Chapter 420

"Please, I was the one who found him first. If it weren't for your gaming experience, I would have killed the game already."

The Queen rolled her eyes at him. "It's hard to say who will win or lose until the very end. Continue."

After saying that, Losweiser walked down another path.

Leon smiled, turned around, and walked in the opposite direction from Losweiser.

Will, on the other hand, continued his escape.

"Looks like I underestimated those guys from the royal family. They must have been trained, otherwise they couldn't have caught up with me so quickly!"

Thinking of this, Will quickened his pace, trying to leave the two men far behind.

Unfortunately, the once-renowned master thief has stumbled this time.

A few minutes later, Will darted into an alley.

Just when he thought he had successfully shaken off the man and woman, a familiar voice came from around the corner ahead.

"Run! Why aren't you running anymore?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Leon appeared directly in front of Will, blocking his way.

Will gritted his teeth and turned to run.

However, their escape route had already been blocked by the black-haired woman.

The couple sandwiched cheese between two buns, surrounding the thief.

Will looked left and right, then turned to the side, pressing his back tightly against the wall to avoid being ambushed by one of them.

Little did they know, these two didn't need a sneak attack to take him down.

The couple slowly walked towards each other, finally standing side by side, and then turned to look at Will, who was huddled in the corner.

"It seems like I won," Losweiser said.

"Nonsense, I won."

"Hmph, then... rock-paper-scissors?"

"Come on, come on, are you afraid of me?"

And then, a scene that left Will dumbfounded unfolded.

These two idiots were able to easily catch up with him and then play rock-paper-scissors without even breaking a sweat!

Are you even human?

I'm doing some market trading here!

While the couple were playing rock-paper-scissors, Will glanced towards the alley exit.

He knew he couldn't outrun those two even if he ran, but he looked towards the alley entrance because he saw someone who could save his life.

"N-Nachiao!!"

Will, as if grasping at a straw, scrambled toward Nacho, who happened to be passing by.

Nacho had originally intended to use the disguise of a beggar to wander around the central city and see if he could gather any useful information.

But as soon as Nacho heard Will's voice, he felt an urge to die.

Why is that hot-blooded young man still haunting me?

"Nacho!"

Will rushed to Nacho and quickly pulled out the wallet he had just stolen from Leon.

"Look, look at this. I stole this from someone in the royal family. Can it be considered a pledge of allegiance to the Lionheart Society?"

Nacho looked down and was immediately taken aback.

This wallet... it looks kind of familiar.

"Where are the 'royal people' you're talking about?" Nacho asked.

"Look! Those two over there are them!"

Will pointed into the alley.

The couple paused their rock-paper-scissors game and turned to look at them.

Upon seeing that the other party was actually Leon and Losweiser, Nacho, whose face was disguised, was momentarily at a loss for what expression to make.

Leon and his wife were also bewildered; what was Nacho doing here?

The three of them looked at each other, but no one said a word.

Finally, it was Will who broke the silence.

"Hey! You two, weren't you all so smug just now? Why are you all so down now?"

"...Hey—" Nacho tried to stop the guy from going crazy.

However, Will acted as if he hadn't heard a thing and continued to gloat.

"Let me tell you, I'm actually a member of the Lionheart Society, specializing in robbing the rich to help the poor. If you two just leave obediently and pretend nothing happened, then when Leon Casmod leads us to overthrow the Empire, we might even leave you some inheritance."

"Leon... Casmod?"

"Yeah, what, you haven't heard of this man's name before?"

Leon grinned. "Hmm... never heard of it."

"You really are all talk and no action!"

Leon:...

"In short, all you need to know is that Brother Leon will lead us into the next new era."

"Will, I advise you to shut up."

"What's wrong? Oh right, right, we have to keep things confidential outside and not leak information about the organization. I understand that rule."

Will quickly racked his brains, glancing at the couple in the alley.

"But they already know who we are, so maybe—"

As he spoke, Will made a "neck-slashing" gesture.

Nacho silently covered her face.

"Really, I'm begging you, just shut up."

