“Hooligan System.”
“Note: This system will assist the host in becoming a qualified hooligan. The host will receive corresponding rewards for every crime committed.”
Su Ming frowned deeply, his face twisting into a knot as he looked at the Hooligan System in his mind.
“What’s going on? I’m a police officer! How did the system activate as a Hooligan System? This is too unreliable!”
“And the setting that only allows rewards for committing crimes is too… too much!”
Suddenly having such an uncontainable system, Su Ming felt his latter half of life would be filled with many judgments!
Hooligan System?
Even a dog would despise this system!
(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻!!!
Su Ming’s moral compass was even harder than his muscles; he would never actively commit crimes to gain system rewards.
It could be said that this system was completely useless.
He sighed helplessly, suppressing the myriad complaints in his heart. He had originally wanted to use the system to soar, but he never expected to get such a silly system.
Su Ming shook his head and smiled wryly. However, since he had lived two lives, he wasn't overly disheartened by this.
Nevertheless, even without a suitable system, Su Ming would not bow to such evil forces. He believed he could carve out a name for himself through his own abilities.
He continued to chat with Li Chengming, who was in the driver's seat.
Only then did he learn that Li Chengming, who had the rank of Third Class Police Superintendent on his shoulder, was also a graduate of Jiangbei Police Academy, just like him, and also from Jiangbei City.
He was three years older than Su Ming, a true senior from his academy, and was also assigned to the Dongling Police Station in Jiangbei City right after graduation.
Their shared experiences made them chat very congenially, feeling as if they had met too late.
Li Chengming also had a good impression of this Da Kuai Tou junior and explained the general work of the police station to Su Ming along the way.
As for the situation in Dongling District, both of them, being native Jiangbei City residents, were well aware of it.
Dongling District is located at the intersection of the old and new urban areas. Not only is the commercial area prosperous, but the public security is also relatively complex.
Among them, there is a street that is Jiangbei City’s largest characteristic antique pedestrian street, built with huge investment led by the municipal government. There are various characteristic performances every day, attracting tourists from all over the country to come and watch.
Because of the huge daily traffic, various police incidents are naturally indispensable.
At this moment, they happened to be passing by the antique pedestrian street. Li Chengming drove the police car slowly and explained the situation of the jurisdiction to Su Ming along the way.
“Brother Ming, are there usually many police reports at our station?”
Su Ming chatted with Li Chengming while studying the system in his mind.
Li Chengming sighed upon hearing this, glanced at Su Ming, and shook his head helplessly. After a brief interaction, he felt that this junior, despite being big, burly, and somewhat fierce, was actually not difficult to get along with.
So he had no qualms and said with a sigh, “Don’t even mention it. Ever since this commercial street was built in our jurisdiction, our station hasn’t had a single good day. The theft reports come one after another, and they are very difficult to solve.”
“The city begged and pleaded to attract billions in investment to build this project, relying on it to develop the tertiary industry and tourism to boost GDP,” Li Chengming continued with a bitter face. “Various Douyin and Kuaishou platforms heavily promoted it, but in the end, netizens rated it as ‘Jiangbei Thief Street’! You can imagine the reaction of the city leaders.”
Su Ming opened his eyes wide and rubbed his chin, secretly smacking his lips.
It seemed the police station he was assigned to had a long-standing public security problem, and he would probably be very busy in the future.
“Then doesn’t the bureau have any measures? Like setting up an anti-pickpocketing team or something?”
“An anti-pickpocketing team? How easy is it to catch thieves among these hundreds of thousands of tourists! And now these thieves work in shifts; some steal, some transport. Even if you catch one red-handed, they’ll pass the phone or wallet to an accomplice in a blink of an eye. Without the stolen goods, there’s no way to convict them.”
When the public security of the jurisdiction was mentioned, Li Chengming poured out his grievances. He had been scolded too much because of it; it was an endless stream of tears when he talked about it.
“Every single day it’s theft reports, and the bureau leaders scold our Director Zhou bloody every day. Our Director Zhou now trembles when he hears the phone ring…”
Upon hearing this, Su Ming also deeply agreed.
These criminals now have extremely strong anti-reconnaissance awareness, and many are old hands who have been in and out of prison multiple times; they are very stubborn.
