Chapter 20 (1/2)

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation

Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

“David, do you know who attacked your residence?” After chatting with him about some personal matters, Officer Bob turned on the identity bracelet and proceeded with some routine questioning.

“I don’t know, I was practicing Bodywork in the basement and hid after I realized that my identity bracelet couldn’t connect to Skynet,” David replied.

“I remember that there are security systems in your residence. Were they activated at the time?” Officer Bob asked again.

“Officer Bob, I turned on all the security systems,” David answered.

“If there’s anything else, I’ll question you again,” Officer Bob said while turning off the identity bracelet. Continuing, he stated, “The security system didn’t work, so I believe all of your losses will be compensated by the security system provider. I will do my best to help you get more compensation.”

Due to the special environment of Planet Rocky, the insurance industry was not well-developed, and most insurance companies would not insure the residences there. The companies that were allowed to insure homes charged an extremely staggering price for their insurance premiums.

Hence, whenever something happened to a residence in the city, repair or reconstruction costs would be paid partially by the owners themselves and partially by the city.

The method of handling that Officer Bob was referring to was the use of power, authority, and Hans’ influence as a statesman.

He believed that the fact that the security systems failed to protect the family member of a statesman would be enough to put the security systems company in a passive position, causing them to be unable to take many big orders in the future.

“Officer Bob, thank you!” David thanked Bob. Even though he didn’t know the reason, he knew that Bob was helping him.

“Officer Bob, here are the preliminary investigation results!” a young policeman informed Officer Bob, scurrying up to him.

Officer Bob nodded at the young policeman, then opened the results in David’s presence.

“David, it has been established that one of your assailants is an armorer, and Amos, the head of security at the Strat Hotel, died at the scene.”

At that moment, Officer Bob looked at David. He was the one who had provided the information about Amos spying on David. To his surprise, an armorer like Amos had actually died there.

If there had not been signs of armorers fighting at the scene, Bob would have thought that David had killed him. There was also the fact that David couldn’t hire any armorers to serve him.

“From the results of the preliminary investigation, I have deduced that the other party should have deployed a mercenary of the Electronic Warfare Division, as well as numerous armorers. Based on the way they acted, there are traces of mercenaries. David, think about anything you possibly could have done to attract those armorers here,” Officer Bob requested.

“I can’t think of anything that would attract them,” David said, shaking his head after considering it carefully.

In fact, the moment he had considered it, he had thought of the T3 Sniper Assist Device, which was the only item he had recently obtained by chance. If that item was not the reason, his predecessor was the only possibility.

However, his predecessor rarely got along with others. The only special thing he had was the sacrificial manual, but after he thought about it, he felt that it was unlikely that Trainer Jeremy would expose that matter, for it would only bring him trouble.

“I’ll submit an application for Skynet to pay special attention to the security of your residence. I’ll also let you know if there is any new progress in the ensuing investigations,” Officer Bob told him, ending the conversation when he saw that the investigation around him was being wrapped up.

During that period, the four armorers did not go near the scene, simply standing to the side with an extraordinary attitude.

Amos’s body was taken away, along with his car. Any traces of battle on the ground were documented and the damage made to the ground was repaired, while blood samples and weapon fragments were collected from various areas.

By the time the police left, the place was almost the same as it was before, the thing different was the damaged steel alloy gate.

David looked around, and seeing that no one was nearby, quickly went to the spot where the Shadow Servant was. He picked up the item that the Shadow Servant had hidden and returned home.

David didn’t worry about his safety after the police left. The special attention he was receiving from Skynet was countless times safer than any other means of security.

If anyone else came looking for trouble, the ones sent to attack them would not be the police but multiple defensive drones that could launch a lockdown attack. Without any armorers to launch long-range attacks, they would not be able to face it all.

Besides, after being locked onto by the drones, their identities would be recorded in the list of fugitives.