Chapter 738: The Incredible Phantom Thief

"No way, is Phantom Thief Jack's first appearance here?"

Dorothy looked at this somewhat abrupt figure in the crowd and was stunned.

But she hadn't seen this scene in Senior Fan Ni's memory. Clearly, Phantom Thief Jack was supposed to appear last as the finale.

As a genius witch with a photographic memory, she was quite confident in her memory ability, but now this scene in front of her made her doubt whether she had really remembered it wrong.

The homebody Witch quickly pulled up her Memory Palace and compared it with "Trick and Lie" that Senior Fan Ni had watched, and finally was very sure that there was no such strange intrusion in the version of the performance that the Senior had watched.

Then what is going on with that phantom thief Miss below?

Dorothy was a bit confused.

She vaguely felt that things seemed to have become a bit complicated.

However, she was only possessing He Moye now, and her perspective was only the shared perspective of the magician Miss. Soon, the magician Miss was about to look away.

But just as the phantom thief Miss's figure was about to fade from the edge of her perspective, Dorothy clearly saw this elegant and mysterious legendary witch wink at her playfully again, while still making the gesture of putting a finger to her lips, signaling her to help keep it a secret.

"Damn."

Dorothy was startled.

Come on, she was watching a performance now. What is this scene? It crossed the dimensional wall.

The homebody Witch was truly shocked. This scene was just like watching TV and having the protagonist suddenly wave at you and say "thanks for watching"—outrageous.

This plot character really came alive.

If she had seen this scene in her previous life, Dorothy might have suspected that she had really seen a ghost. However, this is a magic world now, so she pondered whether this was some strange sorcery.

Yeah, perhaps this could be a small Easter egg specially added by the two ladies in this performance?

Mmhmm, a phantom thief just happened to be causing trouble in Venus City recently. It's quite interesting to have this kind of small Easter egg at this time, and it can also ride the wave of popularity.

The homebody Witch tried to convince herself like this.

But convince her ass. Not to mention that the two ladies were already top-tier superstars who didn't need to ride any wave of popularity, besides, previously, Lucifer and Senior Miya and the others had all said that today's performance was originally prepared for Phantom Thief Jack; it was a fishing enforcement operation targeting the phantom thief Miss.

The Demon King's love letter she had seen in the plot before was probably the museum's treasure in reality, which was also the bait to lure the phantom thief Miss.

Now, most of the witches in the entire Venus City were in this Witch Opera House, and billions of eyes were now all staring at this big stage.

The two ladies starring on the stage were both top-tier Peak Witches. Previously in the banquet hall, among the big shots of Night City, Dorothy had also felt several terrifying auras. Those must be experts sent by other forces in Night City to hold the line, among whom were also several Peak Witches.

With this luxurious lineup here, even ordinary Sages might not necessarily be able to sneak in silently.

But now, such an accident happened.

Then there is only one answer.

"Damn, this phantom thief Miss wouldn't really be some Sage with special hobbies, right? Ah, this."

Besides this answer, Dorothy couldn't think of any other possibility.

It's just that, if she really is a Sage-level boss, then why would such a boss be discovered by her twice in a row?

The homebody Witch discovered the problem; she smelled the scent of trouble.

"Na na, Senior, are you there?"

She called out to Senior Fan Ni in her heart.

"Yeah, I'm here."

Senior Hat's response also sounded in her heart very quickly.

Although this stage illusion seemed to have pulled every audience member into an independent environment, the current Dorothy was just a spirit body attached to a plot character, and she didn't even have a body, so Senior Fan Ni was naturally not by her side.

But the two had signed a familiar contract, and coupled with the fact that both their spirits were powerful, such spiritual communication was still possible.

"Senior, did you see anything in the performance that was different from the plot you watched before?"

Dorothy asked like this.

She didn't directly ask if the Senior had seen the figure of the intruding phantom thief. After all, that phantom thief Miss had asked her to help keep it a secret twice.

Of course, the Home Witch isn't some pushover who will actually help just because someone asks, but the request of a suspected Sage boss...

