The Tale of Hero Alice's Social Death (Pantsu Hero Alice) Chapter 369 - When Will Alice Start Learning How to Read Memories?

"Alice! I just received news from Sylvia!"

After Alice idled around in her home for three days, Lilith called her and brought her a surprising piece of news.

"She found a thief whose mana matches perfectly with the mana in that crystal of yours. Moreover, that thief had indeed visited Icarus City several months ago."

This situation surprised Alice. Originally, Alice thought the first party to bring her good news would be KG Company and that Sylvia would only be done with her investigation sometime later. She didn't think that Sylvia would produce results in only four days.

Of course, this wasn't exactly an impossible situation, either. Unlike manufacturing a figurine, Sylvia's investigation was partly reliant on luck. If she was really lucky, the first person she investigated might even be the thief they were looking for. So, it wasn't out of the question for Sylvia to find their target using only four days.

It was also unlikely that Sylvia had found the wrong person. Identification based on mana fluctuations in this world worked roughly the same as identification via fingerprints back on Earth. Like fingerprints, it was highly unlikely for people to have similar mana fluctuations. So, the person Sylvia found was most likely the thief who stole the book Demon King's Shadow. Not to mention, the other party had visited Icarus City around the time the book was stolen.

After ending her call with Lilith, Alice received a documented report from Lilith via LINK. The report was the information Sylvia had gathered after finding the target. However, the report didn't only contain the target's cover identity in the Thieves Guild. Sylvia had also dug out the target's real identity.

Although thieves typically kept their personal information well hidden, Lilith had many thieves working under her. So, uncovering the identity of a thief was a relatively easy task for her. It was especially so when the thief in question had a loose lip. According to the report, the thief had the disposition to become talkative once he had a

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