Chapter 37: The City of Light
At night, the door of the Jianshe Bank in the east of the city of light was closed after the end of the day, and most of the employees left, leaving only a large number of security guards to patrol the bank.
On the opposite side of the bank, a dozen black shadows were preparing to carry out unspeakable criminal acts, all of them were wearing black clothes and black pants that were conducive to movement, and their faces were covered with black cloths, and they were wearing small long cylinders, carrying a black bag on their backs, and holding a crossbow in their hands.
"Master, all ready. β
A short man in black was none other than Ouyang Yu, and when she heard Ali Baba's words, she nodded and said, "Act immediately." β
"Yes!"
Including Ouyang Yu, nineteen people raised the crossbow in their hands and aimed it at the three-story bank, "Whoosh......" The crossbow arrow with the rope accurately hit the eaves, and Ouyang Yu tied the other end of the rope to the current roof to test the stability.
"Up. β
Ouyang Yu and Ali Ba and one of the seventeen thieves crawled along the rope towards the bank, Andy spent his blood for the safety of the bank, and there were magic arrays that detected magic fluctuations everywhere inside and outside the bank, once they found that there were magic fluctuations, a large number of city guards would soon arrive, so Ouyang Yu would work so hard.
Ouyang Yu and they used the rope to enter the third floor of the bank without any danger, and quietly opened the door of the room where they were located to look out, there was no one, she nodded to Ali Baba, and then opened the door and walked out of the room first.
When Ouyang Yu came to the entrance of the building, Ouyang Yu poked out half of his head and saw that two security guards wearing leather armor and long swords were guarding there with their backs to her, she retracted her head and half-squatted down, stretched out her right hand and two fingers to the bottom, and immediately two thieves who took out their blow pipes stepped forward.
"Whew, whew. β
The two security guards were each shot in the neck with an anesthetic needle and fell limply.
The two thieves stepped forward and dragged the security guard's body up to the third floor to hide, and Ouyang Yu and the others continued to walk downstairs.
On the second floor, there are some semi-enclosed counters in the VIP hall, and a team of four security guards are patrolling here, Ouyang Yu picked up a cylinder on his body, pulled open the upper tab and threw it at the pair of security guards.
"Ding...... While....... The cylinder made of metal fell to the ground with a crisp thud and rolled to the drop of the guards.
"What is this?" said one of the security guards when a faint puff of white smoke came out of the cylinder.
"Head...... Head...... It's dizzy...... Yes...... Enemy. One of the security guards fell to the ground after saying this, and three of his companions were also enchanted by the powerful sleeping agent, and four thieves immediately stepped forward and dragged them to the semi-enclosed counter to hide in the shadows.
On the first floor is a hall, about the size of two basketball courts, where a dozen security guards patrol and stand guard.
Ouyang Yu quietly observed for a while and then made a few gestures to Ali Ba Baba behind, after understanding the gesture, Ali Baba and the three thieves took out a cylinder from their clothes together, pulled the pull ring, silently counted to two, and threw it into the air of the hall on the first floor, four cylinders exploded in the air but the sound was not loud, and then a dazzling white light filled every corner of the hall, so that all the security guards who heard the explosion and turned their heads to see were temporarily blind, and then Alibaba Baba rushed out with his men, raising the blow pipe and firing anesthetic needles at the security guards who covered their eyesγ
"Puff, puff, puff....... "A dozen security guards were all brought down in less than thirty seconds.
Two security guards who saw the light and heard the sound outside the hall ran into the hall, and saw more than a dozen masked black-clothed people in the hall, while their companions fell to the ground and didn't know whether they were alive or dead, and they were stunned for a moment, and then immediately turned around and wanted to run.
"Whoosh, poof. Two crossbow arrows hit them in the heart from behind, and the two security guards struggled on the ground for a while before dying.
Ouyang Yu glanced at the corpses of the two security guards regretfully, she didn't want to hurt these people, but she couldn't care about her actions so that she wouldn't be discovered, so she could only blame her own life.
Below the hall on the first floor is the vault, where there are more than a dozen security guards, one of whom should be the captain of the security guard, with a second-level vindictive cultivation.
