Luke glided swiftly through the night sky as he pondered the two men.
Kohl and Hart were the state police officers who had been in charge of the old case in 1995, but one of them quit more than eight years ago, while the other one quit more than three years ago.
Now that they were together again, they were looking for leads on the old case.
But they weren’t the trigger for the state police and the Elsworth family.
The real trigger was someone else, and this person’s identity was a little… sensitive. Luke had a personal connection to this person, and didn’t want them to investigate too deeply.
Luke had approached Kohl and Hart precisely because he wanted them to continue investigating.
With two groups investigating, one in the dark and one in the light, it would be easier to uncover any mistakes that the Elsworth family had made.
Also, the Elsworth family had a lot of connections in California; simply getting rid of a few main envoys wouldn’t be enough.
In a big family with hundreds of people, the most that would happen if a few of them died would be that a new leader would appear.
Moreover, he didn’t want to let go of those lackeys who helped them do evil.
With concrete evidence, they could go through legal proceedings and use the legal system to purge the Elsworth family of their dogs.
At the same time, he could prevent the people who were investigating Elsworth from being killed.
After a few peaceful days, Luke received a call from Claire. “Luke, I’m going to be your colleague from today onward, hahahaha.”
Luke said with a smile, “You’re just following an officer on duty. It’s already pretty good if you get to write tickets and direct traffic. Do you really think the police academy will let you investigate homicides and robberies?”
Claire snorted. “I can help if we really run into each other.”
After a brief silence, Luke said, “Did you forget what I taught you?”
Claire: “…Got it. Safety first. You’re so annoying. You’re killing my enthusiasm.”
Luke said, “Police work is tedious. There’s no need to be so enthusiastic. It’s actually quite nice to be bored.”
Claire said, “Alright, alright, you’re such an annoying old man. Goodbye.”
After Luke hung up, Selina smiled. “Claire will definitely be disappointed. When I was in Shackelford for the first few years, all I did was watch those cowboys and farmers fight every day, and I couldn’t even cheer them on. Regular police officers are never that enthusiastic. It’s just physical labor.”
Luke, on the other hand, sighed. “But this is Los Angeles. There are robberies and shootings everywhere, and she might run into one.”
Selina asked, “How about if Gold Nugget follows her?”
In the backseat, Gold Nugget pricked up its ears.
Frowning and thinking for a moment, Luke suddenly said, “Is it possible for Gold Nugget to use her as a host without her knowing?”
Selina said, “If it doesn’t talk so much and doesn’t communicate telepathically with Claire, it should be able to hide itself. But don’t forget the side effects. Claire is very concerned about her body’s development.”
Luke rolled his eyes. “It’s not like she’s a washboard; what’s there to worry about?”
As he spoke, he looked at Gold Nugget in the backseat. “But it seems like you prefer to hole up at home recently whenever we get back. Are you in bad shape?”
Gold Nugget’s tail paused for a moment before it started wagging again, and the dog barked.
Selina rolled her eyes. “It’s been surfing the Internet. Recently, it’s been obsessed with… a new show.”
Gold Nugget, who had stopped her from continuing, finally heaved a sigh of relief.
It was indeed surfing the Internet at home, but it wasn’t using the tablet to watch TV. Instead, it was using its newly bought “Alien” laptop to go online and trade insults with other people.
That was right; in the span of just a few days, Gold Nugget had been promoted to a senior keyboard warrior who argued just for the sake of it.
It enjoyed the thrill of cursing on various forums.
It could only be obedient when it came to the fiend, but it could scold whoever it wanted on the Internet, and wouldn’t admit it even if it was wrong.
It liked the feeling of “you know I’m in the wrong, but you can’t do anything about me.”
It didn’t want Luke to become aware of this behavior.
Selina had also strictly stipulated that it could only post online when she was out, and it absolutely couldn’t divulge any household secrets.
She didn’t care about the dog head picking fights online.
She wasn’t some rich young miss. After being a police officer for so long, she only used foul language when the occasion required it.
Occasionally, she would even give Gold Nugget advice on arguing techniques — these were all taught to her by Luke.
Luke wasn’t bothered by their little secret. He simply asked the dog head, “So, are you going to help out? $250 a day is about the same as my daily salary.”
Gold Nugget immediately barked in agreement.
It was a guy without a job.
And no job meant no pay.
Previously, it and Selina had cleaned up a bunch of hooligans, only to become known as Knee Breaker.
Luke hadn’t said anything, but Selina and the dog restrained themselves a lot after that.
Also, because a certain dog head had insisted on buying an “Alien” laptop for it as an “alien” to use, it used up a huge chuck of its savings. It had to find a way to replenish this “blood loss.”
A job with a salary of $250 a day definitely couldn’t be missed out on.
Before lunch, Luke and Selina went to observe Claire at work.
In the end, he found her directing traffic with another official police officer.
The energetic and cheerful little monkey was actually quite good.
The girl from Texas was pretty loud and smart. Although she was sweating profusely, she didn’t look like a mess.
Selina said, “She would actually make a good detective.”
Luke sighed. “Forget about Robert; in a small town, there’s not a lot of danger. But now that I’m a detective and if Claire becomes a detective, won’t Catherine be worried to death?”
Even worse, this was an extraordinary world.
If they ran into a supervillain one day, a regular police officer would probably die a meaningless death.
If possible, Luke would prefer Claire to take up another profession.
Of course, it was her choice.
For example, when he went to Houston and then transferred to Los Angeles as a detective, Catherine had naturally been worried.
But that was his choice. Catherine had never interfered with his decision, and only told him to be careful.
Seeing that Claire was doing well, Luke and Selina prepared to leave.
At that moment, the sound of a motorbike rang out.
A motorbike sped through the crowded traffic toward the intersection.
Luke found it odd. “Why is this bootlicker on a motorbike? That isn’t a police bike, right?”
On the motorbike, Instructor Harry shouted, “Move, move, move!”
There was no place for him on the congested street, and he soon hit a parked car from the side. He flew off the motorbike and crashed head first into the back of a pickup.
Luke and Selina were dumbfounded.
They could see two cows in a cart behind the pickup.
That was how Instructor Harry’s head got stuck in the butt of one of the cows, which let out a long moo.
Luke and Selina: “…”
Claire: “…”
The audience: “…”