2: Eye of Evil
The police escorted the middle-aged man to the door, uncuffed him, then opened the iron gate and locked him in the detention room.
Lei Zhen quickly asked, "Officer, is he also here for soliciting prostitutes?"
The police officer glanced at Lei Zhen and said irritably, "What, you haven't even wiped your own butt clean, and you're already concerned about others?"
"I just asked casually," Lei Zhen chuckled.
"He's not. This guy was stealing an electric scooter battery and was caught red-handed by the owner."
The police officer finished speaking and left.
Lei Zhen was startled. It seemed the words above this man's head were connected to his actions.
He suddenly thought of the case everyone was discussing earlier. Could this guy be the one who did it?
After this thief came in, the already small room became even more crowded.
This person didn't communicate with anyone but silently found a corner to sit down, looking somewhat unsociable.
Lei Zhen temporarily wasn't concerned with him; he only wanted to learn more about the system he had just bound.
At this moment, the system also explained the Eye of Sin.
"The entries the host sees are each person's illegal and criminal records. Only after receiving legal punishment will the entry disappear."
Lei Zhen understood immediately. The system meant that even if you committed murder, as long as you served your sentence, the sin entry above your head could be cleared.
"Then what is the Sin Value for?" Lei Zhen asked.
"Sin Value is a numerical value assessed based on each person's sin. For every criminal the host brings to justice, the host can obtain corresponding Sin Value points."
"In addition, the host can also exchange Sin Value points for special skills and special items from the System Mall."
As the system explained, a screen the size of a television appeared before Lei Zhen's eyes. It was somewhat similar to a phone interface, with three large icons resembling apps.
These three icons were:
"Special Skill Mall," "Special Item Mall," "Host's Home."
Lei Zhen opened the Special Skill Mall and saw five other circular icons with logos inside.
They were:
"Master Combat Skills (Elementary) - 150 points"
"Dogs Sense of Smell - 200 points"
"Super Memory - 350 points"
"Super Hearing - 400 points"
"Code Tracing Technique - 500 points"
The interface was very clean, and each special skill was clearly priced.
And at a glance, they all appeared to be special abilities essential for a great detective.
Lei Zhen then opened the Special Item Mall but found that the mall was temporarily unavailable.
Next was the Host's Home.
Upon opening it, he found his personal information listed inside.
Name: Lei Zhen
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 72 kg
Age: 22 years old
Occupation: Obscene Advertising Media
Special Ability: Eye of Sin
Money: -13499
Sin Value Points: 0
Lei Zhen's mouth twitched after reading it. This thing not only knew what he did, but even how much online loan debt he had.
Advertising media is advertising media, but why add "obscene" in front of it?!
This system was too particular.
Alright, five-star rating directly cut to four and a half stars.
Don't beg me, begging won't work!
Besides that, Lei Zhen also saw something like a 'skill tree' next to his information, but he didn't know what it was for.
However, another thing caught Lei Zhen's attention: each person's entry had a red 'health bar'-like thing, with numbers on the right side of the health bar.
Everyone's numbers were slightly different, but generally, they were single digits.
"The health bar the host sees is each person's negative emotional value. When the negative emotional value reaches 100, all of this person's criminal information will be fully displayed, including all details of their crime and even the victim's name, etc."
Lei Zhen understood. He could only see the general information of criminals now. To clarify specific crime details, he had to make the other party's emotional value explode.
Just like the guy currently displaying "Rape, Murder," Lei Zhen couldn't guarantee that he was the true culprit of the recent serial case.
But on second thought, two of the three murder cases occurred in the Qinghe jurisdiction, and he happened to be committing theft here, so the possibility of him being the murderer was very high.
Negative emotional value, Lei Zhen had seen this concept in novels before.
It's just that others collected emotional value, and the system's gameplay was slightly different.
Finally, the system introduced the usage period for the Eye of Sin. Because it was a free skill, it only had a three-month usage period, after which the ability would disappear.
