Livestream: Awakening as Kaitō Kid, Shocking the World-Chapter 16: Counter the Trap, Lure the Snake from Its Hole

A security guard from the surveillance room rushed over to Charles.

"Mr. Charles, Mr. Stanley—the Phantom Thief has entered the castle!"

Stanley's pupils contracted at the news.

"The Phantom Thief is inside. Everyone, get into the castle and catch him!"

The radios were completely down.

Upon hearing the order, the elite guards immediately headed for the castle. One squad remained outside to maintain perimeter watch.

Kelly and Carl followed the elite guard squad, but as they passed, Charles stopped them.

"Brant, these two are your men!"

"You'd better give me an explanation for that gunshot just now."

One Kaitō Kid was already enough trouble—and now Brant had brought people into his castle to start shooting?

Brant frowned. He hadn't expected Zhang Yang to use another dummy.

That trick had already been played once at the museum, and yet it had worked again. They'd fallen for it twice.

"Mr. Charles, I'll explain everything later!"

"But right now, we need them to catch Kaitō Kid. Please, trust me!"

Charles's face was dark, but he gestured for Stanley to step aside.

Kelly and Carl darted into the castle.

At that moment, Zhang Yang had already found the surveillance circuit box inside the castle. With two fingers holding red playing cards, he slashed through the bundle of wires—cutting through the castle's camera feed.

The screens in the surveillance room went black in an instant.

"F**k, he's severed all the lines!"

"I'm going to inform Mr. Stanley!"

The guard who had just returned to the control room ran off again to report.

"Mr. Stanley! Kaitō Kid has destroyed the surveillance system. All the feed lines have been cut!"

Stanley gave a solemn nod. With even the radios out, he wasn't surprised anymore by anything Zhang Yang did.

Now, all the elite guards, along with Kelly and Carl, could only sweep the castle room by room.

It had turned into another round of frustrating hide-and-seek.

They were all eager for Zhang Yang to show himself, but the moment he did, he completely shut down every advantage they had.

Charles turned a sharp gaze toward Brant and asked in a low voice, "Brant, what are you really trying to do?"

"You want to kill Kaitō Kid?"

Now that things had gone this far, Brant didn't bother pretending anymore.

He laid his cards right on the table.

"That's right."

"Mr. Charles, he has to die."

"He broke into the property and is a threat to people's safety. Under the law, we bear no responsibility."

Brant wasn't wrong. British law did permit lethal force in certain intruder situations.

But Charles didn't want anyone dying in Swan Lake Castle.

Then Brant took it a step further and offered Charles a tempting incentive to smooth things over.

"Mr. Charles, after this is done, I'll find a way to get you that item you've always wanted."

The moment he said that, Charles's expression softened noticeably.

"Brant, are you certain you can deliver?"

Stanley tactfully stepped aside, staying out of earshot.

Brant grinned confidently.

"Mr. Charles, I'm the curator of the British Museum. Of course I have ways."

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Hearing that, Charles gave his silent approval.

"Stanley, go help them, and make sure they don't damage my collection."

Inside the castle, Zhang Yang had already flipped through the entire collection catalog—but the snake head wasn't listed.

There was no record of it at all.

Everyone around the world knew about the twelve bronze animal heads from the Dragon Nation. Charles naturally understood how priceless the Snake Head was. It wasn't impossible he had hidden it in a special location.

Standing in the corridor, Zhang Yang snapped a photo and posted it on Kaitō Kid's account.

"So many dazzling treasures. Want to guess which one I'll take?"

Right after the photo went live, Zhang Yang quickly left the spot and made his way upstairs.

With his Enhanced Senses, he could clearly hear footsteps approaching fast—elite guards closing in.

His hearing was far sharper than any normal person's. Not only could he hear them coming, but he could tell they had split into multiple squads to search separately.

Right now, tens of thousands of people online were itching to know what was happening inside Swan Lake Castle. So the moment Zhang Yang posted a new photo, the comment section exploded.

[WTF? I knew Charles was rich, but not this rich!]

[Holy crap, so many treasures—any one of them could probably buy my life!]

[That's putting it mildly. That painting of Sunflowers on the wall? If your life's worth ten million, that thing could buy two of you... and throw in a Rolls-Royce Phantom.]

[Oh my god! Is the item he's stealing actually in this photo?]

[Hah, looks like they still haven't caught him!]

Zhang Yang reached the fourth floor of the castle, noticing that the items there also had corresponding numbers and names from the catalog.

He checked each one until the last. Every single item in the display had a matching entry in the directory.

Meanwhile, Charles and Brant had also seen Zhang Yang's latest post. They hurried into the castle and stood exactly where the photo had been taken.

"He's not stealing anything from here," Charles said with a deep frown.

He'd already checked—none of the artifacts in this hallway were missing.

Suddenly, Brant's eyes lit up. He leaned close and whispered in Charles's ear, "Mr. Charles, he might be after the collection in your underground vault!"

"Kaitō Kid is extremely cunning. This photo might just be a distraction to pull our attention elsewhere!"

Charles's heart sank.

Swan Lake Castle housed over two thousand treasures, but none of the ones on display were his most precious.

The truly priceless items were kept in the underground vault beneath the castle!

Swan Lake Castle had an underground level that used to house servants, but it had long since been abandoned. After Charles purchased the estate, he renovated the basement into a secure vault—built to the same specs as a bank's.

Brant's warning sent a chill down Charles's spine. That vault held the most valuable pieces of his entire collection—his lifeline.

"We're going to the vault!" Charles said immediately, and led Brant downstairs without hesitation.

At the same time, Zhang Yang was perched on the castle wall outside, having heard their entire conversation loud and clear.

"So there is a vault. No wonder the Snake Head isn't in the catalog."

He'd already felt something was off after flipping through the entire directory.

The system couldn't be wrong. The Snake Head was definitely inside this castle.

So Zhang Yang had deliberately posted a random photo online—just to bait Charles and Brant.

And sure enough, Brant had "cleverly" taken the bait.

The castle walls were made of thick stone blocks. Over time, weathering had created plenty of cracks and footholds.

With his Enhanced Physique, climbing wasn't a problem for Zhang Yang.

The entrance to the underground vault was on the first floor. Zhang Yang stopped at the second floor, opened a window, and quietly slipped back into the castle.