Chapter 320 Rumors of the Strange Thief

"Captain, 7174 has stopped."

Outside Dawles Manor, when other police officers surrounded the mechanical beast spewing white steam and warned those approaching to leave, a man in black boots came to the captain and reported to the captain who was patrolling in a different direction from the mechanical beast.

"Where did you stop? Let's go."

After putting on the blindfold, the man with the brass prosthetic eye moved with the team member.

Finally, the two stopped in front of a dilapidated door.

"inside?"

Without any extra words, he unbuttoned the sleeves of his windbreaker.

His windbreaker is a little different from others. The entire right arm of his windbreaker is fastened with hidden buttons. arm--

A mechanical arm composed of copper-yellow metal parts.

Pipelines, gears, pistons, and various mechanical transmission parts are all over every corner of the arm.

After he unbuttoned his sleeve, he also took off the leather glove on his right hand, exposing his palm composed of copper and brass metal.

Slightly raised the little finger of his right hand, and clasped it on the inner side of the metal palm. After a soft sound, his palm, which seemed to be the same size as a normal person, followed the movement of the gears and transmission parts, and the piston in the arm was running. A little white steam came out.

Red, which represents high temperature, accumulates on the inside of the arm.

At the same time, almost when he just unbuttoned his sleeves, several mouse-like mechanical beasts that stayed not far from him crawled back to his side one after another, climbed onto his hands, The arm is disassembled by itself and incorporated into his mechanical arm.

While there's a lot of action, it all happens in less than five seconds.

The mechanical arm opened and closed slightly, and amidst the increasing steam, the captain walked to the door and walked to the dog-shaped mechanical beast called "7174 Construct".

After seeing the other team members gradually close up and signaling that they had surrounded the exits around the house, he rushed forward with his right arm, using his thick mechanical arm as a hammer, and smashed open the dilapidated wooden door.

When he entered the gate, the steam mechanical creatures on the inside of his clothes and on his back were watching all directions while the gears were turning, and gave him an alarm.

but

The expected ambush attack did not happen.

Under the circumstances of being surrounded, the scene of desperately trying to escape did not happen.

Very quiet.

Frowning slightly, he looked at the machines around him on his windbreaker and in his pocket, as if he had received some order, and with the sound of gears turning, he climbed off him, formed a mouse-like shape, and crawled out in all directions.

Under the vigilance of him and other team members outside the house, the search was over.

No one was there.

There is no one in this house.

With doubts, he walked out of the room. After shaking his head to the team members, he looked at the "7174" construct. This dog-shaped mechanical beast did not move at this moment.

It is not that the final location of the person who left the "trace" has been found.

But when the trace reaches here, it is broken.

That is to say.

The "traces" are gone.

How can this be?

The Steam Church's understanding of the "Twilight" pathway is beyond the reach of other churches.

The "traces" that the rangers can see are the "traces" that will definitely be left as long as they affect the material world.

Just like the footprints left in the mud, as long as you step on it, you will leave traces.

Although traces can be covered and disturbed, such traces can only be seen by the twilight path.

If you can't see or feel it, how can you erase the traces in a targeted manner?

However, there are other means.

phantom world.

As long as you can step into the phantom world and leave the material world, you can avoid leaving traces.

Recalling the knowledge about "traces", the captain's mechanical right arm also slowly cooled down.

The hot red metal, which represents high temperature, gradually returns to copper yellow.

"There is no 'trace' left, the other party may have escaped through the Phantom Realm."

After uttering these words, he said unwillingly to Coleman who was standing not far from him:

"Notify the people of the Twilight Church of this news and let them track it down."

"Yes! Captain!"

Coleman tensed his body and responded, but then he seemed to remember something, and said again:

"Captain Doug, when I was in the manor, a Extraordinary disguised himself as someone from a photo studio, used the ability of 'Trickster', and took a dagger that I just found out from my hand."

Hearing this sentence, the man called Doug frowned:

"Cheater?"

"Yes, I'm sure I've been affected on a psychic level."

After Coleman answered, another person who was also present nodded as confirmation.

"Is the Trickster a mystery or an ability?"

Captain Doug asked a question.

"I didn't see what item he took out, I think it should be his own ability. Then he took the dagger"

After Coleman took the dagger away from the other party, he informed Captain Doug about the change of appearance while passing through the hedge wall.

Change appearance informant? Showman? Or a magician's trick?

"...Well, I see, I will compile all these into information and tell the Twilight Church together."

Hearing this, Coleman was taken aback, and he also told the Twilight Church?

Although he hadn't spoken yet, Doug knew what he meant when he saw his appearance, and said in a serious tone:

"The situation this time is quite dangerous, involving the entire city of Diroud. Now is not the time for us to fight among ourselves."

evening.

"Well, although the people in the team are a bunch of eccentrics, obsessed with steel and machinery, they are still logical."

After negotiating with the people from the Twilight Church, Coleman walked towards the bus stop, preparing to return to the stronghold of the Church of Steam, but at this moment, several workers stood there in front of the stop sign, reading a newspaper.

Coleman was not interested in it at first, after all, he had seen a lot of such scenery.

However, after hearing what a few people were talking about, he changed his mind and moved closer.

"He is like a crow, quietly appearing in front of you."

"People who encountered him were speechless."

"Before the opponent draws the revolver, he will put the barrel of the revolver down the throat of the rich merchant, so that the opponent will put down the weapon obediently and tell the place where the money and jewelry are hidden."

"Oh, a vicious thief, this is a robber!"

"But he doesn't ask for money, but he searches for some strange things, sometimes books, sometimes pocket watches, sometimes walking sticks, or a top hat?"

"Hey, why is he so weird? What's the use of grabbing these?"

"I didn't know, that's what was written in the newspaper."