But the fact was that the American police had the right to take away a citizen's life based on their own judgment, but they weren't obliged to protect the citizen when his or her life was in danger.
Since 1981, the Supreme Court had established the principle that the American police didn't have a direct duty to protect any citizen. [Note: If you're interested, you can search for Warren v. Washington, D.C. in 1981 and Shicheng v. Gonzalez in 2005. This paragraph is not included in the text.]
Of course, it was a different story to see TV reports putting pressure on the police.
It didn't have much to do with the bottom-level officers, but with the positions of the higher-ups.
Takagi said, "So, I'll treat your family well when they come to Los Angeles, but please don't turn me down."
Luke smiled bitterly. "Mr. Takagi, you're making things difficult for me in the police department."
Pondering for a moment, Takagi said, "Would you be willing to work as a security supervisor in my company? I promise that you'll have an annual salary of at least half a million. "
Luke was lost for words. So, that was what you were thinking!
It did make sense. Takagi Nakatomi Corporation hadn't been injured in the fight, and the hostages hadn't been injured or killed. In the end, Takagi Nakatomi Corporation had also recovered 640 million worth of bonds. A salary of half a million wasn't high at all.
Nakatomi Corporation would make a fortune if they solved a similar case once in their entire lives.
Luke apologized to Robert in his heart and said sincerely, "Mr. Takagi, I'd love to be a police officer. Maybe you don't know this, but my adoptive father is a police officer. I've been watching him since I was a kid, and I've decided that I'll always be a police officer. So, I can only apologize for your kindness. "
Takagi heaved a sigh. He knew that money couldn't change one's personal beliefs.
He could only say, "How about this? I have a private property in Los Angeles that I'll give to you. Don't refuse it. Just accept it and sign it. Your colleagues won't know as long as you keep it a secret. "
Luke was impressed by the shrewd businessman's behavior. We can keep in touch in the future.
Finally, it was settled. Takagi chatted with Luke about the case for a while.
One of them was the only hostage who had died last night.
The hostage was also an executive in the company, but he had betrayed Gennero in an attempt to negotiate with the robbers, hoping that the robbers would leave quickly and save his own life.
This retarded guy was still talking to Detective John on the walkie-talkie to prove to the robbers that he was close to John.
In the end, he succeeded. Hans, who looked calm on the surface, was furious on the inside. After confirming that the information was correct, he shot the idiot.
Many people in Nakatomi Corporation had seen this. The man had volunteered to tell the robbers the information, so he had been taken away.
Thus, the hostage's death didn't affect Luke and John at all.
The other fifty or so company employees who were pretending to be quails were not even slightly injured when they were rescued.
This further proved that the executive was courting death, so he couldn't blame others for not saving him.
In addition, Takagi also mentioned that a construction engineer from their company had died last month, which was also the work of Hans and his group.
The robbers wanted to figure out the structure of the Nakatomi Building, so they turned their attention to the engineer named Kiyoshi. In order to confirm the authenticity of the information, they tortured him cruelly and finally killed him.
The name sounded familiar, and it didn't occur to Luke until he hung up the phone. Wasn't this the first case that he and Elsa had taken on? He even snatched it from Selina.
So, life was unpredictable.
It wasn't a mistake that Luke and Elsa didn't pursue the case. There were too many similar cases to investigate.
But in the end, the unlucky robbers still fell into his hands. It was a pity that Elsa didn't get any of the credit.
Luke's partner called him that night regretfully. "I should've taken two days off later this year. I can't believe something like this would happen."
Luke chuckled. "Let's go together next time."
That was to say, he had gone to have sex with Jimena that day. How could he have taken Elsa with him?
Even if Elsa was in Los Angeles, she wouldn't be able to do much.
Even if she had somehow followed Luke into Nakatomi Building, did she have the ability to fight fifty armed criminals? She wasn't like Detective John, who had turned on a life-saving cheat.
Elsa's real ability lay in investigating cases, not killing people.
Luke was in a relaxed mood. He chuckled when he looked at his stats panel.
Luke: (alias Luke Coulson)
Strength: 31
Dexterity: 20
Mental Strength: 14
Extra stat points: 1
That's right. After taking care of Hans Gruber, Luke had received his reward.
Mission: Eliminate Hans Gruber's gang and take back the bonds.
Total experience: 5,000. Total credit: 5,000.
Contribution rate: 75%. EXP + 3,750. Credit + 3,750.
Experience has reached 7,000. The host has leveled up to level 9.
Seeing that his Strength attribute was one step closer to 40 points, Luke was incomparably satisfied.
He was only two levels away from Elementary Self-Healing, which was a life-saving trump card. He could also cure his left hand.
He didn't have much experience left after leveling up. He only had a little more than 400 points, but he had more than 14,000 credit points.
Luke couldn't hold back his urge any longer. He opened the list of abilities and learned Elementary Driving.
Then, he picked a few of the more obscure abilities from the group of people he had killed or defeated.
For example, the electrifying long-legged Vanessa's Basic Language Proficiency (English, Spanish, Portuguese) only cost 100 points.
Luke decisively picked it up. He really didn't have time to learn any languages. A ready-made ability was the best.
A hundred credit points was nothing to him.
Also, Luke had learned Basic Detonation from an explosives expert in Hans's gang. The rest weren't necessary.
Luke knew that he only had enough credit points for now.
In the system, the superpowers from X-genes and the T-virus cost at least a thousand credit points, and some even cost ten thousand.
He still had a lot of credit points because he hadn't officially entered the battlefield in New York yet.
Luke wouldn't dare set foot in New York until he got Elementary Self-Healing, or he might be killed by someone.
Just how fast was Takagi doing things?
That afternoon, a lawyer came to his door and asked him to sign a few documents. The house was Luke's, and the lawyer would handle the rest of the paperwork, so Luke didn't have to worry about it.
Selina and Selina couldn't help but encourage Luke to go to the house.
When they arrived, they found that it was a detached villa of almost two hundred square meters. It had five bedrooms, two bathrooms, a garage, and a small swimming pool.
Holding the key, Luke and Selina wandered around the place. When they came out, Luke said helplessly, "This house must've cost more than a million dollars, right? Isn't this favor a little too ruthless? "
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