Funinna, please let me steal your heart!

"It makes a sound, but people who are not sensitive enough to the water element cannot hear it. If you don't believe me, you can give it to someone else and see."

Sound? Sensing water elements?

If that's the case... Xia Worei already had an idea and a decision in mind.

"Is that so? Here's another question—what did you hear?"

"It's not your turn yet."

Xia Wore glanced at her: "My answer just now deserves another question."

Wow, they actually cheated!

But it didn't really matter. Luna finally got out of bed, walked up to her, and beckoned with her finger.

"doing what?"

"ear."

Xia Worei protested, "Isn't that unnecessary?"

"I think so."

It seems that if we don't meet her request, we won't hear anything.

Although reluctant, we must prioritize the overall situation.

Xia Wore warned, "If you do anything else, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Luna blushed and said, "...Now that you mention it, I want to do it."

"You can try it."

Forget it. Luna doesn't want to be kicked out by Xia Worei so soon.

Gently parting her hair, she revealed her translucent ears. Sensing the approaching breath and the warmth of her own, Xia Worei felt that subtle discomfort again.

The distance between people is difficult to overcome; forcibly stepping into someone else's "space" will only make them feel uncomfortable.

What's more, they are enemies.

However, she is now allowing the phantom thief, who is also her enemy, to get close to her.

The voice from the gem said: 'Why...lock me in a cage...let me go back...don't kill me...'

But this statement left Xia Wore no time to consider any other feelings.

"Male or female?"

"Female."

Xia Worei's expression was solemn.

Luna sat back down on the edge of the bed: "What do you think happened, Captain?"

"It might be related to the serial disappearances of teenage girls—but there's no evidence to support that, it's just too far-fetched."

"Right? But isn't it interesting why the Chamber of Commerce was able to obtain such a treasure? And let's assume that this gem is the victim of the serial disappearances, and work backward from that."

Xia Worei pondered, "The technique is something that can make people..."

“To become something, something that can be made into a gem,” Luna replied.

"...There is no evidence to suggest that."

"So it's your turn to step in, my captain."

Xia Worei ignored Luna's statement and walked to the information board.

Luna's footsteps approached, and she picked up a thumbtack from the board.

"This is the approximate location of the first series of missing girls, this is the second... the third... the perpetrator used special methods to turn them into something that would go unnoticed."

She pinned the thumbtacks to the points on the map.

Xia Worei pondered, "No, we can't be prejudiced. If the method is like this, it doesn't necessarily have to be used on the spot. Maybe it was used after they were abducted."

"Destroy the corpses and eliminate traces?"

"should."

After Xia Worei finished speaking, she glanced at Luna.

Is a phantom thief really that interested in a series of missing girls? He even knows where the last victim was.

"Even with such methods, it's still difficult to make someone completely evaporate."

“...Less?” Xia Worei speculated.

"The contraband industry is often closely linked to human trafficking, isn't it?"

Xia Worei turned around and stared at Luna.

"What is the purpose of your investigation?"

Luna smiled slightly.

"Of course, it's for the treasures. Treasures born from sin often possess a unique charm. I want to get my hands on them, that's all."

"You really are a pure thief."

“It’s the Phantom Thief. The name ‘Thief’ is so tasteless.” Luna said, walking over to Xia Wore’s table.

She was very interested in the documents on the table from the moment she walked in.

"what is this?"

Xia Worei didn't turn around: "Report."

"What report?"

"The investigation report is yours to see if you want."

Luna's hand, which had picked up the document, paused.

She exclaimed in surprise, "Oh? Really? What if—"

"The people above are all suspects, but we don't have concrete evidence against them. We can't catch them anytime soon."

"Hmm..." Luna responded with interest.

So this is what the investigation report was about.

Even so, the fact that Xia Worei showed it to her still shocked her quite a bit.

As Luna flipped through the pages, she asked, "Could it be that Miss Xia Wore has a little bit of a crush on me?"

"No, I will still arrest you, it's just a matter of the order in which you are arrested."

"That's right."

They're probably using me.

Luna stopped turning the pages.

[Treasure Information Discovered: Pearl Harp]

Xia Worei didn't turn around, and said softly, "Anyone interested?"

"Yep."

When will the notice be sent?

Luna became interested: "What do you want to do?"

"It's nothing. It just means that we can use the excuse of 'forced protection' to thoroughly investigate the matter and send the other party to where they should be."

Luna exclaimed, "This is the first time I've ever seen the police want a phantom thief to steal something."

Although I knew that Xia Wore would use some less-than-honorable methods to deal with criminals, I never expected her to go this far.

Xia Worei said calmly, "You just sneaked into my bedroom and peeked at my report."

“Indeed, this wouldn’t count as cooperating with me, but do you really think this is okay?” Luna pulled a card out of her pocket.

“‘Law enforcers must believe in the ‘justice’ in their hearts and put it into action’—that’s what my father taught me.”

"I will not let any criminals who endanger the peace of Fontaine go unpunished."

"the same as you."

"I will arrest the suspect, and I will arrest you. Don't think you can escape forever, Phantom Thief White Cat."

After saying that, Xia Worei turned around.

But Luna was nowhere to be seen in the room; only a card and a wine glass lay conspicuously on the table.

Looking out the window again, I noticed that it was wide open, and the wind was blowing the curtains up.

He's such an elusive fellow.

Xia Worei pondered for a moment, then examined the wine glass. The rim was smooth, without any marks; at first glance, it appeared to be just an ordinary wine glass.

The card read:

“Miss Chavoret seems to have forgotten to ask me why I ‘exposed’ my face. The answer is actually quite simple—I can be anyone when I take off my mask. If you really want to catch me, you can only catch me when I’m wearing a mask… I’m not as free as you think, you know. And look at the back.”

back?

Turning the card over, what caught Xia Wore's eye was a simple sentence:

"A treasure for a kiss, don't forget."

Could this be the Jadeite Cup? Xia Worei glanced at the glass and closed her eyes.

...It really is infuriating.

As the title suggests, it's about to be released.

As mentioned before, the current progress is like the prologue; there are still a lot of things I want to write but haven't gotten around to, especially the most crucial part: the stickers.

The core of this book is still about releasing XP and sticking together, but you need to create characters first before you can do anything else.