Could there really be such a coincidence in the world?
Liam tried to convince himself otherwise–he was probably thinking too much. There was no way. He had just finished listening to the briefing for the Taser Rape Criminal Case, and had he really seen the culprit himself?Those kind of odds must be smaller than winning the lottery!Liam held the wine glass in his hand, yet he could not drink properly at all. The man in the windbreaker was just too suspicious!Baseball cap, lowered head, gloomy expression, and that suspicious feeling.Liam thought about group leader Elyon’s case briefing. The Taser Rape Case victims were all females with questionable habits. It fit that gold digger perfectly.Not only that, but the culprit’s face had been scratched, and the man in windbreaker was covering his face with his collar. Could it be?Could it really be that the male in the windbreaker was the Taser Rapist?Having come to that thought, Liam could no longer sit around. He figured even if he was wrong, he still had to take a look. He put down his wine goblet and quickly went in the direction where the male with the windbreaker had run off to.The bar exit was a plain, small iron door, similar to the entrance. Liam rushed out and immediately emerged into a narrow, dark alley.It was already 10:00 at night, and the alley was deathly quiet. Liam looked both ways. Using the moonlight, he quickly saw the shadow of someone fleeing past on his right.“Huh?” Liam paused for a moment, even more suspicious now. He quickly ran in that direction.Chasing and being chased were both Liam’s previous specialty. Not only was he fast, but he was also light on his feet, and there was no sound in his pursuit.The shadow had disappeared to another small and dark alley. The alleyway headed straight towards the parking lot.When Liam walked past a green trash can, he suddenly saw someone on the ground. It was the rich man who had just left with the gold digger.But right now, he was lying face up, completely out cold.‘Holy sh*t!’ Liam was stunned. By the way the man laid stiffly on the ground, Liam was eighty percent sure that the man had just been knocked out with a taser!If the man was already tasered, then what about the woman?Liam lowered his head and stared into the darkness. He could not see anything, but he heard shuffling from around a corner somewhere ahead.‘Holy Mother of Jesus!’Had he really hit the bullseye?Liam couldn’t help but feel a little nervous. He looked to the side again and conveniently noticed a short rod, which he picked up.He tiptoed towards the corner nervously, and poked his head out. He suddenly saw the man in the windbreaker from the bar on the ground messing with something.Taking a closer look, Liam could see the gold digger was already knocked out on the ground, and the male in the windbreaker was hurriedly removing her clothing!Liam’s eyes bulged. There was no question now. What was happening before him explained everything. The Taser Rapist that the police were trying so hard to catch was currently right in front of him!“Alright, kiddo!” Liam thought to himself. “Meeting me here today, you should count yourself unlucky! It’s time to eliminate the enemy of the public!” Beating people up was Liam’s specialty. He moved forward in one swift step, and before the man in the windbreaker could react, Liam slammed the stick into the back of his head.Liam was strong to begin with, but he was even more forceful using the rod. With a loud clacking sound, the stick had even broken in half!The man in the windbreaker had not expected the ambush, and jumped up in surprise. He then glared at Liam with a look of immense evil, the taser in his hand rattling menacingly.“No way?!” Liam thought. He was thunderstruck, and stared blankly at the man in the windbreaker. “How can it be that the man is unharmed? Was his skin made of iron or something?”But the man in the windbreaker glared at Liam for two more seconds, then his eyes rolled backwards, his legs gave out, and he fell to the ground completely out cold!Liam let out a long breath of relief, then quickly pulled out his phone.–An hour later, Liam was back in the police station office.Right now, the office was in even more commotion than before. All the investigators were nervously waiting for comparison results.Sharon’s cute, large eyes were wide as she gave a thumbs up, “Senior, you’re amazing! To catch the criminal singlehandedly! So, when you said you wanted the day off, was it to hide your true intention? Tell us, did you already find the information about the criminal long ago?”He was not sure why, but Liam felt nothing for cute girls like Sharon. Maybe it was her lackluster figure, or that she looked too young, or maybe too average?Seeing her talking nonstop, Liam was somewhat annoyed and spoke up, “Can you go make some coffee for me?”