Chapter 136: The Thief
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As the saying goes, when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and when there are more people, it is naturally strange.
In this city, there is a total population of 500,000.
The population base is larger, and there are more job classifications, such as moving bricks, delivering water, collecting garbage, sweeping the streets, selling clothes and jewelry, engraving runes, opening restaurants, selling vegetables, selling metal utensils, specializing in enchanting, buying potions, and stealing things.
Valle Mir, a professional thief, though he prefers to call himself a thief.
He was a black household, raised by an old homeless man, who was said to have owed a lot of money outside, a sum of money that ordinary people would not pay back in their lifetime, so he chose to live a wandering life, and finally picked up Valle in a garbage heap with only one breath left.
It was the homeless man who taught him to read and write, and taught him the most basic practices, even though these things were part of compulsory education in school.
There was a shelter in the city, but the conditions were not good, he was caught once, became a bag for several adults, and then ran out on his own.
For a long time, in order to survive, he would go out with the homeless man every day to rummage through the garbage heap, until one winter, the old guy fell asleep, and then never woke up, and was taken away by a group of people, after that, life was even more difficult.
He began to beg on the streets, and he had a meal but not a meal.
In the end, in order to fill his stomach, he stole a loaf of bread, and in the end, he was unsuccessful and went to the detention center.
There, Valle met the master who had taught him how to make a living: a habitual thief who was locked up in the same room with him for fifteen days before being sent to a shelter and then running out again.
In these fifteen days, the middle-aged man he still hadn't seen taught him the most basic things about picking locks, stealing, and how to disguise, and he also learned very quickly, learned these basic skills, and then as he grew older, he became a skilled thief, he could always take advantage of the moment he passed by people, put his hand into the other party's bag, and then take the contents of the other party's bag when the other party was unaware, the whole process was as skillful as instinct, natural and smooth, and did not alarm the target at all.
By now, he is also famous, and he has an additional nickname, called [Magician].
But despite his technical prowess, he is also principled:
First, never steal people from poor families, this is the basic bottom line.
Second, never touch people who seem to be in a hurry, their money is likely to be urgent.
Third, if you get the "results" three times a day, you can stop it, just use it, and you can't be greedy.
Fourth, don't go too far, take the rich man's wallet, take the insignificant part from it as the case may be, and then pretend to pass by and return the wallet.
He adheres to his four rules and takes pride in them, and slowly begins to feel that he is different, that he can no longer be called a "thief", that he is a "thief" who is a higher level than a thief.
But when it comes to a thousand things and ten thousand, he is still a thief in the end, a guy who can't see the light.
He has stolen a lot of property over the years, plus he is a black household, and he can't see the light at all, every night, he will toss and turn, worrying that he will wake up at the police station one day.
It's the same today, he's wandering the streets, and now Valais, he's already succeeded twice.
So far, he has stolen a total of thirty copper coins today, enough for a day's food, although there is space, but most people will always habitually put money in their bags, and he always only takes a small part, which has little impact on people.
Valle decided to stop one more time and began to look for a target on the streets.
Basically, no one knows his true identity except insiders, and in the eyes of others, he is a long-term tenant who has lived here for more than a few years, and when he passes by, there are acquaintances who greet him, and a few friends who live nearby say hello to him.
It was another good day, the sun was shining down, and the reflected sunlight made people instinctively squint their eyes a little, and this was the perfect time.
At this time, stealing things is the least easy to find, because everyone's mood will be impetuous, instinctively sleepy, squinting his eyes, and reducing the visual range, coupled with his superb skills, success is even more effortless, the success rate is 100%, every time at this time, he is always sober, long-term training has completely offset the influence of instinct.
Now, he needs to find a target, wandering the streets aimlessly.
Anyway, I stole it yesterday and took a silver coin from the coin that was worth two gold coins.
Or, this man's still don't, having recently entered his house and taking a dozen copper coins while making sure everything was intact, this guy has been very wary lately, and although he will definitely succeed, the prudence of nature still makes him less willing to take risks.
The people in this area are already old acquaintances of his.
He knew the situation of everyone who was wealthier, and he never missed a beat, and it was as easy for him to "take" something from these people as it was to enter his own home.
After a circle, it was past noon, and there were more people on the street again, but the sun was still the same.
Then, he found the target.
It must be easy to get your hands on, especially in a crowd, the loud sounds, the smell of chaos, coupled with a passing and a wonderful angle of sunlight, to get something out of one's pocket, it is really easy and pleasant, perfect.
It was a very young couple.
Judging from the clothes, he should be relatively wealthy, he has studied psychology by himself, and the mental state of the two of them is very lax.
Male, 1.87 meters tall, should weigh about eighty-five kilograms, has no beard on his face, prefers to be clean, neatly dressed, should be a serious guy, a person who should come out of a good college, a mixed race between East and West.
Women, one meter six five tall, weight, will not exceed sixty-five kilograms, also love to be clean, this is an alien race, cat clan, although the tail is closed, but the ears are exposed, wearing a more casual clothes, their perception will generally be very good, but in a noisy crowd, it will be disturbed.
The two outsiders, not yet vigilant, had shifted their attention and were looking at the goods on the side of the road, and it seemed that they must have money, standing in the noisy crowd.
Perfect!
He gave himself thirty-two likes in his heart and quietly approached the two of them...