Become a Phantom Thief from the Comic World

"Oh? Are you so confident in him? If Dean Thaston is really as outstanding as you say, why does he stay away from the stage?"

Kaitou Kid said with a contemptuous tone.

"I advise you to be careful with what you say, don't look down on my friend."

Robin narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "With just those two moves of yours, I can tell without Dean coming over!"

"It is true that the booth has a gravity sensing device, but the range of the gravity sensor is only a small circle outside the diamond box inside the glass cover. As long as this small circle and the diamond box are not touched, the alarm will not be triggered. In the same way, feel free to Tampering with the outer glass cover will also not trigger the alarm."

"In this way, the method is very simple. You don't need to cover the box with tools that can change the angle of light reflection. You only need to stick the tool on the inside of the glass cover so that it hangs above the diamond box without touching it. When you go to the booth, you can change the reflection of light, making it look like the diamond in the box has disappeared!”

After saying that, Robin immediately looked at Kaitou Kidd with contempt, "This method is the same as your disguise method. I thought of it when I saw the remaining feathers on the ceiling."

"Robin, guess why I have to stand here chatting with you for so long?"

At this time, Kaitou Kidd suddenly asked with a teasing look on his face.

"Ok?"

Robin was stunned when he heard this.

What do you mean by chatting with me here all the time?

Don’t you want me to completely decrypt your methods?

"I guess you must have thought you were the one who set the trap for me to crawl into."

Kaitou Kid smiled mysteriously at Robin and said, "Let me tell you a secret. I actually knew you would ambush me in the exhibition hall."

Hearing this, Robin suddenly felt something bad in his heart.

pat!

I saw Kaitou Kidd stretching out his right hand and snapping his fingers in front of Robin.

Seeing his actions, Robin's pupils suddenly shrank. He had the impression that as long as Kaito Kidd snaps his fingers, something bad will happen.

Therefore, he subconsciously rushed towards Kaitou Kidd.

Immediately afterwards...

Nothing happened.

At this time, Kaitou Kidd just opened the glass cover on the platform with both hands. There was indeed another smaller glass cover stuck to the inside of the glass cover.

When he opened the two glass covers, the diamonds in the box were immediately revealed.

To be precise, it is a stone of misfortune that looks very similar to the 'Hope Blue Diamond'.

"Ah?"

Kaitou Kid was stunned when he found that nothing changed after snapping his fingers.

click!

At this moment, a pair of strange-looking handcuffs was cuffed on his right wrist.

"I almost fooled you, Kaitou Kidd!"

Robin grinned and placed the other handcuff on his hand.

"It takes even Batman three minutes to unlock these handcuffs. Now let me see where you run!"

Kaitou Kid sighed, raised his uncuffed left hand and looked at his watch.

"Oops, I miscalculated the time. It was ten seconds early, but it must be here now."

Kaitou Kid muttered to himself, then suddenly stepped back and pulled away from Robin, raised his hands and made a face at Robin.

"You're twenty years too early to catch me, little Robin~"

"what?"

Seeing Kaitou Kid break free from the handcuffs, Robin was shocked and quickly looked down at the handcuffs, only to find that there was still a hand cuffed on them.

Needless to say, what he just cuffed was a prosthetic arm that Kaitou Kidd had deliberately asked him to cuff.

"Kaitou Kidd!"

Robin yelled angrily.

boom!

Just as he was about to pounce on Kaitou Kidd, Robin's vision suddenly went dark.

All the lights in the exhibition hall went out!

Not only that, even the security facilities in the exhibition hall were temporarily inoperable due to a momentary power outage. Although there was a backup power supply, automatic switching took some time.

Robin never expected that Kaitou Kidd had tampered with the power supply, and he had been hiding it until now before launching this back trick.

Why not disconnect the power before? Could it be that Kaitou Kidd had really planned that he would see through his disguise?

No, now is not the time to think about this!

"Kidd's target must be diamonds. He was further away from the booth than me because of his retreat..."

Robin's thoughts were racing like lightning. He didn't have time to turn on the night vision function, so he quickly moved to the 'Hope Blue Diamond' booth, which was only two steps away.

Fortunately, the diamond is still inside.

puff!

Suddenly, a strange sound sounded. The source of the sound seemed to come from Robin's hand?

"not good!"

Robin instantly thought of Kid's severed hand. The power outage happened so suddenly that he didn't even have time to turn on the night vision function on his goggles. Naturally, he didn't have time to take out the key to unlock the handcuffs.

At this moment, Robin's severed hand in handcuffs was releasing a highly irritating gas, which seriously affected Robin's movements.

Tear gas!

(I’m a little curious, are you not interested in the implementation of the specific techniques at all? I always feel that every time the decryption session comes, the number of people suddenly decreases, and after writing, the number of people increases again)

Chapter 106 The curse has been broken by me

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Under the influence of the irritating gas, Robin's eyes turned red and he coughed violently.

As a last resort, Robin could only retreat temporarily, covering her face with the cloak behind her, and quickly unlocked the handcuffs in the hope of getting rid of the impact of the tear gas as soon as possible.

He knew that his retreat would give Kid the opportunity to take away the diamonds. The exhibition hall was currently in a power outage, which meant that the gravity sensing device would no longer work and the alarm would not be triggered.

Nothing can stop Kaitou Kidd anymore!

"Damn Kaitou Kidd!"

Robin thought angrily.

"Robin, you should really improve your memory and be more vigilant about the things the bad guys give you."

Kaitou Kid's playful voice came from his ears, and Robin subconsciously swung his fist to the side without hitting anyone.

