Chapter 805: Jiang Ran Released, Onboarding Training Ruined
Seeing this German police officer, Jiang Ran felt his head swell to twice its size.
Originally, the reason he was arrested was because of a video showing him killing someone.
But who would have guessed that the very next day after his arrest?
Locked up in the detention cell, he saw a German police officer approaching him.
He thought it was time for his next round of judgment.
But then, to his surprise, the German police officer pulled out yet another brand-new murder video.
And showed it to him.
Now, Jiang Ran, who was already completely broken, became even more shattered.
He didn't even know what legal consequences he'd face for one murder, and now there was another one added on.
However, what Jiang Ran never expected was that on the third day,
He saw his third murder video.
One every single day.
Three people killed.
Jiang Ran was utterly despairing.
Sitting in the detention cell, he started wondering what kind of punishment he would receive?
Life in prison? Or the death penalty?
But then he suddenly remembered - he was mentally ill, a person with dissociative identity disorder!
So even though he killed three people, not to say he'd go scot-free, at least he probably wouldn't face the death penalty, right?
And besides, strictly speaking, those three people weren't killed by him at all! It must have been when his alternate personality was controlling the body!!!
But just as he thought that, Jiang Ran suddenly recalled something else.
He had scrolled through TikTok before, and some people thought that since they were mentally ill, killing people was no big deal, that it didn't matter.
Back then, when he saw that TikTok, he was extremely disgusted.
He believed, why should people with mental illness get reduced responsibility for doing wrong, for killing people? Or even no responsibility at all?
Just because they're mentally ill?
He felt that regardless of whether someone was mentally ill, they should be treated the same as ordinary people, not have the label of "mental illness" become a get-out-of-jail-free card.
Therefore, he thought, even though he personally didn't commit the murders, he still had to take responsibility. If he was really sentenced to death, he had nothing to say about it.
So when he saw the German police officer coming again that day, he figured he'd probably be shown another new murder video of himself.
He was already numb to it.
But then.
What this German police officer said shocked him completely.
"Jiang Ran, according to our investigation, the videos reporting your murders were all generated by AI. So, you are being released without charge."
This German police officer knew Jiang Ran didn't understand German or English, so he first said it in his phone, then played the translation for Jiang Ran to hear.
His phone's volume was turned up very loud.
Which meant Jiang Ran could hear it extremely clearly.
At first, when he heard the translation coming from the phone, Jiang Ran flipped up from the detention cell bed, thinking he must have misheard.
He made the German police officer play it again, and after confirming it a second time,
He was frozen for several seconds.
Then, he actually burst into tears.
Crying like a waterfall.
This wasn't sadness or grief, but tears of joy.
This was being freed from the heavy weight of legal criminal responsibility, from life in prison and the death penalty - a brand new lease on life.
It was like obtaining a second life, making him happy, making him emotional.
Seeing Jiang Ran like this inside the detention cell, the German police officer said nothing, simply used the keys on his belt to unlock the detention cell door and led Jiang Ran out.
Returning him his freedom.
Now free, Jiang Ran was already standing outside the Aisen Town police station.
He looked at the streets and buildings outside the station.
The blue sky, the white clouds.
Everything should have been ordinary and unremarkable, but in Jiang Ran's eyes at this moment, they seemed as tempting as hidden treasure.
Even the air smelled sweet.
At that moment, he felt that this world was truly wonderful, truly beautiful.
He walked happily down the street, a grin plastered on his face that he simply couldn't suppress.
That was until he arrived at a two-story building.
His smile gradually faded.
Not only did it fade, but it transformed into terror.
Because the two-story building before him was the very place where he was supposed to have his onboarding training!!!
"Kao! I was locked up for three days! My onboarding training!!!"
Looking half-crazed, Jiang Ran screamed like a madman as he charged into the two-story building.
Ten minutes later, when Jiang Ran came back out, he was staggering with every step.
Utterly lost and dazed.
The speed at which he went in was matched only by the slowness with which he came out.
After coming out, he slumped directly against a nearby wall covered in purple graffiti.
His entire body was filled with weakness.
He stared at the clear blue sky, but all he saw was dark clouds gathering.
"I'm screwed. Coming out of there, I got nothing but an empty void."
He muttered to himself.
When he had rushed into the two-story building, he found it completely empty.
Not a single person inside.
When he thought to contact Manager Wu Meiling on his phone, he realized that during the three days he was locked up, she had sent him multiple messages and called him several times.
The gist of the last message was:
"Jiang Ran, since you were absent without reason from onboarding training and also missed the final exam, your assessment is determined as unqualified."
"Forget about the monthly salary increase."
"Just consider this trip to Aisen Town as a vacation!"
Recalling this.
Leaning against the wall, Jiang Ran cursed under his breath:
"A vacation? Vacation my ass?!"
"Whose idea of a vacation involves getting nearly murdered and spending three days in lockup?!"
...
Since Aisen Town was a place of heartbreak,
Jiang Ran packed his bags as soon as he was released today and contacted Manager Wu Meiling to help him buy a ticket to leave.
Around four in the afternoon, Jiang Ran boarded the bus leaving Aisen Town.
Because this little town had hurt him so deeply, Jiang Ran didn't even turn his head once before getting on the bus.
Naturally, he had no idea that two people had been silently watching him from behind the entire time.
Only when Jiang Ran boarded the bus did these two reveal themselves, both wearing expressions of immense relief on their faces.
The two were none other than the Heterochromatic-Eyed Murderer, Gates, and Liu Baobao.
Watching the yellowish bus start up and disappear from view,
Liu Baobao couldn't help but laugh up at the sky three times, then lowered her head and muttered to herself, "This devil is finally gone."
Gates also let out a long sigh of relief. "Yeah, he's finally gone."
At that moment, Liu Baobao turned around and looked up at Gates's sharp, chiseled profile.
Gates was tall, rich, and handsome, though on the handsome side, he was only moderately so.
Liu Baobao was quite pretty, with a slightly doll-like face. She wasn't a stunning beauty, but she could definitely be considered attractive.
A handsome man and a pretty woman - they had naturally shared a bed before.
However, the emotional state between them was very subtle.
Not like a couple, more like friends with benefits, hooking up whenever the need arose.
Now, Liu Baobao complained to Gates a bit, "You bastard, you were the one who came up with the plan, but when it came to execution, we were the ones carrying it out, you know? Back at the abandoned steel mill, if I hadn't ridden that motorcycle fast enough, all of us would have died!"
"And even so, when we hid in the bar, that guy actually drove a cement truck straight into the place! If there weren't enough people there, and if the German police hadn't shown up, causing a big enough scene, I really would have had to rush to be reborn ahead of schedule!"