The cold-faced earl doesn't want to trigger the plot

Therefore, he saw that among the crowd, there was a man in the appearance of an elderly gentleman who blended in well with the surroundings, and was shining with arrogance.

Although, it is unbelievable that the strange thief can disguise himself and blend into the crowd in less than half a minute.

But he, after all, failed to escape completely.

"That old gentleman is dressed as a strange thief, arrest him!"

Ever since, Riber pointed at the strange thief, and continued to order the knights.

And the strange thief, who was suddenly locked on by all the eyes present, instantly showed an unbelievable expression.

This time, he even omitted the sophistry. He just took out a spherical object from his bosom and detonated it when the members of the knight order were confused and didn't realize it.

In an instant, an extremely strong light shone in the banquet hall.

That is, in the darkness, the strong light took away the vision of everyone in the banquet hall for nearly half a minute.

And when the light dissipated and everyone could vaguely open their eyes, the gentleman disguised as a ghost thief disappeared again.

It was the same situation as not long ago again, what should be boasted, what should be exaggerated, what should be comforted, and then...

"This time, the phantom thief is dressed as a knight! The shortest one is the phantom thief!"

"..."

puff!

This time, the Phantom Thief took out a smoke bomb from his pocket.

"That noble lady is a phantom thief!"

...

"The man with the long red hair is a phantom thief!"

...

"The one with the bald head is a phantom thief!"

...

"Wearing purple..."

...

"Wearing black gloves..."

Looking at the strange thief's arms, like a four-dimensional space bag, he took out props that could buy him time again and again, and then disguised himself and mixed into the crowd, and then he was recognized and hunted down.

Ribel, there is an inexplicable sense of déjà vu...

It's not that he wants to play tricks, but that the strange thief is really so difficult.

After several rounds of fighting skills, he was finally able to keep up with the movement of the monster thief and the members of the knights commanded by Riber, and finally pressed the monster thief to the ground with a grapple.

Afterwards, many members of the Knights surrounded him, handcuffs, fetters, ropes and the like greeted him wholeheartedly.

"How, how is it possible—"

Amidst the sharp and angry female screams of the strange thief, the strange thief was formally arrested by the Knights.

...

...

With the strange thief incident, the banquet at Sir Gold's mansion naturally couldn't continue.

After sending the strange thief into the escort carriage, Isenbech, the deputy captain of the third guard of the Greenwater Royal Knights, looked at the black carriage of the Campret family who left almost at the same time, and let out a long sigh of relief.

"I didn't expect...he could really catch the Phantom Thief. Am, am I dreaming?"

"Do you need me to kick you? Vice Captain Ethan."

Beside Isenbach, Chris said with a smile.

"do not."

Isenbach shook his head,

"However, how did he do it? He is really a detective, not a holder of the blessing of the gods? Not to mention other things, it is also the so-called detective skill that can find out so many strange thieves who cross-dressed and mixed into the crowd. ?”

"of course."

With Chris Zhizhu in his hand, he said as if he knew everything,

"Lord Earl, you are using the power of observation that a detective must have. It only takes a moment to remember everyone present. In the next moment, there is an extra person in a place, and that person is naturally the strange thief. .”

"What? How is that possible? Counting the members of the Knights, there were hundreds of people present at the same time! Can you remember for a moment... Is he a monster?"

"Oh, so it is really impossible to compete with the Earl. I only managed to recognize him twice in this way when the strange thief was exhausted at the end. Moreover, I was still thinking about it. For a long time..."

Chris shook his head, and said with an obvious inferiority complex.

You're monster enough too...

Isenbach thought with the corner of his mouth twitching.

Sure enough, these so-called "detectives" were not normal people.

"However, is the strange thief we caught really the one who has disturbed the entire kingdom in the past few years? Why do I always feel...she seems a little weak? Moreover, the plan she prepared for the count has many loopholes. You Look, according to what you said, if you want to steal the painting in front of the count, you must have the count go to see the painting. If he doesn't go all the time, wouldn't the plan be for nothing?"

"I don't know if it's the real Phantom Thief, but to say that her plan is full of loopholes is the misunderstanding of Vice Captain Ethan."

Chris said, explaining casually,

"The identity of the Tang En family that the strange thief played at the beginning was the last resort when the Earl never went to see the painting. She can invite the Earl herself to have a little chat before going to the painting, and it will be more convenient to put the envelope at that time Otherwise, Vice Captain Ethan thought, why didn’t the phantom thief pretend to be a banquet staff member who is easier to carry out the plan, but a young lady who bears the name of the old noble viscount?"

Isenbach was startled when he heard this.

He really didn't think about it.

If it weren't for Chris's explanation, he would have thought that the strange thief dressed up as the old noble lady to disgust their knights.

"Also, there is probably something wrong with that master Borg. Because, except for the rather special "Girl", the authenticity and fakes of other paintings can be identified as long as you have certain identification skills. Therefore, in case the strange thief fails to lead the earl to the best "Girl", but the other seven paintings as spares. In order to block the mouths of other appraisers, so that they have no way to come forward to appraise the authenticity of the paintings False, you need a way to gag them. For example, an absolute authority..."