Yeah, first of all, I am absolutely not afraid of power; I'm just purely a bit cowardly.

Please, that's a Sage, a nearly omniscient Sage! Even if a boss of this level just complains about you while drawing a circle to curse you, you might really be plagued by bad luck for the next few days, wishing you were dead.

Who wouldn't be cowardly about this kind of thing?

Besides, the person wants to steal the Demon King's love letter, not her Dorothy's love letter. The Demon King herself isn't in a hurry, so why should I worry about that?

"Different places? No, besides the fact that these two teachers' acting skills are much higher than the actors in the performance I watched before, and I think it looks better, there's nothing else different? This is a Sage's script; who would dare to change it blindly?"

"Adaptation is not random editing; detailed explanation is not random talking."

Senior Fan Ni's somewhat puzzled voice sounded in Dorothy's heart.

"Qian Bao, why are you asking this? Did you see something strange?"

Her voice was suddenly excited.

As a professional fun-seeker, Senior Fan Ni's sense of smell in this regard was always exceptionally keen. Clearly, the homebody Witch just asked casually, but she got excited directly.

"No, no, we were watching the same performance. If a true boss like you didn't see anything, what could I possibly see?"

Dorothy quickly denied it.

Alright, now it's confirmed. Even Senior Fan Ni couldn't see that mysterious intruding phantom thief Miss, so the phantom thief Miss was almost 100% a Sage-level existence.

As for why she could see it, the homebody Witch felt it might have something to do with her special destiny of being a "born saint".

Maybe the Sage thought she was also a fellow fun-seeker who liked to play the pig to eat the tiger?

But bosses, I really am just a pig; you go on with your games, don't mind me.

Yeah, I didn't see anything, didn't hear anything; I've been focusing on watching the show, okay?

The homebody Witch silently restrained her mind, pretending that nothing had happened.

Just kidding, anything involving a Sage-level boss is not something a little witch like her can meddle in. She is truly here for a vacation this time, just wanting to peacefully spend a peaceful, ordinary summer vacation or something.

Since she's already in this capital of art, if she doesn't go to see a few more witch stars or take street photos of a few pretty girls, what's the point of coming here?

Yeah, anyway, I won't meddle in anything this time. If anyone dares to pull me into the water, watch out, I'll directly warn them by telling my parents.

Hmph, do you know who my sister is? Regardless of whether you are Peak or Sage, wait until my sister comes, and you'll definitely have no good fruit to eat.

Dorothy thought firmly in her heart.

This peaceful and tranquil vacation, she is determined to have it. Even if the Demon King herself comes, it won't work.

She looked at the "God above God" UR-level talent shining in her heart and felt much more secure.

Although the description of this talent is metaphysical and like a riddle, and she doesn't know what it actually does, and the homebody Witch doesn't dare to try it randomly, but every time she sees this title talent shining in her heart, her heart is always filled with a sense of security.

I am not easy to provoke. Do you know that I have someone behind me?

Even though according to the description of this talent, she seems to be the one on top, but thinking of the only possible origin of this talent, Dorothy says she doesn't dare to think about it; she really doesn't dare to think about it.

In short, no one should talk nonsense. My sister is the eternal god, Dimen.

Just like this, silently praying devoutly in her heart, Dorothy felt much more at ease.

She continued to watch the performance, and later, when He Moye's eyes scanned the audience below again, Dorothy found that the position where the phantom thief Miss had originally been was already empty.

And, she didn't know if her devout prayer to her sister really worked.

Anyway, the subsequent performance was unexpectedly very smooth.

Soon, the plot reached the climax. With the Demon King girl and the Lie girl constantly causing trouble, the atmosphere in this Night City had gradually become full of gunpowder, and everyone had become full of hostility.

It can be said that the whole city had become a powder keg that could explode at any time, just waiting for a suitable person to light a fire, and then it would boom.

And the person who lit the fire soon appeared.

No one knew how that phantom thief Miss appeared, who she was, where she came from, and what her purpose was.

Everything is a mystery.

She seemed to have suddenly appeared in this world. Before this, there had never been any traces of her past, as if she really had no past.

