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Cutting Edge Robbery

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Darwin says, "Hmm. Thanks for the submission, it was well written, C.K. A lovely addition to the slush pile. A true criminal mastermind."
Lin, once a 24-year-old male in Hong Kong, had actually made good planning for the robbery. He dressed himself as a parcel delivery guy, and brought two weapons instead of one. One of them is a special weapon - an electric stun gun. It can produce 20,000Volts to 100,000 Volts of electricity, very sufficient for a kill.

He entered a company with confidence. He got his stun gun out. He hit a staff in the company with the stun gun. Bang! Aw! Bang! Aw! Bang! Aw!

Well, this was not the sound of electrocution... It was the sound generated by hitting someone with a light-weight hard object!

It is obvious that Lin didn't check whether the the stun gun was functional before his mission!

Lin was then hit by another staff in the company, and his stun gun dropped. As an illegal item in Hong Kong, it must have been difficult for Lin to get the stun gun. He wanted to get it back. And he knelt down to pick it up.

This was a fatal error.

Did I tell you about the cuttingedge technology? Well... I didn't mean the stun gun!

Lin got an iron-age invention - a beef knife - in a bag in front of his chest, as a spare weapon. It was wrapped inside layers of newspaper, but ancestry technology should not be underestimated. When he bent his body, he pressed onto the knife accidentially, and the knife simply went through his thigh. After leaving the site, he was later discovered unconscious due to rapid bloodloss, and reached destiny in a few hours.

The ancestors had successfully improved the gene pool.

Submitted on 04/03/2007

Submitted by: C K Yuen
Reference: 2007-4-3 Singtao daily(google translation needed) http://www.singtao.com/yesterday/loc/0403ao03.html

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Chip said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Although we already have this one, your submission provides more details. Thanks for sending it, C K

Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Yep, more detail than the original submission. Thanks, C K!

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