Chapter 655: Raging Waves of the Red Sea (Part 5)

"In the past decade, there has never been such a shocking case. South American countries must deeply reflect on the loopholes and negligence in regional public security and public safety. At the same time, the chaos in shipping trade in the entire Americas is inseparable from the US Congress repeatedly interfering in the internal affairs of other South American countries..." — Soviet News Agency.

"The devil of Hell has come to the world again. Mexican drug dealers are insane. The inaction of the Mexican government and the ineffective governance of the current president together constitute the root cause of this tragedy. The US Congress and the public express deep regret over this. The President has urged the Pacific Fleet to expand the patrol range and increase the frequency of patrols to effectively ensure the safety of every American citizen within the territorial waters..." — Los Angeles Times.

"Major news! Major news! A village massacre occurred in Sinaloa, Mexico! The drug manufacturing and sales organization Guadalajara announced responsibility for this!" The newsboy shouted those tongue-twisting Spanish words while running past the street. Suddenly, a man stopped him and said: "Give me a newspaper."

The newsboy took the money from his hand and handed him a newspaper. After the man opened the newspaper, another policewoman wearing a uniform walked over, looking a bit sad, and said: "Has the number of victims increased to 135? I'm afraid it's not just one village that has been harmed, right?"

"That's right. The latest news says it should be all the villagers of three villages who were massacred. The killers held heavy firepower, and these villagers had no ability to resist... Alright, Detective Chloe, let's continue our investigation."

Lucifer closed the newspaper, folded it, and put it in his pocket. He turned to Chloe and said: "The paparazzi following Delilah said her lover is an actor named Gray. Do you know this Gray? What has he acted in?"

Chloe folded her arms and shook her head, saying: "He shouldn't be a famous actor, otherwise the paparazzi would definitely have exposed them."

"Next, let's go find this Gray to investigate. Perhaps he should know who exactly took action to kill Delilah."

Chloe nodded, agreeing with Lucifer's idea. Just as they were about to set off in the police car, Chloe's communicator suddenly rang. She answered and said: "Hello? Dan? Linda is looking for me?... Oh, yes, what's wrong? She said she has something to tell us? Alright, we'll go over there now."

Chloe hung up the phone and said to Lucifer, who was sitting in the back seat: "Let's go to the psychologist Linda's place first. She called the police station and said she has something to tell us."

"She wouldn't be wanting to tell us Delilah's lover's name only now, would she? But what's the use of that? Haven't we already investigated it?" Lucifer said with some dissatisfaction.

"Don't be like that. Linda is a psychologist worthy of respect. After all, if I were the one seeing a doctor, I wouldn't want my psychologist to shout my privacy to the whole world." Chloe said while starting the car, rushing toward Delilah's psychology clinic.

Coming to this psychology clinic for the second time, the two were already familiar with the road. Linda, wearing a doctor's uniform, poured a glass of water for both of them. After the three sat down around the sofa, Linda asked with some hesitation: "Have you seen the news this morning?"

"What news are you referring to?" Lucifer asked back.

"Three villages in Mexico were massacred, many people died, and the ones who did it were drug dealers..." Linda said intermittently, seeming to be very sad.

Chloe nodded, also showing a sad expression, and said: "This is regrettable news. That group of criminals is too cruel."

"You came to find us, what do you want to say?" Lucifer asked impatiently. He didn't have a good impression of this psychologist. Earlier when he came to ask for intelligence, Linda wouldn't say the clue no matter what, which exhausted Lucifer's patience.

Linda sat upright on the sofa, her legs together, her arms resting on her knees, constantly rubbing her palms. After a long while, she finally opened her mouth and said: "Delilah is dead, but her death might not be that simple."

"You don't need to say that." Lucifer said unpleasantly. Chloe touched his arm, Lucifer took a deep breath, and then didn't speak.

"I know you suspect it might be her ex-husband or lover who killed her, but the facts are probably more complicated than that." Linda pushed her glasses and said.

"You have some extra clues, right? Doctor, please, you must tell us." Chloe leaned her body forward, looking into Linda's eyes.

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Linda sighed, picked up the water cup, took a sip of water, and said: "When Delilah came to me to vent earlier, I discovered she had symptoms of anxiety disorder. When exploring the cause of the illness, I discovered she was very panicked."

"I conducted psychological counseling for her, but the condition didn't improve significantly. As the treatment deepened, she was willing to reveal more emotions buried in her heart. I discovered she had a drug addiction, and it was one she had only recently contracted."

"What's strange about that? Every person you meet in those neighborhoods in southern Los Angeles has a drug addiction. That group of addicts is very proud of it, but my bar doesn't welcome them." Lucifer said.

"I mean, she didn't want to contract the drug addiction herself. This might be an accident, or someone might have forced her to do so." Linda took another sip of water.

"You mean, someone deliberately made Delilah contract a drug addiction, but why would that person do that?"

"Maybe to sell drugs." Linda shook her head and said: "Delilah didn't tell me the details. I observed this point from her emotions. She wasn't self-abandoning like other addicts; she felt very painful because of this."

