Only a fool would believe that an ordinary college student could be so agile and take down so many thugs single-handedly without any hidden background.
Moreover, her profile had always shown her as unemployed or doing part-time work.
Where could she possibly get the strength to take down so many thugs, knocking out four in a row, and holding out until the Public Security Officers arrived to save her?
“That’s a secret, hehe.” Akari gave a dry laugh, avoiding giving Zhu Yuan a direct answer.
“Next question: why did you single out that calico cat specifically and ask us to return it to that lady?” In truth, this was the question Zhu Yuan was really curious about.
The first question was merely a conversational icebreaker to test the waters.
Seeing how tight-lipped Akari was, Zhu Yuan already had a few guesses in mind.
The young girl before her seemed to have a far-from-simple identity, and her strength was beyond what ordinary people could imagine.
Therefore, Zhu Yuan strongly suspected that the girl might be involved in illegal activities.
“A friend entrusted me to help track down that calico cat.
If I hadn’t been looking for it, none of what happened later would have taken place, let alone busting this criminal organization…” After Akari finished speaking, she coughed twice intentionally.
Zhu Yuan nodded.
This matched the statement given by the lady, who had also mentioned that she asked Akari to help find the calico cat, which accidentally led to discovering the whole incident.
As of now, the statements and the actual actions of both parties aligned with each other.
That lady placed extreme importance on the cat, treating it almost like her own daughter.
Thus, Zhu Yuan found no obvious points to suspect for the moment.
However, her underlying suspicion had never faded.
She felt that the young girl in front of her looked very much like a Proxy engaged in illegal activities.
Yet, lacking concrete evidence, combined with the official stance of turning a blind eye to Proxies, Zhu Yuan didn’t want to dig too deeply into it.
This matter was neither urgent nor particularly dangerous, and turning it into an ironclad conviction wouldn’t serve much purpose.
Since that was the case, asking a few token questions would suffice.
Afterward, Zhu Yuan asked a few superficial questions and prepared to leave.
Before leaving, Zhu Yuan specifically requested Akari’s contact information.
“Miss Akari, for the sake of the ongoing investigation and case requirements, our bureau reserves the right to summon you at any time.
Please add my contact info so we can coordinate on the case later.” After adding her contact info, Zhu Yuan made her move to leave.
“Wait, let me send you the video recordings I took.
These are the evidence I saved, which might be useful to you guys.” Remembering the videos she recorded, Akari sent them over to Zhu Yuan, submitting her prepared evidence.
“My physical condition isn’t great, so I probably won’t be able to accept summons in person, but I can submit evidence.
I guarantee that these pieces of evidence are genuine and valid.” “Otherwise, I am willing to bear all legal responsibilities.” Akari then coughed twice more, making it clear that she was asking them to leave.
Seeing this, the two officers didn’t linger to invite further awkwardness and soon left Akari’s ward one after another.
Before leaving, they made sure to save the original video files.
Just as they walked out of the hospital room, Qingyi opened the original video files and carefully reviewed their contents.
“Zhu Yuan, I am quite suspicious of that little girl’s identity…” Qingyi’s suspicion was not without reason.
According to the records and the background information shown, Akari was just an ordinary unemployed person.
Although she had high educational qualifications, she had been unemployed or working odd jobs for years.
Possessing such strength under those circumstances naturally raised suspicions.
Her calm and composed answers, as well as her quick reflexes in deflecting questions back to them, further solidified Qingyi’s conviction.
“Senior Qingyi, I also feel that this little girl is far from simple, but without evidence proving she’s done anything illegal, we cannot operate on a presumption of guilt.
Otherwise, wouldn’t we just be labeling the girl as a criminal?” Faced with Qingyi’s presumption of guilt, Zhu Yuan rejected the approach.
The so-called presumption of guilt meant assuming in one’s heart that the other party was a criminal while lacking actual evidence.
As long as one viewed things through the lens of a presumption of guilt, the other party would invariably be a criminal in one’s eyes, leaving absolutely no room for defense.
Viewing others with a presumption of guilt was very impolite.
Public Security Officers, in particular, should never view anyone from such a perspective.
Everything required conclusive evidence.
Public Security Officers had always handled cases by this principle.
“Could it be that I really am overthinking this?” Before leaving, Qingyi cast a subtle and deep glance toward the room where Akari was staying.
“Let’s go, Senior Qingyi.
We haven’t finished compiling the follow-up case regarding that pet company yet.” “It won’t be too late to visit this lady after we finish our official duties.” Since Akari had provided the original video files, the tablet she used was not confiscated as evidence and remained in her possession.
Her tablet held too many secrets.
If someone else saw the stuff from the Inter-Knot on it, she would probably really end up in jail.
“Ding~ Congratulations to the host for completing the first commission~” Taking advantage of a moment when the nurse went to change medication for another patient and no one was around,XN appeared beside Akari right on cue.
“I knew you wouldn’t let me exploit loopholes so easily.” Akari strongly suspected that the whole sequence of events was connected to Xiao Nuo.
It was clearly just a small commission to help someone find a cat, yet it somehow escalated into a firefight with a criminal organization, leaving her struck on the head with a club and forced to recuperate in the hospital for a while.
To be honest, she wouldn’t believe it if someone said XN had nothing to do with it.
Fortunately, as an involved party, her hospitalization expenses were reimbursed by the authorities.
However, the room and board costs incurred during this period still had to be paid out of her own pocket.
The reward for the cat-finding commission was only 1,500 dennies, which was equivalent to ten days’ salary for an ordinary person.
“Host, please look into this carefully~ Sob sob~” “This matter really has nothing to do with this system.
Didn’t you pick the commission yourself, Host?” “This system would never deliberately harm the host or put you in mortal danger…” XN cried as she spoke, teary-eyed, wiping her tears with her hands like a bullied little girl.
Seeing such an adorable girl crying, the patient in the neighboring bed immediately shot a look of disdain toward Akari.
Feeling the disdainful gaze, Akari felt thoroughly uncomfortable and could only glare back at XN with a look full of resentment.
This matter was definitely related to XN, or perhaps even planned by her directly.
Under normal circumstances, with such a simple commission, how could her luck be so bad as to run into those desperate criminals?
“Fine, I’ll take your word for it for now, but…
the progress of the commissions will probably have to be delayed.” At the thought of commissions being delayed again, Akari felt a headache coming on.
By conservative estimates, even if the hospital used the best medicine, she would still have to stay in bed for half a month.
During these two weeks, she would have no way to carry out commissions and could only lie in the hospital bed.
Only when her condition improved could she be discharged.