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2024-10-29 19:42:56Apparently 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…” The little girl could not retort.“Say, if you’re stealing game accounts, why with cash? Isn’t it easier to just do online transactions?” Liam was rather curious.“Mr. Policeman…” The little girl answered honestly, “I still don’t have my social security card! I can’t open a bank account! Besides, online transactions always can be traced!”“Oh?” Liam was a little surprised, “Couldn’t tell, but are you a pro at this? Say, with all the money you got from hacking, what do you do? Go buy more equipment for games?”“No! No!” The little girl must have seen an opportunity because she had stopped crying and answered very honestly, “The money is for my mom’s illness. She has uremia!”“Humph!” Liam huffed. Obviously he did not believe these sorts of amateur lies.“It’s true!” The girl was serious. “One examination needs a few thousand dollars! Just the money from my dad selling fruits really isn’t enough! He’s so concerned, he wants to rent out the floor above our house!”“Wait!” Suddenly Liam stopped dead in his tracks. He examined the girl carefully and realized she looked a little familiar. “Tell me the truth, what’s your name? And your dad’s. if you lie, I’m taking you to the police station!”“I’m really not lying. My name’s Chloe Evans,” the girl answered. “My dad’s name is Delight Crown. Orchard Delight Fruit Company on Park Avenue is also my house…”“Holy…No way?” Liam’s thoughts were replaced by exclamation marks. The second biggest coincidence in the world had just landed in his lap. He had just fought with the owner of the Orchard Delight Fruit Company, and now he had caught the daughter red-handed, doing illegal activity. This sort of coincidence must be second to none!This time Liam no longer doubted the power of the Miracle System. It had to have something to do with it.“Mr. Policeman, sir?” The girl saw Liam spacing out but was too afraid to run, so she stood obediently in front of him and asked weakly, “Say, can you let me go? The money…oh…stolen fee…I don’t want it anymore!”“Oh!” Liam returned to reality. Looking at the envelope in his hand, he suddenly had a plan. He hurriedly returned the envelope to Chloe Evans. “What do you mean you don’t want it? Here…you take it! It’s alright, since we’re all friends. Here, this is no problem at all!”“Oh…you…” The girl was shocked this time instead, “You know my dad?”“Mm…you see!” Liam’s thoughts changed. He spoke, “I…just rented out your house! Now that I know your house situation, if it’s to save your mother, then I can turn a blind eye! There’s no worry, just continue on your way!”“Really? Really?” The little girl stood there stunned, feeling like her entire worldview had been turned upside down. “You…you aren’t playing with me, right?”“Do I look like I’m kidding?” Liam was all smiles, a model example of someone with hidden agendas. “Hehehe…Just so you know, I know all about this area. If you have any problems later, Uncle here can take care of it for you! Just…this…” He pointed at the envelope in the girl’s hand, “You see?”“Oh!” The little girl knew immediately, “I see, so you want a protection fee!”“Eh?” Liam put his hand over her mouth in a hurry, “What protection fee? That just sounds rude. This business…is our cooperation. You’re the technician, and I run the business. Since we’re cooperating, then obviously we should split the reward?”“Mister…I think…” The little girl asked rather meekly, “I’m also…doing the business side, right?”“Hm…” Liam wrinkled his brows.“It’s fine, I’m the subordinate in this discussion anyway!” Chloe Evans was blunt and concise, “You not arresting me is already good enough! Then…How much do you want to split…?”“The rule on the street is you, thirty; me, seventy.” Liam was a pro in this field, “But, since I know your dad well, I’ll be nice. You, forty; me, sixty, how about it?”“Huh? No!” The little girl argued helplessly, “My mom really needs the money, that won’t be enough!”“Mm!” Liam frowned, “Then fifty-fifty, that’s final! Just do your thing one time every month! Gotta teach those addicted kids a lesson anyway! Every day, wasting their parent’s money on games and equipment. They deserve to lose their account. This way, they can learn their lesson!”Even though he was trying to convince the girl into doing more questionable activities, Liam spoke as if they were on the side of justice. The way he talked, full of confidence, spoke volumes for his God-level shamelessness.Chloe was only an inexperienced child, how could she win against Liam? In the end, she gave up.Twenty minutes later, Liam was holding the five-thousand dollars “reward” he had obtained from Chloe. The man was walking back to Orchard Delight Fruit Company as he planned to rent out the house.As it turned out, after he left someone else had come for the house. Two young men had set their eyes on the property. When Liam arrived, they had just paid the rent. The chubby Delight was standing there laughing as he thumbed through the bills!“Stop!” Liam immediately roared as he strode over, causing everyone to jump.“What…what kind of situation is this?” Delight raised his head to see Liam.He did not even have time to react.? Liam was already inches from him, savagely yelling, “Holy sh*t, you stupid fatty! Didn’t you say you already rented the house to me? How come I come back with the money and you’ve already rented it to someone else? Do you still want to live? Huh?”Liam’s fierce expression intimidated the two young men, who were too afraid to open their mouths.“N…No…” Delight was confused, “Didn’t you…say you didn’t…”“Didn’t f*cking wh…” As he cursed, Liam grabbed hold of a piece of sugar cane. “Look here…you want me to crush your stupid shop?” When he finished, he pointed the cane at the two men, “I’ll say it right now, whoever it was that wanted to rent this house, you should reconsider. I’ll be watching your every f*cking move, if you guys have some unfortunate…”“You…” Delight was enraged as he yelled, “If you keep this up, I’m calling the police!”Liam immediately pulled out his own police ID. “You want to f*cking call the police?! First I’ll search your shop. Just now, someone reported you’re selling rotten fruit…”The two young men already took their money and disappeared before Liam could finish. Delight raised his hands in defeat.“Alright, alright! Bro, you win! You win, you can take the house, alright?” He sighed in defeat, “Geez, the shameless are truly invincible!”
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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“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
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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
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“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
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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?
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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
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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.
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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
