Become a Phantom Thief from the Comic World

Thousands of fugitives are lurking throughout Gotham!

Dean was shocked. He didn't expect such a big event to happen in Gotham.

That was Blackgate Prison, and if you were told to attack, you would attack. Dean, who was not a super criminal, would never believe it.

"Get in the car quickly! There is no time to waste here anymore, we must go to the GCPD quickly... Where are the people?"

After waiting for a while, Dean still didn't get in the car, so the senior agent turned his head and shouted impatiently.

The words stopped abruptly in the middle of his words because he discovered that the rookie agent had disappeared at some point.

And he was completely unaware of this?

wrong!

Senior detectives quickly realized something was wrong.

How could a rookie agent do such a clandestine operation?

Not to mention the current act of blatant disobedience of orders, which is 100% punishable.

And he actually ran away without fear?

"Could it be that……"

Senior detectives immediately called up the driving recorders. Their cars will be equipped with exclusive driving recorders that can monitor 360-degree images inside and outside in real time.

However, the rookie agent was nowhere to be seen on the surveillance camera in the car, as if he was the only one from beginning to end...

Chapter 183 Penguin: Black Mask and I are at odds with each other

Things are bad.

It was worse than Dean imagined.

He originally thought that Black Gate Prison had just been breached a few hours ago, and that the thousands of prisoners who escaped from it would first find a hiding place or hide for a while before coming out.

Dean felt that as long as he was a normal person, he would do this.

But he still underestimated the madness of Gotham's criminals.

Not madness of spirit, but madness of courage.

Currently, hundreds of Black Gate fugitives have appeared on the streets of Gotham and are destroying shops and residential buildings on the streets.

They had a variety of weapons in their hands, including baseball bats, golf clubs, machetes, hammers... everything.

However, most of them use melee weapons, and there are relatively few people with guns.

This was probably because they had just escaped from prison and had no connections in a big gang, so they didn't have access to guns in a short period of time, so they could only find common things as weapons.

They were even wearing prison uniforms from Blackgate Prison.

Only some luckier prisoners happened to come across a gun shop. Dozens of people swarmed in and paid the price of two or three corpses to get a small arsenal, and then they had the opportunity to upgrade their equipment.

This group of people is the most vicious group of escapees from Black Gate Prison. They have no scruples, act boldly, and are filled with hatred for this society in their hearts.

Therefore, when they first regain their freedom, they will only do one thing.

Destruction, never-ending destruction.

Perhaps the only difference between them and Arkham prisoners is not the presence of mental illness, but the severity of the symptoms.

If it were just a few hundred armed thugs fighting, smashing, and smashing things on the street, it wouldn't seem to be a particularly serious situation.

It won't be difficult for the GCPD to suppress it.

But this is Gotham, and Gotham is a gasoline barrel that explodes at any moment.

How could hundreds of fugitives wreaking havoc across Gotham go unnoticed by local gang thugs?

All the merchants on this street have paid protection fees. Of course they will fight back if their store is smashed.

The gangs on this street came out to hunt down the fugitives, and the gangs on that street also came out to hunt down another group of fugitives.

So the question is, what will happen if there is a feud between these two gangs?

The gang member who killed the red-eyed man wouldn't think so much. I saw my enemy over there and I was in the mood to kill him. Wouldn't it make me look cowardly if I didn't chop him twice?

It is also possible that some of the escapees from Black Gate Prison happen to be members of one of the gangs, and now they join forces to attack another gang. Maybe there are some ambitious gangs who take this opportunity to annex other gangs. gang...

There are countless gangs occupying countless streets in Gotham. The hundreds of escapees from Blackgate Prison made such a fuss, which directly or indirectly triggered dozens of conflicts between large and small gangs.

A major riot affecting the entire city is spreading rapidly.

On top of a tall building in Gotham, Dean was wearing a black tights, a cloak, and a mask.

A yellow bat logo on the chest.

He looks like a replica of the Caped Crusader.

It's just that his stature is much shorter, and the battle clothes he wears also give off a full sense of cheapness.

That's right, he's wearing that knock-off Bat suit again.

It’s not that he plans to change his profession and become a superhero to bring order to chaos, Dean just thinks that in the current environment, wearing this costume is more convenient for movement.

Looking at the chaos on the streets below, prison escapees, gangsters, GCPD, SWAT teams...all forces are involved in the melee.

It's not so much a street as a battlefield where street fighting is taking place.

There are even some superpowers who performed very well on the battlefield, and then were beaten into pieces by the concentrated fire.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!

boom! boom! boom!

The sounds of gunshots and explosions were heard from all directions in Gotham.

Flames could be seen reaching the sky from many directions, and it was unknown which unlucky person's house was burned down.

"This is Gotham."

Dean couldn't help but sigh, there was a bit of novelty in the familiarity.

This is not the first time that a similar scene has happened. He has lived in Gotham for so many years, and of course he has also experienced such moments of major riots.

But when this happened before, he mostly took refuge in the secret room in his basement, listening to the sound of gunfire all night long.

It was the first time that I witnessed a melee outside like this.

It has to be said that when Dean first debuted as Kaitou Kidd a few months ago, he really encountered a rare good time. For several months, Gotham was peaceful and nothing major happened.

For a Gotham native like Dean, this is actually a bit uncomfortable.

At this time, I finally found the familiar feeling.

This is the right taste.

"I don't know if my home has been damaged. The explosion-proof performance of the wall has been specially reinforced before, so it should not be too seriously damaged, but the windows and other things may not be saved."

Dean thought to himself.

