Thief Game: Starting with Obtaining the Kidd Card

Fortunately, it was just a simple circuit breaker trip, and all that was needed was to push the breaker back up.

Lin Qingyao didn't think much of it, slowly reached out and placed her hand on the switch, applying a little force.

click!

A soft sound rang out, but the expected circuit restoration did not occur. Instead, several colorful neon lights lit up, followed by countless flowers falling from above.

Then, a beautifully packaged gift box was slowly lowered from the rooftop to Lin Qingyao by an electric zipline.

"This……"

Lin Qingyao's mouth opened slightly, looking somewhat surprised.

Clean the petals off the gift box and reach out to open it.

The lid was lifted, and the contents immediately came into Lin Qingyao's view.

The contents of the box were simple: a bright red woman's dress and a Moonlight Eye gem with a white card attached.

【Miss Lin Qingyao, your salary will be paid in advance. In return, you are now being punished by changing your clothes and coming over to celebrate the New Year with me. I've already prepared a reason for you: the coffee shop is experiencing a power outage, so come over to the neighbor's place and watch TV.】

—Your boss, Phantom Thief Kid, respectfully submits!

Looking at the words on the white card, Lin Qingyao's lips curled slightly. She raised her head, looked towards the door, and spoke slowly in a voice only she could hear:

"Thank you, my... boss..."

……

The Spring Festival is a lively time.

As one of the largest and most important festivals in China, the importance of the Spring Festival is self-evident.

On this day, the members of the pursuit team within China and the fugitives in various districts seemed to have reached a silent consensus: no one would take any action.

A rare peace...

However, on this day, another event occurred that attracted numerous media outlets to report on it.

That is... Chen Feng returned the [Sky City] gem!

Numerous media outlets rushed to report on it, and a series of brand-new reports emerged, dominating the top spots on the trending topics list.

[Chen Feng returns Sky City! Is this the New Year's gift from the phantom thief?]

"A gem worth over 100 million? Chen Feng scoffed with disdain on New Year's Day!"

[That's what a phantom thief is like! Chen Feng! Someone who always surprises you!]

The netizens below also loved to join in the fun.

"I knew it! Knowing my personality, I'll probably have to give back what I've already got!"

"If we're not buddies, do you even need to tell me? Everyone knows Feng Shen's style!"

"Maple God! yyds!"

……

The incident has generated considerable buzz online, but Chen Feng, the person involved, is completely bewildered.

The reason is quite simple: he had already given Sky City to Shangguan Lin long ago!

Even if he wanted to pay it back, he couldn't!

unless……

Chen Feng thought of one possibility, which was also the only possibility.

Before he could even verify it, Shangguan Xi sent him a message: "Big sister said this is your New Year's gift. Happy New Year!"

"Ah……"

Chen Feng chuckled and shook his head, not saying anything more.

At the same time, the system notification from the last operation finally arrived in my mind:

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have successfully stolen the gem: "Sky City". Reward: 5% fusion rate of the Phantom Thief Kid card]

System points +500, current card fusion level: 95%

……

PS: Guys, Volume 1 is almost over. Let me give you a little spoiler: the protagonist's two subsequent actions are connected and can be considered as one operation. After this operation is completed, Volume 1 will end, and the Detective Conan arc will begin.

Hope you all continue to enjoy it! And finally... could you please give me a small gift?!

Chapter 177: A Challenge to All Participants?

As the system voice sounded, the system light screen, visible only to Chen Feng, also appeared.

[Host: Chen Feng]

Gender: Male

Age: 23 (Never celebrated her birthday)

Strength: 19 (10 for an average person)

Intelligence: 155 (average level is 90)

Charm Value: 20 (10 for the average person)

[Character Card: Phantom Thief Kid (95% Fusion Rate)]

[Skills: Disguise (Advanced), Voice Changer (Advanced), Beast Taming (Intermediate), Magic Hands (Advanced), World Language Mastery (Intermediate), Hacking Skills (Intermediate)...]

