Arcane Detective of the Steam Age
Chapter 598

Courting death

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Soon, Li Wei returned to the others. He looked from left to right, then from right to left, and sighed helplessly.

"I've realized that I don't seem to be as famous as I thought, or as useful. This has left me utterly dejected, to the point that I'm starting to question my life-"

Everyone froze at Li Wei's sudden declaration, unsure where it had come from. Worse still, he had actually started singing toward the end. What was he doing?

"You see, I thought that, as a detective who's solved a few cases, I had at least a little fame. So I figured people should stop committing crimes once they saw me, if only to avoid having me send them to the gallows."

Li Wei shook his head again as he spoke. It was the same in films and animation. Once a famous detective arrived, ordinary criminals ought to stop committing crimes, or pick a time when the detective wasn't around. But these people insisted on going ahead despite knowing a famous detective was there.

Of course, films and animation needed their plots, and actors were paid to perform.

Do you criminals have some kind of professional dedication, too? Once you've made a plan, you can't change it? You just have to keep prancing around in front of me?

"But I really can't understand why anyone still dares to play these tiresome games right in front of me. Do you think I'm stupid, or do you think you're clever enough to fool me?"

As he spoke, Li Wei raised his head and stared coldly at the newlywed wife.

"Especially you, Mrs. Glaite. I thought I'd made myself very clear: leave the Pearl Islands, and the problem would be solved. Yet you deliberately stayed here to cause trouble for me. You

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