The Daily Life Of A Cyberpunk Magician
Chapter 469 - 259: Lonely City... It has no light!_2

Chapter 469: Chapter 259: Lonely City... It has no light!_2

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Late at night, Jiang Shu and Wolf got off the high-speed rail. After the last "half-day" journey, Jiang Shu had developed "Post-Traumatic Wolf Ride Stress Disorder."

There was no way he was going to ride in Wolf’s car to Thirteen District again.

With a faster and more comfortable high-speed rail available, why insist on driving for twelve hours and exhausting oneself both physically and mentally? Jiang Shu really couldn’t understand the charm of that car.

"We’ve finally arrived," Jiang Shu said, breathing in the air outside the high-speed rail station. The cold night wind poured into his mouth, causing a slight sting in his throat.

Although he had come to Thirteen District alone with Wolf, he had also called on Lang Tai for help. Together with Ancient Snake and the Painter, who had been in Thirteen District for a while, they should be sufficient to handle this incident.

However, suddenly, the screen on the small device next to him lit up; it was a message from Ancient Snake, Wu Ci.

The content of the message was simple: Lang Tai had been stopped by the traffic police and was now on the run.

Jiang Shu: "???"

The top assassin of Lonely City was stopped by the traffic police?

What kind of twist was this?

So, he sent a "?" in response.

Wu Ci immediately replied with a photo, showing a string of tickets.

"User 298392 is suspected of drunk driving without a license, illegally modifying a scrapped vehicle acquired through robbery, overloading, driving the wrong way, running a red light, causing an accident, and fleeing. He has been listed on the traffic violation execution list."

Jiang Shu: "..."

Lang Tai, you really know how to achieve things.

However, Jiang Shu was puzzled again; he could understand the other violations, but what about "drunk" and "overloading"?

Jiang Shu: Drunk? Overloaded? Does Lang Tai drink? Who else was in his car?

Wu Ci: He took a family’s modified car, which the family was using to seek a livelihood in Thirteen District. So Lang Tai just brought them along. As for drunk driving...

Wu Ci: Lang Tai said there was only alcohol and no water in the car, and since he has a high tolerance for alcohol, he drank.

Jiang Shu: And the overloading?

Wu Ci: There were thirteen people in that family, and Lang Tai also had his little house loaded on the car.

That little house...

Was it really brought to Thirteen District like that?

Jiang Shu: ...Okay, you handle contact with him; this is your responsibility now.

Wu Ci: Didn’t I tell you never to let that guy touch a car! Warn him to stay away from my car!

Putting down the small device, Jiang Shu suddenly felt a very genuine, indistinct feeling.

Lang Tai...

Contrary to his cold and indifferent exterior, there lived a naive guy deep inside. This naivety sometimes turned a bit silly.

It’s kind of like...

You think he’s a Siberian wolf, but it turns out he’s more like a goofy Siberian Husky.

Fortunately, when it comes to executing tasks, Lang Tai never falters and never disappoints Jiang Shu.

Moreover, with Lang Tai’s capabilities, even if he occasionally acts silly, it won’t be a problem; he just pushes through any issue.

"What’s wrong?" Wolf hailed a taxi and then sat in the driver’s seat, "You seem distracted."

"Nothing," Jiang Shu shrugged and did not answer.

He had wanted to ask Wolf, if a person was caught driving under the influence, driving without a license, vehicle robbery, overloading, driving the wrong way, running a red light, and finally escaping, how many years should he be sentenced?

But then he thought about it, if he asked Wolf, Wolf might associate him with Wolf Face, since the guy who achieved all those feats at once should be few and far between and would likely be well-known among traffic police for some time.

In Lonely City, if you wanted to drive on the road, there was no need to take a driving test, but it was required that a person’s Character Card contained the entry "Basic Driving." If it were a truck or other heavy vehicle, there would be other entry restrictions.

