Unfortunately, the thieves did not take as much as anticipated and the illegal business continued in the background of the legitimate business! The monk could do nothing but watch as the shop keepers were happy with lettings things go as they pleased with the thieves, but at some point the monk felt like coming back only to stop the thieves from being thieves rather than protecting the shops. If the monk could convince these thieves to stop being thieves, then he could lower the amount of impurity in the world, even just a little bit.
"So, I will attempt what I did last time and start a civil discussion which will hopefully devolve into unrest among the thieves. Supposedly they will come in multiple groups, one group at a time, in order to try to steal as much as they can...then again, they did not do this when I wasn't protecting..."
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