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That remark gave Xu Le a big grin, so big that his eyes squinted again, as though he had just heard the funniest joke in the entire world. But he did not stay with the topic.
“Don’t you want to give it a try?”
Obviously the ten-year-old boy did not understand the conversation between the two youngsters. Wasn’t that circular shaft a very fine-looking and very expensive ultra-thin crystal screen? It also had great TV signal reception earlier. What else was left to try?
But Li Wei’s face turned serious at these words. Holding the thin circular shaft tightly with his right hand he cautiously pushed a hard-to-spot small metal piece.
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ZAP! ZAP! A strange sound resonated under the big green tree as a faint blue electric arc shot out from the tip of the shaft with awe-inspiring and soul-stirring beauty. The arc traveled with a half-meter radius and quickly circled back to the tip of the shaft.
The young boy threw himself to the ground as soon as he saw the blue electric arc and quickly placed both of his hands behind his head. Obviously in the past, orphans on the streets had suffered a great deal of torture from this type of weapons. Li Wei’s face turned slightly pale. Gazing at Xu Le stupidly, he asked in a trembling voice.
“Holy cow! You call this an electric prod?”
“It just looks scary. The attacking power is not even half of the military models. But those ones require major efforts to mod,” Xu Le said with a frown. “Make sure you only use this when you pick fights with those street punks. You’ll be in deep trouble if you let anyone from the No. 2 Substation see it.
Li Wei quickly thrust the circular shaft underneath his jacket and kept staring at Xu Le with disbelief.
“I thought this thing would just make a few sparks at most…you…you are a d.a.m.n genius.”
By then Little Qiang had also got back onto his feet and stared at Xu Le as though he was wors.h.i.+ping an angel. Although they were only orphans and had very little education, they still could imagine what talent it would require to mod the most beautiful ultra-thin portable crystal screen on the market into such powerful electric prod!
“Ha! I am a genius….” Xu Le raised his bushy eyebrows slightly.
This reaction didn’t look arrogant in any way, and instead, made the youngster appear extremely sincere and honest.
Li Wei gazed earnestly into his eyes and finally asked, “Xu Le, you must have put in a lot of work on this thing. You did all this just…just so you could watch Jian Shui-Er?”
“Of course,” Xu Le replied with an even more sincere tone.
Li Wei felt a sudden urge to beat the h.e.l.l out of someone. But eventually he only scolded, “You idiot!”
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Xu Le watched on until the two shadows vanished into the dark night by the edge of the city. Feeling a bit relaxed, he reached back, pulled up the hood hanging from his leisure jacket, and put it over his head, making sure his entire face was well covered in the shadow. Then he walked down the green hill, away from the big green tree, and followed a different road, walking toward another residence district of the Riverwest State Capital.
However, the journey home for the youngster today was not trouble free. Right by the street light at the entrance of the Rolland Street, he was stopped.
“The hood cannot hide your face…I think we met four years ago.”
Under the dim street light, the figure of the Deputy Chief of the Riverwest State Police No. 2 Substation, Bao Longtao, appeared to be extra murky and fearful. He stared at the young lad in front of him, who was at least two heads shorter than him. He stared at the hood that hid the youngster’s face and uttered the cold words.
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