"Are… are you insulting me?"
"That's right." The policeman replied immediately.
Alec: "..."
"You…"
"Good! You are also involved in two other crimes..." The policeman continued, "Those are fraud and gambling. Someone accused you of borrowing money but not paying it back, the amount is more than 400,000 credit points."
"What?!" Alec shouted in shock, "Are you kidding me? I remember I only borrowed 200,000 points, how did it turn into 400,000 points?"
The policeman said nothing, took out a piece of paper, and put it on the table, frowning, and said, "You borrowed money, you put your fingerprint on the debt note, did you read the debt note carefully?"
Alec frowned, at that time in the bar it was quite noisy so he did not read the debit note. Besides, at that time he was too confident, he thought that winning a lot of money through gambling was too easy so he did not read the debt note.
At this time, he stood looking at the debt note, it clearly stated… he had to pay double the amount of points he borrowed. In addition, the repayment term is three hours after borrowing.
"What the hell?!" Alec shouted, his face red with anger, "What kind of unreasonable condition is this? Damn it! I was cheated! That bastard cheated me!"
"You were cheated?!" The policeman sneered, "Look carefully, this is your fingerprint, you even used your ID card to prove that you borrowed, and now you say you were cheated?"
"I think you are so addicted to gambling that you are crazy to accept these unreasonable conditions."
Meika heard with her own ears that Alec said that he had borrowed 200,000 points, she was startled, at this moment, the trust she had for him was completely broken.
"Did you hear that clearly?" Billy whispered, "He actually borrowed money to burn in those gambling games."
"Ah! He's such a fool. Although his talent is poor, only Rank D, but if he tries, his future will definitely be bright."
"That's a shame."
Meika heard that, she pursed her lips tightly, not knowing how to answer Billy.
The policeman sighed and said, "I don't care, now… the evidence is enough, if you don't pay the full amount, I'm afraid you'll have to stay in jail for a long time."
"Ah! Or like I said earlier, you will be taken to the void rift area, to fight there until you die."
"You…" Alec gritted his teeth, wanting to say something but he realized he didn't have any evidence to prove his innocence.
He turned his head, looked at Meika, and hurriedly said, "Can I talk to my sister for a bit?"
"No, every word you say must be heard and recorded by me." The policeman said.
"Why?"
"Because you are a criminal." The policeman said, shrugging his shoulders, not seeming to care much.
"Tsk!" Alec clicked his tongue, he was a little embarrassed but he also didn't want to be taken to the void rift area.
Going there was no different from a death sentence for a Survivor who had only reached level 5 like him.
"Meika, you… can you lend me those points?" Alec lowered his head as he spoke as if he felt so ashamed that he wanted to hide his face.
Meika was startled when she heard that, she really wanted to save Alec from this place.
However, she also started to worry. 400,000 credit points, even if she worked hard for two years, she would only be able to save 5,000 credit points.
That was in the case that she was supported by Billy's Young Master so she could save such a number of points.
Meika knew clearly… If it weren't for that person's support, she was afraid that no matter how hard she worked, she would only be drowned in debt.
But the number of 400,000 credit points was too large, it made her head throb.
"Brother… I… how can I borrow such a large amount of points?" Meika said, tears suddenly streaming down.
Alec didn't pay attention to that because he was lowering his head, he gritted his teeth and said, "So you're going to leave me in jail? Or do you want me to be taken to the void rift area, to fight there until I die?"
"That… but… I… I don't know where to get such a large amount of credit points." Meika said while crying.
"I can give you a hint…" The policeman said, "Currently, there are many rich people who want to buy servants. You… can sell your sister."
Meika's mouth dropped open when she heard that, Alec was also startled, but he knew about that service.
Although this world had entered a stable stage, the difference between the rich and the poor, between ordinary people and Survivors was extremely huge.
Of course, there were still laws to maintain the stability of the safe zone, but there were also laws designed to serve the interests of the rich and Survivors.
One of those new laws was… being able to trade servants.
They called them servants, but in reality, it was no different from slave trading.
Of course, this was not common, it only appeared among the super-rich and extremely high-ranked Survivors.
Alec pursed his lips, thought for a long time, then said, "Meika… please. As long as you help me this time, I… I will definitely redeem you."
