Legendary FBI Detective

Mona and Reesi primarily wanted to know about the bonus issue after the case was solved.

"As usual!"

Luo An threw a folder into their hands, laughing loudly:

"Everyone's getting a bonus again this week!"

Clap Clap Clap—

Upon hearing Luo An's words, the atmosphere in the office area of the Investigation Team 5 instantly burst into excitement. All agents applauded for Luo An while cheering loudly:

"Ohhh~"

"Thanks, Luo An!"

"Luo An! You're the handsomest in Investigation Team 5!"

"No, Luo An is the handsomest in the entire building!"

As the flattery from everyone grew more and more shameless, Luo An quickly waved his hands and faux-shivered, pretending to be chilled by the comments.

The agents laughed heartily.

After frolicking with the agents for a while, Luo An sat on his new chair, thought for a bit—he didn't have anything else to do—then drove away from Investigation Team 5 to visit Vireness in the hospital.

After all, Vireness was his superior.

Now that she was injured and hospitalized, these sorts of sentiments needed to be maintained through regular contact.

He bought some fruit and flowers as usual.

Dong! Dong!

"Come in."

"Good afternoon, boss."

Entering the room, Luo An found Vireness, though still lying in bed, looking much more spirited than before.

He placed the fruits and flowers on the table beside the bed and smiled:

"It seems the boss is recovering well."

"Mm."

Vireness was still brief in her speech. After a simple chat, to Luo An's expectation, Vireness brought up the "judge murdered by gunshot" case.

For Vireness, the team supervisor, there wasn't much about the case to hide. So Luo An narrated in detail his experience in solving the case, along with the story and hidden details behind it.

Listening to Luo An's account, a faint smile appeared on Vireness's pale face.

But when she heard about Luo An killing two enemies on his own and capturing Gary Thompson, she suddenly started coughing.

Luo An hurriedly poured her a glass of water.

"Thank you."

After taking a slow sip of water, Vireness calmed herself, then after a moment of silence, she suddenly said:

"Luo An, just the morning before yesterday, I received some news. Someone is trying to parachute a new deputy chief into your Team 5."

"Hmm?"

Upon hearing this, Luo An paused slightly while pouring the water.

But his expression remained calm, for there must be more to the story.

Seeing Luo An's reaction, Vireness's eyes immediately revealed satisfaction.

This is why she liked Luo An:

Not only was he good at solving cases, smart, and skilled, but he also had a keen insight into office politics.

For Vireness, the last point was more important than anything else.

She had seen too many talented individuals in Washington, the heart of the bureau, who stood out in certain respects but eventually disappeared without a trace due to politics.

"The person is one of our chiefs from the Counter-Terrorism Department under the Homeland Security Department of the FBI New York Division."

Vireness's body had not fully recovered yet; her speech was a bit slow and somewhat breathless.

So, after she said just a few words, Luo An gestured for her to drink some water and rest a while before continuing.

According to Vireness, once the Counter-Terrorism Department chief heard about the steadily rising case resolution rate of Team 5, he submitted an application to Supervisory Special Agent Kobert.

He wanted to transfer one of his department's veteran team members to serve as a deputy chief in Team 5.

But it was unsuccessful.

Kobert directly tossed that application into the trash bin.

Hearing Kobert's name, Luo An couldn't help but break into a grin.

"But this matter has been a wake-up call for me."

Speaking of which, Vireness tilted her head, her eyes fixed on Luo An, and she said in a low voice:

"If nothing unexpected happens, the cases solved by Unit Five will only increase under your leadership.

And the position of deputy team leader, which is currently unoccupied, will attract more and more attention."

Upon hearing this, Luo An's eyes flickered.

Sure enough, Vireness continued:

"The deputy team leader position is still at the level of senior agent, so you are also eligible to compete."

Within the FBI, above the senior agent is the supervisory special agent, and Augustus, the team leader of Unit Five, is at this level.

Even if it is the deputy team leader of Unit Five, his level is still that of a senior agent.

However, once the position becomes deputy team leader, the salary goes from about 3,000 US Dollars per month to about 4,000 US Dollars a month.

Luo An's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this.

Then Luo An thought of something, his eyebrows raising:

"But, boss, I've only recently been promoted to senior agent, this position of deputy team leader..."

Hearing Luo An's words, Vireness maintained her composure and said indifferently:

"Due to that explosion case earlier, Kobert might be reassigned to Washington sooner than expected."

Upon hearing this, Luo An suddenly realized, no wonder Kobert had tossed that application into the trash.

It was an act of repaying a favor, nothing more.

And after Kobert's promotion to Washington, Vireness was the likely successor to his position.

By that time, with Vireness assuming her new role with zeal, Luo An naturally had the opportunity to become the deputy team leader of Unit Five.

In telling Luo An this information, Vireness mainly had two objectives.

One was that Luo An's detailed description of the recent action had somewhat shaken Vireness.

An enemy daring to use a rocket launcher against NYPD and FBI was something she had not heard of in a long time.

Vireness certainly did not want Luo An to continue capturing criminals with such recklessness, prioritizing his safety above all.

The second was to caution Luo An to pay more attention to details in the investigation process in the future, trying not to leave any leverage for those who would follow in his footsteps.

——

Returning to Unit Five, Luo An continued to fiddle with his new computer all afternoon, then left work on time.

On Thursday and Friday, Unit Five did not receive any new cases, and all the agents were busy with follow-up work on the "Bakery Entrance Female Judge Murder Case" and the "Seaside Pit Serial Killings Case."

On Friday, Mona used three breakfast packages in exchange for Luo An to go find Augustus and inquire how much longer the Financial Crimes Division would take to deal with the "Park River Male Corpse Case" perpetrator Salbato Cristo.

After all, the bonus couldn't be received until that case was settled.

Mona was quite strapped for cash recently.

Upon hearing Luo An's question, Augustus only replied:

"Don't rush."

"..."

Hearing Luo An's answer, Mona, with a speechless expression, sprawled on the table.

"What's going on with you lately?"

Seeing Mono looking out of sorts, Luo An suddenly grew interested, leaned in close, and asked with a low, teasing laugh:

"Maxed out your credit card?"

"No."

Mona shook her head, then nodded:

"But it's pretty close."

Mona did not go into specifics, but hearing words like discount, sale, clothes, handbags, and cosmetics, Luo An understood.

Then Luo An glared at Reesi, blaming her for leading Mona astray.

Reesi: "???"

On Saturday, Luo An went fishing with Agent Norton donning helmets; on Sunday, he lay like a corpse at home watching movies all day.

On Monday, when Luo An arrived at Unit Five and saw Augustus entering with a stern face carrying documents, Luo An sighed.

As expected, another new case had arrived.