Power and Wealth

The National Museum is in chaos!

The alarm had sounded, and all the exits are locked. No one is allowed to leave the Museum and must be searched!

Tojo Shinji and the rest of the Museum's executive saw the buddha statue was missing and knew it must be related to the Chinese. They immediately ordered the security guards to gather all the Chinese together and to search them. Even if they cannot find anything, they will also hand them over to the Japanese Police. They cannot rule out the possibility of accomplices among these Chinese tourists. There are many Chinese tourists in the Museum, and when they know the staff is only searching for them, they are furious. But Tojo Shinji couldn't care so much. A relic is stolen from the National Museum is a big case. If he cannot recover the relic or catch any suspects, he will risk being fired!

"Let go! F**k! Do you hear me?!"

"What are you doing?! Do you have any search warrants?! Why are you searching for me?!"

"Hey! How dare you touch my wife?!"

More than a dozen Chinese tourists refused to be searched, but the staff had received permission from the higher-ups to use force on them.

If the staff faces Japanese tourists, they might still be wary as using force on them might result in lawsuits.

But they are not worried when facing these Chinese tourists. They are tourists, cannot speak Japanese, let alone suing the Museum. Anyway, these tourists will be leaving in a few days. What's most important is to arrest the suspect!

Dong Xuebing saw the staff dragging the Chinese tourists away and is extremely furious. He had entered the toilet in the main gallery earlier and took a deep breath. He mumbled sorry to his fellow countrymen and quickly formulated a plan.

Bam! The toilet door was pushed open!

"Is there anyone inside?! Come out!"

"Take out your IDs! Which one of you is Chinese?"

The security guards entered the toilet and started kicking open the cubicle doors.

Damn! You all are asking for it!

Dong Xuebing is in the last cubicle and knew he will be found soon. His eyes turned cold, and he mumbled STOP! Before the guards kick open his cubicle's door.

Time stopped!

Dong Xuebing opened the cubicle door and saw a security guard, with his leg raised in mid-air, outside. He is about to kick Dong Xuebing's cubicle door, and Dong Xuebing walks out and closes the door behind him. He looked at the other security guard and walks out of the toilet.

Everyone outside is panicking, and Museum staff and security guards are running towards the Asian gallery.

Everyone stopped in their running position like statues.

Dong Xuebing recalled what he saw in the morning, and he ran towards an exhibition hall on his left.

This is the Museum's National Treasure display hall. All the artifacts inside are Japan's national level relics, and its historical values are equivalent to China's National relics. These relics symbolized the country's culture and history, and they are priceless. All the security guards had gone to the Asian Gallery. Only two guards are standing in the corridor outside of the National Treasure display hall. There's no one inside the hall!

Dong Xuebing sneered and repeated what he did earlier. He climbed on a display cabinet and covered the CCTV cameras with opaque tape.

After that, Dong Xuebing used his elbow to hit the glass showcase of !

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Bam! Bam! Bam!

The glass showcase shattered!

Dong Xuebing reached inside and took out the . He tore out the paintings from the scroll and kept them with the Buddha statue under his clothes before walking away. He did not return to the toilet in the main gallery and went to the CCTV cameras' blind spot before he mumbled "Stop!"

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Time resumed!

Footsteps of people running and shouting over the walkie-talkies sounded again! At the same time, another alarm sounded!

Dong Xuebing was surprised. The National Treasure Hall's alarm is more sensitive than the Asian Gallery.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Beep! Beep! Beep!

"Shit! What's going on?!"

"Which alarm went off?! How come the alarm sounded again?!"

"Damn! It's the National Treasures Hall!"

The two guards in the corridor turned pale and rushed into the National Treasures Hall. When they saw the shattered glass showcase, their hearts dropped. This is where the was displayed! It's gone?! The National Treasure is stolen!

Ah!

How is this possible?!

The guards used their walkie-talkies to inform Tojo Shinji and the rest of the Museum's higher executives.

If the stolen Buddha statue is a nationwide case, then the will… shock the world!

Tojo Shinji's face turned green!

