Chapter 140 140: The Truth Behind the Case
"What's wrong, Luo An?"
Hearing Luo An continuously uttering words of greeting, Mona quickly turned back and asked:
"What did you find?"
"Shit!"
Seeing that the gaze of every agent in the Investigation Team Five had shifted to him, Luo An pointed directly to the information on the computer and said:
"Garcia's target wasn't Councilman Matai at all!"
Upon hearing this, the technicians in Investigation Team Five all wore stunned expressions, and William urgently asked:
"Then who is Garcia's target?"
Just as Luo An was about to answer, Mona suddenly covered her mouth and exclaimed:
"Could it be the team leader Vireness?"
"What?"
"How is that possible?"
"Could it be a mistake?"
Hearing Mona's words, an expression of disbelief appeared on all the agents' faces, and then they turned their gaze toward Luo An in unison.
Luo An's face was very grim as he nodded firmly:
"That's right, Garcia's real target is Vireness!"
Without any further ado, Luo An immediately brought up the surveillance footage on the computer and showed it to everyone.
The location of this surveillance was on the first floor of the Jacob Federation Building; the target was the security checkpoint at the entrance on the first floor, and the timeframe was from one month to three days ago.
In those days' surveillance footage, Ancona could be seen entering the Jacob Federation Building every morning with a paper bag filled with doughnuts.
Before entering the security checkpoint area, Ancona would distribute the doughnuts to several security personnel on the first floor.
The security personnel would smile as they accepted the doughnuts, checked the other items Ancona brought, and then waved her through into the building.
And that paper bag filled with doughnuts managed to bypass both the security screening machines and the handheld detectors without being checked, successfully making its way into the building.
In one of the surveillance videos, it showed that when Ancona was organizing the paper bag that had entered the building without going through security, a few yellow wires accidentally fell out.
However, Ancona picked them up calmly without drawing anyone else's attention.
Upon seeing this scene, the faces of the agents in Investigation Team Five turned ugly, William cursed under his breath, and Mona realized:
"Ancona smuggled the parts of a remote-controlled bomb into the federal building, little by little, in this way."
"That's right."
Watching the security personnel on the monitor smiling while eating doughnuts, Luo An sighed speechlessly with a face full of disbelief.
What you think of as corporate warfare: strategic maneuvering, meticulous planning, and betting with capital.
The reality of corporate warfare: CEOs personally sneaking to take secret photos, hiring people to unplug competitors' internet cables, poisoning rivals.
The way Ancona smuggled the bomb into the building was just as unsophisticated.
Mona fell silent for a moment, then cocked her head to look at Luo An:
"So you're saying that because Ancona started bringing doughnuts a month ago, you concluded that Garcia's target is Vireness, right?"
A month ago, nobody knew where Councilman Matai was, and nobody could have predicted his attendance at this press conference.
Therefore, the only target for Ancona bringing the bomb into the building could be Vireness, who had experience holding press conferences multiple times.
"It's not just that."
Luo An nodded, then shut off the surveillance video on the computer and displayed Garcia's information to everyone:
"Garcia was once imprisoned for violating weapons regulations.
Prison records show that he was detained in the same area as Brent Harry, so it's very likely that he learned bomb-making techniques during that time."
"Yeah."
"That's right."
Every agent in Investigation Team Five nodded in agreement; this had already become a consensus among them.
Luo An immediately flipped to another page of the documents he was holding and continued:
"Everyone knows that inmates awaiting trial like Garcia are assigned work as a form of punishment during their detention.
I checked Garcia's work assignment and found that initially during his detention, he was working in the chapel, doing things like cleaning up trash, tidying up the lawn, etc.
But later on, Garcia was sent to clean the floors of an isolated high-security cell."
"What does that mean?"
Hearing Luo An's words, all the technical agents looked puzzled, William was completely clueless, and Mona directly asked:
"Luo An, what exactly are you trying to say?"
"What I'm trying to say is"
Turning around to bring up a page on the computer, Luo An pointed at the portrait of a person in the prison information with a somber expression and said:
"This guy in the advanced prison, he is likely the real mastermind behind this case!"
"Frederick Antonio..."
Seeing the name and information of the person on the computer, many agents of Team Five showed confusion.
But after thinking for a few seconds, Mona's face turned to horror, and her hair stood on end:
"Damn it! It's him!"
——
Reck Island Prison, a certain room.
At this moment, not only Luo An and Mona had come here, Augustus was also present, his big belly sticking out and his face black as night.
Augustus's foul mood was unrelated to Luo An and Mona, it was due to the sight of the prisoner before him—wearing a uniform, eyes reddened, a young man with cold brown skin.
"Frederick Antonio."
Mona stood waiting outside the room, while Luo An and Augustus sat opposite Antonio.
Without any small talk, Augustus asked coldly:
"You know why we're here."
"Of course."
Antonio's voice was a bit hoarse, and upon hearing Augustus's words, his face revealed a faint smile:
"Is Vireness doing well?"
Augustus remained expressionless, and seeing this, Antonio slowly shifted his gaze to Luo An and continued with a smile:
"I heard through the grapevine that she was injured and hospitalized."
"That grapevine of yours isn't very accurate."
Luo An clicked his tongue and laughed as he shook his head:
"Vireness just had some minor injuries and went to the hospital to get her wounds bandaged. How did that turn into a hospital stay when it got to you?"
Hearing this, Antonio's smiling face stiffened slightly, then he continued smiling and asked:
"Sir agent, what's your name?"
"What I'm called is not important."
Luo An waved his hand dismissively, and pulled out a folder from his pocket, reading:
"Frederick Antonio, 29 years old, arrested in New York for large-scale dumping of flour, sentenced to life imprisonment.
His father, Emenildo Antonio, was a well known drug lord in South America, who died of a heart attack a few years ago.
After his death, his wife and two younger sons were all beheaded by his subordinates, and their bodies were hung on a bridge to be shown to the public..."
That's right, this Frederick Antonio is the drug lord's son previously caught by Team Five (Chapter 109)
It was because of the safety of the members of the previous Team Five that Vireness decided to disband the team and scatter its members across other departments.
What no one expected was that, upon learning the deaths of his father, mother, and brothers, prison inmate Frederick Antonio surprisingly targeted Vireness for his revenge.
This explosion case was an act of vengeance orchestrated by Frederick Antonio who bribed Garcia while he was cleaning the floor of that isolated high-security cell to create the explosion!
Hearing the contents Luo An read out, Frederick Antonio's smile slowly faded.
Upon hearing about his mother and brothers, Frederick Antonio was suddenly filled with murderous intent, his face twisted with rage as he roared loudly:
"Damn FBI agents! I will find someone to kill your entire family! I definitely will!"
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