Episode 19

**Wizard of Far East (Case 4.5)** is the 19th episode of the Great Pretender series.

## Summary

After believing that he killed Dorothy, Laurent learns that she's not only alive, but a con artist belonging to the group Team Confidence. He's then invited and joins their group in conning people all around the world, until it's decided they'll pull off one more heist before they disband. Their final target is a man connected to the Shanghai mafia named Liu Xiao.

## Plot

After Dorothy was stabbed by Laurent, Seiji arrives and takes Dorothy to the hospital.

It's later revealed that Dorothy is alive and she introduces Laurent to her team of con artists know as Team Confidence. The people that belong to Team Confidence are Seiji and Kim and Laurent is formally introduced to everyone and their background and skills. Dorothy then invites Laurent to join their group and he agrees to.

At Cajamar, São Paulo, Brazil Seiji, and Kim try and swindle a businessman there. They seemingly fail, but in the JFK airport in New York City, Dorothy and Laurent sit across from the same man. As they discuss business together, the man sees a picture of Laurent in a magazine and eavesdrops on a conversation, Laurent has with Dorothy. The topic they discuss is developing the land in Cajamar, São Paulo, Brazil for a lucrative business opportunity for them. Ecstatic, the man contacts Seiji and Kim with a change of heart and decides to go through with buying the land there. After the successful con job, the group target another victim in Milan, Italy over, which is also another successful con.

That night, Dorothy with Laurent briefly talks about Seiji and then Laurent. So he quiets her by first kissing her a couple of times and then the two make love with one another. In Sydney Australia, yet another successful con job is pulled against the Australian Mafia.

In the team's hideout, Dorothy discloses history behind her necklace with a ring on it and Laurent suggests they disband the team before trouble arises. Dorothy refuses and Laurent asks her to marry him, to which, she refuses to follow a distasteful and archaic contract. She does, however, mention wanting to see something involving the cold, even though, she hates being cold. So Laurent takes her to a snowy area where an aurora is formed in the sky. Impressed by this, Dorothy finally accepts Laurent's marriage proposal.

The news of Laurent and Dorothy's marriage is shared with Kim and Seiji and the group decides to disband after pulling off one last con job. Their target is the Shanghai mafia run by a man named Liu Xiao who Laurent meets and plays a game of mahjong with him and his cohorts. After the game, the two take an elevator together without Liu's partner Chen. Once the elevator reaches the ground floor an assailant tries to stab Liu, but Laurent takes the hit.

Months later, Laurent recovers from his stab wound and convinces Liu to hire him to become his interpreter. During one of the slave auctions, Seiji in disguise purchases all of the slaves up for auction and requests for a slave that was once royalty. This is where Kim comes into play who meets with Liu offering him an Ethiopian princess who was really Dorothy.

## Characters

* Laurent Thierry
* Seiji Ozaki
* Dorothy
* Hugo
* Shi-won Kim
* Liu Xiao
* Chen Yao