"What? You were kidnapped?"
"And then the kidnapper let you go?"
"Then Sonoko, you saw he was handsome and miserable, and your sympathy overflowed, so you gave him one hundred million?"
"Idiots!! Two big idiots!! You were tricked!!"
"... ... ... ..."
Inside a Beika cafe, Shinichi learned the whole story from his two childhood friends and was so angry he pounded his chest and stomped his feet!
He couldn't understand how someone as smart as him could have two such foolish friends!
"No tricking! I gave it willingly!" Sonoko emphasized this point again!
"Shinichi, can't you think positively?" Ran also felt that Shinichi was viewing people too negatively and said, "I think Shirashi-kun really wants to turn over a new leaf!"
"Exactly, exactly, otherwise why would he suddenly let us go?" Sonoko retorted, her reasoning sound.
Shinichi watched the two of them being completely conned, even helping the guy count his money, and sighed in frustration, saying, "If he didn't do that, how would you willingly give him the money?"
"You're still too young!"
"You think you're willingly giving the money? In reality, it's a meticulously designed scam!"
"Call the police... Maybe it's still not too late to get the money back!"
Facing Shinichi's suggestion, Sonoko refused, saying, "Let's talk about it tomorrow! I believe I'll see Shirashi-kun at school tomorrow!"
"You decide for yourself, I've said all I can say." Shinichi stopped talking. Anyway, that guy had plenty of money.
Letting Sonoko suffer a loss would teach her a lesson!
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On the way home, Baishi Hui opened the Bandit System to check it.
"Current Mission: Accumulate 100 million yen in illicit gains. Current progress: 0."
"Tsk, this doesn't count?" Baishi Hui frowned when he saw it.
It seemed the system didn't recognize this income!
Thinking carefully, this money wasn't of unknown origin, so it couldn't really be called illicit gains.
However, this didn't matter.
Because what was about to happen would surely allow him to complete this mission successfully.
Thinking of this, Baishi Hui closed the system interface and, following his memory, quickly arrived at an office called "Niu Niu Finance."
The office looked ordinary, completely unlike a place that lent money at high interest.
"I'm here to pay back the money." Baishi Hui said to a muscular man who was playing on his phone.
The muscular man glanced at Baishi Hui, his gaze finally resting on the money box, and he said playfully, "It seems, Shirashi-kun, you've had quite a haul!"
He put away his phone and circled the other person with a metal detector.
Baishi Hui took out his phone, keys, and other metal items.
The muscular man scanned him again, and after the metal detector made no sound, he led Baishi Hui upstairs to the office on the second floor.
"Boss, Shirashi-kun is here... Looking at his large money box, he must have made a big deal!" The muscular man's smile seemed to hold ill intent.
"Congratulations, Shirashi-kun!" The boss, a thin middle-aged man, smoked a cigar and laughed, "You got the money so quickly!! It seems you have a real talent for this!"
"Less nonsense! Twenty million, right?" Baishi Hui directly opened the money box, took out twenty million yen, and slapped it onto the desk, saying, "Count it and see if it's enough!"
The boss saw that the money box was only at least one-fifth full, and his eyes narrowed, laughing, "Twenty million was the amount from the day before yesterday! It's not that amount today."
"This money of yours is of unknown origin; it's clearly obtained illegally. If I accept it, I have to bear the risk, so of course, I have to charge more."
"How about this, you give another twenty million yen for the risk fee."
"Twenty million?" Baishi Hui was shocked and couldn't help but say, "You might as well just rob me directly!"
"Ah! You're right, I am robbing you!" The middle-aged boss laughed heartily, pulled out a pistol from his drawer, and threatened, "Leave the money, then get out!"
"You're breaking your word!! Aren't you afraid of breaking the rules?" Baishi Hui stared at the other party and said,
"Isn't that nonsense?" The middle-aged boss sneered, "I'm a loan shark, a gangster! If I talk about rules with you, what kind of gangster would I be?"
"Besides, don't you know how you got this money?"
"What if I robbed you? Do you dare to call the police?"
"You... you, you, you... Fine, I'll give you the money, but you have to return my IOU." Baishi Hui seemed to admit defeat, but still wanted his IOU back.
"Haha, you students, you really read yourselves silly! At a time like this, you still want an IOU?" The middle-aged boss was even more amused and said, "Alright, if you want it, I'll give it back to you!"
He put down the pistol and opened the drawer to look for the IOU.
"Alright, take the IOU and get out!" The middle-aged boss quickly found Baishi Hui's IOU and casually threw it out.
"... ... ..." Baishi Hui said nothing, only took his IOU and left the office.
"Send him down, then close the door!!" The middle-aged boss commanded.
The muscular man greedily glanced at the money box, but ultimately did as the boss said.
As soon as he left the office, he saw Baishi Hui unhurriedly putting on a mask that only covered half his face.
"Why are you wearing that mask?" The muscular man frowned and asked.
"Don't understand?" Baishi Hui said, then pulled out an AK47, cocked it with a click, and laughed, "Understand now?"
"You, you, you... you..." The muscular man was startled. Besides his fear, he found it hard to comprehend: "How... how did you pull out an AK?"
"You have a strong curiosity. Don't be like this in your next life." Baishi Hui chuckled and fired several shots into his chest.
Bang, bang, bang---
Three bullets pierced the muscular man's chest. He staggered back a few steps, then fell with a thud, half his body collapsing into the office.
Baishi Hui entered the office and shouted, "This is a robbery! Hands up!!"
The middle-aged boss was busy counting money when he heard the commotion. He turned his head and, seeing the AK47, was immediately startled.
He finally understood how the other party got that money and said urgently, "Shirashi-kun! There... there's something we can discuss!"
"What Shirashi-kun? Call me Azu!" Baishi Hui sneered.
"Okay, A... Azu." The middle-aged boss quickly raised both hands and said, "Azu, don't be impulsive! You're still young, and you have a long life ahead of you!"
"Less nonsense, hand over the money!" Baishi Hui chuckled softly, "I'm only giving you three minutes!!"
"I'll give it, I'll give it!!" The middle-aged boss saw the muscular man lying on the floor and his heart sank.
He quickly went to open the safe, afraid that if he was a moment too slow, the other party would just shoot.
He was annoyed with himself for not having just shot this brat directly, leaving him in such a passive situation now.
He needed to find a way to get his gun later.
The middle-aged boss thought, and with a click, opened the safe.
He naturally walked to the side near the desk and said fawningly, "Bai... Azu, the safe is open, all the money is inside. Please spare my life!!"
Saying this, he began to kowtow repeatedly.
"Are you dreaming?" Baishi Hui emptied the magazine without thinking.
He riddled this scum, who lent money at high interest and exploited ordinary people, with bullets!
What's more, this guy didn't play by the rules.
Based on his extensive novel-reading experience, people like this would definitely cause trouble for him afterward.