Become a Phantom Thief from the Comic World

Robin, who left the surveillance room on the 20th floor, ran all the way and quickly arrived at the corner shown on the surveillance camera.

He carefully observed the corner, recalling the location where Kaitou Kidd appeared in the surveillance and the direction in which the latter was looking.

Putting everything together, Robin found that there was a blind spot for surveillance five steps away from his current position at nine o'clock.

Immediately afterwards, Robin raised his head and looked at the ceiling in the blind corner of the surveillance room, and suddenly saw a vent there, and there were obvious signs of disassembly on the wire mesh of the vent.

There are many similar vents on this floor, but they are basically within the monitoring range. Only this vent is in a blind spot.

"I see, he's looking for this."

Robin thought: "According to the path of normal ventilation ducts, the location that can be reached quickly from here is... can't you say!"

Suddenly, an idea flashed in Robin's mind, and he smiled victoriously, "I understand."

At this time, he looked at the time again, 23:40, which was still plenty of time.

Robin took out his hook lock gun and fired at the vent. The barbed wire that had been dismantled once was already somewhat loose, and was suddenly pulled off by the hook.

Then Robin put away the grapple gun, jumped up and kicked against the wall to grab the vent, and climbed up easily.

A few minutes later, Robin pushed open the wire fence of another vent with her elbow and jumped down.

He came to a closed room with no lights, doors or windows. The only light came from behind a curtain.

I can also hear sounds like what, what, what, what, what, two times.

"Sure enough, it leads to this place, where the bidding items are temporarily placed."

Robin looked towards the depths of the room. There were various items sealed in glass cabinets on rows of tables, all of which were auctioned today.

However, Kaitou Kidd's target "Pink Dream" is not here, because the treasures that are too valuable will be stored in another secret safe house and will not be taken here until the filming is about to start.

"Pink Dream" is the grand finale of the auction and will not be presented until the last moment.

"The nobles feasted in luxury and noisy, and no one remembered the tragedy of Troy...that's what it meant."

Robin came to the corner and looked at the second-to-last competing item on display based on the serial number—a strange wooden box.

The wooden box was not very big, had no lock, and looked new, not like a valuable antique at all.

"This is probably something Kaitou Kidd dropped. What could be in it?"

Robin thought for a moment, unsure if he should turn it on.

Without hesitation, Robin suddenly took out a gas mask and put it on himself, then resolutely opened the wooden box.

boom!

There was an explosion-like sound, and a white flag suddenly popped out from the bottom of the box.

The flag features a cartoon avatar of Kaitou Kidd and a catchy slogan.

"Are you surprised? Are you surprised?"

Chapter 25 Kaitou Kidd appears

The moment he saw the flag, Robin realized that he had been misled by Kid.

He initially thought that Kaito Kidd's criminal plan was to swap a certain auction item in advance and replace it with the latter's own thing, which was the wooden box in front of him.

This wooden box will most likely be some kind of remote control mechanism or timer mechanism. For example, if you press the remote control or reach a fixed time point, the box will release a large area of ​​hypnotic smoke, tear gas, or even deadly poisonous gas.

Of course, based on Kaitou Kidd's previous crime habits, Robin believed that he would most likely not use extreme means like killing people, but after all, precautions must be taken. No one can be sure whether Kaitou Kidd is someone who likes to hide his true nature. Perverted murderer.

Robin speculated that Kaitou Kidd had calculated the time in advance. This wooden box would definitely be put up for bidding before twelve o'clock. When the host introduced the competing products, the switch would be triggered. At that time, Kaitou Kidd would be in commotion. Stealing "Pink Dream".

This may sound like fantasy, but there is actually room for maneuver.

Kaitou Kidd had sneaked into this room where the auction items were temporarily placed, which meant that he knew the quantity and serial number of the auction items in advance.

Then he can deliberately raise a high price in the audience to scare other bidders from quickly switching to the next competing item, or increase the price a little bit to prolong the bidding time, in order to achieve the purpose of controlling the duration of the auction.

As for whether Kaitou Kidd has that much money to bid, it doesn't matter at all. After all, it is impossible for him to participate in the bidding with his true identity, but will definitely pretend to be someone else.

What's more, Kaito Kidd may directly disguise himself as the auction host and personally control the rhythm of the entire auction.

