After basically dealing with all the reporters, Rock ended the press interview session and then led a group of guests into the lobby of the Civic Mansion. Under the light shining from the huge ceiling of the lobby of the mansion, Rock walked along the carpet on the marble floor. On both sides of the carpet, there were countless glass display cabinets, which displayed various rare treasures.
At the end of the carpet was a huge display case surrounded by bodyguards. The display case was covered with soft silk, hiding the exhibits inside.
Seeing Rock's arrival, the guards guarding the display case made way for him one after another. After Rock and the guests walked all the way to the side of the display case, he made a brief speech and then, under the attention of countless reporters, grabbed the silk covering the display case.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please witness now that one of Queen Maria's most treasured jewels, the Farajo Treasure, the Light of Maria, has reappeared in the world!"
In his final declaration, Rock lifted the silk that covered the tall display case. For a moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on the object revealed behind it. When they saw it clearly, they couldn't help but be stunned, and then they all spoke.
"Hey, how come this happened?"
"It's empty? It's empty?!"
Hearing the speeches of the guests on the scene, Rock, who had just lifted the silk, was stunned. Then he turned to look at the display case. He saw that in the multi-layer glass display case he specially made, on the exquisite display stand, the exquisite jewelry that should have been there was still missing. Rock, with a look of surprise on his face, could not help but speak directly.
"What's going on? Where did the things go? The cabinet is not even opened, how come the things are gone? What are you looking at?"
Rock loudly blamed the bodyguards around him, and just when these bodyguards were confused, a burst of extremely enthusiastic cheers suddenly broke out in the square outside the hall.
After hearing the cheers, the people in front of the display case looked at each other, then ran towards the door. After a while, they all ran out of the hall and came outside. Then they saw countless people gathered in the square outside looking up.
Rock and the others continued to run to an open space in the square that was surrounded by bodyguards, and followed the gazes of the audience towards the top of the Citizens' Mansion. Then, what they saw was a graceful figure standing on the edge of the roof in front of the mansion.
Wearing a black top hat, a somewhat exaggerated men's suit, a half mask covering his face, revealing his fair and handsome lower face, and a black and red cape fluttering in the wind behind him. The figure that appeared in front of everyone at this moment was an image that seemed to only appear in a masquerade. The slender figure without any obvious features was standing in the wind, and in his right hand wearing white gloves, he held a sparkling and exquisite crystal necklace with four huge crystal beads on it that were eye-catching.
The strange man on the roof of the mansion, holding the royal treasure of Persia in his hand, looked up at the bright moon in the night sky. The beautiful crystal necklace sparkled with the moonlight, and he seemed to be intoxicated by the glow emitted by the treasure and could not help muttering.
"Maria's Light? Such a brilliant light... must have been created by the most skilled craftsman... What a pity..."
The weirdo seemed to be sighing about something. His voice was extremely neutral, extremely demonic, and difficult to tell whether he was a man or a woman. Just as he was admiring the treasure in his hand, a roaring figure came from below.
"You clown thief up there! Put down what you have in your hand! That is mine... it is Farajo's treasure!"
"A treasure belonging to Farajo? No... This glory comes from a long and distant past, belongs to the history buried under the yellow sand. Compared with the luxurious nobles of foreign countries... It has a more orthodox owner..." The stranger responded by looking down under the mask, and Rock couldn't help but get anxious after hearing these words, and immediately shouted loudly.
"Take him down!"
With Rock's shout, the door on the roof of the mansion was knocked open, and countless bodyguards poured out. They rushed over immediately after realizing that something was wrong.
Facing the attacks from all sides by the bodyguards, the stranger on the roof was not in a hurry. He moved his feet lightly and dodged the attacks from all directions with the smallest movements. Every time he dodged, he was calm and composed, as if he was casually strolling on the street. Under the weirdo's precise steps, the bodyguards who besieged him missed one after another, and some even accidentally used too much force and fell to the ground.
