US police: outlaws

Chapter 71: New 5-Star Skills

Early in the morning, Li Yisen opened his eyes and stretched. The sound of rain outside the window was quite pleasant.

"It's another beautiful day; the rain means we don't have to be too busy."

There are several towns between San Antonio Hill and Lano, so the task of sealing off the mountain area last night did not fall to their desert town, which is a good opportunity to take stock of yesterday's rewards.

[Ding! As a Clermont City police officer, you have successfully eliminated Eric Friedrich, the mastermind behind Clermont City's largest criminal organization and a German-American gang. His decades-long criminal record has sealed the fate of German-American criminals in the city, who are doomed without his support. You have received a 5-star reward.]

[Ding, drawing rewards. The suspect in the case does not have a 5-star reward. Creating a new 5-star reward.]

[Constitution Type 5-Star Talent. Superior Skin: The epidermis is still surrounded by human-like keratinocytes, and the feel is no different from that of an ordinary person. The upper dermis has directionally arranged elastic fibers, increasing absorption capacity. The core of the dermis forms tightly arranged fiber bundles, greatly enhancing the toughness per unit thickness, greatly increasing the skin's recovery speed, Strength +5, Endurance +5]

【Strength: 30】

[Endurance: 28]

[Agility: 25]

【Spirit: 25】

Li Yisen touched his skin and felt nothing, just like usual. But when he pinched it hard, he felt a difference and didn't feel much pain.

I picked up a fruit knife from the kitchen and gently sliced ​​the skin. Surprisingly, it didn't even leave a white mark. Even with a little force, it couldn't break through the skin. Only with about 10 points of force could I break through and pierce it, and blood dripped out.

Li Yisen watched as the small wound on his skin quickly stopped bleeding and scabbed over, demonstrating the skill's effect—almost like wearing a leather armor stronger than cowhide.

With 28 points of stamina, he's already very resilient. His muscle density is increased, and now, with the qualitative change brought about by his super skin talent, perhaps even a child with a sharp blade couldn't pierce him.

Within minutes, Li Yisen noticed that the scabs had fallen off automatically, revealing the healed skin, and couldn't help but sigh with admiration.

"I'm really super chubby."

The next system prompt is for resources.

[Ding! Destroyed personal belongings worth tens of millions, obtained a 4-star resource chest.]

[Acquired 5000 mu (333 million square meters, equivalent to 460 standard football fields) of land in the eastern part of Boulder Canyon. Market price: 3000 yuan per mu. Cannot be rented or sold.]

[It is currently undergoing review by various departments and has already been approved.]

[Note: The $40,000 land tax for this year has already been paid. Please pay the remaining $40,000 land tax in February next year.]

"..."

What the hell, Boulder Canyon?

Lee Ethan took out a map and looked at it. Good heavens, it was about 10 kilometers south of Lano, west of Rambo's farm.

The western side of Boulder Gorge is alright, with plenty of vegetation and water, but the northern side is even worse than Lano, with no rivers at all.

What's the use of rewards? Agriculture isn't doing well, and neither is animal husbandry. It would be better to give them a few more supermarkets; at least they could earn 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a month.

Now he has to spend another 4 yuan for no reason, which makes him unhappy, especially since he still has 7 yuan in student loans and 2 yuan in bank loans.

Disappointed, Li Yisen clicked on the last system notification.

[Ding! 17 people killed, including a real estate tycoon from Clermont. Social status is being assessed. 5-star weapon reward obtained.]

[Ding! Acquired two sets of portable Stinger anti-aircraft missiles: speed Mach 2.5, range 5000 meters, altitude 3000 meters.]

Stinger anti-aircraft missile?

Although there had been previous lessons to be learned, Li Yisen was still surprised to see such a powerful weapon as the reward, as this thing was used to reach airplanes.

"System, do you want me to be a terrorist for life? I'm a police officer."

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In the police station chief's office, after arriving at work, Li Yisen idly watched the news. The Columbia News anchor was a bespectacled woman with long, wavy black hair that gave her an intellectual beauty; her name was Vivian Taylor.

"A horrific attack occurred last night in Claremont, Los Angeles County. Police reported that local real estate tycoon Eric Friedrich had a deep-rooted relationship with the Mexican drug cartel. After a falling out over profits, the Mexican cartel retaliated by detonating a natural gas pipeline, which destroyed Eric Friedrich's home, resulting in 17 deaths and 5 injuries."

"..."

Lee Ethan was speechless. What drug dealer retaliation, what gas explosion? It was clearly a very serious terrorist attack, but the government made it sound like such a small thing.

Vivian Taylor continued.

"Given the rampant drug trafficking in Mexico, the governor has issued a crackdown order, and border patrols have been increased. Please rest assured, citizens."

Goodness, really goodness, you have no qualms about shifting the blame to drug dealers, huh?

Just then, Brandon Clark knocked on the door and came in.

"Station manager, two FBI agents are looking for you."

"I see."

Lee Ethan had anticipated the FBI's arrival. If only he could be in two places at once, he could just charge straight in without having to think ahead.

Inside the office, a man and a woman walked in; they were both mid-level agents of GS-11 rank.

"Officer Ethan, my name is Kyle Chambers, and this is my partner, Rita White. We have a few questions for you."

Li Yisen asked with a surprised expression.

"Aren't you going to explain to me why this case involves national security or is it a classified case?"

"Yes."

Lee Esen nodded.

"Go ahead and ask."

Where were you yesterday?

"I was at home yesterday."

"Do you have proof?"

Lee Esen thought for a few seconds before answering.

"I ate at Rod Restaurant in town at 7 p.m., then went to Night Sand Bar for drinks. I got home around 8 p.m., played some games for a while, and then went to sleep. There should be CCTV footage at the restaurant and bar."

Last night, Li Yisen did indeed arrange his time, and even used his phone to run an auto-battling game, pretending to be logged in and playing.

After asking the questions, the two FBI agents didn't press the matter further. Given the seriousness of the case last night, they could indeed have detained and questioned the person directly, but this method couldn't be used on Ethan Lee, who had appeared on television multiple times.

After all, the title of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Rookie does have some prestige. Whether in the police department or in society, this guy has more than 5 followers on social media, even though he doesn't manage it much.

As the FBI agents investigated, Ethan Lee's suspicions actually diminished.

The incident occurred at 12 o'clock. It takes 3 hours to get from Lano to Clermont by highway, let alone 4 hours in heavy rain. No clues were found on either the highway or the regular state road.

As for mountain roads, that's even more impossible; it would take more than 5 hours for ordinary vehicles, and there was an avalanche yesterday.

Helicopters are also unlikely, as there is an airport near Rano, and if a helicopter were to pass by, it would be impossible for radar not to detect it.

Ultimately, the FBI uncovered the feud between Eric Frederick and Ethan Lee, and his name remained on the suspect list, but there was no evidence to prove that Ethan Lee was involved last night.

And you wouldn't know it until you looked it up—the list was quite thick, with hundreds of names, because Eric had so many enemies.