Become a Phantom Thief from the Comic World

"The 'Hope Blue Diamond' has been stored in the Smithsonian Museum for decades, and no one has died due to illusory misfortune. When it first arrived in Gotham, it killed an exhibition hall employee who had been in close contact with it. There is such a thing in the world. Is it a coincidence?"

Batman stared at Curator Offee, his sharp eyes seeming to pierce the latter's heart.

"This... I really can't say this, if I say it, I will be killed..."

Curator Ao Fei looked embarrassed and struggled with his eyes.

Seeing Curator Orphen begging, Batman put down the hand holding his collar.

Just when the former thought that Batman had finally relented, a strong pulling sensation suddenly hit his right foot, instantly making Curator Aoife lose his center of gravity.

The strange thing is that Director Ao Fei did not fall to the ground, but turned around, with his head on the ground and his feet in the sky.

In his sight, the ground was getting further and further away, and he was getting higher and higher.

It was as if there was a rope tied to his feet that was constantly pulling him up.

This is true.

As the height continued to climb, Director Ao Fei instinctively began to feel fear in his heart.

Ten seconds later, Director Ao Fei was hanging in the air dozens of meters high, with the ropes wrapped around his feet fixed to the external railings on the roof.

Batman stood on the top of the building, looked down at the hanging curator of Offi and asked, "Answer my question just now!"

He squatted down, grabbed the rope and swung it, which gave Curator Aoife a sense of weightlessness and a precarious feeling, once again deepening the fear in his heart.

"If you don't speak up, I will cut the rope and let you fall freely."

Batman said calmly.

"No! You can't do this! You never kill anyone!"

Curator Aoife panicked when he heard this and quickly reminded Batman.

"I don't want to kill anyone, but if I accidentally slip and untie the rope, you will be in trouble."

Batman's face remained normal, "So, if you don't want my hands to slip, tell me what I want to know."

As soon as he finished speaking, Director Ao Fei felt the rope shaking more violently, as if it might break at any time.

"me……"

Curator Aoife's heart began to waver.

Seeing this, Batman untied the rope on the railing, then let go of his hands, letting Curator Offee fall to the ground.

"Aaaaaaaaaaa!"

Curator Aoife screamed in horror.

Under the weight of an adult, the rope was pulled down quickly. Fortunately, the rope Batman reserved on top was very long and could not be used up in a short time.

The time to release the rope was short. After about two or three seconds, Batman reached out and grabbed the rope and refastened it to the railing.

At this time, Director Ao Fei was completely frightened, his face was pale and he was sweating profusely.

Before Batman could ask, he spoke consciously, spilling all the inside information he knew.

"Before the exhibition started, a dozen gangsters from the Penguin Gang came to me and gave me a strange box containing a stone that looked similar to the 'Hope Blue Diamond'. They forced me to use that stone. The stone replaced the 'Hope Blue Diamond' in the showroom! And I was warned not to open the box."

"I don't know what that stone is. It's definitely not a diamond, or any kind of gemstone I know, but I'm sure it's definitely a real ominous thing! A veritable stone of misfortune! That employee is He died because he touched the stone, because he opened the box at that time!"

"I know this sounds ridiculous, but I swear it's true. It must be put in a box to seal the evil power of the stone!"

Curator Aoife said everything in one breath, and then begged.

"Batman! That's all I know. They didn't tell me any more information."

"They just asked you to replace the real diamonds and didn't ask you to do anything else?"

Batman asked confused.

"Absolutely true!"

Director Aoife was categorical.

"Where did the real 'Hope Blue Diamond' go?"

Batman continued to ask.

"I put it in..."

Chapter 95 Is it Kaitou Kidd?

Some time later, in a quiet and deserted corner of Gotham.

"Phew—it's so hot to death!"

Dean took off his bat-shaped helmet and breathed a sigh of relief.

There were dense beads of sweat on his forehead, and his back was already wet with sweat.

Not only the helmet, he also took off the bat suit and the ultra-thick layer of muscle silicone lining, as well as the boots that were padded with a height of ten centimeters.

After taking off these gadgets, Dean suddenly felt dozens of pounds lighter, giving him the illusion of being alive again.

Yes, what Curator Aoife met not long ago was not the real Batman at all, but Dean in disguise!

The reason why I dressed up as Batman was because Batman's reputation in Gotham was too great and he was good at everything. He just frightened Curator Offee and he said everything. Someone else might not get this treatment.

What's more, how could the elegant and gentle Phantom Thief do such violent torture?

Inappropriate, inappropriate.

To be honest, wearing such heavy clothes to show off was not an easy task, and Dean almost suffocated to death.

The Bat suit he wore didn't use any high-tech materials, it was just a knockoff made of plastic with a little metal.

In order to avoid being seen by Curator Offee, Dean used a searchlight to emit a strong light at the beginning, and then suddenly turned off the light and went around behind him to create the elusive image of Batman.

After the eyes are stimulated by strong light, it is difficult to focus on the details of Batman's suit for a while.

Fortunately, Dean did a good job. Curator Aoife did not see his flaws and successfully obtained the information he wanted.

"Ahem! Damn it, I just learned to speak a few words and my throat feels so uncomfortable. Isn't it tiring for Batman to talk like that every day? Aren't you afraid of becoming mute one day?"

Dean coughed hard several times and couldn't help but vomit.

