The Legendary Life of an American Superhero

half a month later.

On February 3, Lake attended his first-ever funeral.

Funeral of John Martinez.

In the New York cemetery park, Lake, George and Beckett stood together, not far away, looking at Joe, who was comforted by everyone in black clothes.

"Hey."

Lake looked at Beckett curiously: "Why don't you go and comfort him."

Beckett looked at Lake and asked curiously, "Why don't you go, you know, Joe is your partner."

Lake shook his head and said, "I won't comfort people."

His principles of life are four words.

Simple and crude.

The simpler and cruder the better.

Anyone who can do it should speak as little as possible. That is the patent of the villain. Lake feels that if he is good at his mouth, he will not lead Mo Lin astray.

Hearing Laker's words, Beckett shook his head, got up and walked towards Joe not far away.

Lake and George stood under a tree smoking cigarettes.

"Did the district attorney decide to prosecute?"

"This case is getting a lot of attention. We don't have any evidence to show that the guy who turned himself in was instructed. It's good that it can be dragged on until now."

"I know."

Lake said so.

What's more, there is no evidence, it is the perfect seamlessness of Hydra.

The anonymous e-mailer died in an escalation of the robbery. The thief ran a red light and was hit and killed by a passing truck. There was no evidence of his death.

Joe and John's family, John also died in the escalation of the robbery, Joe was seriously injured, and the two thieves were also shot and killed on the spot by the patrol police who happened to hear the gunshots there.

As for the killer?

Ha ha.

An employee of John Martinez's rival company anonymously reported that their boss had hired a killer. A suicide note was found at the boss's house, saying that he hired the killer to do so because of a design by John. The night before the report, he died. As a result of the analysis, he suffered a heart attack.

What?

Surviving Joe can prove otherwise?

Unfortunately.

Joe's testimony is vague, because Joe himself has no way of confirming whether it was the two thieves or the later killer who shot him.

This is a ring.

Hydra can be said to be flawless and watertight. It seems that all this is telling people that this is just a very coincidental coincidence.

And because there are people who have turned themselves in.

The popularity of the just-announced reopening of the case investigation has been visibly reduced in the past month. As for the eyewitness who only had a name but could not find it, not many people care about it.

Because the murderers have surrendered, why do they need eyewitnesses?

After about half an hour.

The relatives and friends who came to attend John's funeral left one after another, and the pastor who came here to preside over the funeral ceremony also received the payment this time, and left after saying a word to Joe about God.

half a month later.

The restarted Howard Stark accident death case is back in New York court.

actually……

It doesn't even need a court hearing.

The criminal suspect Clark Malone has confessed to his hit-and-run case. Although there is no physical evidence or witnesses, he himself has pleaded guilty and does not need to go through any procedures.

The case came to a verdict after half an hour of deliberation by the jury.

Clark Malone was sentenced to ten years in prison.

This time, the reopened case was once again declared closed at the moment when the judge's hammer fell.

New York's major media once again used this news as their front page headlines to report, and Stark Industries, which was on the front line of this feast, did not accept any media interviews.

Two days later, on February 20th.

Lake came to Joe's door with flowers on this day.

Do not misunderstand.

Lake would not be interested in married women, nor did he have any bad thoughts about widows.

Joe opened the door and looked at Lake, who was at the door, slightly stunned.

Lake handed over the flowers in his hand: "Condolences."

"……thanks."

Joe took the flowers, said thank you, and after a while of silence, invited Lake into the house.

in the living room.

Joe put the flowers on the bar and looked at Lake: "I have applied for a vacation with the Superintendent for a while."

Lake glanced at Joe. "Give up?"

Joe looked at Lake.

Lake said: "The real killer hasn't been caught yet. Why, anyway, you also think it's a coincidence, it's not like you."

"The murderer has been sentenced."

"I know that on the day the sentence was pronounced, I was in court."

"That witness never seemed to exist."

"Right."

"Then, we have nothing to do."

"yes?"

Lake chuckled, pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and looked at Joe: "Is it okay today, I'll take you somewhere."

Joe: "..."

Stark Industries Building.

Pepper Potts, who had been standing at the door, saw Lake, who got out of the car and came from not far away, and came over: "Inspector Edwin."

Lake and Pepper shook hands, and then introduced Joe next to him: "This is Detective Joe Martinez. I came here today. I need to disturb some procedures, sorry."

Pepper smiled: "This way, please."

in the conference room.

Sitting in the seat, Joe looked at Lake, who was playing with snakes on his mobile phone with his head down, and frowned: "We're here..."

Lake did not lift his head and stretched out his hand towards Joe, indicating that he should be calm.

soon.

Pepper Potts came in again.

Lake's game is just about to end.

"This is the information you need."

"thanks."

Lake took the information that Pepper handed over, looked at it, and found that the information was enough for the Commercial Crime Investigation Unit to investigate, and then handed it directly to Joe.

Joe took over and looked.

Christine Business Group.

This information is all documents of Christine's business group, which are very confidential, and even the testimony of several New York state congressmen, to show that Christine has been bribing them for some years. Political convenience.

only?

Joe looked at Lake, a little confused.

Lake looked at Joe and said, "The killer who entered your house bit his tongue and committed suicide in the interrogation room. This is known from the outside world, but the killer still said something when he was dying."

Joe sat up straight. "What?"

Lake said: "The task that the killer received was from this Christian business group."

This is what Olivia told him the next day.

but……

Olivia's words are very confirmed, but unfortunately, no evidence can be produced. To solve a case, you need to pay attention to evidence.

Just right.

Tony Stark also received news that someone had turned himself in, so he asked Pepper Potts to come over and invite Lake. At Stark Manor, Tony Stark asked Lake about the truth of the matter.

Lake did not speak, but asked Tony Stark whether he believed the words of the surrendered man.

Tony shook his head after a moment of silence.

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