In the Royal Palace of Vespagna, Fujiko Mine easily walked around the maze of corridors based on the architectural blueprint of the palace that she had received in advance.

Sometimes when she encounters patrolling guards, she can easily avoid them by relying on her grasp of the terrain and her agile figure.

Soon, Fujiko Mine arrived at the entrance to the basement of the palace, which is also where various important assets of the Kingdom of Vespania are stored.

All the gold reserves of the Kingdom of Vespania are stored in this underground treasure house.

However, Fujiko Mine's purpose this time is not to reserve gold. After all, gold is too heavy to be handled by a female thief like her who specializes in pretty jobs.

What she is eyeing is the crown of the Kingdom of Vespania, which is inlaid with precious jewelry. It is a unique treasure in terms of its own value and historical and cultural value.

This crown will only appear when the new king is crowned. At other times, it is closely protected in the basement of the palace.

Fujiko Mine hid behind the wall and was about to take action against the guards at the door when a group of people suddenly walked out of the basement entrance.

"It seems that your protection is very strict..."

A Qian-shaped police officer wearing a khaki trench coat came up from the bottom of the stairs, with a member of the bodyguard beside him.

"But based on my many years of experience fighting against Lupine, this person is pervasive and we must not let down our guard..."

"yes."

The member of the guard team next to him nodded, and the Qianxing Police Department continued: "Then let's go to other places to look."

Under the leadership of the guards, the Zenigata Police Department left the basement and walked towards another corridor.

Fujiko Mine hid behind the wall here, watching the Zenigata Police Department leave, with the corner of her mouth slightly raised.

Unexpectedly, I met an old acquaintance again...

But it’s not just Lupine who’s going to attack this time~

After the Zenigata Police Department left, Fujiko Mine walked out from behind the wall, with a shy expression on her face, and walked towards the two guards with her legs crossed.

"Well... I'm sorry~ I'm lost. Where is the toilet?"

Suddenly, a beautiful woman appeared and put on a seductive posture, which made the two guards who were standing guard out of boredom blush slightly and forgot to confirm each other's identity first.

"The toilet is in the corridor over there, go straight, turn right and you'll see it..."

"Do you need me to show you the way?"

The two guards were thinking wildly, and Fujiko Mine had already taken the opportunity to walk over to them.

"No, I can just go by myself..."

"By the way, can you help me pick up this box?"

Just as one of the guards happily accepted the box that was handed to him, Fujiko Mine suddenly raised her lady's bag with her backhand and hit the guard next to her on the temple.

The guard immediately fainted and fell to the ground, and before he could react, the guard holding the box was punched in the face by Fujiko Mine, knocking him unconscious.

After taking care of the two guards without any effort, Fujiko Mine pulled the two of them into the next room in order not to be discovered by the patrolling guards too early.

Then, Fujiko Mine came to the basement without any obstruction.

Compared with the palace on the ground, the architectural style of the basement is very simple and technological, with silver metal as the main theme.

Passing through the long corridor, there is a central console behind a circular door, with three guards sitting in the middle for 24-hour surveillance.

Fujiko Mine took out a smoke bomb from the lady's bag, put on a gas mask, and threw the smoke bomb from the ground to near the center console.

Light white smoke slowly poured out, and by the time the three guards noticed the smoke, the sleeping gas had already caused them to lose 80% of their physical skills.

A guard was still struggling to get up and wanted to press the alarm on the center console. Fujiko Mine, who was wearing a gas mask, had already walked over and slapped the guard unconscious.

"Dah ah yo~"

After getting rid of all the guards, Fujiko Mine took a gold card from the guard's chest, came to the center console, put on white gloves, tapped quickly on the keyboard with his fingers, and slid the gold card over again.

Beep, beep, beep...

The metal door in the shape of a millstone slowly opened, making way for the space behind it.

And the extremely precious crown is on the display stand in the middle.

However, even if the crown is right in front of her eyes, it is still not easy for Mine Fujiko to enter.

The floor of this treasure house is equipped with a gravity sensor device, a temperature sensor device, and an infrared sensor device. The device cannot be closed from the outside.

Once any of these items are triggered, the door to the treasure house will close and the alarm will be triggered.

