Yu-Gi-Oh!: This isn't a duel!

Lilith held up two fingers and gestured:

"One red and one blue, they don't have any special effects, they just have the code name of that thief gang printed on them - they call themselves 'Twin Thieves'."

"The Twin Thieves?"

You Yang raised an eyebrow; the name did sound somewhat retro and romantic.

"Yeah, they're making it all very mysterious."

Lilith shrugged helplessly:

"Because they couldn't catch the person, the museum had no other choice but to resort to the most primitive and stupid method—24/7 manned guarding."

"We're here today to take turns on guard duty. We stand for hours on end, and our legs are about to break."

After catching her breath, Lilith's expression turned serious:

"However, although it's tiring, it's not like we're completely without any progress recently."

"After reviewing all the thefts, the technical department found a common thread: at the moment each theft occurred, all the surveillance equipment in the museum would briefly malfunction with 'snow'."

"and……"

She lowered her voice and glanced at everyone present:

"Moreover, our detectors at the scene detected residual, lingering traces of elven power."

"Therefore, the above speculation suggests that this is definitely not an ordinary theft case, but rather someone is using some kind of special elven power to commit the crime."

"Since it involves the power of the spirits, it is only natural that we spirit duelists can resolve this."

After listening to Lilith's description, You Yang nodded thoughtfully. His conjecture seemed to be gradually taking shape, overlapping with reality. He stroked the rim of his teacup and casually asked a crucial question:

When exactly did these thefts begin?

Lilith thought for a moment and said uncertainly, "It probably started about two weeks ago."

"Half a month ago?"

You Yang's fingers, which were stroking his chin, paused slightly, and his brows furrowed unconsciously.

"That doesn't quite add up..."

He secretly calculated in his mind. According to the information Xie Wan'an had provided about the nearly bankrupt VTB company, those two employees had been living in this city for at least several years.

If they really are the legendary phantom thieves, why did they lie low for so long, only to suddenly start committing crimes in a high-profile manner half a month ago?

And it even left behind such an obvious code name?

"Could it be that I guessed the wrong direction from the very beginning?"

"Or... is there some hidden story I don't know about?"

You Yang suppressed his doubts for the time being.

Afterwards, everyone chatted for a while in the living room about trivial matters concerning museum security. Seeing that it was getting late, they all got up to say goodbye.

Before leaving, Lilith seemed to suddenly remember something, stopped and said to You Yang:

"By the way, he's already taken care of the Heavenly Lotus."

"Now that you're awake, according to the schedule, he'll probably come to visit you first thing tomorrow morning."

"Okay, I understand. Thank you for your hard work."

You Yang nodded, watched everyone leave, then turned off the room light and lay back down on the bed in the quiet night.

……

At midnight, the stars disappeared.

Within the heavily guarded inner sanctum of the Valentine family, a lavishly decorated European-style mansion stands quietly.

The window of Lucien's room opened silently, with a crack in it.

Without any climbing motion, a dark shadow, almost blending into the night, flashed out of the window like a ghost.

He evaded all the infrared detectors and patrolling guards, moving so lightly that he didn't disturb a single leaf, and left the Valentine family's territory, speeding towards a target in the shadows of the city.

Meanwhile, in another corner of the city.

In a cramped room filled with monitors and neon lights, a lively live broadcast has just come to an end.

"That concludes today's live stream!"

Thank you everyone for the special offers and gifts!

Goodnight everyone, we're going offline to recharge! See you later!

The virtual avatar on the screen made a cute heart gesture. As the screen was filled with colorful comments like "Goodnight, wife" and "Thank you for your hard work," the girl sitting in the gaming chair skillfully pressed the button to cut off the stream.

"call--"

As the live stream screen went dark, the sweet and exhilarating atmosphere in the room instantly cooled down.

The girl took off her headphones, stretched lazily without any regard for her image, and her originally energetic voice instantly became languid:

"Ah... I'm so tired, I'm so tired. Today's business is finally over."

Before she could fully relax, a cold, icy voice came from the shadows behind her:

"Kissgil, have you dawdled enough?"

