Chapter 550： If you can't do it, you don't have the power, go to your superiors

Chapter 550: If you can’t do it, you have no power, go to your superiors

  Office area of ​​Investigation Team No. 13.

 “The security company’s information is blocked?!”

　　After Mona finished speaking, Lacey, Winslow, and Michelle suddenly widened their eyes in surprise. Chenelle was also very surprised and asked hurriedly:

 “Which department is closed?”

 Mona quickly typed on the keyboard a few times, and a red warning message appeared on her laptop:

 “It’s the USSS! (Secret Service)”

Luo An’s expression remained unchanged and he asked:

 “What’s the reason?”

Mona spread her hands and looked very ugly:

 “Involving confidentiality, no specific reason was written.”

Winslow and others looked at each other in confusion. Chenelle looked at Roan and put forward her own suggestion:

 “Are you going to call that Secret Service agent Alejo Moore?”

“You can give it a try, but he is just an ordinary agent, not even a captain. His authority is limited, so I’m afraid he is not that capable.”

Roan did not reject Chenelle's suggestion and asked Lacey and Chenelle to call Alejo Moore. At the same time, he briefly sorted out the information and went to Veranith's office again with his laptop.

 “Information is locked?”

In the office, Veranith frowned immediately after receiving the computer from Luo An. Without hesitation, she immediately found the relevant phone number and called the Secret Service.

The call was quickly connected. Luo An looked at this scene, picked up the coffee pot and filled himself and Veranith with coffee. Veranith took the cup casually and said:

“Hello, I am Veranith, staff assistant in the Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Division, FBI Headquarters in Washington.”

"Hello."

A slightly hoarse middle-aged male voice sounded on the other end of the phone:

 “What’s the matter?”

 “We are currently investigating a case here.”

Verineth briefly described the overview of the case at hand, and finally expressed the hope that the Secret Service could open up the security company's information to the FBI.

After Veranis finished speaking, there was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds, and she replied without any fluctuation in her voice:

 “Sorry, I can’t help you.”

Veranith’s face turned cold:

 “Why?”

“This security company involves the security information of some important government officials.”

 The work of the Federal Secret Service is mainly responsible for protecting the president and vice president of the federation, their spouses and family members, foreign heads of state visiting the federation and their spouses, important figures, and government officials.

The man on the other end of the phone had no problem expressing himself in words, but his attitude was very perfunctory. His answer to Veranith's question was simple:

 If you can't do it and don't have the power, go to your superiors.

                                                                                                    

 Hang up the landline phone call, Veranith's chest heaved with anger, and her face looked very ugly.

Taking a few deep breaths and slowly suppressing the negative emotions, Veranith looked at Luo An, who was sitting opposite her, and said in a deep voice:

 “An hour ago, Mr. Clement went to the Houses of Parliament.”

Veranith was very angry, but the Secret Service was full of official talk and was so reasonable that it was impossible to find any flaws. She couldn't force the other party if they didn't cooperate, so she could only wait to turn around and seek help from Mr. Clement.

Veriness actually doesn’t want to ask Mr. Clement for help. On the one hand, she is a proud woman and hopes to deal with the problems she encounters during her work by herself.

On the other hand, Veranith was a little afraid of being looked down upon by Luo An. She was originally transferred to the FBI headquarters because of Luo An, but now she has to go to Mr. Clement for help when she encounters problems. Then she seems to be a bit unworthy as a commander. Optional.

As for asking [Crime, Internet, Response and Services Department] Minister Stacey for help, Veranith thought about it for a while and threw the idea into the trash can.

 The FBI Washington Headquarters, under the [Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Division], has a total of thirteen investigation teams. Behind the leader of each investigation team, there is support from different forces.

Behind Minister Stacey, there was a former deputy director who supported him. Due to some things, the former deputy director voluntarily retired. Minister Stacey used some means to retain his position, at the cost of starting his own semi-retirement life.

Except for holding the financial power in his hands, Minister Stacy has handed over most of the other work to Veranith and several other staff assistants.

