Chapter 200 Speculation about the thief
"So you lost the person, but the other person returned the thing?" Purficott looked at the Midas and Flying Rods brought back by Claudia Shi, with a thoughtful expression on his face.
Claudia nodded with an apologetic look on her face, and replied with self-blame: "The other party is very familiar with the terrain of this city. I have always wanted to catch them alive, so I let him He ran away."
Hearing what Claudia said, Purficott touched his chin. He didn't feel angry, but felt that things were interesting: "Interesting, someone can get it from you. The thief who escaped took such a big risk to steal something, but returned it when you almost caught up with him. What was the purpose of this thief? "
There is a thief who comes to steal things? It’s not unusual, it’s nothing more than seeking money and other purposes.
Asking for money is easy to understand. 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 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...
Hiring a thief to steal your own things is easy to understand. 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.
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 I couldn’t escape, I thought of getting rid of the pursuers by returning the lost items. This obviously does not conform to the behavioral logic of ordinary thieves.
For ordinary thieves, they will either throw away the stolen items at the beginning to escape pursuit, or they will hold on to them until they are caught.
The reason for such behavior is easy to understand. The former cherishes life and the latter loves money, both just for survival.
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 be really caught or killed. , and will not give up what he has stolen.
Judging from the fact that the thief gave up the stolen things, he obviously did not think these things were 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 by Claudia all the way, 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. It seems that this thief is somewhat different. 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 until 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 not difficult to maintain a living 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 professions that can best seek good luck and avoid disaster. Even if they are brave and skilled people, they will not say that they are innocent. For money, he would steal 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.
"This possibility cannot be ruled out, but if it is against you, miss, then why didn't he take the things away?" Claudia showed a puzzled expression. She had already lost track of him. In this case, even if the other party takes the things away, she may not be able to find the person. 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, so he can only use This method allows you to come back first with your 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 the thief can last for three days." Claudia was just Purficott's guard, although she was The thief stole important items from Purfict in front of her, which made her lose face, but her first priority is still to protect Purfict.
"Well... let the Governor continue the investigation. If you are unwilling, you can try to find the person." Purficott didn't show much concern about this, but she did it the next moment. He said to Claudia: "In addition, inform the White Bear Knights to seal off the whole 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 something that is important to the empire." Crucial research results, if I can’t get them back, I will start killing people like last time.”
(End of this chapter)