I Have A Dual World Seal-Chapter 727: Return to the Rightful Owner

"These are from Athens."

Somewhere in Gaul, in an abandoned warehouse, Lu Zheng and Lin Wan were sorting through the artifacts they had collected.

Lin Wan placed a heap of seemingly ancient artifacts in a pile.

"These are from the Pharaoh Country."

Lin Wan said, "After all, these two countries have the most collections."

Lu Zheng nodded, "No choice, they are the closest after all."

Lin Wan said, "Such bad luck."

Lu Zheng shrugged, then rummaged through some items from various Middle Eastern countries, "Which country should we send these to?"

Lin Wan blinked, "Husky?"

Lu Zheng squinted his eyes, "I still remember the cause and effect with the Liaoning."

Lin Wan laughed, "Isn't this even better?"

"Alright, then let's divide these between Husky and Persia." Lu Zheng said, "Forget the other countries, I'm afraid those people might sell them back here again."

"Actually, the Sheikhdom is not bad either." Lin Wan chimed in.

"Then three!" Lu Zheng divided the items into three portions.

"And for Brother Three's?" Lu Zheng rubbed his chin, staring at a pile of gold artifacts and gemstones.

"Return them!" Lin Wan said solemnly, "Brother Three's fighting prowess is strong, stronger than all those countries combined, we must return them, and they can help disperse the attention from us."

"What about Japan?"

Lu Zheng glanced at a small pile on his left, Japan had undergone the Meiji Reformation early, so the items lost abroad were not many, and these were smuggled, robbed, or stolen in the early days.

"Oh, leave them be." Lin Wan said indifferently, "There's not much anyway, and they were a subordinate to Hua Country too, so putting them together doesn't seem out of place."

Lu Zheng, "..."

"Oh right..."

Speaking of Japanese collections, Lu Zheng realized and said, "Japan should also have a lot of our cultural relics, right?"

Lin Wan nodded, frowning slightly, "But most of them are in various museums."

"None privately kept?"

"There should be some, but probably not many. I'll check the information when I go back." Lin Wan said.

Lu Zheng said, "No rush on that, we can discuss it later, and we shouldn't just focus on one source."

Lin Wan nodded, then they both turned their attention to the pile of collections in the center.

At the forefront were a chicken head and a dog head.

"Honestly, our initial aim was just the remaining animal heads of the zodiac, but in the end, we gathered such a heap."

Lu Zheng shook his head and sighed, "Actually, the twelve zodiac heads are just famous, symbolic. If they returned these to Hua Country, not only would relations improve, how many truly good things would we common people know about?"

Lin Wan snorted coldly, "If they had that awareness, the world would have been peaceful long ago. It was like this hundreds of years ago, and still like this now, it's a pirate nature."

"This is..."

"The inherent weakness of a nation..."

Lu Zheng chuckled, "Isn't that what was said about us back then."

Lin Wan snorted, "Returning the words!"

"Alright, alright, let's not discuss these unpleasant topics. Let's talk about something happy." Lu Zheng comforted Lin Wan, "Like this time's harvest."

Lu Zheng picked up a scroll, carefully unfolding it, "Like this, tsk tsk, a painting by Fan Kuan, 'Rainy Temple Visit Painting,' damn, this should count as a national treasure, right?"

"Be careful." Lin Wan reminded while leaning closer to Lu Zheng, admiring the wooden scroll painting, her eyes slightly moist.

Lu Zheng glanced sideways, "Are you crying?"

Lin Wan's eyes flickered, her eyebrows flaring up instantly, "No!"

Lu Zheng laughed heartily, then carefully rolled up the scroll, "It's well-preserved, no obvious damage."

Apart from calligraphy and paintings, there were also gold, silver, and jade, stone carvings, porcelain, and many other representative collections.

Lin Wan carefully placed a painting by Yan Liben properly and asked Lu Zheng with a smile, "Should we give them all to The Forbidden City Museum? Not send some back to your hometown?"

Lu Zheng shook his head, "It's okay, the country will likely distribute them uniformly, besides, they are the same wherever they are placed."

"Okay, then once they're sorted, shall we start sending them?" Lin Wan asked.

"Sure." Lu Zheng nodded, sighing, "This New Year for us was really meaningful."

This New Year, Lu Zheng and Lin Wan flew back to their hometown on New Year's Eve, then went to Lu Province to visit Lin's mother, and then used the excuse of working overtime to fly back to Hai City and continue their activities.

For over half a month, the two wandered around European countries, and today was already the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, and in a few days, Lin Wan would have to return to work.

...

So, Lu Zheng and Lin Wan packed these items and sent them anonymously to the largest museums in various countries.

When the museums received this batch of artifacts, how could they keep it from the news media, who had great means?

As the "artifact thief" was still trending, the news sectors in various countries exploded again.

[The National Archaeological Museum of Athens receives anonymous donations involving numerous ancient Greek artifacts, all valuable collections long lost or stolen]

[The Pharaoh's Pyramid Museum receives the largest donation in history, including the oldest gold artifact mask, dating back to over four thousand years BC]

[Husky receives the Sultan's Staff, to be exhibited at Saint Sophia Cathedral]

[The Persian Museum receives religious sacred objects donated anonymously]

[Brother Three's largest museum receives donations from the greatest collector thief in history, enriching the cultural heritage of various national histories domestically]

[Reportedly, The Forbidden City Museum in Hua Country received an anonymous donation from a benefactor, mostly cultural relics stolen years ago, with the exact quantity and content currently being audited]

Once the news broke out, the internet was in an uproar, apart from the angry scoldings from the netizens of two afflicted countries, many other countries' netizens were applauding.

"Thief! Robber! Shameless thief! The countries that received these collections should voluntarily return these artifacts!"

"Greece, Pharaoh Country, Husky, especially Persia and Sheikhdom, along with Brother Three from the East and Hua Country, please abide by the international order and return those collections to their original owners."

"Are you talking about yourselves? Don't you see who the original owner of these items is? I agree they should be returned, so when can we go to the British Museum or the Louvre to claim our artworks and treasures?"

These collections are of shady origin and have not been laundered through packaging and auction houses, so after various countries' museums received them, they had no psychological burden exhibiting them, and completely ignored the two countries' requests for assistance in investigation.

And the two aggrieved parties were also very annoyed, as the theft of these collections belonged to a civil theft case, at most it could only be handled by the police department, and it was impossible for the diplomatic department to voice out.

After all... dealing with such historically tainted matters is easy to say, but not pleasant to hear...