A retired reincarnation of a certain American film.

The atmosphere in the cabin was quiet.

Luke leaned on the sofa chair behind him, tilting his face, looking at the scenery outside the cabin while tasting the bourbon in his hand.

Hill, who was sitting opposite, was concentrating on flipping through the information in his hand about the Sawyer family, the family of Heather Miller's biological parents, and then occasionally picking up the wine on the side and sipping lightly. .

Neither of them bothered each other.

They all seem to be leaving the most important personal space for each other.

but……

This is a game.

no doubt.

There is only one rule of the game.

Whoever speaks first loses first.

Lu Ke felt that his chances of winning were quite good.

Luke knew the real reason why Hill was in New York and why he happened to be going to Texas.

only……

He didn't quite understand.

Did I show any flaws?

It shouldn't be.

The one who ran to Texas before was Xu Wenwu, and there was also an older clone of Jack.

He's in Eastern Europe, and Jack Benji has been in Los Santos.

Logically speaking, he had a very reasonable excuse for going to Texas this time, and Maria Hill shouldn't be that concerned.

But looking at Hill's attitude, it's like the exam is approaching, but he already knows the exam questions the day before, but doesn't know the results.

and so!
Did the news leak somewhere?
Luke thought thoughtfully.

at this time.

There was a snap.

Luke came back to his senses, looked at Maria Hill who closed the document in her hand abruptly, and raised his eyebrows.

Yo, looks like I won.

but……

Maria Hill, however, said nothing after closing the document. With an expression on her face as if she had discovered something, she stood up and left the document where it was. She did not take it with her, but seemed to have some clues. He hurriedly walked down the spiral staircase leading to the cabin not far away.

Luke turned to look at Hill who disappeared into the spiral staircase, then turned back and looked at the information placed in front of him, his eyes flickering.

He now suspected Hill of fishing.

Catch him, the gentleman fish.

However, Luke recalled that when Hill just left, the expression on his face did not seem to be fake, but seemed to have really discovered something extraordinary. After thinking about it, he put the bourbon aside and took it straight away. Hill left information on the table.

That is, the information about Heather Miller’s biological parents’ family, the Sawyer family.

Luke knew that Heather's original name was Sawyer.

When Heather told him that she received her grandmother's inheritance, Debbie asked him to find out the information.

Debbie also searched for information on the Sawyer family.

Luke didn't ask.

the reason is simple.

The person he was related to was Heather, not the Sawyer family, so he didn't look at the information about the Sawyer family. He just heard Debbie mention that Heather's biological parents were at the time of her birth. One year, there was a fire and everyone died.

At that time, residents of the local town ran to put out the fire. Unfortunately, they only rescued Heather, and the rest of the people died.

Afterwards, Heather's current adoptive father, Mr. Miller, adopted Heather and raised Heather.

But right now?
Luke looked through the information on the "Sawyer Family" in his hand, especially when he saw the testimonies of the residents of the town at that time, there was a hint of interest on his face.

Very simple.

These testimonies were false.

To be precise, one by one, during the fire, the thirty-five people who went to put out the fire, including Heather's adoptive father, Mr. Miller, all lied in their confessions.

The evidence is that the confessions of these thirty-five people cannot be said to be the same, but they can also be said to be exactly the same.

Even the time it took to arrive at the fire scene was exactly the same.

But in the end, the local police station believed the thirty-five identical testimonies and closed the case directly as an accidental fire.

It seems that even the local police station knows about this matter and is willing to cooperate with these people to close this case as soon as possible.

This is interesting.

Luke raised his eyebrows, folded the documents in his hands, stood up, and walked straight towards the spiral staircase leading to the lower cabin not far away.

The layout of Hill's Aegis aircraft is similar to Seve's sky fortress.

The cabin is divided into two floors, the upper floor is for rest, and the lower floor is where the air command center is located.

When Luke went down the stairs, he saw Hill with his arms crossed and having a video call with Commander Natasha Romanoff and Victoria Hand who appeared on the big screen.

Natasha looked at Luke who came out behind Hill, and immediately stopped talking and said hello.

"Good day, Director Dane."

"Good day."

Luke walked to Hill's side, smiled and said to Natasha on the big screen, and then his eyes fell on Commander Victoria Hand: "Good day, Commander Hand."

