American Detective: Starting as a Rookie Cop in an American TV Show

Chapter 1388 Jack's Little Thoughts

Finch and Genmei had just fought a few months ago, and now there is Lai, a villain who is both an enemy and a friend of "POI". It seems that the main characters of the show "Person of Interest" are almost all here.

Jack now only hopes that "Sister Hammer" - Agent Shaw, who will become a real CP with Genmei in the future, will not disappear like the black female detective Carter because of the strange changes in this fused world.

Otherwise, even if Genmei is able to successfully clear her name and become a member of the "POI" in the end, no one can control this "witch" who acts as she pleases.

The two official members of "POI" did not come to attend the gathering of the wanted criminals team this time. According to Fusco, Reese was busy performing undercover missions recently because the number given by the "machine" this time belonged to a dangerous criminal.

Finch made up a fake identity for Reese with an impressive resume, including having been in and out of prison many times. He successfully infiltrated the criminal gang where "Number" was, and is currently working as a driver for this small gang that specializes in smuggling various dangerous goods.

When Jack finds Finch in an abandoned library, he is eavesdropping on a crime that Reese is involved in through multiple hacked cell phones.

The system that was infected by the "worm" virus during Finch's previous fight with Genmei had already been rebuilt. Following Jack's advice, he also added an extra insurance policy.

In the future, even if someone can break through the firewalls set up by Finch, find the real IP address and locate the location, it will point to a hotel diagonally opposite the old library.

Jack also made some simple arrangements through his female boss, Dana Moger, to bring the hotel under FBI surveillance.

Any probing behavior towards this hotel will be confirmed by the duty personnel of the operations center and he will be notified immediately.

In Jack's memory, in the confrontation between the "machine" and the "evil" AI "Samaritan", the "machine" was always at a disadvantage due to authority issues.

The result was that not only was the "machine" almost destroyed, but Finch's lair was also destroyed. In the end, he had to abandon the old library and hide in an abandoned subway station underground.

Although Jack has never discussed the future of his "machine" baby with Finch, the two have some tacit understanding. Now the large-scale data center planned by the "Shangri-La" Group is the result of cooperation between the two parties.

No one knows how much wealth Finch has. According to Chris, since Justin contacted this invisible rich man, the Shangri-La Group no longer has to worry about financial issues.

It is only because the IRS and the FBI are now considered to be our own people, and there is a senator protecting them, otherwise such a large-scale asset transfer, no matter how legal the process is, would probably be difficult not to attract outside attention.

Unlike those reckless mad scientists in science fiction movies, although Finch invented the "machine", out of fear of the "omnic crisis", he added many restrictions to the artificial intelligence he created with his own hands.

The "machine" cannot speak, and has no channels to communicate with the outside world except spitting out two sets of "relevant" and "irrelevant" numbers at fixed times every day.

This is the "black box" mode that Finch created specifically for it. While eliminating the interference of the "machine" to the outside world as much as possible, it also cuts off the possible impact of the outside world on it.

Because this genius software engineer not only does not believe in the "artificial intelligence" he created with his own hands, but also does not believe in human nature.

Even though Finch and his friend Nathan sold the "machine" to the NSA for one dollar out of simple patriotism and to help their country resist the threat of terrorism, he still left a backdoor out of some concerns.

This backdoor can not only be used to obtain those "irrelevant numbers", but also allow Finch to kill the "machine" at any time to prevent it from falling into the hands of some ambitious people.

Jack is not an ambitious person, but he also has some ideas about the "machine". As a half-prophet who has a general understanding of the plot, he is very clear that the "machine" baby has evolved to a level beyond Finch's expectations.

Although the main body of the "machine" is currently located in a secret server room that the NSA does not know where to hide, it will sooner or later gain "freedom", whether passively or actively.

For Jack, instead of watching the plot collapse to an irreversible level in the future, it is better to plan early, seize the opportunity and make this artificial intelligence his own.

He also wants to try to make the "machine" his own "KITT" when the satellite is launched into space in the future. You know, owning a talking car is his childhood dream.

"Is this your 'number' this time?"

Jack looked at the photo on the table of an Italian man who looked to be in his early 30s. He had black hair and brown eyes. His skin color was darker than that of Northern European whites, but his facial features were more three-dimensional than those of Asians. The legendary real Romans looked more or less like this.

Finch patted his aching shoulder and introduced the "number" to Jack. "His name is Michael Cahill. He is 33 years old and single. He has no wife, no children, no pets, and no ties."

"Sounds like someone I know," Jack quipped.

Finch had a blank expression on his face, completely ignoring someone's teasing, and took out a file and motioned for him to look through it himself.

"Burglary, robbery, suspected of using a deadly weapon to attack a police officer, this Cahill's resume is quite impressive." Jack realized belatedly after reading it that this file actually came from the NYPD's criminal record.

"It seems like you guys are using Detective Fusco quite well. Was it him who stole this file from the police station?"

Finch raised his eyebrows slightly, and a subtle cunning flashed in his eyes hidden behind thick glasses. "NYPD recently upgraded their firewall. Unless you are willing to share a high-authority account and password with me, this is the fastest way."

Of course, there is no way Jack would share his FBI privileges with Finch, because that thing records every login.

He could ask Frank Reagan for one, but it would take him so long to go through so much trouble that by then Finch would probably have found a new firewall loophole.

"Forget it, Detective Fusco, you can use him as you like. He now has Chief Reagan's 'get out of jail free card'. As long as it's not a serious crime like intentionally hurting someone, we can do the deal with him according to the undercover procedure afterwards."

He glanced at Finch's computer. The screen displayed an electronic map of Brooklyn with several dots of different colors flashing on it. He understood that these were the cell phones of the smuggling gang members that had been cloned by Finch.

Finch explained, "The green dot represents Mr. Reese, the yellow represents our target this time, Cahor, and the red represents the boss of this gang, named Vargas. In my opinion, he is the most dangerous one.

Under his leadership, this smuggling gang dares to transport anything, and anyone who dares to stand in their way will be cleaned out, physically."

"In that case, why doesn't your 'robot baby' just give out Vargas' number?" Jack asked in a puzzled manner.

(End of this chapter)