of silence, Reesi asked with a furrow:

"Did the Long Island police not find any clues about the killer at all?"

"Definitely some clues were found, but they didn't take this serial killing case very seriously."

Luo An closed the folder and tossed it on the table, speaking in a grave voice:

"The information shows that most of these victims were young women who worked as sex workers.

This group has always been on the margins of society. If it weren't for the last body found, which was reported by a group of kids who had gone camping on that beach, attracting considerable media attention, this series of killings would likely have been suppressed by the Long Island Police for a long time."

"F**k!"

"Son of a b**ch!"

Upon hearing Luo An's words, Winslow and Reesi couldn't help but curse quietly, Mona closed her laptop, and Michelle asked:

"Luo An, what do we do next?"

Luo An massaged his temples, pondered for a few seconds, and said:

"First, we'll go to the Long Island Police Department and request records related to the victims over the years, such as identity profiles, autopsy reports, and the circumstances described by the reporters of the crime.

Michelle, Chenier, Reesi, you three will be in charge of this."

"No problem!"

The three of them nodded in agreement, and Luo An continued, looking at the remaining two people:

"There are no surveillance cameras in the area where the bodies were discovered, so our next step is to primarily visit the local residents.

Mona, Winslow, come with me to investigate the situation over there."

"Understood!"

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New York Long Island is an island off the coast of the Atlantic in North America, administratively part of New York State, approximately 190 kilometers long and 20 to 30 kilometers wide.

The members of Team 13 drove from Washington D.C. to Long Island and split up outside the Long Island Police Department. Luo An, Mona, and Winslow drove to the crime scene, which according to the map was Jieger Beach on the side of Long Island.

The original plan for Luo An and the others was to simply visit the reporter's home to ask a few questions, to see if there were any useful clues for later.

However, as soon as their car arrived in the area, they saw a group of people gathered near a bushy area of the beach.

Luo An and the others exchanged glances, parked the car to the side, and walked over to check.

"Hello, FBI."

Luo An flashed his gold badge to briefly show his identity and called over a passerby white male, asking:

"What happened over there?"

The passerby white man looked extremely surprised, explaining:

"Just now, Yuna was walking her dog here, and her dog pulled human bones out of the bushes!"

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Winslow and Michelle's expressions changed, and they hurriedly ran over to check the situation.

Luo An followed closely behind, squeezing into the middle of the bystanders, and indeed saw a human ulna on the ground.

At the same time, a yellow pet dog was next to the ulna, growling softly and continuing to dig, and from the traces it had dug up, there were clearly other skeletal parts of a body underground.

The pet dog's owner was a white elderly woman who looked to be in her fifties, and she had already collapsed weakly on the ground beside her.

"Damn it!"

Winslow and Mona's expressions changed, as they hurried to maintain order at the scene, just then, Luo An's cellphone suddenly rang.

"It's me, Luo An."

Luo An gestured for Mona to call the ambulance and the forensics team first, then asked:

"What's the matter?"

"It's me, Chenier."

Chenier's voice on the other end was serious and gruff:

"Luo An, we've discovered something, the killer in this case is very arrogant. After killing his victims, he even made taunting phone calls to their families!"