Chapter 134 A Slice of the Cake
Bell got out and went over to the A8. Her eyes glowed as she remarked, This car has definitely been modified
Luke asked, Can you open the car door?
Bell chuckled. Not a problem. She fetched a tool she had made herself and opened the A8s door in two minutes.
Luke thanked her and sat in the drivers seat, making sure that the prize was under his control.
Leaving the door open, he took a deep breath and remarked, Ah, the scent of money.
Bell clicked her tongue and said, Of course; this isnt a cheap car.
Luke said, It certainly isnt. Its worth at least ten million.
Bell was suspicious. Really? I think thats way too much.
Marta soon arrived.
She asked Luke and Elsa for the robbers whereabouts as soon as she saw them.
Elsa asked curiously, I told you they turned back. You didnt encounter them?
Marta was rather embarrassed.
They did encounter the robbers, but the women had gotten away again later. So, they could only come here to look for more clues.
Berit, however, jumped out and scolded, Elsa, its all your fault. You let Sergei go, and the bank robbers have fled, too. Didnt you say that you would take full responsibility?
Elsa glanced at the idiot and turned back to Marta, whom she found far more agreeable. Is that what you think, too, Officer Marta?
Marta wasnt stupid, and she wasnt friends with Berit, either. She quickly shook her head and said, No, no, no. Like I said, Berit only represents himself, not the Major Crimes Division. Can we talk over there?
Infuriated, Berit was about to open his mouth again.
Marta, however, grew impatient. Sergeant Berit, if you stand in my way again, Im going to write a report expounding on your remarkable contribution to this bank robbery case. How does that sound?
Berit choked and didnt say anything.
The bank robberies had too much of an impact. The robbers had looted more than three million in this last job.
Including their takings from the first two jobs, the robbers had grabbed more than eleven million in total. The banks were frantically pressuring the police to solve the case.
The banks certainly didnt want to be robbed every other day.
Three robberies in one week even the biggest bank couldnt tolerate this frequency.
If Marta reported that Berit had gotten in the way of the investigation, the agitated leadership of NYPD would definitely vent their fury on him.
Elsa and Marta talked in private for a while, before they finally summoned Berit. Then, the three of them began to make calls.
After almost an hour, everything was finally done.
Elsa returned, exhausted but excited. Luke, hand the car over to Officer Marta.
Luke chuckled and left the drivers seat. He nodded at Marta.
Marta looked at him with complicated feelings.
It wasnt because she was angry with him, but because her men had reported the gunfight to her in the last hour.
This smiling young officer who looked like a high school student had killed and injured 34 members of Sergeis gang on his own. He even apprehended Sergei, and had thrown him into the trunk of the cab.
It was safe to say that he had single-handedly eliminated Sergeis gang.
Was he really an ordinary detective? He was more like Rambo!
Thankfully, Luke and Elsa had tacitly agreed that the credit for retrieving the loot would go to Elsa, or Marta would be even more alarmed.
After the handover, Luke and Elsa returned to their apartment in Bells cab.
NYPD would finish up the investigation today, and the two of them wouldnt be needed until tomorrow, so they didnt have to go into the department and annoy everybody there for now.
Luke took a shower in his apartment and read the system notifications in bed.
Mission: Eliminate Sergeis gang and arrest Sergei.
Total experience: 1,500. Credit: 1,500.
Contribution rate: 100%. EXP +1,500. Credit +1,500.
Luke had completed the mission on his own. Elsa hadnt helped at all.
There was no need to mention the unlucky Watson. Even the system didnt deem him a contributor.
Mission: Seize the loot from the bank robberies.
Total experience: 500. Credit: 500.
Contribution rate: 80%. EXP +400. Credit +400.
Luke snorted. He hadnt earned much experience from this second case; he might perhaps have earned more if he had captured the four robbers.
What really drew Lukes attention was something else.
You have defeated Vanessa. You may now learn all her abilities.
Vanessas abilities: Basic Shooting, Basic Car Repairs, Basic Car Modification Elementary Driving
Elementary Driving: (prerequisite: 20 Dexterity and 1,000 Credit points)
Luke wasnt very happy, because the ability was grayed out.
Although he had won the bet with Vanessa, it clearly wasnt enough for him to learn her abilities yet.
Luke frowned and thought for a moment, before he left the apartment on his bike.
He had been busy for half a day, and had eaten the fast food which he had packed in the morning for lunch.
Since he was in a bad mood, he decided to look for something nice to eat.
He didnt ask Elsa if she wanted to join him because she was busy talking to Dustin about how to split the cake.
There was no room for food in Elsas head at the moment. Luke would just pack some for her later.
Luke wandered the streets of New York on his bike.
Eventually, he chose a Chinese restaurant.
It was a one-star Michelin restaurant that served Cantonese food.
Luke ordered almost every dish on the menu and enjoyed them slowly.
Speaking of Michelin restaurants, many people would think that they were expensive
But the number of stars mattered.
Three-star Michelin restaurants would burn a hole in your pocket eating at one could easily cost more than five hundred bucks a person.
But what Luke picked was a one-star Michelin restaurant, which was no more expensive than some regular restaurants out there.
Luke only spent 87 dollars on the food that he had ordered.
Luke didnt touch most of it. He decided to pack them up for Elsa, Bell, and her boyfriend for supper.
So, Luke essentially only paid forty dollars for what he ate. It wasnt much at all.
Luke hung the takeaway bags on his bike and rode unhurriedly back to his apartment.
Suddenly, his Sharp Nose picked up a familiar scent.
Luke stopped the bike and carefully discerned the smell again. He immediately smiled in delight.