Teacher Xia Lai is also teaching in Kivotos today

"Although we do have masked hoods...but why is it the 'swimsuit' group?"

Hearing Akane's question, Nonami said with a smile.

"It's precisely because we don't have swimsuits that we named it the Swimsuit Group, which makes it more eye-catching! You see, isn't it very interesting that 'it's called the Swimsuit Group but no member wears a swimsuit'?"

Upon hearing this, the members of the Countermeasures Committee, who couldn't think of any other name at the moment, temporarily agreed to this title.

"Then... Next, I have to think of a good name for the teacher~"

Amidst the excited Nonami's words, Shirako thought for a while before making his first suggestion.

"A magician in the moonlight?"

"I don't have a childhood sweetheart, and I don't consider 1412 a kid."

After Shirako's suggestion was rejected, Hoshino made a second suggestion.

"Then... St. Tail?"

"Although the phrase 'Please forgive me for being chivalrous in this way' is cool, I have no interest in women's clothing..."

After Lynn rejected Hoshino's proposal, Akane, who was in deep thought, gave a third suggestion.

"How about Robin III?"

"My face shouldn't look like a monkey's face..."

"How about Mask☆Phantom Thief~"

"Please don't do this—"

After rejecting Nonami's fourth suggestion, Lynn couldn't help but sigh.

However, at this moment, Ayane, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke.

"How about...just call me Joker?"

Lynn shook his head slightly at Ayane's suggestion.

"Although this title does sound nice, doesn't it make me look like an arsonist who has ten hearts jumping?"

However, as Lin En finished his words, the entire countermeasures committee activity room fell into a strange silence.

"Uh...what's wrong?"

Sensing the strange atmosphere, Lin En couldn't help but take a step back subconsciously.

"I think we should use this name as the title of Teacher Lin En~"

"Ah."

Hearing Nonami's words with a smile on her face, Shirako nodded slightly in agreement.

"Huh, I have no objection either."

Unlike Akane who suddenly blushed, Hoshino looked around at everyone and said with a smile.

"Oh...it looks like everyone has reached some kind of consensus~"

"Well...how about..."

Although Lin En wanted to change his title, after seeing the inexplicably imposing looks that the people of Abydos cast at him, he could only nod guiltily.

Chapter 21: The Phantom Thief

Late at night, in the office of a black market bank, the bank's robot supervisor was working at his desk.

For him, it was just a normal day.

However, what he didn't know was that this normality would soon be broken.

"咚咚-"

Just as he put down the documents in his hand, there was a knock on the window in the quiet night.

He was startled and quickly looked at the closed window not far from him.

After hesitating for a moment, he walked to the window and pushed it open.

However, at the moment it opened the window, a card suddenly shot out from the darkness outside the window, brushed past his cheek and flew into the office.

The supervisor, startled by the sudden attack, sat down on the ground with a plop. When he reacted and rushed to the window and looked out, there was nothing outside the window but the silent and empty night and the cool night breeze.

Seeing this, the supervisor quickly closed the window again and looked for the card that had just flown into the office.

Fortunately, the card was made of red paper, so it didn't take much effort for it to find the card inserted in the cardboard boxes stacked in the room.

Since it was difficult to see clearly in the dim light, the supervisor took the card to the table and read the text on it.

[Sir, you are hiding deep in the black market and handling many illegal transactions. We are already aware of your crimes. 】

[When the first ray of moonlight falls tomorrow, we will take the evidence of your reckless crimes like thunder.]

[——Joker presents this with a swimsuit mask]

This is a somewhat strange letter, or to be more precise, it should be a preview letter.

The letter paper was of good quality and felt very hard. The words on the letter were printed, so it was impossible to tell who the other party was by the handwriting.

As for the "evidence" mentioned in the other party's warning letter, the supervisor thought about it and thought that it was probably referring to the data recording illegal transactions kept in the bank's vault.

Combined with the content of the warning letter, I'm afraid someone has set their sights on these things and is planning to steal them tomorrow, and has even given them a warning...

joke!

What thief in the world would notify the victim before stealing, unless he is a psychopath.

So in the supervisor's opinion, this was just some bastard who was bored enough to scare it in the middle of the night and played such a childish prank.

If it panicked because of a confusing notice letter, it would have been a waste of time in the black market for so long!

Thinking of this, the supervisor angrily threw the card into the trash can beside him.

"Tsk tsk...it turns out that these people really don't believe in evil."

After observing the supervisor's reaction and actions through the telescope function of the monocle on his nose, Lynn, who was standing on the roof of a building not far away, shook his head slightly.

In fact, before he sent this warning letter to the other party, he had already successfully sneaked into the bank's distribution room and control room, and tampered with the wires and other lines and devices, and also figured out the terrain and floor plan of the bank.

Perhaps it was because Abydos College had been in decline for a long time, and the Federal Student Union had no time to take care of the situation here because of the previous accident. Therefore, this black market bank that had not received any obstacles or attacks did not even have any strict defenses, and Lin En achieved his goal effortlessly.

