The three men sent the bullet back to the detective bureau.

Luke then went home to sleep, which isn't to say Luke was irresponsible.

Rather, with years of criminal investigation experience, he knew it was difficult to make significant progress in the case before the identification results were out.

Staying up all night at this point wasn't very meaningful.

The next day when the identification results came out, everyone else had gone out to investigate, and you were as tired as a dog, would you sleep or not?

If you didn't sleep, you'd lack energy for investigating.

If you slept, you might miss the best opportunity to investigate.

The best strategy was to conserve energy now and go to the police station early the next day.

...

Luke didn't return to his own home but went to Daisy's place, and incidentally, he gave her the documents about the Harley theft suspect.

He also made a call to the chubby kid, and perhaps due to the impact of the shooting incident, the chubby kid seemed a bit depressed.

Luke comforted him for a few moments before Daisy got home.

The two cooked together and chatted, and Daisy also asked about the shooting incident, seeming quite interested in the case.

Luke kept the case details confidential, but there was no need to hide the information that could be discovered by the outside world from her, so he told Daisy.

That night, they took a bath together and played poker in the bathroom.

If this case had occurred back home, he probably wouldn't have felt like playing poker, not that it was a double standard, but just a real feeling.

Back home, one could easily empathize with the cases, saying "the woes of others affect us all" might be a bit pretentious, but there was at least a feeling of "the hare's death brings the fox to mourn," and investigating similar cases could be quite depressing.

In Los Angeles, this feeling wasn't very strong, and investigating was just investigating; emotions might be affected at the time, but it was okay afterward.

Time to cry, time to laugh.

This was a complex mindset, difficult to explain from a single perspective.

Of course, this isn't to say that Luke didn't like Los Angeles, on the contrary, he had adapted to life here and was gradually getting back on track.

He liked his current state.

...

The next morning at seven o'clock.

Luke rushed to the detective bureau.

His colleagues were all stunned.

It was the first time Luke had arrived so early.

David joked, "Is the bear joining NATO?"

"Haha..."

Everyone laughed.

The deputy team leader joked, "Did China and the United States join hands to advance into the World Cup?"

"Haha..."

The laughter grew louder.

Luke "..."

A bunch of boring guys.

...

As time progressed, forensic reports were successively delivered to the Robbery and Murder Department.

At eight o'clock in the morning.

Reid convened an investigative results meeting in the large conference room of the Robbery and Murder Department.

In addition to the first squad, the second squad of the Robbery and Murder Department also attended the meeting.

Most of the people from the second squad had dark circles under their eyes; they had been recording statements from the school faculty and students overnight.

The captain of the second squad, Clint Chen, was an Asian with a shaved head.

He and Susan had one thing in common; they hardly ever smiled.

Since they all worked in the Robbery and Murder Department and saw each other often, Luke had never seen him laugh, although both had Chinese heritage, they almost never spoke.

Reid, sitting in the middle of the conference table with his hands together, said, "Chen, tell us about the progress your squad has made."

Clint flipped through his notes, "Compared to yesterday, the number of victims has increased by two. There are now nine victims in total, including five deceased and four injured.

Among them, three deceased and one severely injured were in the teaching building.

In the vocal music building, one dead and two injured.

In the science building, one dead and one injured.

Of course, these are just those directly injured by the shooting; some people were injured by stampedes or falls, which are not included."

We have compiled a large number of testimonies, which suggest that there might have been two to three perpetrators.

One of the suspects was wearing black jeans, a gray hoodie with a hood, black gloves, and a clown mask, effectively concealing his face and making it difficult to see clearly.

Another suspect was wearing a black tracksuit, also wearing gloves and a clown mask.

At present, the physical characteristics of the third suspect are still unclear.

Additionally, due to a power outage, most of the cameras were not functioning, and we have not yet obtained a clear picture of the suspects.

The authenticity of these two suspects' appearances remains to be verified."

After Clint finished his report.

Reid turned to Susan beside him, "Let's hear about the investigation from the first squad."

Susan said, "According to our investigation, the deceased on the second floor of the teaching building was Fannie Zaris, an FBI agent. She had infiltrated the school two weeks ago to investigate a report involving a suspected shooter.

The reported individual was Bowen Pilton.

Fannie had been monitoring him closely.

According to Fannie's investigation, Bowen Pilton was subjected to severe bullying at school, and the perpetrator was Chad Clays, the only male deceased in the teaching building.

Chad Clays was in a relationship with the first female victim.

Therefore, we suspect that this shooting may be related to Bowen Pilton."

Reid asked, "Has anyone investigated Bowen Pilton?"

Luke responded, "I went over to his house yesterday to take a statement, but he was practicing shooting in the garage at the time, so it wasn't possible to carry out a gunpowder test. I personally feel he is quite suspicious.

Also, I found a bullet near his house and sent it to the technical department for analysis."

Reid queried, "How did the analysis turn out?"

Mary answered, "Let me check; there were so many things analyzed yesterday.

The bullet Luke sent does not match the bullet markings found at the crime scene.

The bullets found in several victims came from three different pistols.

One of the pistols, Pistol A, belonged to FBI agent Fannie Zaris. The bullets fired from this gun killed the school bully, Chad Clays."

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