"Knock, knock, knock. Three cylinders were thrown out and fell in front of the security guards, and then a choking smoke came out of the cylinders, and everyone, including the security captain, was choked with tears and snot from the smoke, and they wanted to speak but choked on their throats.
"Ahem...... Cough...... Ahem...... Ahem......!"
Just as the security guards covered their mouths and noses and coughed loudly, a group of wolf-like men in black rushed into the smoke and knocked down these security guards, and the security captain was also knocked out after resisting weakly.
Ouyang Yu walked to the door of the vault with the gas mask she made, took out the centaur battle axe and inserted it into the door, and within two strokes the heavy steel door was cut into several pieces and fell to the ground.
"Wow......! That's a lot of gold!"
There are at least 60,000 gold coins lying in the box, as well as silver coins worth almost 20,000 gold coins, and even more copper, Ouyang Yu's eyes lit up and he pounced on a box and grabbed a handful of gold coins, watching the gold coins fall from his hand into the box, he only felt that this sound was the best sound in the world.
With a wave of her hand, all the boxes and the coins inside were packed into the space backpack, "Let's withdraw." β
Ouyang Yu, Ali Baba, and his men took back the cylinders, anesthetic needles and other items that were thrown out, trying not to leave any clues, and then left the bank the same way.
The stunned and knocked unconscious security guards did not wake up until the next day, when the bank staff came to work, they found out that the bank had been stolen.
"Lord Castle, Lord Castle Lord!" the commander of the city guard hurriedly ran into Curtis's office and shouted, "Lord Castle, it's not good! Last night, two security guards of the Jianshe Bank in the east of the city were killed, and the rest were all knocked unconscious, and all the gold and silver coins in the vault were stolen!"
"What?!" Curtis, who was in the office, suddenly got up from his seat in surprise when he heard the shocking news, and said, "Do you know who did it?"
The commander of the city guard shook his head and said: "I don't know the identity of those people in the road, and there are no valuable clues, I heard the stunned security guards say that the people who stole the vault last night were some black-clothed people with their faces covered, but how many people are there?" Fat or thin, tall or short, they all didn't know, those damn thieves also used some strange things, a cylinder that could emit white smoke would faint when smelled, something that would emit a bright light to make people temporarily blind, and a kind of smoke that could make people breathe hard after smelling it, tears and snot would not stop, and all of these things seemed to be alchemical products, no magic fluctuations, and none of the magic arrays we had set up alarmed. β
"It's really strange, but what about the two security guards who were killed, and how did they die?" asked Curtis.
"Judging from the analysis of the wound, he was shot in the heart from behind by a crossbow arrow and died. β
"Crossbow arrows?" crossbows are weapons that only regular armies have, merchants and civilians are forbidden to use, and private manufacturing is even more illegal, and the whole family will be executed if caught, even ordinary aristocratic families do not have.
"Ask Ms. Matilda to come over at once. β
"Yes. β
Half an hour later, Matilda, who was training troops outside the city, hurried to the city lord's mansion, and as soon as she saw Curtis, she said: "I have heard about the matter on the way here, and you said what you want me to do, I will arrange it." Matilda, who has a big personality, wants her to train soldiers to command battles, but it is not okay to ask her to catch thieves and try cases, so she said so.
"Come and sit down first. Curtis took Matilda's hand and sat down together and said, "Sister Marty." "Curtiss is seventeen years old, and Matilda is twenty-one," Sister, I think something was wrong with last night. β
"How?"
"Do you remember when eight of our branches were stolen and set on fire?"
Matilda stood up in surprise and said loudly, "You mean the same group of people did it, including last night's incident?"
"Hmm. Curtis nodded and analyzed: "Judging from the modus operandi, it is very likely that it is the same group. β
"Smack!" said Matilda angrily at the row of tables, "these daring thieves must be hanged if I catch them!"
"Okay, Sister Martie, it's useless for you to be angry here, and now you don't use any available clues, you can only increase your precautions, especially the remaining banks. Curtis told Matilda.
"You're saying they're going to do it in a row?"
"It is quite possible that the modus operandi and style of this group of people are the few remaining banks. β
"Okay! I'm personally in charge of those banks these nights, and I don't think those thieves dare to come? If they dare to come, I want them to look good!"
After the discussion, Matilda left the office to arrange patrols and guards at the city guard headquarters, and Curtis called in the person in charge of intelligence.
