Become a Phantom Thief from the Comic World

There is only one possibility, that is, Dean has already had contact with Bat Girl, and certain characteristics made her doubt him.

The women I have been in contact with recently...

Suddenly, Dean recalled what happened when he went to the library to meet Barbara.

It would make perfect sense if the association was made through the Roman elements on the notice letter and my own reading of books on Roman knowledge.

Dean once suspected that three people might be Batgirl, one was Bruce Wayne's little cousin Betty Kane, one was Alfred's daughter Julia Pennyworth, and the last one was Barbara Gore. Deng.

Originally, Dean thought Betty was the most likely, after all, she had the closest relationship with the Wayne family.

Now it seems that Barbara is the real Batgirl.

Just as Dick explained to Alfred that he wanted to invite Dean to Wayne Manor for dinner, on the other side——

A dark figure is gradually approaching the Saston mansion...

Chapter 49 Search

"Wayne Manor has not had guests for a long time. Master Richard, it is a good thing that you invite friends. It will add a lot of vitality to the lifeless house."

"If possible, I hope you can invite more friends over in the future, especially friends from school."

After Alfred heard Dick's thoughts, he nodded happily.

He turned to look at Dean eagerly, opened the rear door and said, "Mr. Saston, Wayne Manor is located in the outer suburbs and the road is a bit long. Please get in the car. It will take a while to reach the destination."

"Thank you, Mr. Pennyworth."

Dean thanked him naturally, without any pretense, and got into the car directly through the door Alfred opened.

Dick got in through the door on the other side.

"I'm really happy that Master Richard can invite friends to my home. You may not believe it, Mr. Suston, but you are the first person of your age to be invited by Master Richard to Wayne Manor, not counting his interactions. words from the girls.”

Alfred sat in the driver's seat and said with a look of great comfort.

"I don't mean to say that it's not good to interact with girls, but I don't want Master Richard's interpersonal circle to completely become like Master Bruce. There are only women around him, but he can never make a true friend. I hope Master Richard can have more pure friendship.”

He wasn't trying to set up his boss by saying this, because everyone in Gotham knew about Bruce Wayne's affairs, and that was the impression Bruce wanted people to have of him.

"Really? That's really an honor for me."

Dean really didn't expect that he would be the first friend invited into Wayne Manor by Dick.

Uh... It's not right to say friends. The Teen Titans must have been to Wayne Manor, so they must be non-superhero friends.

Speaking of the Teen Titans, this is a teenage superhero organization that was originally formed by the assistants of the members of the Justice League, and later absorbed many independent teenage heroes.

It was only founded about half a year later than the Justice League, and Dick is the founder and leader of the Teen Titans.

However, the Teen Titans do not appear in the news as frequently as the Justice League. After all, they are all minors. Apart from being heroes, they usually have to go to school, and they can only get together on weekends for activities.

"Speaking of which, the rest of the Teen Titans are very strong. It would be a real pain for me if Dick asked them to help me, but I know he would never do that, just like Batman would never let him. Just like the Justice League meddling in Gotham, they won't meddle in other people's cities easily."

Dean didn't quite understand this strange territoriality.

On the way to Wayne Manor, Alfred and Dean chatted wordlessly.

This allowed Dean to know a lot of secrets about the Wayne family. They were secrets, but they were just things that were unexpected and reasonable for the people of Gotham.

None of the content goes beyond what ordinary citizens of Gotham know about the Wayne family.

The strange thing is that Dick, who originally extended an invitation to Dean, suddenly fell silent and kept looking out the car window without saying a word.

The sky gradually darkened and night fell.

At this moment, Dean's address, Thaston House.

A black figure wearing tight clothes with a bulging front and back sneaked into the small villa at some point.

The extremely eye-catching bat helmet and the bat logo on the chest clearly reveal the identity of the person in the future.

Batgirl - Barbara Gordon.

Why she appeared at Dean's house had to be mentioned in the morning when she pointed out to Dick the suspect of Kaitou Kidd.

Since Dick didn't believe that Kid was Dean, the two decided to test Dean.

The plan they made was to have Dick try his best to hold Dean back while Barbara took this time to search Dean's address to see if she could find any clues.

Barbara had previously hacked into Gotham's real estate trading network to investigate, so she was very sure that the only property in Dean's name was the Thaston House.

If Dean is Kidd, then most of his crime tools are hidden here. Even if Dean uses a false identity to prepare a safe house, it will not be perfect and there must be traces to follow.

The reason why Dick chose to invite Dean right after school today was to try his best to prevent Dean from noticing that he was under suspicion and to divert relevant clues from home in advance.

Not long ago, Gordon, who knew the time when Kaid Kidd committed the crime, dismissed most of the guards in the museum, leaving only a small number of people to keep vigil in the museum.

Barbara said goodbye to Gordon on the grounds of attending a karate training class and rushed to the Saston Mansion without stopping.

"The room is a bit messy, and the items are arranged irregularly. He looks like an ordinary man. The biggest difference is that although the room is a bit messy, it feels very clean."

Barbara first walked around Dean's bedroom, carefully examining every corner.

She opened the wardrobe and bedside table one by one, rummaged through them, and even dug into the pockets of each piece of clothing.

Sometimes people just leave some items behind in their pockets. Even if the probability is low, they must be searched thoroughly.

After searching for a long time, I didn't find any suspicious points, including the entrance to the secret room.

Then Barbara moved to other rooms and searched every corner of the Thaston mansion.

