"The Thief Hunter" is the ultimate confrontation between a skilled anti-pickpocket expert and a master thief with deft hands.

The police are the "cats," and the thieves are the "mice." The game of cat catching mice has been played for thousands of years. From the open conflicts between the Northern Song Dynasty's "Imperial Cat" Zhan Zhao and "Furred Mouse" Bai Yutang, to the wits and courage battles between Beijing plainclothes policemen and bus pickpockets, the methods have been renewed, with a variety of tricks, both tense and thrilling.

On this stage of black and white, soldiers and bandits fight, each showing their abilities. Thieves steal without anyone noticing, while the plainclothes officers capture them silently. Various characters take the stage: on the cat side, there are the "Desperate Three Knights," "Little Li Flying Dagger," and "Blind Ding Swift Horse;" on the mouse side, there are the "White-Collar Beauties," "Bus Thief Kings," and "White-Haired Elderly Women." Every day around us, more exciting dramas than "A World Without Thieves" are quietly being performed...

Hunting Thieves - Part One

That day, Zhou Fei was unlucky. He had just seen this female thief on Bus No. 1 with Li Xiaoming; she hadn't "taken" anything, and later when they got on Bus No. 2, they couldn't find her. The morning before, as soon as they got on the bus at Liuliqiao South, they saw this female thief. Zhou Fei thought it was fate, that it was meant for her to fall into his hands. When the bus reached Aerospace Bridge, she kept trying to take an old man's wallet from his back pocket. Due to her excessive movements, the old man noticed. He turned around, saw it was a girl, didn't say anything, just gave her a glare, then got off the bus.

Hunting Thieves - Part Two

Zhenmin's face turned blue. Before the bus even stopped, he jumped off and fiercely chased after her. That guy fell pretty hard, limping as he ran. Anybody else would have been unable to get up, but this thief, in order to escape, forgot the pain and ran so fast that he could complete a hundred meters in at least 13 seconds. There is a lot of science behind chasing thieves. First, the other party starts running first, leaving at least a hundred meters difference; second, the thief runs light, carrying no burden, whereas the one catching the thief has handcuffs and sticks that jingle and hinder movement, making it uncomfortable to run.

Hunting Thieves - Part Three

Xiaoping joined the anti-pickpocketing team in 1990, the year she turned exactly 20. With a head full of naturally curly short hair, eyes not big but sharp, and a sweet mouth calling everyone "master," her arrival made every member of this purely male-dominated team feel refreshed, like a spring breeze brushing past, bringing inexplicable comfort, truly fitting the saying: men and women working together makes work easier. However, catching thieves isn't an easy job—it's bitter, difficult, tiring, and dangerous. Many people thought a young girl like her would end up staying in the administrative department forever.

Hunting Thieves - Part Four

Using a blade means using a razor blade to cut a large opening at the bottom or side of a bag, and then taking out the wallet through this opening. It's something most people wouldn't think of, yet thieves do it, and they do it in broad daylight. Of course, this happens when the victim and the surrounding crowd's attention is distracted. Just then, two people started fighting in front of the ticket booth. Originally, a couple was chatting, when a young man next to them stepped on the girl's foot. The girl immediately retorted, "Are you blind?" Her boyfriend wouldn't let it go either, cursing loudly.

Hunting Thieves - Part Five

Catching thieves emphasizes master teaching apprentice the most, because it's different from other jobs—it's more abstract, and experience is very important. If the master hasn't experienced and taught these things personally, it would be very difficult for you to figure them out by yourself. Xue Xiaoyu was an exception. Even before the master had a chance to teach him properly, he had already grasped the essence of catching thieves. His启蒙 teacher might surprise you: it was the thief! Learning to catch thieves from thieves sounds unbelievable, but this is exactly what happened to little Xue.

Hunting Thieves - Part Six

Where there is love, there is hate! This applies to everything. Zhongyi and others also hate this line. First, the losses to the common people are significant, and second, the thieves on this line are too cunning. Not to mention inexperienced rookies, even seasoned veterans like himself can be caught off guard, and the thief will immediately be "awakened" (discovered). It's like fishing—clearly seeing the fish, even touching it, only to have it slip away with a "whoosh." For a fisherman, that feeling is unbearable. Catching thieves is somewhat like fishing, except thieves are a hundred times more cunning than fish. So, the situation where a cooked duck flies away happens quite often. Sometimes Zhongyi calculates, over the past twenty years, how many battles the Public Transport Corps' guys have fought with these thieves on Route 20, and how many gangs they've dismantled—no one can count. Regardless of how professional the thief is, if you dare to steal on Route 20, sooner or later you'll "break" into the "cannon bureau," which is well-known in the thief community.

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