The traffic in New York made Russell feel desperate. It took him two hours to get from the bank to the high-end apartment where David Rice lived. If he hadn't insisted on using his identity as a police officer to solve the case, he would have opened the car door and flown there.
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At the front desk of the apartment, Russell showed his police ID and learned that David Rice had gone out in the morning and was not at home.
Russell didn't take it seriously, asked the front desk to open the door of David Rice's house, refused the other party's call notification, and checked David Rice's home while waiting to fall into a trap.
Photos of tourist attractions can be seen everywhere in the luxuriously decorated room. With the superpower of the teleporter, every photo represents the footprints of David Rice.
To be honest, without any preparation, it would be tantamount to wishful thinking for ordinary people to catch him.
One second he was still in the Western Hemisphere, and the next second he arrived in the Eastern Hemisphere. How to catch him?
Russell examined the photos and found a large number of travel souvenirs exchanged for banknotes in the room, as well as David Rice's personal collection.
Motorcycles, surfboards, snowboards, racing suits, diving suits, rock climbing suits... and engines disassembled from supercars.
This room is more like a showcase for rich kids than an apartment, used to show off the colorful life of travel friends.
Bang bang bang!
Russell knocked on the wall here and there, found a closed secret room, and violently demolished the wall to enter it.
The secret room is not large, about seven or eight square meters, with three rows of shelves placed close to the wall, and each layer is filled with cash.
Not limited to beautiful knives!
This is very bad. David Rice not only robbed banks in the United States, but also committed crimes in many places around the world.
Obviously, the ability of teleportation gave David Rice a taste of the sweetness. He thought that no one could catch him, and he got out of control and evolved into the unscrupulous person he is now.
Time passed by, and Russell was not in a hurry. He took out the soda from the refrigerator and watched TV while waiting for David Rice to appear.
Click!
It was approaching midnight, and David Rice opened the door while humming a lilting tune.
Today he met a hot female model in Paris and spent the whole night with her. Afterwards, as usual, he had lunch on top of the Sphinx.
None of these are important. The thing that makes David Rice most proud is that he leaves the sun behind him every time and makes it chase his footsteps.
"Who are you?"
Walking into the living room, David Rice stared in shock at Russell, who was lying on the sofa watching TV. There were two rows of empty soda bottles on the coffee table, which had obviously been at his home for a while.
"Oh, you're back. It's not easy to see you. I almost fell asleep waiting."
Russell stood up, stretched out, and put down a hundred dollars as the cost of the drinks.
"Answer my question, who are you and how did you get in?"
David Rice looked wary, raised his hand to pick up the baseball bat next to him, and warned: "No matter who you are, get out of here, or I will call the police."
Russell heard this and showed his police ID: "Mr. Rice, I received your report and let me know what trouble you encountered."
"..."
David Rice stared blankly at the police officer's certificate in Russell's hand, his Adam's apple twitching up and down. He had a guilty conscience and did not dare to look directly into Russell's righteous eyes, but he tightened his grip on the baseball bat in his hand.
"Mr. Rice, are you planning to attack the police?"
"No, no, I'm not..."
David Rice threw away the hot baseball bat with a swish and said with luck: "Officer, what do you want from me? To be honest, your sudden appearance made me very uneasy. Maybe I should ask a lawyer...
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"Why do you want a lawyer to explain the large amount of cash from unknown sources in your home?"
Russell shook his head repeatedly: "Young man, let's talk about something realistic. The prerequisite for settling everything with money is that the status of both parties to the conflict is not equal."
"To put it simply, if you want to use money to deal with the other party, you must have absolutely crushing economic strength... Don't get me wrong, I don't mean that I am rich, although that is indeed the case..."
As Russell spoke, he found that the more he explained, the more confusing he became. He skipped the bad character design and said coldly: "The people behind the banks you stole cannot be settled with money. It won't matter how many lawyers you find."
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David Rice sweats: "You work for them, don't you?"
"No, I am responsible for investigating this case. You have been arrested. Come with me!"
"Don't even think about it!"
David Rice didn't want to sit still and wait for death. He quickly turned around and grabbed the photo on the wall and activated his teleportation ability.
Snap!
David Rice groaned, and his body disappeared briefly and then reappeared, falling on the carpet in a panic.
Seeing that he was still at home in the apartment, he couldn't help but look shocked. Without thinking, he used his teleportation ability again.
Snap!
Falling on the carpet for the second time, the surprise on David Rice's face turned into deep fear, and he said in a panic: "What did you do to me? Why did my superpowers fail?"
Nothing to make you forget how to use your superpowers properly!
