Hughes shook his head, "It's meaningless now, once the video is leaked, we have no idea how many times it's been spread. It's still best to get the news from the television station, find out who gave it to them. Patrick, what do you think?"

Patrick shook his head, not saying a word.

Hughes looked towards the others, "Who has contacts with the television station, ask privately."

Everyone nodded, and at that moment, Ruiz's phone rang.

Ruiz: "Hello, who is this?"

"Scarface, you still dare to call me." Ruiz opened the speaker function of his phone as Hughes gestured to him.

"Ruiz, no beating around the bush, the first video was leaked by my people, but I have nothing to do with the second one. I'm just a gang member, but I'm not a fool. I wouldn't do such a thing."

"Scarface! How can I believe you?"

"NO, NO, NO! It's not about you believing me, I have to explain myself, whether you believe it or not, I think you should have an answer. Ruiz, I don't want to be your enemy, it was just a little joke at the beginning. I apologize."

Hughes gestured a cross with his fingers, and Ruiz, who had been watching Hughes while on the call, got the message, "Scarface, watch yourself. I hope what you're saying is true, you know the price of lying." After that, he hung up the call.

Ruiz, grinding his teeth, said: "How could he get my number? Fxxk!"

Hughes shook his head; for a gang, getting hold of an agent's phone number isn't difficult because the FBI is a public federal police agency with many ways to get certain information.

The biggest trouble now was the leaked video evidence. It was a difficult situation, and if headquarters used this incident to interfere with the matters of the Manhattan office, Hughes would have a tough time.

Hughes: "Fuller, Have OPR conduct an internal investigation on this, don't let this get out, especially don't let DC get involved."

Fuller nodded gravely; OPR's duty was to deal with offenses, and they would handle the situation more appropriately than others. Although it wasn't their specialty, the members of OPR were federal agents too, and in terms of ability, they were no less than those in fieldwork. Many OPR members had even transferred from field agents to OPR due to various reasons.

Hughes: "Patrick, discuss with your people, come up with a plan for the first video, and be ready to hold a small press conference if necessary. Regarding our agent's presence at the scene, just use the case is still unresolved and confidentiality as an excuse to delay.

Patrick nodded, "If there's nothing else, I'll be heading back."

Hughes: "Yes, prepare everything thoroughly, and contact me immediately if there are any anomalies."

Patrick nodded and left the conference room.

Hughes: "Jimmy, don't go to the Anti-Terrorism Bureau for now, go rest, stay indoors for the next couple of days, and wait for my notice."

Jimmy: "Okay, I'm heading back now." Jimmy also stood up and left the conference room, and whatever Hughes and the others discussed afterward was no longer Jimmy's concern.

Jimmy was extremely frustrated now; the bomb case already had leads, and given the Anti-Terrorism Bureau's investigative efficiency, they might quickly find the person who met with journalist Ashi and thus get to the bottom of the case, even possibly finding the bomb. However, no matter what, it had nothing to do with him now. He had to follow Hughes's orders, rest at home, and avoid all places that could potentially expose him.

Jimmy headed downstairs to his car and drove home. He locked the door with the security chain as soon as he got in, opened the fridge to estimate how much food he had - he would need to order takeout a couple of times these next few days. After changing into home clothes, Jimmy grabbed a beer can and collapsed on the sofa.

After Jimmy left, Hughes assigned tasks to Ruiz and Ryan. When he returned to his office, he contacted someone to try to get the details from the television station, although he knew it was impossible to get the information quickly; he could only continue to wait.

At the Anti-Terrorism Bureau, after half a day of sifting through data, the command center operators finally identified a few individuals who repeatedly appeared within the coverage area of the unregistered phone number. It was a challenging and troublesome process due to the vast coverage of the base station; triangulation would still encompass many individuals, and finding those appearing across multiple locations was hard.

Kerry knocked on Noah Watson's door: "We've identified a few potential targets."

Noah immediately stood up and returned to the command center with Kerry, where several images were already displayed on the wall monitors.

Noah: "Have you identified them?"

Operator: "Not yet, we're performing image recognition. The clarity isn't sufficient, so the progress is a bit slow."

Noah: "Kerry, how's the interrogation with Abdul coming along?"

Kerry: "It's the same as the FBI's results, he's just an ordinary operative, but his identity is quite interesting."

Noah: "Go on."

Kerry: "Abdul studied in France, then returned to Afghanistan to join al-Qaeda, and later was sent to the Iraq branch of the Organization. According to our intelligence, that branch now seems to have the potential to get out of control and could become a completely new entity, breaking away from al-Qaeda."

Noah: "So is this man still useful?"

Kerry: "Yes, but now is not the time to consider that, so I haven't reported it to you before."

Noah: "Well done. Don't leave him with too many injuries; since he is useful, let's keep him well protected."

After looking at the information on the screens for a while, Noah said, "After the identities of these individuals are confirmed, notify the FBI agents to investigate. We only provide information and do not participate in the arrest, understood?"

Kerry: "Understood."

Noah returned to his own office. After a while, someone delivered a box of videotapes. After Noah played them, the scenes that appeared were the same ones broadcast on television. These two videos were a bit too intense for many people, so it was estimated that today all the agencies would see them, even if not from the live broadcast on television; someone would provide a recording.

Many can fight against multiple foes, but based on the situation in the videos, not many could end the fight perfectly. Reality isn't like the movies; those lone heroes who survive bullets and barrages in the movies are very rare in real life.

After watching the tapes, Noah made a phone call, and someone quickly brought detailed information; the identity of the person in the video was also confirmed—FBI Manhattan office's Jimmy Yang.

He opened the computer, searched for Jimmy's information, and Noah quickly closed the file. It really was enviable to have such people in the FBI. The CIA should have quite a few capable individuals too, but most were scattered around the world on assignments; openly, domestic deployment of such agents really wasn't possible.

Unfortunately, the information Noah checked was from the FBI database; from the FBI's side, it was impossible to see Jimmy's CIA background. That the CIA could check the FBI's database was actually quite normal, although they didn't get along, but the CIA often forged identities domestically, impersonating the FBI, and many times were mysteriously added to their database; only name and identification number were needed, and it seemed legit, only to be cleared after use.

Gordon and his team had been waiting in the meeting room all day and finally had an opportunity to act. They received information on several individuals provided by the command center, and Gordon called Jimmy, who as their contact, definitely needed to participate in this kind of investigation.

Gordon: "Hi, Jimmy, are you at the bureau?"

Jimmy: "No, I've got some things going on and won't be returning to the office. Did you find anything?"

Gordon: "Yeah, the Anti-Terrorism Bureau has already identified a few suspects, and now we need to follow up, requiring a few surveillance teams from your side."

Jimmy: "Ah, I can't help with that. You might need to go to the office and contact Hughes. Chris has been away lately."

Gordon: "Alright."

After Gordon hung up the phone, he turned to the others: "Let's go, we're heading back to the office to see how to arrange the personnel."

Scott: "What happened with Jimmy? How come he was suddenly reassigned?"

Gordon: "Not sure, we'll ask Hughes about it when we get back. He left after taking a call from Hughes, so there's probably some urgent task. Alright, pack up, we're going back to the office."

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