It's a filler chapter this time, thanks for reading (It's not proofread)

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It's been three weeks since the national museum’s pink diamond exhibition took place. Tonight, police and guards were especially tense since last week a famous thief, Lupin left a note at the museum counter announcing he would steal the pink diamond and the arrogant thief even wrote the exact day and time he would come to steal the diamond.

Lupin is a famous thief wandering around the world stealing incredibly valuable things. The thief has escaped every time with his cunning escape plans. To Lupin, announcing he would steal stuff was just his way to make things more thrilling since he is so good at stealing.

12.00 AM

The time has come for the thief to steal. This time he was disguised as one of the guards and he planned to use a smoke bomb and steal the pink diamond in the confusion. For tonight’s plan, he enrolled as one of the museum’s guards 6 months ago. With his agility, he could steal the pink diamond and hide it before the smoke from the smoke bomb cleared.

"(Now is the time.)" Lupin smirked and released the smoke bomb from his hand stealthily. The thick smoke from the smoke bomb filled the exhibition room, Lupin took this chance to steal the diamond. He avoided all the laser alarms on his way to the pink diamond. Then he took out his tools to cut the thick glass covering the pink diamond, all of this happened in less than 5 seconds. When he was finally about the reach the diamond.

Dushh!!

A kick came flying to Lupin’s body, he got kicked so hard that his body flew more than 10 feet. "Ehh?!" Lupin was puzzled. Then through the thick smoke, a punch came from another direction. Within a second, his hand got handcuffed.

"Smoke?! You thought you could escape from us using smoke?!" Jason grabbed Lupin’s shirt while shouting.

"Yeah, now we can even see clearly in the smoke." James walked to Lupin, it seems he was the one who kicked the thief.

The sight of the smoke alone made both Jason’s and James’s temper burst. It made them remember their last encounter with Chrono which annoyed them. In real life they are considered the best detective duo in the world because there is no one they can't catch. The higher ups even reopened old high profile cases and assigned those to them since their chance of success is 100%.

"Take care of him."

"Yeah, we need to do something." Jason and James walked out of the museum.

Outside, reporters were flooding the museum, the clash between the best detective duo in the world and the best thief in the world became a hot topic. They were waiting outside as they saw the duo walking out of the museum triumphantly while the thief was handcuffed. Excited, the reporters flooded Jason and James with their questions.

"Sirs, where are you going? The governor wishes to see you now the thief is caught, he promised a medal."

"We will let others handle it." Jason replied.

"Why? Is there something else more important?"

"Yes." A short reply from James.

"What is it?"

Jason and James looked at each other, then they answered the question in unison.

""To catch a criminal!!""

Puzzled, one of the reporters asked a question carefully.

"So, there is someone you can't catch?"

"Yes." Another short reply from James.

"Isn’t your record a 100% success rate?" One of the reporters asked curiously.

"It's 99% now." A short answer from Jason.

"Who is it?"

Without answering the question, Jason and James entered their car and left. It would be too embarrassing if they revealed the person in question is a user from Emperor Saga. But to the reporter, their sudden leave meant.

"A high profile case the police is investigating secretly!!"

"Breaking news, a criminal even the best detective duo in the world can't catch!!"

"Is it a serial murderer? A terrorist? Mob Boss?"

In a way, Daniel became a celebrity.....

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*sigh*

A deep sigh came out from Alex. It was the darkest time in Emperor Saga’s history. The emergence of someone worthy of opposing the Emperor aroused interest around the world. Now 99% of the users had returned and a month ago, a mass of newbies signed in.

Because all of these circumstances, war broke out every day somewhere in the world. Pirates, bandits and outlaws were running rampant. Some of their clan’s allies also made suspicious movements which may be an act of betrayal. Alex had a headache just by thinking about all of that. As the Emperor, he receives a salary from DT Entertainment, the company which created Emperor Saga. And for that, he needed to read all the news and make sure everything is kept in check. But recently, there's too many thing happening making it impossible to read all the news and take action.

But his face got brighter when he saw one particular piece of news.

"(You have come.)" Alex smiled while looking at Chrono’s wanted poster. He then decided something and walked outside of his room. He called 4 of his clan mates and met them at the central hall.

"Let's make a party and explore this world." Alex abruptly suggested something outrageous.

The other 4, shocked by Alex’s words asked him. "Why? If you leave the capital you will lose 90% of the Emperor’s bonus."

"Even without the bonus I'm still the best player." Alex smiled while looking at his clan mates. "I will ask Damien to do my job in my stead, he has always been good at this kind of thing."

After convincing his clan members, he departed from the capital for the new adventure.

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Confrontation between Chrono and the clan 'Purpose' was uploaded automatically by Emperor Saga’s AI to the Hall of Fame website. The video’s length was 4 hours since Chrono had fought for 16 hours in the game. The video aroused interest around the world since it was the first time a user had slain a hundred men with wits and luck. The hundred men slayer title is common in Emperor Saga’s 10 year history but usually the fight was only between an extra high level user bullying low level users. But this time, Chrono was obviously around the pursuers’ level since his character’s damage and speed weren't that high.

The intense fighting video made Chrono a celebrity around the internet. His skull mask hid his face and Emperor Saga’s AI blur his face when he took off his mask for privacy reasons since the AI had uploaded the video without his permission. Now Chrono was a celebrity on the internet too. Since he wore a skull mask and had slain a hundred men, everyone called him.

Red Eyed Skull Mask

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Meanwhile, bounty hunters around the kingdom received the sudden quest due to Chrono’s hundred men killing.

Bounty Hunter Sudden Quest : Hunt The Red Eye

A chaotic user rampaging through the Forest of the Beast slaying a hundred man in cold blooded!!

Hunt him down and make him payed for what he did in his merciless carnage.

Reward : 160 gold

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