Top Secret Entrustment [Rebirth]

In the following period of time, several people were busy.

They need to prepare their foothold in Lacheng in advance, rent apartments and factories, purchase transportation, forge a fake identity that is well-known but not easy to arouse suspicion, and plan several evacuation routes. Due to Lu Cen's temporary absence, the Venetian The details of the security situation inside the hotel are completely unknown.

This is very disturbing. Half a year seems to be ample time, but facing a truly mature defense network, even if it is handed over to the world's top hackers, it cannot omit the necessary exploration stage and unpredictable workload.

Xiao Yu often sat on the bay window of the attic smoking a cigarette after insomnia in the middle of the night, and Luo Yifan knew in his heart that what really made him anxious was not the current situation, but the fact that his opponent was Cornell Schumann—just like a mortal trying to To challenge a god he had never coveted.

Taking this step means that he will completely deviate from the expected life.

If he wins, he will take over the halo that belongs to Schumann and replace him as one of the most famous thieves in the United States; Weeks later, he was cremated by the local police and buried in a nearby cemetery, or worse, rotted silently in the shadows of the city.

This feeling of waiting to die is really...not pleasing~ A certain one shook its head boredly, drove away those strange thoughts, took off the cigarette butt and threw it into an empty beer can, sparks made a stinging sound when it met the water White smoke came out, and then it returned to calm.

At this time, there was a light click sound from downstairs, and a phantom shadow projected on the grass shook as if frightened, followed by Loki barking wildly, Xiao Yu couldn't help but smile, and picked up the beer can Throwing Griphook downwards, Griphook let go and hit the Chow Chow's fat butt with incredible precision.

Loki whimpered and turned his head to glare, only seeing a hairy tail wagging back and forth, and immediately rolled aside to bite his own tail and play.

Xiao Yu knocked out a cigarette from the cigarette case, and ordered with a half-smile, "Come out for me."

Hearing this, someone hiding in the shadows hesitated for a while, then came out and whispered hello: "Hi~"

Xia Zuo was wearing a small Winnie the Pooh one-piece pajamas. Due to nutritional problems, he was much thinner than children of the same age. The pajamas didn't fit well, and the hem was dragging and almost hanging on the ground—Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes, and the movement of sending cigarettes to his mouth suddenly Pausing, he patted the empty window frame beside him and said, "I have something to say."

Xia Zuo nodded quickly, turned around and was about to enter the house.

"Hey, wait—" Xiao Yu called people to stop. Under the night, he was like a feline lying on the window lattice, elegant and malicious, Xiao Xia Zuo shrank his neck uncomfortably, and his forehead was for no reason. A layer of cold sweat broke out on the ground, and his intuition told him that there was absolutely nothing good!

Sure enough, the guy in the attic said next: "Who told you to take the stairs? Who is to blame for waking up others? Climb up~"

Xia Zuo: "..."

The height of a three-story civilian villa will not exceed eight meters. It can be said that there is no pressure for ordinary thieves to climb such a building with bare hands. However, with Xia Zuo's physical condition here, ordinary children at his age will still have For low-level mistakes such as falling down on the ground, Xiao Yu's request is simply beyond the reach of others.

"But……"

Before the little guy had time to express his opinion, he was interrupted by someone forcibly interjecting. Xiao Yu smiled and wrote lightly: "You can't even meet my requirements. What qualifications do you have to talk about the conditions?"

Xia Zuo's face turned red with anger, and he said in disbelief, "That's what your teacher asked of you back then?"

Xiao Yu was startled, and remained silent for a few seconds before saying: "No, so I have never had anyone give me a choice. A teacher has been a teacher since I can remember, and I am the future thief."

"Then why do you ask me?!"

Xiao Yu seemed to have heard something ridiculous, and couldn't help laughing: "In my place, I accept students. If you want to work under me, of course you have to abide by the rules I set. If you can do it, you can do it. I'm going back to sleep."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Yu lit a second cigarette and stopped talking to Xia Zuo. In the shadow beside him, Luo Yifan leaned back against the wall, swiping his iPad in his hand and checking the email that Victor's feedback would come. Lifting the ground and said indifferently: "You brought this kid back from the airport on purpose, I thought it was because you were interested in him."

