Legendary FBI Detective
Chapter 459: Dinner, Fiona’s Identity, Underlying Logic

Chapter 459: Chapter 459: Dinner, Fiona’s Identity, Underlying Logic

At 8:30 p.m., Las Vegas, at the "Joel Robuchon" restaurant.

This Michelin three-star French restaurant specializes in traditional French cuisine, particularly famous for its sixteen-course dinner menu, which even offers a stretch limousine service for those who book it.

In a room deep within the restaurant, a rather long Western dining table was set, with Winslow, Chenier, Reesi, Michelle, and Mona seated on both sides, chatting quietly and enjoying the novel and beautifully plated French delicacies on the table.

Several candles were placed on the table beside the five guests, and at the other end of the long dining table sat Luo An in a suit and leather shoes, across from Rekasha O’Dell in a red dress, with an array of aromatic and appetizing dishes in front of them, though neither of them seemed interested in eating.

Today, Rekasha O’Dell’s makeup was much softer and gentler compared to the sharp features she had during their first meeting a few days ago.

Picking up her glass, Rekasha gestured toward Luo An with a smile and said,

"Thank you very much for leading the Special Investigation Team in solving the case of the Audel family, Group Leader Greenwood."

Luo An laughed lightly without responding directly to her comment but raised his glass to clink against hers and said with a smile,

"There are six members in the Special Investigation Team, and the restaurant has prepared six set meals. Miss Rekasha, you’ve gone to great expense tonight, thank you."

"It’s only right."

Their glasses clinked, Rekasha chuckled, took a sip, then set her glass down, leaned back, crossed her legs, and with a beaming smile looked at Luo An and asked,

"As a family member of the victim, I’d like to know the details of this case. Can Group Leader Greenwood tell me some?"

On hearing this, Luo An raised an eyebrow and retorted,

"Miss Rekasha, don’t you already know?"

Luo An had previously sent Reesi to investigate Fiona, the legal advisor’s office, and Reesi discovered that Fiona had close ties with a supervisor of a certain team at the FBI’s Las Vegas Branch.

Not only that, shortly after leaving the Special Investigation Team, Fiona had made a phone call to that team supervisor. View the correct content at NovelFire.

Upon learning this, Luo An immediately grasped the logic behind the situation.

The Audel family villa case was a big one indeed; solving it and capturing the assassin would be a significant achievement.

However, since Rekasha O’Dell felt that the assassin was targeting the Audel family, and there was a complicated mesh of enemies outside the family, she did not trust the local law enforcement in Las Vegas. Hence, she turned to Luo An from afar, and handed the case over to the Special Investigation Team.

Seen from another perspective, this was a blatant slap in the face of the local law enforcement in Las Vegas.

Yet Rekasha O’Dell, with her incisive methods, quickly stabilized her position, and Luo An Greenwood had powerful backers, so even if the local law enforcement had a hundred reasons to be dissatisfied, they could only suppress their feelings for the time being, watch and wait, and perhaps even secretly curse Luo An’s team for failing to solve the case.

But Luo An shattered their illusions by successfully leading the Special Investigation Team to solve the case and capturing the assassin.

The local law enforcement in Las Vegas, upon hearing this, felt even more resentful and disheartened, with no course of action, until Luo An was stalled for a full week without key evidence.

This presented them with an opportunity, and they sent out Fiona.

If Luo An followed the third suggestion made by Fiona and "accidentally" leaked Hector Jamie’s process of committing the crime to the wealthy families of the victims, should Hector Jamie die in prison as a result, Luo An would be caught red-handed.

This could be a significant or trivial handle, but at a critical moment, someone exploiting this could leave Luo An utterly disgraced.

Even further, one might wonder whether those who acted against Hector Jamie were indeed the wealthy relatives of the victims; whether some would use this leverage to persuade Luo An to do certain things; or whether some simply wanted to use this opportunity to draw Luo An to their side, to turn against his own at a crucial moment...

Before coming to this restaurant at Rekasha’s invitation tonight, Luo An made a call to Vireness and Potante Byrne, briefly mentioning the situation.

Facing soldier with soldier, general with general, such matters are naturally handed over to those above to deal with.

It was a request for aid and support, and also a demonstration of one’s own ability and worth to those above.

At the same time, neither Vireness nor Potante Byrne were to be taken lightly; they would definitely gain some benefits from certain people within the local law enforcement in Las Vegas.

As the targeted party, Luo An would certainly share in the benefits handed down by Vireness and Potante Byrne once the matter was resolved. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

One bird in hand, Luo An loved to do just this kind of thing.

As for Luo An’s earlier claim that Rekasha O’Dell already knew about the case, it wasn’t a lie or a probe to test the waters.

After all, the Audel family had been operating in Las Vegas for generations, and the federation was still a capitalist country. As the current sole controller of the Audel family, if Rekasha couldn’t get information about the case, that would be the real lie.

"I do know some general details."

Rekasha chuckled, nodded, then with crossed arms propping up her chin, blinked her large eyes at Luo An and said with a soft laugh:

"But Group Leader Greenwood, after all, is an eyewitness to this case, I believe you definitely know some things that I can’t find out."

"If it can’t be found, then don’t ask. Often, knowing too much about something isn’t good, no matter how high one’s status, this saying applies."

Luo An ignored the admiration and tempting glances cast by Rekasha, laughing softly:

"Mr. Pranay O’Dell hasn’t been gone long, and the Audel family must still have many affairs to deal with.

I think those matters should be more important than getting information from me, wouldn’t you agree?"

After Hector Jamie entered prison, his life definitely wouldn’t be good, and those wealthy individuals absolutely have ways to thoroughly investigate the background of this case, as decided by the federal system.

As the leader of the Special Investigation Team, Luo An had no intention of sharing too many details of the case with Rekasha.

Rekasha blinked, gazing at Luo An for a long while until Mona, not far off, narrowed her eyes slightly. Only then did Rekasha laugh lightly, withdrawing her gaze:

"Alright, Group Leader Greenwood is truly a good person."

"It’s not about being a good person, but rather there are things to do and things not to do."

Luo An smiled, waving his hand, and just as he was about to continue saying something, Rekasha suddenly stood up, signaled her always-standing secretary to help her put on her thick wool coat, then walked over to Luo An, leaned down and whispered into his ear:

"The agreed-upon fund has already been transferred into the account.

Also, to tell you the truth, if you weren’t so young, I might have fallen for you."

After saying this, Rekasha straightened up, surveying the room and especially giving Mona a few glances, then chuckled and left the room with her female secretary.

A faint perfume scent left by Rekasha lingered over the side of Luo An’s face, but he wasn’t interested in the fragrance. Instead, he was pondering Rekasha’s words with a curious expression.

What did she mean by him being too young? He was 26 this year, whereas Rekasha O’Dell was only 19.

But recalling how Rekasha treated her eighty-year-old father and that balding middle-aged assassin... Luo An’s eyes narrowed slightly, as if he understood something.

On the other side, Reesi, having witnessed that scene, swallowed the food in her mouth and cautiously approached Mona, whispering:

"Mona, are you okay?"

"What?"

Mona was startled at first, then realizing what Reesi meant from the look in her eyes, laughed and shook her head:

"Don’t worry, I’m fine, Luo An couldn’t possibly be interested in a woman like Rekasha."

Reesi with a puzzled face:

"Why?"

Mona, proudly puffing out her chest, said dismissively:

"Because she’s too young."

Reesi: "..."