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Chapter 21 - Chapter 17: A New Talent Slot

"What did the Drug Enforcement Captain want us to do?

He said to handle a drug trafficker's corpse, but he didn't tell us the trafficker was killed barehanded in self-defense!"

An old detective frowned,

"And according to the Drug Enforcement Captain, the trafficker had a gun!"

He pointed to the white marks and dust scratches on the ground,

"These scratches also match the Type 54!

How... did the self-defense happen?

The person the Drug Enforcement Captain is helping, what kind of monster are they?"

"It's indeed the Type 54 marks."

A taller plainclothes officer, while holstering his own gun, exclaimed:

"From what I deduce about the state of the crime, the killer must have been tied up at first?

Then..."

He used his imagination to simulate:

"Then turned around and tapped the trafficker with the chair, finally pressing down on the trafficker with the chair to complete the self-defense?"

The more he spoke, the more incredible it seemed, but the compressive marks on the body's neck, the imprints on the arms, and the collapsed chair matched completely.

Along with the marks on the floor from the chair and the bruises on the corpse's chest.

They all proved that a miraculous 'bonded and self-defended' drama took place here this afternoon.

The main point being, the killer was tied up while the other party had a gun.

"Could the self-defense scene be staged?"

At this, a plainclothes officer questioned, "If it really is self-defense, then this killer is terrifying."

"These are loose dust marks, and the scene is well-preserved." An accompanying forensic expert shook his head,

"Based on trace analysis and the temperature and timing of the corpse, it would be very difficult for the killer to modify the scene again in such a short time.

Moreover, the thickness of loose dust around is natural, with no signs of alteration.

All evidence suggests that this is the primary crime scene."

"So it's real?" The tall plainclothes officer felt uneasy, "Although... I can resist too, but absolutely not so neatly with self-defense...

If it's true...

Then there's something unusual about this killer..."

"Could they be a professional hitman?" another plainclothes officer speculated, "We have some foreign hitmen here, all trained in close combat.

Could this killer be one of them?"

"But it can't be that outrageous!"

The tall plainclothes officer shook his head, continuing to point to the dust marks on the ground,

"This is clearly a one-move takedown!

Because after being pinned by the chair, the opponent had no chance to even stand up and resist.

This fully demonstrates that the killer's judgment of human reactions has reached a remarkable level!

As if the killer anticipated the opponent's reactions and used the opponent's movements to consistently disperse their strength.

Finally using the opponent's movements for a clear 'execution!' "

The more he spoke, the more his brow furrowed,

"It sounds simple.

But have you considered environmental factors? Psychological factors?

Even if a professional hitman were here, facing a gun and a certain death situation, could they make such a calm judgment?

Remember, reality isn't a movie.

Don't you remember the time we caught that cold-blooded killer, how once he entered the precinct and we pulled out a baton, he cried out, 'I was wrong! I'll confess everything'?"

The tall plainclothes officer spoke, feeling the matter more and more bizarre.

Because a professional hitman, when facing the soon-to-be-executed 'Great Memory Skill', finds it difficult to remain calm.

Not to mention the terrifying threat of death.

"Before certain death, people conquer fear, making a desperate move, I believe this can happen."

The tall plainclothes officer sighed deeply,

"But so calmly? Absolutely impossible! At least I've never seen such a person!"

Saying he doesn't believe it aloud.

But inside, he actually believed it.

The killer indeed executed the desperate self-defense.

Though it's incredible, it conforms to all the crime scene traces.

"Brother Zhao, it just means you haven't seen enough." Another plainclothes officer shook his head, also looking surprised, "At least... we've seen it now.

Such anti-physiological features really exist..."

"Found what seems to be the killer's blood residue!"

At this moment.

A plainclothes officer found dried blood beside a machine.

It was left by Zhang Feng accidentally scraping his wrist while cutting the rope.

"Collect it carefully!" Two plainclothes officers rushed over.

"Preserve it well." The forensic expert watched intently, "Wait to hand it over to the DNA department for examination when we return."

He wanted to see what kind of terrifying killer this was, if there were records of them in the precinct.

But at this moment.

An accompanying drug enforcement agent argued, "Isn't it not appropriate? The captain said just to handle the corpse, not to investigate further into that person."