"This...that is to say, Master Borg and the Phantom Thief are accomplices?"

Isenbeige was taken aback for a moment, and then he couldn't help showing a look of astonishment that was rare and strange.

In the past, whenever Chris saw others showing such expressions, he would feel a sense of superiority spontaneously.

but now...

A little dull.

"I can't guarantee whether it is an accomplice, but there must be a cooperative relationship. Moreover, since the strange thief must have pretended to be Miss Tang En for a while, it is hard to say who is the partner of Master Borg, or what he thinks is the partner. who."

Christ paused,

"In short, let's go and arrest Master Borg. Because the Knights have no evidence to prove that the strange thief is the criminal who committed a large number of thefts. And because the Earl has already exposed it before the strange thief stole the paintings. As a result, the phantom thief's behavior this time is only in the category of 'prank'. Therefore, if the proper procedures are followed, the knight order may not be able to detain her for too long. After all, the knight order cannot use the phantom thief to smear mud on the picture frame , put the letter behind the famous painting as a reason to convict her. At this time, Master Borg as a witness will have many uses."

After listening to Chris's words, Isenbeiqi nodded seriously after thinking about it in his heart.

In his heart, although the Earl does have more wisdom than Chris, he still believes that Chris is more important to the Knights and is more suitable as an advisor.

For example, now, he felt that if it were the Earl, the other party would definitely not be like Chris, even worrying about the follow-up work of the Knights.

"Then now... Vice-captain Ethan can tell you, what happened to your left hand injury? Also, even though the signal for help was sent by the vice-captain, the vice-captain came too quickly and brought too much help." There are many people."

Hearing Chris' question, Isenbach's expression suddenly became extremely solemn, and then turned into clenched teeth with anger and a little annoyance.

"Just a few hours ago, almost when the banquet started...just three streets away from here..."

"The work of 'The Dismemberer'..."

"It appeared again."

Volume Two: Chapter 72, Shockingly Incompetent

The night of the Recognition Banquet.

On a street full of bars.

In the alley, a drunk man fumbled his way in the dark alley.

Three streets away is Sir Gold's mansion where the banquet is being held.

And right in the mansion, when the first dance music resounded, the drunk seemed to hear the beautiful music from afar, showing a smirk as if he had forgotten all his troubles.

Until, he turned the corner of the alley, and after the dark clouds covering the full moon dissipated, he saw the dark side of the alley that was originally covered by shadows.

Under the moonlight, in the corners of the alley, things like a chessboard are neatly arranged.

At first, the drunk didn't even realize what he saw.

He was still smirking, muttering, talking to himself, approaching, approaching...

Then, the pupils began to shrink extremely quickly, the blood seemed to be flowing backwards, and the legs went limp and he sat down on the ground.

In the world that seemed to have suddenly become silent, there was only one well-dressed human head with eyes closed, facing the drunk.

After a pause for a while, there was a frightened scream, trembling in the noisy night street.

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...

After catching the Kaitou and returning to his home, Riber, who felt extremely tired in every sense, fell asleep with his pillow on his head.

It was probably late at night, and Riber, who was sleeping deeply, suddenly realized that he was dreaming.

It was a wonderful feeling.

Speaking of being sober, Riber felt that he was not very sober, his whole body was weak, his mind was groggy, and he didn't want to do anything or could not do anything.

And if it is said that he is in a trance state, Riber hates to know what kind of situation he is in now.

Perhaps, this is the rumored "ghost press"?

Does this even exist in another world?

While Riber was thinking, the dark field of vision in front of him suddenly began to brighten and then turned red.

When he came back to his senses, he found that he had come to a red empty space.

In this space, there is almost no land to settle on.Except for the place where Riber stood, the surrounding area was almost entirely surrounded by large rivers and waterfalls made of bubbling magma.

Riber could only be thankful that it was a dream and could not feel the heat.

Otherwise, this ghostly place that seems to ignite spontaneously by breathing is not something people can stay in.

In addition to the magma everywhere, there is another surprising place in this space.

That is, among the few land parts in front of Riber, there is a particularly huge skeleton.

As a person who didn't know much about biology, Riber couldn't recognize what kind of animal this skeleton belonged to.

Of course, judging from the fact that a random bone is as majestic as a tower, it must be a fantasy creature.

Looking carefully, Riber was a little surprised.

Because, in front of this huge skeleton, he saw a throne of bones that was also made of bone-like things.

Then, on the throne, a young girl was sitting on top in a half-lying position in a lazy posture.

The girl had particularly bright red long hair, and was wearing a solemn formal attire that didn't match her casual posture. While turning the small crown with her fingers carelessly, she watched Ribel.

This girl who looked lazy had a pair of sharp sword eyebrows.

"Camprete."

After meeting their eyes, the girl spoke.

In terms of Riber's physical sense, the distance between the two sides is extremely far, about 500 meters.

However, he could clearly see the girl's every move and hear her voice clearly.

"Why, do you want to do something that violates the oath you waited for?"

With a condescending posture of coercion, the girl stared at Ribel and asked.

And Riber...

Naturally, I was at a loss.

Break the oath?He hasn't...