Chapter 992 Curiosity that Makes Me Feel Dangerous

"Mr. Hermes..."

Yasen hesitated a little, with a look of embarrassment on his face.

This iris man with thick black curly hair, who maintained elegance and grace at all times, was as speechless as a big boy who smashed his father's vase.

The great detective from Avalon, Sherlock Hermes... Of course Yassen knew where he was going.

Because the other party was kidnapped from his territory.

Now he made an exception to contact Hawkeye, and in the end it was actually for this matter. He had to save his friend.

"...Before answering this question," Yassen asked cautiously, "I want to know, where did you get this information?"

"Don't be nagging, Lord Yasen."

The Moonchild's words were cold and full of murderous intent, but he still gave a detailed answer: "LeBron's Cafe—that guy told me to go there if I want to contact him. I just asked him not long ago Boss, maybe the guy who knows where that guy is is... He told me that I can find the person I'm looking for at this bar at 12 noon today. "

Hearing this, Yasen breathed a sigh of relief at first——

Not many people know about Leblanc Café, and even fewer know that Mr. Leblanc can find himself.

In fact, Maurice Leblanc is Yassen's "supporter" in his work as a Phantom Thief.

For example, help him transform various alchemy props - such as a shovel that allows him to dig tunnels quickly, a hang glider that can land from high places, a smoke bomb that makes people around him lose their sense of sight and smell, a spray that makes fingerprints or watermarks invisible, etc. Magic props.

The weapons and armor Yasen uses now are also made by him. He is also usually responsible for helping Yasen forge handwriting, documents, and identity certificates, or help him drive to a designated location, or hide him when he is being hunted...

——And the most important thing is to help him sell the stolen goods.

The reason why Yassen is called the Grand Rogue is because he really knows how to "rob from the rich and give to the poor."

After Iris destroyed the nobles, people did not live a good life because of it. In other words, only some businessmen or "new nobles" took their place and became the new big shots. And they are not even as good as the nobles - at least to the nobles, their subjects are personal private property, and to these businessmen, people are just consumables.

Then, "Righteous Phantom Thief" Yassen appeared.

He specifically targets people with bad moral character and unkindness for getting rich, and uses various means to obtain their property - either by stealing, by defrauding, or by asking the other party to give up voluntarily and give it away. Then he will leave a letter of notification to the other party, stating why he came and what crime the other party has committed... Sometimes he leaves it after the action is completed, and sometimes it is simply sent before the action. .

Even the process of his "stealing" is itself a kind of punishment and an art.

For example, for a gang leader who had engaged in human trafficking, he kidnapped his wife and daughter, and in the process they all fell in love with the elegant Yasen; for a businessman who seriously evaded taxes, he pretended to be a tax collector The bureau staff checked his taxes, and when the other party realized that he had been deceived and reported the case, Yasen's anonymous report attracted the real tax bureau staff, so he collected the same amount again... …

The story of the "Phantom Thief" is well known to everyone in Iris. The rich hated him with all their might, while the poor regarded him as a hero.

The most critical thing here is that except for using the money Yasen stole to make props, he will not spend a penny himself. All of them distribute the money to the poor in this way after selling the stolen goods.

For example, a widow who has lost her only labor force and still has a child may suddenly hear someone knocking on the door at night. When she opens it, she will find a letter attached to the door - reminding the other person not to open the door randomly at night, and the accompanying letter. For a few hundred dollars as a bonus; or for poor families where both parents are sick, he will deliver the purchased medicine directly to the home quietly, so as to prevent the children from being cheated out of money by unscrupulous pharmacists when they go to buy medicine.

In this regard, the Iris people have a unique complexity - on the one hand they are victims of society, but on the other hand almost everyone is a perpetrator. Orphans without parents have become professional pickpockets. Poor pharmacists will look at people's orders and even deliberately charge high prices when they are in urgent need. Workers, vagrants, sailors and other physically strong professions often work part-time jobs. A violent black profession, and even illegal reselling of various banned materials.

