Become a Phantom Thief from the Comic World

Hearing this, Dick and Barbara looked at each other, seeing the same confusion in each other's eyes.

"If Kaito Kidd disguised himself as a repairman and entered the exhibition hall yesterday, why didn't he take that opportunity to steal the 'Hope Blue Diamond'?"

"Director Aoife, are you sure the diamond in the ice is the 'Hope Blue Diamond'? Is it possible that it was an imitation that Kidd put in to confuse us?"

Dick held his chin and asked, "After all, the diamond is in a blue transparent box. It is impossible to verify the authenticity of the diamond from the outside with the naked eye."

"You can rest assured on that, I'm pretty sure it's true."

Curator Aoife said without thinking.

Even the repairman who entered the exhibition hall for maintenance with the fake employee said: "Yesterday, when we finished the maintenance work and left the exhibition hall, a large part of the ice cubes had not melted. I am sure that he did not have time to steal it at that time. Diamond walker.”

"Other employees were responsible for putting away the diamonds and re-freezing them in ice, and they were under surveillance throughout the process. The box was not even opened, and it was impossible to steal the 'Hope Blue Diamond'."

Dick's brows suddenly frowned.

If this statement is true, then Kaitou Kidd did not steal the diamond, but why?

Is it because he said he would steal again at Easter, so he didn't plan to take action in advance, but just did some reconnaissance in the exhibition hall?

Or is it that Kaitou Kidd found that the defense level in the exhibition hall was too high and had no chance to make a move, so he had to retreat temporarily?

"In any case, it's best to thaw the ice and conduct a thorough appraisal of the diamond."

Barbara said aloud.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, Director Ao Fei quickly stopped her and said, "No!"

Others don't know, but he knows best what's in the ice. It's not a 'Blue Diamond of Hope', but a serious 'Stone of Doom'!

If this is taken out for appraisal, regardless of whether it is true or false, I am afraid that as soon as the box is opened, everyone present will be plagued by bad luck and die.

The 'Stone of Doom' must not be unlocked until the exhibition ends or Kaito Kidd steals it!

Dick and Barbara turned their eyes to him at the same time and said in unison: "Why not?"

"Uh... the exhibition is about to start. If we melt the ice now, how should we explain it to the visitors? How should we explain it to the Smithsonian Museum?"

Curator Ao Fei was so anxious that he came up with a barely reasonable excuse.

"If it is not handled properly, the outside world may think that the diamond has been stolen. Then those unscrupulous media will add fuel to the fire, and the security strength of our exhibition hall will be labeled as waste, and no one will trust it anymore. This exhibition hall!”

"I spent almost all my savings on this exhibition, and I can't afford the loss."

Curator Aoife said sadly, playing the emotional card with Dick and Barbara.

"Not to mention that Kaitou Kidd basically didn't have time to steal the diamonds. Even if he did steal them, he would probably return them."

"How could you think so!"

Barbara both said angrily.

"I don't want to have this idea, but the reality forces me to do it. There are hundreds of employees in the exhibition hall who have to be paid, and I must maintain the reputation of the exhibition hall."

Curator Ao Fei was so convinced that he even believed it, his expression full of helplessness.

Who told you to take the gamble and take on such an important exhibition project as 'Hope Blue Diamond'?

If you want to become famous all at once through this plan, but you don't have the confidence to take the risk of failure, then you shouldn't be in this business.

Dick wanted to say this, but the kind-hearted man finally swallowed his words when he saw the heartbroken expression on Curator Aoife's face.

"What are you doing here?"

At this moment, Bisca and Kylena, who were sent by the Smithsonian Museum, walked over from a distance, followed by Gordon and Bullock.

Barbara next to her explained the entire situation to several people, and then said: "The matter of melting the ice to identify the diamonds can be postponed, but I suggest that it is best to conduct a thorough search of the exhibition hall."

"As expected, Phantom Thief Kidd will wait until Easter to show up as promised. He probably won't do anything to the diamonds before then, but he will most likely set up hidden mechanisms in the exhibition hall to prepare for his theft plan. "

Speaking of this, a light flashed in Barbara's eyes, "The previous operations to capture Kaitou Kidd always failed. To a large extent, it was not clear when he set up the trap at the scene. I didn't expect that Kaitou Kidd would actually do it this time." Flaws were exposed.”

