America, starting as a trainee police officer

"Mr. Delmont, I don't know what you're talking about."

Monica held her head high, a victorious smile on her face, as if victory was assured.

Delmont found this somewhat ironic.

"Do you know what the consequences will be if you let this kind of scum move freely in society?"

"Mr. Delmont, may I interpret this as you presuming my client is guilty?"

"Is he innocent?"

"That should be decided by the judge and the jury. Until the judge delivers the final verdict, my client is merely a suspect. Please remain professional!"

After being rebuked by Monica, Delmont was speechless.

To be fair, there are quite a few lawyers like Monica in America who have no conscience.

If anyone's to blame, it's the judicial system.

Monica was employed by a biosynthesis technology company.

They invested a lot of resources in Melik's project, which resulted in Melik being sentenced to prison and the project being labeled a tainted project.

This was an unacceptable outcome for the board of directors of the biosynthetic technology company.

They hired Monica at great expense so that Melik would be prosecuted on the lightest charges and given a suspended sentence due to his outstanding contributions to the medical field.

This way, Melik can immediately return to the laboratory to take charge of the work.

As for the lives of those homeless people, in the eyes of the board of directors, they are not even worth as much as an ant.

From the audience, Li Wei watched Monica and Sean argue.

I increasingly felt that my plan was feasible.

After a while...

Monica stood up and left the courtroom.

Seeing this, Li Wei also got up and followed.

In the corridor, Li Wei intercepted Monica in front of the women's restroom.

"Is there anything I can help you with?"

Monica's perfume was very strong.

As a legal elite from an ordinary family, she wants to leave a good impression, both professionally and subjectively.

"Could I have your business card, Miss Stevens? I think I might need your help someday."

Upon hearing this, Monica raised an eyebrow: "Officer Li, my consultation fee is $800 per hour. Are you sure you can afford my help?"

Despite the sarcastic remarks, Monica still had no reason to turn away potential customers who came knocking on her door.

I watched Li Wei for a while, probably because he's quite handsome.

Monica still took a business card out of her backpack and handed it over.

"Remember to contact me only after you have the money ready."

After saying that, Monica walked into the women's restroom without looking back.

Li Wei looked at the business card she gave him; it had the same strong perfume scent as her.

...

An hour passed quickly.

The court hearing has begun.

In court, everyone returned to their original positions.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

As the judge struck the gavel.

Everyone stand up.

"Now, the jury will vote in turn on the verdict! Is Lawrence Melik guilty of premeditated murder?"

After everyone sat down...

One by one, the jurors rose to their feet.

"guilty!"

"Innocent!"

"Innocent!"

...

"Innocent!"

After the last jury member tallied the votes, he announced: "This jury finds the defendant not guilty."

"Is this a unanimous verdict from all jurors? Please confirm."

"Yes, Your Honor."

"The next charge."

After completing the process.

The judge picked up the gavel and struck it once.

"The verdict is now being announced in court!"

"The defendant, Lawrence Melik, is found guilty of kidnapping, unlawful detention, murder, destruction of evidence, forgery, framing, bribery, and harboring a criminal due to insufficient evidence. The charges are hereby declared not guilty in court."

"The facts of the assault on a police officer are clear and the evidence is conclusive, therefore the charge is established. The defendant, Lawrence Melik, is sentenced to six months imprisonment and a fine of two thousand US dollars."

"Considering the defendant's significant social contributions in the medical field, and taking into account the entire case and his past achievements, this court has decided to grant him leniency and a one-year suspended sentence."

Thump, thump, thump. The judgment is now in effect.

At the very moment the verdict took effect.

Li Wei received a notification from the system.

[It has been detected that the perpetrator, Lawrence Melik, exploited a system vulnerability to escape his due punishment.]

[Disciplinary Task: To punish criminals on behalf of the system.]

[Note: This sinner is gravely guilty. Please execute this righteous act and punish him with death; otherwise, the mission will fail.]

[Punishment Rewards: Skill Conversion Scroll x1, Free Attribute Points x20]

Just as he expected, the system came to life.

But people like Melik are not like Frank, a homeless person.

Getting rid of him silently will be quite difficult.

"Looks like I need to make some serious plans."

...

After the case of Melik concluded, Levi returned to patrolling the streets.

"You mean, this little boy from the South Side named Kathy Gaston went missing at his own birthday party?"

"I know it's strange, and no one has a motive, but that's the scariest part. If it were a random perverted pedophile, it's hard to imagine what would have happened to Casey."

Seeing Lopez's worried expression, Li Wei had a lot of things to say but didn't know whether to say them or not.

He knew better than anyone where this little Dunn named Kathy Cusden was right now.

However, his kidnapper was Debbie, so he couldn't arrest her.

If I tried to pull that stunt of arresting and releasing people in front of Lopez, she'd probably think I was crazy.

Touching his chin, Li Wei pondered how he could profit from this matter.

I wonder who will help Fiona and her family deal with this mess now that her brother-in-law Steve is so badly swindled by her.

Lip is clever enough to handle things even without Steve.

Should we target him?

Thinking of this, he looked at Lopez: "So what do we do now? Go door-to-door in the neighborhood asking around?"

"Yep, unless you have a better way."

Lopez nodded.

"Alright, shall we start with North Wallace?"

"You're the one holding the steering wheel, so it's your decision. But hurry up, because Casey Gaston is still out there, who knows if he's with some pervert. I don't want to find him already a corpse."

Although he knew perfectly well that Kathy Cusden was perfectly safe.

But Li Wei couldn't say it out loud.

...

North Wallace 2119.

Lopez and Levi stood at the door of the Gallagher family's house.

knock knock knock.

Li Wei pounded on the door: "Police! Is anyone home?!"

A moment later, the door opened. Fiona looked at Levi and Lopez with an impatient expression: "What!? What is it now?"