Chapter 138
June 17, 2025, in Silver City, the City of Stars.
The Central Museum, Silver City’s largest museum, recently acquired a batch of precious collections. This news had been featured for three consecutive days in the Morning Star Times, the newspaper with the largest circulation, and generated considerable discussion online. Although no images of the collections were released to the public, some basic information was available, including the types and names of certain items.
These happened to match the list of missing items Joey had provided. If he saw them, he would be able to guess their origin.
At one o’clock in the afternoon, a distinctively dressed visitor arrived at the entrance of the Central Museum, which had been closed to the public recently.
He appeared to be around 22 years old, dressed in a somewhat vintage style with a neat linen shirt and a miniature black cube-shaped button fastened at his shoulder. A classical short cloak was attached to his back, with silk-like black hair flowing down along the cloak. He wore men’s boots, a style rarely seen nowadays.
He reminded people of the mysterious mages from fantasy stories.
The young man’s gaze at his surroundings was undoubtedly that of a stranger, like any first-time visitor to this city. After just a glance at the Central Museum’s entrance to confirm he hadn’t come to the wrong place, he walked straight toward the museum doors.
The surrounding crowd parted like the sea around him, everyone unconsciously ignoring him while instinctively making way when meeting him face to face.
Thus, he walked in a straight line to the museum entrance.