Now, it all depended on whether LAPD could quickly suppress the riot in its embryonic stage.
If they succeeded, everything would be fine.
If not … Luke would have to earn experience and credit points even if he wanted to.
But he wasn't looking forward to things developing in a bad way.
He had a lot of ways to earn experience and credit points, and wasn't crazy enough to hope that ordinary people would fall into a disaster.
Luke and Selina drove to IN
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Looking at Gold Nugget's suspicious expression, Luke said helplessly, "We have to work overtime today. It's not like we're the only ones eating in the cafeteria while everybody else is busy, right?"
Gold Nugget didn't have anything to say. It quietly opened its two bags of hamburgers and ate them.
After eating two, it raised its head and whined a few times.
Luke knew that it was complaining about the poor quality of the hamburgers. He said with a smile, "This is five dollars. How can it compare to a top-tier fifty-dollar burger? Let's make do with it today. "
Although they were all from the same company, the fifty-dollar burger was a special product for Tony.
Gold Nugget whined pitifully.
Luke looked at Selina.
As she ate, Selina mumbled, "It's just commenting on the hamburgers, not complaining about you."
Luke said, "Gold Nugget, you're such a good boy!"
Gold Nugget mumbled inwardly, In any case, I won't be able to eat top-tier hamburgers today no matter how much I complain. I don't want you to keep a secret grudge against me.
At that moment, Luke saw an image on the TV in the fast food restaurant.
A female host seemed to be asking something, and a bearded, middle-aged man was replying.
Luke glanced at the screen, then froze for a moment before he immediately looked back.
He had learned the practical ability of lip-reading.
The middle-aged man had clearly mouthed the word "earthquake."
Staring at the TV screen for a moment, he frowned.
Selina found that odd. "What's wrong?"
Looking at the TV screen that had already switched, Luke had a bad feeling. "There was an interview on TV just now. It's probably some kind of earthquake expert. He said that the earthquake was the start of a tectonic plate collision in the San Andreas fault. "
Selina was stumped. "What fault in San Andreas? Wait, start? Doesn't that mean … there's going to be an even bigger earthquake? "
Luke said, "Yes. According to him, Los Angeles is only the beginning of the earthquake. The location of the follow-up earthquake is in the San Francisco area, and it will definitely be stronger than today's earthquake. "
Selina was surprised. "The official data for the earthquake this morning was 5.3. Wouldn't it have to be 6 or 7 if it was stronger?"
Luke nodded. "It depends on the intensity of the earthquake. The one this morning should've been a magnitude 5, but if a magnitude 7 earthquake really happens, it'll be a huge mess."
What he didn't say was that once the middle-aged man's words spread, LAPD would be in even bigger trouble.
Of course, LAPD wouldn't be the worst off. The worst off would be the San Francisco Police Department. There would definitely be a mass exodus there.
But Luke wasn't in the mood to worry about the San Francisco police. He was in a bit of trouble himself.
Originally, he had planned to clean up the gangs on the east side of Los Angeles in the next two days, and then kill the desperadoes who had come from all over the world to earn the hundred million dollars.
After the earthquake, he might earn experience and credit points, but he might not have enough time to carry out this plan.
However, the order in Los Angeles was still relatively normal today. Perhaps he could work on it at night?
Even with that in mind, Luke still had a lot of free time in the afternoon.
Missions and robberies kept popping up. As long as their car was on the streets, they would definitely receive a call for help from the nearby patrol officers in less than half an hour.
The people at the bottom of society were like loaches that were startled by the earthquake. They crawled out of the mud pits in the corners, shaking their heads as they searched for their targets.
The weird robbers in the morning were just appetizers. Even more weirdos appeared in the afternoon, and both of them were overwhelmed.
Some women broke into convenience stores to steal baby diapers and milk powder. They all had children but no income.
It wasn't right to rob them, but could he send them to jail?
After escorting the women home and confirming that they really had babies at home, he could only drop the matter.
Luke handled them the same way he did with the kids who had robbed him of beer earlier. He wrote down their identities and addresses, told them that they were on the blacklist, and left.
Selina simply watched and didn't say anything.
Everybody had a different view on this.
Some people believed that the law had to be strict, and that it was best to send them to jail. If they were let go, they might get lucky and commit crimes again.
Luke, on the other hand, felt that it would be enough if one or two of them could stop before it was too late.
It was very unlikely that he would be able to pull them back after they had been recorded by a detective of the Major Crimes Division.
It was still the same thing that Luke had always said: Don't worry about it!
He didn't want to create a few orphans in one afternoon.
Then, there was a "free moving company" who stole the owner's car and helped the owner move.
When the owner of the house realized that something wasn't right, he called the police for armed robbery. As a result, Luke and Selina stopped the "moving company."
At first, the three moving companies said that they had been hired by the owner of the house to help move the house, but when Luke asked them who the owner was, their phone number, and their identification, they couldn't answer him at all.
After the "moving companies" were all sent to the police car, Luke agreed to the owner's request to move the things back into the house.
The three of them moved the house owner's microwave and refrigerator into the car.
Without these two things, it was basically impossible for ordinary Americans to eat at home.
After all, most Americans eat fast food at home by taking it out of the refrigerator and chilling it in the microwave.
This "free moving company" was ruthless enough. As soon as they arrived, they targeted the owner's food and drink, as if they were trying to starve the owner to death.
These were all relatively normal.
For example, there was a Hispanic neighborhood where a mother reported that her son had robbed her of her money and threatened her with a gun.
When she arrived, she found that the so-called armed robber was only ten years old. He was holding a fake water gun and had a big fight with the mother who had called the police.
The reason was that the mother didn't give him money to buy toys, so he took the fake water gun and said that he was going to kill the stingy mother.
And then? There was no "and then."
Luke seized the "murder weapon" and told the mother that he could send her son to the detention center first, and then to juvenile hall so that her son could be re-educated.
However, he didn't know the exact bail rates and fees in these places. She could wait for further notice.
The mother and son immediately stopped arguing.
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