291 – [5] Thieves
#291
A scene where SUV occupants are being stolen.
To be precise, I mainly watched the scenes where the masked thief moves quickly.
Of course, I did not watch it at normal speed, but at a much slower playback speed.
I thought I would be able to catch their mistakes more clearly that way.
And not long after, I witnessed the mistake once again.
This was a fatal mistake that even Shannon noticed.
“Huh? “Isn’t this masked thief, Mr. Xian, a temporal psychic?”
“Yes, at first glance, it definitely seems like that.”
There was a slight spatial distortion around the masked thief.
This was a time distortion unique to temporal superpowers.
A phenomenon in which the speed around a psychic user is abnormally distorted, causing light to bend and the remaining space to appear misaligned.
Of course, the flow of time was always out of sync, so the only problem I had was seeing.
“But for something like that, the level of distortion is a bit…….”
The distortion level and movement speed were too low to say that it was only a problem with the view, but if I had used my superpowers, it would have been better than that.
Of course, it wasn’t to the point where I was absolutely sure it was better.
I was just looking at the video captured on CCTV.
It may be different from what you see in person…… There was somewhat.
“Shannon, please watch the real-time CCTV footage for a moment.”
“Yes? “What are you going to do?”
“Let me try to recreate it similarly. “I think we need to find out the extent of the Masked Thief’s time manipulation.”
I went out to the road to check.
I raised my senses lightly, as if I were going out for a drink.
Roughly between 3 and 4 times.
Time accelerated to that extent and hit the floor.
I reached the front door in an instant and then returned to the road.
Hoping that it was captured well on CCTV, I headed to Shannon in the living room.
“Xi, Mr. Xian, you are amazing!”
“Yes?”
“That masked thief from earlier! “The distortion of space was worse than that person’s, and the speed was also very different!”
That much?
I watched the video with a puzzled expression.
“From here to here…… Look at this! It’s the same with the bending of space and the fast speed…… !”
“Umm… ….”
The movement was definitely much faster this way.
The level of space distortion was also overwhelming.
If the other side is shaking, I will be twisted and an afterimage will remain.
The difference was quite large.
“I only found out now, but Mr. Sian, you have really strong superpowers.”
“Is that so? Personally, I just think that side is particularly weak…….”
I compared the Masked Thief’s video with my video.
Two people go from the road to the front door, and from the front door to the road.
Then, one by one, I began to see parts that I had not noticed before.
The masked thief’s capabilities were especially so.
If this side is lying down and eating rice cake and playing at 3-4x speed, the other side feels like it is painfully playing at 1.5X speed.
This was especially true because right before getting into the car, I caught a glimpse of him holding his chest and exhaling.
It was clear that my physical strength and mental strength had completely disappeared in a short period of time.
Although the superpower itself is famous for draining away one’s physical strength and mental strength, it was not to the extent of causing much pain.
Especially if it has been a while since you used it.
He was a terrible psychic.
“Hey, you don’t have to be so humble. “Anyone can see that Mr. Xian’s superpowers are outstanding.”
“Time superpower? Jiang Shi, he is better than other time psychics. “That is correct.”
“…… Huh. Anyway, what on earth is this thief doing?”
How did a guy who can’t even double time do something like this?
And that too against people who are skilled enough to win awards in competitions?
Personally, I thought that thanks to his confidence, we would be able to quickly find him if we just investigated the user of superpowers.
Although there were rare psychics, time psychics were only a handful.
This was Puerto Rico, an island region.
Excluding illegal immigrants and illegal immigrants, we will be able to fully investigate everything.
“What are you doing, bastard?” … Hmm…… “Isn’t it just a petty thief?”
“It’s not like it was just a petty thief, but a thousand products were stolen. “It was clearly planned.”
“That’s right! “Common sense tells us, what are the chances that the same guys rob the same house twice in one day?”
“That’s right.”
But the problem was why the robbery was planned.
No matter how you look at it, our stuff isn’t valuable enough to be systematically robbed…….
“Wait a minute, it’s not just ‘us’ who got robbed, right?”
“…… ?”
“You said we were the only ones robbed?”
Shannon looked at him curiously.
But now, ‘we’ was a word limited to me and Cheonmaly.
“Not Mr. Shannon. “Shannon is scheduled to receive it tomorrow anyway.”
“That’s right.”
“But what about the three Chinese people? What about those who took lectures together and even won awards in competitions?”
Considering that we are scheduled to receive it today or tomorrow, they must have already received it or are scheduled to receive it soon.
To put it another way, it means that you may have received it but did not receive it.
“They could have been robbed too? But the thieves reached their location—”
“If we were robbed, is there any reason why they shouldn’t be robbed as well?”
The winner’s residence may have been exposed due to a mistake on the part of the Academy.
Or the winner’s residential address may have been obtained through other illegal means.
Anyway, it was clear that the thieves knew the home address.
Unless it was a coincidence, it meant that they had somehow secured our residence and receipt date.
“I need to call you right away.”
If so, it was the worst situation.
The product they were receiving right away was what I wanted.
It had to be there.
Only then could we have a truly happy ending.
I called right away.
However, as soon as I received it, I heard a disturbing sound.
“…… ? Mr. Fay?”
“Oh. Sian, I’m sorry! Things are a little bad right now! “Can you please come to my house instead of calling me?!”
What is it?
Why are you asking me to come?
* * *
And it didn’t take long for me to face the reason I was asked to come.
When I headed to the address given by my self-proclaimed fan, Fei, the Chinese Three Musketeers came out with expressions of loss.
