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Olof thought for a moment. "Since the arson and corpse-burning case happened two stations away, in the direction of the safe zone's edge, let's start investigating toward the outskirts of the safe zone. If we check who brought home bags filled with unknown contents, we should be able to find them."
He glanced again at the empty trash bin,"All three bins' divine remains are gone—that's not a small amount. If they took it all at once, they must have been carrying a huge bag. It would have been hard not to attract attention."
"Understood, I'll report this to the bureau immediately."
"Mm, good work."
"But, Detective, what if we don't find anyone carrying large amounts of unknown items near the safe zone's edge?"
Olof flicked away the cigar butt and smiled faintly,"If we don't find them, then things get interesting."
Then, he stepped on the smoldering cigar, muttering to himself with a meaningful tone,"Perhaps… humanity's hope is about to arrive."
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By the time Qin Siyang got home, it was already 8 p.m.
He was late because he had found a deserted place to finish eating the rest of the divine remains from his backpack, then took out the food container inside. Afterward, he burned both his backpack and his second outer coat.
These follow-up tasks took some time.
Fortunately, when he finally made it home, he saw no sign of being followed.
Sitting on the stiff cardboard couch in his home, Qin Siyang felt utterly exhausted.
Even though his physical strength was now incredibly high, he couldn't withstand the toll of running, killing, and all the other chaos of the day.
"This day was really… maxed out."
He glanced out the window—there, a scorpion with a thick, sticky body and an indistinct tail was crawling across his glass.
Qin Siyang sighed with a bitter smile,"I'd love to taste it… but randomly trying things comes with risks."
"Then again, risk and reward always go hand in hand. The greater the risk, the greater the reward."
Satisfied, he took another look at the [Greedy Madman] Sequence in his mind, his face lighting up with anticipation.
Tomorrow was Sunday—a day he should be resting—but it was also the most exhausting day since his transformation.
Qin Siyang emptied his mind, let himself relax for over ten minutes, then took a cold shower and went to bed.
That night, Qin Siyang slept deeply, undisturbed.
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By the time he woke up, it was already 10 a.m. on Sunday.
"I actually slept this long?"
Qin Siyang rolled out of bed, planning to heat up the packed meal he'd brought from the school cafeteria.
He turned on the stove,"Being broke really sucks… Hm?"
At that moment, he suddenly remembered—yesterday, he had looted some money from the three thugs. But he had been in such a hurry that he hadn't checked how much.
He dug out the pants he had worn the day before and fished out the coins from the pocket. Instantly, he froze.
Among the pile of copper coins, there was a gleaming silver coin.
"A silver coin…? Those thugs were actually rich?"
Normally, the exchange rate was about ten thousand copper coins for one silver coin. However, due to the varying quality of copper coins, it often took twelve thousand to get a single silver coin.
Qin Siyang had assumed that those three thugs, disguised as vagrants, were as dirt-poor as himself—maybe carrying only a few hundred copper coins at most.
Who would have thought… they actually had a silver coin, a small fortune?
"If they were this rich, why did they attack me?"
Qin Siyang was confused at first, but then he quickly figured it out—they had been after his backpack, thinking it contained something extremely valuable.
Those three never expected that not only would their carefully saved-up money end up benefiting someone else, but they'd also lose their lives in the process.
Three vagrant criminals carrying a fortune—there was no doubt that this money had a shady origin.
With this realization, Qin Siyang's mood plummeted.
Three criminals, holding a small fortune—how could they have dared to go to the police and report him? That would be dragging themselves down too.
'Damn it! If I had known they had this much money, I would've just robbed them properly and left—saving myself all that trouble.'
But now? On top of stealing the divine remains, he was also tied to a murder case.
"Those three piles of garbage. Stinking up their own lives and ruining mine."
Qin Siyang held the silver coin, feeling both eager and uneasy.
The reason was simple—he had no way to spend it.
If he took out a silver coin around here, it would definitely raise suspicion.
An unemployed orphan—where would he have gotten so much money?
If someone got jealous and reported him, the United Government would come asking questions, and he wouldn't be able to explain where the silver coin came from.
So much money, yet he could only look at it, not use it—it made Qin Siyang want to bang his head against the wall.
After finishing the leftovers from school, he picked out forty copper coins from his stash, planning to rent a computer at an internet café.
But then he realized—forty copper coins was still a lot for someone in his situation. That too might be hard to explain.
So, he reluctantly put twenty of them back.
With just twenty copper coins, renting a computer for an hour seemed more reasonable.
"Damn it! Even spending money, I have to tiptoe around—it's so frustrating."
Cursing under his breath, Qin Siyang stepped out the door.
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