BXBX NOVEL Chapter 18 - Car Thief!
Randy contemplated his next form of actions as he continued to walk around the neighborhood as if he was just taking a stroll. Since the police had given a notice for people to stay inside their houses, he was currently the only one walking down the street. However he tried to look as natural as possible lest people think he was the burglar instead and then they end up reporting him to the police.
Right now, the only thing that matters besides awakening one\'s ability was obtaining resources, ability cultivation method, and technique manuals that could aid you in improving your ability tremendously, and these kinds of things are not cheap. Of course, his parents had some of these kinds of ability cultivation and technique manuals at home but those are things that they had bought specifically to nurture their own abilities and it might not necessarily be compatible with Randy\'s ability, thus Randy had no choice but resort to taking this kind of risky approach to acquire a possible ability cultivation method and technique manual for himself.
In any case, the only other time, he would come across this chance would be after going to a university where they offer some of this cultivation method, techniques and resources for free.
Randy could not wait until he attends university in order to receive those kinds of aids from the institution. Even if they do give out techniques and such, it would only be basic stuff and not high-level techniques. And thus, rather than waiting for something that might not be useful in the long run, it was better to rob this criminal instead of what he stole.
\'Even if I cannot rob him, I can still inform the police about his whereabouts when I find him. I would still be guaranteed to receive a handsome reward afterwards. I doubt they would give out a small reward for my good deeds as a citizen, Hahaha.\'
Randy could not hide the smile on his face as he continued to randomly walk around the neighborhood in order to search for any suspicious looking fellows.
Although, on one hand, this could be seen as morally disgusting as his actions would not be that much different from that of the thief himself but on the other hand, he could with good conscience aid the police in catching a despicable criminal. With that in mind, Randy did not find his actions disgusting at all. You would wonder, why do something so risky? But you would be wrong if you thought that Randy was recklessly trying to apprehend the criminal without any contingency plans.
First of all, according to the breaking news, that guy was someone who could change his face and his rank is estimated to be between B-rank and A-rank. If this was back in the day, Randy would have been scared senseless and not even dare to approach such an individual, but things are different now. He had finally awakened his ability and he was no longer a measly E-rank.
Right now…
\'Open Status Screen\' Randy called out in his head.
Immediately a holographic-like window appeared in his view, displaying his information.
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⟪[Name: Randy Smith]⟫
⟪[Race: Human(Evolved)]⟫
⟪[Class: Blood [???]⟫
⟪[Title(s): None]⟫
⟪[Bloodline: N/A]⟫
⟪[Physique: Myriad Energy Devouring Physique]⟫
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⟪[Physical Strength: 400]⟫
⟪[Physical Resistance: 400]⟫
⟪[Physical Agility: 300]⟫
⟪[Physical Stamina: 395]⟫
⟪[Soul Strength: 400]⟫
⟪[Mental Strength: 875]⟫
⟪[Mental Resistance: 845]⟫
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\'Just my physical strength alone is at a C-rank and my agility is close to D-rank; my stamina is approaching a C-rank with a 395. This is a huge improvement compared to my other statistics and all this happened in one day, after I awakened my ability.\' Randy showed a surprised and pleased expression as he compared his statistics prior to awakening his ability and his current statistics.
After observing his improvement for a while, Randy displayed a serious expression and immediately begun to contemplate his plan of attack. After thinking for a bit, he realized that if he does not utilize his assimilated abilities, he might not survive the encounter with the wanted criminal. He also noticed that if he relied on this assimilated mode, he could instantly bypass his current C-rank physique and obtain an S-rank physical strength just from the buff without even accounting for his mana. However, just having physical strength does not always guaranteed victory since there are so many kinds of bizarre abilities out there.
After recalling what he saw on the description given by the police after checking their information interface on his new bracelet, Randy muttered. "A lanky man with a disturbing scar on his face. Possesses the ability to modify his face and could look like anyone at any time. However, he was currently wounded due to a confrontation between him and the police; He received the injury on his left shoulder. He also possesses some high tech for hijacking vehicles and so, everyone should make sure to not leave their cars park outside."
"Damn…" Randy muttered as soon he finished reciting the information.
