Ruiz was busy while Jimmy, on the other hand, was idly troubled. Jimmy had already contacted Mahong, who truly was impressive, as within just three days, he had painstakingly selected from among the former gang members of the fugitive Brown those who might save Brown. After investigating and "interrogating" a few individuals, he successfully located the person who had provided Brown with a vehicle.

One had to admire Mahong for his ability, as even Jimmy wouldn't have been able to identify the person who supplied the car to Brown so quickly among dozens of former gang members. Being from out of state, Jimmy lacked suitable assistance, and if he were to follow the normal procedures, it would not be possible to make these people, who had been involved in gangs since young, confess honestly.

In this regard, Mahong's methods were definitely not all above board, but he was able to identify the right person without any complaints arising, which was truly admirable.

Jimmy could roughly guess Mahong's methods; they were definitely tactics that came with years of experience. If Jimmy were to discard proper procedures to coerce a confession, the local police would probably go mad by now.

It wasn't time for Jimmy to make a move yet. Mahong's team were already on their way back. The car driven by Brown had been located, but it had lost its whereabouts in a suburban area with no surveillance. Based on the direction Brown drove, it was now roughly judged that he was heading towards New York or New Jersey.

Tracking a vehicle using surveillance was not easy, and it wasn't as simple as just entering a license plate number and automatically filtering out the vehicle's movement from video footage. In the current era, investigating through surveillance required a huge amount of manpower, hence only a specific time and specific area of surveillance were viable for investigation. Once Brown's car left the view of the cameras, the remaining route and timing became completely uncontrollable, making it a pipe dream to investigate the surveillance along the way.

Now, the best hope was that Brown had run into some trouble at some location and was discovered by local patrol officers, since police cars were not yet equipped with license plate recognition systems and would need a few more years.

Upon their return, Mahong's team would temporarily rest before coming back to work, likely after two days.

Soon, Jimmy's leisure time was interrupted, as the emergency call light flashed again. Jimmy turned off the light and ran to Hughes' office with his clothes.

Hughes didn't waste words, "NYPD sent a message, a car was recklessly driven near Central Park, hitting several other vehicles along the way then the driver committed armed robbery twice, and eventually, during a patrol officer's chase, the driver crashed into a high school in Brooklyn. It has been confirmed he has taken several students hostage, the high school has already received instructions to evacuate other students, and the ESU has also been dispatched. You go there and ensure that an unsalvageable disaster does not occur."

Jimmy, "Understood, I'm on my way."

Another school, another hostage situation; this was already the second school hostage situation Jimmy had to deal with, and it was in Brooklyn. Getting there from the FBI office took some time, and New York traffic was truly a headache. It was still unknown what might happen before he could get there.

Jimmy drove the provided car while once again cursing the detestable administrative department; his rank wasn't high enough to be equipped with emergency lights and sirens, and his application to switch cars was rejected again. Actually, there were Sa Bo cars in the Manhattan office, also in regular use, but it still came down to a matter of rank. As a second-year agent, Jimmy simply didn't qualify.

Driving the car, he overtook others on his way to Brooklyn. Fortunately, the Brooklyn high school was not too far away, just past the Brooklyn Bridge and a few more blocks.

Jimmy parked the car outside the school and entered, displaying his FBI badge. The area had already been cordoned off by police, with numerous police cars parked inside and outside the school. The scene still looked somewhat chaotic due to the large number of NYPD officers; New York has 77 precincts, and the patrol officers from Manhattan chasing over mixed with the police arranged by the Brooklyn side made it necessary to find the person in charge to clarify the current situation.

Jimmy stopped a police officer, "Special Agent Jimmy Yang from the FBI, who's in charge here?"

The police officer was also confused; he could only lead Jimmy to the temporary command center. Jimmy quickly spotted the only lieutenant onsite.

Jimmy approached the lieutenant and said, "Lieutenant, Special Agent Jimmy Yang from the FBI, what's the situation?"

The lieutenant glanced at Jimmy's badge and shook hands, "Bruce Hoffman. The robber has fled to the building ahead, and is in a classroom on the second floor. There were about a dozen students in the classroom at the time, the exact number is yet uncertain. The building has been surrounded, and the ESU is on the way, arriving soon."

Jimmy, "The robber's weapon?"

Lieutenant Hoffman, "As far as we know, it's a handgun. He fired the gun at the classroom door, hitting one of our officers, who then didn't proceed closer to the classroom."

Just as Jimmy was about to continue, his phone rang. It was Hughes, bad news, something else had come up.

Jimmy answered the phone, "What's the matter?"

Hughes, "Have you arrived at the scene yet? What's the situation?"

Jimmy, "Just got here, currently communicating the situation with the NYPD. What's up?"

Hughes, "Come back as soon as the situation is resolved. An agent from the Newark office in New Jersey has arrived at our office, there's a case that needs your assistance."

Jimmy frowned, Newark, not just cross-office, but directly cross-state. He asked, "What are they doing in New York?"

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