The light, like fragments of fireworks, fell in the wind and then reassembled to form the shape of Riko.

"No matter how you look at it, your ability is incredible and really interesting."

Frenda folded her arms and looked at Riko in front of her.

"If you were in Academy City, you would undoubtedly become a Level 4 powerful esper, and perhaps Level 5 would be a piece of cake for you."

"I have no interest in Academy City."

However, in response to Franda's sigh, Riko shook her head.

"Isn't it good to be a Phantom Thief happily outside? If it's Academy City, I won't be able to do what I want to do."

"That's true... Well, let's go. Mr. Fang Zheng said that we can leave the rest to him."

"Um."

Hearing this, Riko's expression turned serious.

"Reiji is still here, we should leave quickly. You know, her absolute sniping radius is two kilometers. Now Mr. Fang Zheng has pinned her down, otherwise we will be in trouble!"

"That's a pervert too."

Hearing Riko's words, Franda also gasped, then jumped down hurriedly, and then the two of them drove away from the scene quickly.

Not long after the two left, another car rushed over and then braked to a stop.

"Right here? Aria?"

"He should have been here just now..."

Aria jumped out of the car, glanced around, and saw the tire marks on the ground, and stomped her feet in anger.

"Let's keep chasing. We can't let Lupin the Fourth get away! She must be nearby!"

Aria opened the car door again while saying this.

At the same time, time stopped.

Fang Zheng slowly fell from the air and came in front of Aria.

"Before in Academy City, I didn't want to do it because it was too troublesome, but now it's different."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng extended his hand towards Aria.

"Well, let's get started."

As Fang Zheng spoke, a dazzling flame suddenly burst out from his hand. At the same time, a bright red light appeared on Aria's body. The light seemed to have life, constantly increasing and amplifying. Then, under Fang Zheng's attraction, the bright red light condensed into a small dot, emerged from Aria's body, and slowly flew towards Fang Zheng.

Is that... a bullet?

Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes and looked at the strange, bright red bullet. He could feel that it possessed the power of the goddess, but Fang Zheng could also feel that as the bullet was taken out, the time around it seemed to become unstable.

Just like removing the support of a building block, the entire building block is now on the verge of collapse.

What is going on?

Fang Zheng's fingers moved slightly and touched the bullet, and then he immediately felt the fragment of time contained in it.

I see……

Fang Zheng nodded while muttering to himself. He finally understood what was going on.

Strictly speaking, this bullet is not here at the moment.

In reality, it's just part of a closed time loop.

And now, the cycle is not complete.

If Fang Zheng took the bullet away, the cycle would completely collapse and bring unimaginable impact to the entire world.

What a hassle.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng frowned. If it was an ordinary world, then he wouldn't care, the world would automatically repair itself. But this is different, this is just a broken small world. It is already very unstable, and there is a sea of ​​chaos below. The closed time loop itself is also a kind of order. Once this order is broken, it is hard to imagine what will happen.

In this case, this bullet can only be "truly" shot into Aria's body, and after this closed time loop ends, you can come back and take it out.

But before that, let me see what information I can get from this.

Although it is difficult to investigate the goddess's power through the "Volume of Whispering", it will not be that difficult since we are meeting face to face.

While thinking, Fang Zheng closed his eyes.

Soon, scenes appeared before his eyes.

A huge submarine, countless missiles flying, a man wearing a gentleman's hat and holding a cane...

"I'm Sherlock Holmes, your great grandfather, Aria."

"This is colored gold. Japan seems to call it scarlet colored gold. It has magical powers that can turn other people into superpowers who can use powerful powers..."

"Governments of various countries are monitoring this matter, including Academy City and the Vatican..."

"This is my research on scarlet gold... In fact, in addition to scarlet scarlet gold, there are other colored golds in the world..."

"Protect Aria, Kinji, you don't know what will happen next... The Vatican is secretly making a big move. Although I don't know what it is, I can be sure that it will cause an unimaginable crisis to the whole world. Yiyou is just a pawn... From now on, Yiyou belongs to Aria... Protect her, protect the scarlet bullet, and don't let those with evil intentions take it away..."

