The Daily Life Of A Cyberpunk Magician

Chapter 169 - 144 Million-Dollar Bounty_2
Chapter 169: Chapter 144 Million-Dollar Bounty_2”Crimes of this magnitude, with so many cases to boot, it doesn’t really matter whether the sentence is reduced or not,” Jiang Shu shook his head, ”They’ll end up spending a lifetime in the Special Prison anyway.”

”That’s true,” Wolf responded, unable to deny it, but then he asked, ”Do you mean to use a large number of mechanical bioroids for the capture?”

”Do you guys... have this technology?” Jiang Shu looked at Wolf, ”I haven’t seen many robots at your station, though you do have quite a few electronic dogs.”

At the Seventh District Police Station, Jiang Shu had seen mechanical working dogs as well as normal police dogs, both types of working dogs had their advantages and were used interchangeably.

But mechanical bioroids...

He had never seen them anyway.

However, speaking of electronic dogs, Jiang Shu inexplicably thought of Xiao Yi, so he looked down at Xiao Yi at his feet, and Xiao Yi also bared his teeth at him, obviously on the same wavelength.

”Our station is not yet mature in the utilization of mechanical bioroids,” Wolf continued, ”But if we really must use them... it’s not impossible.”

”Uh, if you force it... That wouldn’t be good, right?” Jiang Shu felt somewhat helpless, ”From the previous cases, you can see that there are technically savvy people in the Deception Group, it’s just not known if they’re core members. If our technology is immature and they exploit any loopholes...”

”That’s true, although the station could also ask for assistance from White Hats, but we still cannot be at ease. It’s unsettling,” Wolf thought so too.

Yet, there was also a personal desire in him; if capturing criminals depended entirely on mechanical beings, he felt he would lose much of the sense of participation.

The fox was just too cunning; without capturing him personally, he could never be at ease – who knew if he might fake his death and escape again?

”However, you could prepare some drugs to keep the mind clear,” Jiang Shu suggested, ”It might be useful, and then deploy more electronic dogs and police dogs. No matter how talented the fox is, he surely can’t hypnotize police dogs, right? Unless your police dogs are border collies.”

”Hm?” Wolf didn’t quite catch on, and responded subconsciously, ”No, our police dogs are either German Shepherds or Dobermans.”

”Oh,” Jiang Shu responded offhandedly, ”Anyway, make sure you’re ready on all fronts. You guys should be better at this than I am, just use... No, make sure to protect these few troublesome individuals.”

”That’s easier said than done, though. Convincing them is not easy,” Wolf sighed, watching Jiang Shu dish out the stir-fry from the pan, ”Those people aren’t easily persuaded.”

”The station can’t manage them,” Jiang Shu laughed, ”If they are gathered together, it’s easy for the fox to catch them all in one net, but protecting them separately, the station’s police force will definitely not be enough.”

Wolf nodded silently, his thoughts indecipherable.

Meanwhile, Xiao Jia tugged at Jiang Shu’s sleeve, displaying a message on its screen.

Seeing its demeanor, Jiang Shu understood it must be something clandestine, so he subtly turned his body and took the tablet, checking the contents Xiao Jia wanted to show him while making sure Wolf couldn’t see the screen.

Several records were listed, originating from the Special Prison.

The Special Prison didn’t offer many opportunities for visitation, and all visitors had their information logged. After such a long time of infiltration, Xiao Jia had obtained the information Jiang Shu wanted.

Jia:... Du Yuyi... Three visits to the prison, occurring two years ago, a year ago, and five months ago, all to the same person – Clo Ashbourne.

Apart from that name, not much additional information was available, but Jiang Shu silently took note of it.

Du Yuyi?

He opened the other information Xiao Jia had found about her.

Jia: Du Yuyi, female, age unknown, occupation: Tarot Card Master, currently residing in Seventh District, F Block, Yuyi Street Number 543.

”...” Jiang Shu stared at the Tarot Card Master on the screen, stunned.

Tarot Card Master?

Under normal circumstances, he wouldn’t have given such a profession a second thought, as he wasn’t interested in it.

