After news of the International Number One Thief being captured in You City reached the world, elite investigators from many countries and Interpol scoffed.
They refused to believe that police in a small county in that Eastern Country could have caught Mike, the International Number One Thief. They were sure it was a fake Mike, put on display to grab people's attention.
They had all experienced Mike's skills firsthand. If he really had been that easy to catch, he would have fallen into their hands long ago.
What's more, police departments in several countries issued statements about Mike.
The gist was that the Mike caught in that small county in that Eastern Country was an impostor, and the people who caught him didn't even have the ability to tell the difference.
They just didn't want to admit it. Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that their countries' police forces were far inferior to those of that Eastern Country?
The police in a small county were stronger than their elite forces?
Interpol's official account went even further and released a statement: We have already pinpointed the location of Mike, the International Number One Thief, and have sent elite investigators to apprehend him. We believe he will soon be brought to justice.
The implication was obvious: they were still hunting for Mike, so the Mike who had been caught red-handed stealing paintings was a fake. And the police in one country had even mistaken that fake Mike for the real one.
Naturally, these reports made their way onto the Chinese internet, leaving people unsure what to believe.
Quite a few people began to wonder if the You City police had made a mistake.
Sometimes, though, facts spoke louder than words. The National Museum in the capital had suddenly taken in a collection of artifacts.