Become a Phantom Thief from the Comic World

Half of them are GCPD police officers, and the other half are security guards hired by the museum.

They are always watching the tourists entering the museum, trying to find people suspected of being Kaitou Kidd.

"Jim, that guy named Kaitou Kid, will he really come? We have been guarding the museum for five full days, and we have changed several groups of people in succession. GCPD does not have that many police resources to waste."

At the entrance of the museum, two old policemen in trench coats were talking. One of them was GCPD Chief Gordon.

The old policeman who spoke to him wore a greasy cowboy hat, a full beard, and a swollen beer belly.

Harvey Bullock is a veteran policeman who has worked with Gordon for many years. The two of them were partners when Gordon was first transferred to Gotham.

"Let me see, that guy might have been scared away by our posture."

"Don't let your guard down, Harvey, if you are right, today will be the day he takes action."

Gordon warned sternly.

"Today? Are you so sure?"

Bullock lit a cigarette and took a long drag. Gordon's warning seemed to have no effect on him.

Gordon knew very well what kind of temper this old fellow was, and he didn't expect him to put away his undisciplined appearance.

He took out the warning letter from Kaito Kidd from his pocket.

"Pour the last drop of water into the transparent bottle,

The new-born fish jumps out of the dried bottle,

The trapped angel weeps sadly,

When the flipped L appears on the tower,

The silver wings will follow the guidance of the moonlight and descend,

Brush away the angel's tears. "

In response to the above, Gordon gave his own reasoning.

"The transparent bottle should refer to Aquarius, and the fish refers to Pisces. The combination of the first two sentences means that the last day of Aquarius has passed and the first day of Pisces has come."

"February 2th is today."

Bullock touched his chin and then asked: "What about the trapped angel? What is this talking about?"

"Harvey! You didn't listen to the case meeting a few days ago, did you?"

Gordon stared, "One of the most valuable collections in the art museum is called Blood and Tears of Angels!"

Angel's Tears of Blood, the treasure of the Gotham Museum of Art, is an uncut natural ruby ​​named after its shape resembling a teardrop and its deep red color.

"Okay, okay, now we know that Kaitou Kidd will take action today, and the target is a precious ruby."

Brock laughed.

"So... what is the flipped L? On top of a tower? There is no tower-like building near the museum."

"I don't know. I still can't figure out the meaning of the last two sentences."

Gordon shook his head and said he had no idea.

"I really don't understand what the thief has in mind these days. Before he does it, he tells others his plan in a roundabout way, and even returns what he got. Then why would he steal? What's the point of doing these things?"

Bullock blew out a smoke ring and said in wonder.

"It's exactly the same as the Riddler back then. Oh no, the Riddler will never return anything he gets. This guy is even crazier than the Riddler!"

"I asked Robin for help. Maybe he can unlock the complete content."

Gordon looked into the distance.

"That kid who always follows Batman? I didn't see him here, but considering he is Batman's assistant, it's not surprising at all that he is invisible."

Bullock had the pipe in his mouth.

“And we can’t just leave the job to someone else.”

Gordon turned around and said.

On the other side, on the rooftop of a high-rise building near the art museum, a young man in strange clothes was also thinking about Kaitou Kidd's notice letter.

"February 2th, Gotham Museum of Art, Ruby of Blood and Tears of Angels... These reasonings should be correct, but what do the 'flipped L' and 'tower' refer to?"

Robin looked around with the museum as the center, but didn't find any building that looked like a tower.

"Maybe it's not a specific building, but some kind of reference... What kind of tower usually has an L-shaped object on it? What I can think of is the hour and minute hands of the clock tower."

His eyes narrowed slightly, and his thoughts began to come alive.

"L flipped over is ┓, which corresponds to 21:30 on the clock! This is the most likely explanation."

"But what do the silver wings mean? Doesn't Kaitou Kidd have a pair of wings?"

Robin pondered, "It's not impossible, considering how crazy the world is."

"There is still an hour and a half until half past nine. I want to see how this Mr. Phantom Thief plans to 'follow the guidance of the moonlight and descend'..."

He was not going to enter the museum, but just squatted on the rooftop, waiting for Kaito Kidd to appear.

If Kaitou Kidd really planned to sneak in through the air, he could intercept the former directly from outside.

Even if the content in the notice letter is a cover, it doesn't matter if Kaito Kid sneaks in from the ground. Robin can still have an overview of the whole situation from the high building.

At the same time, a patrolling security guard in the museum stretched out his hand and looked at the time, a look of impatient joy deep in his eyes.

"The stage is set and the countdown has begun."

Chapter 3 The opening ceremony of the grand performance

The patrolling security guard is none other than Dean disguised as a disguise.

As for the security guard himself, he was being tied up in the bathroom by Wu Hua Da. By the time he woke up, the matter was probably over.

While patrolling the museum, Dean observed the changes in the positions of police officers in each passage to determine whether the action plan needed to be adjusted or the route changed.

As the preview time got closer, Dean became more and more excited.

The last time he came to the museum, he didn't just walk around and leave. He also made a lot of preparations secretly to ensure that today's operation would go smoothly.

"It seems that there are advantages to not being taken seriously. The mechanisms set up before are basically intact. The police did not conduct a detailed search of the museum. Fortunately, I tried every means to make the mechanism more secretive."

