Chapter 30 Chapter Twenty Nine

McCarthy was left alone in the interrogation room, accompanied by only a cell phone that was almost dead, and boundless frustration. In this gamble against time, he lost almost everything-career, family, Mercedes-Benz, vacation in Hawaii... everything gradually disappeared from his world like the melting snow in Pittsburgh spring. Now that there is nothing, Laura will face charges of minor second-degree murder, while he will be charged with falsifying evidence at the scene and obstructing justice.What kind of life Katerina and little Stuart will face, he can't even think about it. If there is a God, then he is undoubtedly a cheating gambler, because according to his rules, no one can win, and those who participate in the "time shock" game can only end up with "bad" and "worse". ” to choose between.

He picked up the mobile phone on the table and searched for the familiar phone number in his mind.If there was anything he could do at this point, it was to make this call. The phone rang twice and was connected: "Nicholas Gu Law Firm, who are you?" "Lawyer Gu, I'm Ian McCarthy, remember me?" "Detective McCarthy, the hero of Pittsburgh, how could I forget? Oh no, should I call you Inspector McCarthy now? What do you want from me?" "We were all wrong, weren't we? About Kilgore Trout, we were all wrong, terribly wrong!" There was silence on the phone for a few seconds, and then the voice of the criminal defense lawyer became heavy: "Yes, we were all wrong, Kilgore, he is neither your serial killer nor my psychopath, he Innocent! Seriously, since that day three months ago, December 8th, I vividly remember that incredible day, waiting for your call, and thinking about whether to call first You, how about it, have you finally made up your mind to reverse the case for him? Only the two of us can cooperate in this matter."

"Yes, but before that, I need you to be my defense attorney. Listen, I'm in trouble this time, big trouble!" The receiver began to hear the warning tone that the battery was about to run out, and McCarthy stepped up. Slow down, "Hey, my phone is running out of battery, can you come to the police station once? Find me in Interrogation Room No. 3." "Okay, I'll start right away." "Interrogation Room No. 3, be careful on the road!" McCarthy repeated, but there was no response from the other side, and the phone had automatically turned off. Twenty minutes later.

"McCarthy, your lawyer is here." The guard opened the door, and a middle-aged Asian man in a suit and carrying a lockbox that lawyers like to use walked into interrogation room No. 3 with professional steps. "Please let me and my client stay alone for a while." The middle-aged man turned around and said politely to the guard. The guard nodded and closed the door. The man with an oriental face in front of him is about fifty years old, a little fat, and looks like the kind of "veteran" who has experienced many battles.Even in the dim light of the interrogation room, it was obvious that the suit was well made, well cut, and worth at least a thousand dollars.

But he wasn't Nicholas Gu. Although they had the same black eyes, black hair, and similar build, this was not the criminal defense lawyer McCarthy had just called. McCarthy looked at the man suspiciously. When he suddenly felt something was wrong, the man suddenly showed agility that was not commensurate with his age. He rushed behind McCarthy, and McCarthy said "Who are you?" As soon as the word "you" came out, his jaw was controlled. His larynx was firmly clamped by the strong left hand of the visitor, preventing his head from turning freely and making no sound from the mouth of his throat.The man lowered his head and leaned over his right ear. McCarthy turned his eyes to the right with difficulty, only to see that he "conjured" a bamboo dagger from the cuff of his right hand as if by magic—a real "bamboo dagger" with a blade They are all made of bamboo, which can easily fool the metal detectors of the security guards.

"Your lawyer can't come, he can't save you, nobody can save you. Listen, my name is Hamada Tetsuo, you better remember this name, because I want you to tell my daughter Kako in the underworld, Her father has avenged her!" Oh no!This is a fucking misunderstanding, you made a mistake, I didn't kill your daughter!No! McCarthy's eyes almost popped out of their sockets, but unfortunately he couldn't speak a word. Before he could make any struggle, the sharp bamboo dagger had cut his throat.