F-class thief? Sorry, I can steal anything.

Chapter 73 Code Name 'Prime Minister': Your disguise is worthless in the face of the natio

Jiangcheng, Public Security Bureau, top-floor command center.

A wiry man with a scar on his right eye strode over and projected a report in front of Night Eye.

His voice was filled with undisguised solemnity.

"Team leader, preliminary report on the swamp instance."

"The on-site mortality rate is as high as 53%."

"At the same time, Luo Tianyou, the young master of the [Tianxing] guild, has been confirmed dead."

"Based on the testimony of surviving student Wang Fugui and the initial assessment of the military major at the scene, the murderer pointed to a group of mysterious members."

"Based on the footage transmitted from the scene, my subordinates determined that these are members of the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce."

"They killed Luo Tianyou in the fire and forcibly 'kidnapped' Chen Yifan using a strange spatial scroll."

After finishing his report, the scarred man gave his assessment.

"Those lunatics from the Black Gold Guild are getting bolder and bolder!"

"Our planned 'bait'..."

"No need to worry."

Ye Tong did not turn around.

His gaze swept past the briefing filled with conclusions and went directly to the original appendix of the report.

It was a slightly shaky video taken by a military combat recorder.

In the video, a fat man is tearfully accusing several men in black in the distance; his grief and anger seem genuine.

"Team leader?"

Seeing that Ye Tong remained silent for a long time, the scarred man whispered a reminder.

He's lying.

Ye Tong finally spoke, her voice flat and even, as if stating a physical constant.

The scarred man was stunned.

"Lying? But... the military personnel at the scene and Su Qingxue both believed his story, and his emotional reactions were also analyzed using micro-expression analysis..."

"The emotions are real, but the story is fake."

Night Eyes lightly tapped with her fingertips.

A blinding energy fluctuation curve appeared on one side of the light screen.

"A synchronization monitoring report just came from the Energy Center. At coordinates (173.449) within the copy, a highly unstable spatial disturbance occurred half an hour ago."

He zoomed in on the curve, which was covered with violent, irregular spikes.

"This doesn't look like a kidnapping."

"It's more like... a teleportation accident caused by the collision of two different spatial energies."

Night Eyes' fingers traced a line in the air, and the third file was retrieved.

The enormous network of interests of the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce instantly filled the entire light screen.

"The Black Gold Guild is essentially a business guild."

"They value 'rules' and 'interests' the most."

"Especially in an officially organized pioneering operation, assassinating the heir of Jiangcheng's second-largest guild and leaving him alive is not insane, it's stupid."

"The old fox behind the chamber of commerce won't allow such a losing business."

The scarred man paused for half a second.

He felt that his thinking was starting to fall behind the team leader's pace.

"Then... if Wang Fugui is lying, why would he try to smear the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce?"

"Because the real 'killer' is very important to him."

As Ye Tong spoke, he finally pulled up the file that he had personally marked as "S-level".

Name: Chen Yifan

[Occupation: F-rank Thief]

[Potential Assessment: SSS (Highest Threat Level)]

When this file was placed alongside Luo Tianyou's death report and Li Wei's "suicide" file, the scarred man's breath caught in his throat.

Ye Tong's finger traced two blood-red lines on the light screen, starting from the image of "Chen Yifan".

A line of light pierced through Luo Tianyou's already grayed-out death image.

The other path connects to Li Wei.

"It was a coincidence, or it was luck."

"Two coincidences make up the pattern."

Ye Tong turned her head, her emotionless eyes silently gazing at her most capable subordinate.

"This fat student isn't trying to frame the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce."

"In desperation, he simply found a 'scapegoat' who looked most like the murderer to cover up the real 'eye of the storm' behind him."

"What he wanted to protect was this SSS-level thief."

The air in the command room suddenly felt thin.

The scarred man looked at the two blood-red lines extending from Chen Yifan's portrait and swallowed hard.

"Team leader...you mean, Luo Tianyou and Li Wei were both...killed by Chen Yifan?"

This conclusion is too alarming.

How could an F-level thief silently eliminate the heirs of two major powers in Jiangcheng in just a few days?

This can no longer be explained by "potential".

He's an utterly lawless troublemaker.

"It's a conclusion; we still need evidence."

Ye Tong's tone remained calm.

He closed all other files, leaving only Chen Yifan's thin file, which was marked as the highest threat level.

"But we now face a more difficult problem."

Ye Tong's fingertips landed on Li Wei's grayed-out profile picture.

"Luo Zhenshan of [Tianxing] is a lion in the open; he roars, he howls, and he seeks revenge in the most direct way. This kind of enemy is not scary."

"What's terrifying is the other side."

Night Eyes' gaze deepened, as if piercing through layers of mist to see a deeper level of terror.

