Chapter 969: Quiet Home

At the street corner of Saint Delan Square, the night was quiet, and the two gunshots did not break the heavy night.

Through the thin mist of the night, Xia De saw his opponent fall to the ground. He blew the muzzle of the Luger revolver in his hand and was about to fire another shot when he suddenly felt an extremely weak force trying to snatch the right to use the gun in his hand. Of course, he wouldn't let go, and the opponent clearly didn't have the ability to snatch the gun in his hand.

【Do you want to perform a strength confrontation?】

"Of course not, I'm just an ordinary person."

Thinking in his heart, Xia De lifted the corner of his coat, revealing the other holster at his waist.

The power of the spell "Move Object" shifted immediately, and the holster containing the 【Gun of Kindness】 flew into the hands of the man on the opposite side who was dizzy from serious injury.

If it were according to his own will and thoughts, this should be an attempt to obtain the other revolver in Xia De's hand, or to deflect the direction of Xia De's muzzle. But because his consciousness was blurred, he could only act according to the instructions he received, so he pulled out Xia De's second revolver, the 【Gun of Kindness】, without hesitation, and pulled the trigger at Xia De, who was smiling in the light of the gas street lamp.

The silence spell reduced the sound of the muzzle, and the fired bullet flew past Xia De's side face and hit the street lamp pole beside him. After leaving a mark on the surface of the black street lamp pole, the bullet reflected back at a magical angle and hit Jogori Dius's head directly.

"Oh, oh..."

Strange sounds came from his throat, and then he finally fell down completely.

Cat meows came from behind, and "Duo Luo Qian" holding Little Mia walked out from behind. But that was not the writer lady. They had swapped again in a situation Xia De didn't know.

The pale Lei Qianya said:

"He used your firearm, passed three luck big failures, and was killed by the ricochet of the pistol."

The 【Gun of Kindness】 makes the killer hurt himself, makes the suicide unable to hurt himself, and it has the characteristic of "cannot be perceived". So Captain Rads fired eight shots and didn't die, and he and others didn't find anything wrong. Therefore, when the characteristics of the 【Gun of Kindness】 were triggered, Xia De didn't stop it, and the people playing the game didn't hear "because of the characteristics of the relic", but naturally occurred accidents according to the rules. No one would doubt the reason why Xia De won this contact battle, at most they would praise Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's luck as quite good.

"The story continues to be told, Master Thief Jack has found what he wants to steal. Xia De, you must go home as soon as possible."

Lei Qianya informed Xia De of this, holding Little Mia tightly, trying to get more warmth from the cat. The high-frequency swap made their state very bad, but holding Mia seemed to be able to feel the spiritual power recovering rapidly. Now the princess only felt a splitting headache, and they had never swapped soul positions so frequently except on the "Day of the Red Butterfly".

"How did you swap again... Okay, I also received instructions to go home as soon as possible and escape the murderer."

Xia De looked at her with some heartache, pointed to his forehead, and then rummaged in his pocket, took out a small bottle and threw it over:

"No. 4 holy water, although it doesn't work well for your situation, it might be effective. Don't save it for me, this is very cheap. Don't swap with Duo Luo Qian again next time. The two who can scout the location of 【Master Thief Jack】 are all dead, Master Thief Jack will disappear on the story map that Miss Beiya is looking at. She can't let me scout, which will expose many things, so the next thing needs to be solved by myself."

In the case of only one story character left, Yin Yi Yi Lu Na can admit defeat to end 【Dice Story Collection】. Now Yin Yi Yi Lu Na didn't admit defeat, which was very consistent with Xia De's idea. After all, without the power of this Angel-level relic affecting reality, Xia De was not sure whether he could really catch that thief.

Lei Qianya nodded, holding Xia De's cat, crossed the gas street lamps one by one, and walked quickly toward the two people she saw. When Xia De walked to his door at a normal walking speed, the doctor and the priest had already understood the key content. Because 【Dice Story Collection】 prohibits passing all information of the game to people outside the game, to prevent people trapped inside the relic from being realized by people outside, the doctor and the priest only knew the relic's characteristics and that Xia De was conducting something related to "catching Master Thief Jack", and didn't know what the storytellers told.

Of course, Lei Qianya couldn't ask the doctor and the priest what happened here just now. The world itself is full of various unknown puzzles. Some things, if they have nothing to do with themselves, don't know if they don't know, and excessive exploration will only cause trouble.

"The detective's luck is really not very good."

Doctor Shi Nai De said to Priest Ao Gu Si, and the two hurriedly retreated to a position far away from the door of No. 6 Saint Delan Square, and then watched Xia De walk over normally and take out the key to open the door.

After he entered the door, Lei Qianya took out the key again and opened the door. The priest and the doctor didn't comment on the fact that she had the key to Xia De's house.

