In the evening, the television in the villa's living room was playing the news.

Lin Shen was wearing loose loungewear and sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed.

On the television screen, a female presenter dressed in a dark suit, Rena Mizunashi, is reporting with a serious expression: "The major bank robbery that occurred in Ginza yesterday afternoon."

"There is an update: police have found the bodies of three foreign suspects at the scene, and the preliminary assessment is that they were silenced by their accomplices during the shootout."

"The mastermind behind this case, the robber leader wearing a black mask, is still at large."

"The Metropolitan Police Department has issued a nationwide arrest warrant for him, with a reward of ten million yen!"

"Anyone with information is urged to contact the nearest police station immediately."

Lin Shen laughed in anger after hearing the figure of "ten million".

He pointed at the TV screen and started complaining: "Ten million? I've already spent over twenty million, and you only offer a ten million reward? The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is so stingy!"

Sitting next to him, Akemi covered her mouth and laughed, her eyes crinkling, her voice filled with amusement: "Well, there's nothing we can do about it, the Metropolitan Police Department's budget is already very tight."

The two continued reading.

The news footage then shifted to a bank executive in a sharp suit, standing in front of a microphone, his eyes red-rimmed, his voice choked with emotion, and an expression of profound grief.

"These robbers were extremely ruthless and brutal; our bank suffered enormous losses!"

"Preliminary estimates suggest that as much as 500 million yen in cash was stolen... This is a heavy blow to us..."

As he spoke, he took out a handkerchief and wiped the corner of his eye.

When Lin Shen heard the words "five hundred million", he was completely shocked.

He said with a disgruntled expression, "Five hundred million? My ass!! I robbed it myself! At most, it's twenty million!"

"This old bastard just opened his mouth and it became 500 million? He pocketed 480 million himself, and now he's making me take the blame??"

"I go through all the trouble of robbing a bank with a gun, while he sits in his office and makes dozens of times more money than me just by talking?"

He got angrier and angrier as he talked, feeling like he'd been taken advantage of!

Mingmei laughed heartily at his appearance.

She shifted her position on the sofa, leaned closer, and gently wrapped her arms around Lin Shen's head, pulling his head into her embrace and burying it in her soft, broad chest.

She lowered her head, resting her chin on the top of his head, and chuckled softly, "That's how all bankers are!"

"Every time a bank robbery occurs, as long as the robbers are not caught on the spot, they will definitely seize the opportunity to falsify accounts."

"Otherwise, why do you think that bank manager was so cooperative?"

"As soon as you pointed a gun at him, he obediently led you into the vault without even trying to stall for time."

Reminded by her words, Lin Shen carefully recalled the events of yesterday.

The middle-aged man in the gray suit was unusually cooperative from the moment he was grabbed by the collar.

He opened the door when asked to open it, and turned off the alarm when asked to turn it off; there were no unnecessary actions involved.

At the time, he thought the man was quite sensible.

Looking back now, I realize that they were probably hoping he would come and rob them, so they could have a chance to make up for all the money they had lost by falsifying accounts over the years.

Lin Shen leaned against Mingmei's chest, remained silent for a while, and then let out a heartfelt sigh: "Sigh... it's still faster to make money with your brain."

His voice was muffled, but his face wore an expression that said, "I've learned something new."

He thought about it for a moment, and feeling that the anger in his heart had not completely subsided, he simply turned his head and took a sip.

"Hmm..." Akemi's face flushed instantly, and she only responded softly, "Yeah~~~"

The morning news was still playing in the living room, and the female anchor was announcing the next item: "Follow-up report on yesterday's mass looting of banknotes on the streets of Ginza: the police are appealing to anyone who found money to return it..."

But the news was clearly being completely ignored by the two people on the sofa.

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After the bank robbery, Lin Shen knew very well that things were getting tense and he had to keep a low profile!

Although the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department did not catch him, they are certainly working overtime to check all the surveillance cameras in the city, and they have also increased the intensity of checks at various transportation hubs.

If you go out and cause trouble at this point, you're just asking for trouble.

So these past few days he's been living a leisurely life at the villa and coffee shop.

However, despite his leisurely mood, there was one thing that kept bothering him.

He opened the system panel and looked at the number on it—150.

He was in a very bad state.

He used a paraglider, several guns, a bunch of grenades and C4 explosives to take down several organizations' field agents.

So this is all the points I got?

He couldn't help but complain to the system panel: "These points are so hard to farm! If I didn't have a cheat code, I probably wouldn't even be able to afford a decent rifle now."

He turned off the panel, leaned back on the sofa and thought for a while, and quickly figured out the root of the problem—he couldn't increase his police star rating.

Those Metropolitan Police Department officers are too afraid of death.

He caused such a huge commotion in Ginza—robbed a bank, crashed a car, exchanged fire, threw bombs, and scattered money!

In a game, I would have already racked up at least five police stars.

But reality isn't a game; the police officers in the Metropolitan Police Department are incredibly shrewd!

They're all seasoned veterans, incredibly shrewd!

Seeing how powerful their firepower was, the police officers were absolutely unwilling to be the first to take the lead.

They either deliberately caused a traffic jam, or they deliberately chased after someone for a few steps before running out of steam...

In short, they chased after them, but failed to catch up, which wasn't their fault.

Let them come up and fight head-on? No way!

They can explain the division of job responsibilities to you in detail!

They are criminal police officers, not counter-terrorism special police; this is not within their scope of work!

After all, the national conditions in the United States and Japan are different!

It's estimated that very few police officers in the Metropolitan Police Department are willing to carry guns on duty, as it's easy for them to run into trouble.

In the United States, few police officers would be willing to go out on missions without carrying a gun.

The national conditions are completely different.

This is why the alert level increases slowly!

From beginning to end, not a single police officer dared to actually rush up and confront Lin Shen head-on.

Lin Shen couldn't possibly kill a policeman on purpose just to rack up points, could he?

He would never do something so heinous.

So he could only watch helplessly as the points dwindled, like squeezing toothpaste.

Several days passed like this.

The weather was nice, the sun was shining, and the heat of the Ginza incident was slowly fading... at least it was no longer making headlines.

An ordinary morning.

Lin Shen and Mingmei woke up naturally, got out of bed leisurely, and had a leisurely breakfast.

The two then changed into ordinary clothes, drove their unassuming white sedan, and went to Cafe 221.

Akemi pushed open the door of the coffee shop, flipped the "CLOSED" sign over and hung it up as "OPEN", then went behind the bar and started tidying up the coffee machine.

She was thinking about how many coffees she needed to deliver today!

Lin Shen lazily sat down in his usual spot by the window, picked up a morning newspaper, and flipped through it idly.

Less than an hour after the shop opened, the wind chimes hanging at the entrance jingled once.

"Welcome—" Akemi subconsciously looked up and habitually put on a business-like smile.

Then her smile froze on her face.

Because the guest who walked in was none other than Shiho Miyano.

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