please don't believe me

Dear Mr. Chris:

On the auction day at the Serawi Theater, I will come to pick up your beloved trade item "The Girl Drinking Afternoon Tea".

Hope you have a nice day!

- A "customer" who can't pay the price

[TOTM system number 00X customer service reminds you that the mission "Shocking Thief" has been released!Check your task board in time if needed. 】

A man was walking down the street and tapped his temple twice with his wrist, apparently because of a headache.He looks very young, with fair and firm skin, deep eye sockets and a high nose bridge, and brown, even light to golden hair that looks a little soft.His lips are very thin, and the slightest provocation of the corners can help transform a person into a lovable playboy.

However, this man... oh, it should be said that he was a young man, but he stood slowly on the side of the street with his eyes downcast and cold.The autumn wind rolled the sycamore leaves over his feet, and it was hard to tell whether it was the weather or his mood was more bleak.

--Task?

【Yes. 】The mechatronic voice in my mind replied, 【Please note that this task is the main task, please check the task panel as soon as possible! 】

The young man raised his head, and a thin black four-wheeled taxi passed in front of him, and a woman with bare shoulders and neck was leaning over the window to look out.The eyes of the two met instantly, and the young man naturally lowered his eyes and nodded in salute, and did not raise his head again until the carriage had completely passed by.

——What happens if you don’t accept the task?

The electronic voice replied: [Once the task is issued, there is no option to refuse it. 】

——If not implemented, how?

The electronic voice replied: [Those who reach the specified time limit of the mission but fail to complete the goal are considered mission failures.The timeline goes back to the release date of the task and repeats it.Friendly reminder, all scenarios are randomly generated, local characters may behave differently in different timelines, please use rebirth memory with caution. 】

——How will timeline regression affect me?

Electronic audio channel: [The time axis rewind function in the system was officially launched after precise calculations and tens of millions of experiments. It adopts the propulsion method with the host as the reference object, and no negative effects have been found so far. 】

——In other words, theoretically, infinite rollback is possible?

Electronic voice channel: [It is detected that the host carefully used the word "theoretically", which meets the reward standard, and the reward will be issued once.Now to answer the question of the host, "theoretically" it is indeed possible to roll back infinitely, but in fact there is an upper limit on the system load. In order to avoid calculation overflow affecting future tasks, it is recommended to reduce the number of rollbacks as much as possible. 】

The young man asked silently, what was the reward just now?

[Check the recent reward record, the reward is a "Friendly Suggestion", and it will start playing now. 】The electronic voice said, 【Friendly suggestion, because recurring scenarios are likely to cause memory errors of the host, please be careful with the phenomenon of timeline regression! 】

little tricks.The young man thought silently, and then asked: What is the reward for the success of the main mission?

[Please refer to the task panel for the main task. 】

The young man walked slowly again, and said leisurely: Open the mission panel.

[Main task: Shocking Thief

Task time: Auction day of Seravi Theater, XX, XX, XX

Mission objective: the painting "Girl Drinking Afternoon Tea"

Mission description: Dear Mr. Thief, please successfully steal the painting "Girl Drinking Afternoon Tea" under the premise of everyone's knowledge!

Success conditions: Please take "Girl Drinking Afternoon Tea" out of the Serawi Theater on the day of the auction, and hang it in a public place for 24 hours.During this period, the organizers of the Neseravi Theater did not know where the paintings were, nor did they know how to steal them.

Task Reward: One of the essential elements for the system to break away!Collect all seven and you will be able to leave this system completely and return to the original world!

Task reminder: There are still 60 days before the task time.

Additional side tasks: 1. (Necessary) Send a notice letter to ensure that it will be delivered to the owner of the Serawi Theater without any loss. The other party should be fully aware of the host's mission time and goals. (Time limit: before the auction day of the Serawi Theater) - not completed]

The young man didn't speak for a while, feeling a little complicated.To describe it specifically, it's a bit like "it's all about the slots and I don't know where to start."

After thinking for a while, the young man slowly let out a breath: "First transfer the memory of the route back to 'home' to me."

Youth is not youth originally, or his soul is not youth.The young man is sitting in a wagon with small and large wheels, and a man's soul is in the young man's body.I must be at least ten years older than this kid, he thought.

He was still enjoying the air conditioner on a hot summer afternoon. At that time, there were a few sheets of paper full of letters and lines placed randomly on the desk, a few reference materials spread out, and two coins next to the pen.

Then, because of the loud braking sound coming from downstairs, he stood up and opened the edge of the curtain, and took a look downstairs.When he put down the hand that opened the curtain, a voice suddenly appeared in his mind.

[The host is successfully locked, and the system binding is complete.Hello, I am your TOTM system number 00X customer service.Now start switching scenes, 3, 2, 1! 】

So, the man found himself standing on the side of the street full of phoenix trees in the next moment.

"...!"

His pupils shrank and his brows were furrowed. This terrifying change of vision made his body instantly freeze.This is an animal instinct. When an unknown danger strikes, the animal will even stop breathing nervously to hide itself.

A few seconds later, he seemed to accept the scene a little, and exhaled slowly, but his brows were still frowning.

Glancing around, he stretched out his hand to caress the trunk of the sycamore tree, and then slowly closed his eyes.