Xia De, who entered the door first, had already changed his shoes in the foyer, turned on the gas lamps in the foyer and stairs, and then walked toward the second floor holding the stair railing.

【So sure that the thief is on the second floor?】

"There is only furniture on the first floor, no 'items touched by the King', I don't believe that 【Master Thief Jack】 of the Sage level (level 2) has the ability to enter the hidden space of the basement. There are only Luweiya's items on the third floor, and I have already asked her to put away sensitive items. As for the attic, that is where Duo Luo Qian puts reader letters. So, the thief is definitely stealing in Room 1 on the second floor. Just now we opened the door downstairs directly, it is impossible to have time to run from the second floor to other positions."

The sound of shoes stepping on the wooden stairs is the sound Xia De likes most when he goes home every day. But at this moment, the echoing sound is like a reckless sound that disturbs the evil spirit in a horror story.

He walked while looking at the top of the stairs:

"Since the story hasn't ended, it means that the thief is likely still at home. 【Dice Story Collection】 thinks I have a possibility of catching it. Can you feel the thief's position?"

【No, it is currently an ordinary thief. Although the whispers element will not be completely eliminated, it is difficult to be detected. You need close contact, or force it to use more power.】

"There are not many places in the house that can hide a living person. According to my understanding of this place, it is not difficult to find it."

Xia De thought while sitting on the sofa at home, taking out a notebook and starting to write. This is a note to be given to Lei Qianya and the others in a while. This time, he is not alone. ===== CHAPTER 970 =====

"The first floor only has furniture; there are no 'items touched by the King.' I don't believe the Sage-level (Level 2) 【Phantom Thief Jack】 has the ability to enter the hidden space in the basement. The third floor only has Luweiya's items, and I have already had her put away sensitive items. As for the attic, that is where Dorothy places reader letters. Plus, the second room on the second floor is empty, so the thief definitely stole from the first room. We opened the downstairs door directly just now; it couldn't have had time to run from the second floor to other locations."

The sound of shoes stepping on the wooden stairs was the sound Xia De liked most every day when he returned home. But at this moment, the echoing sound was like a clumsy noise in a horror story that disturbed an evil spirit.

He looked up the stairs as he walked:

"Since the story hasn't ended, it means the thief is likely still in the house. The 【Dice Story Collection】 believes I have a chance to catch it. Can you sense the thief's location?"

【No, it is currently an ordinary human thief. Although the whisper elements won't be completely eliminated, it is difficult to detect. You need close-range contact or to force it to use more power.】

"Stronger when facing the strong, this is really..."

When using the key to open the door just now, Xia De noticed that although the lock was intact, there were scratch marks on the keyhole. And now, walking along the stairs to the second floor, although he couldn't see clear clues, his intuition was telling Xia De that someone had definitely broken into his home.

The second floor lights were not on, just as if it were exactly the same as when Dorothy left last. Xia De first turned on the hallway light, then twisted on the living room gas lamp, and at a glance, he saw that one thing was missing from the living room:

"My antique knight sword from when I was knighted is gone. So it was this."

That sword was originally hung by Xia De on the living room wall to fully demonstrate his status and show his professionalism when clients visited. Because he could see it every time he looked up upon entering the door, it was easy to discover the sword's loss at this time.

"Oh, I've been robbed! That damn thief stole my knight sword!"

Although he knew that the people performing the story couldn't hear his every word, Xia De still stood at the top of the stairs and said it very exaggeratedly. There were no footsteps on the stairs behind him, but Xia De knew his companions were all there; the silence spell and their respective sorcery were concealing their sound and position.

"The windows are all closed, and I didn't see any suspicious figures on St. Deran Square just now. Could it be that the despicable thief is still in my home?"

He said loudly again, walked into the room, and stood in the center of the living room, looking around his home. Having lived here for half a year, Xia De regarded every inch of this land as his complete property. Being invaded by a thief now, he was honestly quite annoyed. Plus, 【Phantom Thief Jack】 had once stolen from Dorothy; no matter what, Xia De would not let him go this time.

"Still can't find it?"

【Yes, the opponent is now almost equivalent to an ordinary person.】

Blinking his eyes, 【Blood Echo】 couldn't find fresh bloodstains; after all, it was just a thief, not a murderer. Then, using 【Echo of the Past】, it was a pity that when Phantom Thief Jack stole, he didn't have the habit of talking to himself, let alone saying things like "Yes, I'm going to hide in the wardrobe" while hiding.

"There aren't many places in the house that can hide a living person. Based on my knowledge of this place, finding it won't be difficult."

Xia De thought while sitting on the sofa at home, taking out a notebook to start writing. This was a note to be given to Princess Lei Qianya and the others in a while. This time, he was not alone.