In short, these are not particularly difficult things for Kaito Kidd to do.

This was what Robin thought until a few minutes ago. Here he solved Kaitou Kidd's trap, and Gordon and others began to investigate everyone in the venue, and finally found out Kaitou Kidd's true face, and everyone was happy.

This time is different from before. At the museum, no one knew where Kaitou Kidd would appear from, nor where Kaitou Kidd would escape from.

Therefore, the police force had to be dispersed everywhere, and now most of the police force is concentrated on the eighteenth floor, and the entire auction venue has been surrounded by GCPD.

In this situation, even Kaitou Kidd cannot fly even if he has wings.

But it turned out that Kaitou Kidd did not leave any mechanism here, which meant that Robin's reasoning was wrong.

Uh, no, really speaking, this is actually a mechanism.

It's just that the function of this mechanism is more like a joke on Robin.

In the surveillance recording, Kaito Kidd glanced at the vent in the blind corner three times in a row, seemingly casually but in fact very deliberately.

It was this detail that normal people would hardly notice that misled Robin, making him mistakenly believe that this was the key to cracking Kaitou Kidd's plan.

As a result, Robin fell into the trap designed by Kaitou Kidd.

"The trap was triggered."

At the same time, Dean, who was hiding somewhere, looked at the display bar that popped up on his mobile phone and showed a triumphant smile, "Humph, Dick, Dick, I know that even if you are smart, you can be misled. This is called smart. Instead, he was misled by his cleverness.”

"The countdown has begun."

Suddenly, Robin realized that he had almost overlooked a crucial issue——

"Kaitou Kid misled me to come here, so his real plan is... bad! The time is already 23:58!"

Robin looked at the time on his watch, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

He immediately rushed out of the room and walked through the curtain to the bidding site.

Then Robin saw that the upper class people who were bidding one by one a few minutes ago were suddenly lining up to leave the venue.

The auction is obviously not over yet, why did it end suddenly?

Looking at the rows of GCPD police teams next to him, Robin immediately understood what was going on.

Gordon brought a large force over to screen the people at the auction, and everyone is currently under police control.

"Now Kaitou Kidd probably wouldn't dare to act rashly, unless he is not among these people..."

Robin looked at the crowd in front of him and thought to himself.

"He probably can't do the blackout thing either. According to the surveillance videos of the past few days, apart from the mechanism that misled me, Kaitou Kidd probably didn't have time to set up other traps."

It’s just...why do I always feel like something is not quite right?

boom!

Just as he was thinking this, a loud noise sounded without warning.

Immediately afterwards, the lights in the entire auction venue went out instantly, and only the big screen on the host stage was still on.

"What! How is this possible?"

Robin looked at the suddenly dark venue in disbelief.

"I've checked all the hotel's surveillance records in recent days. It's impossible for anyone to have the opportunity to tamper with the power supply equipment... Wait, could it be that-"

At this moment, Robin finally understood why Kaitou Kidd misled him to find the "surprise".

Time difference! It’s all about time difference!

Sending the card from the restaurant made Robin realize that Kaitou Kidd was probably disguised as a waiter. All Kidd's preparations were to create a time difference.

Knowing that Kaitou Kidd has infiltrated, Robin will definitely want to catch him before Kidd takes action. If he cannot find any clues, Robin can only take the initiative to look for traces that Kidd may leave behind.

That is, the waiter 'Tom'. By tracking the 'Tom' disguised by Phantom Thief Kidd, it is possible to find Kidd's flaw.

In this way, Robin will naturally investigate all the surveillance records of 'Tom', and 'Tom' has appeared in almost all areas on the 18th floor at various times, which means that all surveillance pictures on the 18th floor will Adjust back.

When collecting surveillance records, it means that for a period of time, the 'current' surveillance footage cannot be seen in the monitoring room, because they are looking at the 'past' surveillance footage!

Even if Kaito Kidd did some tricks during this period and was recorded by the surveillance camera, the surveillance footage would not be seen by anyone in the surveillance room. As long as he moves quickly enough, he can create a perfect time difference.

Thinking of this, Robin couldn't help but be shocked by Kaitou Kid's boldness. If Robin had discovered the vent before Kid finished tampering with the power supply equipment, the surveillance records would have returned to normal time...