The young girl, Kiskill, shuddered and immediately sprang up from her chair. While straightening her slightly disheveled clothes, she put on a fawning smile and turned to the back of her:

"Coming, coming! Coming right now!"

She pushed open the door to the inner room. There, a young woman with a cool and aloof demeanor, dressed in a blue-black gothic-style dress, stood with her arms crossed, looking impatient.

"Rila-chan!"

Kisskill's eyes lit up, and she pounced on him, exclaiming, "It's been so long since I've seen this outfit!"

"Still so handsome!"

However, when faced with her companion's enthusiastic advances, Lila ruthlessly extended a finger and pressed it against Kiskill's forehead, pushing her away mercilessly.

"Now that the live stream is over, let's not waste any more time."

A cold glint flashed in Lila's heterochromatic eyes, and her tone revealed a long-suppressed anger:

"Hurry up and change, we should get going."

"I want to see for myself which foolish imposter dares to use our name to commit such despicable theft!"

Upon hearing that it was serious business, Kisskill's playful smile vanished instantly. A wicked, mischievous grin curled at the corners of her lips.

"That's true. Since they dare to cosplay me, they definitely need to pay some 'copyright fees'."

Before they finished speaking, a dazzling stream of data light erupted from their bodies.

"Zizi-"

Accompanied by the sound of electronic data being reassembled, the everyday loungewear vanished in the light.

Instead, they were given two sets of visually striking phantom thief outfits.

Kisskill wore a black and red bodysuit that accentuated her beautiful figure, while her signature dark red devil hat tilted playfully on her head.

Behind her, a pair of wings made of pink energy fluttered faintly in the air.

This perfectly contrasted with Lila's cool, dark blue outfit and the pair of dark blue energy wings behind her, creating a striking red-blue contrast that echoed each other.

The look in their eyes changed completely at that moment, transforming them from virtual streamers into hunters walking in the dark.

"Live Twins"

The two spoke in unison, their shadows elongated in the neon lights:

"Mission Start! Launch!"

The Raleigh Central Museum, a magnificent building, resembles a sleeping behemoth in the night.

The enormous glass dome reflected the cool moonlight, and at the highest point of this dome, two dazzling beams of light streaked across the night sky like shooting stars.

"Da, da."

Two incredibly light thuds sounded as Kissgeller and Lila landed steadily on the metal beams of the dome.

The night wind howled past high above, causing the pink and blue light wings behind the two to flutter and emit hazy data particles.

"Nobody?"

Kisskill adjusted her playful devil hat, her pink eyes scanning the empty rooftop in night vision mode before she pouted in dissatisfaction:

"Didn't the intelligence say that imposter would make his move here tonight?"

"Did we arrive too early?"

"Or did that imitator get scared of my reputation and run away with his tail between his legs?"

"Don't be careless, Kiskiller."

"According to rumors, the other party is at least an elf duelist, and knows a lot about both of us."

Lila beside him maintained her aloof posture with her arms crossed, but her heterochromatic pupils narrowed slightly as her gaze was fixed on a corner of the rooftop in the shadows.

"Moreover... even if there's no trace of that imposter here... it doesn't mean this place is safe."

As if to confirm Lila's intuition, an elegant and languid male voice suddenly rang out from the heavy shadows:

"I apologize for keeping you waiting. I extend my greetings to the two young ladies."

"Who?!"

Kisskill's eyes sharpened, and the data wings behind her instantly expanded, assuming a defensive posture.

Under their gaze, the shadow receded like the tide.

Lucien Valentine emerged from the shadows, now dressed in a tight-fitting, dark blue suit that looked like a shortened tuxedo, but with a cold, metallic sheen.

He wore a short cloak that swayed behind him, like a pair of folded black wings.

He now wore a black half-face mask that covered his right eye and cheekbone.

The monocle he was wearing had been replaced by a mechanical eye that flashed red light and spun around on his face; it was a device used to detect infrared radiation.

He was wearing black leather gloves, and in his hands, instead of a pocket watch, were two cards, one red and one blue.