Will scratched his head. "What's wrong?"

Nacho slowly raised his hand and pointed at Leon.

"He is not a member of the royal family."

Will paused, blinking blankly. "Then he is...?"

Before he could finish speaking, a large, scarred hand suddenly slapped onto Will's shoulder from behind.

Will's small body trembled, as if an electric current had run down his spine, and goosebumps instantly rose on his skin.

"I am Leon Casmod, can I have my wallet back?"

128 I'm smarter than a monkey!

Leon took the wallet from Will.

When I looked up at him again, the master thief had lost the swagger he had shown ten minutes earlier.

His lips were pale, and he was sweating profusely. Even though he was wearing slightly loose straight-leg pants, you could see that his legs were trembling slightly.

That's quite normal, after all, a master thief who has always longed to join the Lionheart Society could never have predicted that one day he would actually steal from the Queen of the Lionheart Society.

Leon looked Will up and down, noting he looked quite young, and then asked...

"How old are you this year?"

"Ten, eighteen..."

"To be honest," Nacho said in a deep voice from the side.

Will immediately corrected himself, "Seventeen! My eighteenth birthday is in two months!"

"Oh, shouldn't someone that age be in school? Why would they drop out to become a thief?"

"Brother, my profession isn't thief," Will explained earnestly.

Leon raised an eyebrow and looked down at his wallet, which he had just recovered.

"If you're not a thief... then what are you?"

"A chivalrous thief! — Ouch! That hurts..."

Nacho then smacked him on the back of the head.

"This little brat hasn't read many books, but he's got a whole repertoire of excuses."

Will scratched his nose and gave an awkward laugh. "Well, actually my Dad found me a decent job a while ago. Being a Robin Hood is just—ah, ah, a thief, a thief. Being a thief is just a side job for me."

Nacho chuckled and raised his foot as if to kick his butt.

But Will skillfully dodged it.

Leon smiled and said he had never heard of anyone who treated thievery as a part-time job.

Don't these kinds of people usually only appear in all sorts of fantastical comic books?

During the day, they are miserable office workers, suffering from the temper of their bosses and colleagues, but at night they transform into masked superheroes or cynical villains.

It's quite rare to see someone like Will, who disguises himself as a thief.

"If you're this good at your part-time job, you must be even better at your main job, right?" Leon joked.

Will hummed in agreement, "Oh, no, bro, I just work as a night watchman in a warehouse."

Before Leon could comment on Will's job performance, Nacho began to mock him.

"What's the difference between making you a warehouse watchman and making a monkey guard the peach orchard?"

"Hey, Brother Nachjo, you can't say that."

"Then how should I say it?"

"I'm much smarter than a monkey!"

Nacho covered his face in exasperation once again.

This is one of the reasons why he didn't want Will to join the Lionheart Society.

Aside from his age, this guy is sometimes really unreliable.

During this time, Nacho also investigated Will's background and confirmed that he was a native of the Empire.

The family originally lived in the Lower City, but through Will's father's hard work, they gradually climbed up to the midtown area and started some small businesses.

But as everyone knows, when doing business in the Empire, you might make a small profit, but the Empire will never lose.

Those who are oppressed are the businessmen who have no background or power.

Therefore, in theory, Will could have joined the Lionheart Society.

This arrogant kid is just... a bit too hot-blooded.

"What kind of warehouse would hire you to be a night watchman? Hasn't your reputation as the master thief already spread throughout the central district?" Nacho asked.

"The locals all know I'm a chivalrous thief, but outsiders don't. This warehouse wasn't built in the central district; it was temporarily erected by the royal family on a piece of land borrowed from the central district."

After a pause, Will's tone shifted, and he said angrily,

"I get angry whenever I think about this. They clearly occupied land in our central district, but the rent is only half of the normal rate. They call it 'royal requisition, your honor.' Ha, bullshit! I'll burn that lousy warehouse down sooner or later."

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Leon and Losweiser exchanged a quick glance.

The couple had a perfect understanding, and everything was understood without words.

"What is that warehouse used to store?" Leon asked.