“Sure! Sure!” Sharon could not have been happier as she ran towards the break room.At this time, Stephen spoke to no one in particular, “Hmph, don’t be too happy too early! We’re still not sure whether we caught the criminal or not! If it was a mistake, someone’s in big trouble!”The words were clearly directed at Liam, but right now, Liam was exhausted, and simply ignored him.But right as Stephen finished, group leader Elyon excitedly ran into the lobby and exclaimed, “Comrades! The results are out: blood and urine both match, as does the taser type. We can assuredly say that this person is the culprit of the Taser Rape Case! Case closed!”Hearing this, the office broke out in clapping, some happy, some excited, and some jealous, but everyone’s eyes all turned towards Liam.Just an hour ago, Liam had fought with the vice captain over asking for the day off. No one could have expected that only an hour later, the person who solved the case so quickly was also Liam!Everyone was definitely confused. Everyone wondered what kind of method Liam had used to catch the culprit.“Yay! That’s great, officer Liam!” Sharon placed the coffee in front of Liam, complimenting him excitedly, “Congratulations! Once you get your reward money, don’t forget to invite us out for some food!”“Reward money?” Liam thought back, indeed, the investigation unit had a rule. Usually the officer who caught the criminal would be awarded prize money based on the situation. Not only that, but it would also be recorded in their records, greatly helping them with promotions or exams later on.‘There’s money to be made catching criminals? Good! Good!’ The side of Liam’s mouth tilted up, and he threw a glance at Vice Captain Stephen. Stephen was unhappy to begin with. Seeing Liam taunt him, he crossed his arms, no longer speaking.“The culprit’s taser was modified by himself. The voltage goes up to 30,000 volts which can instantly knock a person out!” Group leader Elyon continued, “The culprit’s name is unknown. We only know that he is a high school student, but he could’ve stopped going to school. Due to the injury, the culprit is currently in the emergency room while under surveillance, and currently cannot be questioned. Little Liam, your attack was a little too strong!”“What? Too strong? You’ve already said it! A 30,000 volt taser. How could I not?” Liam spoke confidently, “If I didn’t knock him out, I could’ve been the one in trouble!”“The doctor said because of that one hit, he probably will take two to three days to regain consciousness!” Elyon smiled, having no intention of blaming Liam. She turned to Stephen and requested, “Vice captain, tonight we need someone on duty at the hospital, can you arrange it?”Stephen nodded, but his eyes lit up and he hurriedly turned to Liam. “Alright then, little Liam, since you caught the guy. Tonight, how about you work a little more and guard the culprit too?”“Ahhh,” Liam simply ignored him, stretching instead, then spoke lazily, “I’m tired, you guys can do whatever! I already caught the culprit for you guys. I’m going to go and take a good nap now. Ah-ha.”“You!” Stephen’s face twisted in anger. “Liam, this is a police station, we have our rules, what kind of attitude is that? What? You caught a criminal, and now you’re the king of the world? Hmph! If you ask me, you probably just got lucky, so what’s there to be proud of? Oh right, just before, who was it that said they didn’t care about being a police officer? Who-”Stephen was talking excitedly, but faltered when he saw Liam grab his glass cup, still filled with coffee. He flinched, then reflexively backed way, ducking behind the side of a cubicle.Liam picked up the glass cup quickly, but raised it to his mouth and took a gulp, having no intent of throwing it.With this, Stephen felt even more awkward hiding behind the desk.Liam had wanted to tease Stephen more, but as the coffee entered his stomach, a clear, crisp voice suddenly spoke, “Today’s Adventure was completed. Completion rate: seventy-five percent. Congratulations, obtained one invisible item, please accept!”Another voice!“Again?!” Liam was caught off-guard. He had wanted to listen more carefully, but the voice disappeared as suddenly as it came, returning to silence.“Reward?!” The man only remembered the word reward. Reward, reward, where are you?Just as he was thinking of the word, his mind suddenly displayed a virtual image. There was a small, round black ball displayed on the image in 3D.Liam clicked on the black ball using his thoughts, and a voice suddenly rang out in his head, “Invisibility Eavesdropper device. One time use. After usage, allows for invisible eavesdropping, completely undetectable. Lasts forty-eight hours.”“What? What?” Liam was puzzled by the sudden introduction, and hurriedly clicked on the ball again, causing the voice in his head to replay the description of the Invisibility Eavesdropper device.“Officer Liam, I put two bags of sugar in this cup of coffee again!” Li Beini watched Liam’s spacey expression, and assumed he was simply enjoying the coffee too mu
