117: Chapter 117 Official Report: Cause of Death – Electrocution

Tianhai City, Chengnan Police Station, 2:00 AM.

The lights in the interrogation room were dim. Old Zhang held a cup of goji berry tea that had been steeped three times and was now flavorless, his hand shaking as if he were winnowing grain.

He looked at Jiang Chen sitting across from him, then at the freshly printed crime scene investigation report on the table.

Finally, his gaze landed on those gruesome, unbearable photos.

Five charred corpses.

Lined up perfectly, like sweet potatoes forgotten in an oven, charred to such an even shade of black.

"Mr. Jiang."

Old Zhang took a deep breath, feeling a toothache coming on, "You call this… accidental electrocution?"

"Yes."

Jiang Chen sat in the metal chair, holding the sleeping yellow ball in his arms, his expression perfectly natural:

"Old Zhang, you know me. I'm timid and afraid of death. So, I installed a slightly high-powered mousetrap in the yard. That's reasonable, right?"

"A mousetrap?"

Old Zhang pointed at the tactical glove in the photo, which had been charred by the electricity, his voice rising by an octave:

"Is your home mousetrap connected to a high-voltage power line? This voltage must be at least one hundred thousand volts! Is this for electrocuting mice? This is for electrocuting elephants!"

"And…"

Old Zhang tapped the table in anguish:

"What kind of thief wears tactical gear worth millions to steal things? These are clearly well-trained special agents!"

"Special agents?"

Jiang Chen blinked and pointed to the Pikachu in his arms:

"Special agents came to steal it? To steal a groundhog? What for? Because it eats a lot? Or because it doesn't bathe?"

"This…"

Old Zhang choked. It was true. The logic didn't hold up.

Aside from being cute, this yellow rat looked like nothing more than a pet that only knew how to eat, drink, and poop. Five top-tier special agents sacrificed to steal it? Did the head of the Eagle intelligence agency have water in his brain?

"That's why."

Jiang Chen spread his hands, giving his final conclusion:

"These were just a few foreign tourists who wanted to break in and steal things. They couldn't read and didn't understand the 'Danger: High Voltage' sign I hung up. Unfortunately, they had bad luck and stepped on a landmine."

"It's a tragedy, an accident, a failure of safety education."

Old Zhang looked at Jiang Chen's sincere face, then at the "groundhog" currently yawning, and finally sighed helplessly.

"Fine."

"Since you say so… we'll handle it as an accident."

After all, the ones who died were illegal foreign intruders, and it happened on private property. Even if this case went to the United Nations, Jiang Chen would be in the right.

The next morning, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A closed-door meeting, devoid of gunpowder but thick with tension, was underway.

The Eagle ambassador to the Dragon Kingdom slammed the table, spittle flying, face red and neck thick as he roared:

"Murder! This is cold-blooded murder!"

"Our five… ahem, five legal citizens! Suffered inhuman slaughter in Tianhai City! Their bodies are charred! You must give us an explanation!"

Opposite him, the Dragon Kingdom's diplomatic spokesperson calmly took a sip of tea and leisurely produced a police report, along with a surveillance video that had been slightly "artistically edited."

"Mr. Ambassador, please watch your language."

The spokesperson pushed the tablet over, "According to our investigation, these five people illegally intruded into a private residence in the middle of the night. And…"

He pointed at the screen:

"This is footage captured by the dashcam at the scene."

The ambassador snorted coldly and looked down. The video was very short. In the footage, the five fully armed special agents were skulking around a lounge chair.

Then, the captain reached out his hand, grabbing at a yellow object on the chair.

Immediately after.

"Zzzzt—BOOM!!!"

A blinding, eye-searing blue-white light instantly erupted.

There were no traces of human operation.

There was no muzzle flash from any weapons.

It was pure, violent, like divine retribution—lightning.

The video ended.

The ambassador was stunned.

He opened his mouth wide, as if someone had stuffed a dead rat inside, and couldn't close it for a long time.

"This… this is…"

"This is high-voltage electricity."

The spokesperson explained with a straight face, "According to the homeowner, Mr. Jiang Chen, this is a high-voltage generator he specially modified to keep mice away. Although the power is a bit high, it does not violate relevant laws."

"After all, it is his private yard."

"Your people stuck their hands into the 'mousetrap' themselves and got electrocuted. Who can you blame for that?"

The ambassador's face instantly turned the color of liver.

Of course he knew the truth!

The intelligence agency had already sent him the full video! That wasn't some device! That was the electricity released by that damn mouse!

But… could he say that?

Could he say in front of the whole world that the Great Eagle Empire's most elite "Ghost Squad," fully armed and having infiltrated the Dragon Kingdom, had been wiped out by a yellow electric rat?

Who would believe that!