After Dean confirmed that his arrangement was safe and correct, he headed towards the central exhibition hall on the roof.

In addition to hundreds of guards and security guards, there are nearly a thousand tourists in the art museum, all distributed in more than 20 large exhibition halls on the upper and lower floors.

Although the trailer for Kaitou Kidd only stated that the target is Angel Blood and Tears, the security measures in the other exhibition halls cannot be relaxed.

As each exhibition hall requires at least two security guards, it is also necessary to ensure that there are people standing guard at all entrances, exits and important passages. Needless to say, the location where Angel Blood and Tears is placed requires the largest number of guards.

As a result, there are not enough manpower available, especially those responsible for patrolling.

Therefore, patrolling security guards did not adopt a group mode of multiple people, otherwise it would not be so easy for Dean to blend into the security team.

After all, who would have thought at that time that Kaito Kidd was proficient in the art of disguise.

Even in the eyes of most GCPD police officers, a mere thief using so many people is already overly high-ranking him.

Catwoman is the only thief in Gotham who can be treated like this. Could this little-known thief Kidd be better than her?

The "Angel's Blood and Tears" ruby ​​was placed in the central exhibition hall on the top floor. More than a dozen police officers in plain clothes mingled among the tourists, intentionally or unintentionally surrounding the glass cabinet containing the angel's blood and tears.

As long as anyone tries to get close to the glass cabinet, they will be closely monitored.

Gordon and Bullock also moved here from the door.

"If Kaitou Kidd doesn't come today, can we think that we were fooled by that bastard's prank?"

Bullock said while looking at the hundreds of people in the exhibition hall.

"It's already 9:10 p.m., and I haven't had a good night's sleep in several days just because of that damn notice letter!"

"Jim, let me tell you first, if there is still no movement at ten o'clock, then I will have to get off work."

He looked at Gordon with a very dissatisfied expression.

"If this is really just a prank, I feel much more at ease."

Gordon said very seriously.

Gordon didn't know it at the time, but Kaitou Kidd was actually less than twenty meters away from them, even though there were several exhibition cabinets in the middle that made the distance seem small.

Dean glanced at the two Gordons from the corner of his eye while pretending to admire the pearl necklace in front of him.

His current disguise is no longer the patrolling security guard before, but switched to that of an ordinary tourist.

It would be too suspicious for a patrolling security guard to go to a central exhibition hall outside his area of ​​responsibility for no reason.

In the same way, it would be suspicious for ordinary tourists to wander around various security posts without paying attention. That's why Dean disguised himself as a security guard before.

He looked at the time on his watch, 21:29, and the second hand had jumped halfway.

"The time is just right. The police, reporters, and audience are all here. It's time for the performance to begin."

Dean took out a small remote control and pressed the button.

The mechanism installed in the power distribution room in advance starts instantly.

Suddenly, all the lights in the entire museum were turned off and plunged into darkness!

Gordon and Bullock were both shocked, knowing that this was no accident.

Kaitou Kidd is about to take action!

"Guard, go and check the condition of Angel Blood Tears!"

Gordon immediately gave orders to the more than ten guards at the scene and ran towards the display cabinet.

"Sir, the gems have not been stolen yet, and there is no trace of Kaito Kidd yet!"

The guard who was already hiding near the display cabinet quickly approached and protected him, then took out his pistol and loaded it, ready to fire at any time.

At this moment, a commotion came from the floor-to-ceiling window not far away.

"Ah! What's outside the window?"

"That looks like a big white bird!"

"But why do I think it's a person?"

A group of ordinary tourists gathered there, pointing out the windows and screaming.

Gordon, who was just halfway through the race, heard the commotion and suddenly thought of the words in Kidd's notice letter that he had never understood.

When the flipped L appears on the tower, the silver wings will follow the guidance of the moonlight and descend!

Think about it carefully, that floor-to-ceiling window faces east, isn't it the direction where the moon rises?

Gordon immediately changed direction and rushed towards the window.

"GCPD! It's dangerous here, civilians, get out of the way!"

Gordon rushed to the floor-to-ceiling window, shouted to drive away the crowd gathered here, squeezed to the front, and looked up out of the window.

Then he saw a flawless white figure cutting through the sky in the night sky and swooping towards the museum.

The two sides of the figure stretched out several meters wide, like a pair of white wings.

But it's impossible for a person to grow wings out of thin air. Gordon knew in his heart that they were probably devices like gliders, and Batman often used similar devices.

A bright moon hung just above the figure, and the bright moonlight shone on the figure, making it the most dazzling presence in the night sky, making it difficult not to notice.

From a distance, this figure actually seemed to fly down from the moon.

"We found Kaitou Kidd! He is outside the museum! Leave a few people to guard the gems, and everyone else will gather at the east window!"

The moment he saw the mysterious white shadow, Gordon immediately used the walkie-talkie to issue orders to all the guards.

As Gordon's order was issued, all the police officers in the entire museum took action and rushed towards the windows on their respective floors.

More than a dozen guards in the central exhibition hall moved in the direction of Gordon, leaving only four companions to continue to guard the gems.

In the exhibition hall, hundreds of tourists looked at the police officers who appeared out of nowhere and began to whisper.

"What happened? Why is there GCPD in the museum?"

"I don't know. Did something happen here?"