Chapter 85: The Little Thief Enters The House [2-in-1]
“Hello, I have some rather special requirements.”
When the transportation work for the Wind Element Spiritual Power Materials was nearing completion, Ge Bai came down from the third-floor terrace.
With a mindset of giving it a shot regardless, she called out to a staff member from the Spirit Plant Research Institute.
“I was thinking, you often help various clients transport Spiritual Power resources, so I wanted to ask if there are any methods to temporarily seal and preserve the resources?”
Ge Bai planned to take a two-pronged approach.
On one hand, preparing a permanent solution to deal with the thief eyeing their resources, and on the other, adding an extra layer of insurance to these resources.
“Yes, several of my contract pet beasts have the relevant abilities. May I ask what your specific requirements are?”
The staff member from the Spirit Plant Research Institute was indeed professional.
Ge Bai was overjoyed and quickly pulled him into the Spiritual Power Room, gesturing animatedly.
This staff member understood and could do it, but his expression showed he found it truly incomprehensible.
“This, Ms. Ge Bai, are you sure?”
The staff member looked at Ge Bai as if she were mentally challenged.
“Yes, I’m sure. Just do as I say, thank you!”
Ge Bai stared straight into the staff member’s eyes, completely ignoring his expression, and told him firmly.
Seeing Ge Bai’s insistence, the staff member went along with it.
“Alright, after the resource transportation is done, I can handle it within 10 minutes.”
Just treat it as the quirk of a genius, something ordinary people can’t understand—the staff member comforted himself well.
——
That evening, Ge Bai smiled as she watched the staff members from the Spirit Plant Research Institute leave the villa.
Before turning to enter the villa, she deliberately went to Xiong Dong and Xiong Xia, praising the two brothers in a very houselike manner, thanking them for their hard work like a normal homeowner.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Ge Bai returned to the villa.
Although the villa’s living items were not fully equipped yet, as long as the requirements weren’t too high, it was livable.
As night fell, Xiong Xia and Xiong Dong stopped their work, packed up, and left Villa 16.
Ge Bai didn’t leave; she stayed in the bedroom for a while, then early on drew the curtains and turned off the lights.
Afterward, she dragged the quilt from the bed and nestled into a corner of the second-floor corridor.
This corner was carefully chosen by Ge Bai; it allowed her to observe all the doors and windows on the first floor, as well as the elevator and stairwell entrance to the basement.
Moreover, this corner was very concealed; with the lights off, even looking up from the first floor, it wouldn’t be noticeable.
Not only did Ge Bai find a good spot to wait.
Big Willow and Thousand Generations Sword also took their positions, just waiting for the little thief to show up.
Little Peach didn’t come out to join the fun and was early taken back into the Spiritual Consciousness Space by Ge Bai.
But before returning to the Spiritual Consciousness Space, she was exhausted.
Not only did she give Big Willow and Thousand Generations Sword two Spirit Recovery Peaches and one Spirit Stealing Peach each, she also forcefully gave Ge Bai one Spirit Recovery Peach and one Spirit Stealing Peach.
Even though Ge Bai smilingly refused and sincerely explained that she didn’t need them.
But Little Peach shook her little head like a rattle drum.
“Everyone has them, Bai Bai should have them too.”
Seeing Little Peach looking at her determinedly, Ge Bai could only carefully store the two fruits.
——
Night fell, dark clouds covered the bright moon, pitch black where one couldn’t see their own hand.
Around 3 a.m. in the Shanpan Garden Community of Jinggang City, it was a scene of tranquility.
Xiong Dong and Xiong Xia really didn’t make Ge Bai and the others wait in vain.
The two brothers, who had left just a few hours ago, were now dressed in black tactical suits and black hoods, quickly making their way to Villa 16 along the residential area’s surveillance blind spots they had scouted earlier.
Click.
Ge Bai, who was resting with her eyes closed, clearly heard the sound of the first-floor backyard floor-to-ceiling window lock being picked open.
They’re here.
“The rats are in the house.”
Ge Bai sent a mental message to Big Willow and Thousand Generations Sword respectively.
At the same time, she took out her mobile terminal and sent the pre-edited message to Professor Luo Wan.
The message wasn’t long; it briefly described the daytime events and her guess, asking Professor Luo Wan to help her report to the police.
Afraid Professor Luo Wan might miss the message, Ge Bai also made a call; as soon as the other side picked up, before Professor Luo Wan could speak, she hung up, then set the mobile terminal to silent and stuffed it into her clothes pocket.
No time for more; Ge Bai had already seen the shadow at the window, short and fat, crouching and pushing the window to enter.
——
On the other end of the phone, Professor Luo Wan was indeed woken up by Ge Bai’s call; glancing at the time, he thought she had something urgent and was about to call back when he saw the message from Ge Bai.
