Carmen Sandiego: To Steal or Not to Steal (2020)

While attempting to steal from a V.I.L.E. building in Shanghai, Carmen learns that her friends, Zack and Ivy, have been kidnapped by V.I.L.E., and The Faculty threaten to brainwash them into becoming V.I.L.E. henchmen unless Carmen steals some objects for them. Carmen receives a tip from Player that Zack and Ivy are being held captive in a moving van outside the building. If Carmen attempts to rescue Zack and Ivy from the van, she discovers it was a ploy and Zack and Ivy are brainwashed, forcing the viewer to go back and agree to steal for V.I.L.E. in order to continue the episode.

For the first task, Coach Brunt tells Carmen to steal a soldier from the Terracotta Army in Xi’an, China. While Carmen is outside the dig site, she runs into Tigress, who has been sent to aid Carmen in the mission. They enter an underground tunnel and fall into a booby trap, which Carmen escapes and has the option of saving Tigress from as well. Carmen enters the chamber to steal a terracotta statue, which is picked up by The Cleaners in a helicopter just as two guards enter the chamber. If Carmen hitches a ride into the helicopter, the guards grab her feet after she has climbed up the statue and the combined weight causes the statue to fall and break, angering Coach Brunt and leading to Zack and Ivy’s brainwashing. If Carmen instead hides among the statues, she eludes the guards and escapes from the chamber.