Yu Hai left Latias and Latios's secret garden. Strictly speaking, he had not been lying; there really were matters waiting for him to handle.
A Long had successfully captured the two female thieves. Both were extremely stubborn. Even after falling into A Long's hands, they looked ready to die rather than submit. No matter how A Long interrogated them, they kept their lips tightly sealed and refused to cooperate in any way.
After making some inquiries, A Long was surprised to discover that the two of them were actually dirt poor.
That was right—they were utterly penniless. The two female thieves stole treasures purely to exchange them for money.
The moment they got their hands on money, they spent it extravagantly without restraint. They had absolutely no concept of saving. Their daily lives made that obvious: designer bags, cosmetics, even newly bought yachts that they simply discarded. They were the kind of female thieves who lived exquisitely lavish lives.
No wonder they had been dressed so gorgeously when he saw them before, staying in luxurious hotels and equipped with a pile of high-tech surveillance gear. Who would have thought they were merely penniless frauds putting on a show?
When Yu Hai captured them, he had intended to see whether these two top-ranked experts in the thief world had hidden away any precious collections, or perhaps possessed fat bank balances and cards with strings of zeros.
But now, they had thoroughly disappointed him. Every time they stole something, they could not wait to sell it immediately. Once they spent all the money, they started looking everywhere for new targets. That was precisely why they had set their sights on the Heart Drop of the Water Capital.
Yu Hai made his way to the outskirts where the two female thieves were being