touchnovel Chapter 284 Completely Looted
Chapter 284 Completely Looted
Su Tianqing had never seen what a bank vault looked like.
I've never seen this before, either in the past or now.
The only things I've seen are videos and photos circulating online, showing the two-meter-thick vault door and the impregnable reinforced concrete protective wall, which constitute the world's second-best defense after a military bunker.
What lies behind the vault door?
With this expectation in mind, Su Tianqing looked at the cat and rabbit walking towards her and took a remote detonator from their hands.
"Thermothermal cutting agent, plus four directional explosive bombs, a good deal we got from the arms dealers."
The catgirl glanced back at the vault door she was about to leave behind and said with a smile.
"Theoretically, the simultaneous detonation of these four bombs could blow a heavy locomotive into the air, so using them to blast open the door of such a vault certainly lives up to its design specifications."
"...Wasn't the one you destroyed a regular military cargo ship?"
The fox spirit's face was filled with terror.
She originally planned to use the cutting magic recorded in Inari's magic book to cut slowly, but Cat Rabbit felt it wasn't powerful enough, so she pulled out these heavyweight weapons from under her skirt.
Looking at the detonator in her hand, Su Tianqing calmed herself down a bit. The four of them hid in a safe place and pressed the button.
"Crack!!!!"
Even with the soundproofing magic set up by the familiars, the earth-shaking roar still terrified everyone.
But when the heavy vault door collapsed completely, what appeared before the four of them was a dazzling array of colors that could blind the eyes:
gold.
Heavy gold bricks neatly stacked.
A row of sturdy, built-in safes.
Everything that should have been in the vault was right before their eyes, so spectacular that even the most composed War Frenzy Cat was slightly agape, speechless with astonishment.
"...The underground vault of the Central Bank of Hong Kong holds more than two thousand tons of gold."
Muttering a string of numbers, a pleasant smile gradually appeared on Su Tianqing's face.
"So, what should we do next?"
"—Completely looted!"
……
It was as if I could hear energetic rock music playing in my ears.
Su Tianqing strolled past the shelves piled high with gold bricks, her fingers brushing against the gleaming, cool metal. She could feel what lay hidden behind that icy touch:
Wealth, money, glitter.
Gold possesses all the properties of a precious metal, and its weighty feel is irreplaceable.
The incredibly simple request to "loot everything" brought the companions an unprecedented sense of joy:
Cheshire Rabbit unleashed her magical space in full power, laughing wildly as she stuffed gold into it.
Hellcat appeared much calmer, but when she picked up the huge gold brick weighing over twenty pounds, her face was still filled with a joyful smile.
However, Su Tianqing wasn't particularly interested in gold itself.
It does represent wealth, but compared to fun and serious business, gold is not a very attractive form of wealth.
"...Is this the place?"
Xin Yuehu strolled to the row of safes and looked at the dazzling array of door codes in front of her.
Twenty in a row, seven rows in total, a total of one hundred and forty built-in safes were placed in front of him, without exception, all of them were private safes belonging to bank VIP customers.
These cabinets hold countless secrets.
Perhaps they are related to certain criminal groups, or perhaps they are just some seemingly insignificant confidential documents.
But hidden among these cabinets is a secret related to Fei Yelan's background.
"Doggy, which cabinet do you think might be hiding that confidential document?"
Su Tianqing turned around and looked at the bewildered gray wolf girl standing beside her.
Hearing the call, Fei Yelan was still somewhat at a loss.
Am I dreaming? the girl wondered.
Having broken into this nearly impenetrable bank vault, they found the location of a confidential document that might be related to their past; now, all they need to do is find it in these safes…
But how do you find so many safes?
"If you're feeling lost, try silently repeating a number in your mind."
The first number you unconsciously utter might just guide you!
Su Tianqing said with a smile.
Fei Yelan hesitated for a moment, but still followed Xin Yuehu's instructions and silently recited a string of numbers that came out unconsciously.
"65".
"Very good, then let's open safe number 65."
Su Tianqing waved her hand casually.
The magic probed into the safe's lock, easily disarming the sturdy anti-theft lock and revealing the contents to the two.
...It was a stack of documents sealed in an archive folder, with a line of text printed on it:
[Port City Heroes Association Infrastructure Department - Confidential]
"That's it! The Hero Association's classified documents!"
Fei Yelan was overjoyed and quickly took the document out of the cabinet, eagerly opening it to read it.
"We're so lucky! We found it so quickly!"
"Heh...luck, huh..."
Su Tianqing smiled lightly, unconvinced.
luck?
This isn't about taking a chance; it's about shooting the arrow first and then drawing the target.
Before the bank robbery even began, Su Tianqing understood the situation the moment she saw it listed under the Inari questline on the Secret Manual quest page.
No matter which number Gray Wolf chooses, no matter if that number is a needle in a haystack, she can select it with one shot.
This has absolutely nothing to do with luck!
"...What?"
Just as Su Tianqing was pondering how to explain to Fei Yelan, a soft exclamation came from the gray wolf girl's direction.
"Hmm? What's wrong?"
Su Tianqing leaned forward and looked at the infrastructure document spread out in Gray Wolf's hand.
"Is this document incorrect? Shall we look for it again?"
"No, no, no, it's the document for my resettlement apartment. My name is on it."
The little gray wolf pointed to the name of the homeowner in one of the apartments, which clearly read "Fei Yelan".
"This apartment was built temporarily for refugees affected by the Kowloon Walled City attack. It was originally planned to be demolished after the new housing development was completed. The demolition plan for the resettlement housing had already been finalized back then."
"But it was suddenly halted just as it was about to be implemented, and then sealed away as a classified document. Why was the person behind all of this...?"
The gray wolf girl looked at the name at the end of the page.
"...Magical Girl, [Inari]".
Su Tianqing murmured,
"Inari used her influence within the Hero Association to stop the demolition plan."
"She doesn't want that apartment building to disappear, so why is she doing it? What's the point?"
The two looked at each other and pondered for a long time, but neither could come up with a solution.
In short, let's take this document back and study it carefully before discussing what to do next.
Su Tianqing turned around and looked at the now empty vault.
Cheshire Rabbit lay happily on the last layer of gold bricks, grinning foolishly. Hellcat calmly stuffed the last gold brick into the magic space, but it looked so full that there was no room left.
"Have you all taken everything you were supposed to?" Su Tianqing asked her companions.
Rabbit and Cat got the gold, Gray Wolf got the confidential document containing the secret of her past, and I, the fox, got a lot of fun. Everyone gained a lot.
"And now, the most exciting moment of this calamity is about to begin!"
"Let's hop in our best and sturdiest car and make a grand escape!!"