In Iris, an adult who lives to the age of thirty is basically free from crime. Because of this, people worship Yassen as a hero.

——But obviously, there are not a few big shots who hold a grudge against Yasen.

If Yassen sold the stolen goods himself, he would be caught easily. His apparent identity is Yassen de Vendôme, the husband-to-be of Angélique de Vendôme, the second daughter of the Duke of Vendôme. Although his wife was a full eight years older than him, she was still very beautiful - and she knew Yassen's true identity.

In other words, she herself was once a "big shot" who was stolen by a "phantom thief". Because of her lack of sympathy, she mocked a village girl for being too rustic and dirty, and soiled the hem of her skirt just by passing by. , and one of her rings was stolen by Yassen. He bought the little girl a pair of decent and clean clothes so that she "doesn't have to feel inferior because she cares about her own image"; he also bought Angélique a pair of clean rural clothes and told her "this dress is actually pretty good". Beautiful."

——This kind of meaningless and completely selfless theft is a classic part of the Phantom Thief story.

Yes, Yassen is a follower of the path of devotion.

It's just that during this theft, Yassen had a slight accident... He also stole the other person's heart. Later, when Yassen was forced into a desperate situation, it was Angélique who rescued the other party and took care of the seriously injured Yassen until he recovered.

Later they fell in love.

It was Angélique's cover and intimidation that kept Yassen's Phantom Thief from revealing any flaws; in other words, those who saw the flaws did not dare to attack the Duke of Vendôme's son-in-law.

And Maurice Leblanc is Yassen - or in other words, the spokesperson of the "Phantom Thief" in the underground world. Many people even thought he was the Phantom Thief himself.

He only told this matter to his friend Mr. Hermes in a foreign country... Since the gentleman in front of him knew about this matter, it meant that he was probably a friend of Hermes.

...That arrogant detective actually has Moon Child friends?

Still so fierce...

Yasen suddenly thought of the meaning of this dress, so he asked hesitantly: "Are you... the Pure sect or the Loud sect?"

The inheritance of ritual masters in the ancient Parthian country is divided into "pure sect" and "turbid sect". The Jingpa ritual masters swear not to use materials from the same clan, not to kill people, not to use curses - of course, there are no solid rituals to prove their sect. After all, if such a ritual could be mass-produced, then cracking the ritual itself could be said to be their graduation test. So this doesn't make any sense.

"Purepa."

"Well, I knew it was the Zhuo sect...huh?"

He was shocked.

The Children of the Moon don't use materials from the same species, kill people without rituals, or use curses? !

Is this really possible? Can this really be done?

The vampire with long pale hair squinted his eyes and stared at him coldly: "I'm curious...how did you get to know that guy?

"I heard that he was in Iris, and when he got involved with you, I didn't even know that he actually knew the famous Kaitou Yassen."

"...We have actually only met once. And that was as opponents."

Yassen opened his mouth, admitted his identity frankly, and said in detail without reservation: "Mr. Hermes once came to Iris to listen to the opera. At that time, he encountered a case.

"I sent a warning letter to a rich old businessman with a heart disease, claiming that I wanted to take away his 'heart' because he took away other people's 'hearts'. That bastard is in the real estate business and is in contact with the Eagle Eye Organization In tandem, he used various black means such as deception and intimidation to take down many houses and then bulldoze them all, intending to build his own properties. Many of them were over two hundred years old and were destroyed by him... That was the hard work of many old people. , and another person died of a heart attack after being defrauded of his house.

"But I didn't think about killing him - I would only take away other people's wealth. The value of a luxury like life is not something someone like me is qualified to judge.

"However, while he was listening to the opera, he suffered a heart attack. Because he was used to being alone, he sent everyone away. And he died quietly in the private room alone... When he was found He was almost cold, and even the church pastor didn’t have time to treat him.”

At this point, Yasen complained: "He obviously has a serious heart disease, but he likes to be alone... In fact, I think even if this didn't happen, this person would probably be dead.