——Calm down, concentrate, and don't be disturbed by any external factors.

Lightly touch the center of the eyebrows with the index finger of your right hand, and then open your eyes.

"Not a hint..." He punched the tree trunk, "Fuck!"

At the moment when the man was walking back to "home" in a carriage, the system was conveying the basic information of the body to him in a concise and clear way.

The young man is David Burley, 20 years old. His family went into decline in the great waves of the textile industry and went bankrupt the year before last.His mother spent all the dowry when she was seriously ill and died; his father couldn't bear the pressure of bankruptcy, and finally died after two years of persistence.In memory, the young man only held a funeral for his father last month.

20 years old... The man thought silently, I am indeed 12 years older than him.

The carriage stopped in front of an old two-story bungalow.This house does not have its own independent yard. It is almost connected with other buildings on the street. Its style is very similar—or it can be said to have no style—even the most ordinary working families can share a house with two or three families.

The young man got out of the carriage, gave the groom a silver coin, looked around calmly as the carriage left, and then went up two steps and knocked on the door.

"Master, you are back!" An old man came to open the door.His movements are elegant and humble, his silver hair is combed meticulously, and his neat suit shows the gentlemanly demeanor he still retains.This is the original housekeeper of the Burley family. Due to the decline of the family, David has dismissed him. He will return to the countryside at the end of the year to take care of himself.

"You don't have to keep acting like this to me, Brian." The man smiled, and this expression brightened the young man's face, "Relax."

"It's a matter of habit." The old man smiled, "You don't have to be stressed."

"Brian is right!" A woman in her fifties passed by the front hall with a laundry basket in her arms.She was wearing a maid's hat, a sackcloth plaid skirt, and an apron hanging from it.This is Feila, a maid who has worked in the Burley family for more than ten years. When the Burley family is so dilapidated that there is only one young man left and cannot pay wages, Feila has to go out to find a job soon.

"There are only a few of us in this small house, such a little work." Feila smiled brightly, "It's just a small matter, young master, you can rest assured and leave it to us!"

"Okay." The young David shrugged, "I hope that the rent I waived for you can be worthy of your generosity to me."

"Master!" A young girl rushed down from upstairs. She was wearing two braids and had some freckles on her face, but this could not conceal her vigor at all.She briskly ran up to the young man and said with a happy smile, "I've found a job! It's in a small gallery on Cologne Street!"

The young man's heart moved: "Really? Congratulations, Rachel! What kind of job is it?"

"They told me to keep those paintings clean and tidy first." The girl smiled, "But I like those paintings! I hope one day I can introduce them to people!"

The young man showed a sincere smile: "I firmly believe that there will be such a day."

His eyes swept over three people, an elderly man, a middle-aged woman, and a young girl who didn't know much about the world.

"Hey, I wonder if you are free this afternoon?"

"Inheritance! Ten thousand gold coins!"

The old gentleman almost jumped out of his chair, but his good breeding had a great calming effect, and he settled down at last.

"Don't get excited, Brian, watch your blood pressure." The young man put down the teacup, put his elbows on his knees and leaned forward, leaning closer and lowering his voice as if to say a secret, "But you have to know, this inheritance is not For nothing, old Tony is a gambler. He made an agreement with my father that this 'windfall' would only be given away if he won his bet."

The butler also put down the tea cup: "It seems that you know the content of the bet, young master, and plan to carry it out."

"Yes." A slightly teasing smile unfolded, and the youth's eyes were bright and full of joy, "Listen, I... have a plan."

"Oh, 'plan'." The old gentleman looked at the young man with a mischievous smile and blinked slowly, "Exciting and exciting adventure novels are popular all over the street outside, this sentence sounds like those novels were opened. First page."

"So, I have such a 'plan' now." The young man spread his left palm upwards, raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked with a smile, "I don't know if you would like to help me. Or, would you like to drink in the countryside?" While sipping afternoon tea, recall an experience that is very different from now?"

"Wow!" Feila exclaimed, which means that even with 50 years of life experience, amazing things will still happen, "Go and steal a painting!"

"Yes, a painting." The young man leaned against the door of the laundry room, with one hand in his pocket, and his smile seemed to be full of youthful self-confidence, "I guarantee that you and any of us will not be arrested We'll have a lot of time and opportunity to spend the money we get from that bet."

"This sounds like an impossible task. I don't think I will be able to practice agility in my whole life." Fira put away the clothes one by one, and turned to the young man, "But I promise to keep this secret. After you succeed, tell me the whole story, young master!"

"It's not that difficult, and you don't even need to learn anything you don't know. It's best to be yourself." The young man opened his empty hand slightly to the lady, as if inviting, "Then, are you willing to help me remove the painting?" come?"

"Of course!"

The girl Rachel jumped up, her face full of undisguised excitement.

The young man smiled and said, "Are you really willing?"

"A million willings!" Rachel leaned closer to the young man, "I have always envied the protagonists in those adventure novels, I never thought that one day I would have the same experience, it is simply wonderful!"

The young man also stood up and stretched out his right palm to the girl: "Then, the adventure is about to begin."

"Yes." Rachel put her fingertips on the young man's hand, "Let's play big!"

The young man gestured for a kiss on the fingertips.

Great, this is his "The Thief".