When he read the content clearly, Professor Luo Wan jumped out of bed.
A Transcendence Realm level 8 Beast Tamer acting as a thief—definitely more than one Spirit Devouring Rat.
Ge Bai was in danger.
Professor Luo Wan was anxious; he wanted to tell Ge Bai to hide far away, that preserving herself was more important than anything, and wait for him to call people to handle it.
Resources aren’t important! People can’t have accidents!
But when he called back, Ge Bai didn’t answer.
Although Professor Luo Wan hadn’t interacted much with Ge Bai, he always felt that this seemingly well-behaved, quiet little girl had tremendous courage.
No, he had to quickly get the police station people over.
Professor Luo Wan dialed the phone of his old friend at the police station while getting dressed.
——
Xiong Xia and Xiong Dong were quite cautious.
After entering, Xiong Xia stood by the window and didn’t rush inside; instead, he took out the Spiritual Power Detection Device and scanned again.
Ge Bai had anticipated this and instructed Big Willow and Thousand Generations Sword to stay in the second-floor rooms.
Ge Bai herself held her breath and focused intently on Xiong Xia’s side.
The Spiritual Sense communication system not dared to slack for even a second.
Fortunately, the brothers’ Spiritual Power Detection Device was only portable; it couldn’t detect the Spiritual Power Fluctuations of Beast Tamers or Spirit Planters, nor could it be kept on for long.
Xiong Xia confirmed the house was indeed the same as daytime, with only Mortal Spirit Realm Spiritual Power Fluctuations, quietly staying on the second floor, and gave Xiong Dong a safe hand signal.
Seeing his younger brother’s signal, Xiong Dong, who was in the shadows of the yard wall, then lightly crouched and entered with the Spirit Devouring Rat.
Once inside, the two moved much faster, heading straight for the basement stairwell entrance.
After all, while wiping windows during the day, they had already familiarized themselves with the living room layout.
In the shadows of the second-floor corner.
Ge Bai watched the brothers head straight to the basement, narrowing her eyes slightly, and sent a mental message to Thousand Generations Sword.
“Rats going downstairs, you get into position first.”
“Got it!”
Thousand Generations Sword’s mental message revealed irrepressible excitement.
With one Spatial Teleportation, Thousand Generations Sword quietly appeared in the basement, steadily landing in a Spider Plant Pot hanging on the wall opposite the Spiritual Power Room.
This Spider Plant Pot was specially moved by Ge Bai from the yard in front of everyone that afternoon; though not the same species as Thousand Generations Sword, it was lush and dense.
Thousand Generations Sword flashed into the Spider Plant Pot, hiding in the heart of the spider plant, perfectly blending in.
Xiong Xia and Xiong Dong clearly thought this villa only had Ge Bai alone, with only Mortal Spirit Realm pet beast Spiritual Power Fluctuations by her side.
So, they didn’t take them seriously at all, let alone bother distinguishing the pet beast types.
Whether Ge Bai was a Beast Tamer or a Spirit Planter didn’t matter much to them; in their minds, Mortal Spirit Realm—what difference did it make.
Just as Thousand Generations Sword got into position, the brothers appeared at the stairwell corner.
“Squeak! Squeak squeak!”
The Spirit Devouring Rat poking its little head out of Xiong Dong’s pocket excitedly squeaked toward the Spiritual Power Room door.
“Big bro, it’s right here! All the Spiritual Power resources are in here.”
Before Xiong Dong could speak, Xiong Xia got excited first.
“No chit-chat, pry the door.”
Xiong Dong calmly set down his backpack and carefully observed the Spiritual Power Room door.
This Spiritual Power Room was built to standard specs by the villa owner, with the door at bank vault level.
After all, under normal circumstances, the Spiritual Power Room stored large amounts of Spiritual Power resources, so it had to be cautious, but this didn’t stump the brothers who made a living from theft.
Following Xiong Dong’s instruction to pry the door, Xiong Xia didn’t take out any tools but instead traced a Summoning Array in the air.
Immediately, a Neman Golden Beaver’s form solidified above the Summoning Array.
“Board Teeth, you’re up—gnaw this door.”
As soon as the beaver appeared, Xiong Xia eagerly carried it to the Spiritual Power Room metal door.
Xiong Xia even picked a good spot for the beaver to bite, right at the door’s lock core.
“Lee!”
This chubby beaver naturally fed on metal; seeing the Beast Tamer’s order, it didn’t hesitate and started gnawing.
Spiritual Power gathered on Board Teeth; one bite down, and the metal door was no harder than wood in its mouth.
