Chapter 17

At the school gate, a large-scale brawl is a big case. Solving this case would be a considerable achievement, no matter how big or small. The patrol officer was somewhat delighted, but his face remained stern.

Those who were not seriously injured and could still speak immediately seized the opportunity. A young man quickly pointed at Zhang Qiu and shouted, "Uncle Police, it's that person! He beat up so many of us! The guy standing next to the two girls!"

"Yes, yes! He beat us so badly! Many of our intestines were broken, and some even spat blood. Comrade Police, please call an ambulance for us quickly!"

Hearing these cries, not only did the police frown, but Zhang Qiu, Ning Lan, and his classmates also frowned.

"You'd better say you fell yourself, or else..." Zhang Qiu whispered to Cheng Jianwu, giving him a fierce look.

Ning Lan and her classmates were almost furious. Although they were indeed beaten badly by Zhang Qiu, they were the ones who started it. Moreover, Zhang Qiu was also beaten badly, with the bruises on his body as evidence.

So they argued, "Uncle Police! They are lying, it was they who started the fight first! You can check the surveillance if you don't believe us."

While they were arguing, one of the police officers had already called 120, and another officer called for backup from the station. There were too many people, and one car couldn't fit them all.

"Let's talk inside the station! Those who can still move, come with me. Those who can't move, all go to the hospital."

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At the Yuxi District Police Station, Chief Wang was worried, still about that case. The hard drive containing key evidence, which he had personally invited experts to work on overnight, had not yielded promising results.

The key evidence video could only restore a directory, not the complete file. He had personally intervened in this case, hoping to earn a significant achievement to compete for the position of Deputy Chief of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. Now, the big achievement that was almost in his hands was about to slip away. How could he not be worried?

The experts were now conducting a second round of data recovery, hoping for success.

Just then, someone reported, "Chief! There's another case involving students!"

Since the last incident where students were questioned for beating a thief, Chief Wang had ordered that any case involving students must be reported to him first before handling, to avoid any further embarrassment.

...

Chief Wang looked at the beaten-up young men who clearly looked like hooligans, and a boy who looked like a good student with a loyal arm, as well as two rather cute little girls... He couldn't help but frown.

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Chief Wang became even angrier. "Students fighting hooligans near the school!" He couldn't help but curse inwardly, what a big case!

This should be big news, not a big case!

If students can beat up hooligans, how dark is our society? How inferior are the students in this society? This is to smear the students, to smear the schools, to whitewash the hooligans and street thugs? Isn't this slapping the face of the education system? Isn't this challenging the common sense of society?

If the case is handled this way, he will not only face pressure from the education system but also from public opinion and the media. Whether he can continue as the chief of the district police station would be a problem, let alone a promotion. What promotion?

"Rubbish! Is this how you handle cases? Students beating hooligans? How much did you take in bribes? Do you want people to curse the darkness of society by pointing at our police?"

The two patrol officers, who thought they had a big achievement, immediately broke out in a cold sweat. At this moment, they already knew what to do.

"Yes, yes! Chief, you are wise, it was our oversight!"

"When will you give me a break!" After scolding them with deep pain, Chief Wang felt a bit better.

At this moment, he noticed that the student looked familiar.

"Classmate, have we met before?" Chief Wang asked.

"Chief, I remember, this student is the brave youth who beat the thief yesterday. You even said you would commend him! It's just that there have been so many cases recently, and it has been put aside." A police officer recognized Zhang Qiu and quietly reminded the chief.

Chief Wang suddenly remembered who Zhang Qiu was. As a chief with many responsibilities, and with the big case on his mind, he had temporarily forgotten about Zhang Qiu.

At this moment, the two girls, upon hearing the police officer's account of Zhang Qiu's bravery, were even more surprised, admiring, and reverent.

Ning Lan's eyes twinkled, and she said, "Uncle Police! These hooligans wanted to assault us! They said they wanted my classmate and me to play with them and see their power! Fortunately, this male classmate came to our rescue, and was mistakenly identified as a fight by the patrolling officer! But who would have thought, those hooligans would take the opportunity to falsely accuse us, it's too despicable!"

"Female classmate, rest assured! The police will give you justice! This male classmate has repeatedly shown bravery, truly a role model for society. I will definitely nominate him for the 'Three Good Students' of Yuxi District this year!" The chief finished, patting Zhang Qiu's shoulder solemnly.

After the chief set the tone, his subordinates naturally knew how to proceed.

"Take them to the interrogation room! You falsely accused, and your crime is even more serious."

"Innocent! Police! We won't accuse anymore, we fell ourselves!"

