Jimmy returned to the office, first dropped off the phone, then headed to Ruiz's office.

Ruiz: "How's Julia?"

Jimmy: "No news at all, the phone has been found. Her neighbor last saw her last evening, and after that, there's no trace, which means she likely didn't come back after leaving last night.

Her ID and service weapon are left in the bedside drawer, which she likely placed herself, suggesting she left for personal reasons and then met with an accident. It definitely wasn't her leaving on her own, otherwise the phone wouldn't have ended up in a trash can."

Ruiz: "Any suspects?"

Jimmy: "Not yet, I just got back this morning and ran into this mess, what luck."

Ruiz: "Alright, what support do you need?"

Jimmy: "Contact the NSA, I need to check Julia's phone records to find out who called her out at night, and simultaneously trace her phone's movements to determine her disappearance time. Also, I need to activate the command center; the system permissions are higher there."

Ruiz: "Let's go, I'll go with you."

All the computer systems in the command center are pre-authorized. When the command center is activated, using the computers there to query sensitive information does not require separate high-level authorization, which is exactly what Jimmy wanted. By using the command center, once they determine Julia's movement trajectory and timing, they can simultaneously check the corresponding traffic cameras to verify her path. If anyone else appears, they can conduct direct data inquiries.

However, Jimmy, as the team leader, cannot activate the command center, at least requiring Ruiz, and sometimes even the agent supervisor to authorize it, so it's not just available at Jimmy's whim.

As for contacting the NSA, it's because even if the FBI can locate the phone's position, they can't directly obtain specific recordings of phone communications. The NSA specializes in this, as they've been doing it for decades.

Quickly, the tech department provided Julia's movement trajectory. She received a call around 7:30 last night, left her apartment at 8, and headed to Williamsburg. Location data suggests she entered a bar. Around 9:30, the phone started moving, stopped not far from the bar, then moved again, only to stop completely half a block away, where Jimmy found the phone.

Jimmy: "Have you confirmed the call to Julia? Whose is it?"

The tech personnel displayed the information on the monitor on the wall, "Kelly Collins, from New York, a college classmate of Julia, currently working at a fashion designer's studio."

Jimmy looked at Ruiz: "Ruiz, send some people to investigate. If something happened to Julia, then something probably happened to Kelly too."

Ruiz was standing right next to Jimmy, both looking at the information. Hearing Jimmy's words, he glanced at Jimmy, "Should we have Kimberly Rice take over this case? Her team is in charge of kidnapping cases."

Jimmy: "Of course, no problem, as long as she doesn't interfere with my investigation. Yet I think we should check out Kelly's situation first. If she's also missing, then Julia and she were probably kidnapped together. If not, then bring her in; Julia's mishap must be linked to her.

Also, we need to check that bar, maybe someone there will remember something, though they might be uncooperative."

Ruiz nodded, having primarily handled gang cases before and lacking Jimmy's experience with kidnappings, as Jimmy had successfully resolved several related cases before.

Taking out his phone, Ruiz first arranged for people to be dispatched from the command center, splitting into two teams to investigate Kelly Collins and the bar, hoping the bar had internal surveillance. Next, he called Kimberly Rice to inform her to come over soon.

Jimmy had previously worked with Rice, though back then, he was just an ordinary agent; now he was on the same level as Rice. Time flies.

Jimmy: "Investigate the traffic cameras near Julia's disappearance. Identify all the cars within the traffic camera's range a few minutes after she left the bar and her phone stopped at the last location. If they were kidnapped, they'll either still be nearby or left by car."

At the command center, it's convenient—the tech staff can directly connect to the NYPD's road monitoring system to access surveillance footage. However, the clarity is quite poor, and nighttime lighting doesn't cover all areas, making identification difficult.

Support agents have set out, and Rice arrived at the command center, "Hi, Ruiz, what happened?"

Ruiz: "Jimmy, you introduce the situation."

Jimmy nodded: "Agent Rice, long time no see. Julia, from our team, is suspected to have been kidnapped; she didn't show up for work this morning.

We checked her room; there were no signs of intrusion. Her ID and gun are at home. She got a call from a friend last night and went to a bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Shortly after they left the bar, her phone was thrown into a trash can and she disappeared.

The phone has been found and is waiting for fingerprint analysis results in forensics. We've already sent people to check if her friend is also missing, waiting on news now. And we've sent people to the bar as well."

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