Decstemic

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Liam’s words instantly made the entire office deathly silent.

The group of investigators who were ready to start working all froze in place, staring at Liam in disbelief.

In their eyes, the man must have been crazy. Captain Ortega was the top brass of the Key Case Investigation Unit. The investigation plan had already been set in motion, yet Liam was suddenly asking for the day off? Not only that, but to say it so boldly, how foolish could he be?

Besides, even if it really was some kind of emergency, there was no need to bother Captain Ortega about it; usually just letting a Group Leader know would suffice. To ask for work leave from the Captain himself as? Liam had done was no different than taunting the Captain.

And of course, hearing Liam’s discurtious tone, Captain Jing’s expression darkened immediately.

“Oi…” Vice Captain Stephen jumped at the opportunity. The man tilted his head and yelled, “Liam, are you crazy? Looks like your recent promotion to an official officer has gone to your head. Don’t you see everyone’s trying their best to catch the criminal?! To ask for the day off right now, how could you face yourself?”

With vice-captain Stephen’s words, other investigation members also began taunting him, pointing fingers at Liam in dissatisfaction.

Captain Ortega only shook his head in annoyance before turning and leaving the lobby.

“You see?” with the captain gone, Vice Captain Stephen was even more conceited. Pointing a finger at Liam, he laughed coldly, “Liam, kiddo, you’re just being foolish now. Asking for a day off just because you are feeling under the weather? Where are you uncomfortable? Cramps? Do you need someone to buy you some pads?”

Vice Captain Stephen’s words became increasingly crass. The lobby rang out in laughter with his words.

But suddenly, among the laughter, Liam unexpectedly picked up a glass full of coffee and threw it straight at Stephen’s head!

Stephen Reyes was caught off guard by the projectile, and quickly held up his hand to brace against it, but even though he blocked the glass cup, the boiling coffee spilled all over him.

The cup smashed into pieces as it fell onto the ground.

“Liam, have you gone mental?!” Stephen’s rage flared. He was about to point at Liam and give him a lecture when Liam charged at him; like a beast, he roared and rammed straight into Stephen with his shoulder, sending the vice-captain flying back.

Strphen’s back crashed harshly into the whiteboard, sending the object rolling back a fair distance.

“F*ck off, stupid po-po!”? Liam pointed right at Liu Changhu and cursed wildly, “Stephen, I’ve already tolerated you for far too long! Who the hell do you think you are? Didn’t you say you like coffee? Had enough yet?”

Liam’s sudden outburst stunned all the investigators around him. No one expected it. The usually mild-mannered Liam, how did he become so violent?

“Liam, you, you maniac!” As the vice captain of the Key Case Investigation Unit, how could Stephen tolerate such disrespect? His face was like a tomato as he got to his feet again, ready to fight with Liam.

Yet Liam was the strongest strongman around; he had little to fear as he stepped forward, prepared for the death brawl.

At this time, other investigators could no longer stand and watch, they all quickly stepped forward to stop the escalating situation. However, everyone only wanted to please the vice captain, trying to restrain Liam and letting the vice captain take a few swings at Liam to save the vice captain’s face.

Yet against their expectations, Liam’s strength was unbelievable. With just a swing of his arm, the investigators, who were all physically fit, were all sent flying to the side. Someone even slammed into a cubicle, sending a computer crashing into the ground, breaking the monitor.

Within moments, the office was filled with chaos. Even group leader Elyon stepped forward to try to diffuse the situation. Sharon hurried towards Liam instead.

“You stupid po-pos!” Liam roared, pointing a finger at the crowd, “All the times you’ve abused me, I remember them all! I’m warning you now, if anyone still has the nerve to mess with me after today, don’t blame me if I don’t hold back!”

Liam’s violent words had Sharon frozen in fear. All the investigators were in a state of confusion. No one could figure out why the previously gentle and meek Liam had become so wild.

“Liam!” Sharon’s lips were shaking in anger. “You, I see you don’t want to work here anymore!”