"It's hard to say," Xiao Yu moved his butt back, Luo Yifan would stand up a bit so that he could lean on his back, Xiao Yu continued: "At first I just thought he was very small, it was a pity to be caught , but when I observed Xia Zuo, I found that he was quite talented, and it happened that my plan lacked a character that could be hidden in the cash box, so I proposed cooperation."

"Then why do you still say that?"

"Do you want to become a real thief? Hehe, I didn't say that~"

Luo Yifan turned his head and showed a questioning expression, Xiao Yu raised his head and looked at him, with an indescribable feeling in his heart, he said: "On the day he escaped from prison, Leonard told me about his encounter with his teacher— —Do you know, many times the teacher doesn’t actually need the students, but the students need a teacher.”

"He must be a gentle person, so I am very envious of boss..." Xiao Yu lowered his head, looked at Xiao Xia Zuo who was hanging between the first and second floors with a smile, struggling with both feet in the air, then picked up the beer can and threw it down .

His fingers, which were almost stretched to the limit, were hit by the aluminum can. Xia Zuo screamed, and immediately fell back on the grass and rolled several times, clutching his buttocks and yelling, "You! Him! Mom!!!"

Xiao Yu waved at him meanly, and said without apology: "Sorry, sorry, my hand slipped, you continue~"

In the living room on the first floor, Rhodes, who stayed up late with Archimedes and played Hearthstone, couldn't bear it anymore. He slammed his iPad angrily, walked over and opened the window and roared, "Are you stupid, kid? That bastard only let you climb up, not the stairs , and didn’t say you can’t use tools, but the people who live here are all thieves! Look carefully for anything?!”

Xia Zuo: "!!!!"

Xia Zuo, who was slapped with blood on his face by the window as soon as he climbed up the window sill, suddenly regained his spirits, and ran over with blood clogging his nostrils.

Rhodes frowned directly, "Ron is a ghost?!"

"Do they have any equipment like a three-grab steel hook?"

"..." Rhodes didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Don't watch too many TV series, okay?!"

"What can that do?"

“登山镐、钉鞋和防滑手套啊！不过凿坏外墙阿基会揍你～”

"Uh……"

"I dare not," Archimedes said weakly, "that's the boss's student..."

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaible?! What's so scary about that bastard shaw?!"

"Then, brother Ron or Shaw, who is better?"

"of course--"

Someone upstairs: "Cough!"

"Aki, shall we start a new game?"

"Yeah!"

"Hey! Brother Ron hasn't said yet..."

"Get out! Climb your wall!"

"..."

Xiao Yu dug out his ears, flipped down from the window frame, walked over and put out the cigarette butt in an ashtray on the desk, turned around and borrowed the fluorescence from the computer screen to look at the wall in front of him——

On it are the architectural structure drawings of the Venetian Hotel, canal system drainage diagrams, pipeline design drawings, newspaper clippings of major events, personal information of various executives, surrounding building materials, and information on food and hotel supplies suppliers collected so far. Delivery time and so on.

The printer was running, and when the paper was completely ejected, Tang Shaoxin nailed it to the wall with thumbtacks.

Xiao Yu stared at the content above, it was a brief introduction of the factory, and the name was in Spanish.

Luo Yifan closed his ipad, came over to join his two partners, and said, "Victor sent it tonight, responsible for supplying dice and roulette balls for the Venetian Hotel Casino. The address is on the Mexican border. The workers are mainly Hispanic and a few Chinese. , so people who go there must be able to speak standard Spanish or Chinese, and considering possible discrimination, it’s best to pretend to be a local.”

Xiao Yu raised his forehead, "I only know how to hola..."

Tang Shaoxin said: "Let me come, you go directly to Las Vegas to prepare."

Luo Yifan nodded, pulled off two post-it notes, wrote the phrases 'lead powder' and 'polymer' on them, and pasted them next to the information on that factory, "We need small balls filled with lead powder to control Roulette, and as for this—"

Tang Shaoxin: "Electromagnetic pulses affect dice mixed with polymers."

Luo Yifan hummed lightly, and said: "Victor specially reminded that the casino props are replaced once a month, and we will start after calculating the time. If there is any trouble, please contact us at any time."

Xiao Yu said: "I'm afraid the conditions over there are not good. You have to stay there for a few months. It's hard work."

