Chapter 395 Search
Conquer the sea, the Shining Pearl.
In the dark night, passengers gathered on the front deck. Everyone was looking forward to the Deep Blue Heart exhibition. Unexpected things happened. No one thought that the preview letters that were thought to be a prank were actually real! The thief K not only existed, but also showed up at the exhibition as promised and stole the precious Deep Blue Heart in full view of everyone!
After witnessing Thief K's appearance and his graceful moves toying with the guards and sailors, the audience was excited. After Thief K showed the true glory of Deep Blue Heart, the crowd couldn't help but burst into exclamations, and some people even applauded. They admired the thief's wisdom and skills and the beauty of Deep Blue Heart.
After the bow of the ship was blocked by dark red smoke, every spectator stretched their necks impatiently, eager to see clearly what was inside the smoke and how the elegant and daring thief escaped.
The dark red mist diffused at the bow seemed to have some kind of magical power. It managed to stay together despite the constant blowing of the sea breeze. After several minutes, this abnormal gathering phenomenon gradually ended automatically. The dark red mist was blown away by the sea breeze, and at the bow of the ship, there was no trace of the thief K. Only Massimo and several sailors were standing in front of the angel statue, looking around in astonishment.
"That guy... is gone? Where on earth did he go?!"
Looking around in a hurry, Massimo tried to find the figure of the daring thief but found nothing. In a hurry, he ordered the sailors beside him to search the spectators in the front row of the deck, but still could not find anyone. Far behind the front deck, Costa, who was on the upper level, had some thoughts in his mind after seeing all this.
From the very beginning, Costa had been staring at the situation at the bow from the superstructure of the cruise ship. His position was higher than the front deck, so he could clearly see that the area blocked by the dark red fog did not extend to the audience seats. Therefore, it was impossible for the thief K to hide among the audience in the smoke. If she fled towards the audience seats, she would be seen by Costa once she got out of the smoke.
Therefore, in Costa's eyes, Thief K did not blend into the audience, there was no hole in the deck, and nothing took off in the smoke. Therefore, the only way for Thief K to escape was to jump into the sea from the bow side. This was her only escape route.
"Hmph...did you prepare a boat or some special item that can enhance your underwater ability? This kind of thing may be enough to deal with ordinary people, but it would be too disrespectful to deal with us."
After a quick analysis, Costa thought to himself that as an extraordinary person in the Path of Waves and a follower of the Church of the Abyss, his underwater abilities were unparalleled.
"That girl must have jumped into the sea, go down and catch her!"
"yes!"
Costa gave orders to his men beside him, and the three sailors beside him responded immediately after hearing Costa's order. Then they all ran to the railing and jumped into the sea without being seen by the audience in front. Costa himself took off his captain's coat and hat, then ran to the railing and jumped off.
They have to search for the daring thief in the sea and then capture him. In the sea, no extraordinary person can be their opponent.
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'Heh...these guys jumped into the sea to look for it...,
In the crowd, after Li's small corpse puppet saw what Costa and the others did, Dorothy in the crowd thought silently that after the mist dissipated, the Phantom Thief K disappeared, and since there was no trace of him flying or fooling the audience, the most likely possibility was that he jumped into the sea.
"But these guys won't find anything except fish. After all, although they jumped into the sea, they didn't enter the water at all. The most they can do is catch a few fish and cook fish soup for themselves to warm themselves up."
Dorothy was thinking about this. Thanks to her thorough preparation, Neveu had already removed her makeup, put on her new dress, and slowly returned to the deck. The Deep Blue Heart and Neveu's camouflage clothes were now in the magic box in Dorothy's corpse hand, with no risk of being discovered.
"So far, the Kaito Neveu Project can be considered a success."
Thinking of this, Dorothy's smile deepened. Ever since she discovered that this sacrificial ceremony required props and the Deep Blue Heart was difficult to remove, she had been brewing this strange thief plan in her mind, intending to let Massimo take the gem down himself.
The inspiration for this plan actually came from a trick used by a thief in a detective animation Dorothy had seen before. They pretended that the treasure was stolen, so that the treasure holder who was eager to check it would automatically unlock the security measures, thus creating an opportunity for the real theft. In order to complete this plan, the first thing to do is to hint to the treasure holder that the treasure might be stolen.
And this is the purpose of the Phantom Thief's preview letters. Dorothy sent these preview letters to hint to Massimo and Costa that there is a thief named K who covets the Deep Blue Heart, and they have planted a hint in their hearts that the Deep Blue Heart may be stolen.
No matter how disdainful they showed to the notice, deep down in their hearts they all knew about the existence of Thief K. Therefore, after Dorothy used the Ring of Concealment and the Spirit Silk to hide the spiritual traces of the Deep Blue Heart, Massimo, who saw the note attached to the gem by the small corpse doll, immediately realized that the Deep Blue Heart might have been replaced, and was eager to check.
If there was no warning letter to serve as a hint, when Massimo saw the spiritual traces disappear, Deep Blue might not have reacted immediately to the gems being swapped, but to the gems being in trouble, and he would not have been so eager to check. Therefore, for Dorothy, the thief's warning letter was not a show, but a hint that the other party had a trick up his sleeve, so the thief K played by Neveu was necessary.
So far, Dorothy's plan has been progressing smoothly. The Abyss Heart has been obtained, and the group of Abyss followers on the ship will not be able to carry out their own plans. However, Dorothy still paid a small price for this.
Costa and Massimo were both extraordinary people who assisted the "light". They had their detection abilities turned on when they were plotting, so Dorothy consumed some "shadow" when she investigated them, a total of two points. Using the galvanic body to electrocute Massimo and saving Neveu also consumed two points of "stone" and two points of "initiate".
In addition, the most important consumption is the dark red smoke. The test tube used to create this smoke was one of the trophies when Dorothy defeated the vampire Claudius. It was Claudius' life-saving prop. Dorothy found two tubes on him at the time, and now one tube has been taken and there is still one left.
In addition, in order to bring out Nef's abilities, Dorothy specially asked the great shaman Uta to reverse the spirit of the wilderness. Of course, this time she didn't ask for help for free, and the great shaman of the tribe wouldn't work for free. Uta had helped Dorothy for free last time to repay a favor, so this time Dorothy asked him to do it for a reward.
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