"If you are not an awakener, it is difficult to protect the Scarlet Bullet, so as an awakener, I can always protect it. But that's it, the conditions for awakening the Scarlet Bullet are very strict, you have to stay with the Scarlet Bullet for at least three years, and never leave it. So, I thought of a way."

"...I will open the calendar mirror here and shoot the Scarlet Bullet into Aria's body three years ago. This way, Aria will become the heir of the Scarlet Bullet... This is a gift from me, her great-grandfather, from the future three years from now..."

“Holmes——!!!”

So that’s what’s happening?

Fang Zheng opened his eyes and looked at Aria and the man in the driver's seat. From what he saw in the future, the two would soon face off against an organization called Yiyou, whose leader was Aria's grandfather Holmes. After that, Holmes would use Aria's power to open a small space-time gate and inject the scarlet bullet into Aria's body three years ago...

By the way, why does it sound so ugly to call it Crimson Gold? It feels like a child's toy. Material No. 312 sounds smoother.

Since it was not too far in the future, I would just wait a little longer. When that time came, when Holmes shot the scarlet bullet into Aria's body three years ago and completed the cycle, I would come and snatch it.

But...what the hell is this conspiracy brewing in the Vatican?

Judging from the few words that Sherlock Holmes said in Fang Zheng's future timeline fragment, it seems that it will be a catastrophe that will affect the entire world?

Perhaps I should ask Riko to investigate the situation in this regard after returning.

As for today, that's all.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng took a step back and disappeared into the air.

Then, time began to move again.

"Let's go, we must catch Lupin IV!"

Aria shouted as she jumped into the car, and soon the car disappeared into the darkness again.

For the police, this was a complete disgrace to them, and for Riko and the others...

"You guys should just be quiet for a while."

Putting down the newspaper in his hand, Fang Zheng spoke to Riko and Flanda beside him. When they heard what Fang Zheng said, they both laughed and didn't dare to say anything more.

Right now, there is a flood of news on the Internet and in the media, but one conclusion can be drawn from it.

That means the Metropolitan Police Department and the Japanese government are about to be furious.

It would be fine if you just stole things, but you actually blew up a museum. It would be fine if you just blew up a museum, but you actually broadcast it live on the entire internet!

We have brought shame upon the whole world!!

Right now, the headlines of the world's media are almost all about last night's theft, and even major TV stations in various countries have reposted the news and video in the morning news. This is a great shame for the Japanese government. They even held a press conference, claiming that they would catch Lupin IV at all costs, and even said that they would invite R-level martial arts detectives to assist... This shows that the Japanese government is completely furious.

On the Internet, the vase worth 400 million yen stolen by Lupin IV was returned to its original location by express delivery, which caused quite a stir. At present, the public is divided into two groups. One group believes that Lupin IV is a thief and should be arrested immediately. The other group believes that Lupin IV is a true chivalrous thief. After all, she stole these cultural relics at great risk and did not sell them, but returned them to their original owners, which in itself shows her chivalrous behavior.

There are even people on the Internet calling on museums in various countries to return all the national cultural relics that they have looted to other countries. In response to these calls, national museums in various countries have also hurriedly made public statements, saying that it is not that we do not want to return them, but that those countries have a poor economic foundation and cannot build modern museums, nor do they have sufficient facilities and technology to protect cultural relics. Once they are returned, they are likely to be damaged due to poor storage, which will be a loss to the whole world...

All in all, I still don’t want to pay it back.

Of course, some national museums were already overwhelmed and took the opportunity to pay back the burden as a testimony to the friendship between the two countries. They also gained some diplomatic and political benefits, received public praise, and reduced their burdens.

But no matter what, this time the matter has become a big deal.

"Ahahaha, I'll be careful..."

"By the way, Riko."

After giving the two of them a word, Fang Zheng also spoke quickly.

"Do you know the organization Yiyou?"

"Yiyou..."

Hearing this, Riko's expression suddenly changed slightly.

"Vlad...is a member of that organization."

"Oh? What a coincidence?"

Fang Zheng was somewhat surprised. He didn't expect it to be such a coincidence, but...

"I want to investigate some information about Yiyou, can you help me?"

“…”

Riko hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"No problem, please leave it to me, Mr. Fang Zheng."