That’s why there were no such terms as revoking a license or deducting points here. Violating traffic rules would only merit a fine of a certain amount. If the behavior of violating traffic rules led to serious consequences, it would also lead directly to criminal charges, and the sentencing phase would also reference the traffic violations to enhance the punishment severity.

Absolutely efficient and brutal handling method. However, this way of handling and the consequentialism caused numerous accidents each year; rich people would only believe in one rule:

No accidents mean no dangerous driving.

The fines for violating traffic regulations were nothing to them.

"When we get to Thirteen District Police Station, don’t mention anything about the Rift in front of the other officers." As Wolf started the car and rolled down the window, the cool night air whooshed in. He continued to explain, "The operation against the Rift is temporarily secret. We don’t want to attract anyone’s attention. It would be best if we woke up the day after tomorrow and the Rift had already disappeared from Thirteen District."

"How do you plan to deal with him?" asked Jiang Shu, "He hasn’t committed any particularly serious crimes so far, has he?"

"We’ll take him to a secret court for trial, that’s for certain. He must be dealt with by the law. In criminal cases, other than handling escapees with violent means, we’ve also found that he seems to be executing suspects secretly," Wolf said seriously. "This is something that is strictly forbidden. Besides, he has also caused some damage in the city. These economic losses will also be charged to his account."

"Suspect?" Jiang Shu noticed something different in Wolf’s words.

Wolf nodded, "Exactly, without a court conviction, no matter how conclusive the evidence may be, it is not permissible to employ vigilante justice, and this to a great extent will add to Gary’s sentence."

"However..." He changed the tone of the conversation, "Gary might have committed the crime under the influence of Cyber Syndrome. The judge will also consider this."

"I see," Jiang Shu turned his head and looked out the window.

Now they were in area F, where in the late hours of the night, Lonely City’s gloomy aspect was starkly evident.

At a glance, litter was everywhere. Foul-smelling greywater flowed from one end of the street to the other, and Wolf quickly rolled up the car windows when he sensed the odorous air was off.

Three trash cans on the sidewalk had been knocked over. The bottom part of the trash cans had three to four holes oozing black slop, resembling weeping wounds.

These were holes casually shot by local thugs. In the gun-permissible F area, such things were commonplace; people without self-control who got guns turned these dead objects into the best outlets for their frustrations.

Potholed roads, billboards across the roadside, lifeless neon lights, and flickering LED lights of store signs.

And these were just the inanimate objects by the road. Even though it was late at night, there were still quite a few people.

Some were hungover, swaying as they wandered, others had bones deformed in various shapes.

Even more common were those homeless people, awake in the dark, clutching all their possessions. They tried their best to cover themselves with their only tattered blankets, drawing warmth from whatever remained in them.

It was already November, and the weather drastically cooled down. The temperature at night had reached just a few degrees above zero.

But for now, this was still considered fortunate. A month later, in the dead of winter, these homeless individuals would face real peril.

Wolf took out a temporary police siren device from his carry-on suitcase and installed it on the taxi’s roof. The device immediately issued a loud, wailing "woo-woo" sound to alert everyone on the street that a police car was passing.

"It helps avoid unnecessary trouble," Wolf remarked, "There could be some druggies blocking the road to rob us at night."

"Hm," Jiang Shu’s gaze, however, remained fixed on the pedestrians by the road. Upon hearing the siren, small groups of thugs looked towards Wolf’s car and quickly dispersed, while more people – those hungover, wandering, deformed – moved very slowly, or simply didn’t move at all.

"Those... are people addicted to drugs," Wolf followed Jiang Shu’s gaze. In his voice, there was no more pity, only indifference.

Being a police officer in Lonely City for many years, he had become fully aware of the human tragedies.

"Long-term drug use not only damages their central nervous system but also causes physical disability. They are beyond saving and soon will die from an overdose," Wolf sighed. "And these addictive drugs..."

"If someone could manage these things, that would be great," he added, focusing his eyes straight ahead on the road. "Too bad, after all these years, Lonely City hasn’t had such ’light’."

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