Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 666, Section 256: A Special Gift
God is the most dramatic director ever; one problem is resolved only for another to arise.

Having just finished a wonderful vacation, Chi Mengli received a big gift.

A miniature coffin carved from the finest sandalwood sits on Chi Mengli's desk.

This small coffin was an urgent mail delivered by the postman early in the morning. The henchman at the front desk on the first floor saw that his boss's name was on the urgent mail, so he signed for it and put it away. It was only delivered after Chi Mengli arrived at Tuodi and finished discussing the business of the gang.

Get promoted and make money!

good sign!
There were no rubber gloves in the office, so Chi Mengli took out a handkerchief, picked up the super mini coffin, and discovered that it was movable. After pushing it open with her thumb, she found a molar inside.

Spinach Dong had been peeking on tiptoe the whole time, and when he saw that there was only a tooth inside, he was greatly disappointed. He pulled over a chair, plopped down, and said, "Brother Sheng, we need to investigate this matter thoroughly and see which bastard is behind this!"

"Sending a coffin to the temple grounds, this bastard is really creative!"

"I'll scrape it out, use pliers to break all of this bastard's teeth, then give him a cement coffin, and let this stinking bastard get promoted and make a fortune."

Sending a coffin so early in the morning, this is no ordinary person! We must stomp them into the mud.

Thinking of this, Spinach Dong immediately jumped up from his chair, ready to grab the microphone, gather his younger brothers and henchmen, and wipe out all the bastards who had recently gotten themselves into trouble.

"Don't worry!"

"Let me take a good look!"

Chi Mengli wrapped the molar in a handkerchief and examined it.

Hong Kong was a colony, a colony of the British Empire, and its child protection laws were very harsh. Right after the liberation, the British Empire began to enact child protection laws in order to make up for the losses suffered by Hong Kong during the war.

Every Hong Kong resident who has returned to Hong Kong after its restoration, as long as they have gone to school and studied, has dental records.

In Western societies, dental records are like a person's third identity document. You can change your appearance, but it's very difficult to change your teeth unless you have all your teeth pulled and get dentures.

Today, in Hong Kong, medical insurance can fully reimburse dental cosmetic procedures.

Men tend to have larger teeth, sharper canines, and thicker roots, while women tend to have smaller teeth, rounder cusps, and are more prone to crowding.

However, this theory is completely untenable. Some women may have larger teeth due to genetic factors, and some men may have smaller teeth. The sex cannot be determined 100% based on size or shape alone.

Chi Mengli threw the tooth in her hand onto the desk, waiting for Xiren to bring people over to collect any fingerprints that might be on the tooth.

Dental records can be accessed, but it takes an extremely long time. There are over six million people in Hong Kong now, and checking each record one by one is like finding a needle in a haystack.

I don't know if dental records are now databased or compared by computer.

The most powerful personal computer at present is the Intel 8086 personal computer, which was the world's first 16-bit processor, the Intel 8086.

The computer uses 256KB of RAM, which can be expanded to a maximum of 320KB.

A computer with 320KB of memory would take at least ten days to half a month to search through tens of millions of dental records.

A gift of a goose feather sent from afar carries a heavy sentiment!
However, the origin of this gift with such a wonderful meaning was unknown, which really gave Chi Mengli a headache.

Since she couldn't figure out where the teeth came from, Chi Mengli set her sights on the small coffin.

The coffin was made of high-quality sandalwood, and it had a faint fragrance of wood inside. Chi Mengli pushed open the coffin lid, but there was nothing inside. He tapped it with his hand, and the bottom of the coffin made a dull echo.

It has a hidden compartment!
Chi Mengli narrowed her eyes and a smile appeared on her lips. Being like a headless fly bumping around was an unpleasant feeling. Since such a generous gift had come knocking, she needed to know which scoundrel was after her!

Xi Ren arrived quickly, followed by Pearl, the receptionist at the antique shop. Pearl worked swiftly, smearing the entire coffin with her fingerprints, but she couldn't find a single one. She couldn't get fingerprints from the teeth, so she couldn't extract any fingerprints at all.

Come prepared!

That's quite normal, though; sending a coffin in such a grand manner would certainly require extreme caution.

Xiren asked Pearl to take the tooth back to the antique shop, and glanced at Chi Mengli sitting in the boss's chair.

Chi Mengli understood immediately, waved her hand, and dismissed Xizai, Ji Mi, and the others, leaving only Bo Cai Dong behind.

"Checking dental records will take at least a week."

Xi Ren lightly leaped up and sat on the table, giving Chi Mengli a general idea of ​​what was going on.

Although a database has been established and some people in the community have copied all the dental records, computer comparison still takes time, unless the most advanced supercomputers in Europe and America are used.

However, there are restrictions on such supercomputers, and Hong Kong cannot place orders at all. The only exception is the supercomputer from the United States, but its performance is far inferior to that of the American supercomputer.

Poor performance means poor efficiency!

However, these self-proclaimed experts who make a living by relying on their noses have recently found a new channel to obtain the latest supercomputers from Los Angeles, although the price is a bit high.

In the future, it will be much easier to recruit someone in the martial arts world than it is now.

"It's not that complicated!"

Chi Mengli stood up, picked up the small coffin on the table, and smashed it on the ground.

With a loud crash, the super mini sandalwood coffin shattered into several pieces.

Spinach Dong, with his sharp eyes, noticed a small piece of paper hidden under the coffin lid. He quickly stood up, used his toes to pry open the lid, and picked up the paper.

There were only two English letters on the piece of paper. After reading it, Spinach Dong shuddered as if he had been bitten by a snake, and let the paper fall to the ground.

With a cigarette dangling from his mouth, Chi Mengli saw the shocked expression on Bo Cai Dong's face and immediately reacted, saying to Xi Ren, "No need to wait seven days. Have your people compare that tooth with DO's dental records."

Xi Ren glanced at the somewhat panicked Bo Cai Dong and immediately nodded. This matter could not be discussed on the phone, especially not by making calls from the gang's headquarters. These were critical times, and the cops might be listening in on this landline.

Once he realized what was happening, Spinach Dong quickly picked up the small piece of paper from the ground and placed it in front of Chi Mengli.

As Chi Mengli had expected, the paper did indeed have the name Do written on it, but it also had an English name.

[Amiya!]
It's like having a path to heaven but choosing the path to hell—you've chosen to walk right into it!

Chi Mengli smiled when he saw the piece of paper. He picked up the lighter on the table, lit the small piece of paper, and casually threw it into the ashtray.

"Brother Sheng, Sister Do."

As soon as Spinach Dong uttered the words, he realized he had misspoke. He glanced at Xi Ren beside him and quickly shut his mouth.

(End of this chapter)