The beginning of everything was just when Night City was living its normal life that day, and suddenly it was discovered that it was "raining" from the sky.

Yeah, a rain of letters.

Countless fluttering envelopes fell from the sky like rain, even though there was no one scattering letters in the sky.

Moreover, after the envelopes fell to the ground, they would disappear like rainwater, as if everything was just an illusion.

Only, if someone reached out to catch the envelope, they would find that it was real.

You can normally open the envelope, and then you will find that it really contains a letter.

A warning letter.

"Good morning, Night City."

"I am Phantom Thief Jack of the Heart, attracted by the voice of the heart that everyone craves."

"But this is not important. What is important is that I will comply with the cravings of your hearts and complete a thing for you that you want to do but dare not do."

"The treasure of the 13 Blood Clans—the True Ancestor Diamond. This is truly a good treasure. It is not in vain that everyone in the 13 clans has been using the resentment of this full city to gestate it for so many years."

"However, after tonight, it will be mine."

"Blood Clan witches, you must work hard. Otherwise, I will not be polite to take your hearts."

"Above."

"Then everyone, see you tonight."

Yeah, this is the content of the warning letter.

At first, the witches of Night City didn't care much about this. They just thought it was another brand-new prank by someone.

Although the tricks this time were quite novel, how could stealing the Blood Clan's secret treasure be possible?

The existence of the True Ancestor Diamond is not a secret in Night City.

Legend has it that this is the treasure manifested by the powerful power after the first Blood Clan witch, the Red Moon Sage Lilith, fell into eternal sleep.

That blood-colored diamond contains the mystery of the advancement of Blood Clan power. If anyone can inherit the power of that diamond, they might become the new True Ancestor and obtain a shortcut to the Sage position.

Anyway, it is very metaphysical, but no one in the 13 Blood Clans has been able to inherit the True Ancestor power within it so far.

Therefore, this secret treasure is usually hidden in the Holy Land of the Blood Clan witches, in the blood pool of the Holy Blood Hall in the center of Night City.

But what kind of place is the Holy Blood Hall? That is the place where the ancient Blood Clan elders choose to sleep.

And it is also the sleeping place shared by the 13 clans.

The 13 Blood Clans are actually not very friendly to each other, and it is said that the 13 clans have a very bad relationship and often fight internally.

But only in the Holy Blood Hall, no matter how big the hatred between the clans is, they will temporarily put it down.

Therefore, those ancient Blood Clan elders who have retired from the world also choose to sleep again. They will sleep in their respective blood coffins and study the mysteries of sorcery.

And the history of the Blood Clan is longer than the history of witches. Who knows how many old monsters are hidden in this Holy Blood Hall?

The True Ancestor Blood Diamond, the Blood Clan secret treasure, is under the guard of the sleeping blood crowns of many old monsters. Stealing it is almost impossible, unless that person is more powerful than all the Blood Clan elders combined.

In short, this is a thing that is almost impossible to do.

Everyone in Night City thinks so, including the 13 Blood Clans who are the targets of the theft. At that time, Blood Clan witches proudly stated that the so-called Phantom Thief of the Heart was just a clown trying to attract attention.

However, although they laughed, the True Ancestor Diamond could not be lost. At that time, the 13 Blood Clans each sent their family experts to the outside of the Holy Blood Hall, setting up a net of heaven and earth, copper walls and iron walls, let alone mosquitoes, even sunlight or air could not penetrate.

However, the face-slapping was so fast.

When the night fell, everything was normal at first, and there was no abnormality in the Holy Blood Hall, and the guards' vigilance was not triggered.

But just in the next second when people were a bit disappointed.

Someone saw a black figure on the roof of the Holy Blood Hall, and the other party was holding the True Ancestor Diamond.

Yeah, it's like seeing a ghost.

The Blood Clan guards didn't find anything, and none of the sleeping elders were disturbed, but Phantom Thief Jack had already stolen her target in full view of everyone.

Everything was just so simple, simple as if it were a matter of course.

Dorothy: "."

Damn, she didn't understand anything this time either.

The homebody Witch is confused. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 739 =====