The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Chapter 211 Time Bomb
At night, inside the villa on 20th Street, Tim stood in front of the dark window, picked up the night vision binoculars, and observed the villa diagonally opposite.

He is an assistant to Douglas, an investment manager at BlackRock's Los Angeles branch, but he has always been in charge of business that is not visible to the public.

Since its listing in New York in 1999, BlackRock has developed rapidly. This is certainly because it has accumulated a lot of resources when it was a subsidiary of Blackstone Group, but the key is that it has never been bound by a single pattern in business competition.

Car lights lit up on the street.

Tim turned to look at the street and saw a red Mercedes-Benz G driving over and driving into the garage diagonally opposite.

As the garage door dropped, he saw Hawke Osment and the tall, athletic woman taking things out of the trunk of the Mercedes.

Tim put down the telescope and glanced down at the newspaper on the windowsill.

This is an old Los Angeles Times.

The photo on the front page is the same as the woman in the garage.

Hawke Osment's girlfriend Erica Ferguson.

Below the photo was some shocking news: 21 members of the Mexican Mule Gang raided Erica's villa in Silver Lake, resulting in one person being seriously injured and 1 people being killed on the spot.

Tim pinched his nose. Hawke was very different from the people he had dealt with in the past. His fighting power was off the charts.

Can the problem be solved by just one person and a gun?

Tim thought about it and decided to find a way to get some fireworks from Tijuana.

The lights on the second floor diagonally opposite were on, and the drawn curtains were suddenly opened by someone. The curtains seemed to sway, and it seemed as if someone was doing some intense sprinting exercise behind them.

"Two bastards!" Tim couldn't help but curse.

The two men struggled for a long time, as if they had endless energy to vent.

He was afraid of being discovered, so he drew the curtains and lay down on the bed to sleep.

The next morning, just after daybreak, Tim got up and hid behind the window to check what was happening diagonally opposite.

When the sun rose, the gate of the courtyard over there opened, and a man and a woman in sportswear ran away along the sidewalk of 20th Street.

During this time, the two met a short man and a tall woman from the neighborhood.

The two groups seemed to have a good relationship. They got together to chat for a while and went for a morning run together.

Tim took out his notebook and wrote it all down.

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Hawke came to the company and just went upstairs when Sasha followed him into his office.

She placed an open package on Hawke's desk and said, "Boss, take a look at these. The newsroom just received them this morning. When I opened them, I found that the contents were very sensitive."

Hawke took one of the notebooks and opened it to read.

On the title page, there was a line of words written: Beach Club Directory!

Hawke immediately thought of the Venice Beach Club that was burned down and all the evidence and traces were burned.

He turned the title page and found a familiar name - Guerrero Ente.

Bro Derek's former assistant, the producer of Akerman Pictures who committed suicide by jumping off a building.

Further down, he saw several familiar names.

Barack Bernanke, Bro Derek, Melissa Akerman.

There was also Freddie Dunn, the stunt supervisor he killed near Utah Lake, and Sean Akerman, Melissa's brother.

Besides, some of the names Hawke didn't recognize.

Fernando Crane, Carol Andy, Meryl Kerridge and many more.

Together with Guerrero himself, Hawke guessed that these were some of the leaders of the beach club.

Among the names recorded on the next page, there were also names Hawke knew.

Owen Nestor, Fowler Nestor, former governor's assistant Ben Foster, Los Angeles City Councilman Darren Neville, the already fired Wagner and Rayford, former governor Gray Davis, former California State Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, San Francisco District Attorney Harris, and so on.

These are basically people in politics.

Hawke didn't see the names of the Zipperton couple.

Then there are some Hollywood stars.

Leonardo Dicaprio and Sean Combs were at the forefront, as were political activist George Clooney, famous gay James Franco, Kevin Spacey and Harvey Weinstein.

It can be described as a deep blue.

In addition, Guerrero also specifically recorded an incident in which Victoria's Secret owner Leslie Wexner brought female models to the beach club.

As we all know, if you want to walk on the Victoria's Secret catwalk, you must first get all the approval from the boss and artistic directors.

Some of the netizens Hawke knew in his previous life wanted to be interviewers for Victoria's Secret.

In a real interview, those who understand will understand.

After looking through the names written in the notebook, Hawke discovered something very strange.

Among them are members of the Ackerman family, producer Bro Derek, Barack Bernanke, chairman of the Ackerman Charitable Foundation, and even Freddie, the stunt director he killed.

But Robert Downey Jr. is not on the list!

Could it be a mistake? Hawke thought about it and remembered Robert Downey Jr. yelling at him to jump off the building on the set.

There is no mistake, there is definitely no mistake.

Hawke put the notebook aside and asked Sasha, "Has anyone else seen it besides you?"

Sasha said, "No, I took it out of the mailbox, opened the envelope myself, and sent it to you right away. It didn't pass through anyone else's hands."