“Who the hell cares?!” Liam’s eyes bulged as he shouted back in disdain, “This is the Key Case Investigation Unit? Blah! Me being a po-po, I can’t even face the shame!”

Finishing his outburst, Liam pushed up his sleeves, even whistling a little as he made his way out of the office. As he exited, he purposely slammed the security door harder than he needed to, making the entire office shake for a while.

Only after he had been gone for some time did someone dare to speak out weakly, “Did Liam go wrong in the head? What police officer calls themselves po-po?”

“Yeah! He was so gentle before, how did he turn out like this? Almost like some kind of thug!”

“Liam…Liam…” Vice Captain Stephen was shaking in anger. He grinded his teeth as he yelled, “You! Just you wait!”

Sending the police station into a state of chaos gave Liam great satisfaction, but the confusion in his mind did not cease.

He was not sure how he crossed into such a regular world? Not only that, what happened to the Liam that had his body stolen? In this kind of situation, did it count as possession, or reincarnation?

The new memories told him that the Liam of this world had the same birthday as himself, was born in the countryside, had aged parents, and a poor living situation.

The two had the same starting point, but as they grew, they walked two completely different paths in life.

One chose to fight and die in the streets, becoming a street thug; the other excelled in school and entered the Public Security University of Reddit, becoming a proud member of the society, and then a policeman.

This sort of crossover was beyond ironic. Before, he was always tailed by the police, but his role had reversed completely. Now he was a police officer himself.

“Don’t tell me. I will have to chase down other thugs with a gun now?” Thinking far ahead, Liam couldn’t help but contemplate his own future. Now that he had crossed over, what was he supposed to do? Should he leave the police and go back to his thug life? Or keep his job, and have a stable income?

Thinking back and forth, Liam quickly came to a brilliant decision, “Screw it all, first things first, to celebrate the successful crossover, let’s enjoy life for the moment!”

Before his execution, he had to sit in jail for two whole years. It had been a long time since he had lived freely. He was not exactly hungry right now, but there were other bodily needs he craved.

And so, Liam waved down a cab, planning on having some fun in the red-light district. First, take care of his own bodily needs; other problems he could worry about later.

The car engine started up with a hum, Liam saw a pack of smoke besides the driver, and took one without even asking, dangling it in his mouth.

The driver was fairly gracious too, even handing Liam his lighter.

Liam clicked the lighter on and lit his own cigarette. But only inhaling once, he started coughing violently as if he was choking.

Liam felt like he was going to cough his own lungs out, the feeling was unbelievably unpleasant.

“Jesus Christ!” The man cursed to himself. Could it be that the Liam of this world had not even smoked before?

Unexpectedly, he barely finished his thoughts when he felt a rumbling in his mind, followed by a clear, androgynous voice speaking out suddenly, “Miracle System successfully engaged, randomizing.”

“What the hell was that?” Liam turned to the cab driver, but the driver’s blank expression told him that he had no idea what Liam was talking about.

Liam suddenly realized, only he could hear the voice just now.

“Gen Dui Hexagram” The voice in his mind was loud and clear, “‘Gen’ for mountain, and ‘dui’ for lake. Lake in the mountain, not hard to find. You are blessed. Good luck with come. Take it easy.”

The words were spoken quickly, and stopped within a few seconds, returning to silence. Liam didn’t know how he understood the language but he understood nevertheless.

Liam gaped, he didn’t remember a single word of what was said. “What the hell was that?”

Why were there voices in his head?

‘Am I going crazy? Wait!’ Suddenly, Liam remembered the first few words, “Miracle System!”

“Miracle System?! Oh!” Liam finally remembered the familiar routine, in all the crossover dramas he had watched, there were always some magical system that appeared. Using this system, promotions, and escaping crimes were all easily achievable!

‘Aha…Holy Sh*t!’

He had obtained the Miracle System?

“But…This Miracle System…what does it do?”