Then all of Kaitou Kidd's plans came to nothing.

At this moment, a spotlight suddenly lit up and shone on the center of the hosting platform.

"Ladies~and~Gentlemen!"

A flawless and gorgeous figure appeared in this light.

"It's show time!"

Chapter 26: Oh no! Kidd is everywhere outside

The opening remarks that resounded throughout the audience attracted everyone's attention. Whether it was the upper class people who came to participate in the bidding or the GCPD police officers, they all turned their attention to the dazzling white figure at this moment.

Looking at the elegant Phantom Thief under the spotlight, Gordon's face was filled with disbelief.

"Kaitou Kidd! Why did he appear there?"

His doubts were the same as Robin's before. It was clearly confirmed from the surveillance records that Kaitou Kidd did not have the time to do anything in the hotel, so why did the hotel still have a power outage?

Moreover, not long ago, when Gordon requested that the bidders in the venue be re-screened, they also carefully checked the hosting platform and the surrounding environment, and did not find Kaitou Kidd hiding nearby.

As mentioned earlier, the entire auction venue is mainly divided into two areas. One part is an entertainment venue that combines functions such as restaurants, dance halls, and bars, and the other part is the formal bidding venue. The two are separated by a huge curtain. , essentially in the same big venue.

Excluding the ventilation duct that Robin crawled over, the auction site does not have its own entrance and exit. Entry and exit must go through the entertainment venue. People participating in the auction are gathering in the large open space of the entertainment venue at this time, waiting for the police to conduct personnel counting and identity verification. .

It is most likely that Kaitou Kidd is hiding among the group of bidders, but now all bidders are under police supervision. According to common sense, it is impossible for him to appear on the stage at this time.

"Who is that white guy?"

There was a question in the crowd. For the upper class like them, not everyone is interested in the crime news that happens every day, let alone a mere thief. It is normal for them to have no impression of Kaitou Kidd.

"He is Kaitou Kidd! Don't you know? He is very famous in Gotham recently. It is said that he is a psychopathic thief who likes to return stolen things!"

There are people who don’t know, and naturally there are people who like hot news.

"We meet again, Commissioner Gordon, and the Bat Boy Wonder."

Kaitou Kid looked at Gordon and Robin opposite and said with a smile.

"Hmm... I don't think I saw the 'Pink Dream' here. It's a pity that I can't see the brilliance of the world's largest pink diamond in person."

Kaitou Kidd said this, his tone seemed to be filled with distress.

"Mr. Director, do you know where this pink diamond is hidden?"

"Put your hands up, Kaitou Kidd! All routes on this floor have been blocked by us. You have no way out!"

Gordon turned a deaf ear to his question, directly raised his pistol and pointed it at the Kaitou Kid in front of him, and gave a stern warning.

"You chose the wrong time to show up. Now everyone has left the auction venue. You can no longer use the public as a shield. If you choose to resist to the end, the police have the right to kill you on the spot!"

"Kaitou Kidd, the crime you are committing now is not serious. I don't want things to become irreversible, and I believe you don't want to either. If you surrender now and plead guilty sincerely, I promise you that you will I’ll try my best to help you apply for a commutation of your sentence!”

Faced with Gordon's warning and persuasion to surrender, Kaitou Kidd's face did not show the slightest fluctuation, and he continued to say in a troubled tone: "Really? It turns out that the police don't know where the items they want to protect are hidden..."

At this time, Robin, who was not far below the host table, suddenly frowned. From the moment Kaitou Kidd appeared on the stage to now, only his voice came out without any body movements. Although his facial expressions were lost due to the strange backlighting of the lenses, I can't see it clearly, but it always gives people a sense of violation.

Could it be that……

Robin suddenly recalled a technique used by Kaitou Kidd.

"Sir, do you need to fire?"

Seeing that Kidd had no intention of surrendering, a GCPD subordinate next to Gordon asked.

"Wait! Don't shoot!"

At this time, Robin suddenly stopped him and rushed to the host table as fast as possible.

The strange thing is that Robin rushed to the host's stage, but Kaitou Kidd on the stage did not react at all and stayed in place motionless.

puff!

Robin rushed over and punched "Phantom Thief Kid" in the face. The latter made a dull sound and then popped like a balloon!