Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 200 Speculation about the thief

"So you lost the person, but the other person returned the things?" Purficott looked at the Midas Rod and Flying Stone brought back by Claudia with a thoughtful expression on his face.

Claudia nodded with an apology on her face and replied with self-blame: "The other party is very familiar with the terrain of this city. I always wanted to catch him alive, so I let him run away."

Hearing what Claudia said, Purficott touched his chin. He didn't feel angry, but just felt that things became interesting: "It's interesting that a thief who can escape from you took such a big risk to steal." What is the purpose of this thief when you almost caught up with him and returned it?"

It's not unusual for thieves to steal things, just for money and other purposes.

It’s easy to understand asking for money. Isn’t it true that thieves steal things just to steal valuable things in exchange for money? It can be said that the thief industry has been born for this since ancient times.

As for having other purposes, it is easy to understand. Spies from other countries want to obtain confidential information from themselves, or someone knows that they have the Philosopher's Stone and wants to steal it, etc...

It's easy to understand why she hired a thief to steal her own things. After all, if she were herself, she would consider using this method when encountering the same thing.

So Purficott is not surprised at all as to why the thief appears.

What really made her curious was how the thief stole and why he stole.

Judging from the thief's theft process and subsequent escape, it is clear that he did not commit the crime as part of a gang with careful planning and accomplices. It is very likely that he was just one person.

For ordinary thieves, they either throw away the stolen items in the first place to escape pursuit, or they hold on to them until they are caught.

It’s easy to understand why they behave like this. The former cherishes life and the latter loves money, both just for survival.

Relying on his magical ability to disguise himself, he sneaked into the venue, and then pretended to bump into him to steal. After he succeeded, he wanted to leave the scene quickly, but he was chased all the way by Claudia, an assassin.

In the end, because he couldn't escape, he tried to get rid of the pursuers by returning the lost items. This obviously did not conform to the behavioral logic of ordinary thieves.

If a thief only steals things for money, then he will not risk his life to steal things. When he has clearly foreseen that his theft may bring him unbearable danger, the thief will choose to stop the theft or give up the theft. The property that comes.

But if the stolen thing is very important to the thief, for example, it can be exchanged for life-saving money, or the thing is more important than the thief's life, then the thief will not give up even if he is really caught or killed. Stolen things.

Judging from the fact that the thief gave up his stolen items, he clearly did not consider them more important than his life.

But according to Claudia’s account, the thief obviously did not consider throwing away the stolen things from the beginning to get rid of suspicion.

But after being chased all the way by Claudia, and even almost catching up with him several times, and even injuring him, he left the things behind when there was almost no hope of escape. This shows that this thief is somewhat capable. Unique. The purpose of leaving the things was to divert Claudia's attention and make her give up the pursuit and instead send the things back first.

He didn't return the things until it was almost impossible to escape, which proved that he didn't think he could escape before he really had no way to escape. This is enough to show that this thief has sufficient confidence in himself.

Coupled with his magical ability to disguise and his ability to chase Claudia all the way and finally lose her, these can prove that he is an extraordinary professional.

Although in the Victoria Empire, most extraordinary professionals are knights, alchemists, and a small number of magicians, this does not mean that there are only so many extraordinary people or extraordinary professions in the world.

For example, in churches, although most of their pastors are ordinary people, there are still some extraordinary professionals who have mastered divine power.

As for the existence of extraordinary thieves in society, it is not uncommon. Although it is indeed rare, it is not to the extent that it does not exist.

At least Purficott knew that the Imperial Intelligence Department had a few extremely skilled thieves who were specially used to steal all kinds of confidential information from the enemy.

Although not everyone can live a very rich life as an extraordinary person, it is still not difficult to make ends meet and live a good life.

In Purficott's opinion, this thief probably did not steal for the sake of livelihood. After all, thieves are one of the most professional professions that seek good fortune and avoid disaster. Even if they are talented and bold, they would not say that they would do this just for money. Theft was committed in the presence of the colonial governor and the imperial earl, challenging the security capabilities of the governor's palace.

For them, the risks and benefits are not proportional to this.

"Do you think that thief was hired by someone to specifically target me?" After ruling out the possibility that the other party might have come to steal from him because of money, Purficott had to consider more and at the same time it was more serious. possibility.

"I don't rule out the possibility, but if it's against you, miss, then why didn't he take the things away?" Claudia showed a puzzled expression. She had already lost the other party at that time. At this time, the other party even took the things away. She may not be able to find the person even if the thing is taken away. This does not conform to the behavioral logic of purposeful theft.

"It's easy to understand why he didn't take the things away. The thief should have been around you at the time. If he didn't leave the things behind, you would definitely have to continue searching. He has no chance of getting rid of your pursuit. He can only be taken away in this way. Come back first with the things instead of continuing to chase him." Purficott could understand the logic of tail-cutting to survive, but it was still difficult for her to understand why the other party came to steal her things.

"Miss, do we still want to continue to pursue this matter? The scent mark I left on that thief can last for three days." Claudia was just Purficot's guard. She lost face after stealing important items from Te, but her first priority is still to protect Perfect Cote.

"Well... let the Governor continue the investigation. If you are unwilling, you can try to find the person." Purficott didn't care much about this, but she said to Claudia the next moment : "In addition, inform the White Bear Knights to seal off the entire city before the thief is caught. I will arrest all the thieves and those related to them and torture them. I will say that I have lost a research result that is vital to the empire. , if I can’t get it back, I will start killing people like last time.”

(End of this chapter)