In essence, it was about using Cold Reading Technique and Hot Reading Technique, similar to Spirit Magic, manipulating information.

However, the appearance of a Tarot Card Master in this situation made him ponder.

This woman...

She couldn’t possibly predict the future, could she?

If such an ability truly existed, that would be too much.

Jiang Shu remembered some of Clo’s behaviors, feeling that reality might indeed be that unreasonable.

It wouldn’t do.

Despite his guess that Du Yuyi’s Prediction abilities might have significant limitations, and that they were probably related to the tarot cards, and their outcomes were often enigmatic, it was still too passive overall.

As such, he decided that the next Magic Performance’s Baglas Effect would be the Prediction effect.

You must use magic to defeat magic!

With that thought, he felt slightly more at ease, and then he started to search online for information about Du Yuyi.

There wasn’t much information available, only an advertisement-like entry about Du Yuyi’s Tarot Meeting.

The Tarot Meeting was only open for consultations on weekends; the charges were high, calculated by the minute, and accepted online bookings with a deposit for a minimum of five minutes.

However, contrary to Jiang Shu’s expectations, the online ratings for her Tarot Meeting were not high—out of a total of five points, she only had 2.7 points, with mixed reviews; some said she was accurate, while others disagreed.

Just by looking at the comments, Jiang Shu would certainly lump her together with the other Tarot Masters he had met in the past.

Regardless, he decided to book a five-minute session.

”Wolf, give me your Character Card number,” Jiang Shu suddenly looked up and said to Wolf.

Without suspecting anything, Wolf gave Jiang Shu the number.

Moments later, a brand-new order was placed.

Order: Du Taluo Meeting

Content: Psychological consultation

Date: August 19 (Sunday), 10:30 AM.

Booking under: Wolf.

Reminder: Unless there are unexpected circumstances, please do not be late. The loss of time due to tardiness will be borne by the person who is late. Ms. Du Yuyi retains the ultimate right to interpret this clause.

However, if this is how she accepts bookings, it seems not too good—it might give this guy more time to prepare.

Jiang Shu slightly frowned but then stopped worrying about it.

If it was just simple Cold Reading Technique, he would naturally see through it; if she truly had Prediction abilities, then it would make no difference when he visited.

——

The next day.

Early in the morning, Jiang Shu was woken up by the ringing of Wolf’s phone, but to be precise, it wasn’t Wolf’s call that woke him.

He had blocked all calls from Wolf during his sleeping hours.

It was actually Xiao Jia who shook him awake.

”What’s up?” Jiang Shu answered the call, still groggy and without the desire to open his eyes.

”Quick, look at what I sent you; the Fox has gone crazy!” Wolf’s frantic voice came through, instantly waking Jiang Shu up.

The energy-saving Jiang Shu opened one eye and glanced at Xiao Jia’s screen.

Hmm, 10:30 AM, the usual standard.

Then he looked at the stream of messages from Wolf.

The first message: Most people from Keyin Company haven’t been sentenced, and a scapegoat bore most of the responsibility.

The second message: Everything is normal; it looks like the Fox hasn’t prepared anything.

The third message: An hour has passed, and the courtroom’s verdict has been spread, but it seems... nothing happened?

The fourth message was a video.

Jiang Shu opened the video, which showed the upper body of the Fox, still wearing the fox mask he always used.

”Unfortunately, neither the police station nor the court took the opportunity,” he shrugged and sighed, ”Even though it was a case with conclusive evidence... a temp worker was left to take the fall, obviously, all those homeless people died for nothing.”

”I am not satisfied,” the voice of the Fox became flat, with a tone that carried deep disappointment, ”But this also made me realize something, perhaps money truly is almighty... so—”

His voice suddenly became lively again, and he appeared very animated.

”So, from now on, whoever can kill Mr. Albert, the mastermind behind the Keyin Company case, can come to me and claim a reward of three million!” the Fox laughed, ”Oh, right, in addition to the reward, there is also...”

”Two kilos of Black Silver, yes, that’s right, Black Silver,” he repeated, his dark eyes looking straight into the camera, ”Viewers in front of the screen... superhumans, you understand what this means, right?”