America: The Gear-Up Detective

Chapter 102 The Gathering and a Fierce Hand-to-Hand Fight with Leila

After thinking about it, Rhodes decided to open one first and improve the information on the existing equipment.

[Equipment information is now available...]

Congratulations, you have received equipment information.

This information pertains to equipment effects: This equipment can improve Constitution and Agility attributes.

Unique effects of the equipment: Enhanced resistance to certain bacteria and viruses; after equipping, it inactivates XX activity, eliminating any potential problems.

"Hiss~"

Looking at the equipment's effect description, Rhodes realized it was a slightly better piece of equipment that could improve both constitution and agility. Even if it only increased by 0.1 in each attribute, it would still be a good deal.

It can also enhance resistance to some bacteria and viruses.

It's important to know that in the United States, many people die from the flu every year, not to mention the global infectious disease outbreak two years ago.

These are all viral diseases, and no matter how powerful the enhancement is, it is a piece of equipment that Rhodes is determined to obtain.

Although Rhodes found the latter half of the description a little strange, it didn't matter; a minor flaw was insignificant.

Great elegance.

But there is still one problem.

We know what the equipment looks like and what its function is, but we don't know where it is located.

Rhodes gritted his teeth. "You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub. There will be other opportunities!"

"Use another [Equipment Information]!"

After a while.

[Equipment information is now available...]

Congratulations, you have received equipment information.

[This information pertains to the location of the equipment: Inside a boutique in the NoHo arts district of the San Fernando Valley.]

"Yes!"

Seeing that he had successfully obtained the equipment location information, Rhode didn't care about the cost of using two pieces of equipment information. He just felt excited and thrilled, and even the swelling in his head was relieved a lot.

Although the location is relatively broad, on the one hand, the San Fernando Valley is not far from Los Angeles, and on the other hand, the criteria have been narrowed down to a specific store.

If all else fails, we can always find it by searching around.

After opening all the rewards, Rhodes closed his eyes, lay down on the table, and rested for a while.

Unexpectedly, I fell asleep right there, and when I regained consciousness, it was almost time to get off work.

Rod looked up and saw that everyone was busy with their own things and no one was paying attention to him.

So I got up and prepared to go to the bathroom to wash my face and clear my head.

Rod walked out of the office and stood on the second-floor railing, where he could see the view from the first floor.

First floor.

Two elderly people, in their sixties or seventies, stood in the hall, holding Connor and Evan's hands with helpless expressions, their wrinkled faces streaked with tears.

These two people were Jin Yulin's parents, whom Luo De had met before.

At the same time, they lost their daughter and two grandchildren.

Fortunately, the two seemed to be just heartbroken, not to the point of mental breakdown; they just looked a few years older out of nowhere.

Rhodes glanced at it, then turned and left, not wanting to pay attention anymore. Every time he encountered this situation, it was incredibly distressing.

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All Rod could say was that he would try his best to bring some belated justice to the victims while handling the case; as for anything else, Rod had no ability to care.

After washing up, I returned to my workstation, and soon after, Connor and Evan also returned.

Just as it was time to leave work, Rod saw several people starting to pack up their things.

Target: Yellow Rose Bar.

Inside the bar.

As night approached, more and more customers poured into the bar, and the atmosphere became increasingly intense.

Under the flashing neon lights, the group sat in a relatively quiet booth at the back.

"Cheers!" Connor raised his glass first, "to celebrate another case we've closed."

Cheers!

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After one round.

Hank showed no signs of drunkenness; his eyes were calm, though his expression was somewhat forlorn. "I still can't understand, as a mother..."

Honey, how could she be so heartless as to kill her own two children?

Evan seemed calmer. He took another sip of his drink, thought for a moment, and then said, "That's human nature, isn't it? There are mothers who will shoot in public in court to avenge their children."

Then some people, whether for their own selfish desires or to vent their emotions, will do some heinous things.

At this point, Evan closed his eyes slightly, his fingers stroking his wine glass, as if speaking to everyone, or perhaps to himself: "We deal with these things almost every day, corpses, murderers, and the families of victims."

Most of the time we can keep these things out of our lives, and after get off work we can eat and sleep as usual. But some cases—”

With a sigh, Evan continued, "Some cases will creep in like a thorn, burrowing into your heart, and the more you try to pull it out, the deeper it goes."

Then he finished his beer in one gulp.

"It seems Evan has a story to tell," Rhodes thought to himself.

That makes sense, after all, he'd been a detective for decades; there must have been one or two cases that left a deep impression on him.

After several rounds, the atmosphere was no longer dull.

Anna went to the dance floor and started dancing with people, while Hank also swayed his slightly bloated body.

Connor and Evan sat together and chatted.

Rhodes looked around, thinking he might as well go back, but then he saw a familiar blond figure.

"Hey, Lyra, I didn't expect to see you here?" Rod said, holding a wine glass as he walked over.

That figure is Lyra.

She was sitting at the bar, chatting with a few women.

Her blonde hair cascaded down her back, and she wore a revealing tank top that accentuated her shapely waist. Her body swayed slightly to the music in the bar, and her full breasts seemed ready to burst out.

Upon seeing who it was, Leila deliberately rolled her eyes. "What are you doing here? Why aren't you going to see your young friend? What are you doing here with your old friend?"

Rod smiled. It seemed that Lyra hadn't forgotten what happened at the fast food restaurant.

However, Rod cleverly changed the subject, not going into details, and instead said, "We finished that case and are having a celebration here."

Leila perked up. "Have you found the killer?"

As a forensic pathologist in the Detective Agency's Forensic Science Department, Leila was also in charge of the autopsy in this case, so she wasn't exactly an outsider. Therefore, it wouldn't hurt to tell her some details.

The two of them drank and chatted like that.

Rod felt a wave of intoxication after drinking an unknown amount of alcohol.

Fortunately, Rhode's mental strength of 13.7 and physical constitution of nearly 10.0 kept him conscious.

It's clear that Leila has a good alcohol tolerance; her face is only slightly flushed so far.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" Leila asked, looking at Rhodes, who seemed a little dazed.

Her rosy lips parted slightly, and her delicate makeup made her even more captivating under the flashing neon lights of the bar.

"Can't I watch it? What haven't I watched before?" Rod said subconsciously.

Lyra glanced at Rhodes, pursed her lips, and gradually approached him.

As the face drew closer, a beautiful figure unconsciously appeared in Rod's mind.

But as the hot touch on her lips returned, the image in her mind shifted to scenes of the original owner and Lyra's past interactions.

"Damn those original body memories, they've caused me so much trouble!"

The two bumped into each other.

Rod didn't know how he got home carrying someone.

In short, it was ultimately the mattress at home that bore the brunt of the night's brunt...