The focus now is to help Luo An solve the problem. Other things can be put aside for the time being. Veranith suppressed the messy thoughts in her mind, looked at Luo An and said:

“Luo An, please return to Investigation Team 13 first. I will help you handle this matter tomorrow.”

Luo An’s eyes moved slightly, he put down the coffee cup and asked with a smile:

"Sir, I heard that you have a good relationship with the IRS?" Luo An actually doesn't like asking Mr. Clement for help all the time, not to mention that the matter has not reached a dead end yet.

Even if the Secret Service does not cooperate, Luo An still has ways to get the information about the security company, such as asking Mona to invade by force, or asking the IRS for help.

 But the former is not necessary. It is not convenient to ask other departments for help. After all, it is necessary to save some face for the superior, so Luo An gave Veranith a little reminder.

 “IRS?”

Veranith was stunned for a moment and didn't react. She thought carefully for a few seconds before remembering that Roan was talking about Director Elmer of IRS-CI (Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Section).

Veriness and Elmer have collaborated in the past, and their relationship is not bad, but they don’t have much contact with each other, and they don’t think of each other for a while.

After Luo An reminded her, Veranith suddenly remembered the incident, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she picked up the landline and called Elmer.

 “Hello, this is the IRS, I’m Elmer.”

 “Hello, Director Elmer, I’m Verenith.”

 The two exchanged a few simple words, and Veranith brought the conversation to the main topic.

Director Elmer was a little hesitant at first, but when he heard that the person in charge of the case was Luo An, he immediately agreed:

 “No problem! Just leave this matter to me!”

 “Thank you, Director Elmer.”

 Hang up the phone, Veranith looked at Luo An with sparkling eyes.

Veranith knew Elmer’s experience of being promoted from team leader to supervisor, and she also knew the relationship between Luo An and Elmer’s supervisor. She also knew that Luo An’s words just now set a stage for her.

 Suppressing her somewhat heavy breathing and calming down her emotions, Veranith spoke in a very gentle tone:

“Director Elmer has agreed, Luo An, please go to his place later.”

 “OK.”

Luo An smiled and nodded in agreement, drank the coffee in his cup, exchanged a few words, and then stood up and left the office.

Looking at Luo An’s back, Veranis’ bright eyes flashed, her eyebrows raised, and she pondered for a few seconds. She opened the drawer, took out a small notebook, and wrote silently:

  1. The coffee beans are good. Luo An seems to like them very much and will buy more later.

  2. I remember that some people in the Secret Service were causing trouble and refusing to cooperate.

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The Federal Internal Revenue Service Building is located at the intersection of 12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in the Northwest District of Washington, DC. It looks square and very serious as a whole, not far from the FBI's Washington headquarters.

Led by the IRS agents, Luo An walked into the IRS-CI (Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division) area and met Director Elmer in an office.

 “Haha, Team Leader Luo An!”

As soon as he entered the office, Director Elmer gave Luo An a big hug, patted Luo An on the back repeatedly and said with a smile:

　　“I really didn’t expect that you would be transferred to work in Washington, D.C. so quickly!”

"lucky."

Luo An and Director Elmer patted each other on the back and said with a smile:

 “I came here after solving a few cases.”

"lucky?"

Elmer let go of his arms, poured two cups of coffee for himself and Luo An, poured two small glasses of wine and handed them to Luo An, and said with a smile:

 “Bless your luck!”

Looking at the wine in his hand, Luo An raised his eyebrows:

“Is it okay for you IRS to drink alcohol on the job?”

 “Of course not!”

Elmer chuckled and whispered:

　　“We’ve been working overtime every day this week, so just drink a little less to refresh ourselves.”

 He had long heard that the work pressure in the IRS was high. Luo An's eyes flashed, he picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Elmer, and the two drank it down with a smile.

After putting away their wine glasses and chatting for a while, the two of them turned to serious matters. Luo An asked:

 “What’s going on with that security company?”

 (End of this chapter)