Russell answered in his mind, but a look of surprise appeared on his face: "Damn it, what happened to you? Why did you suddenly disappear and reappear... Wait, you said superpowers, is this why you can sneak into the vault?"
His expressive eyes revealed surprise, curiosity, and a hint of relief. Russell used actor-level acting skills to interpret the image of a righteous policeman who meets a person with superpowers for the first time.
David Rice was indeed deceived. The young man relied on his ability to pick up girls, so he was no match for the veteran actor. In a panic, he desperately tried to use his teleportation ability.
After several failures in a row, he fell all over and collapsed to the ground exhausted.
"I don't know what happened, but your superpower seems to have failed."
Russell shrugged, expressing deep sympathy for the desperate David Rice, taking out a pair of handcuffs from his pocket and cuffing his hands behind his back.
"Wait a minute, officer, give me a chance. You can take as much money as you want from the house, just don't arrest me."
David Rice begged, he didn't know what evil had taken hold of him tonight, and why his super powers suddenly failed.
But he believes that one day his superpowers will definitely be restored, and a beautiful world is waiting for him. He must not be convicted and sentenced, otherwise he will be a wanted criminal if he escapes from prison in the future.
"I will write this sentence into the report and let the judge make a decision."
Russell was unmoved, picked up David Rice and walked out the door.
"No, let me go! Activate me quickly!!"
David Rice stretched out his legs to hook onto the sofa, crazily activating his teleportation ability. Invisible waves emanated from his body, crushing the ground and spreading spider web cracks, and then...
Bang!!
There was a loud noise, and Russell's eyes were spinning. He felt that time suddenly stopped and then reset to a certain node.
It was no illusion. David Rice, who was handcuffed by him, disappeared, and the cracks on the ground returned to their original state.
Not only that, the coffee table was empty, and all the $100 dollars and empty soda bottles were missing.
Russell checked the room and found that the wall he had broken was intact, and he found soda in the refrigerator that had never been opened.
"Teleportation also has this ability...why didn't I know about it?"
Looking at the date on the phone, Russell was a little dumbfounded. The plot went crazy. He blocked David Rice's super power, but accidentally stimulated the other person's potential ability, causing time to go back to 24 hours ago.
Bang!
At this moment, the bedroom door was pushed open, and David Rice walked out in his pajamas, looking at Russell warily: "Who are you?"
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Russell frowned slightly, ignored David Rice's question, and began to think on his own.
Assuming that David Rice's teleportation ability is mutated due to interference, causing time to flow backward, then David Rice himself should not be disturbed by time and retain his own memory.
But in the end, David Rice had no idea what was happening, and he reset himself with time and returned to one day ago.
Russell was speechless. The situation was somewhat different from what he imagined. He had never seen such poor time control ability.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes wide, took a breath, and called Eleanor.
"Answer my question, who are you and how did you get in?"
David Rice picked up the golf club next to him and shouted: "Whoever you are, get out of here, or I'll call the police."
Russell ignored him, and under the impact of telepathy, David Rice fell unconscious to the ground.
"Elinor, is there anything unusual at home?"
"Sir, you are in the bathroom. If you have any questions, just talk to me. There is no need to call."
"Hiss!"
Russell took a breath. What he worried about happened, and there was another copy of himself...
Pause.
The spiritual world was bombarded, and he listened to the system's heart-rending wails to confirm that he was not a clone.
The pause ends.
Russell continued to gasp. What he was worried about still happened. 24 hours before the time was reset, another copy of himself appeared.
"Elinor, are you sure I'm in the bathroom and not Max and Caroline borrowing the bathroom?"
Russell secretly calmed down and asked Eleanor to open the bathroom door to confirm.
"..."
"Elinor, why don't you speak?"
"Sir, if you want to use this trick to trick me into entering the bathroom, I won't be fooled. Also, my body structure may look mature and beautiful, but it is actually useless. If you really have a need,
I can help you make an appointment..."
"Shut up!"
Russell's face was dark, and he snorted coldly: "Go into the bathroom, immediately, immediately, or I will make you look good and useful."
There was silence on the other side of the phone for a long time. After a while, Eleanor's speechless voice came: "Sir, when will you come out of the room? I remember you said you should have a good rest to be full..."
Snap!
Russell hung up the phone, and the big stone hanging in his heart fell to the ground. Time reset is not terrible, as long as there is no copy of him, everything is easy.
"Boy, your ability is very interesting, but you are unlucky to meet me, so come with me!"
Russell took out the handcuffs and cuffed the unconscious David Rice. Thinking that it was not yet time to go to work, he turned on the TV and started watching.
Return to work with a full spirit and attitude, yes, that's what he said.