"You should know what these are." Hawke warned emphatically: "Don't mention them to anyone, including Caroline. Pretend you never received them. It will only bring you danger."

Sasha thought of Bro Derek and Guerrero Ente who committed suicide, and responded, "I don't know anything."

Hawke waved his hand: "You go ahead and do your work."

Sasha left the office.

Hawke continued to watch the rest.

There are not many photos, only about twenty or so, and they are obviously all taken secretly.

The girls in the photos are extremely miserable, suffering inhuman torture. Seven or eight of them show the faces of the torturers. Hell is empty, and the devil is on earth.

Then there are two storage disks.

Hawke took out a separate notebook that was not connected to the Internet, plugged in the storage disk and opened it. The content of the first one was similar to the photos, all about women.

The number of women who appeared was far higher than the seven people announced by the LAPD and the FBI.

Hawke roughly counted and found that there were more than twenty women who could be identified by their faces and figures, some of whom could not be seen clearly due to the blood and other reasons.

The next storage disk has different contents.

Hawke discovered that it was about homeless people. Some of them underwent physical examinations and were sent to the medical vehicle of the Ackerman Charitable Foundation, transported to an unknown hospital, and sent to the operating room.

When he came out again, the person was covered with a white cloth.

Although the video did not capture the exact location, the logo of the Ackerman Charitable Foundation could be seen on the hospital.

As Hawke watched the video, he thought about things he had heard about on the Internet but had never seen in person.

For example, skin banks and organ harvesting.

All this made Hawke understand why the Ackerman family took the initiative to retreat and would rather see Ackerman Pictures go bankrupt than seek a settlement.

If the LAPD and the FBI really dig deeper, the consequences will be very serious.

Of course, neither of them thought about continuing the investigation.

The role of these law enforcement agencies is to maintain social order in America, not fairness and justice.

Hawke called and asked Edward to come over.

Edward walked in and asked, "Boss, you're looking for me?"

Hawke pointed to something on the desk and said, "Take a look and get the basics."

Edward read them all.

Now, he has a wide range of experience and is not surprised by these things that can explode after being made public. He said, "There are still so many things to dig up in the last case."

Hawke reminded: "Collect some information and see how many hospitals the Ackerman Charitable Foundation sponsors."

Edward thought of his ex-girlfriend at the shelter: "I'll go find Nicole..."

Then he realized something was wrong: "It's best not to ask about these things casually."

Hawke said: "Check it online. Don't do the investigation. Be careful of suicide."

Edward complied.

Hawke took a notebook and asked Edward to copy the list: "Write with your left hand, as long as it is legible."

Edward pulled up a chair and sat on the other side of the desk.

As he wrote, he asked, "Boss, where did these come from?"

Hawke said: "Someone mailed these to me. These are time bombs. If they are not used properly, they will not kill the enemy but us instead."

Edward asked, "Boss, how do we check?"

"Make a few copies first and keep them separately." Hawke was not so impulsive. He knew that this was not something that could be done overnight, so he said, "We must not alert them. We must secretly collect some public information first."

Edward reminded, "That Harley Wayne from Fox?"

Hawke waved his hand: "A decent person like Harley shouldn't be killed in silence."

He thought for a moment: "To really push Harry to investigate, we must also ensure the safety of people's lives."

Edward said no more and quickly copied down the list.

Afterwards, the photos were photocopied and the videos copied.

Three copies were made of all of these, one kept by Hawke himself, one placed in a safe deposit box at the Bank of America, and the other hidden by Edward.

Ackerman Charitable Foundation.

Hawke knew very well that the next gap would be opened from here.

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Northeast of Los Angeles, Pasadena.

Harley drove a rented car to Wilson Street.

The car stopped on the side of the road and she looked at the single-family house opposite.

There were two cars parked in front of the gate of the house, and some workers moving goods were coming in and out.

There were also a few children playing and fighting near the door.

This is the home of Guerrero, who committed suicide by jumping off a building.

Harry didn't dare to investigate openly and could only look for information secretly.

It took a long time to find the deceased's family members living there.

After observing carefully for a long time, nothing abnormal was found.

But after the car crash, she became very careful.

After all, only by ensuring your own safety can you find out the truth.

Harry stopped for a moment, then drove off again, turned around twice, and returned to the street.

The car stopped in the parking lot in front of a bank. She changed her coat, put on a wig and sunglasses, put on fake tattoos, and put a nose ring in her nose. She got out of the car and walked towards that side.

When she arrived in front of the house, a child happened to run over and almost bumped into her.

Harley quickly supported the person and complained a few words like a little gangster.

A woman came out and apologized to Harley.

Harley asked a few questions and confirmed one thing: the family was moving out of California.

She noticed two people coming out of the coffee shop across the street, who seemed to be paying attention to this side. She didn't dare to stay any longer or ask more questions, so she left normally.

(Happy New Year, I wish you all good luck and prosperity in the new year)
(End of this chapter)