Chapter 5 This is all Thanks to Good Neighbours.

Chapter 5 This is all Thanks to Good Neighbours

After studying it all night, Tae-hyuk had finally figured out the usage of the mirror to a certain extent.

It was basically the same as a smartphone with a touchscreen.

He could touch the screen to getany desiredinformation,andevento changeany of itssettings.

Tae-hyuk could call up a list ofaccessibleskills by clicking on the [Crime Skills] tab.

Robberywas currently the only one available.

Furthermore,Tae-hyukhad three affinity points, which he recalled seeing in a game before.

The acquired points could be used to strengthen skills.

Once he clicked on an item, several lists came up.

He could steal things from a person who didnt even bump into him, pick the item that he wanted, etc. They all seemed like usefulskill enhancements; however, the number of affinity points needed varied for each enhancement.

The one that was most expensive, at atotal of10 points, was stealing several items at once. The otherenhancementsranged from one to five points.

Tae-hyuk decided to test the affinity points.

First of all, I have to raise this.

Robberywasthe skillthatstole the object of a person he bumped into. The slightest mistake meant he could be seen as a pickpocket.

Fortunately, there was an attribute to avoid that.

Activation Timing Adjustment!

After selecting the desired attribute, he pressed the enhance button, and the screen flashed with a message.

It is like I am watching a B grade mobile game. Surely it wont fail?

[Insufficient affinity points.]

Ack! What? It requires five points to getActivation Timing Adjustment?!

He needed two more points in order to prevent the crime skill from being triggered at an inconvenient time in the future.

The problem was that he didnt know howtoacquire additional points.

As Tae-hyuk grabbed his head in distress, somebodysuddenly spoketo him.

Hey, Tae-hyuk. It is Hyung.

Cho Kang-suk, who was wearing jeans and an Aloha t-shirt, opened the cafe door and wavedout to him.

He was also wearing red sunglasses.

Tae-hyukinstinctively wanted to leave the cafebut endured that notion.

Kang-suk, despite his abhorrent taste in fashion, had come to help.

Tae-hyuk greeted him.

Hello, Kang-suk hyung.

Kang-suk satin a chair and said.

I paid some attention to what I am wearing today. Huhu. Thanks to you, I received a holiday. I am planning to go to a club in the evening.

Going to a club?

Tae-hyuk had a headache.

It is really cool. I thought you were a model.

Haha! This guy. Wont you do well in your social life?

He was tall and had big, broad shoulders, so his social life wasnt bad. However, he seemed to be more popular with men than with women.

Auntie! A cup of coffee over here please! Keep it coming!

Here, you have to go to the counter and order it.

I-I see. Ive never been here before.

Kang-suk scratched his head and ordered a cup of ice coffee.

After waiting for a while, the clerk came with an iced coffee and some ice cubes.

Kang-suk took a gulp and said,

I still dont know the difference between iced coffee and cold coffee.

The tea room coffee seemed to suit his taste more.

Thank you for helping me today.

Tae-hyuk bowed his head.

Todays meetupwas regarding money.

If a high school student accepted the reward money, then twisted, greedy dung flies would gather.

If Detective Kang-suk claimed it, then such people couldbe effectivelyprevented.

He was sincerely grateful for Kang-suks help.

Well, I can take a vacation thanks to you.

Then lets go straight away.

Hey. Sit down. There is an order in the works.

Kang-suk started to explain.

I think you should know most of it to a certain extent, but Ill explainthe details.Althoughthe basic reward is50 million won, you wont be able to receive all of it.

Tae-hyuk nodded. It wasquite silly,but he had to pay a certain amount under the pretext of taxes.

15% will be taken as the withholding tax. Then there is another 22% for the unearned income tax. Ultimately, you get 63% of the originalreward.

Tae-hyuk already knew that 15% would be taken.

However,he didnt account for theunearned income tax, the tax on profits obtained without working.

He had worked hard to earn this money!

Tae-hyuk felt wronged,but as itwas the law, he couldnt do anything about it.

In the end, I will still get 31.5 million won.

Thats right,thatis still a lot of money. It is even more than myregularsalary.

You have a terribly small salary.

Hey, dont say that. Anyway, what will you do with that money? Dont spend it in strange places. Do you want Hyung to help you with installment savings?

Tae-hyuk decided to tell the truth.

Well. In fact, my parents died in an accident anda few debts behind. We can try and give up the inheritance,butitwill be ofno use as it was dragged into my noonas name. In the end, I am living with my noona in a semi-basement rented room.My noonas health keeps on getting worse due to the bad air, however. I wasplanning on using the bounty moneyto move us outof the semi-basement and into a better home.

Well. This brat. A real man!

Kang-suks voice trembled. He thought thatafterTae-hyuk received the money,he would itto buy things he wanted or to travel overseas.Kang-sukwas proven wrong, however, and was deeply impressed.

Kang-suk pounded on Tae-hyuks back.

He liked this type of heart.

N-no!

However, Tae-hyuk inwardlylet out a shriek.

Once again, his crime skill was triggered.

[Robbery has been used.]

-You have failedto stealthe opponents belongings

Fortunately, it was a failure.

