When the police arrived at the scene of the "car accident," it was already half an hour later.
"Any discoveries?" A burly man dressed in plain clothes got out of the car and asked the police officer in uniform.
His name was Dietrich, and he was the lieutenant sheriff of the third district of the Chicago North District. As a federal state, the United States has not had a unified police rank system since its founding, so it is common for military and police ranks to be used interchangeably.
The Chicago region was not as large as it would be in the future, so there were only 13 precincts now.
And Dietrich, as the second in command of the third precinct, could be regarded as having a high position.
"At the scene, there were only some bloodstains, tire tracks, footprints, and some bloodstained bullets, which should be hunting bullets, but there were no shells, no cars or bodies found, and, strangely, there were obviously traces of two cars at the scene, but we only found tire tracks of one car leaving, and the other car seemed to have never existed." The police officer next to him said with a somewhat unpleasant expression.
"What about witnesses?" Lieutenant Dietrich asked.
"We found the person who made the call, but he only saw a figure holding a gun from far away and didn't dare to get close, so we don't even know if the culprit is male or female." The police officer sighed helplessly.
Lieutenant Dietrich nodded at this, knowing why the police officer sighed.
Without a body, weapon, or witnesses, and not even a decent piece of evidence, this basically belonged to a headless case in an era with relatively limited investigative methods.
"Pack up and leave. I'll talk to the chief." After inspecting the scene, Dietrich ordered the team to disperse. There were too many headless cases like this nowadays, and the police didn't want to spend too much energy on them.
Meanwhile, as the police searched in vain and reluctantly dispersed, Josh, who had changed his clothes, was driving the Lincoln Continental that Margaret had helped him buy and had just arrived home.
When Josh saw the Packard parked in front of his house, he knew that Margaret was in his home... When he moved, Josh had left a spare key for her.
"How's it going?" Josh had just exited the car when Tommy from next door came out of his house and walked over to ask.
"Just a small problem. It's been solved. Thanks for your reminder." Josh replied.
Of course, how it was solved couldn't be said.
Tommy understood this very well, so he didn't ask too much. He accepted Josh's gratitude calmly, nodded, and returned to his house.
Watching Tommy go back inside, Josh let out a sigh.
Actually, if you observe carefully, you will notice that his hands still tremble slightly.
The reason is simple, he killed someone.
This was his first time killing someone.
The scene of a gunshot hitting a person and the blood flying everywhere was still fresh in his mind.
Even the bloody body and the evidence of the shotgun and the two vehicles involved were now lying quietly in the system's warehouse.
There was no mysterious pleasure feeling.
Nor was there too much fear.
There was only a little tension and confusion...
Josh still couldn't understand why he could shoot so decisively and handle the scene so calmly.
"Josh, where have you been? I've been waiting for you for so long." While Josh was lost in thought, Margaret opened the door and saw him looking a bit strange.
Then she saw Josh's gaze towards her was also a bit unusual.
"What's wrong? Is my makeup messed up?" Margaret felt a bit uneasy under Josh's stare.
Then she cried as Josh picked her up and carried her into the house.
When Margaret returned to her senses, she found herself lying naked in the bedroom with Josh holding her in his arms. Looking at his handsome but somewhat naive face, Margaret's feelings were strange and complicated.
But... also very pleasant.
This was something she had never felt with Tony Wendys.
"What happened?" Margaret gently stroked Josh's face and asked.
"Your husband, he had someone follow you all the day and took quite a few photos," Josh replied nonchalantly as she gently caressed Margaret's body.
No wonder someone said that women are the best emotional regulators.
After a wild night of passion, the negative emotions accumulated in Josh's body were finally released, and he regained his calmness.
Then he told Margaret about Tony Wendys' plan.
Josh never did things as an anonymous hero.
If you've made an effort, you have to speak out. Otherwise, who knows what you did.
Of course, the matter of killing someone is left out, and he only said that he bought the stalker with money.
"What? How dare he?" Margaret was instantly furious upon hearing Josh's words.
"Haha, why not? Not only did he dare to follow you, but he also dared to have you killed. Otherwise, you would be kicked out of the house with nothing after the divorce." Josh sneered. Of course, this sarcasm was aimed at Tony Wendice, not Margaret, who was beside him. "I have to say, he is quite decisive in this matter. Your huge wealth will all belong to him as long as you die."
But why did Josh know about Tony Wendys' plan?
After all, Josh was only implementing Tony Wendys' first tracking plan and was not told about the subsequent plans.
So Josh shouldn't have known that Tony Wendice wanted to kill Margaret.
Then why did Josh say that?
Because just now, while he was making love to Margaret, Josh finally remembered where the familiarity he felt with her came from.
Margaret, Margo, a wealthy heiress.
Tony, Tony, a tennis star.
These are characters from the Hitchcock movie "Dial M for Murder."
The reason why Josh knew this movie was because of the actress who played Margaret, Grace Kelly!
Regarding famous Hollywood actresses in the 1950s, most people's first thoughts are either Audrey Hepburn or Marilyn Monroe.
However, in the 1950s, another female movie star was even more famous than these two.
That person was Grace Kelly.
And the reason why her fame in the future is not as high as the other two is very simple.
Because this female star, who had just entered her prime after becoming famous, retired from acting and married into the Monaco royal family, becoming a legendary princess.
In the eyes of the people of Monaco, her existence is no less important than Elizabeth in the hearts of the British.