In Gordon's opinion, the safest way is to have the diamond appraised immediately. If the appraisal result is true, cancel the exhibition on the spot, and then ask Bisca to quickly take the diamond back to the Smithsonian Museum.

Unfortunately, the police were only responsible for security work, and Gordon had no right to dictate how the exhibition should be arranged. At this time, Director Aoife's attitude was very firm, and he didn't say much.

As for the large-scale search proposed by his daughter, Gordon was extremely in favor of it, not to mention Bisca and Bullock.

Even Director Aoife couldn't say anything against it.

Only Kylena, after hearing that the exhibition hall was to be searched thoroughly, her pupils shrank suddenly...

The independent exhibition hall of 'Hope Blue Diamond' is not large, and the search inside was completed quickly.

You wouldn't know it if you didn't search it. Once you search it, you'll be surprised to find that there are actually a lot of traps hidden inside.

The first thing that bore the brunt was a piece of floor in the corner. There was a secret passage underneath that led to an unknown place!

There is also a secret compartment hidden in the wardrobe where the thermal clothes are placed. The secret compartment turns out to be a gas mask. It is obviously for the door that automatically closes after triggering the alarm and the hypnotic gas that is automatically sprayed out.

What's more, in all the equipment in the exhibition hall, there are one or two strange parts more or less hidden, which do not affect the work of the equipment at all. It is almost difficult to find the problem during normal maintenance work.

Chapter 97 Catwoman!

During this meticulous search, the strange parts hidden in the equipment were revealed.

After collecting them all, they can be assembled into a drill that can quickly break ice!

Gas masks, parts that make up the ice-breaking drill, secret passages for escape...

"hiss--"

When all these items and secret passages hidden in the exhibition hall were found, everyone present could not help but take a breath.

These preparations made by Kaitou Kidd are specifically designed to restrain the defense facilities in the exhibition hall!

There are generally two types of protection methods in this exhibition hall.

One is the huge ice that freezes the diamonds inside. Although the ice itself is very brittle, once it grows in size, it is more difficult to destroy than steel. This is a very effective safe.

But in front of the ice-breaking electric drill, no matter how thick the ice is, it can be drilled through in a short time.

What's more, Kaitou Kidd doesn't need to drill through the ice at all. He only needs to drill a hole in the ice to take out the diamond.

Another method is that after the alarm sounds, the exhibition hall will automatically become a closed space, the door will be locked tightly, and the refrigerator will switch to a hypnotic machine to release hypnotic gas.

There are two ways that the alarm will sound. One is that the diamond has obviously moved its position, and the other is when the ice is violently damaged. Even just hitting the ice with your fist will trigger the alarm. Even if it's just a visitor who is being mean...

Of course, if a clear suspicious person is observed on the monitor, the person in the monitoring room can also manually send an alarm to notify the GCPD.

In order to ensure that the hypnotic gas takes effect smoothly and makes everyone in the exhibition hall fall asleep, the automatically locked door will be closed for about two minutes.

For a skilled thief, two minutes is enough for him to drill through the ice, and the presence of the gas mask is directly immune to the sleeping gas.

The biggest difficulty is that once the alarm sounds, the police will be surrounded outside the exhibition hall. How to escape from a confined space?

And this is not a problem for Kaitou Kidd at all.

Although I don’t know how he dug a secret passage in the exhibition hall, the secret passage does exist and leads directly to the corridor on the back of the exhibition hall wall.

To be honest, the length of the secret passage is not very long. It is only five or six meters in total. It is not impossible for a person to work hard for a few days.

"It's scary to think about it. If Kaito Kidd uses these things, it will be easy for him to steal the 'Hope Blue Diamond'!"

Looking at the gas mask and ice-breaking drill found, Director Ao Fei exclaimed with fear on his face.

"This exhibition hall...can no longer be used!"

Gordon said in a serious tone.

"There are so many things hidden in places that can be seen with the eyes. No one can guarantee what Kaito Kidd has done in places that cannot be seen. This exhibition hall is no longer safe. 'Hope Blue Diamond' must change its venue!"

