Legendary FBI Detective

5:30 AM, Texas, the West.

This region is relatively flat, and at a glance one sees nothing but the yellow of large rocks, dust, and sand, with very sparse greenery.

It used to be a mining area, but after the minerals were depleted, it naturally became an abandoned area that no one visits or manages.

As for so-called environmentalists, they only act and protest within cities. In places that truly need environmental protection, only a very small part of them actually do something practical.

Today, the tranquility of this abandoned mining area is disrupted. In front of the mining area, there are four black cars parked. Several white men holding rifles are laughing and chatting behind the cars.

One of them, a white man with a crew cut, wearing sunglasses, a dark blue leather jacket, and black jeans, is sitting on the hood of the foremost car.

He is flipping a pistol in his right hand, chewing gum, his gaze fixed on the distance.

Suddenly, a black SUV appears in the distance, speeding towards this place along the road amid the rising dust.

The white man frowns slightly. Only one SUV is showing up, which is somewhat unexpected. He presses the communicator and inquires:

"Vantage point, is there any other activity in the vicinity?"

Chh—

A quick response comes through the communicator; the white man's subordinate replies:

"Nothing, boss."

"OK."

Reassured by the response from his subordinate, the white man gestures for the others behind him to stop fooling around and stand at attention, as he straightens up himself.

Before long, the black SUV gradually approaches the front of the mining area and comes to a slow stop.

Seeing this, the corner of the white man's mouth lifts in a smirk. He coughs to clear his throat and shouts loudly:

"You guys..."

His words barely begin when the black SUV suddenly revs up, whirls around, and takes off.

"..."

"???"

The abrupt move by the black SUV leaves everyone frozen in place.

The subordinates, who had been ready to shoot, are now bewildered, not understanding what happened. After exchanging glances, all turn to look at their boss.

The leather-jacketed boss is just as dumbfounded, completely unable to grasp what is going on.

He even starts to suspect that the other party is not the guy they were waiting for, perhaps just a group of passersby who turned into the wrong place?

At this moment, a communication device in the leather jacket man's hand suddenly activates, and a strange female voice emits from it:

"Report to Captain, retreat immediately! There are no nuclear warheads here!"

"Fu-k!"

Hearing this, the man in the leather jacket's face drastically changes, he quickly gets up from the hood, and jumps down, barking out orders:

"Chase them down, all of you!"

"Understood!"

A group of men hustle to their cars, start the engines, and begin pursuing the SUV in the distance.

In the leading SUV, Chenier, who pretended to contact Captain Josrey, puts down the communicator, and looking at Michelle in the back seat, who's manipulating the computer equipment to infiltrate the enemy's communication channel, gives a thumbs up. Then turning to Luo An, who is driving, she smiles and says:

"That man is indeed Lieutenant Sobian. They're all chasing after us now."

Luo An glances at the rearview mirror and laughs:

"It seems my guess was correct. The nuclear warhead really isn't here."

Chenier nods in admiration at Luo An while looking at the billowing dust behind them.

Over an hour ago, Luo An and the others arrived in this area. Chenier and Reesi were ready to immediately head to the secret base to search for the nuclear bomb, but Luo An stopped them.

Luo An didn't rush to take action, instead, he asked Michelle to get ahold of a map first.

From the looks of it, the real nuclear warhead was first stolen by Matteo, hidden on-site, and then he fled with a fake nuclear warhead.

Meeting the firepower enthusiast Wilfredo, Matteo pretended to be defeated, and the fake warhead was stolen, while Matteo secretly returned to hide the real nuclear warhead.

But somehow, Lieutenant Sobian discovered this and captured Matteo before anyone else.

After performing the Great Memory Recovery Skill, Sobian learned the true location of the nuclear warhead.

To successfully secure the nuclear warhead, Sobian dispatched his security company personnel to lure Captain Josrey and others in the wrong direction, while he quietly proceeded to the correct location.

This time difference wasn't too long, nor was it short.

Luo An quickly calculated and, putting himself in Sobian's shoes, realized that there was enough time to move the warhead to another location.

As a lieutenant capable of employing both open and secret tactics, Sobian could have a vengeful mindset due to a possible imbalance, but his reasoning...but his thoughts are most likely sound.

He wouldn't just sit with the nuclear warhead, waiting for people like Captain Josrey to capture him.

On the contrary, it would make more sense to move the warhead somewhere else first, and then wait with his men for Captain Josrey to arrive exhausted, so he could openly mock them.

Finally either detonating the nuclear warhead, or using it to demand his terms—such an approach would better align with Sobian's mindset.

Based on this judgment, after arriving at the scene, Luo An decided not to discuss much with Sobian, but to retreat immediately to lure him into pursuit.

By doing this, first, he would avoid battling the enemy on familiar ground and falling into a trap where he may be at a disadvantage.

Second, it would draw the enemy into a trap of his own design, putting them at a disadvantage.

Even if this plan failed, and the enemy did not follow, that was fine.

That would mean the nuclear warhead was really there, and it would be entirely possible to call for backup and let other departments handle the arrest. Luo An would not be at a loss either way.

The car took a turn, and Luo An glanced at a large rock beside him, pressed the communicator, and said:

"Mona, thoroughly investigate the vehicles, trains, and even helicopters passing through this area!"

"No problem!"

Mona agreed, and Luo An continued, pressing the communicator and saying:

"Reesi, they've started to catch up. Best to prepare."

"Leave it to me!"

Not far away, Reesi, who had been hiding behind a large rock, curled up the corner of her mouth. As Luo An's SUV rapidly passed a certain area, followed by four cars driving into it, Reesi suddenly stood up and violently threw the backpack she was holding.

Boom—

The grenades prepared in advance inside the backpack exploded, shocking the occupants of the four vehicles with the sudden explosion sound and shrapnel flying everywhere.

The drivers reflexively turned the steering wheel to evade, and then straight into the small minefield Luo An and his team had prepared by the road.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The mines were triggered and exploded instantaneously, and the last two cars were completely dismantled, while the first two uncontrollably stopped at the side of the road.

"Wow."

A tail spin drift, the SUV turned around and parked on the side of the road at a distance, Chenier looked at the dust and smoke not far away, her eyelids twitching:

"I didn't expect Wilfredo's goods to be so effective."

Reesi, at the other end of the communicator, grinned, about to agree when the second car that had stopped suddenly started moving.

It jolted forward, crashing into the car blocking the road ahead, clearing the way. Then it turned around, its front scraping past the side of the first car, leaving behind a trail of sparks and some parts, before speeding away into the distance.

"That person in the car is Sobian!"

Reesi, who was closest, saw it most clearly and shouted urgently into the communicator:

"He left his men behind and ran!"

"As expected of a Federation Second Lieutenant, his skill at abandoning teammates is well-practiced."

Luo An floored the accelerator, and the SUV instantly gave chase.

Just then, Mona's voice suddenly rang out through the communicator:

"Luo An, I might have found that nuclear warhead!"

"Where?"

"It's heading towards the capital of Texas!"