Chapter 1: Games

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"The world-class cultural heritage "Mona Lisa's smile" was mysteriously stolen from the Louvre Museum in France in the early hours of this morning, and the thieves left only a rectangular paper card printed with a mouse pattern at the scene after committing the crime, and the French police have not disclosed other details about the case. This station will continue to pay attention to this case and follow up the report. ”

Bai Jin flipped through his phone expressionlessly and found that almost all the media were sending the same piece of news.

The news of the theft of the famous painting covered the entire Internet in a very short time, and netizens found out the photos with the Louvre not long ago or a long time ago, and told the origin of their relationship with the famous painting over and over again, while expressing their sadness, while strongly condemning the thieves.

The second most searched search is an artist surnamed Wang who announced that he would hold a concert in the near future, and there was a comment in the comment: "At the moment when the world cultural heritage is stolen, the announcement of the concert is really dampening!" It was liked by 100,000 people to the top of the comment area.

"Do so many people really care about art?" Twenty-eight-year-old Bai Yao stared at the information on his mobile phone and couldn't help but have such questions.

He had never been abroad, and his knowledge of art was only because until five months ago, he was still working for a handicraft import and export company, which was only a small company of a dozen people, although he was called a director.

But this kind of life ended five months ago, according to the boss, because of the tightening of foreign trade policies, but Bai Jin knew that in fact, because the company's business was too stable, the boss felt that there was no need to spend money on Bai Jin, who graduated from a key university and had rich experience, so he replaced his position with an ordinary fresh graduate.

However, unemployment did not give Bai Yao too much trouble, and he also knew in his heart that with his personality, it was actually difficult to cooperate with others.

By the general standards of society, Bai Jin's temper should belong to the eccentric category. In the words of a friend who is familiar with Bai Jiao, he is cold by nature.

In an unfamiliar view, it seems that nothing can bring emotional fluctuations to Bai Jin, and there were once rumors that Bai Jin's dog that had been raised for more than ten years died, and it was just taken to the mountain to be buried with an expressionless face.

This is of course a rumor, and those who know Bai Yao know that it is impossible for this person to have any pets at all.

Fortunately, God gave him a strange temper at the same time, but also gave him a mind that surpassed his peers.

The experience of working in that company for five years has also allowed him to accumulate some of his own customers, so even if he does not go to work, he can support himself by relying only on some scattered foreign trade orders.

It's just that this kind of life is a bit too boring.

"Maybe as fate would have it, I would live an ordinary life and die alone." Until yesterday, Bai Yao still reported such thoughts.

The twist of fate is sometimes because of a martial arts secret book that records peerless miracles, sometimes because of an ancient artifact that has been buried for thousands of years, and Bai Yao's turn started from a rectangular paper card with a mouse pattern that he picked up more than ten hours ago.

It was a card that wouldn't attract anyone's attention anywhere – as it should be.

In terms of shape and size, it is no different from the cards with the image of students and nurses that can often be found on the door of the rooms of budget hotels around the world.

Because Bai Yao didn't have anything to do, when he went out to hang out, he picked it up on the ground, but he didn't find the trash can for a while, so he put it in his pocket casually, and then he forgot about it. It wasn't until the evening when I took a shower and was ready to do my laundry that it was rediscovered.

When people get bored, they are curious about everything that is written on them.

Bai Jia is no exception.

The front of the card depicts the image of a mouse, which is not pretty, but it expresses the expression of something that is hiding.

Written right above the back are the words "Rules of the Game". This is followed by a string of specific instructions, and the font is so small and dense that it makes your scalp tingle.

"Is it some kind of board game?" A board game is a game that needs to be played between peers. Bai Jin doesn't have many friends, and his understanding of board games is really limited.

"A mouse that lies to a cat will die immediately from heart palsy."

"Mice and cats are attracted to each other."

"Rats die instantly if they don't steal for three days in a row"

"Rats are punished for failing to steal for three days in a row."

When a cat says "caught you" or "found you" to a mouse, the mouse dies instantly, and conversely, if a cat says the above to someone other than the mouse, the cat dies instantly. ”

Immediately following the rules of the game is a description of the abilities of the character Mouse:

"Once a day, the rat can steal anything he thinks of."

As far as board games go, this is a bit too strange. How does the opponent know what the rat is wishing for?

In terms of rules, there is at least one other character in this game, which is the cat. Mice and cats are attracted to each other, how do you show this in a board game? Bai Jin looked at the card in his hand, a little confused.

"If you agree to the above rules, please sign in the space below."

It's strange to even have to sign it.

Bai Jin thought that it was inexplicable, but his hand naturally took out the signature pen from the drawer.

Maybe from the inside, Bai Yao is looking forward to the other end of the time and space, and there is someone as boring as him who starts a game in the air.

When he picked up the pen and wrote the word "white", a thought flashed through him: "It's just a game, you don't need to write your real name." So he immediately wrote down the word "Yutang".

Bai Yutang is a thief in the novel "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness", nicknamed "Jinmao Mouse". And the "瑭" in Bai Jin's name is pronounced as "ta."

g", which means beautiful jade, and it is really fitting to use this name in this game.

Bai Yao looked at his phone, and the display time was 0:15.

It's time to steal.

"What if I said I wanted the Mona Lisa's smile in the Louvre?" With this thought, Bai Yao turned off the light, went to bed and fell asleep.

When I woke up, the stolen painting was already on my bedside. In shock, Bai Yao turned on his mobile phone and saw the reports on the whole network about the theft of famous paintings.

"It's big!" There was a trace of excitement in Bai Yao's heart, and at the same time, another thought came to his mind, "I went so far too far from the beginning, in this era of information explosion, I should be arrested soon......

This is definitely the case for ordinary people, but Bai Yao has no intention of being arrested. Planning has even begun on how to evade the search.

"As long as they are careful, they should not be able to narrow down even the most basic scope of investigation." Bai Yao's expressionless face actually showed a slight smile.

Suddenly, the phone vibrated a little. The bloggers who follow have updated the news about the latest developments in the theft of famous paintings.

"Just now the French police released a photo of the card left by the thief at the scene of the crime, from the photo we can clearly see that the front of the card is the image of a mouse, and it seems to be evading the pursuit from the look. According to psychologists, this may be a reflection of the perpetrator's self-image. On the reverse side of the card, there is a full-sided signature, on which the three Chinese characters of Bai Yutang are clearly written in Chinese. According to expert analysis, the perpetrator may be quite familiar with Chinese culture, and judging from the signature handwriting, it is extremely likely that the Chinese group is accustomed to using Chinese Simplified. ”

“!!! Is that what the signature means? Why leave a card at a crime scene? Is it to leave a clue for the cat? Damn it! At that time, if you sign your real name, wouldn't it be equivalent to turning yourself in? Bai Jin kept complaining in his heart, "I don't know if the prison food is good." ”

Meanwhile, in a messy room, another person is paying attention to the same news.

"Oooh! It really appeared! Bai Yutang...... Could it be that you are a lover of classical novels? It's not that I'm boasting, but I fall asleep as soon as I see classical Chinese. A cheerful voice muttered to itself in the room, "In that case, I'll cooperate with you a little." ”

The voice fell, and on a card with a cat printed on the front, the name of "Zhan Xiong Fei" was signed.

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