Character Panel

"Come, come, stand between us, let's take a picture."

Team Leader Liu gestured for He Ao to stand between him and his colleague.

"Uh, Team Leader Liu, isn't there a banner for bravery or something?"

He Ao glanced at the two Police Uncles beside him. Usually, when someone acts bravely, they take a picture as a souvenir, but there used to be banners.

Standing like this, he felt like he was just missing a pair of silver handcuffs and a yellow jacket to be on the legal channel.

"It's fine, it's fine, the banner isn't ready yet, we'll just photoshop one for you when it is." Team Leader Liu chuckled, pointing at the old camera in front. "Come on, look at the lens."

He Ao always felt like the yellow jacket and silver handcuffs could be photoshopped in too.

All in all, he successfully received his 10,000 yuan reward.

This time was indeed much faster than before. The fastest it had been before was three days, but today he got it in just a few hours. He Ao looked at the thick envelope. "Team Leader Liu, this isn't money you advanced me, is it?"

"What are you thinking, kid? If you're poor, am I not?" Team Leader Liu patted He Ao's forehead. "I did help you expedite the application, but I didn't expect it to be approved so quickly."

He Ao saw his smile and knew he wasn't telling the truth, but he didn't expose him.

However, it was unlikely that Team Leader Liu would advance the money himself. Perhaps the expedited process wasn't a standard one.

"Xiao Ao, if you consider Uncle Liu your uncle, then listen to Uncle Liu's advice," Team Leader Liu suddenly looked at He Ao seriously. "Times are different now, and you've been accepted into university. Don't do these dangerous things anymore. Study hard, learn well, and you won't lack money in the future."

Team Leader Liu's surname was Liu, and his given name was Zheng. His actions certainly lived up to his name. Although he had never been promoted in this small place, his character was absolutely impeccable, and he had taken care of He Ao a lot, otherwise He Ao wouldn't have kept asking him for help.

"Okay, okay," He Ao nodded repeatedly, then casually said, "Team Leader Liu, I'll head back first. I still have my stall tonight."

"You brat, are you treating my words as wind in your ears?" Liu Zheng cursed with a smile, waving his hand, signaling He Ao to leave. "Get lost, I don't want to see you anymore."

"Hehe."

He Ao chuckled, not arguing, and walked straight out of the police station.

He was a law-abiding good person, where would the danger come from?

Just as he was leaving the main entrance, a man in a black trench coat, who looked very aloof, walked towards him.

His stance was steady, his eyes were sharp, and his face was calm.

He looked like a tough person.

He Ao made an assessment of the man in his mind.

Temperament is actually a very strange thing; it is related to a person's living environment.

People who have been in high positions for a long time often give off a feeling of authority without being angry. This is actually because they have been in a core position where they can command others for a long time, so in daily interactions, they naturally still adopt this position. Their perspective on the world is different from ordinary people, and their actions carry the assertiveness and unquestionability of a commander, which is why people feel they have authority.

Similarly, people who have truly seen blood, once they cross that threshold, will realize that there is not much difference between humans and pigs or dogs; they will also die if killed. In places they haven't noticed, their perspective on the world will change, and this change will also extend to their temperament.

Therefore, an experienced hunter can easily determine whether other hunters have seen blood.

He Ao and the man passed each other, their eyes only briefly lingering on each other's faces for a moment before they continued forward in their original directions.

The man walked straight into the police station.

At this moment, Liu Zheng was distributing cigarettes to his subordinates. "Brothers, work a little harder these two days. The sooner we catch that guy, the sooner we can relax. Two brothers will go and follow He Ao for two days later. I'm a little worried that guy might come back for revenge."

"He won't be coming back," a low voice suddenly rang out. A man in a trench coat walked into the room. "You don't need to worry about He Ao for now. We will protect him."

"Researcher Zhang," Liu Zheng said with a smile, offering a cigarette as he led the man into his small office. "I still need to thank you for the bonus approval. I just mentioned it in passing, I didn't expect you to act so quickly."

"It's nothing," the man took the cigarette and put it in his mouth, following him into the office and closing the door behind him. "We're just a civilian organization, we can't influence much. We just helped convey your opinion. Did 'Bull' leave any clues at He Ao's house?"

"There was a piece of torn clothing, which has been sent for DNA testing," Liu Zheng took out a white card from his drawer and handed it to the man. "And there's this custom IC card. We are trying to find the manufacturer of this card."

The man took the card, flipped it over, and then took out a UV light from his pocket, shining it on the back of the card. Two large characters, as if painted, appeared on the back of the card, [Bull]. "It's Bull's Dawn identity card."

"Dawn?"

Liu Zheng was a little confused.

"A relatively active illegal civilian organization," the man pocketed the card. "I'll take this card for now. Leave this matter to us. I'll contact you if needed."

Night fell.

A speeding motorcycle roared down the road, kicking up a cloud of dust.

He Ao quickly closed the glass cabinet door of his small stall to prevent dust from falling on the cold noodles and cold skin inside.

He looked at the subtitles in his vision. Only now did he have time to carefully look at the prompts given by the system after claiming the reward.

First, there was a constantly flashing countdown in the lower right corner of his vision, [Time until next game starts: 20:03:27]

Then, a small flashing figure symbol appeared in the upper left corner of his vision.

He Ao focused his attention on the small figure. The figure quickly expanded and turned into a status panel.

[He Ao]

[Authority Level: Ordinary Player]

[Physical Fitness: 15 (Ordinary people in the instance world are 10, ordinary people in the main world are 5)]

[Skills: Talent Sequence 272: Super Memory (Soul Bound) (F-rank)]

[Mechanical Modification: None]

[Martial Arts: Qi Induction (F-rank)]

This status panel was very simple, without many flashy function displays, just a simple display of physical fitness and skills.

According to this system data, He Ao's current strength is three times that of an ordinary person in the main world?

He had no concept of this, because combat was not simply based on physical fitness. However, he shouldn't have been this high before, at most around 1.3 times. He basically relied on skill when fighting, and would never resort to physical action when he could use his brain.

It seemed that the Vermillion Fruit did indeed improve his physical fitness.

Then his attention moved to the 'Martial Arts' section.