"All we have to do is wait until tomorrow night to have dinner with them and then we can start taking action..."

With the help of the bouncing devices hidden in his pants and shoes and the cloak that served as a balance, Lynn jumped back and forth in the air between the buildings, preparing to return to Abydos to prepare for tomorrow's action.

However, the next moment, he sensed something and suddenly turned a corner, landing in an alley without surveillance.

"You have been following me for so long, isn't it time for you to show up?"

As Lin En said this, he suddenly felt fortunate that he had turned on the voice changer on his bow tie and the halo for camouflage in order to prevent any unexpected situations. Otherwise, he, the thief, might have been caught in his first action.

"Pah, pah, pah——"

Hearing the applause coming from behind him, Lin En turned around calmly.

A tall girl with long pink hair and cat ears appeared from the shadows of the alley and stood in front of Lin En. She was wearing a half-face mask to cover her face and a black bow tie with diamonds on her chest.

Unlike Lynn's calf-length cape, this girl had a pure white cape behind her that covered most of her upper body.

Suddenly a strong wind blew, lifting her snow-white cloak, revealing the beautiful modified rifle and exquisite miniature pistol on the buckle of her inner belt.

But compared to all these, the most eye-catching thing is the long cat tail extending from the back of the girl's high-waisted tight breeches.

Perhaps the other party misunderstood what Lin En was looking at, and the girl took out the modified spear from her belt that could be used as a walking stick.

"It seems...you seem to be very curious about my gun?"

"Indeed."

Lynn nodded honestly.

Although he really wanted to reach out and grab the slightly swaying cat tail that made him feel itchy, in this Kivotos where automatic weapons were everywhere, this weapon that could be called a classic did make him very curious.

After turning the spear in her hand, the girl put it back on her waist.

"But unfortunately, I am also curious about you now... May I ask how I should address you? My... colleague?"

"…Traveling together?"

Facing Lin En's slightly doubtful words, the girl seemed to remember something and bowed slightly to him.

"Let me introduce myself. I am one of the 'Seven Prisoners'. You can call me... [The Kind Thief]."

"The merciful Phantom Thief... that's a rather novel title."

Lynn adjusted the monocle on his nose, chuckled and continued.

"As for me...you can call me 'Joker'."

"Joker, or Ace... Hehe, it's a really interesting name. But compared to these..."

The girl changed the subject and looked up at Lin En's face again.

"After learning that I was one of the 'Seven Prisoners', you didn't feel the slightest bit of panic?"

"Why should I feel panicked?"

Facing the girl's interested inquiry, Lin En answered without hesitation.

"The one in front of me right now is just another Phantom Thief who is pursuing the same thing he loves as me."

It seemed that she had never expected him to give such an answer, and the girl could not help but stand there in a daze.

Seeing this, Lin En decided not to dwell on it any longer in case of any changes. He flicked his hand lightly, and a metal wire with a grappling hook flew out from his sleeve. After the grappling hook was fixed on the top of the building next to him, Lin En snapped his fingers.

"Sorry, I have other things to do so I have to leave first. Farewell then, Miss Kind Thief."

As the words fell, Lin En's figure quickly left the alley under the pull of the silk thread and disappeared into the night sky.

"..."

As the girl looked in the direction where Lin En left, she suddenly felt something falling from midair. When she subconsciously reached out to catch it, she was surprised to find that it was a warm red rose.

"...Haha, elegant Miss Joker, I'm really looking forward to our next meeting."

Chapter 22 Are you interested in robbing a bank together?

"I should get rid of her..."

After taking a long detour using the hook hidden in his sleeve, Lynn stopped on top of a building and used the thermal imaging and telescope functions of his monocle to scout the surroundings to confirm that it was safe. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

In fact, after Xia Lai processed and handled the information of the Federal Student Union, Lin En had a certain understanding of the group of "Seven Prisoners".

To put it bluntly, the seven prisoners refer to seven problem students who are detained in the Federal Corrections Bureau. Compared with other bad students who are also locked up, these seven people can be said to be the most dangerous.

Although Lin En is still unclear about where this "most dangerous" danger lies, it is definitely right to take precautions in advance.

But the next moment, Lin En couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand, remembering the rose he threw at the other party before leaving.

Although the other person was one of the seven prisoners and was wearing a half-face mask, he could still see that she was a beautiful girl.

So, he subconsciously behaved that way towards the other person.

But we can't blame him for this, right? After all, everyone loves beauty, right?

Lin En patted his cheek lightly, put the matter behind him for the time being, stretched his limbs a little, and prepared to rush back to Abydos.

However, at this moment, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure behind the window of an office in a building not far away.

"…Why are they here?"

Although he was a little confused, Lin En chuckled as he suddenly thought of something.

"That's great. An extra fighting force means an extra layer of protection."

As these words were spoken, Lynn's figure disappeared with his cloak fluttering in the wind.

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"All the people we hired have been dismissed, President. Next, we should tell the other party that we are giving up this commission."