Reborn in the 60s, I hunt to support my family and even seduce the village beauty.

"What? You still don't believe me? Monkey King, go get nine pairs of handcuffs."

"Nine pairs of handcuffs?" Hou Jun stared wide-eyed at Chang Kun; there weren't that many handcuffs in the entire office.

At that time, handcuffs were scarce. Often, when the police caught a criminal, they would use rope instead of handcuffs, simply tying his hands together and that was it.

Lei Guohong shook his head, feeling that Chang Kun was being far-fetched. Could there be nine thieves in this waiting room?

"Don't get your hopes up. We only have two pairs of handcuffs in the office. You want nine? Are you trying to find nine thieves in this waiting room?"

Chang Kun counted the number of pickpockets he sensed in the waiting room again, nodded, and confirmed that there were nine.

He pointed to the locations of the thieves around him, "There are three in front, five behind, and one over there, a total of nine thieves, that's right."

Seeing that Chang Kun was speaking with such seriousness, both master and apprentice laughed. At this point, he still pretended to have really found the thief.

"Come on, let's catch the thief as you said. Don't worry, we don't have handcuffs, but I have plenty of rope." Lei Guohong was amused by his anger. If thieves were so easy to catch, the police would have caught them all long ago.

"Um... I don't know if these thieves are working together. What if we catch a few first, and the others get away? That would be bad." Chang Kun glanced at the thieves' location. It wouldn't be easy to catch them all at once.

"Okay, then what do you suggest?" Lei Guohong took a few deep breaths, his mood gradually calming down. He wanted to see how Chang Kun's boast would end. He had never met such a boastful young man.

"As long as the entrances and exits of the waiting room are blocked, anyone who tries to escape can be stopped."

"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say." Lei Guohong walked to a corner of the waiting room and whispered a few words to the four people in the corner.

The four men split into two groups and stood at the entrance of the waiting room, staring intently at the people inside.

Seeing his master walk away, Hou Jun quietly approached Chang Kun: "Junior brother, if you can't catch the thief, just admit it and apologize to the master."

"My master just went to find the plainclothes officers from the section. They're already waiting at the entrance. It's okay to lose face in front of my master and me, but don't lose face in front of your other colleagues."

Hearing Hou Jun's sincere words and worried expression, Chang Kun chuckled and offered him a cigarette: "Brother Monkey, do I look like a fool?"

Hou Jun shook his head.

"Then what are you worried about? Are you worried that I'm even dumber than an idiot, and that my bragging will get exposed?"

Hou Jun nodded and said, "It's alright, Brother Monkey also likes to brag, I understand."

Chang Kun: ...

You don't understand anything!

Just as I was about to have a serious talk with him, Lei Guohong walked back, glanced at Chang Kun, and said, "I've already set up the entrances and exits, two plainclothes officers on each side. Now, what's the plan? Just catch the thief?"

Chang Kun nodded and immediately walked toward the five-man gang of thieves, with Lei Guohong and Hou Jun quickly following behind.

Even though they couldn't stand Chang Kun's boastful manner, they didn't dare let him go catch the thief alone. After all, it was the section chief who personally handed Chang Kun over to them, and they couldn't bear the responsibility if something went wrong.

I wonder which family's young master Chang Kun is, sent down here to gain experience? He should just stay put and coast along, why is he actually taking his boasting seriously?

Reaching the group of five, Chang Kun asked, "So, are you going to suffer first before being taken to the station, or do you just come with me obediently?"

This group of people—one elderly man, two middle-aged men, and two teenagers—were completely taken aback when they saw Chang Kun dressed in a police uniform and approaching them directly.

They looked at each other, bewildered. The oldest man spoke up tremblingly, "Sir, we're waiting for a bus. What are you saying? I don't understand."

"It seems you've chosen to suffer first. Good, you won't be convinced if we don't arrest you and leave you hanging."

When the young men in the gang saw that Chang Kun was about to make a move, they sensed something was wrong. Since ancient times, common people have never fought against officials, let alone thieves.

He grinned and shouted, "Ouch! The police are beating people! The police are arresting people randomly! Help!"

They wanted to disrupt the waiting room. No matter how Chang Kun discovered they were a group of thieves, they should escape first.

After scanning the group of five people in front of him several times, Lei Guohong still couldn't tell that they were thieves: "Chang Kun, don't make a mistake, don't make a move yet."

Seeing that the old man was swaying and unsteady on his feet, he was afraid that Chang Kun might accidentally hit the old man and kill him, which would cause a huge uproar.

Chang Kun pursed his lips, not expecting too much from Lei Guohong. He didn't have a system that could identify criminals; even if a thief was standing right in front of him, he wouldn't recognize him.

"Hey, look at me!" he shouted, attracting the attention of the five men. With a wave of his hand, he sprayed five streams of capsaicin onto their faces.

"Oh! My goodness!"

After several screams, the five men collapsed to the ground, groaning and covering their faces.

Lei Guohong and Hou Jun behind him were stunned, staring blankly at the scene before them.

Even if it were the two of them fighting one person, they couldn't finish the battle this quickly.

Putting aside the question of whether these five people were thieves, Chang Kun's fighting skills were truly impressive; they didn't even see how he defeated them.

The screams attracted the attention of everyone in the waiting room. Seeing that there was something to see, the Chinese people couldn't resist and gathered around.

"Oh dear, it's the police catching a thief!"

"They deserved to be beaten to death!"

"That's right, last time they took all the comic books from my pocket."

Some people who had already gathered around seized the opportunity and kicked the thief a few times.

These days, thieves are the most hated people. If you shout "thief!", a bunch of people will swarm around and help beat them up.

Things were different in later generations. Just shouting "thief!" could scare people away, for fear of getting into trouble.

Even worse, a thief climbed a building to steal something, was so frightened by the homeowner that he fell to his death, and the homeowner then faced legal trouble.

Moreover, not only are thieves afraid to be caught, but people also dare not help those who have fallen, for fear of being extorted. This is all thanks to Judge Wang Hao's words: "If you didn't hit him, why are you helping him up?"

Seeing that more and more people were gathering, Hou Jun stopped them from hitting the five men groaning on the ground, shouting, "We don't even know if these guys are thieves yet, don't hit them!"

Lei Guohong glanced at the five people screaming in agony on the ground and shuddered. He wondered what methods Chang Kun had used to torment these people like this.

"Chang Kun, you said they are thieves. Quickly search them and see what evidence you have. Don't wrongly accuse them."

Chang Kun chuckled, reached out and grabbed someone at random, pinched the corner of their clothes, collar, and cuffs, and pulled out two razor blades, which he then waved in front of Lei Guohong and Hou Jun.

"What is this? Am I accusing someone wrongly?"

"Ah! This..." The master and apprentice were speechless, staring wide-eyed at Chang Kun. This was truly unbelievable.

Hou Jun reacted quickly, grabbed another person on the ground, searched him a few times, found several razor blades, and handed them to Lei Guohong to see.

"These five people...they really are all thieves!"

When the crowd saw that the police had found razor blades on them and confirmed that the person on the ground was indeed a thief, they were no longer polite and began to punch and kick him.

"Kill them!"

"Give them a beating first!"

"We're beating up thieves!"

Amidst the fervor of the crowd, three people exchanged a glance and then quietly retreated into the crowd, appearing to be in a hurry to catch a train.