Reborn as a Mechanist with a God-Tier System-Chapter 264: The Police

It was while Mr. Zagaban was about to answer the final question that it happened.

BZZZZZT!

The crowd were surprised as extremely bright light suddenly filled the hotel hall as the windows shattered, it was an Illumination Grenade!

More grenades detonated.

KABOOM!

99% of the crowd instantly became disoriented by the grenade explosions.

Seated in a corner of the hall, David was also affected by the sudden unexpected situation as the bright light made him close his eyes tightly.

His ears rang loudly, leaving him disoriented.

This sensation lingered for a few seconds and that was when he started hearing voices...

"Do not resist, this is the Police!"

"Resistance will result in the use of lethal force!"

’The police?’ David was stunned. ’What is the police doing here?’

Squinting his eyes, he forced his eyes open just in time to see as green and purple lights flashed within the hall.

David saw a police officer materialize out of mid-air!

This police officer wore a familiar dark green uniform, he was armed with a large glass shield on one hand and a pistol on his right hand.

He was surrounded by swirling neon green light, making him look like some superhero straight from a movie.

David watched in a daze. ’Is that police officer an Ascended?’

’Why does it seem like they’re rushing towards the podium?’

And then, he realized what this meant as his eyes widened. ’Wait, Mr. Zagaban is at the podium!’

David looked towards the podium just in time to see bright orange lights flaring wildly and violently.

The moment the police announced their presence, the guards that were secretly stationed in different positions of this hall reacted immediately as they charged towards Mr. Zagaban to protect him.

And now, they all surrounded him in a protective circle.

David saw violent orange lights flaring around their bodies. ’Is that... ADE?’

The police were undeterred as they charged towards Mr. Zagaban and his guards armed with glass shields and rods.

David was confused. ’What are the guards doing? It’s the police’.

And before he knew it, they clashed.

BOOM!

"Arghhhh...!"

The clash between the guards and the police was the final straw.

The crowd that was gathered for the presentation finally became overwhelmed by the unexpected situation as terrified, they began running around in panic like headless chickens while screaming.

David didn’t react. He just stood frozen in one place, watching in a daze.

Neon green and violent purple lights flared around the police officers as armed with their shields, they clashed against Mr. Zagaban’s bodyguards.

David was dazed. ’What’s going on?’

’Why are they fighting against the police?’

He looked around and then he noticed Mr. Creed who was being escorted by his own bodyguards as they rushed towards a secret passage of the hall to escape.

’Why are they running?’

In that moment, all the thoughts in his head that were making him confused finally coalesced into a single coherent question. ’Have the police finally discovered the anomaly with Cabin D World and are now taking action?’

David suddenly felt motivated. ’Catch them, catch them all!’

The police operation was the validation he needed that he was not going mad and that the anomaly was actually with the company.

A lot of the distributors and upliners panicked and tried to escape, but the police subdued most of them within a few minutes.

A group of police officers also blocked Mr. Creed’s escape route.

And also, Mr. Zagaban’s guards were finally overpowered by the police officers and that was where David saw magic.

With a twisted expression on his face, the originally calm and charming Mr. Zagaban cursed angrily at the police officers before a bright neon green light suddenly started swirling around his body, then...

BZZZ!

Before David could react, Mr. Zagaban was gone.

He was gone! Just like that, into thin air.

"...!" David stared incredulously and in disbelief.

He looked towards Mr. Creed and saw the same neon green light flare around his direct upline, but this time he didn’t disappear immediately as the leader of the police officers intercepted him.

BZZZ!

David didn’t know exactly what happened but he saw Mr. Creed’s eyes suddenly roll behind as he seemed to have lost consciousness.

They captured him.

As David watched, the panicking crowd slowly started being pacified even as all the distributors were subdued, including him.

BAM!

David’s face twisted in pain as a police rod hit him on the back, making his legs buckle as he collapsed to the ground.

2 police officers quickly jumped on him, pressing and tightly holding him down. "Don’t move!"

David was also captured.