They are beyond sagging.
I sat down and stared at the box with only its shell left on the floor.
I felt like I knew what the situation was without having to say anything.
When I approached him and talked to him for a bit, I got the exact answer I had intuitively felt.
“We were robbed too.”
“… ….”
“I think I’m screwed.”
Well, that’s right.
It seemed like the thieves were determined to steal the competition prizes.
“Who on earth did this?”
“I see. “I can’t believe the prizes for first, second, and third place in the competition were stolen like this.”
“Isn’t this something the student council or the academy did because they didn’t want to give out prizes?”
“There is a possibility…… “Is there any reason to do that?”
“That’s…… “It’s like that again.”
A moment when I can only laugh at the vague guess.
When I raised my head slightly, I could see things attached to the bodies of the Chinese Three Musketeers.
Band and patch applied to the surface.
Actually, they were fine until this Friday.
What is it?
“Anyway, did you three fight with anyone? “I remember there was no band or pas until Friday.”
“Ah…… This one? “In this situation, there is only one reason to wear a band and a patch.”
Syaoran responded by tapping the area where the paste had been applied.
I’m going crazy.
“I can’t believe thieves made you three like this…… “Are you okay?”
“What…… That’s okay. “I got injured while fighting against thieves to keep my package from being taken away, so it’s not to the point of being seriously ill.”
“Well, it’s a good thing─ Wait, you mean ‘thieves’?”
There wasn’t just one thief?
There was only one of us, but there were multiple Chinese musketeers?
“Yes, thieves.” There were roughly 6 people…… “Wasn’t that the number of thieves who stole Xian’s things?”
“There was only one of us. “A thief just secretly took it and ran away.”
“Ah…… Because we catch people who try to steal packages. “The rest poured out of the car.”
These kids.
You were more determined than I thought.
“Ha, crazy.”
“So, all three of us tried to hold on by working together…… A stick was pulled out from the other side and it stopped…….”
So, only the box remained and the contents were taken out.
While fighting while holding on to the product, the delivery box was torn, and the guys ran away with the contents that fell out.
“Which bastards are they? “Why are you suddenly stealing this?”
“I guess so.”
“Did you have any characteristics of thieves?”
“What are the characteristics? Not really…….”
“Ah! “There was one!”
Fay raised his hand.
Her eyes seemed full of confidence.
“Chinese! “I wrote Chinese!”
“It’s Chinese…” … ?”
“To be exact, this is what the thieves said briefly. Anyway, it was Chinese with a local pronunciation!”
However, there is a possibility that it is not Chinese…….
No, no.
“Oh, right. It felt like it popped out a bit out of habit. “They all seemed to know how to use Chinese.”
“I couldn’t actually see his face because he was wearing a mask…… “First of all, it is clear that he is Chinese.”
Now that I think about it, these three people are also Chinese.
The possibility of getting it wrong was infinitely close to 0.
“Maria, are there a lot of illegal Chinese people in Puerto Rico? “No, was there a Chinese gang?”
“Chinese…… I think there might be at least one. “There is such a thing as a triad in the first place.”
“Or maybe he’s an academy cadet staying legally. This could have been done at the instigation of a gang…….”
“That could be possible.”
It sounded even more plausible since there are not many illegal violent organizations in Puerto Rico.
But all of this was always just speculation.
There is only one means to change this from speculation to truth.
It was a lengthy investigation by the investigative agency.
“First of all, did you report it to the police?”
“Not yet. Should I report it now?”
“No, even if you do, do it tomorrow.”
“Yes?”
So it was inevitable.
If the investigation continued for a long time, it would be possible to gather evidence such as supernatural powers and arrest him.
The problem was next.
Even if we catch them, will we be able to get our items back?
Due to the nature of criminal organizations called thieves or gangsters, they would be sold somewhere as soon as the opportunity arose.
If I waited, I could have lost all my products.
I had to avoid that much.
For this reason, what we needed now was not a legal and lengthy process such as an investigation.
An instantaneous yet illegal measure was needed to quickly find these guys.
Thank goodness.
There was only one thing that was suitable for us.
“Shannon, you said you were scheduled to receive the product tomorrow, right? “What time do you receive it?”
“Let’s see, it’s scheduled for 5 o’clock tomorrow. But why is that?”
“There are no lectures, so I have a lot of time left, which is nice.”
Just the right time.
There could be no better conditions than these to implement measures.
“Because Mr. Shannon’s stuff hasn’t arrived yet. “Let’s use that as bait to chase them down.”
“Oh, that’s right. Shannon’s package hasn’t arrived yet?! “Then that’s good!”
“That…… “That’s a pretty good idea.”
“That’s a really great idea. “I think delivery bait is enough to catch them.”
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“Oh. “Xian, are you a genius?”
It seemed like it was well liked by my acquaintances.
Those who lost their parcels nodded, saying it was a very reasonable idea.
“Yes? Yes?!!!”
Of course, it was not a reasonable idea for the parties involved.
Shannon’s voice and eyes widened and his tail twitched.
“Uh, uh, why…” … ?!”
She looked back at us, half in shock, half in tears.
It felt strange to see the look in his eyes that there was no one he could trust.
But what can we do?
We are not strangers, we are ‘friends’.
Isn’t it possible to ‘borrow’ that item for a while and utilize it?
I believe that if Shannon is a kind-hearted person, she will fully understand.
“Oh, no, I-I…” ….”
Will you do it?
I will believe it.