Searching for someone in northern Myanmar, and you call that earning tuition fees?

In the dark stands, Lin Xiaoyue trembled all over.

She cried, the tape over her mouth preventing her from making a sound; only tears of despair streamed down her face. Kidnappers, bombs, live streaming online… each of these was enough to shatter the mind of an ordinary female college student.

Just when she thought she was going to die, someone walked into the light.

It is Su Ming.

In that instant, the last string in Lin Xiaoyue's mind snapped completely.

Why him of all? Su Ming, the one who does nothing but study and calculate his food expenses, and even frowns if he gets an extra penny of food?

What did the police send him to do? To dissuade the madman with his advanced vocabulary, or to persuade the kidnappers to switch to more energy-efficient light bulbs with his nitpicking logic?

Watching Su Dan's thin figure disappear, her last glimmer of hope vanished.

The mocking electronic music from the loudspeaker was still echoing.

"Tell me, optics expert, which one do you want to save first?"

Under the spotlight, Su Ming did not move.

He first glanced at Lin Xiaoyue, then at his best friend who was so frightened she was about to cry.

There was no struggle or pain on his face.

He thought carefully for a few seconds, then looked up and asked, "What's the name of the person who doesn't owe me money?"

The electronic voice from the speaker: "?"

Jiangnan Yan in the command vehicle: "?"

Lin Xiaoyue's best friend in the stands: "???"

The dark web live stream was immediately flooded with question marks.

【？？？？？？？？】

What? Why is he asking for my name? Does he want to get to know me first?

Holy crap, I'm starting to lose track of this guy's train of thought!

The "shadow" high up was clearly bewildered as well; he remained silent for several seconds before regaining his senses: "Why are you asking this?!"

"Let's use the process of elimination," Su Ming replied matter-of-factly. "We should at least confirm it, just in case she also owes me money, and I just forgot."

Inside the command vehicle, Li Changfeng slapped his thigh, suddenly realizing what was going on!

"That's right! How come I didn't think of that!" He excitedly grabbed the shoulder of a technician next to him. "Quick! Quick, check! Check the other girl's identity information! Check her spending records! See if she's recently used Su Ming's card at the school cafeteria! That's crucial!"

The technician, feeling dizzy from the shaking, said, "Consultant Li... this... we're criminal police officers."

Jiang Nanyan held her forehead, feeling like she was about to die.

She was wrong. She shouldn't have had any normal expectations of those two people's thought processes.

High up, the shadow's hand holding the detonator was trembling, not from nervousness, but from anger.

"I'll kill you!" The shadow's voice trembled with a desperate sob. "I prepared such a grand stage! I planned the perfect death game! Why wouldn't you follow the script! Why!"

"Your script is terrible." Su Ming said impatiently, finally looking up at the ceiling. "It's full of plot holes, illogical, and the lighting is really bad."

He pointed to Lin Xiaoyue's best friend: "You arranged for her to be there so I would have to make a choice. But you overlooked a most basic human trait—the tendency to seek advantage and avoid harm."

The shadow sneered, "Humanity? I'll show you what humanity is right now!"

"What good would it do me to save her? No. She doesn't owe me any money," Su Ming continued, analyzing, "but if I don't save Lin Xiaoyue, I'll lose my five hundred yuan. That's a direct financial loss."

He paused, then concluded, "So, this isn't a multiple-choice question at all; it's an easy one. I choose her..."

Su Ming stretched out his finger and pointed to... the right.

Lin Xiaoyue's best friend.

Lin Xiaoyue froze, then began to sob in despair. It's over, he's given up on me…

Jiangnan Yan, inside the command vehicle, felt a pang of anxiety.

The dark web livestream room is going wild!

Holy crap! He actually chose someone else! He dumped the school beauty!

Human nature! It's so real! To survive, people will definitely sacrifice others first!

[Shadow Master is awesome! He truly tore away the mask of humanity!]

The shadow let out a hearty laugh: "Hahahaha! See that! This is what you call humanity! Utterly vulnerable in the face of life and death! You chose her, so your 'Five Hundred Dollars' will have to be punished!"

He seemed to be about to raise his hand to press something.

"Are you misunderstanding something?" Su Ming interrupted his maniacal laughter.

The shadow froze.

Su Ming pointed to Lin Xiaoyue's best friend and calmly finished the second half of his sentence.

"I choose her, even if it means dying first."

The entire stadium was completely silent.

Inside the command vehicle, Li Changfeng spat out the nitroglycerin pill he had just put in his mouth.

The live stream chat on the dark web paused for three seconds, then the screen exploded with comments.

What the hell did I just hear?

[Choose her... to die first???]

Wait a minute, let me sort this out. So his logic is to eliminate the one who doesn't owe money first, and protect his own creditors???

What kind of devilish capitalist is this?!

In the stands, Lin Xiaoyue's best friend, who had already fainted from fright, was so angered by these words that she woke up again, rolled her eyes, and fainted once more.

Lin Xiaoyue was completely stunned.

She stared blankly at the eloquent young man under the spotlight.

despair?

hope?

No, now only one emotion remains.

Annoying.

Extremely confused.

The five hundred yuan I owe... isn't it a bit too much?