And just like that, a business seminar where billionaires were supposedly going to be made was disrupted.

...

Blink!

David woke up after what felt like a long time of being unconscious.

He looked around groggily, realizing that he was outside at the entrance of the Pat Austin Hotel and that a large crowd already gathered in front of the hotel.

The police separated the front of the hotel from the crowd with yellow tapes.

He looked around, realizing that a lot of faces he recognized in the seminar, people that were invited were currently huddled together.

They were reassured by the police before being asked questions by reporters working for the police.

Apart from the invitees of the seminar that were huddled up, on another side at the entrance to the hotel, the Cabin D World distributors that were captured by the police were also huddled up and that was where David sat.

Click! Click! Click!

The sound of camera shutters echoed incessantly.

"Who invited you to this business seminar?" David heard a reporter asking one of the invitees.

"Have you heard of Cabin D World before?"

Apart from the invitees, police reporters also questioned the captured distributors. "Since when did you become a distributor for Cabin D World?"

"4 years ago".

"How did you learn about the company?"

"My childhood friend told me about it".

"Is your childhood friend your direct upline?"

"No, Mr. Ashton is my leader. He’s both our direct upline".

"Ok, was Mr. Ashton in the business seminar today?"

"No, he traveled to the Western Biome last week to star in outside business seminars and presentations as a guest speaker, just like Mr. Zagaban did today".

"Ok".

The police officer standing beside the reporter recorded everything as she was being interviewed, then the reporter finally asked. "Did you know that your company have been engaging in scam activities?"

The female distributor that was being asked pursed her lips. "No".

David stared in a daze as different familiar faces around him, all distributors were being questioned by the police.

Hearing the questions, he felt a sense of relief. ’So, it was a scam all along huh? I guess I was right, I’m glad,’ he thought, but at the same time he felt hollow.

’I wasted 6 years of my life on a scam’. The thought stung more than he wanted it to.

"You have no right to arrest me!"

"DON’T YOU DARE TOUCH ME!"

Hearing the loud voice and the commotion, David looked over and saw Mr. Creed who was acting very aggressively despite already being handcuffed by the police officers.

"Bring me my lawyer!" He demanded. "I need my lawyer!"

"What did I do that you’re arresting me? I’m a normal, law-abiding business man, you have no right to arrest me!"

"But sir we have record of you engaging in multiple scam activities..."

"WHAT SCAM ACTIVITIES?" He roared. "I’m a law-abiding business man, a registered one. How did I break the law? You people just want to arrest me because I’m rich while you’re poor, miserable bastards!"

"I NEED MY GODDAMN LAWYER!"

Seeing Mr. Creed being handled by the police officers, David could not help it as a slight smile appeared on his face. ’I guess this is justice, right?’ he thought.

And then, it came to his turn as a police officer and reporter addressed him.

"What is your name?"

"David Barber". He answered honestly.

The police officer quickly projected a holoscreen and scrolled through it, accessing his file easily.

’It seems they’ve been investigating all of us for a while,’ he thought.

"Oh, the orphan". The police officer said, showing his data to the reporter who got prepared to ask questions.

"Orphan?" David was stunned.

The police officer looked at him. "You haven’t heard? Your mom died 3 days ago in a car accident".

"..."

"..."

"....."

David could not hear anything else that the reporter and the police officer said as with blood-shot eyes, he stared at the void in front of him in a daze.

"Mr. David..."

"Mr. David..."

"MR. DAVID!"

David snapped out of his daze and looked at the reporter.

His eyes were red and teary, filled with weariness and what felt like pain and regret but the tears never flowed. Instead, looking at the reporter, his lips curled up then he burst out laughing.

"Hahahahahahaha..."

"Hahahahahaha..."

David laughed till his back bent, wheezing like he just watched the greatest comedy show in history.

He wiped his tears and looked at the reporter. "What a story!" He laughed.

"What a tale!"

His shoulders shook as he laughed, or was he crying? "Heh, the tale of a fool who got scammed".

"The tale of a poor man".