Even if they are caught red-handed with the evidence thrown in their face, some still refuse to admit guilt.
Not to mention many who couldn’t be caught on the spot.
“Brother Ming, besides these petty thefts, does our station not have any major cases?” Su Ming adjusted his sitting posture and turned to look out the car window.
At this moment, the police car was driving on the road beside the pedestrian street. Many tourists were playing and taking pictures in the antique pedestrian street, with people coming and going, making it extremely lively.
Li Chengming, in the driver's seat, smiled when he heard Su Ming's question.
It seemed his Da Kuai Tou junior looked down on these theft cases and was eager to solve major ones.
Of course, it was normal to have such thoughts. After all, who, fresh out of the police academy, doesn’t want to soar to great heights and make a name for themselves?
However, reality is often cruel.
Since his grades at the police academy were not ideal, and he was assigned to a police station, his future work was destined to revolve around trivial daily matters, various disputes between neighbors, or requests for help.
Things like being caught cheating, people fighting over who pays after drinking, sons calling the police because their fathers beat them, fathers calling the police because their sons beat them…
You just respond to these calls! Every time you respond, no one says a word.
Li Chengming looked at Su Ming and teased, “What’s wrong? Does our Director Su have some ideas? Planning to take your Brother Ming to solve a major case, catch an A-list fugitive or something?”
Su Ming chuckled, not saying anything, knowing he was being teased for being overly ambitious.
“Here! Have a cigarette.” Li Chengming skillfully shifted gears and gestured with his chin towards the cigarettes on the center console, indicating for him to help himself to the mental sustenance.
Su Ming didn't stand on ceremony. After all, with death so close, what was there to be polite about?
He skillfully picked up the cigarettes and lighter Li Chengming had placed on the center console, lit one, and took a deep drag.
He casually tossed the cigarette back onto the center console but subconsciously slipped the lighter into his own pocket.
His movements were extremely natural and practiced, clearly indicating he was an old smoker.
Before Su Ming could exhale the smoke, a crisp system sound once again echoed in his mind.
“Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully stealing the lighter! Agility +1.”
“Congratulations to the host for successfully committing a first offense! Do not dismiss evil as trivial; you have received a treasure chest, which can be activated independently.”
Immediately following, Su Ming felt a warm current flow through his body from top to bottom, disappearing in an instant.
He subconsciously raised his hand and found that his reaction indeed seemed a bit faster?
Su Ming’s eyes were blank. This was a first offense?
It was just taking a lighter!
How could this system groundlessly accuse him of impurity?
Lighters… for smokers, a lighter doesn’t belong to oneself, but to the last person who lit a cigarette!
This trash system doesn’t even understand human etiquette. Su Ming scorned the lousy system while opening the treasure chest.
“Ding! Congratulations to the host for acquiring the skill—Friend’s Eye.”
“Friend’s Eye: Centered on the host, obtain identity information of 'heroes' within a 10-meter radius who have the same criminal experience as the host.”
“Note: Three people walking together will always have a teacher among them. Humbly learning is a necessary condition to become a qualified hooligan. Keep it up!”
And below this skill box, there were densely packed gray badges, clearly not yet lit up.
Various crimes were engraved on the badges. A quick glance revealed things like 【Intentional Homicide】, 【Drug Trafficking】, 【Firearms Smuggling】, 【Arson】, and so on…
A dazzling array, too much to take in.
Just one look, and Su Ming felt his eyes hurt!
After reading the skill description, especially the bolded words “same criminal experience.”
Su Ming was a bit confused.
To help me go further on the path of crime, and to facilitate the exchange of experience, it specially designed a “find friends with similar criminal records” skill?
Su Ming silently gave a thumbs-up in his heart, putting a ‘6’ on the public screen.
But the problem was, he was a police officer, what kind of criminal experience did he have?!
“Ding! Congratulations to the host for activating the Theft badge! The host can now actively seek out scoundrels and exchange experiences using ‘Friend’s Eye’!”
Just as Su Ming was complaining about the uselessness of the skill, the system’s congratulatory message, though late, rang out again.
Under the Friend’s Eye skill, a badge depicting a stealthy figure on tiptoes in the act of stealing instantly turned from gray to gold.
And below the badge, two words were clearly displayed.
Theft.