"Hmm... In this situation, I'm afraid no place in Gotham is safe. What should I do?"

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If there is any place that can be called safe when most areas in Gotham City are engulfed in riots.

There is definitely a place for the Iceberg Club.

At this moment, hundreds of Penguin Gang thugs gathered near the Iceberg Club, all wearing body armor and holding military rifles. Their equipment looked better than that of the GCPD.

No blind person dares to come here and act wild.

Whether it's the escapees from Blackgate Prison or other gangs large and small, no one wants to get in trouble with the Penguin.

"Can you figure out who caused this farce?"

In the conference room, Penguin sat in a high position with an expressionless face and asked coldly.

Below, a dozen senior leaders of the Penguin Gang gathered together, and the expressions on their faces were not good-looking.

Gotham is now in chaos. If this chaos continues, they will lose all business.

"Boss, we found out. About a few hours ago, Roman Sionis, alias Black Mask, attacked Blackgate Prison and released all the criminals inside. It was the escapees from Blackgate Prison who started the riot in Gotham."

"It's not clear yet whether those criminals were doing damage everywhere and it was Roman's order."

Below, Ogilvie, who was covered in bandages, spoke in a solemn tone.

Not long ago, he was kicked away by Batman and suffered serious injuries. He should have been recovering in the hospital, but such a big event happened today. The Penguin summoned all his boss-level subordinates, and Ogilvie supported his injuries. coming.

As Penguin's personal secretary, he often relies on him to communicate.

"Black Mask? What kind of stupid name is this? Roman, that good-for-nothing rich second generation, actually has the guts to attack Black Gate Prison?"

Hearing this, Penguin raised his eyebrows.

In his impression, Roman was still the playboy with extremely poor business ability. The company was about to go bankrupt, so he had no choice but to come to him to launder money for emergency relief.

It also led to the first feud between Kaitou Kidd and Penguin, causing Penguin to lose a lot of money.

At that time, Penguin finally sent the money to Roman for the sake of reputation, and he suffered the loss.

"Hmph! We released all the criminals in Black Gate Prison. This is just to make life difficult for everyone!"

One of the leaders snorted coldly.

"Black Mask? I still have white soles! What kind of retarded name does he think he can control all the criminals in Black Gate Prison? What an idiot. I think he has been torn to pieces by the angry prisoners!"

Another leader said.

"I heard that Black Mask has appeared on the territory of Wayne Group. He has nearly a thousand people under his command and is attacking Wayne Tower."

At this time, Ogilvie spoke again.

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the audience stopped talking.

Attacking Wayne Group is a bit subtle.

If it were in the past, they would have dared to bomb the Wayne Tower, but when the news spread that the Wayne Group publicly supported Batman and even the Justice League, they had to weigh it.

"Gotham is my city, and I will never allow anyone to stir up trouble here without my consent!"

The Penguin slapped the table, showing a dangerous look.

"Gather the people, we are going to let that Black Mask know who is the king of Gotham!"

PS of the recent plot and a small request for leave

Everyone, Yuzu is currently exploring how to combine the Phantom Thieves style with local DC events, so he plans to create a semi-original event. Why do you say semi-original? Because I haven’t made much changes to the origin story of Black Mask. , only the subsequent events involved were original.

It can’t be said that there have been no changes at all. After all, the origin of Black Mask was not in the Dick era, but in the Jason era.

Jason is the second generation Robin. He was spotted by Batman because he stole the tires of the Batmobile, and he adopted him as his second son.

This is calculated based on the publication time of the comics. Robin was already Jason when Black Mask first appeared. However, due to the fragmented narrative model of DC's non-linear unit drama, Black Mask's origin time is constantly changing. of.

Some versions already have Black Mask in Dick's era, and some versions are as early as Batman's rookie period.

Generally speaking, Black Mask and Jason have the most grievances, but I don’t think it’s a big problem when Black Mask will debut, so I boldly moved it forward to now.

This is just like Killer Croc and Bane. Killer Croc is also a villain in Jason's era, and Bane is a villain in Tim's era. However, in the short comic "Robin and Batman", Dick fights Killer Croc. The plot of the.

Logically speaking, Killer Croc should not have existed at that time, but it turned out that he appeared, and even a calculator showed his face.

In addition, Calculator is actually positioned as the oracle of the super villain. It only appeared after Barbara was paralyzed and became an oracle in The Killing Joke. Calculator felt that their villain camp should also have an intelligence information center. Also known as the Secret Society of Super Villains.

But like Cassandra and Black Mask, I think it doesn’t matter when Calculator debuts, as long as the person is known.

The big event I'm writing about now may not be qualified to be called a big event in your eyes. There are no aliens and there's no super-powerful villain that can explode the sky, so why should it be called a big event?

This is indeed the case. The scale of major events in the Bat Family is usually not particularly large, and there are no villains with outrageous combat power. After all, the Bat Family are all mortals.

Moreover, I don’t dare to write about big events with high combat power now. It feels too disconnected from the previous plot. It would be better to gradually increase the threat of the enemy in stages.

Some readers previously thought that Yuzu was trying to level up the protagonist, but that was not the case. On the contrary, I was always trying to level down the protagonist's opponents.

There is no way around this. Many readers lack understanding of DC. IMHO, DC’s movies are not of reference value. Be it "Joker" or "The Dark Knight", they are of course very good movies. I I personally like it very much too.

But that is to be judged as a "movie". The world in the movie is too small and cannot be connected with the comics.

I am not here to say that comics are necessarily better than movies, but in terms of breadth of content, comics that have been serialized for more than 80 years are undoubtedly better than a few high-quality movies.