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Due to the number of personnel required to investigate the Lost Hand Case, the Key Case Investigation unit drastically understaffed, even putting office workers, like Sharon, on investigation duty as well.But Sharon was very happy today because she and Liam were assigned to the same unit. Having the chance to be with her crush was obviously a stroke of luck for her.Similarly, Liam was in a good mood too. On the bus ride, he was even humming some tunes. While chatting with Sharon, he entirely forgot about his bet with Stephen.As it turned out, he could restart the Miracle System. How could Liam not be excited?As soon as he woke up, without even going to the bathroom, he lit a cigarette. But with his first breath, he started violently coughing, as if he had been shocked by electricity.“Miracle System engaged,” the excited voice started, “Kan Gen Gua. ‘Kan’ for water and ‘Gen’ for mountain. Water first, mountain second. Ups and downs are to be expected, and the good and bad will be
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Life would be much less painful if there were no relationships.In his old life, Liam had a passionate love encounter.The 18-year-old him fell in love with a similarly 18-year-old girl!Her name was Mia Foyth!Mia was beautiful and one-of-a-kind. She could be compared to a goddess. Her flowing black hair had Liam head over heels in love with her.The two of them were madly in love. During the days of their youth, they had created the most beautiful memories, but just like all tragic K-dramas, the result was inevitable.At the time, Liam was youthful and rash, and fighting was a daily occurrence. One particularly violent scuffle caused Mia’s leg to be injured, leaving the girl permanently crippled.Mia’s parents were enraged, and beat Liam horribly before taking their daughter with them to a different city. The two lovebirds never met again. Even when Liam was on the executioner’s chair, watching the injection slowly enter his bloodstream, he muttered Mia’s name.People always love th
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Liam’s camel fiasco caused quite the commotion.In the end, the thief, him and Sharon, the bag owner Mia, the owner of the camel, as well as the very proud camel itself, were all invited into the police station.While they were giving their testimonies, the police station nearly exploded from complaints from all of the shop owners in the alley who had their shop wrecked. They were all complaining about the culprit, begging the police to repay their losses. The officers in the station were completely swamped.Sharon was worried that Liam would be forced to pay the reparation fee, and tried her best to resolve the situation.But at that moment, Liam did not have any energy to focus on those things. As soon as he entered the station, he could not do anything except stare at Mia.When an officer came to ask questions, Liam completely ignored the officer and slapped down his investigator ID on the table. The officer was enraged, thinking it was just a Key Case Investigator abusing his auth
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That afternoon around 4 o’clock, the completion message suddenly started in Liam’s brain, telling him that today’s adventure was over. The completion rate was seventy-two percent, obtaining him another invisibility device.Upon opening the item and obtaining it, he saw it was another invisible tracking device, the same as last time!“What’s this? Why couldn’t it have been something newer, more fun or exciting?”Despite feeling somewhat disappointed, Liam finally had the time to ponder about the Miracle System. Up until now, he had used it three times. Despite not fully knowing the rules, he still learned certain things about it.He pulled out his little notepad and started analyzing the information he recorded.First, the Miracle System could only be activated once a day, with the ending time unknown. Liam estimated the ending time had something to do with the completion rate–the faster he finished the adventure, the faster it ended.Secondly, the adventure was random, and was not rea
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When he woke up the next morning, the first thing Liam did was pull out a cigarette. He did not want to smoke for the pleasure of smoking–he had an alternative reason. Ever since the Miracle System, Liam felt a lack of attraction towards smoking. If it were not for getting to play the lottery, he did not really want to smoke at all. He felt, like he had been influenced at least somewhat by the other Liam.Today was the “Kan Li Hexagram.” Water reigned as fire weakened. The exact words were, “Fire and water coexist. Yin and yang combine. Positive and negative both persist in harmony.”Liam memorized the words. It meant that the fire element had left the Bagua. This was the first time that had happened. What would he be doing today?In his previous life, Liam had always loved pondering needlessly. Despite knowing that there would be a new adventure today, his mind was still focused on the Lost Hand Case. He truly did not want to surrender and let Stephen and others see his embarrassment
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Liam, what are you trying to say? Do you think we’re all slacking or something?” In the police station building B team office, Team Leader Elyon was currently standing there with her arms crossed, mildly angry. Many investigators on the B team surrounded the office, highly interested in seeing what the commotion was about.“I didn’t mean it like that,” Liam explained. “I just felt that since the culprit cut off Doyle’s hand, but didn’t leave any evidence, he must have planned this ahead of time! So he must’ve followed Doyle for a long time. I feel like we shouldn’t just focus on surveillance near the time the crime was committed, but also…”“Alright, Alright,” Elyon interrupted Liam immediately, not allowing him to speak. “Liam! I already know that you and vice captain Stephen have that bet! You’re hurrying the case since you don’t want to lose! But…I hope you can understand, the police solving a case isn’t a joke, or justice, but a responsibility! Responsibility, do you understand? Y
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In actuality, despite the peaceful appearance of the Key Case Investigation Unit, hidden underneath was a highly fierce competition.The rule within the unit was that other than huge cases requiring the two teams to work together, the normal cases were given to?individual groups to be taken care of.Since the Key Case Investigation Unit was split into Team A and B, there was naturally a fair amount of competition. The team with the higher case solving rate not only looked better, but also had a significantly higher annual bonus.Thus, in order to surpass the other group, the investigators put all their effort in every case. The two team leaders were also highly competitive, not holding back one bit.Over the last few years the teams had been fairly even, and shared the reward equally for years. But ever since Team Leader Elyon had been promoted as the leader of Team B, the situation changed completely. Using her own rich experience and excellent leadership, Elyon solved many difficult
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“Doyle’s BMW was last stopped in an alley on Portland Street,” one of the Team B investigators said. “That alley leads directly towards the Flutters district then splits into many directions that can be used to go to any area in Aetheron City. We’ve already found all the surveillance cameras we could, but still haven’t found any suspicious persons.”“Hm…” Elyon spoke, “If he could avoid this many surveillance cameras, there are only two possibilities! Either the culprit is very familiar with this area, or he lived around here, and after cutting Doyle hand off, he went straight home!”“Team Leader,” another investigator spoke up. “Flutters area is very complicated, with at least nine-hundred residents, not to mention many part-time workers with their houses rented out. It will be very difficult to investigate thoroughly. However, Mia and Ruby Harper have already started.”“I see…try your best…” Elyon paused for a moment as if pondering something, then spoke up, “Stephen, what does Doyl