"Two hours before the auction begins with three Legendary Rank masters guarding it?" Catherine shook her head with a bitter smile, "You guys really have bad luck. Go on with the important part."
"After the gem went missing, we searched for three days," John continued, "We almost turned every suspicious spot upside down secretly, but found no clues. Given the weird nature of the gem's disappearance, we suspect that it was the work of Upper Rank thieves from the Thieves' Guild, so we contacted the city guards to ask for their cooperation in negotiating with the Thieves' Guild. However, without concrete evidence, we cannot start the negotiation. And the problem is, we have no evidence to prove the involvement of any members of the Thieves' Guild, hence they couldn't negotiate."