Meika's mouth dropped open, her face full of disbelief as she looked at Alec. She didn't expect… the person she trusted, the person she thought was her only relative… was about to sell her like a commodity.
At this time, an invisible energy as big as a tennis ball flew out of Alec's body, and then disappeared.
Alec suddenly became more alert, he felt like he had just said something extremely horrible, something unforgivable.
He hurriedly raised his head and said, "I'm sorry, Meika, I… I didn't mean to sell you… I…"
But his words were immediately cut short because Meika's eyes were already flowing like two streams.
Pain, despair, fear, anxiety…
Countless negative emotions overwhelmed Meika's mind, causing her to faint.
Alec hurriedly shouted, "Meika! Meika! Meika!"
…
The next morning, an invisible energy suddenly appeared in his bedroom.
It was the stream of energy that had just separated from Alec's body yesterday. It seemed to be searching for something, floating above Negut's body for a long time.
Then, it darted towards Negut's forehead, entered inside, and disappeared.
At this moment, Negut slowly woke up, feeling his body somewhat strange.
He took the device that helped to fix the 'Energy Crystal' down and let out a sigh.
Although after one night, he had absorbed the second one, it seemed that it still hadn't filled one-tenth of the energy level needed for him to level up.
Negut sighed and raised his head, immediately startled: "What the hell?"
[Ding! Time until death event has been reduced, from 2 days to 13 hours. Please prepare for the upcoming event.]
Negut: (; ￣Д￣)
'13 hours left, it's 9 am now. Does that mean I'm going to die tonight?'
'No, to be more precise, at 10 pm tonight, the death event will take place.'
Negut frowned, he didn't know what had happened while he was sleeping that caused his death time to be shortened once again.
He changed his clothes and hurriedly left the room to find Uncle Wells.
When Negut reached the living room, he saw Uncle Wells waiting for him there.
"Uncle Wells, did anything happen last night?" Negut asked as soon as he saw Uncle Wells.
Uncle Wells turned his head, saw Negut, then bowed his head respectfully and said, "Nothing special happened last night. Just… there was an underground casino that was raided by the police."
"Ah! An underground casino raided by the police… wait a minute!" Negut suddenly remembered Alec's hidden talent.
Alec would use his hidden talent to go to the casino, win a lot of money, and then use that money to level up.
However, the underground casino was raided by the police… could it be that Alec was also caught by the police?
He frowned at Uncle Wells and asked, "Uncle Wells, do you have any news about Alec?"
"Yes, Young Master. Alec was arrested last night and was found guilty of three different crimes. Rape, Gambling, and Fraud."
"Then he was sentenced to 5 years as a pioneer in the C-Rank void rift."
Negut: "..." (￣ □ ￣ 」)
'What the hell? The male lead was arrested by the police. He was even convicted of three different crimes.'
'Even novels wouldn't dare to write the main character as miserable as that.'
"Uncle Wells, are you telling the truth?" Negut asked, puzzled, "When he was arrested, no one came to bail him out? Or… were there any hidden beings, high-ranking ones who wanted to bail him out?"
Uncle Wells looked at him with an incomprehensible gaze: "No, Young Master. Why would you ask that?"
"Actually, there was someone who came to save him."
"Ah! Really?" Hearing that, Negut felt that his guess was correct. How could the male lead be arrested by the police without anyone saving him?
Just like in the novels, the protagonist would be arrested by the police, and then be looked down upon and oppressed by the police at the police station.
But suddenly, there would be mysterious beings, with extremely high status. Just one call would make the entire police force terrified, releasing the male lead immediately.
The next thing… would be the opportunity for the protagonist to flex, or 'face-slap' those who had looked down on him.
"It was his sister."
"Ah!" Negut heard Uncle Wells say, nodded slightly, thinking to himself, 'Could it be that his sister knows her true identity now?'
Uncle Wells continued, "His sister didn't have enough money to bail him out. However, Alec intended to sell his sister as a servant, so she was so shocked that she fainted."
"She is currently still in the hospital. You have instructed us to watch over and take care of her, so I have given her the best medical care."
Negut: (￣ □ ￣ 」)