Enforcer Manual
Chapter 295: Don’t Pick Things Up Off the Ground to Eat_1

Chapter 295: Chapter 295: Don’t Pick Things Up Off the Ground to Eat_1

The problem at Rainforest Prosthesis Hospital had not been solved when Song Lan received a new notification.

In a busy downtown area, it had started to rain cakes, and the entire street was dyed the color of cream. The hotlines of the Law Enforcers’ department were blown up with calls while businesses and hotels in the bustling area lodged ceaseless complaints, though they didn’t know who exactly to blame. The sudden cake rain had severely impacted their lives.

By the time Song Lan got the notice, Lu Xiang had already rushed to the scene.

Song Lan had to admit that the patient with the deflated head was indeed a tricky one.

He was unwilling to leave the hospital in that state, yet he was also reluctant to get a new head, making the situation difficult for Song Lan. Therefore, he decided to leave the dilemma to the most professional Prosthetic Doctor and rode off to the incident location himself.

Upon arrival, the whole street was suffused with a sweet fragrance, looking from afar like a layer of white snow had covered the ground and buildings.

At the moment, there was no one to be seen on the bustling main street except for a white, cream-coated floating car suspended in the middle of the road.

When Song Lan rode up, Lu Xiang approached him from the hotel entrance.

"The analysis is complete, it’s cake and cream."

Different from the tense people inside the buildings, Lu Xiang seemed to be in quite a good mood. How she conducted her analysis was quite apparent—the cream on the corner of her mouth caught Song Lan’s eye as he got closer.

"Don’t pick up and eat things that have fallen on the ground!"

Song Lan never thought he’d have to remind Lu Xiang of such basic life knowledge one day. She was good at managing everything except for her very weak resistance to food, "Aren’t you afraid of getting a stomachache?"

"I ate what fell on my clothes,"

Lu Xiang said, "Besides, it’s for work."

In District 17, where good food was scarce, even the executives of big corporations might not have tasted cakes and cream. So as a Law Enforcers department head, who had to eat cake twice a week, she felt obligated to step forward, "Although it doesn’t taste quite the same as the ones you make, it’s still quite delicious."

"Let me taste it."

Song Lan surveyed the whitened buildings and streets, knowing it was out of the question for him to pick up and eat something from the ground.

So, his gaze finally returned to Lu Xiang. He lightly smeared his forefinger across the cream at the corner of her mouth and tasted the cake from his fingertip.

The flavor was sweeter than cream, more like it was mixed with candy or something similar.

In a fairytale world, a cake rain might be a scene filled with childlike fun, but in the real world, it only brought food waste, pollution, and sticky mess for people on the streets.

This incident, combined with the deflated patient in the hospital, sparked some new ideas in Song Lan’s mind.

"How’s the investigation going?"

"The rainfall is unusual. Only this street was affected. I’ve just asked the hotel doormen; they haven’t seen any suspicious individuals."

She hadn’t arrived much earlier than Song Lan, but based on their on-scene investigation, the person they were looking for had once been on that long-distance bus and had now come here.

"I’ve already had the special action team lock down the street, and the Horn Bug investigation squad has started their inquiry."

Although the individual hadn’t caused any substantial destruction yet, their capability was an immense threat. If he could make it rain cakes, he could also make it rain knives or other hazardous objects.

They must find him quickly!

"Big sister..."

As they were talking, a timid little girl approached them.

Her clothes were tattered, her face smeared with a good deal of cream, and traces of having wolfed down food lingered around her mouth. Standing before them, she asked with trepidation, "Did I do something wrong?"

From the little girl’s account, the two understood the whole story and the reason why the cream had such a peculiar taste.

Before this, the little girl had never tasted cake; all her knowledge about cake came from her grandfather, who often spoke to her about the pre-war world. In that world, he always mentioned a kind of food called cake.

At that time, cakes were a very common food in daily life, and the vast majority of people could afford them.

All her knowledge of cakes came from her grandfather’s stories, as well as her own imagination.

After her grandfather passed away, she could only wander the streets alone, scavenging for discarded nutrient solutions to sustain herself.

Just a moment earlier, a man whose face she couldn’t see came up to her and gave her a matchstick and a matchbox.

The moment she lit the matchstick, her mind was filled with one thought.

She wanted to understand what the cakes her grandfather had always longed for were like, the burning flame granted her wish, and after a burst of lightning and thunder, a shower of cake rained down.

"I never thought I would cause so much trouble for others." The little girl was close to crying, "I don’t want to go to jail."

"We’re not going to send you to jail, but you need to go with this brother for a while first."

Lu Xiang bent down and patted the little girl’s head, then called Captain Doug, "Take her back to the department with you, I’ll keep watch here."

If those executives who got soaked to the bone knew about this, they would probably find it hard to swallow their resentment.

However, it was hard to associate Captain Doug, clad in exoskeleton armor, with the image of a friendly big brother. Almost immediately after he appeared, the little girl hid behind Lu Xiang, peeking out fearfully at Doug.

"Don’t be afraid, sweetie, old man... I typically really like kids."

In an attempt to make the little girl drop her guard, Captain Doug opened his exoskeleton armor’s helmet, revealing what he believed was a gentle smile.

The effect of this smile was immediate.

The little girl drew her head back in, not daring to look again.

To a child, the formidable image of Captain Doug, with a scar above his eye, was simply too intimidating.

Song Lan watched as Captain Doug’s smile froze on his face; his complexion turned ashen. Standing in front of Lu Xiang, he couldn’t quite say what he wanted and ended up frozen on the spot.

As his colleague, he had to step up and help a brother out, "Little girl, don’t mind his looks, he actually has a hobby of collecting dolls, his office is full of them."

"Since when do I..."

Captain Doug instinctively wanted to object, being a tough man, how could he possibly have such interests?

But then he saw the little girl’s head peek out again, the fear in her eyes fading, replaced with a touch of curiosity.

"That’s right, I’ve collected a lot of dolls."

Captain Doug coughed lightly, correcting himself, "If you come back with me, I can give you a few."

The little girl’s eyes showed a noticeable struggle, and seeing this, Song Lan pointed towards the armored floating car parked in the distance used by the special operations team, "Do you see that car over there?"

The little girl nodded blankly.

"That car can fly, and you’ll be able to ride in it later on. It might look different, but it can give you the experience of riding a flying horse from fairy tales."

...

That afternoon, Team 3 of the special operations unit received a mission personally issued by Captain Doug.

To buy a large number of dolls at the old toy market.

It was an urgent mission.

Thus, a rumor quietly spread among the Law Enforcers’ department.

That Captain Doug actually had a peculiar habit of collecting dolls in private.

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