North America Gunman Detective

This time Jimmy didn't go straight to the office, rather he called Randall from downstairs, asking him to come down for a meeting.

Randall came down and saw Jimmy, who handed him a coffee he bought, and the two started chatting by the roadside.

Randall was curious why Jimmy was so focused on this case, and Jimmy briefly explained his reasons; the most important thing was that he couldn't construct what had happened at the crime scene, something Randall also found puzzling.

No clues left by the killer at the scene, and based on the site, it's impossible to determine if there was a single perpetrator. The positions of the deceased suggested they died suddenly, too quickly to resist or flee; such circumstances are truly rare.

Randall: "So what do you want to know?"

Jimmy: "I want to see the evidence you retrieved from the scene; a killer so cruel as to murder five people must have had a purpose. Maybe something left at the scene can inspire us to find leads."

Randall: "The evidence is stored in the warehouse; there's quite a bit of it."

Jimmy: "Just a quick look will suffice, to satisfy my curiosity."

Randall nodded: "Alright, I'll take you to the warehouse in the afternoon. For now, let's grab lunch together."

After a simple lunch, Randall took Jimmy to the evidence room at the field office to go through some evidence, then led him to the storage warehouse to examine other possibly unrelated items.

With Jimmy's Heart Eye scrutinizing the evidence, he found nothing unusual and concluded the killer must have taken it.

From this point, Jimmy formulated a hypothesis: that the five individuals had come into possession of something special for unknown reasons. While chatting and examining this special item in the living room, the killer appeared, killed them, and left with the special item they acquired.

This case seems unsolvable, and there's certainty of a supernatural event. Coupled with the mutant Torres seen yesterday, it's very likely someone possessed with special abilities committed this horrendous crime.

Jimmy and Agent Randall returned to his office. Since Jimmy rarely visits, Randall couldn't just let him leave; chatting in the office and perhaps stepping out for a cigar were certainly preferable to sending Jimmy straight back to New York.

Jimmy could have returned yesterday, but came back again today and also invited a priest for a blessing ceremony at the crime scene house, which was quite intriguing—not just the case, but the man himself.

As two FBI agents goofing off during working hours, they naturally discussed the case—after all, they weren't familiar with each other and had no personal matters to converse about.

Jimmy wasn't shy about it, casually asking if any other peculiar cases had occurred nearby recently, though Randall wasn't very informed, since most homicides are reported by other departments rather than discovered pro-actively.

Randall believed he understood Jimmy's intent; as an idealistic young agent, ordinary cases hold no excitement, so it's natural to wish to discover interesting cases to work on.

After chit-chatting for quite some time, Jimmy stood up to bid farewell, genuinely intending to drive back to New York.

On the way back to New York, Jimmy pondered what Archbishop Anderson and Priest Rodney from the New York Archdiocese had mentioned about the increasing supernatural incidents in recent years; now it seems there are more such cases around him.

From Little Rock to Dallas, then to New York, over the past three to four years, Jimmy only encountered one or two incidents, but recently he faced three, one of which was so terrifying it almost ended disastrously.

Before Thomas died, bullets couldn't penetrate him; it was like he was wearing a Bullet-Proof Vest, even when fired with Roland's 1875 handgun. Initially, two rounds from the Glock failed to even break the skin. If he had run into such individuals by chance, he could easily have ended up in trouble.

Helping Father Rodney this time made Jimmy suddenly realize the crisis he was in. If these possessed individuals appeared again, he might not manage. His abilities couldn't cope with such issues.

He called Mark to confirm that there was nothing urgent at the office, then went directly to his apartment to watch the training video Roland had given him.

This battle made Jimmy aware of a major problem: he could manually load bullets with one hand, but couldn't handle Torre's bulletproof individuals with a revolver. With two hands holding the gun, he couldn't reload quickly, which was a significant risk.

In his memory, Roland had demonstrated quick reloads with two hands and advised him against using speedloaders, suggesting instead the Half Moon Clip. Now, faced with the situation, he understood Roland's advice was truly based on experience.

Watching Roland's smooth unloading and reloading in the video, apart from the difficult-for-him maneuver of tossing the moon clip into the air for loading, most other maneuvers seemed doable for him.

Roland had a specially prepared belt with spare bullet slots and cartridge clips already loaded, seamlessly transferring bullets from his belt to the revolver. If Jimmy had these skills, he wouldn't have needed to stow the revolver with his left hand to reload yesterday.

Jimmy carefully reviewed the video, listed items he needed to purchase, and then stored the video back in the safe, realizing it was time to prepare and practice more.

Speaking of which, Roland looked quite sharp in a leather jacket, though Jimmy didn't seem suited for such attire.

The next day, Jimmy returned to the office, checked the clues Mark and Julia had been investigating, and instructed them to continue handling the murder case.

With insufficient clues, Jimmy reckoned this case's resolution would likely result in being archived. However, this wouldn't prevent Mark and Julia from using the case to improve their investigative skills and experience—this made it a good case.

Of course, Jimmy had mentioned this possible outcome to Mark and Julia, and they seemed fine with it. After all, Jimmy was considerate enough to let them handle it independently.

Mark and Julia had no doubt about Jimmy's crime-solving abilities, especially Mark, who witnessed Jimmy's speed in handling the mishap of losing his gun—practically magical.

In the morning, while Mark was misled during his investigation and ambushed, around noon Jimmy realized he was missing, quickly tracked him down, found out he'd lost his gun, and apprehended the suspect by evening, recovering Mark's firearm. Such speed was unmatched by anyone else.

With Jimmy's arrangements for them to handle the potentially archived case to gain experience, it was deemed necessary; their task was to follow Jimmy's plan without overthinking matters like the case's closure rate.

Taking advantage of free time, Jimmy visited the tech department. Roland's videotape's clarity wasn't ideal, so he consulted to improve it after digitization, but using internal equipment would require reporting and documentation, leading to abandoning the lazy approach.

However, there were alternatives, as technical experts recommended finding professionals for the task. Though New York isn't Hollywood, many special effects and video studios are available where Jimmy's requests could be easily fulfilled, albeit costing money and requiring confidentiality agreements to prevent leakage of Jimmy's provided footage.

Having found a video enhancement solution, Jimmy wasn't in a rush. During his break, he visited a gun shop to purchase some Moon Clips, returning to the office to load spare bullets, practicing covertly with single-hand rapid loading.