It's just that Josh happened to have seen this movie, but his impression of it wasn't very deep, so he couldn't remember it for a while.
But after he remembered it, Josh finally realized that the world he had crossed over to might not be the World War II era of the original world but a parallel world.
And the current situation is very different from the situation in the movie.
For example, the movie's story is set in London, not Chicago.
In addition, a very important character from the movie is missing, Mark, Margaret's writer lover.
But when Josh thought about his relationship with Margaret now... it seemed like he had already taken Mark's place.
And the time in which the movie's story takes place is already in the early 1950s, more than ten years later than now.
Upon hearing Josh's words that Tony Wendys intended to murder her, Margaret was afraid. She immediately tried to get up, but Josh stopped her.
"What are you going to do?" Josh asked.
"Of course, I'll call the police!" Margaret said, a little flustered.
"Call the police? And then what? Tell them that your husband wants to kill you? Do you have any evidence?" Josh rolled his eyes and asked.
"You said he sent someone to track me and prepare to kill me, right? Where is that person? He can testify!" Hearing Josh's words, Margaret calmed down a bit and said.
"It's useless. Although I paid off the other party, he clearly could not come forward to testify against your husband. He is an underworld member, and your husband did not directly approach him but went to his boss... Do you understand what I'm saying?" Josh explained half-truthfully. "And if nothing unexpected happens, he has already left Chicago with the money I gave him."
"What should I do then? He definitely won't let it go!" After listening to Josh's words, Margaret also understood that calling the police wouldn't do anything to Tony Wendys.
But as long as they were not formally divorced, Tony Wendys would not let her go.
No, Margaret suddenly thought, according to Tony Wendys's cruelty, even if she successfully divorced him, he would probably try his best to retaliate against her.
"It's simple, strike while the iron is hot... " At this moment, Josh whispered beside her.
"What?" Josh's words frightened Margaret.
Although the information revealed by Josh made Margaret hate and fear her husband even more, killing someone was too far-fetched for this slightly naive wealthy woman, and she had never even thought about it.
But after a moment's thought, it seemed like a good solution.
It must be said that there is a devil in everyone's heart.
The key is whether someone lets it out.
"But... what should we do? And this is illegal! Josh, we are still young. If the police find out, it will ruin our lives." Although she was a little tempted, as a normal law-abiding citizen, Margaret felt fear and repulsion towards this serious illegal act of murder.
"I understand this, my dear, but I didn't say we should do it ourselves. Since Tony can hire the mafia, we can naturally do the same. After all, there are countless unsolved crimes in the United States every year. If we make him disappear quietly, no one will know what happened." Josh hugged Margaret's perfect and enticing body and whispered like a devil in her ear.
Although he said he could bribe the mafia, in Josh's heart, he had decided to do it himself.
Compared with hiring someone to commit murder, with the dimensional trading system as his cheat code, it was obviously even harder to leave clues and evidence if he did it himself.
In the United States, where evidence is the main basis for law, without a body or a murder weapon, it is difficult to form a complete chain of evidence.
Even if someone knew you killed someone, it would be difficult to convict you if you did not admit it.
Actually, if it were before today, Josh would not have decided to commit murder so easily.
Obviously, the shot he fired today had opened Pandora's box in his heart.
A hero uses martial arts to break the law.
When a person possesses abilities beyond what is ordinary, and once they cross the line, it becomes very difficult to bring them back on track.
To not turn into an arrogant and reckless person is already considered to have a conscience.
Now Josh is in a similar situation.
"But..." Although Josh's words made Margaret very excited, it's not that easy to make a decision.
But Josh didn't want to waste any more time and directly interrupted the rest of the beautiful woman's words.
Margaret seemed mature, but she was no match for him.
Margaret didn't even go home that night.
The next morning, Margaret and Josh ate breakfast intimately, like a newlywed couple.
"How much money do you think we need to do this? And how should we contact trustworthy people to do this?" Margaret asked Josh softly.
Heroes have a difficult time with beautiful women, and sometimes it's the other way around.
And because women are often more emotional, it's even harder to get out once they get caught up than men.
Margaret is in this situation now.
This woman was originally very emotional. Otherwise, she would not have been easily fascinated by Tony Wendys and married him despite her father's strong opposition.
They would not have reached this point even if it weren't for what Tony Wendys had done over the years.
And now, being with Josh makes Margaret very infatuated.
Now, she just wants to be with Josh.
So Tony Wendys became the most annoying obstacle.
"For money, it won't cost too much, a few thousand, at most ten thousand or so. As for people... whether it's an immigrant community or a refugee camp, I believe many people are willing to do it. Leave this to me." Josh unhesitatingly took on this task.
"...Okay, I'll pay the money. I'll go to the bank later." Margaret nodded.
Josh didn't refuse.
Margaret provides the money, and he provides the effort. The two of them are conspiring, which is truly binding them together.
It's not that Josh has a dark mind, but having a common secret not known to anyone else is obviously more stable for their relationship than just emotional and physical relationships.
After breakfast, they left together, ready to go to the bank.
"Do you know what I thought of?" Margaret said in the car, looking at Josh driving.
"What?" Josh asked.
"The Public Enemy!" Margaret said.
Josh couldn't help but smirk.
Although the movie "The Public Enemy" has not yet been released, it is a true event during the Great Depression, just like the legendary thief John Dillinger. It can be said that in the United States, everyone knows about it.
There is even a mental symptom named after the two of them.
But this comparison is not very auspicious.
After all, this couple ended up in a mess.
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