"Miss Kennel, Director Aoife, and Miss Kylena, do you have any objections?"

After witnessing such a shocking scene, no one dared to say that the defense of the exhibition hall was perfect.

Even Kylena, who has always been confident in ice defense measures, agreed to the proposal to change the exhibition venue.

There is still some time before the start of the exhibition. If we want to change the 'Hope Blue Diamond' to another exhibition hall as soon as possible, we must first take the diamond out of the ice.

Because other exhibition halls do not have the low-temperature environment of independent exhibition halls, the ice cubes will melt very quickly, which is not enough to sustain a one-day exhibition.

In order to quickly remove the diamond, they could not wait for the ice to melt on their own, so they directly used the ice-breaking electric drill they found to drill a hole in the ice.

Then Curator Ao Fei took the initiative and took out the box containing the diamonds carefully, not daring to open the box even a crack from beginning to end.

Soon after, this independent exhibition hall specially built for the 'Hope Blue Diamond' was abandoned after less than three days of official use, and all the money spent in the process was wasted.

Curator Ao Fei was very distressed. Even though he was not actually that distressed, he was indeed very distressed, especially when he acted very distressed, almost without writing the words on his face.

Immediately afterwards, everyone started to get busy. Changing the 'Hope Blue Diamond' to another exhibition hall means that most of the previous defensive positions have to be changed. It takes a lot of time and cannot be done in a few words. It's done.

"The Easter predicted by Kaitou Kidd is tomorrow, but today it actually caused such a big thing for us!"

After finally moving the 'Hope Blue Diamond' to another exhibition hall and arranging guards to guard it, Bullock complained to Gordon.

"This guy has absolutely no good intentions. From what I can tell, he doesn't care about the diamonds at all. He just wants to make fun of us."

"So if you don't want to have fun, don't be so casual all the time, be serious, and try to catch Kaitou Kidd as soon as possible."

Gordon glanced at him and said.

"Hey! Where am I lax? The most serious time for me is when I'm working on a case!"

Bullock defended himself.

"Harvey, do you really think that all those things in the exhibition hall were prepared by Kidd?"

Suddenly, Gordon asked abruptly.

"Jim, you don't think I'm really a fool, do you?"

Brock asked in surprise.

"If there are only gas masks and drill parts, it can be said that Kaitou Kidd placed it disguised as a repairman, but that secret passage? I don't believe that Kaitou Kidd had enough time to dig."

"And I don't think that guy would use tunnels to escape in such a...not fancy way at all."

Gordon nodded and said solemnly: "The person most likely to dig out that secret passage is Kylena, who designed the independent exhibition hall."

"I just ordered a few subordinates to keep an eye on Kylena, but they lost track of her and there was no trace of Kylena in the surveillance."

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At the same time, Barbara and Dick changed into Batgirl and Robin's suits at some point and quietly approached a bathroom in the exhibition hall.

Women's bathroom.

"She's in there."

Barbara looked at the signal position displayed on the tablet in her hand, turned to Dick and said.

"I'll go in and take a look first, and then you can go in after I give the signal."

Dick nodded.

Barbara walked silently to the bathroom door and opened the door with lightning speed.

"Wow, you dress more like Batman than Robin. I guess you are the Batgirl mentioned in the newspaper."

An extremely charming voice came.

I saw a sexy woman wearing a tight black leather jacket and pants, a black mask with two cat ears on her head, and an extremely hot body standing in front of the window, holding a long leather whip in her hand.

It looks like it's at least two levels older than Barbara.

Chapter 98 There is a pervert in the bathroom

"Catwoman."

Barbara looked at the sexy beauty in front of her and said seriously.

"I heard that you stopped doing this business two years ago, but I didn't expect that you would start doing it again today. Why?"

"Sometimes, people always want to miss the past, right?"

Catwoman smiled slightly and asked.

Selina Kyle, nicknamed Catwoman, was once Gotham's leading thief. She had done business with all the major gangs in Gotham and had many grudges. She was one of the few who could be pursued by Batman. escaped criminals.

At least in the minds of Gotham citizens, there are very few criminals who have never been caught and imprisoned by Batman, and Catwoman is one of them.

Some people say that Catwoman and Batman have an affair, while others say that the two are equally powerful.