“People arrived, only a beaver out prying the door, probably won’t take 10 minutes to gnaw through; Spirit Devouring Rat squeaking nearby, no other pet beasts.”
Thousand Generations Sword saw clearly and sent the basement situation to Ge Bai and Big Willow.
The message was short, but contained all the necessary info.
Two people, two pet beasts.
Ge Bai hadn’t seen the beaver and wasn’t clear on its skills, so she took out her mobile terminal, first ignoring Professor Luo Wan’s dozen missed calls and texts, and directly searched for beaver-type pet beasts that could gnaw metal.
Basically confirming it was a Neman Golden Beaver; attack skill was Gnaw, effective against metal types. But classified as an auxiliary pet beast, with not particularly strong Attack Power.
Heh, these two really treat theft as a lifelong career; even their contract pet beasts are so tool-like.
Ge Bai couldn’t help but chuckle.
“Big Willow, prepare Storm Willow Blade Hammer; Thousand Generations Sword, after teleporting you there, smash that tall skinny man first—no mercy.”
After observing all afternoon, Ge Bai identified Xiong Dong as the brains of the two; to be safe, plan to take him out first upon entry.
“Thousand Generations Sword, save Thousand Generations Sword for that fat one.”
“If spare capacity, deal with that beaver too; ignore the rats.”
“Move the moment the door opens.”
After briefing the tree and the flower, Ge Bai opened Professor Luo Wan’s messages.
『Hide far away, don’t be reckless!』
『Resources aren’t important, stay safe; Transcendence Realm level 8 is way above your current level, not easy to deal with.』
『I’m already on the way; police detectives will arrive in 15 minutes.』
The last message was sent 4 minutes ago.
Ge Bai calculated the time.
This way, the timing should line up perfectly, maybe even catch them red-handed.
Ge Bai thought for a moment and replied to Professor Luo Wan.
『Got it, Professor Luo rest assured, I’m fine; the two are in the basement prying the Spiritual Power Room door.』
『Currently summoned pet beasts only two: one Spirit Devouring Rat, one probably Neman Golden Beaver—the beaver is gnawing the door.』
『Haven’t seen any strong attack-type pet beasts yet.』
Even though already in the police car heading to Shanpan Garden, just minutes away, Professor Luo Wan’s heart was still in his throat, checking the mobile terminal every few seconds.
Ding—a notification, Ge Bai’s message popped up; he let out a long sigh of relief.
But when he opened it and read the content clearly, he nearly choked.
What on earth is this girl doing!
Didn’t I tell her to hide far away?
How does the message describe everything so clearly? What the thieves are doing, what pet beasts they have—she knows it all.
She’s squatting behind the thieves watching live, right?!
Professor Luo Wan was burning with anxiety, wishing he could rush to Ge Bai now and drag her to safety.
But he wasn’t panicked into foolishness; he immediately relayed Ge Bai’s info verbatim to the police detective chief in the car.
At the same time, urging them to go faster.
Hearing the info from Professor Luo Wan, Detective Chief Hao Ke chuckled twice, his big curly mustache shaking along.
“Luo Wan, this little lady’s got it—info so clear, where’s she watching from? Detective material!”
He didn’t stint on praising Ge Bai; if all witnesses were this good, their detectives’ jobs would be easy.
Hearing the praise, Professor Luo Wan wasn’t happy at all, his face stern.
“You still have time to joke? Drive faster—police station short on funds? Didn’t get you good cars!”
Irritably retorting Hao Ke, Professor Luo Wan seriously added.
“Let me tell you, Ge Bai is a rare genius Spirit Planter; don’t even think about it, she won’t work at the police station.”
“What’s wrong with thinking about it? I don’t think about ordinary people; what’re we, buddies—look at your stingy face.”
Detective Chief Hao Ke didn’t yield verbally to Professor Luo Wan, but floored the accelerator while picking up the intercom.
“Turn off sirens and lights, quick.”
“The witness is the Spirit Plant Research Institute’s precious darling; any mishap, no spirit planter support for the whole line next year.”
Detective Chief Hao Ke and Professor Luo Wan were very close, partly due to frequent work dealings.
Stealth, surveillance, investigations—police station work all needed heavy spirit planter involvement.
The Spirit Plant Research Institute prioritized providing latest results to the police station, so the two departments were very tight.
10 minutes ago, Professor Luo Wan’s one call woke Detective Chief Hao Ke.
Detective Chief Hao Ke took the call, immediately started internal emergency filing, grabbed a team of detectives, and headed straight to Shanpan Garden without delay.
Shanpan Garden.
Villa 16.
Spiritual Power Room doorway.
Crunch, crunch, crunch.
Not loud, but rhythmic, and fast.
The beaver was about to gnaw through the thick alloy door.
