Team 5 Investigation Room, Lounge.
The four little boys rescued from the villa were sitting here, while Mona and Reesi, two won, were distributing snacks and juices to them and softly comforting them.
Holding a docunt, Augustus stood at the doorway of the lounge, took a glance inside, furrowed his brows, and turned to ask William:
"How is it going, have you figured out the identities of these four children, and who their parents are?"
"Sorry, I have only found the identities of two of them."
William spread his hands, indicating that even finding them was useless, as those two children had no parents; they were among the children reported missing by the New York child welfare agency.
As for the other two children, William and other technical agents directly admitted that they couldn't find any identity information for these kids.
"This is because they are not federal people."
At that mont, Reesi pushed open the door of the lounge and ca out, explaining:
"Mona and I just asked them, and the remaining two children don't know their parents, but both co from a child welfare institution in El Salvador."
"South Arica..."
On hearing this, Augustus sighed, handed the docunt he was holding to Reesi, and said:
"This is the body examination report just done by the Forensics Departnt for these four children; they have many bruises on their bodies, and there are also permanent injuries."
Reesi glanced at the content of the report, her brows tightening:
"So, have we actually encountered a network of perverts this ti?
How many perverts in New York have abused these children?"
"Those people are probably not a small number."
Just then, Luo An and a grim-faced Reich walked over.
Seeing the confusion on the faces of Reesi and Augustus, Luo An pulled out several videotapes from behind:
"These were found by the Forensics Departnt in the basent of that villa, the content inside... um, it's a bit eye-hurting."
Hearing Luo An's words and seeing Reich's expression, Augustus and Reesi both guessed the content inside the videotapes.
Augustus took the videotapes with a shake, asking:
"Besides these children, are there other n's faces in there?"
"No."
Luo An didn't speak, and Reich beside him said in a heavy tone:
"I forced myself to watch the entire tape, but there were no n's faces, only so tattoos on so n's bodies."
"It's better than nothing."
Augustus nodded, patted Reich on the shoulder—Reich's child was about the sa age as these children, so watching these things was truly tornting for him.
"It's okay."
Reich shook his head indicating he was fine, as long as they catch this group of guys.
————
Half an hour later, after confirming that the Forensics Departnt had not found anything else, Luo An and Mona entered the interrogation room, beginning the interrogation of Ferdinand Hunter.
"Good afternoon, Ferdinand Hunter, congratulations on going back to prison for further education."
Seeing Mona setting up her laptop ready, Luo An picked up the coffee, took a sip, and said with a smile:
"I just don't know what your treatnt in prison will be like this ti; I heard that people with your inclinations tend to be bullied quite easily in prison."
The term "bullied" was quite understated by Luo An as the real status of such people in federal prison including, but not limited to, getting beaten when others were in a bad mood, having saliva or other fluids spitted in their food, being molested in showers... etc.
In any case, nothing good.
As soone who had been in and out of prison multiple tis, who previously also despised people with such inclinations and even acted violently towards them, Ferdinand Hunter, upon hearing Luo An's words, suddenly shouted loudly with a flushed face:
"Don't slander ! I'm not like that! I never touched those little boys!"
"Wow."
Luo An raised an eyebrow:
"That villa's structure is so peculiar, and those boys all have scars on their bodies, do you think the judge will believe what you're saying?"
"Fu-k! I'm really not involved in that habit!"
Ferdinand Hunter cursed again, then fell silent for a mont and said seriously:
"I can tell you everything I know, but only if you grant full immunity for this case."
"That's a cold joke, Ferdinand."
Luo An leaned back, propped up his legs, and chuckled:
"However, we can explain to the judge, depending on what you disclose specifically."
"..."
Seeing the expression on Luo An's face, Ferdinand Hunter was silent for a long ti, finally gritting his teeth and nodding in agreent.
Seeing the photo of Little Ansel Ward in front of Luo An, Ferdinand Hunter admitted that he paid money to buy the child from his mother, and stated:
"His mother sold him to willingly, I didn't force her, OK? I was the passive party!"
Mona rolled her eyes where Ferdinand Hunter couldn't see, and Luo An didn't bother to argue with him on this point, directly asking:
"But Ansel Ward died a few days ago, what's that about?"
"How would I know?"
Ansel Ward waved his hand, indicating he was just a laborer at the grassroots, only responsible for taking care of the children.
"If that's what you're saying, then I don't see any necessity for further interrogation."
Seeing Ferdinand Hunter clear himself of any wrongdoing, Luo An sneered:
"Listen, Ferdinand Hunter, we're giving you a chance here, not begging you for information!
Frankly, our forensic team found a lot of useful clues in that villa, our interrogation is just a necessary procedure, got it?"
With that, Luo An stood up to leave, Ferdinand Hunter, seeing this, quickly called out loudly:
"OK! OK! I'll talk about what happened next!"
"Good."
Seeing Mona silently give herself a thumbs up, Luo An's mouth curved slightly, he gave her a look, then sat back down and said coldly:
"Then speak."
"I wasn't lying to you earlier, I'm really just a rank-and-file mber."
Ferdinand Hunter sighed and began to narrate the entire event.
During his last stint in prison, Ferdinand t a guy nad Reich who was released earlier than him.
Reich indicated that once he was out, he had a way to make money, and if Ferdinand couldn't make it on his own, he could join him.
So after his release, without a second thought, Ferdinand went straight to Reich.
After chatting with Reich for a few days, Ferdinand realized the supposed money-making opportunity was actually trafficking children, especially little boys.
"I actually hesitated for a mont."
Here, Ferdinand raised his thumb and index finger, making a derogatory gesture towards Korea.
However, considering what Ferdinand said next that it was all for the money, Luo An figured his so-called hesitation probably didn't last more than ten seconds.
According to Ferdinand, the organization was huge, called the Federation Youth Hobbies Association.
They had their own constitution, their own guidelines, even a guide on how agents should act to avoid detection by law enforcent and how to develop and manipulate youths' bodies and minds to keep them forever obedient.
Finally, Ferdinand Hunter sneered and said:
"This organization has many mbers. According to Reich, in the city of New York alone, there are already over ten thousand mbers."
Hearing Ferdinand's description, Mona's face turned completely somber.
Luo An's brow slightly furrowed, realizing there were so issues.
Just then, Augustus suddenly pushed open the interrogation room door, saying:
"Luo An, Mona, co outside for a mont."
Reviews
All reviews (0)