Tang Shaoxin slapped Xiao Yu's shoulder, smiling indifferently, "I was a few years younger than him when I was living in Atlanta," he gestured to the window, Xiao Yu understood that he was referring to Xia Zuo, Shaoxin said again: " The weaker animals in the world tend to live in groups, but the paradox is that there is bullying in those groups."

"I was too young at that time, and I followed a group of gangsters every day. They bullied me and dared not fight back, so they forced me to go to the bakery to steal food and change. I could be chased and beaten by the boss more than a dozen times a month, but after stealing back You can only get moldy bread, and you can only sleep in the dirtiest part of the sewer at night."

"Before I met the teacher, I had suffered all kinds of hardships, so you just need to rest assured."

Xiao Yu felt the heart in her chest tremble violently, and asked subconsciously, "You...how did you know each other?"

Tang Shaoxin probably didn't expect him to ask this question, he was stunned for a few seconds, and then said: "When I went to steal bread once, I found that the person behind the cashier had changed. There was a diamond hidden in the loaf."

"The loot that is going to be transferred?" Xiao Yu said.

Tang Shaoxin's eyes were soft, and he shook his head pretending to be mysterious, "Those who have been in this industry for a long time really understand the weaknesses of human nature very well."

Luo Yifan: "You sold it and got caught?"

"Well, it's a pity that such a good thing as sharing money has never happened to me," Tang Shaoxin said cunningly: "But when I was young, I didn't feel like being bullied. On the contrary, I was very scared that my companion was detained, and I was afraid that I would be alone like this in the future." Fuck, my teacher found me the other day—"

"He said that the bakery was an exchange under him, and the clerks were not ordinary people. He noticed me from the first time I escaped, and every time he quietly increased the difficulty of stealing bread. After testing for a period of time, he thought I was a Not a bad heir, he arranged for that special bread."

There was another scream outside the window, and Xia Zuo didn't know how many times he fell.

Xiao Yu pretended not to hear, stepped forward to hug Shaoxin, and said, "I will arrange for you to fly to the border as soon as possible, and when you arrive, be careful."

After three o'clock in the morning, after summarizing the information of the day, everyone returned to the room to prepare for rest.

On the lawn of the garden, Xia Zuo was too tired to speak, lying sprawled on the ground panting for breath, the Winnie the Pooh pajamas were soaked in sweat, rubbed against various stains and blades of grass, he squinted his eyes, looking at the third floor without focus The shuttered window in the attic.

Footsteps sounded, and Loki, who was hiding in the kennel, twitched his ears, then he got up, shook off his fluffy dog ​​hair, and threw himself into Xiao Yu's arms like a piglet, screaming and rubbing back and forth .

An eight-month-old Chow Chow can weigh more than 20 kilograms. Loki was fed well by Archimedes, and his weight should be exaggerated. Xiao Yu was hit by this little guy and his chest hurts. Go to Xia Zuo and sit down next to him.

Xia Zuo was in a bad mood and was unwilling to talk to him.

Xiao Yu wasn't angry either, and moved Loki closer to his head, the stupid dog was not averse to meat, and licked Xia Zuo's face like crazy.

Xia Zuo: "..."

While pushing the dog's face to keep it from approaching, Xia Zuo raised his eyelids to look at Xiao Yu, "What's the matter?"

"Why do you want to be a thief?"

"Being forced, if I don't steal it, I will starve to death," Xia Zuo wiped the drool off his face with his cuff, and said, "Later, I found out that this is also a profession, with its own system and many outstanding seniors. Of course, I just I heard that I haven't had a chance to meet..." He looked at Xiao Yu, "You are the first one and the most famous one in the world, can you tell me about stealing the "Mona Lisa" if you have a chance?"

"Oh, that's a sad story~"

Xiao Yu received it casually, and then became serious. He patted Xia Zuo's head, and said softly: "In our world, those really powerful guys hide themselves very deeply, and the world has no chance to hear their words. It is impossible to see their names, and the top thieves will always leave the world with only the emotion of 'shock'."

"I'm a very failed thief. I'm not sure if I have the ability to lead the students, and I'm also worried that what happened between the boss and the teacher, and between me and the senior brother will be passed down through a relationship."

Xia Zuo couldn't understand what Xiao Yu was saying, and felt disappointed instantly when he was refusing.

"But there are always exceptions to everything~"

Xia Zuo was at a loss, "What do you mean?"

