On the letter paper, two lines of words were written:

"Gentlemen, I find it interesting to see your arrangement, and I will come and take the jewels on time at two o'clock, so be careful. Monster Thief B, regardless! ”

"What should I do?"

The people at the scene couldn't help but get nervous.

Mr. Ravash took the letter, put it to his nose and sniffed it, and whispered: "The ink is not completely dry, he just wrote it, and he is nearby!" ”

Officer Holbutch whispered a few commands to the policemen around him, who quickly took the order and went down to quickly search the streets and alleys of the other shops around the jewelry store, but no one in the room thought that these ordinary policemen could deal with the strange thieves.

After some discussion among the three shareholders of the von Stark jewellery store, Mr. Lincoln came over and said to Goethe and Duchamp, who was hiding in the hut, "We have just discussed and decided to postpone the auction for an hour for the sake of the safety of the jewellery and the credibility of the jewellery shop. The thief said it was two o'clock, and we'll wait until he's gone to start, what do you think? ”

Goethe turned around, exchanged a glance with Duchamp, and nodded in agreement. They can't do anything better right now.

Goethe spoke up; "Okay, let's put the guests in the rest area first, there are only staff here, which is more conducive to defense work."

Duchamp walked up to the female performer who was resting on the side and whispered, "The auction will be delayed for a while, so please start playing from now on and give our guests a soothing space." I hope you can play some soothing and elegant tracks without pausing no matter what happens. ”

The female performer smiled slightly, walked to the piano in the center of the hall, stroked the piano with both hands, and the flowing tunes flowed out of the keyboard, adding a different charming mood to this room full of tension.

The three proprietors of the von Stark jewelry store all turned around and went out to arrange for the reception and reassurance of the guests.

Duchamp hid aside and continued to consult with Goethe in a whisper.

"Goethe, the strange thief B, who is said to be very good-looking, will make a bet with him as soon as two o'clock comes, and make him steal the jewels in a quarter of an hour, and then he will win, and all the jewels will be given to him. If he can't do it, let him leave quickly, so as not to hinder the opening of the auction. ”

Goethe asked softly, "Does he really know how to disguise so much?" Can you become anyone in the field in an instant? ”

Duchamp said with annoyance: "It is said that even the closest people do not see the flaw. ”

"It's only a quarter of an hour until two o'clock, do you think he's already mixed in with us?"

"It's also possible that maybe someone in this hall has already been transferred by him. However, at least our own people have discussed the cipher mark, and have always acted collectively, and he has no chance to get involved. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a waiter came upstairs and said a word to the bodyguard at the door.

The bodyguard came over and whispered to Duchamp, "There is a woman named Irina outside, who did not bring an invitation, but asked you to go down and pick her up. ”

The businesswoman is here at this time!

Duchamp was dumbfounded, and the matter of Blame Thief B was interrupted, and he completely forgot about inviting Irina to the auction, and even forgot to arrange for someone to receive her.

Duchamp turned to Goethe and said, "Irina is here, you have been blocking this doorway, and when I return, remember to exchange codes." ”

Goethe nodded, moved his body to the door of the chamber, and stood there motionless.

Duchamp hurried downstairs, and Miss Irina, who was standing impatiently at the door of the jewelry store with her hands folded, saw Duchamp coming, and glared at him fiercely, as if to blame her for giving her a cold reception.

Duchamp was in a cold sweat, and the businesswoman was blocked out of the house by the waiter without an invitation, what a sin.

He nodded hurriedly and led the businesswoman upstairs with a doggy look.

"Hey, didn't you say the auction would start at two o'clock? What do you think of this, you still have to rest here for a while? Irina asked strangely when she saw Duchamp leading him to the VIP lounge.

Duchamp said with a smile: "Because of a little episode, the auction will be delayed by an hour. Reem III is over there, and we can take advantage of this opportunity to go over and greet him. ”

"Oh, that's exactly what I'm here for." The businesswoman instantly rained and cleared, revealing a charming smile.

