America, starting as a trainee police officer

Lopez stared wide-eyed at the woman in front of him.

The woman was wearing a pair of large-mesh fishnet stockings and a military green coat.

The leopard-print lining inside is pulled down low.

Half of her bright red bra was visible.

"Wuhu~~~Baby~~~~year~~"

The woman, who seemed to be quite drunk, sat on a black electric toy horse that children ride.

"Damn, really? Encountering something like this first thing in the morning?" Lopez had a bit of a headache.

[Kate Lettsky, a potential criminal target, has been detected]

[Criminal behavior: Occurrence in public places]

[Arrest Reward: Small Silver Bottle]

[Small Silver Bottle: An extraordinary item that instantly refreshes the cooldown of all skills.]

"Here we go! Charge!!!"

Hearing the woman ignoring the police and shouting from the electric horse, Lopez put his hands on his hips and said, "Alright, the race is over, get off!"

Upon hearing this, the woman acted as if she hadn't recognized Lopez as a police officer.

Did I win?

She looked at Lopez with excitement.

"Of course." Li Wei raised an eyebrow. This woman was probably inhaling angel dust.

"Are you on drugs, ma'am?"

"Well, congratulations, you're under arrest."

After Li Wei finished speaking, he went over and waved to the woman, signaling her to come down.

"No! I paid to ride this horse! Why are you arresting me?"

"Illegal use of prohibited drugs in public places."

After saying that, Li Wei just looked at her like that.

"Final!" the woman said, dismounting helplessly.

Thump! Something reeking of a foul stench fell to the ground.

Levi and Lopez took a step back and looked at the things that had fallen to the ground.

A dead man's foot.

It looks like it's been there for a while and is starting to show signs of decay.

"Ma'am, could you explain what's going on?"

"What's going on?" the woman asked, looking at Li Wei in a daze.

Why do you have a foot on your body?

Upon hearing this, the woman tilted her head and said, "It fell down..."

Hearing her answer, Li Wei suddenly realized that it was difficult to communicate with someone who had inhaled angel dust.

"Whose foot is that?" Lopez asked from the side.

"My boyfriend's foot has gangrene and has detached."

Lopez was somewhat speechless: "You keep this foot so you can always reminisce about your boyfriend?"

Hearing Lopez say this, Li Wei suddenly felt a bit naive. He bet five cents that this woman was probably going to sell that foot for money.

In America, selling corpses is a common business.

The next level up is the trade in live organs.

One of the main reasons why doctors in America make money is that they have the right to declare a person legally dead.

Only organs from a person who has died legally can be harvested for transplantation.

In America, being a doctor means either engaging in the sale of live organs or collaborating with drug dealers to prescribe medications illegally.

Otherwise, it's still very difficult to make big money.

Even Doctor Strange in Marvel was targeted in a car accident because he influenced other doctors to sell live organs, with someone deliberately trying to kill him.

If it weren't for the protagonist's plot armor that allowed him to survive, there would be no Doctor Strange.

"No, I thought I could sell them for money, but they said they were rotten and didn't want them."

Upon hearing this, Lopez was completely speechless.

She was about to ask Li Wei to pick up her foot when she saw Li Wei take the initiative, pull out handcuffs, and cuff the woman with a snap.

Mission Completed: Arrest Kate Letsky. Reward: Small Silver Bottle x1

Seeing this, Lopez raised an eyebrow: "Rookie, don't forget to put the evidence away."

After saying that, she turned around and went back to the car, clearly not wanting to smell the stench of rotting flesh.

To be honest, if it weren't for [Calmness Lv.Max] right now...

Li Wei probably couldn't remain so calm either.

They went to the trunk of the police car, opened it, and pulled out the equipment bag.

They took out a plastic bag used for collecting evidence.

He then reached into his pocket.

Actually, I took a pair of nitrile gloves out of the storage space.

Ever since he got the storage space, Li Wei has liked to stuff all sorts of odds and ends into it.

Wallet, ID, spare magazine. Mask, sunglasses, night clothes, wire cutters, rope, baseball bat.

Everything is available.

I put on gloves.

Li Wei squatted down, picked up the mangled foot from the ground with a hint of disgust, stuffed it into the evidence bag, went back to the trunk, unlocked it, and put the bag containing the mangled foot inside.

...

Police station.

With one hand holding Kate's hand and the other leading the evidence bag, Levi and Lopez arrived at the place where detainees were registered.

"Can I get that foot back?"

Kate is still preoccupied with her foot.

It's as if they're fantasizing about exchanging it for some US dollars. All they need is to find a buyer willing to accept it.

Don't even think about it.

"Fine, I have another one anyway." She rolled her eyes as she said this.

Li Wei shook his head and didn't say anything. This woman was a weirdo.

Outside the window, prisoners were being taken out of the detention cells one by one.

"What happened?"

Lopez asked the officer on duty out of curiosity.

"Detaining prisoners has stopped. There's a bus in the garage, and all suspects will be transferred to the Orange County Jail."

Why?

Levi looked at Lopez with curiosity.

Lopez noticed Gray and Nolan walking in from outside, both looking serious.

"A shooting has occurred..."

"A shooting?"

Upon hearing this, Li Wei realized what was happening and also noticed Nolan and Gray.

Is this police station finally open for business?

In California, a Democratic stronghold, there are many lawmakers like Zoe Anderson who prioritize education over punishment.

During Zoe's tenure, Wilshire did not shoot any criminals.

Nolan has made a start today.

"Let's go, today's patrol is over. The IA (Internal Affairs) personnel will be coming to question us later. Let's go to the lounge to have some snacks and a cup of coffee."

Lopez looked at Nolan not far away and sighed.

...

John Nolan.

He stood expressionless in the spot where he usually watched others take pictures of prisoners.

Press your fingerprint and enter your information.

The role reversal from police officer to suspect made him quite uncomfortable.

But for him, it was more of a sense of unease that came from taking a life.

Blood and urine were drawn.

After going through the whole process, Nolan took off his police uniform and handed over his badge and service weapon.

"This...feels really...weird."

He watched as Gray took his police uniform.

"Everywhere you look, it feels like time has stood still."

Upon hearing this, Gray looked at Nolan with a complicated expression. Admittedly, he had always been dissatisfied with Nolan.

But when the other person is in such a situation, it's impossible to be sarcastic: "This is post-traumatic stress disorder. It's a common reaction to experiencing a psychologically stimulating situation. You'll feel better after a good night's sleep."

In reality, Gray himself had never killed anyone.

Police officers who graduated from police academies, have no military background, and have never served abroad and killed anyone are indeed not very likely to commit murder.

(I've changed the setting here. In the show, Grey has a military background, but in season five, when he accidentally killed a criminal for the first time, his performance was worse than Nolan's. Saying he has a military background is too exaggerated. I guess the writers retconned.)