【系统仓库：怪盗基德装扮*1、扑克手枪*1、速降绳索*5、4D立体投影仪*2、滑翔翼*1、玫瑰花束*99+……】

[System Points * 3750]

"Only five percent left..."

Looking at the system panel, Chen Feng muttered to himself.

He had a premonition that when he achieved 100% performance, there would be some extraordinary reward. Although he didn't know what it was, and the reward was unknown, Chen Feng was still very much looking forward to it.

Just as others have described him, a restless fellow…

Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, more than a week had gone by.

The lively atmosphere of the Spring Festival is gradually replaced by tranquility, and the excited people return to the busyness of life.

During this week, Chen Feng seemed quite relaxed, spending his days brewing a cup of coffee, reading a book, training... cough cough, I mean instructing his little assistant, and feeding Xiao Bai. He lived a very easy life.

On the other hand, Shangguan Xi has been calling Chen Feng frequently ever since she got his phone number after he called her some time ago.

There was nothing important going on, just casual conversation. Of course, most of the time she was talking and Chen Feng was listening.

Oh, and it's worth mentioning that...

Su Luoxue, who usually comes to have a cup of coffee almost every day, hasn't come even once in the past few days.

But upon reflection, it makes sense. After all, it's Chinese New Year, so it's normal to be busy.

Just when everything seemed to be settling down, a bombshell announcement suddenly broke!

The Layton Group, America's largest conglomerate, has issued a challenge to all participants in a "thief's game" orchestrated by the United Government in New York! The stakes are rumored to be the $20 billion treasure of King Cross!

$20 billion!

King Cross's treasure!

The two words were like bombs, creating huge waves on the once calm water!

Although it has been more than two months since the second episode of "The Thief's Game" aired.

There were 16000 participants in the first and second phases combined, but now there are less than 200 left.

But you should know that these two hundred or so people are all elites who have successfully escaped for months under the pursuit of countless people and a tight monitoring system without being caught!

To provoke so many people at once.

The stakes were even King Cross's treasure, worth $20 billion!

Has the Leighton Group gone mad?

It should be noted that due to a series of actions by a certain person, the Joint Government Program has now issued clear provisions.

In other words, the Joint Government Programming Team will refuse to compensate participants for theft or property damage caused by challenges they have made.

In other words, if someone successfully steals this $20 billion treasure after the Leyton Group issues this challenge, the Leyton Group will have to bear the loss themselves.

Immediately, many netizens began a frenzied mockery, their mouths seemingly poisoned, ridiculing the Layton Group from beginning to end.

However, just half a day later, after photos of the Leighton Group's storage location were released, they were no longer able to make any more sarcastic remarks.

The photo shows a group of lush aquatic plants with many fish and shrimp swimming around them. Eight submarines equipped with large fishing nets are distributed in various directions. In the middle of the aquatic plants, there is an exquisite wooden box - the treasure of King Cross!

It is obvious that this photo was taken underwater, and the Leighton Group even deployed eight submarines to be on high alert around the perimeter!

This isn't even a question of whether it's possible to steal it; you have to understand, this is the ocean floor! Although it's not the deep sea, stealing a box of jewels weighing two or three hundred pounds from a group of submarines is simply impossible!

Even if we could steal it, the question of how to get that box of priceless jewels out of the sea would be another huge problem!

Inside the coffee shop.

Looking at the information about the Leyton Group's challenge on the laptop screen, Chen Feng's lips curled into a slight smile:

"A challenge to all the contestants? The treasure of King Cross, worth two billion dollars, is certainly worth my time..."

……

at the same time.

In a luxurious office in Gelchi, the capital of Lorching, Western Europe.

A series of sounds came from the phone:

The Leiden Group announced that it will send out challenge letters to all participants in New York. This is a challenge for all participants, even though the difficulty of this challenge is beyond words.

But I believe the world has never lacked knights who dare to challenge windmills, especially when faced with such a great temptation as the treasure of King Cross…

As the voice from the phone continued to come out, Amy slowly opened her beautiful eyes, which had been slightly closed.

"The Leyton Consortium...King Cross's treasure..."