Please ask the dream.

Chapter 106: Stealing and Being Stolen (Part )

Although this kind of antique ring may seem tacky and ostentatious to modern people, it does not look out of place near a museum. After all, museums also need to make money, and official support and ticket fees alone are obviously not enough to cover the cost of maintaining the collection.

Therefore, various cultural and creative works have come into being. Although many of them seem a bit outdated for modern aesthetics, people who travel are always blind, and it seems that it is not unacceptable to buy some jewelry that are the same as the ugly cultural relics.

But even though there were many people around wearing similar rings, necklaces, and bracelets, Feng Xue's eyesight, which he had developed over the past decade, still allowed him to tell at a glance that this collection was different. Putting aside the craftsmanship, the blood-red gem alone was enough to prove the value of this ring.

"Bringing antiques to scout the place? Isn't this a bit too weird? Is it because the dream was distorted by mistake, or is it that the mission for the other party is actually "live with the target on your body for a month"? "

Feng Xue made a quick judgment in his mind, and at the same time took a step and started walking.

In such a busy area, a person standing still is actually very conspicuous. Feng Xue knows this little trumpet he has raised, and based on the experience of accidentally entering a strange dream last time, he thinks that the other party must know him very well.

"The only thing I can be thankful for now is that the other party probably doesn't know what I look like, otherwise they wouldn't have sent me so close. The enemy is in the open while I am in the dark, which is also an advantage."

Feng Xue muttered to himself, but he soon realized why he was given this advantage this time——

Because the goal is a ring.

Anyone who has been a thief should know that taking a wallet out of a pocket and taking a ring off a finger are two levels of difficulty. As long as the technique is fast enough, the other person won't even feel it. An expert can even take the money out of a wallet and then put the wallet back.

But it is different for jewelry such as rings and bracelets that are close to the skin. Rather than stealing, robbing is a more appropriate description.

Although Feng Xue was not opposed to using force directly, he still didn't know the criteria for success and failure in the dream. It was normal for a killer to kill the opponent to pass the level, but if a thief killed someone, it was not stealing, so when possible, he was more inclined to achieve his goal through stealing.

……

"First day of the week~なんてことはなかったわ..."

Humming a song that seemed suitable for visiting a museum, Feng Xue took photos in the square with his mobile phone. This behavior is not uncommon, or most people who visit museums as tourists will do so.

But the difference is that in the corner of Feng Xue's photos, he would occasionally "accidentally" capture a young man sitting on a bench listening to music.

then……

"Hello, this is the Newrest Police Station. Are you the one who sent the previous photos?"

Following the voice coming from the other end of the phone, Feng Xue said softly:

"Hello, I took these photos by accident. I am a tourist majoring in archaeology. Today, when I was taking photos in front of the Hall of Oath, I accidentally found a gentleman wearing an eagle ring on his hand. As far as I know, this ring should be..."

"Thank you for the clues you provided. Please don't leave, we will be there soon!" The voice on the other end of the phone suddenly became anxious, followed by a series of chaos.

Feng Xue couldn't help but smile when he saw this.

"Sure enough, this ring is registered."

With this in mind, Feng Xue ignored the other party's request to stay where he was. After hanging up the public phone, he continued to maintain his tourist persona. As for whether calling the public phone would attract the other party's attention, Feng Xue didn't care about it, because all he needed was the result that the other party couldn't wear the ring on his hand.

As for the rest, whether it was running away after receiving prior notice or taking off the ring under the siege of the police, it was in Feng Xue's interest.

As expected, about three minutes later, when the police had not arrived yet, the young man who had been listening to the song calmly suddenly stood up, took off the ring and put it in his trouser pocket, turned around and was about to leave. Seeing this, Feng Xue laughed——

“Isn’t this misleading information too obvious?”

He did not chase after "himself", but continued to hum the copied tune, as if he wanted to take pictures of everything around him, until the other party completely disappeared from his sight. Feng Xue's expression suddenly changed. He first gently pulled his collar and moved his mouth slightly. Then he walked quickly to the bench and quickly checked. After finding that there was no place to hide anything, he could only take out a small bottle in disappointment and began to collect the traces of G·I particles left by the young man in a serious manner.

After doing all this, he solemnly put the small bottle into his jacket pocket and began to look at his watch frequently.

This series of performances did not seem to attract any attention, and Feng Xue was not surprised. It was not until the sirens began to sound that Feng Xue quickly walked towards the direction where the sirens came from.

It is human nature to watch the fun, and most people who have time to visit the museum have nothing to do. As the sirens approached, many passers-by stopped what they were doing and looked in the direction of the sirens. But at this time of people gathering, someone in front suddenly seemed to be tripped and bumped into Feng Xue.

"boom!"

The two of them collided heavily, but Feng Xue's body was quite strong and he did not roll into a ball.

The young man who regained his footing immediately turned around and apologized:

"I'm sorry, sorry, are you not hurt?"

"It's okay, but you must be careful when watching the fun." Feng Xue spoke in a preaching tone. The young man showed a hint of impatience, but did not get angry. He apologized again and turned away.

The young man disappeared from his sight. Feng Xue reached out and found that the small bottle in his arms had indeed disappeared. However, instead, there was a golden ring in his hand.

Wearing the eagle ring on his index finger, Feng Xue once again entered a half-asleep and half-awake state. When he woke up again, he had returned to the settlement page.

"Sure enough, deliberately showing some flaws in my character during the role play really helped in the final settlement!" Feng Xue recalled the gains from this accidental dream, feeling quite excited about having found a sure-fire way to win.

After realizing that he would eventually compete with the characters he raised after straying into a strange dream, he had been thinking about whether he could deliberately leave a flaw for each hero to facilitate the final counterattack, just like he did when he played the Heroes 4 campaign in his previous life.

This practice has proved that this is indeed possible.

During his fourteen-year career as a phantom thief, he not only learned the techniques of a phantom thief and honed various magic tricks, but also built up an image of a perfectionist who was flamboyant, proud, and liked to show off.

His experience of having to be the last one to follow up on each collaboration determined his habit of confirming the traces before finishing up. Therefore, when Feng Xue showed an attitude of collecting clues, he would come to collect the evidence without hesitation.

However, his arrogance as the strongest made him ignore the possibility of being counterattacked at the moment of his attack.

"When the attention is drawn to the props, the real magic has actually been completed... Well, okay, I admit that I am indeed best at [Diversion] magic."

(End of this chapter)