Commander Hand, who was in charge of the New York SHIELD Center, also said hello with a smile.

Luke said directly: "Sawyer family, did you find anything about the fire?"

Natasha and Commander Hand glanced at each other, then looked at Hill next to Luke without saying a word.

Just as there is only one sun in Jack's heart, there will always be only one moon in the hearts of Natasha and Commander Hand. Hill looked at Luke standing aside with a half-smile: "Director Dane, it is a federal felony to peek at SHIELD confidential documents."

Luke smiled and said: "Federal charges, Commander Hill, I have the right to interpret federal charges."

Hill turned sideways and looked at Luke: "When did Director Dane become the Federal Supreme Court?"

Luke also turned around and looked at Hill with a smile: "Since when did Commander Hill's Aegis have the legal law enforcement power of the federation?"

Well known.

Only federal law enforcement agencies can charge others with federal crimes.

S.H.I.E.L.D., a law enforcement agency that has not been registered in the federal House of Representatives, even if it is backed by the five major overlords, is still called a pheasant law enforcement agency in the federation.

Impersonating a federal law enforcement agency is a federal felony.

Just want to.

Luke, the state director of the FBI, can completely ban S.H.I.E.L.D.

Hill and Luke looked at each other, their eyes facing each other.

The SHIELD agent in the cabin lowered his head, as if he was deaf and blind.

Natasha and Commander Hand on the big screen had their arms crossed and their eyes widened, seeming to be watching this scene with interest.

quite a while.

Hill looked back: "Pause?"

Luke also looked back: "I agree."

Hill nodded and looked at the big screen again: "Report."

Natasha and Commander Hand came to their senses.

Commander Hand took the information handed over by the SHIELD agent off-camera and spoke first.

"I asked the agents to retrieve relevant news from the year of the Sawyer family fire."

"According to the local fire department's closing report."

"It was already three o'clock in the night when the alarm was received. They arrived about half an hour after dispatching the alarm. The fire was already very strong and uncontrollable. When the fire was extinguished, eight bodies were found inside. "

"resident?"

"When the fire department arrived, 35 nearby residents were already at the scene and participated in putting out the fire."

"..."

Hearing this, Hill frowned, nodded, and looked at Natasha: "Continue."

Natasha also looked down at the information in front of her.

Today is the wedding anniversary of Melinda May and her husband, so she took time off, so Natasha is filling in today.

"I asked someone to compile the news about the fire that year."

"Found this."

As Natasha spoke, she motioned to the agent to project many yellowed electronic versions of newspapers from that year onto the interface.

There are many reports, and the time span, ending with the Sawyer family fire, has been pushed forward five years.

In the past five years, based on the content of these reports, one thing can be concluded.

A serial murderer appeared in the local area.

wrong.

To be more precise, he is a serial chainsaw murderer.

"The earliest body was found on September 12th, five years before the Sawyer family fire."

"The owners of the six corpses are six backpackers who came from other states on foot."

"The death was miserable."

As he spoke, the on-site photos taken that year were instantly projected on the big screen.

but……

The agents who can be in Commander Hill's air command center are all Agents of SHIELD. Their psychological quality can be said to be very satisfying after seeing these horrific scene photos.

The same goes for Luke and Hill, who were not affected at all.

Natasha's words continued.

According to the information Natasha received, after the first murder, similar cases began to occur more frequently.

But the criminal's crime pattern also changed. At the second murder scene, they only found blood stains and the victim's clothes, but no body.

The criminals also seemed to be professionals. Due to the criminals' professionalism and the limitations of the times, the local police station still found nothing even though they deployed additional manpower.

The reason why they called it the Chainsaw Massacre was because in the seventeenth case, they finally met a living survivor.

To be precise, he was a survivor with only one breath left.

The survivor's hands had been sawed off, and even his waist had traces of a chainsaw. Therefore, he didn't even ask any questions before he hiccupped.

In the past five years, this chainsaw murderer has committed at least hundreds of cases, which once caused the local town residents to choose to leave.

Until the Sawyer family fire.

"Based on relevant data and information."

"This chainsaw murderer has never committed another crime since the Sawyer family fire."

"And the town residents almost unanimously testified."

"obviously."

"Commander, the fire in the Sawyer family was not an accident."

"..." (End of this chapter)