Patrick nodded again, "I have already asked them, and they refused to provide the source. We don't have sufficient grounds to compel them to do so."

Ruiz looked at Hughes, "I suspect that the surveillance video was orchestrated by T14. Judging by the angle of the video, their own warehouse is right in the middle, and the coverage is completely centered on this warehouse. Thus, their providing the video to the television station could be aimed at us, because their people were caught by us."

Hughes asked Patrick, "Has your department assessed the potential problems this video might cause?"

Patrick said, "We can't assess it at the moment, we don't have the original video, and we don't know yet if their video shows faces clearly. On top of that, there's an even bigger issue, as the current public opinion revolves around a white person killing four people of color. If we reveal Jimmy's situation, it may trigger protests targeting certain groups."

Hughes also pondered the issues mentioned by Patrick. In fact, if they didn't resolve this matter quickly, it could lead to even bigger problems. Jimmy, listening to their conversation, felt a toothache coming on—who the hell had he killed to cause so many problems?

While Hughes was thinking, Patrick's phone rang, and he immediately picked up the remote to turn on the TV and switched to the news channel.

It was the same anchor, just in different clothes. Of course, the news on the TV was now live, whereas before it had been recorded.

"Thank you to an anonymous source for the video, now let's take a look at the following video."

In a hall, a person with his back to the surveillance camera was not far in front of two people guarding a closed door. The individual turned around, drew a gun, and killed the two people, then turned back and shot three others coming out from another room. After a quick scan, he rushed to the closed door, kicked it open, and fired into the room, then hid behind the wall, moving slightly before shooting into the room again, and then continued aiming at the room until the video ended."

"I don't know how you all feel, but I am very nervous, very scared. Although I have reported many cases, including various shootings, none of the videos or outcomes have ever made me feel this tense. We still don't know who this person is, what his identity is—nothing. But there's no denying that if I were there, I would feel completely unsafe. Just look at this person, look at his actions, as if what's in front of him are not people, but targets on a shooting range, or animals on a farm, without the slightest hesitation, cleanly killing five people. As for what happened inside the room, we still don't know for now."

"I can't help but ask: 'What's wrong with our world? Why is there such a cold-blooded assassin? Why hasn't such a person been caught yet?' Oh, sorry, I got a bit carried away. Five living people, though we don't know their identities, they all are adults who have families. In just a minute, they were all killed by one person; I can't imagine how their families must be feeling..."

Patrick muted the television, and everyone looked towards Jimmy.

The surveillance video was still too blurry to clearly see the face of the gunman, but the case was very sensational internally at the time, and Ruiz was involved, albeit unluckily, as he was shot in the room.

Jimmy swallowed hard, "Haven't we already closed this case? Also, how did this video get leaked?"

Jimmy suddenly perked up, right, why did the television station get this video?

Hughes immediately took out his phone and dialed out. "Ryan, did you see the news just now?"

"You handled that case with Jimmy in the bar, and someone got the video on the television station. Investigate immediately, and come to Manhattan as soon as you can."

After saying this, Hughes hung up the phone.

It was Ryan who had been responsible for cleaning up the case in the video initially; he was also the one who had brought it to Hughes and others for explanation and had participated in Jimmy's inquiry. The case was highly prioritized by the bureau at the time, given the high level of the inquiry meeting, particularly as it involved seven deaths and three agents being kidnapped, with Ruiz getting shot.

Now that the video had leaked, it was most likely a problem from the Queens field office, though it wasn't excluded that it could have come from somewhere else; many people could have accessed this video as it had been uploaded as evidence.

The question arose, how could two videos play on the same television station so shortly apart? Were the two videos sent to the television station together, or was one sent after the other had already been aired?

Also, what was their motive? Who was targeting Jimmy? Or rather, who was targeting the FBI?

Hughes and others had all thought of this issue, and suddenly, the atmosphere in the conference room turned cold, everyone's expression became very grim, and Jimmy also frowned, looking at everyone. This matter had now escalated beyond being resolved by just holding a press conference.

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