“Oh my, isn’t this our dear Officer Zhu Yuan?
Congratulations on your promotion.
The Chief’s position is just around the corner,” Shiro joked, trying to curry some favor, but all he received was a wordless roll of the eyes.
Zhu Yuan intentionally kept a straight face: “Use professional titles while on duty.” Shiro couldn’t help but chuckle at Zhu Yuan’s intentional posturing.
Qingyi watched Zhu Yuan with great interest; this was a rare sight.
Under the gaze of two acquaintances, the “seriousness” on Zhu Yuan’s face couldn’t hold.
A flush of crimson appeared on her pretty face as she glared at Shiro, the instigator.
“This is the hacker.” Shiro dragged the hacker out.
Even after all this time, he was still sleeping soundly.
He probably spent too many nights browsing adult websites and “taking off” too many times.
With the bridge Shiro provided to step down from her embarrassment, Zhu Yuan instantly entered work mode.
Serious and professional, she began checking the hacker’s condition.
“How brutal.
At first glance, the facial bones have comminuted fractures,” Qingyi said after a simple scan to confirm the injuries.
“I’ll be more careful next time.” Zhu Yuan put her hands on her hips, her voice rising slightly: “You’re planning on a next time?” “This time it was a hacker, but what if next time it’s an armed Hollow Raider?
Do you want to keep taking risks?
Leave these matters to us Public Security Officers.” Shiro felt the concern in Zhu Yuan’s words.
A warm current flowed through his heart, and he prepared to show off a bit.
“My dear Officer Zhu Yuan…
concern breeds confusion when one cares too much.” “Do you think the owner of a shop, with the strength to beat someone into this state, would be a weakling?” Qingyi looked up at the security door upstairs, a meaningful smile appearing on her face.
“Ah, well…” Zhu Yuan blinked, her expression freezing for a moment before turning into one of embarrassment.
She looked Shiro up and down, seemingly trying to discover where he had changed.
His physique seems even better.
Did he go to the gym?
I wonder what it feels like to touch…
Zhu Yuan realized her thoughts were straying.
Her ears couldn’t help but burn, and she desperately tried to calm her heart.
“Oh, this hacker actually has something.
He’s a big fish,” Qingyi said in surprise after a brief preliminary crack of the laptop.
“I’ll leave him to you then.
I’ll head back and tidy up the Yorozuya first.
Drop by when you’re free,” Shiro checked the time; it was time to go home.
“I’ll give you a lift,” Zhu Yuan said subconsciously.
“I can watch the hacker while we wait for the ambulance.
Since the shop owner gave us such a gift, Zhu Yuan, you really should see him off,” Qingyi said with a smile, urging the two to leave quickly.
Zhu Yuan nodded and gestured for Shiro to get in the car.
Whether before or after his transmigration, this was Shiro’s first time sitting in a police car.
He felt no anxiety; instead, he was quite curious.
“Zhu Yuan, you drive really steadily,” Shiro noted, looking at the speedometer which didn’t exceed 60, even though this section of the road didn’t have a 60 km/h limit.
“I’m used to it.
Safety first.” “Speaking of driving, a fast car sped through Fourteenth Street yesterday.
The Public Security Officer in charge actually lost them,” Zhu Yuan shared a work story.
Shiro: “…” Fourteenth Street…
fast car…
She was likely talking about him.
He hadn’t noticed any Public Security Officers following; they probably couldn’t even catch his exhaust fumes.
“The one driving the fast car was me.” “What?
It was you!” Zhu Yuan tapped the brakes, letting the speed drop gradually before finally stopping in a designated parking area.
“Do you know how many red lights you ran?
Hand over your driver’s license,” Zhu Yuan said, acting purely in her official capacity.
“Hand over my license?
I’d have to have one first,” Shiro muttered.
“…Driving without a license too?” Zhu Yuan’s lip twitched.
She had never encountered such a situation.
To drive that fast without a license—he really was a natural talent, wasn’t he?
However, aside from causing some chaos, there were no casualties.
He had even spooked a fugitive on the run, indirectly allowing the Public Security Officers to catch the guy smoothly.
Speeding, and yet he gets credit for a bust.
“When I’m on leave, I will supervise you to go get your license,” Zhu Yuan said in a serious tone.
After saying it, Zhu Yuan herself was stunned.
Why would she say something like that?
It sounded a bit too intimate, but she really did need to make sure Shiro got his license.
“Sure, whatever.” Shiro said nonchalantly.
He already knew how to drive.
Even without the Super Brain, he could guarantee passing the written portion.
…
Sixth Street, Video Store.
“So it’s an Artificial Retard.
Quite a convenient thing,” Shiro said, looking at the circular eyeball on the screen.
Well then, Mai Pian Siblings, get ready to pay the electricity bill.
“Negative.
I am a Type III General-Purpose Integrated AI.
You may address me as Fairy,” a female voice introduced herself to Shiro with a hint of dissatisfaction.
“This is what was in the safe.
According to Fairy, she has unrestricted access to over 80% of the smart devices in the entire city,” Belle shrugged helplessly.
She and Wise hadn’t realized the gravity of the situation yet.
“Shiro, owner of the Yorozuya, external member of Cunning Hares, recognized philanthropist of Sixth Street…” Fairy instantly gathered this information from the network and smart devices.
As for the cost…
…it was merely a bit of electricity.
Shiro’s mouth twitched.
No matter how many times he heard the title ‘philanthropist,’ he couldn’t get used to it.
This AI is really quite human; she does this just to prove how capable she is.
“Pretty impressive,” Wise nodded.
“Friendly tip: how much electricity do you two think is consumed to keep an AI like this running normally?” A playful smile appeared on Shiro’s face.
Fairy: “…” “!” Hearing this, Wise and Belle’s expressions changed instantly.
They probably understood what Shiro meant.
Oh no!
The two scrambled outside to check the electric meter.
Seeing the usage skyrocketing, their vision went dark; they felt their future was bleak.
Just starting up for this short while, the power consumption speed was at least five times higher than before.
“Tsk tsk tsk, that’s not an electric meter spinning, that’s a turbine,” Shiro clicked his tongue.
This probably wasn’t even Fairy’s full power.
The Mai Pian Siblings’ wallets were spinning right along with it.
However, because of him, the Phaethon account was still there.
They didn’t have to start over from a smurf account, so their income wouldn’t be slashed.
“Waaaah X﹏X, Brother, let’s not keep this AI,” Belle said with a long face, her heart aching for her money.
Although they earned a lot as Proxies, raising such a power-hungry beast would make their future life quite tight.
She still had so many Gachapon toys to buy!
Wise had the same thought.
Their income as Proxies wouldn’t fluctuate too much, but a five-fold increase in electricity consumption was a very real and visible drain.
After a simple calculation, their currently comfortable life would, because of Fairy, require them to live much more frugally, even if it didn’t leave them destitute.
“A pity there’s no Aventurine in this world,” Shiro murmured to himself.
If there were Aventurine, by selling Avgin people, one could make the electric meter spin backward.
[Funny (¬‿¬)] “Heh…” As Shiro thought about it, he couldn’t help but chuckle.
It was a bit too ‘hellish.’ The person who invented the’selling Aventurine’ meme was a real piece of work.
Oh right, isn’t there someone who pulls power lines in Endfield?
Could pull a few over here.
“What Aventurine?” Wise asked in confusion.
He had heard of Aventurine quartz before.
Could selling Aventurine really make an electric meter spin backward?