"What are you all doing?! Ah?!" Tojo Shinji shouted. "Where is the criminal?!"

The guard wiped his sweat on his forehead. "We… we did not see anyone. We only heard the alarm sounded, and the scroll was gone. No one had entered the National Treasures Hall before that!"

The other guard added. "That's right. No one had entered the hall."

"Bullshit!" Tojo Shinji shouted angrily as he ran over to the National Treasures Hall. "No one had entered? Then how did the get stolen?! Ah?! How did it disappear?! Search the whole building! Make sure no one leaves the building, especially those Chinese! Search them and check every corner of the Museum!"

This is Japan's national treasure!

Tojo Shinji cannot imagine what will happen to him if he cannot recover it!

Tojo Shinji's Deputy had turned pale. He knows that even if they recover the scroll, all the higher executives of the Museum will be removed. If they cannot recover, or the scroll is damaged… he shivered. He was the one who received the Buddha statue from the Japanese businessman. He was also the one who prepared the paperwork. But now, he regrets accepting the Buddha statue. Losing Japan's National Treasure because of a China Second-tier Cultural Relic is not worth it!

If he had known this will happen, he would never accept the Buddha Statue!

After losing two relics, who knows if there will be a third or fourth relic. This criminal is obviously an expert. He can block the CCTV cameras and stole the relics without anyone noticing. They don't even have any witnesses and don't even know if the criminal is male or female! Furthermore, the criminal had stolen the relics in broad daylight! This is declaring war with the Museum! He is too arrogant!

Now, Tojo Shinji and the rest can't be bothered with the Buddha statue. They are more concerned about the .

If they cannot get the back, they will be the sinners in Japan's history!

They will be the whole country's sinners!

"Search! Go and search the whole building!" Tojo Shinji shouted in the hall.

After searching for so long, they cannot even get a glimpse of the criminal's shadow! This is too weird!

In another part of the Museum.

Dong Xuebing used STOPs to avoid the guards and CCTV cameras. He would use STOP and hide in the cameras' blind spots. Soon, he heard police sirens of more than a dozen police cars outside of the Museum. He frowned and knew he must act now. With dozens of policemen around, it will be hard for him to escape with his powers. The Museum had also increased its security and cannot take away the rest of the National Treasures. After all, the is enough to shake the world.

It's time to leave. Dong Xuebing does not want to get arrested.

The Museum is in chaos now, and no one should notice Dong Xuebing disappearing.

STOP!

Time stopped! Everything stopped and froze!

Dong Xuebing did not wait any longer and started running. He used the escape route he planned in the morning to leave the Museum in the shortest distance. Seems like this incident had blown up. Tens of police officers were running into the Museum, and some were alighting from their police cars. Dong Xuebing does not know how many police officers there are in the area. Still, from the number of officers and police cars, all the officers around the region should be here.

Dong Xuebing sneered. Now, you all know how it feels.

You all dare to feign innocent?! Refuse to return our stolen relics?! This time I will let you all have a taste of losing your national treasure!

It's crowded at the entrance, and there's not much space for Dong Xuebing to get past.

Dong Xuebing got to turn his body sideways to avoid five to six police officers. He squeezed his way through the security post. Finally, he got to the main entrance. The Museum had ordered a lockdown, and all the exits and windows are guarded. He did not want to take chances and did not resume time. It's safer to stop time for a while more.

Dong Xuebing ran out of the main door.

Five steps…

Ten steps…

Twenty steps…

Dong Xuebing ran along the manmade river until he was out of the Museum compound.

A crowd had formed outside, and all of them were stretching their necks to look inside. The crowd found out what had happened, and a few police officers have stopped them from entering with batons.

After getting out of the cordoned area, Dong Xuebing found a quiet corner and mumbled STOP!

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Time resumed!

"How did anyone break into the Museum? What are they doing?!'

"Who is it? This is too daring!"

"The criminal will not escape! The whole area is surrounded."

The crowd discussed among themselves, not knowing the one who had stolen the relics had boarded a taxi behind them.