Their words only further enraged the police. Moreover, some of the old police officers recognized that several of them had criminal records, making the patrol officer even more nervous.

If he had reported it as a big case, he would definitely be labeled as a "protector of hooligans." The chief was indeed wise!

On one side, there were innocent students, and on the other, hooligans with criminal records. Who beat whom was obvious. Even if the truth was that the students beat the hooligans, the public would suspect a cover-up. The pressure from the education system would also be too much for a small police officer to bear.

Zhang Qiu, however, had no time to pay attention to the police or the hooligans' expressions. After the chief patted his shoulder, he received a new system notification: "30 meters ahead, a beauty (city level) detected."

A beauty in the police station, could it be a legendary policewoman? But how could there be so many policewomen? Maybe it was a beautiful woman who came to the police station for business.

Although he thought this, Zhang Qiu became interested and very curious. His eyes roamed around, already searching for the beauty mentioned by the system.

Soon, a policewoman in uniform, looking very impressive, walked in. Zhang Qiu couldn't help but be impressed; there really was a policewoman!

Then the policewoman's words caught Zhang Qiu's attention: "Chief, the data recovery failed."

Data recovery? This term immediately caught Zhang Qiu's attention; he was an expert in this field. Data recovery failed, perhaps... At this moment, the system notification came: "New task: Serve the people. Help the police recover data and take the opportunity to meet a beautiful policewoman. Task difficulty (moderate). Reward: Character Recognition Engine (basic technology)."

Since there was a task and a beauty, Zhang Qiu stepped forward and said, "I have some expertise in data recovery, perhaps I can help." At the same time, he felt this was an opportunity to connect with official power.

Having offended a scoundrel like Cheng Jianwu, relying solely on personal strength couldn't guarantee Ning Lan's safety. So Zhang Qiu thought of leveraging power. This data recovery gave him an opportunity.

As he spoke, Zhang Qiu silently issued a command to use the skill enhancement order. He didn't choose to upgrade all his skills but chose to upgrade his computer proficiency.

Now, his computer proficiency was already at the provincial level. After two more upgrades, it would reach the world level. Only then would Zhang Qiu have a chance to help the police.

With the use of the skill enhancement order, a vast amount of previously unknown computer knowledge flooded Zhang Qiu's mind. Whether it was obscure, popular, offensive, defensive, maintenance, or construction... Zhang Qiu stood at the peak of the world in almost all fields of computer technology.

"You?" The beautiful policewoman asked with disdain.

The chief, however, looked at Zhang Qiu differently. He didn't expect this high school student to have the courage to step forward. Unfortunately, the matter was confidential, and the chief wouldn't involve outsiders unless absolutely necessary.

"Oh, sorry! Your police work is probably confidential and won't be shown to outsiders. I just feel that you are all good police officers who cleared my name, and I want to help. Does this sister not believe I can recover the data?" Zhang Qiu, now equipped with world-class knowledge, had already found a way to recover the data. He was extremely confident that as long as the hard drive wasn't completely physically damaged, he could restore the data.

"Our experts couldn't do it, what can you do even if you know how to recover data?" The policewoman said with disdain. It wasn't that she looked down on him, but the facts were clear. The police experts couldn't do it, and a high school student saying he could was hard to believe for anyone with common sense.

Zhang Qiu felt the other party's disdain and then mentioned several professional terms and asked several professional questions. He then smiled and said, "I don't know if this sister understands technology. If you do, you should know what I just said. If not, you can write down a few terms and ask your experts."

The policewoman was taken aback. The chief's eyes, however, lit up. "Comrade, let's talk somewhere else!"

"Should you and your classmate go back or wait here?" Zhang Qiu asked Ning Lan.

"I'll go with you!" Ning Lan said.

"The two of you can wait in the rest room next door. We'll need to take a statement later. I need to talk to this comrade about something." The chief spoke gently but with an authority that couldn't be refused.

Without waiting for Ning Lan and her classmate to agree, the chief had already taken Zhang Qiu away, and the policewoman went to ask the experts.

Ning Lan and Chen Lan looked at each other. Chen Lan, somewhat shy, excited, and happy, said, "Your brother is so amazing! Even the chief wants his help! Why didn't you tell me he was so amazing before?"

"My memory of him only goes up to before high school. I didn't expect him to work so hard and become so capable in high school!" At this moment, Ning Lan remembered what Zhang Qiu had told her about his hacker master. She had somewhat disbelieved it before, but now, seeing how the chief treated Zhang Qiu with such respect, she believed it more.

Brother Qiu is becoming more and more excellent. Will I be left further and further behind? Ning Lan felt a bit worried.

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