Of all the cases Shade handled at the end of the summer of 1854, the one that left the deepest impression on him was the "The 10-Pound Rhodes Card Heist."
Simply put, on the night before Biford Auction House in the city was due to auction two precious Rhodes Cards, its warehouse was secretly infiltrated, and the thief stole two Special Rule Cards valued at 380 pounds.
Not only had they been stolen, but before leaving, the thief had left behind a total of 20 pounds in banknotes—10 pounds per card.
This was practically a provocation. Even His Majesty Larus III of Yodel Palace took notice, so city hall and the police station immediately treated it with great importance.
Ridgewich Field not only handled it as a special case, but also spent a considerable sum hiring detectives in the city to assist with the investigation. Naturally, this included the repeatedly successful "Hamilton of Leijed."
At the time, Shade's Founding Light was being appraised at the Seer Association. Though the odds were slim, worried that the thief might target his own cards as well, Shade decisively accepted the commission and actively pursued the case.
Since Biford Auction House in Tobesk City was a local branch of Cassandra Auction House (Chapter 589), Shade used Grandma Cassandra's authority to liaise directly with the auction house's staff. This allowed him to learn certain things the auction house was reluctant to tell the police.
After a series of investigations and evidence collection, including a clash with the local gangsters, Shade successfully arrested the thief and buyer in a warehouse in the western industrial district two days after the incident, just as they were preparing to trade the stolen goods.
Shade remembered the case so clearly because he had encountered the "Rhodes Card thief," but compared