Training In The Cafe (1)

Xiang Kun did not run to the police station. He arrived at the police station around 10: 30.

Officer Chen was not around, so he arranged for a colleague to bring him to sign those documents.

The process of signing the contract was actually very fast. In less than three minutes, the money was sent over. The money was immediately confirmed on the Internet bank. It was 20,000 yuan, and it was tax-free.

However, before signing the document, Xiang Kun waited for more than 20 minutes in the police station. He did not find it boring or unbearable. Instead, he hoped that Officer Chen's colleague would continue with his work and let him wait a little longer.

In the past twenty minutes, Xiang Kun had used his sense of hearing and smell to "explore" the building.

From the conversation between the police officers, they found out that a group of drug addicts had been arrested last night. From these people, Xiang Kun could smell a different scent from ordinary people.

Some of them smelled like a special burnt smell, while others smelled like metal mixed with sweat. This seemed to be the unique smell of a drug addict.

Some of them seemed to be sick and had a special smell of human hormones.

Some of them were injured and reeked of blood.

There were also some people who seemed to have developed a drug addiction. All kinds of smells on their bodies became stronger. They had snot and tears flowing down their faces as they spoke nonsense.

By collecting the scents, Xiang Kun would be able to better identify other people's behavior and identity.

He even thought about identifying the unique smell of the police officers, but then realized that it was not easy. He could only tell from the uniforms of some of the police officers that they had the same smell. However, if they were wearing plain clothes, it would be difficult to differentiate them.

He could smell the unique scent of a pistol, but most of the time, the police did not seem to be worthy of a gun. For example, Li Sheng, whom he met on the road the other day, did not bring a gun with him even though he was from the police force.

Xiang Kun thought that he might be able to differentiate it from the special smell on the handcuffs or identification documents. However, he had to first use the handcuffs or identification documents as a source of smell. He placed them under his nose and carefully collected the special smell that could be used to differentiate characteristics.

He also tried to eavesdrop on the police's interrogation, but the problem was that the interrogation room had better soundproofing. It seemed to be made of soft material for walls, and the sound absorption was stronger. Unless he ran outside the interrogation room, it was difficult to hear the contents.

If he could stay in the police station for a few more hours, Xiang Kun felt that he would be able to collect more scents, sounds, and information. He might even get a pair of handcuffs or credentials to smell them while others were not paying attention. Of course, this was just a thought. He would not risk his life for something so unnecessary. Besides, if anyone saw this scene, they would definitely think that he was a pervert…

After walking out of the building, Xiang Kun turned around and narrowed his eyes. He looked past the huge national emblem and the words "just, honest, and loyal to the people" on the building. He looked at the "hidden" sun on the top of the building.

After the mutation, he instinctively rejected sunlight, and his bodily functions were greatly suppressed after sunrise. Previously, he had also guessed that it had something to do with the increase in temperature after sunrise. However, the problem was that even though he was hiding in an air-conditioned room at 18C, the subjective feeling was much better, but the suppression of various functions remained and did not improve, so he felt that the temperature might not be the main point.

However, he had just heard a few police officers talking about a drug addict who had been burned when he was arrested and sent to the hospital.

He suddenly remembered that the recovery speed of his burns and broken bones was much slower than being cut.

Logically speaking, it was normal for bone injuries to recover slower than flesh wounds. However, if the area of burns and knife wounds were the same, the recovery speed shouldn't be that much slower.

Xiang Kun suddenly thought of an idea. Perhaps the reason why burns were slower than cuts was because the temperature of the parts that were injured by the high temperature kept rising, which suppressed the recovery ability of the body?

20% recovery speed suppression, which was about the same as suppressing the recovery speed of knife wounds after sunrise?

It was easy to prove this point. All he had to do was experiment and cut off all the burned flesh after the burn. He just had to see how fast he could recover.

However, this experiment still had to wait until after sunset.

After leaving the police station, Xiang Kun did not go home immediately. Instead, he searched on his phone and found a cafe 3.7 kilometers away. He walked over.

After ordering a glass of Americano, Xiang Kun found an inconspicuous corner on the first floor and sat down.

Naturally, he did not come here to drink coffee out of boredom. Although black coffee would only be spat out after half an hour, it was still not his best drink. His best drink was either blood or water.

He came to the cafe because he wanted to continue what he had been doing at the police station. He wanted to use his sense of hearing and smell to observe and analyze people and obtain useful information.

This was also a targeted training for the practical application of hearing and smell.

It was just like how a person with top physical fitness had to undergo a lot of training to become a professional player or professional boxer.

Xiang Kun's vision, hearing, and sense of smell far exceeded that of ordinary people. However, he still needed all kinds of training to fully utilize his abilities.

The training he had done on the streets, in the mountains, and on the balcony of his house was one part, but the training he had to do now was another.

The reason why he chose the cafe was that the cafe was a semi-enclosed space. It was not easy to be disturbed by external sounds and smells, and the smells and sounds inside were not easy to disperse. It was easier to be sensed.

Secondly, those who came to the cafe would usually stay for a period of time to observe, perceive, and analyze.

It was 11: 33 in the morning, and there weren't many people in the cafe. Apart from the three waitresses, there were only three people on the first floor, and all three of them were women.

The first step was to determine their profession as training targets.

It was Monday. Judging from the amount of drinks left on the table and the melting of the ice in the glasses, they had been here for at least 20 minutes. The three of them probably did not have to work, or they were like Xiang Kun, who did not have a job.

Two of them were sitting together, obviously knowing each other.

The one sitting on the sofa was Codename 1, while the one sitting on the sofa was Codename 2.

Woman 2 had her back facing Xiang Kun and was holding her phone horizontally. From the image on the phone, he could tell that she was playing a game of chicken.

Meanwhile, the female 1 sitting on the long sofa looked to be in her twenties. From time to time, she would take two selfies and seemed to be sending WeChat messages. Soon, there was the sound of a TikTok video on her phone.

The perfume on the two girls was very strong, but the smell of body wash could be smelled on the second girl. After passing through the perfume on the first girl, they could still smell the sweat on their bodies. Judging from the sour smell of sweat, they probably didn't shower before sleeping last night.

The makeup on Woman 1's face was very thick, but it still could not cover the haggardness on her face and the blood vessels in her eyes. She must have stayed up late frequently and her work and rest were in disorder.

Every once in a while, the female 2's stomach would make a slight rumbling sound. Hmm, her stomach wasn't very good.

Female 1 opened her mouth and yawned. He saw that the teeth in Female 1's mouth were slightly yellow, and there were a few deep holes in her molars near the back. Clearly, she did not pay much attention to her hygiene. A few seconds later, he frowned. He could smell the breath that came out of her mouth when she yawned. Hmm, vanilla latte, creamed muffin. There seemed to be yogurt? From her tone, her stomach did not seem too good either.

Both women were in poor health, and their stomachs were especially bad. They should have stayed up a lot, and their meals and routines were irregular.

But it wasn't supposed to be a nightclub, because he didn't smell alcohol or cigarettes.

A few minutes later, Xiang Kun heard from the conversation between Woman 2 and Woman 1 that they were talking about the names of a few live-streaming platforms and streamers. Woman 2 expressed her envy for the gifts from Woman 1's rich fans last night. From this, Xiang Kun could tell that Woman 1 and Woman 2 were streamers from a certain platform. Furthermore, Woman 1 was more famous than Woman 2 and was doing better.

Xiang Kun stopped paying attention to Woman 1 and Woman 2 and turned his attention to Woman 3.

He felt that he had overestimated Lady 1 and Lady 2. The information he gathered was redundant and inefficient.