Legendary FBI Detective

Chapter 287: Mona: Luo An, no! This is an office!

Special Investigation Team office area, the chief's office.

Seeing the look of doubt on Luo An's face, Potante Byrne began to patiently explain. That's when Luo An learned that the other party was once a CIA operative who had been active overseas for many years.

When Luo An heard that Potante Byrne admired his skills and intelligence and wanted to recommend him to show off his talents overseas, he immediately shook his head and refused the suggestion.

The Federation is a country with clear class distinctions, very unfriendly towards the poor, but rather decent towards the rich.

Coincidentally, Luo An had also amassed a small fortune of several million US dollars, barely qualifying him as a minor rich man.

Under such circumstances, instead of enjoying the sinful life in a capitalist society, he'd be insane to go out and risk his life for the Federation.

As for Potante Byrne saying that Washington would squander his martial abilities, Luo An didn't care in the slightest. In the future, once his status was higher, he'd probably have no need to get personally involved.

At that time, with a bunch of minions... a bunch of agents under his command, being able to point and command, that would be much more satisfying than getting his own hands dirty with a knife.

Of course, his outright refusal couldn't be worded that way, so Luo An repeatedly emphasized how Vireness had shown him kindness, and that he wouldn't leave without saying goodbye, among other things.

Seeing his stance, Potante Byrne didn't push any further, only silently lamented his bad luck for not having met a talent like Luo An Greenwood sooner.

After a simple chat, Potante Byrne left the Special Investigation Team, and Luo An once again plopped down into the chair in the office area.

Reesi put down her phone and looked up to ask:

"Luo An, what were you guys talking about just now?"

"Please call me deputy chief, thank you."

Luo An casually responded, while booting up the computer on his desk, he answered:

"The bank reported their losses, they say it's a billion US dollars."

"What?"

"How could it be only so much?"

Hearing this, Mona and Reesi both were slightly stunned, but upon seeing a look from Luo An, they quickly came to an understanding.

"Typical of banks."

Mona muttered under her breath and continued to tap away at her laptop, while Reesi also pouted and lowered her head to wrestle with her phone.

Touching his pocket, Luo An watched the startup screen on his computer, a sharp glint passing through his eyes.

He entered the URL, opened the website, and was about to log in to a familiar forum to continue his banter with a familiar adversary when Mona suddenly showed him her laptop screen and inquired:

"Luo An, our Special Investigation Team's mailbox has received a bunch of letters."

"What kind of letters?"

"Letters of self-recommendation and recommendation."

Mona shrugged, Luo An, after this bank robbery, had successfully made a name for himself and the Special Investigation Team, and many agents now were particularly keen to join this newly emerged team.

"No rush, we'll talk about it later."

Luo An glanced at it casually and lost interest, handing Mona the notice that Potante Byrne had given him, he spoke indifferently:

"We'll find them ourselves later."

"Wow."

Seeing the content of the notice, Mona's face showed surprise, and Reesi was also somewhat shocked. However, she took Mona's computer, skimmed through a few letters, then asked again:

"I get why you don't look at recommendation letters, but you also don't look at self-recommendations?"

Reesi randomly opened a few self-recommendation letters. The authors could all present a plethora of dazzling, impressive resumes, each proud of their own strengths, none of them ordinary.

"We'll talk about it later, we'll talk about it later."

Luo An continued without looking up, still repeating the same phrase.

Seeing this, both Reesi and Mona grew impatient, snatched Luo An's chair, and Mona, looking down from her height, asked:

"Luo An, what exactly are you thinking?"

After all, these were decisions about selecting teammates they could depend on to watch their backs in future actions. They couldn't help but be cautious.

Luo An looked up from his chair at the hands-on-hips Mona and Reesi with a helpless smile. He didn't directly answer, but instead asked them a question.

"If the choice were up to you two, who would you pick as teammates?"

Reesi swiftly raised her hand, her face full of excitement:

"Female! A beautiful one!"

"Scram!"

Luo An gave her an irritated glare, and Mona thought for a moment before saying:

"You'll be in charge of the home front and leading the case, I'll take care of online information searches, while Reesi will handle field inquiries.

Since our Special Investigation Team has limited staffing, we don't need anyone else for these three aspects.

So, what we're missing is an agent who understands political procedures, can handle paperwork, and another who is skilled in combat and marksmanship to take on the role previously held by Layder."

"That's right."

Luo An nodded and continued:

"Moreover, it's highly likely that these two will be working on cases with us permanently, so we must choose our candidates carefully.

Instead of going through recommendations and applications like a beauty pageant, we'd be better off interacting with them during our future cases to get a clear understanding of their temperament and situation before deciding who will take these two spots."

To Luo An, it was okay for team members to have small shortcomings, like Reesi, but in critical moments, they had to be able to prioritize correctly and not be complete blockheads.

Having a pig-headed teammate is far scarier than any enemy.

"OK."

Mona and Reesi, now understanding Luo An's logic, nodded in agreement. The plan of getting to know the others before deciding if they could be teammates also perfectly considered their needs, so they stopped pestering Luo An and immediately turned around to... check the emails on the computer.

Mona wanted to find out about the computer talents at the FBI Los Angeles Branch, while Reesi noticed that there were quite a few beauties from other departments, so she started frantically noting down their contact information.

"..."

Watching Reesi save phone numbers onto her phone like a maniac made Luo An's teeth itch. After a moment of thought, he coughed and said:

"Reesi, there's something I need you to do."

"What is it?"

Hearing there was a task, Reesi immediately stopped what she was doing, stashed the lecherous look, and turned seriously to look at Luo An.

Luo An was quite pleased with this, as it was exactly why he never considered removing Reesi from the Special Investigation Team. Whenever there was real business, Reesi was always professional and never dropped the ball.

Pointing to the room next to them, Luo An said:

"See the team leader's office?"

Reesi nodded.

Luo An took out some money from the Special Investigation Team's budget and handed it to her, saying with a smile:

"It's a bit empty in there, go buy some office supplies to fill it up."

"Hmph~"

Accepting the funds from Luo An, Reesi rolled her eyes, thinking it was going to be something big.

Spending money on shopping is something no woman dislikes. Reesi was about to pull Mona along with her, but Luo An quickly extended his hand to stop her and said:

"Wait a minute, Reesi, you go by yourself, Mona has other things to do."

Mona turned her head back with a puzzled look, Reesi glanced at Luo An, then back at Mona, and after pondering for a few seconds made an enlightened face:

"I got it, Luo An, you want another folding bed, right?"

"Scram!"

"Ha ha ha..."

Reesi dodged the feet kicked at her by both Luo An and Mona, waving her hands while laughing, and turned to leave the Special Investigation Team:

"I'll get your office sorted by tomorrow morning!"

Luo An rolled his eyes, and Mona was somewhat helpless. Then she turned to Luo An and asked:

"What do I need to do?"

"Just a small thing."

Luo An got up and walked to the entrance of the Special Investigation Team's office area. Seeing that Reesi had completely left and there was no one else around, he casually closed the door.

Mona's pupils shrank at the sight, and she quickly retreated with her chair in a panic:

"Luo An! Not here! This is the office!"