Mr. Reem was communicating with several of the guest judges, and when he saw Duchamp come out, he asked in a strange low voice, "Styry, why did you come out and not over there?" ”

Duchamp smiled a little reluctantly: "The eldest lady I mentioned with you is here, right behind me." ”

Reem III looked behind him, and suddenly realized, he clasped his hands, took two steps forward, and said like a spring breeze: "I think this is Miss Irina, Stellary and I mentioned you, calling you a heroine among women, a genius in the business world, when I saw it today, you are really young and promising, beautiful." ”

Irina Man walked over and chuckled softly:

"Don't dare to be, in Lower Irina Lineford, I have heard that you are a royal advisor, an authority on medieval archaeology in the Empire, and a top master of magical jewelry, and your name has always been heard, but I just didn't have the opportunity to pay a special visit. It's a real honor for a little woman to have Steri introduce you today. ”

After Irina finished speaking, she saw that the surroundings of Reem III were already full of people, she sneered in her heart, her eyes swept over the people on the sofa around her, and said with a smile: "Originally, I had a little bit of a small matter to communicate with you, but seeing that it is full of friends now, it seems that it is not very convenient." ”

Sitting next to Rayam III was another jewelry expert, Yorkwards, who stood up in a dashing manner when he heard Irina say this, and said, "Since you two have something to talk about, and it's almost two o'clock now, I'm going there to exchange ideas with the guests." ”

After speaking, he took the wine glass and leaned over to the other crowd in a dashing manner.

The rest of the person on the right was none other than Mr. von Stark, who also said with interest: "The guests are almost here, and I will go and communicate with them, so that no one will have an opinion about the postponement of the auction." With that, he picked up his glass and left.

With a single look, Irina cleared the scene around Reem III, quite proud, she sat down next to Reem III, and described in detail the origin of the establishment of the "Royal Airship Society".

As soon as she got up, she suddenly caught a glimpse of Duchamp quietly walking out of the side, and said unhappily, "Styry, what are you going to do here?" This plan was first proposed by you, and you didn't take advantage of the fact that Lord Reem was free to communicate with Lord Leiem carefully. ”

Duchamp was so concerned about the situation next door that he was about to sneak over to check, but was told by Irina, so he had to sit down next to the sofa, his ears pricked up, and carefully probed the movements of the auction room next door.

After listening for a while, he was interrupted by Irina and said, "Stelli, this question is up to you. ”

Stellary was absent-minded, saying a word without saying a word, listening to the movement next door with his ears pricked up.

Seeing his absent-minded expression, Reem III relieved him and said, "Styri, it's almost two o'clock, you better hurry up and go to the auction hall next door to inspect it, Irina and I can communicate here slowly." ”

When Duchamp heard this, he explained a word or two to Irina in a low voice, and hurried to the outside of the lounge.

As soon as I reached the door, the bell in the hall rang, and it was two o'clock.

At the auction site, Goethe raised his voice and said: "Mr. Strange thief B, it's already two o'clock, I don't know if you have arrived, and if you plan to start." We don't have time to wait that long, and you haven't won twenty minutes, so let's leave with a sense of humor. ”

"Hmph, does it take that long?" An unfamiliar voice seemed to come close to his ear.

"Thief B!" Several exclamations rang out from different corners of the hall.

Dressed in a gorgeous white dress and wearing a gorgeous ball mask, the strange thief gradually emerged from the air.

With a smug smile on his face, he held up a box in his hand.

"Gentlemen, according to the agreement, I have already succeeded!" As he spoke, strange changes occurred in the space around him.

Duchamp, who had just arrived at the door, knew that the strange thief was about to disappear, and at this time, he didn't care that he would expose his strength and let go of the detection system.

As soon as the detection system is fully activated, a silver dot appears on the minimap.

At this moment, the high-ranking people present rushed towards Monster Thief B, and the first to attack was naturally Goethe, as soon as he touched Monster Thief B's body, Monster Thief B's phantom disappeared.

(By the way, the word 'lord' is used again in this chapter, and I remember that in the second volume, a reader said that when he saw this word, he remembered ancient China.) But as I understand it, Lord is obviously a modern title, and it has ruffian and underworld overtones, so I used the Baron of Bonn, who has dark powers. Besides, I like to use this word because of the legendary old coach of the Premier League and the magic of the Red Devils! The image of Reem III is a reference to him. ）