Man proposes, God disposes! Luke sighed inwardly.
Now anyone who wanted to save Alex would have to storm the county jail. The group that thought this way was both crazy and paranoid.
Without accurate intelligence, it would be hard for him to complete his targeted elimination plan quickly.
If he slowed down, some of the paranoid criminals might escape.
Letting them escape would be a net profit!
The next day, Luke and Selina went to work as usual.
They arrived at the police department even earlier today, and entered the Major Crimes Division at eight. In the end, they were still the last to arrive.
Dustin started his lecture again.
In a few simple sentences, he affirmed everybody's efforts yesterday, and adjusted their tasks for today.
Yesterday, the detectives had gone down to deliver the notice together, and the effect had been pretty good. Today, their focus would be on law and order, and they would help the patrol officers catch the troublemakers.
Dustin split up the work, and assigned Luke and Selina the task of being firefighters. They would go wherever they were needed!
Usually, gunfights didn't happen very often when detectives worked cases, and it wasn't unusual for a detective to not shoot a suspect for years.
But things weren't going to be so peaceful in the next few days.
Dustin reminded everybody to be prepared to carry out a mission in a complicated environment, and to never forget to put on bulletproof vests.
The lecture ended in less than ten minutes, and dozens of detectives of the Major Crimes Division swarmed out.
It was another busy and noisy day, and Luke's daily experience and credit points reached new highs.
They handled a bunch of petty robberies, thefts, fights, and other cases throughout the day.
More than 1,500 experience and credit points were enough to prove how "simple" Los Angeles was and how much the people liked to "be self-reliant and have plenty of food and clothing."
That night, Luke went out again.
Today, he planned to clean up a gang and get all the information that the boss knew about the outlaws.
Driving a secondhand black Toyota, he avoided the surveillance cameras and drove through the alleys.
In the end, something happened when the Toyota passed through an alley downtown.
The ground began to shake, and the apartment buildings on both sides of the alley began to shake. There was the sound of debris falling and breaking, as well as glass.
Then, the lights in the apartment buildings lit up one after another, and there were the cries of children and the screams of adults.
The entire city seemed to have come back to life.
Unfortunately, this was not a literary metaphor. Its consequences were extremely serious.
In front of Luke's eyes, a tall building that was still partially lit began to twist as if it were dancing.
His mind raced, and a plan that he had thought about many times appeared in his mind. Now seemed to be the best time?
He quickly made up his mind, took out a set of equipment from his storage space, and put it on. At the same time, he sent a message to Selina to confirm that he was safe.
Selina replied immediately. She and Claire were fine.
Luke simply told her to tell Claire and Dollar to stay at home, and that she was free to move around.
The police department would definitely call soon and ask everyone to start maintaining order. Selina could help him for a while, giving him time to earn experience and credit points.
The main body didn't dare to use its full strength, and the efficiency of saving people would be more than ten times lower.
In less than a minute, Luke was fully equipped. After confirming that he hadn't left anything behind in the car, he got out and shot out his grappling hook to the rooftop of an apartment building.
The roof of the six-story building shook even more violently, but he stood firmly at the edge. He swept his gaze around, and then flew down.
On the street, two cars had crashed into each other.
The shaking just now had caused the female driver of one car to drive into the opposite lane and crash into the other car.
Both drivers were protected by airbags and seatbelts, but the female driver's car started to leak oil.
Luke flew down. Before he landed, the cloak on his back hardened for a moment, and he flew several meters diagonally.
The cloak fluttered again as it landed next to the two cars.
He grabbed the broken window of the front door and pulled it open. Then he got the female driver, who was in a daze, out.
Holding her with his left hand, he opened the back door with his right hand and picked up a little girl who was seven or eight years old.
He took the mother and daughter to the other car, and the man in the driver's seat began to cry for help. "Help me! My foot's stuck."
The man wasn't very lucky. The deformed car had pinned down his left leg.
After a brief examination, Luke opened the door and stepped on it with his foot. He pushed open a gap in the deformed car and pulled the man out with his free hand.
Although the man cried out in pain, he looked at Luke gratefully.
He could already smell the smell of gasoline. God knows if his car was leaking oil.
Luke didn't forget to pick up a phone from under the driver's seat and gave it to the man.
Then, with one hand holding the man, the other carrying the mother and daughter, he sent them to the apartment building by the roadside.
At that moment, the earthquake had already stopped.
Although there were some small cracks in the apartment building, there was nothing wrong with the main structure. It was much less dangerous here than outside.
Ignoring the old woman who looked at him in surprise, Luke turned around and left.
Time was life, and saving people meant experience and credit points. He didn't have time to talk.
After Luke left, the old manager asked cautiously, "He robbed your family. Do you want me to call the police?"
Both the man and the woman didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The man was more strong-willed. Although his leg was broken, he still said, "No, he saved us. He's a hero."
The old woman was surprised. "But why is he dressed like that? He looks like a … "She couldn't find an adjective.
The little girl, however, suddenly said, "He's a superhero! That's why he's dressed like that! "
The old woman didn't retort, but she couldn't help but mutter inwardly, That black lump looks like a supervillain's attire no matter how you look at it!
Luke didn't know that he was being ridiculed by the old woman. He was still dashing toward the next batch of experience and credit points.
After running dozens of meters, he shot out his grappling hook and went straight up to the third floor, before he crawled in through a window.
A woman who was panicking inside screamed in fright, and the two children behind her screamed as well.
Luke, however, ignored her. He quickly scanned the kitchen and turned off the main valve in a corner.
"The valve's already turned off. Open the window for ventilation and call the police." A low, mechanical voice rang out, and Luke jumped out of the window.
"Ah!" The mother and son screamed again.
They were on the third floor, and there was no fire escape outside.
They ran to the window, only to see that Luke hadn't fallen on the street below the window, but was running dozens of meters away.
The older of the two children asked curiously, "Mom, who was that just now? Was it dad? "
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