America, starting as a trainee police officer

The hospital was filled with the pungent smell of medicine.

Veronica lay quietly in her hospital bed.

Li Wei held a bouquet of flowers and looked at her through the glass.

Although he left no evidence of using the "Little Red Bottle" and "Little Gold Bottle" on her, Veronica, as the person involved, would have noticed something.

She'll definitely ask me about it later.

With that in mind, Li Wei opened the system.

"System, use a blank skill book to raise your Calmness level from Lv1 to Lv5."

[Used 4 blank skill books, Calm Lv1 -> Calm Lv.Max. Confirm? Yes/No]

After Li Wei confirmed, the [Calm] skill was instantly upgraded to Lv.Max.

[Calm skill has reached the maximum level (Lv.Max), activating the passive skill: Unpredictable]

[Unpredictable: When someone or a machine tries to determine if you are lying, without exception, no answer will be obtained, unless the user intentionally lets others know that they are lying.]

Very good, another conceptual skill.

After shutting down the system, Li Wei entered Veronica's hospital room.

Hearing the noise, Veronica opened her eyes.

"Hey, feeling better?" Li Wei said, throwing the wilted flowers in the vase into the trash can and replacing them with fresh ones.

"Much better, or rather, unexpectedly better."

Veronica looked at Levi with suspicion.

"That's good." Li Wei smiled slightly.

Veronica couldn't detect a trace of unnaturalness on his face, which made her doubt herself.

"What happened after I fell into a coma that day?"

"Why do you ask that?"

Li Wei turned his head to look at her.

"The doctor said my wound was strange. It was a wound that went through a major artery, but it was as if my major artery was deformed and just happened to avoid where the bullet went through."

"She also said that if the bullet had been off by even a millimeter, I might not have made it to the operating room."

Throughout the conversation, she kept staring at Li Wei's face, wondering if Li Wei had used something on her.

However, under the passive skill "Unpredictable," Veronica cannot see anything.

"You're so lucky."

Li Wei acted as if he knew nothing at all.

"That's right. What's even stranger is that I've been lying in bed for three days and haven't experienced any withdrawal symptoms at all. Do you know something about this?"

"That's absolutely right! Doesn't that prove your willpower has triumphed over your biological instincts? Congratulations, Agent Dawson!"

Li Wei lied through his teeth, completely fooling Veronica.

More importantly, Veronica simply couldn't read anything from his face whether he was hiding anything or not.

"I hope so." Helplessly, she could only leave the topic unresolved.

"I've come today to say goodbye. I'm going back to LA soon."

"Going back already?"

Hearing this, Veronica felt a little reluctant.

"Hmm, don't forget, I'm still a trainee police officer."

"Fuck that. If you want, I can easily get the FBI to put you in the Agents Academy, and once you graduate, I can transfer you over to be my partner."

Clearly, Veronica had developed feelings for Levi and wanted to bring him to live with her.

Hearing this, Li Wei shook his head.

I haven't even claimed the system rewards for becoming a formal police officer yet.

Going to the FBI now makes no sense.

"I think I'm more suited to be a police officer."

Seeing Li Wei's resolute tone, Veronica didn't continue to persuade him: "Then remember to call me when you change your mind. Of course, you can still call even if you haven't changed your mind."

Upon hearing the last sentence, Li Wei shuddered. Could this woman really have become addicted to him? That's a bit scary.

...

A few more days passed.

LAPD, Central Wilshire County Office Building.

After the case of Calitley was closed, Levi returned to his daily routine of clocking in at the building, patrolling the streets, arresting people, and writing reports.

"Hey, Rachel, what brings you here?" Lucy greeted Rachel happily in the office.

Hi, Lucy! Long time no see.

Rachel and Lucy are best friends and former roommates.

"Yea, it's been a while. What are you doing at the police station?"

"I work as a social worker now, so I inevitably have to deal with the police. I'm here today to handle a case."

"What case?" Lucy asked Rachel curiously.

Upon hearing this, Rachel flipped through the documents she was holding: "It's a case concerning Virginia Louise Gallagher."

"Any results yet?"

Li Wei walked over at this moment.

The name Gallagher particularly caught his attention.

"You're... the one at the gate that day?"

Rachel has a good memory and recognized Li Wei.

"You two know each other?" Lucy asked, looking at the two of them with a puzzled expression.

"We met once. Let's talk about the case first. What happened after that?" Li Wei looked at Rachel curiously.

Upon hearing this, Rachel nodded and took out a document: "The day after that, I went to the Gallagher's house again, met with Ginger Gallagher, confirmed that no fraudulent claim had occurred, and closed the case."

After she finished speaking, she handed the file to Li Wei.

Li Wei took the document, glanced at it, and couldn't help but shake his head.

He's seen "Shameless" before; Jinji has been dead for over a decade.

The investigation was delayed for more than a decade, and nothing was found before the case was hastily closed.

[It has been detected that the perpetrator Frank Gallagher deceived Rachel Hall by continuing to receive Ginger Gallagher's pension, thus escaping his due punishment.]

[Punishment Mission: Punish Frank Gallagher.]

[Note: Frank Gallagher's crimes do not warrant death. Please punish him within appropriate limits. Excessive punishment will lead to mission failure.]

[Punishment and Rewards: Skill Micro-expression Observation]

Micro-expression observation: The ability to determine whether someone is lying by observing the micro-expressions on their face.

Goodness, they've even gone on a mission, tsk tsk tsk.

Li Wei returned the document to Rachel.

He had originally intended to tell Rachel that the Frank family's Ginger was someone they had borrowed from a nursing home to deceive her.

But since there's a task, there's no need to trouble Rachel with it.

"Does he know Ginger Gallagher? I saw him nearby when I went to Gallagher's house last time."

Watching Levi's retreating figure, Rachel curiously inquired about the situation from Lucy.

"Well, I don't know Golden Guitar, but she might have some kind of grudge against her nephew. After all, Frank Gallagher escaped legal punishment right in front of him, so he might still have a grudge."

Lucy majored in psychology in college before becoming a police officer, and this was an instinctive use of her psychological knowledge to analyze Levi's behavior.

Unfortunately, all her views were wrong.

Even if the Gallagher family overthrew the American government, Levy showed no concern whatsoever.

...

In the main conference room, it's time for roll call.

"Alright, everyone sit down!" Gray walked to the podium with a document in his hand.

"Today is an important day for Wilshire Central Division."

"Actually, I'm going to play a quiz game. The question is: What kind of person do patrol officers dislike the most?"