The Daily Life Of A Cyberpunk Magician

Chapter 189 - 152 I Really Just Want to Make Money_2
Chapter 189: Chapter 152 I Really Just Want to Make Money_2”Jiang Shu,” Wolf said as he left the place surrounded by the mechanical Disciples, eyeing him with extreme caution before nodding, ”I look forward to our next encounter.”

Jiang Shu just smiled, tossing the red JOKER he held in his hand and speaking lightly, ”This is for you.”

”Thanks.” Wolf caught the playing card, turned, and left the conference hall, quickly exiting the police station with Devil Wind and the mechanical Disciples in tow.

Jiang Shu merely watched him leave, taking a long while before allowing himself a relaxed smile.

He had been seen through by Wolf.

But that was to be expected. After all, he wasn’t that skilled in hypnotism; there must have been something off that caught Wolf’s attention.

Moreover, the bluffs he used couldn’t hold up to scrutiny. Given Wolf’s intelligence, it was only natural for him to figure it out.

All he needed was to throw him off at the start, making him overlook a crucial detail and make the wrong decision to shoot.

He had pondered capturing Wolf and Devil Wind right there.

If Wolf had been trapped in the predicament of ”being completely hypnotized,” then perhaps bluffing could have worked to capture him.

But the chances were still slim. Devil Wind was much more level-headed, and he couldn’t be fooled so easily.

Wolf was only psychologically vulnerable because he was shaken by the possibility of being defeated in his forte in an inconceivable manner.

As for using other means to catch them...

Killing them would be easy, but capturing them alive would be hard.

And the most crucial reason to let them go was—

This damn wasn’t Wolf!

This damn was Ryan!

Crap!

Even someone as composed as Jiang Shu couldn’t help cursing inwardly.

The body types of both Wolf and Ryan were similar, and he had been subconsciously deceived.

It wasn’t until Wolf shot that he noticed the detail; the real Wolf didn’t have those calluses on his hands, only Ryan did.

That was because Ryan once artificially created cyber psychosis in a basement and was also an expert in cybernetic enhancements; hence the calluses.

As for why it was Wolf’s voice, Jiang Shu now strongly suspected that Ryan’s throat had been replaced, not just the throat, but his brain too.

This guy had completely convinced himself that he was the real Wolf.

This damn was true brainwashing.

And to reveal his hand to kill Ryan, to be fair, Ryan wasn’t worth it.

Uh, and there was Devil Wind’s roar.

But compared to Wolf, he knew nothing about Devil Wind.

It was even possible that this Devil Wind was fake...

Maybe any mechanical Disciple could put on a mask and claim to be Devil Wind; after all, the guy really didn’t say much, just stood there.

”This guy is truly terrifying,” Jiang Shu muttered to himself, looking at the four Tablet Spirits in the corner, interconnected and transferring electricity to one another.

This scene...

Was a bit eerie.

Like a human centipede or something.

Beta: What are you looking at, never seen an electric current exchange before?

God-damn electric current exchange.

”Alright, you keep on with your electric current exchange; I’m going to find Wolf.” Jiang Shu walked through the shattered wooden door and stepped into the hallway.

Wolf and Kirie were not there; they had been sent away.

And the four Tablet Spirits slowly followed, it’s worth mentioning that Tablet Spirit Beta, carried by the other three, was finally experiencing the feeling of flying once again.

Beta: This is what flying feels like~

He wondered what was going on with Wolf.

Jiang Shu felt odd; it seemed to him that things were unfolding differently from what he had expected.

Why did the fake Wolf just leave?

What about the painter?

Just let it go?

Or did Wolf fail to catch him?

With such doubts, Jiang Shu headed deeper into the corridor, following the directions he had given to Wolf, and opened the door to a room.

The first thing that struck his eyes was an enormous white balloon that filled the entire room, stuffing it to the brim.

There was a dark red pistol at the doorway of the room.

Jiang Shu, ”?”

What’s going on here?

This turn of events was completely unexpected.

Picking up the gun, Jiang Shu toyed with it for a bit, then disengaged the safety, and pressed the barrel against the airbag, ready to fire downwards.