In the end only the basement remained.

Entering the basement with a bat-flash in hand, Barbara cautiously walked down the stairs and pushed open the basement door.

I saw an open space filled with all kinds of dazzling magic props, and each prop had obvious signs of use.

There are so many magic props that there is almost no place to stay in the entire basement.

"This should be where Dean Thaston practices his magic."

Barbara thought to herself.

With Dean's identity, there was no problem having these things in the basement, and Barbara could tell from a cursory glance that Dean had been practicing with these props for quite some time.

No wonder he can become a famous genius magician at such a young age.

After casually rummaging through the pile of props, Barbara knew that there should be no clues about Phantom Thief Kidd here.

"It seems that Dean is really not Kaitou Kidd. I suspect the wrong person..."

After searching for a long time and finding nothing, Barbara came to the wall and sat down, staring at the four walls of the basement in a daze.

"Ok?"

At this moment, Barbara suddenly realized something was wrong.

(Brothers, there were some minor bugs in the plot before, which did not affect the overall reading but may affect some perceptions. Now they have almost been corrected. Thank you to the book friends who raised questions. If you find any errors or omissions in the future, you can directly raise them. Come out, don’t hide it)

Chapter 50 What is true cannot be false, and what is false cannot be true

Barbara walked to a wall on the left side of the basement, stretched out her hand and stroked the wall, her eyes lost in thought.

"If I remember correctly, based on the structure and area of ​​this mansion, there should be a lot of space in this area."

Boom! Boom! Boom! Bang bang!

Barbara put her ear against the wall and tapped a few times with one hand.

While tapping, she kept moving her position on the wall. When she hit a certain part, she suddenly heard the tapping sound change.

"This voice is... something is definitely wrong!"

At this moment, she dared to conclude that there was definitely a secret room hidden behind this wall.

Why did Dean create a secret room in his basement?

Barbara's eyes flashed with strange light, and she began to look for the switch to enter the secret room.

"The overall structure of this form of secret room is not complicated, and the entrance switch should not be located too far away."

She moved her body so that she was just parallel to the part that made the strange sound, then stretched out her hand and continued to touch around on the wall.

A few minutes passed like this.

Click!

Suddenly, Barbara's eyes lit up, and she felt that her fingers seemed to have touched some triggering mechanism, and there was an obvious mechanical sound.

With a strong effort, the part pressed by the hand completely sank into the wall.

Immediately afterwards, the wall in front of him began to tremble slightly.

Amidst a rumbling sound, the wall opened to both sides, revealing a hole just big enough for one person to pass through. The space behind the passage was so dark that it was difficult to see what was inside.

"Tsk~ It's really an old-fashioned setting, but it makes me feel much more relaxed."

Barbara looked at the entrance to the secret room in front of her with an expression of lack of interest.

"Let me see what secrets are hidden in this...what!"

When Barbara walked into the secret room with a flashlight and saw the environment inside, her pupils shrank instantly.

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On the other side, Wayne Manor.

In the low-key and luxurious restaurant, Dean, Dick and Alfred sat at the table together and enjoyed a sumptuous dinner.

Although the table was full of dishes that he couldn't name, Dean still ate happily.

Needless to say, the food eaten by rich people is indeed different from what normal people eat.

"How do you feel, Mr. Suston? Is the food to your liking?"

Alfred asked with a smile.

"It's delicious. You are the most skilled chef I have ever seen, Mr. Pennyworth. To be honest, I'm wondering if I should find a butler like you."

Dean exclaimed after wiping the corners of his mouth with a napkin.

"But my house isn't as big as Wayne Manor, so I can manage it on my own."

"You are flattering, Mr. Suston," Alfred humbly responded to Dean's compliment, and then said: "I don't want to interfere in your family affairs, but I want you to know that the butler's The meaning of existence is not just to have an extra servant in the house to take care of things.”

“He can also be a trustworthy family member who is always there for you.”

"I agree with you, Mr. Pennyworth. It's obvious that you are a trusted member of the Wayne family."

Dean nodded and said, an idea suddenly came to his mind.

Maybe I should find a helper...

"I'm stuffed."

At this time, Dick next to him put down the knife and fork in his hand and looked at the other two people.

"Have you finished eating? Dean, when can we start arranging magic teaching?"

"Dick, I know you are in a hurry, but don't worry yet."

Dean was almost finished eating at this time, he also put down his knife and fork, and said to Dick seriously.

"Before I start teaching you, I have a few more questions to ask you, which will determine the kind of magic I will teach you and the final effect."

While he was speaking seriously, Dean was thinking about something else in his heart.

"Almost three hours have passed since school, but Dick hasn't asked me any special questions. He behaves like a teenager who really wants to learn magic to pick up girls. Why didn't he ask me Kaitou Kidd? Related things?”

I thought that Dick would make subtle insinuations to me, and he might even deliberately ask some sensitive questions to test his reaction.

The result was that everything was uneventful from beginning to end, and nothing was asked except magic learning.

Dean always felt something was strange.

"Does he really just want to learn magic? Impossible, absolutely impossible! This is not consistent with Robin's identity at all. He and Bat Girl have begun to doubt my identity. There is no way that I will do nothing..."

Thinking of this, Dean's heart suddenly moved, and he almost ignored the existence of Bat Girl.

I thought it was just Dick who was testing him, but now it seems that Dick's mission is just to hold him back.

Since Batgirl is not here, there is only one place she can go.