In the eyes of countless spectators on the square, the strange man looked like a dancer on the stage or a bullfighter in the bullring. With various extremely small movements, he easily dodged and knocked down those who rushed towards him, and he himself was not even touched by the corners of his clothes. This kind of performance-like scene made the audience below cheer. Those seemingly stupid bodyguards bumped into each other and fell to the ground after making mistakes again and again, causing laughter from the audience below.
“Ahh…Help!”
At this moment, a bodyguard accidentally rushed to the edge of the roof because he used too much force and missed. He lost his balance and was about to fall down. Just as he was about to fall from the building, many spectators screamed and covered their eyes, when a hand suddenly reached out and grabbed his arm and saved him from the edge of the cliff. The frightened bodyguard took a closer look and found that the person holding the hand was actually the weirdo he had been chasing.
"Be careful, it's very dangerous to do intense activities in a place like this..."
Looking at the bewildered bodyguard, the weirdo smiled and said, "Yes," then he gently exerted force and pulled him over. When the frightened bodyguard sat down on the solid ground again, the audience below burst into enthusiastic and thunderous applause. Amid the applause, the other bodyguards who had captured the weirdo before seemed to be stunned, and did not continue to take action for a while.
"Move the thing! Stop trying to catch him! Shoot him!"
At this moment, Rock, who seemed a little anxious below, shouted to the bodyguard beside him. His personal bodyguard was slightly startled, and then immediately took out a rifle from behind his back, aimed at the strange man who was almost standing still above, and opened fire.
"Bang!"
A fierce gunshot interrupted the warm applause at the scene. Under the astonished gaze of everyone present, the man who was standing on the edge of the roof even covered his chest suddenly, staggered two steps, turned around, and then quickly bent down and squatted on the ground.
After seeing this scene, the frightened audience and the bodyguards on the roof fell silent for a moment, standing still, looking at the strange man who was bent over and almost completely covered by his cloak. The bodyguard who had just been rescued couldn't help but take two steps forward and said with a slightly trembling voice.
"Hey...you, are you okay? Are you shot?"
Listening to the words around him, the strange man who leaned over did not respond immediately. In silence, he stretched out his hand that was covering his chest and placed it in front of his eyes. The originally white gloves were now stained with bright red blood.
"Ah...blood red, a familiar color...I seem to have seen it somewhere before. Let me think...right..."
Muttering in low voice, the strange man who was originally bent over slowly stood up, and then under the concerned gazes of everyone, he put his hand on his chest covered by the cloak. Then he quickly turned around again, opened the cloak, and stretched out his hand. The blood that should have been on his gloves disappeared at this moment, and was replaced by a bouquet of bright red roses in his hand.
"Yes... This is the color of rose, it is really fascinating."
Seeing this magic-like performance, the people in the square couldn't help but burst into thunderous applause, accompanied by countless screams. For a moment, the whole square was completely boiling, and the cheers were endless. Many people were calling out a name, K, Thief K!
Seeing this scene, the strange man on the roof couldn't help but smile slightly, and then continued to speak softly under the stunned gaze of the bodyguards beside him.
"Thank you all for your support. Now it's time to say goodbye."
As he spoke, the weirdo threw the rose in his hand upwards, and the bouquet of roses suddenly exploded in mid-air, and a large number of rose petals were irrationally sprayed out. These bright red rose petals fell down like snow, and in the blink of an eye they covered the weirdo's figure. The weirdo finally disappeared completely in the snow of flowers in a farewell gesture.
After the petals were blown away by the evening breeze, the figure of the strange man had disappeared from the spot, and countless rose petals floated down from the roof of the Civic Mansion with the wind. The audience below, especially the female audience, screamed and scrambled for the falling petals.
At this moment, at the edge of the Civic Mansion Square, a handsome young man was sitting in a parked carriage. After looking at the curtain call scene in the distance through the window, he could not help but snorted coldly.
“Heh… What a clown who loves to perform. Who does he think he is? A street performer? Showing off like this in front of mortals is really embarrassing for the Beyonders…”
Henry commented like this, then he lit a cigarette for himself and put it in his mouth. After taking a puff of smoke, he slowly spoke again.
"Go... Go... Go with your 'Light of Maria', go to your hiding place... Go to make those crystals whole again, and then..."
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