The Daily Life Of A Cyberpunk Magician

Chapter 132 - 127: Isn’t that a coincidence?
Chapter 132: Chapter 127: Isn’t that a coincidence?Jiang Shu looked at the contact list, let out a long breath, and made the call.

He didn’t know what the four Tablet Spirits were up to but with Ding around, they shouldn’t be in a situation where they could be bullied, right?

Soon, the call connected, which relieved Jiang Shu. The thing he worried about most regarding his voluntary imprisonment was the four Tablet Spirits. No one else seemed to have any issues, except these four...

Normally, Kirie would keep them in check, but then Kirie had gotten incarcerated.

”...”

Jiang Shu felt he was partially responsible.

This also made him think his worries weren’t unreasonable. He knew himself well—he was the kind who feared not the chaos under heaven.

The four of them together were never just about playing a simple card game.

”Hello?” Jiang Shu said directly, then suddenly remembered that the four Tablet Spirits didn’t have autonomous voice control. So, he glanced at Wolf, cleared his throat twice, gave Ding a covert signal, and then started a projection video call.

The background had the dual characteristics of dark and dazzling, and the four Tablet Spirits knelt neatly on a marble table.

”This is...” He recognized it—it seemed to be a KTV?

Then, background music started to play—

”Anyway, he says he’s uncomfortable, he wants freedom, he won’t even consider the prison guards’ retention~”

Jiang Shu: ”...”

He had reason to believe these four little rascals were doing this on purpose.

First, this song didn’t exist in this world; second, this modified version was just outrageous!

”I’m getting out. You’ve prepared the chain of evidence needed for the Thirteen District court, right?” Jiang Shu flipped through the script, looking at the Spirits, quite irritated.

The four Tablet Spirits immediately stood up and saluted him.

Ding: Yes!

”Make it fast.” Jiang Shu urged again and then hung up the video. He looked at Wolf, ”Let’s wait then. By the way, how many days have Kirie and the young girl been locked up?”

”It’s been five days,” Wolf counted. ”They should be out the day after tomorrow. I used some connections to move them both to the temporary detention room at the Seventh District Police Station.”

”Temporary detention room?” Jiang Shu frowned; he hadn’t heard of such a thing because the police station generally didn’t set up rooms for long-term detention. Any detentions exceeding twenty-four hours were supposed to be moved to a detention facility.

”Right, it’s temporarily converted from the lab,” Wolf stated bluntly.

”Uh.” Jiang Shu grimaced. ”Isn’t that essentially grounding them for seven days?”

”Her dad cut off her internet,” Wolf sighed.

”That’d definitely be imprisonment,” Jiang Shu, deeply understanding the pain of prisoners, knew the greatest suffering was not having a phone to look at before sleep and upon waking. He always felt his life in the Special Prison over those seven days was incomplete.

”Anything significant happened this week?” Jiang Shu was aware, his decision at the time was rather hasty, not having sufficient time to deal with other matters. He would probably have a lot to handle upon his release today.

”Eh... I haven’t been paying much attention, but it seems like quite a lot has happened,” Wolf pondered. ”Three or four Deception cases have popped up; the usual stuff, the Seventh District Police Station couldn’t handle it. Police Chief Charles has been pressuring me to return, but without your assistance, I’m not really confident.”

”Thanks,” Jiang Shu smiled; people like Wolf, lacking confidence or not, would rush back to the Seventh District to investigate cases. Not returning to the investigation...

Was probably only because he needed to stay here to investigate Garcia’s case.

”However, these three Deception cases are somewhat different from the previous ones,” Wolf continued. ”I only have a rough understanding. In these cases, the Deception Group didn’t try to cover anything up. The crime techniques used were similar, like an assembly line operation.”

”Assembly line? What does that mean?” Jiang Shu asked, curious.

”Occupying the streets to attract attention, gathering a large audience, publicly performing the decep... the Technique, and then accomplishing their criminal intentions,” Wolf shrugged. ”The Seventh District Police Station dispatches quickly enough, but always struggles to arrest effectively due to the crowds gathered. And...”

”And what?” Jiang Shu noticed Wolf’s distressed expression.

”Each time, the Deception Group holds the moral high ground,” Wolf lamented. ”Three performances, three cases, ’Glass Fortress,’ ’Bullet Chambering,’ and ’Dismemberment,’ all successfully stirred up public emotion.”

”What are... these things?” Jiang Shu queried, puzzled by these terms.

”’Glass Fortress.’ Huang Kong Group wanted to demolish an old bell tower and its surrounding buildings to construct an underground shopping mall. But the bell tower held significant sentimental value for local residents, so no one wanted it demolished, not even the demolition team. At that time, the Deception Group performed ’Glass Fortress’ there. Essentially, the explosives were useless, all blocked by a transparent barrier.”

”This... isn’t really a big crime, right?” Jiang Shu hesitated; it could probably be considered...

Obstruction of public duty? Detained for fifteen days?

”That same evening, the Huang Kong Group’s branch office was bombed,” Wolf sighed. ”Although it wasn’t established by the police that Deception Group did it, the bombs were small-scale, and aside from a few statues, there wasn’t any significant damage. But it was quite obvious that it was stirred up by Deception Group’s daytime performance.”

”This...” Jiang Shu was speechless. ”What about the others?”

”The others are much worse, involving kidnapping local businessmen or consortium executives, shooting them in the street, or dismembering them,” Wolf added. ”Of course, the Deception Group didn’t kill anyone decent. They exposed all the victims’ nasty secrets, which also incited public outrage, greatly hindering the Seventh District Police Station’s investigative efforts.”