"——And because the police found my notice letter on him, I was regarded as a prisoner.

"Just when I was thinking about whether to solve the secret myself, Mr. Hermes pointed out the real murderer very simply. After that, I went to see him... After we fully communicated our opinions, After that, although we still couldn't agree on some things, we have become friends. I have never seen such smart and rational people...

"I will summon him here this time because I have a request from him. Because I encountered a very troublesome case... and when he was almost done with it, he was taken away by a group of people.

"I know those people - they were my father-in-law, the personal soldier of the Duke of Vendôme. I have never seen him since..."

Just as Yasen was narrating, the Moon Son suddenly waved his hand.

Yassen closed his mouth without knowing why. Alice on the side suddenly let out a sigh, looking around in shock and confusion.

——The eagle feather decoration hanging on her chest just shook.

That means someone with an "Eagle Feather" dagger is nearby.

After her last accident, the Hawkeye organization specially gave her this set of equipment for her safety. It can sense the number of people holding eagle feathers around it and immediately send them a rescue signal of "I am here".

Is... is there going to be a fight?

Alice was a little nervous.

But she didn't quite want the Hawkeyes to show up and fight with Mr. Yasin...

They were all poor people's partners, and they all had thieves' business. But when Yasin was hostile to Alice, the hostility to Hawkeye was stronger than the hostility to her "young lady"... This made Alice a little confused.

And the next moment, Alice suddenly opened her eyes wide.

I saw an assassin girl who blended into the shadows suddenly slowly emerged from the shadows behind the white-haired vampire.

"The stalker has been dealt with."

Her voice was quite gentle, but Alice felt that her worldview had become confused:

That was undoubtedly the unique skill of the Hawkeye organization - shadow stealth! Apart from the genius Chloe, only the outstanding members known as "Master Assassins" could master this secret.

Why... the Moon Child and the Master Assassin of Hawkeye mixed together?

Even Yasin was stunned.

At this moment, the door of the bar was pushed open again.

A little girl who looked only eleven or twelve years old pushed the door open unsteadily. What a beautiful little girl she was—she had long black hair, a delicate face like a doll, and a strange sense of inactivity.

But everyone in the bar turned a blind eye to it, and no one told her that "minors are not allowed to enter here." Obviously, she had come in once, or... her guardian was here.

"I checked and there are indeed moon children lurking nearby," the girl walked to the white-haired vampire and sat on his lap intimately, "I ate them all, meow."

As she spoke, she meowed like a spoiled child. It seemed to be hinting at something.

The white-haired vampire was expressionless and knocked her head lightly.

"... Your daughter?"

Yasen asked subconsciously.

—— Hearing this, the vampire actually thought about it!

"Yes."

He answered, but after thinking for a while, he quickly added rigorously: "It is."

"It is!"

The little girl was obviously dissatisfied and shouted loudly: "It is!"

She smiled and stretched out her hand to Yasen, like a little adult: "Hello, Mr. Yasen... My name is Aleister."

"... It sounds like a boy's name, Miss Aleister."

Yasen couldn't help but say something out of turn, but still pinched the girl's fingers as a polite handshake: "Hello."

This name, if read in the language of irises, will become a common male name - or surname.

Alexander.

Yasen always felt that he seemed to have heard this surname somewhere recently.

"In a sense, it is true."

Miss Aleister smiled with a pair of sweet dimples, and inexplicably agreed: "It is true in every sense."

Yasin looked at the strange configuration of the three people in this group:

A white-robed Moon Child from the ancient Parthian Kingdom of the "Thirst Country"; a female Hawkeye assassin master who he trusted enough to let go of his own shadow; and a Moon Child girl with a clear "noble sense", and even the daughter of the white-haired Moon Child...

What a strange group of three! They obviously look like mortal enemies...

--How did they get together? !

Are they all Sherlock's friends?

In Yasen's heart, a curiosity that made him feel dangerous gradually emerged.