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Chapter 39 - 39: Gu Kaizhi! Admonitions of the Instructress Scroll!
The head of the Dragon Nation Embassy was pacing nervously in his office.
If the British or Japanese agents managed to catch Kaitō Kid, he'd be a disgrace to his country.
After all, just the fact that Zhang Yang had already returned the Tianmu Glazed Bowl and the Serpent Head was enough to call him a national hero!
If Kaitō Kid got caught while delivering the Dragon Head, how could he ever face the 1.4 billion citizens of the Dragon Nation?
If it were any other matter and just regular British police involved, he could stall them somehow.
But right now, camped outside the embassy were top agents from MI5 and Japan's elite forces!
Just as he was about to lose it, a patrolling guard appeared at the office door.
"Sir, this was found in the back!"
The guard held a cardboard box. The head of the embassy's eyes lit up, his shock clear as day!
Earlier, after Zhang Yang turned the corner, he spotted the four cars parked across from the embassy.
With his sharp eyes, he immediately saw Harrison inside, along with a full crew spread across the four vehicles.
So Zhang Yang didn't stop at the embassy. He just kept driving by at a normal pace.
It wasn't unusual for cars to pass by here. In the half-hour they'd been staking out the embassy, more than ten cars had already gone by.
At the next intersection, Zhang Yang made a turn, circled around to the side of the embassy, and tossed the box with the Dragon Head over the wall.
The embassy head carefully took the box from the guard, placed it on his desk, and opened it.
Sure enough, inside was the Dragon Head!
"It's... it's really the Dragon Head!!!"
He was beyond excited!
Not only had Harrison and Kameda failed to catch Kaitō Kid, but the Dragon Head was successfully delivered into the embassy!
"Double security. Don't let any agents sneak into the embassy!"
The guard snapped to attention.
"Yes, sir!"
While Britain and Japan were still scheming against each other, and Harrison and Kameda couldn't stand one another, the Dragon Nation Embassy had already made contact with their government.
The Dragon Head would definitely be sent home—but not now.
Britain and Japan were watching too closely. Trying to move the Dragon Head now would only cause trouble.
Meanwhile, Zhang Yang was back home, enjoying a nice hot shower.
At the same time, an interesting poll was going viral online.
"Will the Dragon Head appear in the Dragon Nation tomorrow?"
Even more interesting—over 70% of people voted yes!
Only a small group believed the Dragon Head wouldn't make it back.
[Kaitō Kid already returned the Serpent Head. Of course he'll give back the Dragon Head too!]
[This is infuriating! If the Dragon Head ends up in the Dragon Nation, Japan will be furious!]
[Britain and Japan won't allow it. They'll definitely take steps to stop it from leaving!]
[If Kaitō Kid really returns the Dragon Head, I'll set up an altar for him and light incense every holiday!]
[The Dragon Head was in Britain, secretly escorted by Japan, and now ends up in the Dragon Nation—that's just not funny anymore!]
Everyone knew that getting the Dragon Head home wouldn't be easy.
But Zhang Yang wasn't worried. He'd already delivered it to the embassy.
The rest? The Dragon Nation would handle it.
Zhang Yang took a deep breath, put his phone down, and got ready for bed.
"Tsk, someone's not sleeping well tonight!"
Past 2 a.m., outside the Dragon Nation Embassy, Harrison was yawning non-stop, his eyelids heavy as lead.
His patience was wearing thin.
"Fuck! If it weren't for that idiot Kameda, I would've caught Kaitō Kid on the cruise!"
The more Harrison thought about it, the angrier he got, cursing under his breath.
At the same time, Kameda and his team didn't dare shut their eyes, taking turns keeping watch.
By the time daylight broke, Harrison's patience was completely gone!
"Fuck! This is shit. Get the local law enforcement to keep an eye here—we're done!"
This whole stakeout had been based on a guess. After an entire night, Kaitō Kid hadn't shown up.
There was no point in wasting more time—the result would be the same.
Harrison ordered his team to drive off. Behind them, Kameda looked lost, but after hesitating, he left too.
Later that morning, just as Zhang Yang woke up, the system chimed in his head.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations on completing the Dragon Head return mission! Skill levels successfully unlocked!]
[Upgrading your skills will improve their effectiveness. Skill upgrades require Skill Points, which can be earned through missions or exchanged from the points store. Maximum skill level: 8!]
Unlocking skill levels meant Zhang Yang could now use Kaitō Kid's abilities even more flawlessly.
But the cost of upgrading increased with each level!
To go from Level 1 to Level 2, he only needed 100 Skill Points.
But Level 2 to Level 3 required 300, and Level 3 to Level 4 would take 800!
Right now, Zhang Yang didn't know how many Skill Points he'd get from missions, but in the points store, every 400 points could be exchanged for 1 Skill Point.
Currently, Zhang Yang had over 40,000 points—just enough to upgrade one skill to Level 2.
But upgrading many to Level 2 was way more cost-effective than pushing just one higher.
[Ding!]
[New Mission: Steal an auction item from the Fubons Auction—Gu Kaizhi's Admonitions of the Instructress Scroll!]
[Mission Reward: Choose between 50 Skill Points or 20,000 points!]
"Huh? Admonitions of the Instructress?!"
Zhang Yang was a bit stunned.
Any proper Dragon Nation citizen who studied history would know—Gu Kaizhi's Admonitions of the Instructress was a foundational masterpiece in the nation's art history!
An absolute national treasure among treasures!
And it had been forcefully taken by Britain during wartime.
"Fubons Auction, huh..."
Zhang Yang started searching for details online.
Fubons Auctions were held in various places around the world.
But every single Fubons event was a place where fortunes were casually thrown around.
Items auctioned there easily went for tens of millions, sometimes over 100 million!
And it wasn't a public auction. Only select invitees could attend.
On the Fubons Auction website, you had to register in advance.
Then they'd pick top-tier tycoons and elites from the list to send out invites.
If you didn't get an invite? Tough luck. You just didn't meet their wealth screening criteria.
Although this mission didn't involve something as famous as the Twelve Bronze Zodiac Heads, it was clearly more complicated!
Just getting an invite to Fubons was tough. Without one, Zhang Yang couldn't even enter the venue—let alone steal something.
While Zhang Yang was already planning his next move, the internet was still obsessed with where the Dragon Head might end up. 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝔭𝔲𝔟.𝖈𝖔𝔪
[The Dragon Nation hasn't made a statement yet—did Kaitō Kid not give them the Dragon Head this time?]
[Yes! As long as it's still in Britain, there's still hope!]
[Yeah right, seems like hope—but not much of it.]
[If they couldn't catch Kaitō Kid on the cruise, what makes them think they can now?]
[Why's MI5 so quiet? Laying low for a big play?]
Everyone was fixated on the fate of the Dragon Head. Many even messaged Zhang Yang directly, asking what he planned to do with it!