"After his son's death, instead of reacting excessively, he became more calm and discreet than ever before... a viper."

The scarred man's heart tightened; he instantly understood who the team leader was referring to.

Li Jianhong!

Li Wei's father.

Yesterday, as required by the team leader, a detailed comparison was made of all the prominent figures in Jiangcheng.

The result was beyond expectations.

They actually found their target.

It seems that the system optimized by the "Shenhou" group is working exceptionally well.

"Team leader, we have been following up on Li Jianhong's information. Apart from his unusually frequent business activities, he hardly leaves his house and there are no unusual movements."

"This is the biggest anomaly."

Ye Tong's voice turned cold.

"A beast that loses its cubs neither roars nor seeks revenge; it simply retreats to its den to lick its wounds."

"What do you think it's waiting for?"

The scarred man fell silent.

He was waiting for the perfect, decisive opportunity.

"Connect me to Wang Jianguo."

Ye Tong suddenly gave an order.

The scarred man was taken aback, then immediately realized: "Wang Jianguo? Isn't he...?"

"As someone nurtured by the country..." Ye Tong interrupted him, "even if you retire to a lower-level position, you should still contribute something."

The communication was quickly established.

An image of a middle-aged man wearing a wrinkled police uniform, dozing off in a chair, appeared on the screen.

It was Wang Jianguo.

"What's up?" Wang Jianguo rubbed his sleepy eyes, his voice tinged with a hint of languor.

"Li Jianhong, we have new intelligence."

Ye Tong cut to the chase.

The languid look on Wang Jianguo's face vanished instantly, and a sharp glint flashed in his previously cloudy eyes.

"What level?"

"Highest."

Ye Tong retrieved a file with an encryption level of "top secret" and shared it on Wang Jianguo's communicator.

It was an old, ten-year-old arrest warrant.

The wanted poster depicted a man with a sinister face and wolf-like eyes.

Name: Unknown

Code Name: Hundred Phases

[Class: Unique and Rare Class - The Thousand-Faced Life Thief]

[Criminal Offense: S-Class Treason. Stealing and impersonating a senior military researcher, stealing core data from the "Source Project," causing serious injury to three "Dragon Kingdom Twelve Zodiac" guardians, whose whereabouts are unknown.]

[Bounty: 10 billion Dragon Coins / Capture Alive]

Wang Jianguo's pupils suddenly contracted when he saw the words "Hundred Images".

As a former reserve team member, he knew better than anyone the immense trauma and humiliation that this code name had brought to the entire Dragon Kingdom's security system ten years ago!

"You mean... Li Jianhong is 'Bai Xiang'?"

For the first time, Wang Jianguo's voice carried an uncontrollable tremor.

"70% certain."

Night Eyes' fingertips traced across the light screen.

Li Jianhong's photo is placed side by side with the wanted poster photo from "Bai Xiang" ten years ago.

The two faces are completely different.

"A wanted criminal who committed an S-level treason crime ten years ago has transformed into a billionaire in Jiangcheng."

"Using the identity of 'Li Jianhong,' he blended into the city perfectly, like a chameleon, and remained hidden for a full ten years."

"His disguise fooled everyone."

Ye Tong's voice was flat, yet it carried a chilling quality that could freeze one's soul.

"But he couldn't fool the country."

"During last night's routine cross-referencing, the Skynet database, through triple matching of iris, gait, and voiceprint, finally pointed to his identity as this S-class wanted criminal who had disappeared for ten years."

Wang Jianguo stared intently at the wanted poster, his chest heaving slightly.

He finally understood.

Now I understand why Li Jianhong was so calm after his son's death.

A monster who dares to betray his country and abandon his own identity at will, family ties are probably not even a tool to him.

not to mention……

Li Wei may not be his child at all.

"I see."

Wang Jianguo let out a long breath, all the emotions in his eyes subsided, leaving only an iron-like resolve.

"I'll keep a close eye on him."

"No." Nightshade shook her head. "Your task isn't surveillance, it's cleanup."

Wang Jianguo was taken aback.

Ye Tong's gaze returned to Chen Yifan's file, her voice becoming meaningful.

"The only way to lure out this venomous snake is to cater to its preferences."

"What Li Jianhong wants is the thing that 'Shadow Fiend' is hiding."

Ye Tong paused for a moment, then uttered a word that even Wang Jianguo found unfamiliar.

"【Key Fragment - Shadow】".

A cold smile curved at the corners of Ye Tong's lips.

"We'll spread the word that Chen Yifan killed Shadow Demon, to muddy the waters."

"As for Chen Yifan..."

Ye Tong looked at the file of the F-level thief on the light screen with a playful expression.

"All you have to do is patch up the holes he's created."

I disagree.