Even if it was a mistake, stealing Kang-suks wallet would be the end.

Luckily it failed Uack!

However, Kang-suk hadnt finished pounding his back.

Pang pang pang!

Robbery was triggered eeachtime.

Failure, ah again failure!

The success rate was lower than he thought.

But no matter how low the probabilitywas, as long as it wasnt zero, it would eventually succeed.

[Robbery has been used.]

-You have succeeded in stealing the opponents belongings!

Dammit. I stole a detectives property!

People were sentenced for two years in prison for special larcenies.

Eh. Sorry. Are you in pain?

Kang-suk saw that Tae-hyuks faceturning sour,and had stopped pounding his back.

Fortunately, Robbery stopped after only succeeding once.

This is really crazy. I have to do something about this.

All he needed to do was bump into someone to activate Robbery.

While this was sometimes useful, more difficult situations like this would occur.

Um. But what did I steal?

Please, justlet itnot be the wallet! If that happened, then hewouldnt be able to get out of it.

He searched through his pockets while trying to maintain an expression that was as casual as possible. Fortunately, it wasnt the wallet that was stolen.

Unfortunately,the item stolen was even worse than a wallet.

Crazy. Handcuffs!

It wasnt a toy, andit wasntan SM item.It was the real, original thing.

It was made of a very solid alloy so it would be a big deal if he accidently put it on.

Howdo Iprevent him from noticing

Unfortunately, the only crime skill available to him wasRobbery.

He would only steal the other persons possession if he used it. The opposite, returning the others possession,was impossible.

It would bepossible if he was a skilled pickpocket, but unfortunately, Tae-hyuk wasnt considered one.

Come to think about it, there was no attribute regarding returning the possession.

Certainly, it wouldnt be considered an act that fell under robbery.

It cant be helped. Lets just go by the book!

Ah. Hyung-nim. You dropped this.

Tae-hyuk deliberately dropped the handcuffs onto the ground and pretended to pick them up.

He was tense as sweat dripped down his back.

Damn. This type of lie would only work on a fool!

However, there was no other alternative.

Tae-hyuk, this brat

As expected, he saw through my lies!

Really, thank you! Aish, when did this fall? Last time I lost it, I had to spend 200,000 wonto buya new one from the stolen goods department!Im glad you found it this time.

It passed!

Furthermore, it was a stolen property.

Thatis a relief.

Kang-suk wasnt the neighbourhood hyung type, but the neighbourhood fool type.

Anyway, a deposit on a house would be difficult with 30 million won. The housing prices have gone insanely expensive these days. Are you living together with just your noona?

Nope. My younger brother as well.

Three people. Well, you should have at least two rooms. Will the house be near here?

Yes. Noona works at a factorynearby, soit needs to be within a walking distance.

Kang-suk was thinking with all his strengthas ifit was his own problem.

AlthoughTae-hyuk already knew that Kang-suk was overflowing with kindness andopenness, he hadnt expected thislevel of sincerity.

It is good that Im entrusting it to Kang-suk.

Kang-suklet outa strange moan as he searched through a real estate app.

Youll need at least 30 million won to rent a house. Damn. There are no taxes set on the bounties from companies Shouldnt the country pay more when such a big criminal is caught?

Wait. A bounty from companies?

Im certain that a big company put out a bounty for Yoo Cheol-ho.

He couldnt remember exactly where.

Where was it ah. Sungjin Group!

Tae-hyuk carefully told this fact to Kang-suk.

Kang-suk was delighted, as if it was his own work.

Yes. Lets jump and catch two things today!

Well go get the bounty from the government first. Do we receive it from Central Bank?

It is like the lottery. Did you bring what I asked you to?

Tae-hyuk nodded.

They werecopies of his ID card and a bankbook in his own name.

If you send that to the person in charge ,then it will be deposited by tomorrow. Originally,they rewardwould be received from Central Bank, but it is like Tae-hyuk said. There would be problems if youwentthere.

Certainly. Lotto prizeswould bereceived, there so therewould bedung flies buzzing aroundall day.

Haha. Yes, dung flies.

There werepeople looking for investors,saying they had a sure fire item. Businessmen asking for donations. In addition, there were gangsters with crude and rough words. Various groups would be gathered like flies.

Kang-suk gathered the papers that Tae-hyuk gave him.

Ill give this to the person in charge.

Kang-suk hyung,I really appreciatewhat youve done so far.

No, its fine. Anyway, I will be interviewed as the detective who caught Yoo Cheol-ho,and itllcome out on the evening news.

Oh. You will be a celebrity.

However, he wondered what type of clothing would be worn for the interview. Surely, he wouldnt show up on TV like that?

Tae-hyuk had an ominous feeling.

One thing is over.

It ended earlier than he thought.

Tae-hyuk said with a satisfied expression,

Then lets storm the Sungjin Group.

Well. Can we do that?

Of course. I made a key tip in catching Yoo Cheol-ho. Kang-suk hyung is the one who caught Yoo Cheol-ho. If we cant go, then who can?

I-is that so?

Then we will go straight to headquarters. I know the location.

You sound like you worked there or something.

Tae-hyuk just smiled instead of answering.

Worked there?

It was the place where he was previouslyframed.