Firing at the ground to avoid accidental injury was a small detail Jiang Shu attended to.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yi tactically leaned back, his face showing timely admiration.

Yi: The attention to detail is off the charts, deservedly the most meticulous man in the game!

Jiang Shu, ”...”

At this moment, Xiao Yi was being flown through the air by Xiao Jia and Xiao Ding, tethered by data cables, appearing rather pleased with himself.

Jiang Shu silently aimed the barrel at the data cable tethering Xiao Yi, connected by Xiao Ding.

Xiao Jia and Xiao Ding were taken aback, and quickly retracted the cable, resulting in Xiao Yi losing his companions’ support and crashing down, landing on his buttocks on the ground.

Xiao Yi: Scratching my ass.JPG.

”Whoosh—” The laser pistol made a quiet sound, akin to having a built-in suppressor.

Based on this detail alone, Jiang Shu knew that Wolf wouldn’t use this gun for long; he was just itching for something new after seven years and would eventually return to a louder revolver.

Heh, men.

”Hiss—” The air rushed out of the airbag rapidly, and the situation in the room finally unfolded before Jiang Shu.

Wolf, Kirie, and a man in a white suit were each cornered in the room.

It seemed the three of them were just now released from being trapped against the wall by the suddenly inflated airbags, paralyzed.

”Jiang Shu!” Wolf was the first to notice Jiang Shu, he pulled at the airbag to fully expose the man in the white suit, ”Quick, catch him!”

Jiang Shu immediately aimed the gun at the man in the white suit, who was bending slightly, attempting to retrieve the fallen electronic drawing tablet and stylus from the floor.

”Don’t move, hands up! Kick the tablet and the pen over here, I know who you are. If you touch that pen, I’ll shoot,” Jiang Shu said sternly with a commanding voice.

The man in the white suit’s expression turned sour; he stood up and, following Jiang Shu’s command, kicked the tablet and pen away.

”Heh, lucky it was you who showed up,” Wolf approached with a pleased look, evidently intending to take the gun from Jiang Shu’s hand.

”Don’t move!” Jiang Shu turned the gun barrel and aimed it at Wolf.

Wolf’s expression changed, and he immediately raised his hands, ”What’s going on, man?”

”Go on, cuff him,” Jiang Shu ordered with an authoritative tone.

Wolf, ”...”

Having no choice, he complied with Jiang Shu’s command.

Jiang Shu, meanwhile, turned to Kirie and said, ”Record this, Kirie. This guy’s gun was picked up by a civilian. I believe that’s supposed to be a major infraction, right?”

”Police officers who lose their firearms causing serious consequences face imprisonment of no more than three years,” Kirie replied immediately after consulting the relevant data.

”Give it a rest, you two. And you, Ms. Kirie, had you ever considered why this happened?” Wolf, after handcuffing the man in the white suit, scolded him, ”Stay put, don’t move.”

The white-suited man remained silent.

He could feel it.

He had been played.

Damn you, fox, son of a bitch.

Shit, foxes are in the canine family.

”It’s not my fault, I had to use this because you almost let him get away,” Kirie retorted, head held high, an indignant look on her face.

”That’s because you insisted on following, nearly getting yourself caught,” Wolf responded irritably.

Kirie chose to stay silent.

”What happened over there?” Wolf looked towards Jiang Shu, ”Did the Deception Group leave? What about the others? Are they dead?”

”No, I won the game, Devil Wind accepted the bet and left. The Keyin Company people are all hiding in the ventilation duct over there, they weren’t discovered,” Jiang Shu shook his head, ”But I couldn’t keep the Devil Wind here; I still haven’t been able to catch him.”

”Mhm,” Wolf nodded, ”You did really well, protecting Keyin Company’s ten people and even catching a Deception Group member.”

The white-suited man suddenly interrupted Wolf, ”I’m not from the Deception Group, I was just asked to help.”

”Mercenary?” Wolf glanced at him and sneered, ”Are you serious? Getting involved in a terrorist incident just for money? You don’t look like a desperado at all.”

”...” The white-suited man was at a loss for words; after a long pause, he spoke with a dark expression, ”I really was just trying to make some money.”

”No worries, take your time thinking of excuses; save it for the interrogation experts,” Wolf concluded.