As Randy was randomly walking around the neighborhood aimlessly, he got bored and just in case, he decided to check on his mother\'s car that was parked outside in a public parking space that located in a secluded location. Due to that, there were not any security cameras, thus there were no forms scrutiny in placement in this place, making it easy for one\'s car to be stolen.
Perhaps, maybe the satellites could perceive what goes on in this place but that would only be a bird eye view, that requires an expert to operate if one wanted a precise and different perspective view. However, right now at this moment, there was a man taking advantage of this fact and was trying to break into his mother\'s expensive car with some weird machine. The most surprising thing about this situation was that this man looked exactly as described by the information he received from the police information interface.
\'A tall man with a thin stature thus lanky, check; wounded on his left arm, check; trying to hijack a car, check. Is there such coincidences in this world?"
\'Of course not! That would be too good to be true. Forget about the fact that they happened to have the same state as described by the police. Just the fact that he was trying to hijack my mom\'s car is enough of a proof and a reason to suspect him."
At this moment, when Randy noticed the lanky man, he also noticed him, and he turned around.
"…"
They both stared at each other for a long while. The lanky man had his hand still on the handle of the car with the hijacking gadget in his other hand as he stared at the young man who suddenly appeared from behind him.
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On the other side.
While Randy was busy walking around the neighborhood, the police had been informed that there was a strange individual who kept walking around the neighborhood by himself. When the police heard the report, they automatically assumed that it was the burglar whom they had been tirelessly searching for.
"Xiao Minghao, can you still not find the location of that burglar using the location that was provided by the anonymous report." An impatient woman\'s voice rang out as she inquired about the burglar from her subordinate.
"No, not yet. I had to tap into the satellite in order a get a better view of the neighborhood. But as you can see, there are so many luxurious buildings with so many floors towering, so it is hard to find anything as of yet." The subordinate called Xiao Minghao replied to the woman.
"Tsk, the higher-ups are on our tails saying that we have to do whatever we can to find those treasures that were stolen. I even heard that they are deploying the army soon if we fail to catch him in an hour." The woman gritted her teeth and spoke in a disgruntled tone, clearly annoyed by something.
At this moment, one of her subordinates who was driving their vehicle suddenly spoke out.
"Sister Hong, why are so angry? It is not like it was our fault that the treasures were stolen from the government\'s branch vault, right?"
The woman who was referred as Sister Hong suddenly turned her head from the road and looked at her subordinate before speaking.
"You don\'t understand. If we fail to catch that burglar, our reputation would be sinking down the drain. They could attribute our failure of this operation as due to our incompetence and there is chance, we might be demoted. You guys don\'t need to worry about being demoted since you are already of the lowest rank in the police department, but as the leading detective of this operation, I might lose my rank. I worked so hard to get to my current status, I cannot afford to be demoted."
At this, that subordinate immediately shut his mouth, thinking to himself.
\'No wonder! No wonder the usually calm and collected Sister Hong was angry about this operation. It turns out her job is on the line.\'
This woman\'s name was Hong Mingyue, she had been a cop for two years after graduating from an institution dedicated for training and raising competence police officers. She had endured many hellish trainings and finally landed a job in Sky Rise City Police Department. After toiling for two years, she finally managed to get promoted to the rank of detective. However, that rank is hanging on a thin thread right at this moment.
"Damn it, Xiao Minghao, have you still not found him yet." The woman suddenly asked in impatience.
"Give me a couple more minutes, I am almost done scouring the neighborhood. But it will take a while to pinpoint the exact location of that guy." He responded to her, but he kept his eyes on the monitor in front of him as he operated the computer-like device.
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On this side, the secluded parking lot.
Randy and the man were still staring down at each other without averting their eyes. Nobody said anything for long while. Seeing that, the other party was not going to say anything and instead appeared stunned, the lanky man cleared his throat then spoke up first.
"Little brother, if you pretend that you did not see anything, I will let you go, what do you say? Otherwise…" The lanky man said, and then he immediately exuded a killing intent towards Randy, attempting to scare him.
Sure enough, Randy shuddered as soon he felt the baleful aura washed over him. He immediately snapped out of his daze.. A moment later, he then cleared his throat and asked politely in a calm tone. "Otherwise what? You car thief!"