"And most importantly..." Linda paused and said: "In the process of hypnosis, I discovered that someone might be forcing her to sell drugs."

Lucifer and Chloe frowned together. In their concept, someone wanting to take drugs is their freedom, but someone forcing others to sell drugs is not.

"You mean, someone forced Delilah to sell drugs, thereby making her contract a drug addiction?" Chloe asked.

Linda nodded and said: "What follows is just my speculation, there is no actual evidence, so you can just listen to it."

"When Delilah first came to me, she suffered from tension anxiety disorder, mainly because her living environment had changed, and she couldn't adapt to the new group, resulting in anxiety. Combined with her actual situation, it might be because she suddenly became popular, stepped into the entertainment circle, faced heavy pressure, and felt very nervous."

"Later, her emotional life also began to have some problems. Her ex-husband had domestic violence behavior, and she also found a lover, but in the end, they all ended in not-so-good endings."

"During these periods, her emotions were still considered normal, but later, her panic emotions exceeded the normal scope. According to my understanding, it should be that someone forced her to recommend and sell drugs in certain circles."

Lucifer and Chloe looked at each other. Lucifer asked: "Certain circles? Do you mean singers, creators, and musicians? But there are quite a few addicts in these circles. Do they still need Delilah to recommend?"

"No." Chloe denied it, saying: "You haven't dealt with this group of people, so you don't know. Their sources of goods are different, and the origins of the goods are also different. There is competition between many supply lines."

"In other words, the vicious competition between drug dealers made drug dealers on a certain supply line want to force Delilah to snatch customers from the singer and music creation circle?"

Lucifer thought while saying, suddenly, he realized, and said: "When Delilah came to me, there were several times she seemed on the verge of speaking, looking like she had something to ask of me, but in the end, she didn't open her mouth. Could it be that she just wanted to sell that stuff to me?"

"It's very possible. Aren't you running a bar? Bars have always been places where addicts are rampant. If you agreed to her request, their sales volume might increase greatly." Chloe said.

"I never allow those troublesome guys to enter my bar. They don't care after they get high and will cause big trouble. I wouldn't agree to sell that kind of thing in my bar." Lucifer showed a disgusted expression.

"Actually, this is very reasonable, isn't it?" Linda continued: "Delilah became an overnight sensation because of an album. She has no foundation. If she wants to stand firm in this circle, she must find a backer."

"Those drug dealers might have used this psychology of hers, forcing her to take drugs, and forcing her to sell drugs, to snatch customers for them."

Chloe sighed deeply, clearly feeling sorry for Delilah's encounter, but soon, she thought and said: "Then, would it be this group of people who took action to kill Delilah?"

"No, if they need Delilah to snatch customers for them, they shouldn't have killed her so quickly. Delilah is currently popular, and a new album is being prepared. Once the new album creates brilliance again, it's possible to go further. That group of drug dealers shouldn't be so short-sighted and rush to silence her." Lucifer speculated.

Suddenly, all three paused. Lucifer and Chloe said in unison: "Competitors!"

"If it's a certain group of drug dealers manipulating Delilah to snatch customers, then the competitors of this group of drug dealers definitely won't sit idly by, and the simplest method is to kill her..."

After Chloe finished speaking, she stood up immediately and then continued: "Our focus before has always been on Delilah, and we haven't investigated the killer's background. He said he was hired by someone, but the person who hired him might not be a stranger; it is very likely his superior, another group of drug dealers..."

"I'll go back to the police station now and let my colleagues in the drug enforcement department help check which drug trafficking organization that killer belongs to."

After saying that, Chloe left quickly. Lucifer chased after her. The two came to the police station together. After reporting the situation, Chloe successfully found the information.

Precisely because of the tragedy in 1984, cities on the West Coast have achieved remarkable results in drug enforcement work. Almost most drug trafficking organizations in the city have records. And after that major cleanup, the remaining drug trafficking organizations were not many. The organization where this drug dealer was located was a drug trafficking organization active in northern Los Angeles.

And the organization that might have taken action was the leader of the Los Angeles drug trafficking organization, "Black Wave". They monopolized most of the drug business in Los Angeles all year round, had fought with other gangs to snatch customers, had a bad record, and were very likely to take action to kill people to continue to monopolize the source of customers.

Chloe stood in the office, pointing to the information recorded in the document and said: "In the United States, except for some places in southern California, there are no conditions for the production of drug raw materials, so the vast majority of drugs rely on imports."

"Before 1985, most drugs were Colombian drugs transshipped through Mexico. At that time, Black Wave's source of goods came from Colombia."

"However, the major cleanup in 1984 cut off the source of the vast majority of goods. They began to cooperate with certain drug manufacturing enterprises in Mexico. According to information seized by customs, most of their sources of goods come from a city in southern Mexico..."

Lucifer looked at the document and then read the tongue-twisting name in a low voice: "Guadalajara." ===== CHAPTER 656 =====