‘Roulette! Another roulette!’Liam could not help but feel somewhat nervous. What did the Miracle System have planned for him this time? He hurriedly checked for the reward he obtained yesterday–the Invisibility Eavesdropper was still there! Without a doubt, this thing was made for eavesdropping. It was completely undetectable, and was definitely a valuable item.Liam trekked back to the office, but saw that the office was not nearly as crowded as before There were only a few investigators working in their cubicles. People like Stephen, and Elton were not there.Seeing Liam’s arrival, a few of the investigators could not help but awkwardly stare at the man. No matter how they saw it, yesterday Liam was just out of ordinary. The usually meek man-child had acted like such a violent thug, but then had single handedly solved the Taser Rape Case. It was hard to imagine.But Liam could not care less about the stares, and headed straight for his work computer.His neighbors were Jasper Roy a
7Liam was truly penniless, he did not even have money to buy data on his phone, and had to look up house rental information on a computer instead.In the end, among the mass of advertisements, he randomly picked a few that were near the police station. Showing no regard for work hours, the man threw on his jacket and left the workplace.As for Jasper’s investigation, he did not have high expectations. If just a few of his words could solve a cold case that had been plaguing the Investigation Unit for ten years, it would really be the joke of the century!Executed by lethal injection but having escaped death and crossed over, and then obtaining the magical, so-called Miracle System had put Liam in a great mood. As he strolled down the street, the sun beamed upon him warmly as he walked with an extra spring in his step.He started realizing that being a Key Case Investigator might not be so bad. Catching criminals and getting rewards, not to mention some special privileges. That kind o
Apparently the thing the little girl handed to the blonde really was a USB. The USB contained two game account’s usernames and passwords, both for a currently popular game.“So, it was just about game account theft!” he thought.Liam was secretly relieved that he did not dash out just then to catch them red-handed. The grand Key Case Investigation Unit Officer coming out to catch two measly game account thieves? if it ever got out, he would never be able to live it down.But the man was also somewhat strange to think two game accounts would be worth this much money? According to the girl there was ten-thousand dollars in the envelope. That was his salary for the next few months!“Sir, this was honestly my first time. The money, I don’t want it anymore!” The little girl was still talking through her tears, “Can you let me go? I honestly won’t do it again!”“Pfft…” Liam spoke abrasively, “That deal just now was completely wordless and smooth, yet you say that’s your first time?”“I…” Th
It was 5:30 in the morning, with the sun just peeking over the horizon, and most of the city still shrouded in the shadows.Portland’s Street KFC was open twenty-four hours. The shop was currently only occupied by two middle schoolers trying to catch their morning recitation. The two were sitting near the entrance, quickly chewing through their delicious chicken sandwich.Suddenly the door opened. A person wobbled into the store. It was a woman wearing a brand-name windbreaker, yet the windbreaker was stained with blood.The woman’s hair was a mess, and she was clearly exhausted. She nearly fell to the ground as she pushed open the KFC’s heavy glass door. She limped with immense difficulty towards the middle schoolers, her voice was weak as she called out the best she could,“H…H…Help…”The two middle schoolers raised their head and nearly screamed. They shuffled back many steps, dropping their soymilk in the process because the woman did not have a right hand! At the end of her right
In regard to Stephen’s taunt, Liam did not even blink, “None. Of. Your. Business!”After he finished, Liam wanted to leave but was once again blocked by Stephen.“Halt!” Stephen pulled out a form, putting it in front of Liam. “Liam, as your vice captain, I am just being fair! Today you didn’t clock in for work, and didn’t ask for the day off from any leaders. Not to mention, you arrived at the investigation meeting half an hour late. According to the rules, I must mark you down for absence!”“Che…”Liam had thought it was something important. But?just an absence? He looked lazily at Stephen, but could not be bothered to care.However, Sharon and the others were very surprised, because in the police station, very few people ever got marked for an absence, since being absent had severe consequences!Because the Key Case Investigation Unit’s investigators were often doing field work and working overtime, their attendance was not documented by something simple like signing their name on a