Although a bit disappointed, Lei Zhen could accept it. After all, free things don't last forever.
Three months, Lei Zhen felt it was already enough!
Just then, two people in the detention room suddenly started arguing due to overcrowding. Before Lei Zhen could react, the two of them actually started fighting.
In the end, it was the other detainees who pulled them apart.
Lei Zhen noticed that their negative emotional values had increased significantly, both going from single digits to over 40.
But it was only over 40, still far from the 100 the system mentioned.
Lei Zhen then realized he had underestimated the difficulty of making emotional values explode. This was not as easy as he had imagined.
Why bother with all that effort, he thought. Couldn't he just tell the police the information?
The Jiangcheng police had been slow to make progress precisely because they couldn't accurately identify the murderer. I've laid the person right here for you; if they still can't solve the case, then the Criminal Investigation Team would truly be useless.
Lei Zhen calculated in his mind, if this person really was the true culprit of the recent serial murders, then by providing information to help the Special Task Force solve the case, it would surely be considered an atonement for his own wrongdoings.
When the leaders were happy, would they make an exception and give him an Auxiliary Police Officer position?
Wouldn't his dream then successfully set sail?
The more Lei Zhen thought about it, the more excited he became. He suddenly came up with a plan, let out a cry, and immediately lay down stiffly on the spot.
His sudden collapse startled everyone.
Especially when they saw Lei Zhen lying on the ground, twitching all over, everyone was even more frightened, so they quickly shouted for the police outside.
Several police officers arrived upon hearing the commotion, even Officer Gu and her master, Zhou Hang, came in.
Seeing Lei Zhen lying on the ground, constantly twitching, the officers who came in were all stunned.
They opened the door and rushed in, directly carrying Lei Zhen out.
Two police officers carried Lei Zhen to the outer hall and set him down. Lei Zhen stopped twitching and simply closed his eyes, feigning death.
Gu Qingcheng knelt down and checked Lei Zhen's nostrils with her hand, and her whole body jolted in surprise.
"Oh no, he's stopped breathing."
The police officers were all dumbfounded. Zhou Sheng loudly said, "Quick, give him artificial respiration."
Everyone looked at each other. Gu Qingcheng asked, "Who's doing it?"
"You are!" Zhou Sheng said, "We don't know how. Hurry up."
Although Gu Qingcheng was unwilling from the bottom of her heart, considering the life-or-death situation, she could only reluctantly perform resuscitation on Lei Zhen.
Lei Zhen never expected such treatment and almost laughed out loud on the spot.
However, just as Gu Qingcheng was about to lean in, Lei Zhen's slightly puckered lips were discovered by her on the spot.
"Senior Brother Zhou, this guy is faking it! His mouth is still moving."
Gu Qingcheng said, standing up with a look of disgust.
That was close! Her first kiss was almost tricked away by this guy!
Lei Zhen regretted it so much he wanted to slap himself. Why did I pout my lips for no reason?!
He could only pretend to wake up, opening his eyes and asking, "Where is this? Who am I?"
"Still pretending?" Gu Qingcheng glared at him, "I almost fell for your trick!"
Lei Zhen could only stand up with a foolish smile:
"Officer Gu, you're wronging me again. I really fainted just now. Oh, by the way, where's your station chief? I have something very important to tell your station chief."
Zhou Sheng was known for his bad temper in the unit. Seeing Lei Zhen feigning illness, he immediately cursed:
"Lei Zhen, you better be honest with me. Don't pull these stunts. The station chief is at a Municipal Bureau meeting; he doesn't have time for you. Gu Qingcheng, handcuff this guy for me and put him back in immediately."
Gu Qingcheng's lips curled up at the words. She directly pulled out the silver handcuffs and clicked them onto Lei Zhen, then pulled him and started walking forward.
Lei Zhen panicked and loudly exclaimed, "What are you doing?! I want to confess! I'm the one who committed the recent serial murders! I want to see the station chief!"