"Handling is fine." The tall plainclothes officer shook his head and looked at the following drug enforcement agent,

"But your captain only said to handle something for 'a brother' and then transferred a few people from our department over."

He said according to normal procedures:

"But now we've discovered 'unknown bloodstains', archiving it first is still reasonable, right?

We can't just say, 'Your captain doesn't want us to handle it, right?' when the higher-ups come chasing down.

Have us do all the work, and then let our criminal investigation brothers bear all the responsibility?

That's not right, is it?"

The tall plainclothes officer is the city's criminal investigation captain, with a strong sense of responsibility, always looking out for colleagues from other departments.

That's why he stepped in to help the Drug Enforcement Captain handle this drug dealer's corpse disposal.

However, now it's about 'unknown bloodstains.'

Even though anyone with a good eye can guess it's from the 'murderer' who got cut when cutting the rope.

But no name is written on it at the moment, so it doesn't say whose it is.

So there's no harm in investigating it.

"Take the blood away," he waved his big hand, "Relax, the findings will be kept confidential."

He's also curious about who the murderer is.

Since the Drug Enforcement Captain asked for help, he thinks this 'outrageous murderer' might be one of the brothers in the team.

'Such impressive skills? Do we have such comrades in this small border city?'

He is immensely curious.

Most people in criminal investigations are like this, a curiosity that surpasses ordinary people's and a sense of responsibility to seek justice for the deceased drives their case investigations.

But the drug dealer is dead.

So all he has now is immense curiosity.

...

The next day.

Four in the afternoon.

A shabby, small inn room.

Symptoms of deafness disappeared.

Zhang Feng received the rewarding reinforcement from the dangerous game.

[Your reaction speed-0.009]

After the enhancement, since it's only 0.009, Zhang Feng currently can't feel anything.

Afterward, Zhang Feng decided to overlook this matter and turned to the second reinforcement that should have appeared at the start.

[1: Intermediate Firearm Memory]

[2: Constitution +0.6]

[3: Growing Constitution]

1 was removed first.

Zhang Feng has firearm memory, although it's not Intermediate, it can be trained.

He still has the boss's gun in hand.

As for 2's 0.6 constitution, it's not as good as 3's growth.

[Growing Constitution: Instantly increase constitution by 0.1. For every month survived, constitution +0.1]

Recoup in half a year.

Choose 3.

After Zhang Feng made his choice, he looked at the extra reinforcement after the dangerous game ended.

[Please choose extra reinforcement]

[1: Highlight Moment]

[2: Elementary Pineapple Seed]

[3: Elementary Hard Qigong]

Perhaps due to the dangerous game, these three options seem odd.

At least they don't appear ordinary.

Zhang Feng first looked at 1

[Highlight Moment: Special, non-stackable]

[Effect: All qualifications in this adventure world improve by 10%]

Not the current qualification, but a 10% boost!

Zhang Feng quickly understood.

If the current base qualification is 1, then after choosing, it becomes 1.1.

In the future, when the base is 2, it would be 2.2

The boost is significant!

It's just that the world time is not long, and there's no time to nurture it.

Zhang Feng thought it over and looked at option 2

[Elementary Pineapple Seed: Rare]

[Effect: A fifteen-day maturity period, yields one fruit, consumption increases current disease immunity by 7%, lasting for 1 year]

This isn't fruit, it's a 'medicine' to reduce illness.

Zhang Feng understood, feeling it might be somewhat useful, but not very, so he looked at 3

[Elementary Hard Qigong: Rare]

[Effect: Gain the cultivation memory of elementary martial arts hard qigong]

[Note 1: After choosing the memory, if the adventurer dies again, no choice redo will be provided, but the memory choice save point will continue for rebirth]

[Note 2: You have opened the 'Martial Arts Meridian Talent' attribute bar]

Zhang Feng looked at the attributes and indeed found a new talent.

[Martial Arts: 0.1]

The ordinary person's martial arts talent is 0

And this selection enhancement also has a 'Note 3' prompt.

Zhang Feng continued to look.

[Note 3: After the first choice of cultivation technique memory enhancement, your character in the current world will gain Martial Arts +1, and in reality gain an additional Martial Arts +0.5 enhancement]

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