At night, outside the glass of the security company, everyone was guarding inside, not noticing that there was actually a person hanging on the glass at this moment.
"This is simple enough."
September Days smiled and took out a glass-cutting machine from her spatial ring. After successfully cutting an entrance, she pressed the switch on the glasses she was wearing.
"As expected, it's all infrared." Everything September Days saw was dense infrared rays, leaving not even a gap.
She intended to follow her original plan, releasing flies to interfere with the infrared rays, and taking advantage of the chaos to steal the Cat's Eye Gem. However, to September Days's surprise, the alarm actually went off.
"What the hell?!"
September Days was shocked. She quickly scanned her surroundings and finally discovered why the alarm had gone off. September Days hadn't expected them to install cameras in this room. She had clearly investigated, and this should have been just an ordinary pantry with no cameras; it must have been installed later.
But this meant that someone had already guessed her plan. It definitely wasn't that idiot Ryusei, but who could it be?!
However, September Days didn't have time to think about this. The security guards had already broken down the door and rushed in, with Ryusei leading the charge.
She was still outside at the moment, and if she didn't do something, she would definitely be caught. But soon, September Days had a plan.
"Surrender, September Days." Ryusei, looking at September Days outside the window, was full of fighting spirit.
"Hehe, that won't do." September Days smiled. An object resembling a grenade appeared in her hand. September Days bit the pin off with her mouth and threw it forcefully at Ryusei.
A grenade?!
For a moment, Ryusei hesitated. With his current strength, he could completely knock the grenade away before it hit the ground, but doing so might very well hurt September Days. However, if he didn't do that, the grenade would explode in front of him, and the casualties it would cause were unknown.
"Damn it!" With a shout, Ryusei threw a punch, hitting the thrown grenade. He decided to take a gamble. But contrary to his expectations, when his fist touched the grenade, it wasn't knocked away; instead, it emitted a blinding light.
"A flashbang?!"
Ryusei felt like ten thousand alpacas were stampeding through his mind, and immediately after, he was blinded.
September Days used the glasses she was wearing to prevent the effect of the flashbang. Taking this opportunity, she immediately crawled inside through the hole she had cut in the glass. Then, she used the clothes she had prepared in her spatial ring to disguise herself, and while the flashbang's effect hadn't faded yet, she took advantage of the chaos to leave the pantry.
After leaving the pantry, September Days hurried down the stairs to the next floor, where her target was located, though it was also guarded by quite a few people.
September Days also noticed Qi Xiaosai standing next to the Cat's Eye Gem.
"It must be him." September Days took a deep look at Qi Xiaosai, guessing that he was the one who installed the camera. September Days withdrew her gaze to avoid being detected.
Then, September Days took something out of her spatial ring: a worn-out pocket watch. This was something she had borrowed from Sakuya, an alchemical item that could stop time within a certain range. The range was about one floor, but the duration was very short, from start to finish being about 1.5 seconds. That is to say, September Days only had 1.5 seconds.
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There wasn't much time left, so September Days rushed out.
"Who are you!" The other guards immediately noticed September Days and shouted.
Qi Xiaosai turned around and saw September Days coming towards him, but when he saw her appearance, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Now! September Days pressed the pocket watch in her hand. A grey light flashed, and everything was frozen.
September Days's hand quickly swiped across the glass cabinet holding the Cat's Eye Gem, using her spatial ring to put the Cat's Eye Gem away. Then she fled. Just as September Days left the door, the 1.5 seconds had passed, and time returned to normal. The pocket watch in September Days's hand was completely broken; after all, it was a one-time item.
"What's going on?" Qi Xiaosai was a bit confused. How did September Days suddenly disappear? But seeing the empty display case and the door that was closed before but now open, he shouted: "September Days has escaped, chase her!"
Not far from the security company, on a building, Asagami Fujino was enjoying September Days's performance. The alarm was actually installed by her; otherwise, how would those two idiots, Qi Xiaosai and Ryusei, have thought of that? This was just to increase the difficulty for September Days. After all, Sakuya had lent the pocket watch to September Days, so it wouldn't be fun otherwise. However, September Days would probably never know.
"Alright, there's nothing left to see." September Days was destined to be fine, and Asagami Fujino didn't need to stay any longer; there were other things to do.
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