With the bet placed, the group dispersed, and everyone went back to their own business.Sharon rushed to Liam and pulled him aside, “Liam, what’s been up with you recently? Is something wrong with your brain? This is the infamous Lost Hand Case! How could you make a bet like that?”“Lost Hand Case? Waddup?” Liam replied casually.Liam searched through his memory and quickly found the related keyword. His memory jumped to around the same time last year. At the time, he was just an intern investigator, but had been sent to help the forensics department with setting up new equipment instead of participating in the case.“Waddup?” Sharon sighed helplessly, “Quite a few officers lost their jobs thanks to this case. If the case was this easy, we wouldn’t be talking about it today!”Liam finally remembered. Last year around the end of April, Aetheron City had two cases of a serial Lost Hand Case, causing a huge commotion. The victims’ right hand had been chopped off using a sharp tool withou
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
The Liam of this world had never driven before. He did not even have a driver’s license. But the street king Liam?of his previous life was different. In his old world, he was often “invited” to the police station due to frequent speeding. Although his driving skill was not considered amazing, his opponents were always very afraid of him because Liam drove in a style similar to how he fought–without a care for his own life!Liam was driving his police car with the siren was going off. How could any traffic police officers stop him now? He floored the gas pedal, and headed straight towards the place called Sandra Welsh. Along the way he sped past countless cars, ignored every traffic light, and nearly ran a few cars into the ditch. The drivers behind him cursed endlessly.Of course, the reason why Liam drove so carelessly was because he was in a state of emergency. Sandra was a fairly famous graveyard in Qinshan, and was the home of Vee’s father’s grave. He was rushing to save someone!D
Senior, what a coincidence, I was about to call you!” Sharon’s vivacious voice said through the phone. “Ruth’s private life is a mess. I just saw her go into a hotel with four men!”“Ah? What…” Liam had wanted to tell Sharon about Emily, but as Sharon suddenly told him that, he became lost for words.Sharon sneered and said, “I knew you were not thinking of anything good. I was joking! She was at the hotel for a conference! Kekeke…”Liam cut Sharon short and told her what he saw at Li Dan’s house all at once.?After listening, Sharon was completely dumbstruck! She was only a clerk intern, and although her investigation skills were quite good, she felt a little confused now that they had discovered who the culprit was.“S…senior! What should we do next?” Sharon asked, shivering.“What should we do?” Liam was also barely a real policeman. Encountering such an earth shattering event had also made him lose the ability to think straight. He needed to take control over Emily’s place, and obt
“Police Officer! What’s up?” The elderly woman saw Liam’s reaction and was excited and nervous. She asked as she stood by the door, “Are these the things you needed? My daughter is a good person. You have to protect her well!”Liam was still in a state of shock and confusion as he ignored the woman’s inquiry. Not only did he carefully read the document with the photo of the grave, but he also made sure to read through all the information regarding Vee!As with the last few cases, Emily had already done extensive research and planning for her next act! The place with the collapsed grave was the key to her current plan!As it turned out, the person in the grave on the document was Vee’s father! Her father had passed away many years ago due to a sudden illness. Returning to his roots, his body was buried in his family’s ancestral graves. Had Emily dared to alter the grave?Earlier, she dug a hole in the grave, then forged an official document and sent it to Vee. The document said that Vee
The second victim of the Lost Hand Case, Mabel, had her hand chopped off while she was sleeping at home. The chances of solving burglary attacks like this were usually quite high, but only Mabel’s case was unsolved. There were numerous security cameras in the surrounding district, but there was no sign of any suspects, which had perplexed the police. What method had the culprit used?When Liam saw Emily’s detailed plan, he finally realized how she had done it! If the keyword for Sarah’s case was “vent,” then the keyword for Mabel’s case would be “ladder!”Last month, Emily had taken a retractable ladder, and climbed up to the building next to Mabel’s house. There was a distance of five meters between that building and Mabel’s apartment. After the ladder had been set up, it could be placed between the two buildings, acting as a bridge.Emily had not only meticulously planned her use of the ladder, but had gathered food and water as well, which she had hidden on the rooftop. On April 23r