"I didn't expect that this time it would be the Penguin Gang who brought this about..."

He thought to himself as he collected all the Batman knockoff components on the ground.

"Last time, I used the dragon egg ruby ​​necklace as bait and recruited fireflies to kill me. This time, I don't know where I got the real 'stone of misfortune'!"

"Isn't it just that he exposed his money laundering scam? As for being so ruthless and insisting on killing me? How much hatred and resentment are there?"

"And it was Vicky Vale who really told the story. I just helped. Why did the Penguin just rely on me and not take revenge on Vicky Vale?"

Dean doesn't quite understand why Penguin hates him so much.

He also couldn't understand why, among all the reporters in Gotham, Vicki Vale was the only one favored by all the super criminals in Gotham.

It is said that Vicki Vale interviewed the Joker face-to-face, not in prison or Arkham, but at a crime scene full of hostages.

In that situation, she dared to bluntly condemn the crimes committed by the clown, but the clown was not angry at all, and even had a pleasant conversation with her.

It was as if there was a mysterious force protecting Vicky Weir.

"It seems that he doesn't want to let me go if he doesn't want to make Penguin suffer a lot."

Dean touched his chin and thought deeply.

"The Stone of Doom, maybe you can put it to good use..."

On the other side, Wayne Manor.

Dick dragged his tired and tired body back home.

"Welcome back, Master Richard."

Alfred came out to greet him and asked with a half-smile on his face.

"Did your mission go well today?"

"Stop teasing me, Afu, I'm sure you already know. There will be a live broadcast by the media in Wayne Tower, and everyone will know that Kaitou Kidd played a big joke on Gotham on April Fool's Day."

Dick shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"When I read that the date was April 4st, I should have been prepared, but I actually really believed that he would take action today. I underestimated Kaitou Kidd's fun-loving spirit."

"A criminal has such a mentality, I really don't know whether it is good or bad."

Dick sighed.

"Well...if it's just fun without anyone getting hurt, I don't think it's a bad thing. To be honest, like you, I don't hate Kaitou Kidd."

Alfred chuckled.

Hearing Alfred's words, Dick looked at him curiously.

"Master Richard, maybe you haven't noticed, but the day Kidd committed the crime, especially when his performance was officially announced, the overall crime rate in Gotham showed a downward trend, although there are still a lot of crimes in the city. happened, but it did go down.”

"really?"

Hearing this, Dick showed a surprised expression.

He doesn't hate Kaitou Kid, purely because he feels that Kaitou Kid is not inherently bad and has never committed a truly unforgivable crime.

Didn’t you expect that the appearance of Kaito Kidd would be accompanied by a decrease in Gotham’s crime rate?

"Yes, Master Richard, you can check all recent crimes on the Batcomputer. The total number has indeed decreased."

Dick still couldn't believe it.

If you think about it carefully, a few nights after Kidd appears, he seems to encounter fewer criminals during his night patrols.

Especially tonight, Dick only encountered three robberies on the way back from Wayne Tower. Under normal circumstances, five or six encounters were considered few.

On this day, Dick found that he had a new understanding of Kaitou Kidd...

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The next day, July 4st.

On this day, Dean did not come to the Offee Jewelry Exhibition Hall. After all, Kaitou Kidd's action was on the third day.

Dean is just a magician, not a real detective. He won't be of much use when Kaito Kidd isn't here, and he might even be in danger if he encounters another thief.

So Dick didn't ask Dean to come over today.

He and Barbara arrived at the exhibition hall early. Their mission was different from Dean's, which was to protect the diamonds from being stolen.

"What did you say!"

When Dick and Barbara entered the exhibition hall, they heard the angry roar of Director Aoife.

I heard him scolding two maintenance workers, revealing shocking information in his words.

"Last night, I watched you two walk into the showroom of 'Hope Blue Diamond' to maintain the equipment. But today you actually told me that you fell asleep for some reason yesterday and didn't have time to complete the maintenance work. When you woke up, you were already At home!”

Director Ao Fei pointed at one of the maintenance workers and said angrily.

"Then who were you that I saw yesterday? Is it Kaitou Kidd?"

"And you!"

At this time, he pointed to another maintenance worker.

"I just arranged for you and your partner to be responsible for maintaining the exhibition hall at night yesterday morning. How did Kaitou Kid know this news? And you can't even recognize your own work partner?"

Chapter 96 The hidden mechanism discovered

The two employees who were scolded by Director Offee lowered their heads in shame and remained silent.

At this time, Barbara stepped forward and said: "Director Aoife, the top priority is to confirm whether the diamond is safe as soon as possible. We all know that Kaitou Kidd's disguise is very powerful. It is understandable that your employees can't see it. "

Dick also echoed: "Ms. Gordon is right. The first priority is to ensure that the 'Hope Blue Diamond' is still in the exhibition hall. Let's put aside the issue of accountability first."

Hearing the voices of the two people, the angry Curator Ao Fei immediately wanted to say, "Are you teaching me how to do things?" ', turned around and saw that the anger in his heart automatically dissipated a bit.

She is the daughter of Commissioner Gordon and the adopted son of the Wayne family...

Director Ao Fei said with a straight face: "Mr. Grayson, Miss Gordon, I have actually checked in advance. The 'Hope Blue Diamond' is still in the ice and has not been stolen."