Chapter Thirty-Three: The Famous Painting is Stolen

  Back to the restaurant, I saw that the several black-clad men who had fallen down earlier were also gone, presumably they had crawled up and escaped. Zhao Tong had been guarding the two girls all along, fearing that Lü Xiao and others would take advantage of Liu Yi's inability to get out of his hands and launch a sneak attack. He had been protecting the two beauties, not leaving their side for an inch, and when he saw the black-clad men run away, he didn't chase after them either.

  Seeing that Liu Yi was fine, the others also felt relieved and wanted to leave after settling the bill. However, the boss had seen Liu Yi's skills, although the fight earlier had scared away all his customers and damaged some of his goods. But he dared not ask for money, fearing that if Liu Yi became unhappy, he would smash up his shop, so he could only pretend not to see anything.

  Liu Yi wasn't that kind of person, seeing the boss suffer a loss, he naturally couldn't just stand by and do nothing. He asked Zhao how much money was involved, took out several hundred yuan, handed it to the boss and said: "Boss, I'm sorry about what happened earlier. However, you also saw that they were the ones who started it, we were forced into a corner. Take this money as a small compensation from me."

  The boss took the money with a trembling hand and said, "Thank you, young man. I know it's their business, how can I blame you for this? You all take care, good people will be safe and sound!"

  Liu Yi and several others got up and rushed back to school. On the way, they met a newspaper vendor, and Zhao Tong bought a copy and started reading it.

  "This is getting serious, the headline actually reads 'Da Vinci's Famous Painting Stolen', Zhao Tong couldn't help but exclaim 'My goodness, this thief is too daring! They even dare to steal Da Vinci's famous painting, they must have eaten a brave leopard's gallbladder! That thing is worth a lot of money, I heard it's worth tens of billions and can't be bought!"

  Liu Yi was also shocked, and immediately thought of the Thief Saint and Jiang Mu Yu. He thought that this matter was probably done by the people of the Divine Thief Sect, it had been a long time since they made a big move, this time it should be their handiwork.

  Thinking of this, Liu Yi took out his mobile phone and dialed Jiang Muran's number. "Hello, is that Jiang Muran? This is Liu Yi."

  "Hello? Liu...Liu Yi, why did you suddenly think of calling me?"

  Liu Yi also didn't like beating around the bush and directly said "Da Vinci's famous painting has been stolen, you should know that?"

  Jiang Muran thought to herself, how did he know this had anything to do with her? "That... his painting was stolen, what does that have to do with me?"

  Liu Yi immediately sensed Jiang Mu Yu's nervousness and asked tentatively, "Wasn't it you who did it?"

  "Uh, no... it's not me... even if it was, what business is it of yours?"

  Liu Yi smiled and said, "What's it got to do with me? Why are you so nervous? Got a guilty conscience or something? Haha."

  Jiang Muran knew he couldn't deceive Liu Yi, so he could only confess.

  It turned out that a few days ago, Da Vinci's famous painting was transported from abroad and put on display at the provincial museum. Many people flocked to see it, and Jiang Muran also received the order from the Saint of Thieves. As an outstanding third-generation disciple of the Gate of Godly Thieves, she was sent to carry out this task. Of course, after completing this arduous task, her status in the Gate of Godly Thieves would be greatly elevated.

  During the day, Jiang Muran had already gone to the museum to carefully survey the terrain and cameras, and confirmed the location of the famous painting.

  By the time it was dawn, Jiang Muran had put on various tools and sneaked into the air duct of the museum. She opened a vent and used a nail gun to destroy the surveillance cameras. Then, she quietly slid down the steel rope, confirming that there were no guards around, she tiptoed to the front of the painting, carefully checking the mechanisms set up around it.

  After confirming the mechanism, Jiang Muran took out various advanced technological products to crack the anti-theft device of this painting. First was the infrared detector, which could sense the presence of objects around it even in the dark night, and Jiang Muran had to carefully avoid it. Then, he quickly jumped into the warning line, because the warning line was also sensitive.

  Then, he began to crack the electronic lock on the famous painting. Of course, as it was a famous painting, the lock was also very difficult to crack, and Jiang Mourain spent a lot of effort on it. The electronic password cracker provided by Dao Sheng was also a high-end technological product at that time.

  Finally, an iron ball of similar weight was hung in the original position where the famous painting was placed. When the famous painting was taken away, the gravity sensor alarm would ring.

  After that, Jiang Mourain took the famous painting and went back along the rope to this row of wind pipes, returning by the original route.

  The whole process lasted nearly half an hour, but Jiang Muran also brought a surveillance device and a wireless device. At the headquarters of the God of Thieves, the thieves were helping to monitor the surroundings, and as soon as they found any guards, the God of Thieves would inform Jiang Muran through the wireless device to quickly withdraw from the scene.

  Fortunately, however, the guard at this point was dozing off in the monitoring room and had not noticed that the camera was broken or come out.

  As a result, the security guard was immediately fired the next day and was also summoned by the police for investigation, as his dereliction of duty could be seen as an act of insider theft.

  Liu Yi said with a sigh, "Looking at the intensity of the police investigation, I'm afraid nothing will come out of it. You're quite lucky, daring to do something so dangerous!"

  Jiang Muran sighed, "A person in the world of rivers and lakes, one's body is not their own, the tasks assigned by the Saint of Thieves must be done, whether you want to or not. However, as a third-generation outstanding disciple of the Divine Thief Sect, even if something happens, there will always be someone else who goes to take the blame."

  Liu Yi shook his head and sighed, "This underworld really has its own set of rules, someone commits a crime and someone takes the fall, haha, it's not bad."

  Jiang Muran, however, did not think so. "You think that when someone gets caught, there's always someone to take the fall for them? I was trained by the Thief Sage for over a decade, and he said my talent is not bad, so he must protect me. But ordinary younger brothers...” Jiang Muran sighed and continued, “Ordinary younger brothers' lives are not that good. Once they get caught, they can only rot in prison."

  Liu Yi nodded and said, "This is normal too. If every little brother had someone to take the blame for him, there wouldn't be so many people."

  The two chatted idly for a few more sentences, and finally Liu Yi said, "Although you weren't caught, it's still best to be careful. If the news gets out, it'll be troublesome. After all, this is something worth a whole city, not like a mobile phone."

  On the other side, Jiang Murui's face turned red with embarrassment, and she said, "Hmph, I know, can we not mention mobile phones from now on?" Ever since Jiang Murui was caught stealing a phone by Liu Yi last time, she had become sensitive to the two words "mobile phone".

  After hanging up the phone, Liu Yi devoted himself wholeheartedly to his studies. This mock exam was also a great confidence booster for him, and he felt that his goal was now within reach.