"By the way, there is one more thing I want to tell you."

At this time, Kaitou Kid suddenly remembered something and said.

"That 'Hope Blue Diamond' that I thought was a fake... is actually the real thing!"

"Stop joking! If that is the real 'Hope Blue Diamond', then why did you sneak back? What are the diamonds in the booth now?"

How could Robin easily believe Kaitou Kidd's words, but this was obviously not the focus of Kaitou Kidd's consideration.

"Believe it or not, if you count the time, the GCPD should have caught up with the dummy by this time. You will know the truth soon."

"Or... you can ask Curator Aoife."

Phantom Thief Kid's voice came from all directions. At this time, the effect of the tear gas had not faded. Robin's face was still covered under the cloak, and he couldn't see where Phantom Thief Kid was. He couldn't even hear clearly.

Because the sound was sometimes closer and sometimes far away, sometimes on the left and then on the right.

It starts loud and clear, then gradually weakens until no sound can be heard at all.

Although he didn't hear the footsteps of Kaitou Kidd leaving, Robin knew that the former was definitely no longer in the exhibition hall.

After tens of seconds, the effect of the tear gas completely dissipated, and Robin's senses returned to normal.

Sure enough, there was no trace of Kaito Kidd in the exhibition hall, and the 'Hope Blue Diamond' on the exhibition stand disappeared together with the diamond and box.

He did not immediately chase after Kidd, but stayed there thinking.

"Ask Curator Aoife?"

Robin always felt that Kaitou Kidd's last mention of Curator Offee might have something to do with it, and Kidd also said that the 'Hope Blue Diamond' on the dummy's hand was genuine. Does this mean that the diamonds in the exhibition hall were fake?

Is it possible that Kaitou Kidd went back to the exhibition hall specifically to steal counterfeit goods?

That was definitely impossible. Even if Kaitou Kidd was as imaginative as he was, Robin couldn't imagine that he would do something like using genuine items as bait in exchange for fake ones.

But Kaitou Kid's attitude was so determined that it made Robin feel a little doubtful.

From what he meant, it seemed that Curator Aoife was the one who knew the inside story. Robin couldn't help but think of some small details that he had ignored in the past.

For example, when the diamond was first sealed in ice, Curator Aoife insisted on storing the 'Hope Blue Diamond' in a box, which was called the sealing curse.

At first glance, there seems to be nothing wrong with this behavior, but the box is not a purely colorless transparent container, but a slightly bluish colored and transparent container. A colored box covers a colored diamond.

The colors of both are similar to blue, so even top treasure appraisers would have a hard time identifying the authenticity of the 'Hope Blue Diamond' through the colored box with just the naked eye.

Now it seems that Director Aoife probably did that on purpose to prevent others from discovering that the 'Hope Blue Diamond' displayed in the booth was fake.

Not long ago, when everyone was still in the exhibition hall, Robin not only had suspicions about Dean, but also discovered that something was wrong with Curator Aoife. He was not worried about the theft of the diamond, but he was still happy?

At this time, he was hesitating between 'Dean' and 'Director Orpheus', who was Kaitou Kidd pretending to be.

But no matter who Kidd pretends to be, he will eventually return to this exhibition hall, so Robin just needs to wait here.

Now it seems that the situation is a little more complicated. Dean is pretending to be Kaitou Kidd, and Curator Offee is not a person without secrets.

"Director Aoife? It looks like I have to go talk to him."

Robin's eyes were deep and he thought to himself.

-

While Kid and Robin were confronting each other in the exhibition hall, they were on a street near the Gotham Knights Stadium.

On top of an abandoned building that was about to be demolished, a white glider landed at an extremely fast speed.

At the same time, a searchlight came down from the sky and shone directly on the white glider.

Dozens of police cars followed closely behind and parked at the entrance of the abandoned building. Police officers rushed out of the cars one after another and rushed towards the roof of the building madly.

"Call sir, this is Helicopter No. 2. The location of Kaito Kidd has been discovered, and the target has temporarily stopped moving."

The helicopter pilot reported to Gordon immediately.

"Immediately report the location of Kaito Kidd and keep an eye on him at all times!"

Gordon, who was several blocks behind due to his late start, received the report and immediately urged Bullock, who was driving, to rush to the building.

In addition to Gordon and his old partner Harvey Bullock, there was also a mature woman sitting in the back of Gordon's police car.

It was Miss Bisca from the Smithsonian Museum who asked Gordon and Bullock to accompany her because she wanted to see the Hope Blue Diamond recovered with her own eyes in order to feel at ease.

After a while, Gordon and others successfully arrived at the abandoned building. The police officers who arrived early had already cordoned off the scene.

"Where is Kaitou Kidd? Have you recovered the diamond?"

As soon as he got out of the car, Gordon quickly found the police officer who blocked the scene and asked.

Hearing this, a dozen police officers looked at each other and said with strange expressions: "The diamond should have been recovered, but..."

"Just what?"

"Sir, Phantom Thief Kidd is not here. What we were chasing from the beginning was not the real Phantom Thief Kidd, but a false doll."

Gordon suddenly felt like he was struck by lightning. He remembered that he had suspected that Kidd outside was a dummy. Why on earth did he chase him out with all his subordinates now?

"Sir, these are the diamonds we recovered and... a message from Kaito Kidd."

I saw a police officer take out two sealed bags, one of which contained the dazzling 'Hope Blue Diamond', and the other contained a message card from Kaito Kidd.

Gordon gave the diamond to Bisca and asked her to examine it carefully, while he looked at Kidd's message card.