"Although I have no impression, my brother told me that when the thieves accept students, they will give them a code name. This code name will accompany you for the rest of your life. When your real name becomes obsolete, the code name will completely replace it and become the proof of your existence. Like the whole world knows about Shaw, but they don't know that Shaw is Xiao Yu."

"—then what would you like to be called?"

"Hey?!"

"Be obedient from now on~"

"teacher!"

"Don't yell, the code name hasn't been taken yet!"

Xia Zuo in Winnie the Pooh pajamas wagged his tail wildly, "Teacher, take it! Anything!"

"Hmm...Xia Zuo..." Xiao Yu stroked his chin, "Xia Zuo...zero."

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Six months later, Las Vegas.

The air under the scorching sun seemed to have been scorched by flames, the temperature directly soared to forty degrees, and the casino ushered in the hottest season of the year.At night, the whole city wakes up suddenly, and the dazzling spotlights streak across the night, as if the sky is filled with gold dust.

The engine roared, and the above and underground garages of the famous casinos were full.

At this time, the Venetian Hotel.

At the moment before nightfall, the glow covered a dome disguised as a virtual sky. This hotel never has night. Canals pass through the entire building, and gondolas shuttle through it, sending tourists to various entertainment venues.

Suddenly, there was an inexplicable gust of airflow in the still room, and the exhaust ducts hidden behind various decorations rumbled. The wandering tourists noticed the strangeness and raised their heads in unison.

In an instant, the clear blue sky on the dome was as dark as night, and the stars were lit up. People thought it was a sideshow at the hotel, and cheered one after another. The next moment, something fell from the sky, like flying snow soaked in ink, hundreds of thousands of black cards There are many.

Before midnight, the carnival belonging to the Venetian Hotel has reached its climax.

In the private suite on the top floor, Cornell Schuman was sunken in the armchair, gently holding the high foot of the crystal glass with his slender fingers. Opposite him, Kevin Garcia looked normal, while the hand resting on his leg was Unnaturally slightly fastened.

"Mr. Schuman..."

On the table between the two of them lay a black card quietly.

"You shouldn't come to me now," Schumann said with a gentle voice, sipped his red wine, "You know this hotel better than me, don't you know what to do?"

Kevin was puzzled, "What does Mr. Schuman mean?"

Schumann smiled generously, "The cards are pre-set in the ventilation duct, Kevin, it's time for you to clean up your people."

Kevin suddenly realized, "So it's like this?!"

"Well, let's go." Schumann raised his chin towards the door.

Kevin frowned slightly, instinctively rejecting the other party's attitude, he didn't speak anymore, stood up and nodded to Schumann, and then left the room without a word.

When the door was closed again, Schumann put down the crystal glass and twisted the card with his fingers. On the smooth surface of the black cardboard was a handwritten English he hadn't seen for many years. It said——

【Dear Teacher Schumann,

In a few nights, I will take away all the wealth that belongs to Kevin Garcia, hoping to challenge you,

If you can protect everything about Mr. Garcia, I will never run away again.

——Signature, love your little seven (shaw). 】

At the same time, Xiao Yu, who was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, put down the binoculars, and the golden spotlight projected from the bottom of the building, casting a fine bright line on the side of his face.

Xiao Yu pressed the microphone and said on the communication channel: "It's done, Ivan and Zero are ready to return."

Luo Yifan said in a deep voice: "They will immediately find out that some insiders have been bribed."

"Don't worry," Xiao Yu said, "I gave the supervisor some money and let him go."

"Boss, teacher," Xia Zuo couldn't control his excitement, and tremblingly said, "Can I post the photos I took on Facebook?"

Xiao Yu put one hand into the pocket of his trousers, turned around and walked towards the bedroom, and said with a smile, "Baby, your shooting angle is different from that of ordinary residents. Anyone with a little brain can find this, and the next step is to track and locate you. A cell phone or a computer, in the end it came knocking on our door."

"Oh," Xia Zuo said sullenly, "I'll see you later."

After the communication ended, Xiao Yu took off the earphones, took another cup of warm water, and then opened the bedroom door.

In the room, after typing the last line of instructions, Lu Cen leaned back on the back of his chair and breathed a sigh of relief. He smiled leisurely and said, "How is it? Your technology hasn't deteriorated too much, right?"