The World of American Drama: From the Los Angeles Patrol

Chapter 178 The Truth
Joey Reacher recovered quickly, and has been transferred from the ICU to an ordinary double ward. The ward with him is naturally Chris who was shot in the leg.

But in Jack's view, there is still a difference in the treatment of the two. Dana, whom I haven't seen for a long time, is feeding fruit to Chris by the hospital bed. In contrast, Joey, who is alone, looks much more pitiful. .

The Hunters did not enter the hospital. The two elderly people took the two children of the Heborg family to a hotel not far from the hospital to rest. Charlie followed everyone into the ward.

Dana looked much more confident than before. She was wearing a black professional attire. Jack keenly observed that she was also wearing a gun.

"Dana is now an analyst for the IRS, and she was the plenipotentiary before Director Ray King arrived."

After greeting everyone, Hannah introduced in a low voice, Jack was in a daze, how long has passed, does the IRS need training for recruiting?
"Joe!" The two Reacher brothers reunited after a long absence. Seeing his elder brother wearing an oxygen mask on the hospital bed, Jack Reacher no longer looked like a tough guy, and his eyes turned red instantly.

"Hey, brother." The weak Joey greeted softly.

"I didn't expect to see you here. I was talking to you about the blind Blake. I just know that you like the blues. Maybe someday I will visit that town."

Jack Reacher squatted down in front of the hospital bed like a big bear, holding Joey's hand tightly.

"You should ask me for help. Have you forgotten your mother's dying order? You can't take care of everything by yourself."

There was a wry smile on Joey's face, "Now I can't do anything lying here, the rest is up to you, help me take down the Kleiner family."

The two brothers didn't talk much, so they simply talked about the past for a while, and then got straight to the point.

Jack stepped forward and briefly introduced himself. Joey had been in a coma before, and this was the first official meeting between the two.

"Those two ladies told me all about your purpose when they took care of me."

Joey’s gaze swept across Hannah and Zooey behind him.

"I asked them to help me contact my colleague in the Secret Service, Molly Beth Gordon, who is coming to Atlanta with the information."

"With all due respect, the Kleiner family stood behind a congressman at one point and their infiltration of various law enforcement agencies."

Jack didn't deny that, after all, it must not be that simple behind Joey's accident, and someone who knew his identity must have tipped off Kleiner.

Joey smiled, "I know, but Molly is trustworthy, and our relationship is very close"

Is it an office romance again?
Joey, who saw his younger brother, told him everything he had investigated, and everyone finally understood the details of the Kleiner family.

Joey is the director of the Investigation Office of the Secret Service. He is mainly responsible for combating the counterfeiting of antiques and knife music. He spent three years, through administrative orders and some related procedures, completely blocking the manufacture of counterfeit banknotes in the beautiful country.

He didn't specify, but Jack can guess that it is probably to control the sales of acid-free paper, and trace the whole process from production to sale.

After that, Joey devoted himself to the investigation of the international counterfeit banknotes.

"Different from the hundred-yuan bills that we rarely see in China, 80% of Dao Le in the international market are hundred-yuan bills, which are circulated through underground transactions such as drugs, weapons, and human trafficking."

"After my joint research with two economics professors from Columbia University, I found that in the past ten years, nearly [-] billion dollars of knife music have flowed out from Venezuela to the world, and it has not decreased even after I blocked the raw material paper, so I did one thing."

Seeing Joey coughing twice, Jack Reacher quickly took a cup from the cabinet beside him, dipped a cotton swab in water, and moistened his lips.

"I didn't expect to be taken care of by you, brother." Joey smiled bitterly and continued.

"I persuaded the higher-ups to increase funding for the Coast Guard. They have maintained close patrols along the southeast coast for half a year. As a result, the shipment of counterfeit banknotes in Venezuela has almost stopped in the past six months."

"After that, a group of South American mercenaries began to enter frequently. I followed the clues and came to the town of Margrave."

Jack nodded frequently when he heard it. This is the way of smart people who make full use of the resources at hand. If it wasn't for the fact that the Kleiner family didn't talk about martial arts and just overturned the table, it is very likely that Joey alone It can overturn the entire chain of interests.

"So, you suspect, the origin of these counterfeit bills is Margrave, Georgia."

Joey nodded, "Yes, and I found out how they made counterfeit money."

"They collected a large number of small banknotes, rinsed the ink on them with a special technique, and then reprinted them into old versions of hundred-dollar bills before the 90s, so that they don't need to consider the anti-counterfeiting strip, just make them old."

"Unfortunately, the truck driver who was willing to be a tainted witness and transport the counterfeit money to Florida for them was killed when he met me."

"Although I used some means to prevent them from obtaining small banknotes from the retail industry, but for some reason, they seem to have found a new channel in the past few months."

Hearing this, Jack invited Paul Heborg's wife, Charlie, to him, "I think she can explain the source of these new channels."

Having seen the previous chase and the spectator just now, she fully understands the current situation. Charlie no longer hides, and tells Paul that he was threatened and forced to cooperate with the Kleiner family to collect small banknotes through the banking industry. out.

"When you see a man, nailed to a wall and castrated in front of your face, you just do what they say, Paul was forced, and Kleiner completely ruined our family. "

After Charlie finished speaking, it was raining with pear blossoms and tears were streaming down her face.

Now everything is connected in series, especially the two Jacks, who looked at each other tacitly, and each had a plan in their hearts.

Only Hannah had some questions, beginning by asking, "So what does all this have to do with the killing of my parents and that EPA investigator?"

Seeing that Joey, who had been getting weaker and weaker after talking for a long time, was about to speak, Jack Reacher spoke for his brother.

"Sewage, cleaning ink will produce a lot of industrial sewage."

Jack nodded and said: "Yes, the Kleiner family first printed counterfeit money in Texas, the sewage polluted the river near your home, they murdered the investigator and your parents, and moved the factory to Margrave. "

Hannah gritted her teeth and said nothing, trembling all over because of anger, Zooey hugged her pitifully in her arms, spoke softly to comfort her, and then asked.

"Then why is there no sewage pollution here? I checked the map, and there isn't even a decent river or lake near here."

"The ranch, they have purified the sewage." Roseko, who had been listening in, suddenly realized.

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