Curtis said: "You secretly investigate all the people who have entered the country in the past few days, see if you can find out the suspicious person, notify the people who went to investigate the theft and arson of the branch, if they find anything, they must report it immediately, and issue a notice, anyone who provides valuable clues will be awarded the prize by the City Lord's Mansion, and those who can catch the thieves can also get one-tenth of the stolen items." β
"Yes, I'll explain it right away. β
The news of the theft of the Jianshe Bank immediately spread throughout the city, and everyone was talking about who had the audacity to steal the property of the new star of the continent, the holy son of the ancestral temple, and the son of the generalissimo of the Weigel Empire, after all, there are not many people who dare to oppose Andy with his strength and status today.
Some good gamblers even opened the market to guess when those thieves would be caught, Andy's long-term prestige and invincible posture made people believe that it was still safe to put his property in his bank, and this time the theft of Jianshe Bank should only happen if the security guard had not had an accident for a long time and relaxed his vigilance.
Listening to the talk of the people on the street, Ouyang Yu, who changed back into women's clothes but changed the color of his hair and eyes, showed a sneer, "I'm afraid you are going to be disappointed, I hope Andy can compensate you for your losses." β
At about five o'clock in the middle of the night the next night, Ouyang Yu and his men set out again, this time targeting the rural bank in the south of the city.
"Master, did we sneak in this time?" asked Ali Baba, who was dressed in black in the alley outside the bank.
Ouyang Yu shook his head and said, "This time, we will play a big attack and prepare to act according to the second set of plans." β
"Yes, everything is up to you. Ali Baba had an excited look on his face and instructed his men to prepare their tools.
"Ah...... It's almost dawn, and it seems that the thieves don't dare to come. A security guard at the bank yawned and said to his companion.
"Ah...... Yes...... Yes, I've been nervous all night, and I must get a good night's sleep when I go back. β
What the two security guards didn't know was that a group of black-clothed people outside the bank gate were pasting things on the door, and the two thieves took out a pack of explosives made by Ouyang Yu with the soil method and pasted it on the door, and immediately ran to the side as soon as they pulled the fuse.
"Boom......!"
The door to the bank exploded, and the shockwave from the explosion lifted the two security guards to the ground, sending flying debris into their bodies and causing multiple wounds.
"What's going on?!" heard the explosion, and immediately multiple security guards rushed out.
"Shhh...... Knock, knock, knock. "Some smoking cylinders were thrown in from outside the gate.
"Ahem...... Ahem, ahem, ahem, ......!" the security guard who was smoked immediately coughed loudly, and shouted that the warning could not be done.
"Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh......" Several crossbow arrows shot out of the smoke and into the bodies of the security guards, and a group of men in black with masks burst into the bank hall through the smoke and shot at sight.
"Whoosh!" After a man in black shot down a security guard, he held a movable handle in his left hand under the crossbow and pushed it back, and the arm of the crossbow in his hand was very lightly rewound, and at the same time, a crossbow arrow was pushed down from the arrow box in the arrow magazine below, and ten straight crossbow arrows were stored in each arrow magazine, playing with the invention is not Andy's patent alone, Ouyang Yu will also, these weapons are made by a group of craftsmen she gathered.
The guards were afraid to show their heads in a dense rain of arrows, and homemade flashbangs and tear gas drove the guards out of the corners, and then they were shot to the ground by crossbow arrows.
Relying on flashbangs and tear gas, the security guards in the bank were beaten helpless in the face of this unprecedented tactic, and Ouyang Yu and they crushed all the way to the door of the vault.
"Open it for me!"
Ouyang Yu raised the battle axe and slashed down, the door of the vault was split in half, Ali Baba kicked the door open, Ouyang Yu rushed in and quickly put all the coins into his space backpack, and then immediately retreated, from the beginning of the explosion to the retreat of the coins, the whole process of action did not take more than ten minutes, and when Matilda, who rushed to hear the news, came with a large number of city guards, only to see a large number of security guards who were shot by crossbow arrows and fell to the ground and kept screaming, and the thieves who robbed the bank were nowhere to be found.
"Bastard!" Matilda pulled out the long sword at her waist and slashed at the wall next to her, and roared, "Give me martial law immediately!