This is ten thousand times more embarrassing than "having an aircraft carrier flipped by a fishing rod"!

If he admitted it, would the Eagle Empire have any face left? How would the CIA ever show its face in the industry again?

"Th-this…"

The ambassador was flushed red, the veins on his forehead about to burst.

He stared fixedly at the police report, his heart bleeding, but his reason told him he had to swallow this bitter pill.

And he had to swallow it with a smile.

"Good… very good."

The ambassador gritted his teeth, squeezing the words out through his teeth, "An accident… this is indeed an accident."

"Since it was an illegal intrusion, then… we have no objections."

"We just hope your country will… strengthen electrical safety education for residents in the future!"

After speaking, he grabbed his briefcase and fled the conference room as if escaping.

He was afraid that if he stayed one more second, he wouldn't be able to stop himself from crying.

Half an hour later.

A blue-and-white police report appeared promptly on the official Weibo account of the Tianhai City Public Security Bureau.

The fewer the words, the bigger the deal.

[Announcement Regarding the Accidental Casualty Incident at Yunding Villa Last Night]

[Last night, in the early hours, five foreign nationals climbed over a wall and entered a private residence in our city without permission.]

[Due to poor visibility at night and unfamiliarity with the environment, the five individuals accidentally triggered a high-voltage mousetrap device set up by the homeowner.]

[According to the forensic examination at the scene, all five individuals suffered an instantaneous high-voltage electric shock, leading to cardiac arrest and death on the spot. Homicide has been ruled out.]

[Police Reminder: Burglary carries high risks; illegal intrusion is not advisable. At the same time, we remind all citizens to pay attention to electrical safety when installing home anti-theft devices to avoid accidental injury.]

That was it.

No mention of special agents, no mention of Jiang Chen, and not even a detail about what the "mousetrap device" actually was.

But this didn't stop netizens' imaginations from going wild.

The comment section instantly became an ocean of joy.

"High-voltage mousetrap device? Hahahaha! What the hell kind of mousetrap is that!"

"I live right next to Yunding Villa! I heard the noise last night too! That wasn't catching mice, that noise was like a tribulation! The blue light lit up the whole sky!"

"I have a bold guess… could that mousetrap device be the Pikachu that God Jiang brought back yesterday?"

"The person above has hit the nail on the head! Pikachu: That's right, I am the mousetrap device itself."

"Eagle: I sent five kings to steal the tower. Dragon Kingdom: Sorry, the defense tower has a leak."

"Five foreign nationals? Wouldn't that be the kind of 'tourists' with only one-way tickets? Well, now they've landed and become boxes, and even saved on airfare."

Meanwhile, on the foreign internet.

When this report was translated, Western netizens were completely confused.

Looking at the words "high-voltage mousetrap," they fell into deep contemplation.

"Are mice in the Dragon Kingdom… really that hard to catch? Do you need high-voltage electricity capable of killing five people?"

"Just how many volts is that? Is the Dragon Kingdom's civilian power grid that wild?"

"I have reason to suspect that the Chinese are using the 'mousetrap' excuse to cover up the fact that they are developing Tesla coil weapons!"

"Whatever it is, just don't climb over any walls when traveling to the Dragon Kingdom… it's too damn scary."

Yunding Villa, Villa No. 1.

Jiang Chen looked at those silly comments on his phone and laughed until he was rolling on the sofa.

"Mousetrap device… Old Zhang's writing style is pretty good."

He rubbed the Pikachu in his arms, which was munching on an apple, feeling great.

"Pika?"

Pikachu looked up, fruit crumbs stuck to its mouth, looking innocent.

"It's nothing, I'm praising you."

Jiang Chen flicked its ear, "Saying you're an excellent household appliance."

Just then.

Academician Chen Shuyin pushed the door open and walked in.

Today, she had changed into a more capable-looking lab coat, holding the tablet specifically used for measuring energy fluctuations, her eyes shining with a gleam known as "flexing."

"Boss, stop playing with the mouse."

"The PR department just asked, regarding this 'electrocution accident,' should our company release a statement? After all, this matter is trending too high."

"Release a statement?"

Jiang Chen sat up, adjusted his collar, and a wicked smirk curled the corner of his mouth.

"Release it! Of course we have to release it!"

"How could we miss such a good advertising opportunity?"

He stood up, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, and looked at the lawn outside, which had a ring of scorch marks from the electricity, his tone as relaxed as if he were discussing what to eat for dinner:

"Just say…"

"Chenxing Technology is always committed to the home security industry."

"Although our products are sometimes… a little bit too intense."

"But that's all for the safety of the users."

"By the way."

Jiang Chen turned back and winked at Academician Chen Shuyin:

"Help me prepare a live stream."

"I want to have a good chat with friends from all over the world about 'electrical safety'."