Faced with this situation, Fujiko Mine smiled slightly and took out something else from her bag.

This is a high-tech sphere, the size of a baseball, but its metal surface is covered with a large number of sophisticated electronic components.

The function of this thing is to send special signals at a fixed frequency, which can block electronic signals within 10 meters around it within 30 seconds.

The raw material of this sphere is the Vespagna ore that Lupine III stole from the mine.

Of course, the sphere itself was also made by Lupine III.

One night while resting at Lupine III's stronghold, Fujiko Mine learned that Lupine III planned to use this thing to break through the treasure house's protection system.

So, on the way to the palace, Mine Fujiko used a baseball as a substitute and took away Lupine's treasured sphere.

Fujiko Mine turned on the switch of the sphere and threw it from the outside into the treasure house.

The metal ball bounced on the floor a few times but did not trigger the weight sensing device, which meant that the signal of the protection system had been blocked.

Fujiko Mine walked confidently and boldly on the floor into the treasure house, opened the glass cover above the crown with both hands, and the treasure was within easy reach.

Looking at the dazzling crown in front of him, Fujiko Mine's eyes showed greed.

"I will take the queen's crown away~"

But just when she was staring at the crown intently and was about to raise her hand to take it away, she was completely unaware that a man dressed as a guard was approaching quietly from behind.

The "guard" raised his palm and struck Fujiko Mine with a powerful and heavy blow on the neck.

Bang.

Fujiko Mine, who was attracted by the treasure, was knocked unconscious and the crown in her hand also fell to the ground.

However, the "guard" did not pay attention to the national treasure of Vespania that was gathering dust in front of him, and turned towards the inconspicuous high-tech sphere on the floor next to it.

He clasped the sphere tightly with a few fingers and broke it with force. The welded metal shell on the outside was torn open, revealing the Vespagna ore inside.

The "guard" took out the ore and put it into his pocket. The whole process was as simple as peeling melon seeds.

After doing this, the "guard" pressed the headset on his ear expressionlessly.

"Ore recovery completed..."

"..."

Someone in the headset said something unknown, and the "guard" ended the contact, then turned and walked towards Fujiko Mine who was standing aside.

Mine Fujiko's body was grabbed by a hand around the waist and carried on the "guard's" shoulders.

The "guard" walked towards the outside of the treasure house with steady steps, never once glancing at the bright crown that fell to the ground.

…

At the Royal Palace of Vespania, Lupine the Third and Daisuke Jigen finished eating the meal provided by the palace and planned to split up.

The goal of the two of them this time is to steal the Queen's Crown, the treasure of the Kingdom of Vespania.

Lupine had the opportunity to take away this crown more than twenty years ago, including the queen's own girlish heart.

But at the critical moment when he could choose to leave, Lupine felt compassion, voluntarily gave up the crown, and rejected the queen's confession.

Now that his old friend has passed away, there is no need for Lupine to keep the promise he made many years ago and prepare to take away this "missed" treasure.

As usual, Lupine III is responsible for going deep into the tiger's den, while Daisuke Jigen is on the outside ready to support at any time.

Lupine also mastered the map of the palace with Daisuke Jigen's advance visit, and now he arrived at the entrance to the basement of the palace with ease.

But when he arrived at the entrance, Lupine discovered that there were no guards outside.

"Yo?"

Lupine carefully observed it and made sure it was not a trap before getting into the basement.

After walking through the long silver corridor, Lupine also came to the door of the central control room and took out his special sprayer from his arms.

"The door seems to be open~"

"The thief is coming in~"

Lupine's theft process is the same as Kaitou Kidd. It is not as serious as imagined, and it feels like amusement for oneself.

"Sleep sprayer!"

Lupine jumped out from behind the wall and was about to sneak attack the guards behind, but was shocked by what he saw.

The two guards were twisted on the ground, and the door of the treasure house was wide open, looking like it had just been captured by outsiders.

"Ah-ha?"

Lupine was also confused by the situation before him, but soon found the answer.

As soon as he fumbled for the signal shielding sphere on his body, and when he took it out, it turned into a baseball, the answer was immediately revealed.
To be continued...