Old Bryan listened to the busy tone on his phone and slowly put it away.
He bent down to pick up the recording equipment from the ground, sent the recording to an email address via his mobile phone, and then turned around to pack his clothes.
Soon, Old Bryan, carrying a backpack, opened the garage door and walked to a black Chevrolet Suburban.
He opened the car door, tossed his backpack into the passenger seat, and got into the driver's seat.
'Buzz~'
The car engine started, and it quickly drove out of the garage.
Once on the street, Suboban began to accelerate towards Newark Airport.
In the car, Old Bryan took out his phone and quickly dialed a series of numbers.
'Beep~'
The phone rang only once before it was answered.
" Mills?"
" Sam, there's a recording in your private email account. Help me analyze the clues in the audio!"
"What happened, old man?"
Old Bryan turned the steering wheel and accelerated past a pickup truck in front of him.
"My daughter has been kidnapped!"
"Your daughter? Kim?! I know, old buddy!"
Sam hung up the phone immediately.
Old Bryan put away his phone and floored the accelerator.
The Suburban's 6.0-liter V8 engine instantly reaches a maximum power of 309 kilowatts.
'boom!'
The black Suburban transformed into an Wrath bull, galloping wildly down the twilight driveway.
On the other side, on a deserted island.
One second Reynolds was begging Richard to take him to Paris, the next he turned into a well-behaved schoolboy.
Do you want to win over the goddess you've been dreaming of?
I dream about it!
"I can teach you!"
Reynolds knelt down with a thud, hugged Richard's legs tightly, and cried out, "Godfather!"
Richard:... Damn, I was careless!
His eye twitched involuntarily, and he disgustedly flung the accessory off his leg. "There's an old saying at East: nothing moves a woman more than a hero rescuing a damsel in distress!"
"Coincidentally, Kim has been kidnapped. If you can personally rescue her from the kidnappers..."
"That..."
Before Richard could finish speaking, Reynolds ' eyes lit up, and countless ideas quickly flooded his mind.
A moment later, Reynolds sat down on the floor and used the advanced electronic equipment (satellite signal connection) generously sponsored by Richard to open Kim's Facebook.
At the airport, Old Bryan received his plane ticket and was preparing to board the plane.
Suddenly, the phone rang.
He took out his phone and found it was an unfamiliar number.
Old Bryan guessed it was a call from the kidnappers, so he turned and left the boarding queue, quickly walking into the airport restroom.
He hid in a toilet stall, closed the door, and answered the phone, "Who are you?"
"Mr. Mills, I'm sorry to call you now. I'm Kim's classmate, my name is Li..."
Old Bryan frowned and said impatiently, "Listen, kid, I don't have time for your nonsense! Remember, don't call this number again!"
After saying that, he was about to hang up the phone.
Reynolds shouted urgently, "I know Kim has been kidnapped!"
Old Bryan's finger, which was about to press the hang-up button, immediately hovered.
His face instantly turned icy. "Tell me your name, kid!"
Reynolds clearly remembered the lesson he had just learned and dared not utter another word.
Richard Reynolds!
How did you find out that Kim had been kidnapped?
"I like Kim! So I secretly followed her onto the plane to Paris!"
[This kid dares to make a move on my daughter?!]
Old Bryan's breathing instantly became heavy.
But thinking of his daughter's safety, he had to suppress his anger and asked in a deep voice, "Where was Kim taken?"
"Sorry, I haven't found it yet."
Then, Reynolds changed the subject. "But there's one person who definitely knows!"
Old Bryan's eyes widened slightly. "Who?"
" David!" Reynolds gritted his teeth, "That blond bastard who seduced Kim!"
Old Bryan narrowed his eyes. "You know David?"
"I don't know him!"
"..." Old Bryan felt a mouthful of phlegm stuck in his throat. He suddenly had an urge to find Reynolds immediately and give him a good beating.
"But I have his picture!" Reynolds, on the other end of the phone, was clearly unaware that his words had angered his future father-in-law.
"Send it to me now, immediately!" Old Bryan said, barely containing his anger.
"Yes, Mr. Mills."
'Ding-dong~' Old Bryan's phone made a soft sound.
He immediately went to his text messages, opened the unread message, and clicked on a web link.
'Whoosh!'
A photo of Kim and Amanda cheek to cheek immediately popped up on the phone screen.
Old Bryan:...
He gritted his teeth and said, "What I want is David's picture!"
Reynolds quickly replied, "It's in this photo!"
He had barely finished speaking when a series of clicking sounds came from his phone.
The image on Old Bryan's phone zoomed in rapidly, revealing a blurry image of a blond-haired boy through a glass panel behind Kim and Amanda.
Old Bryan frowned and said, "The image is too blurry to be recognized."
"Just a moment!" Reynolds said, quickly starting to process the image.
David, who was originally blurry, gradually became clearer frame by frame.
In less than ten seconds, Old Bryan successfully obtained a nice photo of David.
"Well done, kid."
At that moment, an announcement came over the loudspeaker.
"Flight AC5665 from New York to Paris is about to depart. Passengers who have not yet boarded, please board as soon as possible!"
Old Bryan pushed open the door and went out.
"Your name is Richard Reynolds?"
"Yes, Mr. Mills!"
"I'm rushing to catch a flight to Paris now, so don't do anything rash!"
"Uh, okay, Mr. Mills ..."
Old Bryan hung up the phone and immediately dialed Sam's number.
" Sam, help me find information about someone named Richard Reynolds. He's Kim's classmate..."
On the deserted island, Reynolds excitedly turned to look at Richard.
"Godfather, your method really worked! Mr. Mills's attitude towards me has changed!"
Richard:... He's definitely changed. He's clearly so angry he wants to beat you up!
He rubbed his forehead and said, "I remember saying that the first step to winning over a goddess is to win over her father, right?"
"No seats available!" Reynolds nodded quickly. The young man said happily, "Mr. Mills just told me not to make any rash moves. He must be worried that I might get into danger!"
Richard:... They're clearly afraid you'll alert them...
"Godfather, what should I do next?"
"Continue searching for clues..." Richard instructed, " Lane Mills's recording mentioned the kidnappers' characteristics: a moon and star tattoo on their right hand. Since those people operate in Paris, the Paris police department must have leads on them in their database..."
"No seats!" Reynolds perked up, immediately turned around, and began furiously typing on the keyboard, starting to hack into the Paris Police Department's internal database.
Soon, he excitedly shouted, "Found it! Godfather, I found it!"
"The moon and star tattoo is the symbol of a local Albanian Gang in Paris!"
"This gang comes from Tropoja! That's a major area for human trafficking... blah blah blah..."
Meanwhile, just as Old Bryan boarded the plane, he received an email from his old colleague Sam.
He opened the email, which contained clues Sam had gathered using the CIA's intelligence network based on the content of the recording.
"Good luck in Albanian..."
"From Tropoja..."
"They specifically trafficked young girls, using drugs to manipulate them into sex work..."