“I’m here to investigate, not to take evidence!” Liam spoke bluntly, “Why would I need gloves? Don’t worry, your daughter’s not Sherlock Holmes. She won’t notice!” As he finished, he ignored the old woman’s protesting and grabbed one of the book off of the shelf. The book was about anesthesia. Liam flipped through a few pages, and saw that there were many notes in the margin.Emily’s handwriting was elegant and clean, with little flaws. Just from a quick glance, you would be able to tell that she was someone who was very careful and methodical.Liam flipped through a few other books, and they were all the similarly marked. He could not help but ask the woman standing in the doorway, “Does your daughter study medicine? How come she has so many books related to medicine?”“None, none at all!” The elderly responded assuredly, “But many years ago, she worked at a veterinarian office, and it was a pretty famous one too. Emily was their assistant! So she probably learned some stuff when she
Do you know where your daughter is?” Liam had a bad feeling about Emily and asked the old lady immediately, “How can I find her?”“Officer, I’ve told you everything that you asked, why do you still want to look for my daughter?” The old lady was still worried about the piano issue, afraid that Liam might add salt to her daughter’s wound.“Nothing much. We only need some information about her, so it’s not necessary that we find her! Liam showed her his police badge and spouted nonsense, “I’m just fulfilling my mission! The police are currently investigating something related to that piano competition. Who knows, we might be able to find the culprit who harmed your daugher!”“Oh…” The old lady pondered for a while and said to Liam, “my daughter should be with the performance troupe! Probably the City Cultural Palace performance troupe? When she left today, she told me she might be going to the countryside with the troupe tonight, and would probably be back after four or five days!”“Oh?
Without the small piece of finger, Emily’s hand couldn’t make a full recovery!” The woman paused for a long time before she could continue. Wiping away her tears she spoke, “When the doctors were doing the surgery to repair Emily’s finger, Emily’s father knelt in front of them, begging them that no matter what, they couldn’t let Emily’s hand be harmed, that she was the family’s only hope!“But…even then, the doctor told us after the surgery, that the joints in Emily’s finger had been severely injured, that she wouldn’t make a full recovery. Her middle finger’s ability to bend was severely affected! Do you know what that meant for a child whose entire life was piano? Being unable to bend her finger was equivalent to a death sentence! Upon hearing this, my husband had a heart attack and fainted right there! If it wasn’t for the emergency treatment, my husband would’ve left us then and there!”“Then what happened?” Liam asked for more details. On top of feeling pity for the child prodigy
Seeing the old lady so agitated, Liam was extremely curious. Something must have happened to the girl that year. Liam told her it was a very important matter, one that he urgently needed to understand, and hoped that the old lady would cooperate in the investigation. He even threatened her indirectly, saying that if she did not cooperate, he would have to personally ask her daughter when she came back.The old lady was very worried about her daughter hearing the word “piano.” After weighing the pros and cons, she could only tell Zhao Yu the truth.Liam had had many guesses regarding the girl prodigy’s sudden withdrawal from the competition; however, after hearing the story from the old lady, he realized that the matter was far more complicated than he had imagined!“Yes, my daughter Emily played the piano, and was even a piano prodigy well known in Denning County!” the old lady said with a heavy expression. “We only have one daughter. Her father and I spent our entire fortune on her.
Fearing Elyon would solve the case before him, as Liam worked on finding the girl, he never stopped listening in on Elyon’s conversations. The invisible eavesdropper had an effective period of forty-seven hours. There were still a lot of time before it wore off.According to the information from the eavesdropper, Elyon had already realized her investigation direction could be wrong, and was currently looking for a new direction. Team B had also already guessed the possibility of revenge for the motive. There were even some who mentioned the word “piano.” If the continued like that, they would surely catch up to Liam.“Holy sh*t!” Hearing the information from Team B and seeing the address on the map, Liam could not help but be a little nervous. He was not sure if his new evidence would actually help him find the culprit.Apparently, the address Jasper helped Liam find was Aetheron City HY District, Golden Temple Number 53. This address did not seem like much, but to Liam who was famili