Become a Phantom Thief from the Comic World

'Cain, that's my last name, Cassandra Cain is my full name. '

Dean thought for a while, took out a pen from his body, and then took out a piece of paper and wrote "Dean Thaston" on it.

'this is my name. '

Dean imitated Cassandra and pointed at himself, then at the words on the paper.

'Then are we friends? '

Cassandra signed to Dean expectantly.

'Barbara said exchanging names was the first step to becoming friends. '

'Not yet, but maybe in the future, making friends is not that simple. '

Dean shook his head slightly and responded.

'You have to know someone first before you can be friends with them. '

Cassandra nodded in understanding.

Then the two began to talk in sign language or by writing and drawing on paper.

However, because Cassandra has not studied systematically, her language foundation is very poor, and the number of words she knows is very rare. It is difficult to even read, let alone write.

So she usually uses graffiti to express her inner thoughts, which are not easy to express with gestures, but it is difficult for ordinary people to understand that kind of graffiti.

Unfortunately, Dean is a magician.

As a magician, the ability to observe the mind and figure out other people's thoughts is essential, and understanding graffiti is not a problem.

Yes, magicians are such a universal excuse. How should you deal with it?

The conversation between the two started with Barbara, after all, they both knew each other.

According to Cassandra...gesture? Gestures plus graffiti?

who cares! In short, according to Cassandra's description, because she could not speak, Barbara would take special care of her every time she came to the library.

Sometimes, in order to answer her questions, Barbara would give up a lot of her daily work.

There are very few people in the library, and even fewer of them know sign language. There are even some people who are inherently discriminatory towards the disabled.

And among the staff in the library, only Barbara understands sign language, so she is basically the only one who can help Cassandra, and she is willing to help.

For this reason, Cassandra was very grateful to Barbara and relied on her because it was the first time in so many years that she met someone who was so kind to her.

Cassandra is a street child who claims to have been to many places, but she obviously doesn't want to talk about the past. Dean is not a curious baby, so he doesn't ask too much about it.

In addition, Cassandra is a bit...socially afraid? Every time she comes to the library, she always finds a seat with fewer people.

This is also the reason why she and Dean sat together. The two of them had the same requirements for choosing a seat, and the seats in the library were not single-seat models, but a large table with a circle of small chairs around it. mode.

When Cassandra sat across from Dean, there was actually quite a distance between them.

As the conversation deepened, Dean felt that Cassandra was very optimistic in nature. The manifestation of social anxiety was not inferiority complex because she could not speak, but she simply had too little contact with others and did not know how to communicate with them. .

In fact, Dean felt that Cassandra didn't actually think that not being able to speak was a flaw at all, it was just inconvenient when communicating.

During this process, Dean also performed a few little magic tricks for Cassandra to see, but what troubled him was that the girl looked at him with innocent eyes from beginning to end, without showing any signs of surprise. .

Dean even began to wonder if his craftsmanship had deteriorated...

"Speaking of which, I don't seem to have seen Barbara today."

While chatting, Dean suddenly looked around the library as if he remembered something, and then looked at the sky outside.

"It's not dark yet, so it shouldn't be time for Bat Girl to appear. Besides, it's not time for the library to get off work yet, and today is not a day off either."

Dean touched his chin, "Did Barbara sit in the office all day today and blow on the air conditioner? It doesn't feel like her style."

With Barbara's warm-heartedness, Cassandra is here today. She will definitely come over and teach her how to read when she has time.

At this time, a librarian came not far away, pushing a cart filled with various books.

Dean stretched out his hand to stop him and asked politely: "Sir, can I ask if Miss Barbara Gordon is here?"

The administrator looked a little surprised when he heard Dean's question.

"Do you know Director Gordon?"

"Yes, we are friends with Barbara."

Dean nodded.

"Sorry, Director Gordon is on sick leave today. I heard that she fell from upstairs when she went home last night and is currently hospitalized. If you want to find her, you have to go to Gotham General Hospital."

The librarian sighed and said, "I really hope she's okay, otherwise I won't be motivated to work every day."

Dean's eyes flashed vaguely.

The Gordon's house, like the Dean's house, is a single-family house. The only difference is in size. The Gordon's house only has two floors.

Will Batgirl fall down two floors? And even threw himself into the hospital?

He didn't believe such nonsense.

"I'm afraid he was injured in the battle."

Dean thought to himself.

'I want to visit Barbara in the hospital. Can you come with me? '

Cassandra suddenly walked up to Dean and made a few worried gestures with her hands.

'Isn't Barbara your friend? '

Before Dean could react, Cassandra suddenly made several gestures with an apologetic look.

'Oh, I'm sorry, if you have anything else to do...'

Dean saw this and shook his head with a smile.

'I'm going with you. I'm also worried about whether Barbara's injury is serious. '

He remembered that the neighborhood where Bat Girl was most often found was the Upper West Side, and the Upper West Side was most famous for the urban legend of the "Bat Monster" recently.

Now that Barbara is suddenly injured and hospitalized, is there a possible connection between the two?

Regarding Kassan’s age, Kassan first appeared in Borderlands at the age of 17. We all know that Borderlands took place when Tim was around 15 years old, and Tim became Robin when he was 13. , Jason had just died a few months ago, and Jason only served as Robin for two years before he died. After Dick became Nightwing, Jason took over as Robin within a few months. Dick served as Robin for only a few months. The longest period is probably between 4 and 5 years. Although there is definitely a huge time bug in this, it is still a relatively acceptable age difference in the Bat family. The current time point of this article is one year after Dick's solo career as Nightwing. Half a year ago, based on the fact that Kassan was 17 years old in Borderlands, Kassan should be around 12 years old under normal circumstances, so I wrote Kassan about 2 years older here, but I guarantee that this is not the case at all. Affect any plot

Also, this book will absolutely never write about any DC movies, and it will definitely never use characters from any DC movies. I know there are many people who like to direct movies, but sorry, based on the timeline, The plot of Zha’s version of Zhenglian ended several years ago in this article

Chapter 115 American Bullying

At the door of the library, Dean looked at the increasingly darkening sky, turned his head, and asked Cassandra while gesturing.

"Gotham General Hospital is quite far from here. It will be very late by the time we get back. Is that okay with you?"

Cassandra shook her head slightly and made a few gestures in response.

"It doesn't matter. I've been homeless for many years. Sometimes I don't sleep for several days in a row. Day and night are the same to me."

"Uh...Sorry, I said unnecessary words."

Dean's expression froze.

"Also, you don't actually need to gesture to me, Dean, I can understand what you want to express."

Then, Cassandra made a series of gestures to Dean.

"I know you deliberately communicated with me in the same way, in order to prevent me from having negative emotions because I am different from ordinary people, and to make the relationship between us more cordial. I am very grateful that you take care of me in this way. , but actually there’s no need for this, I’m used to being different from others.”

"Actually, Barbara used gestures to communicate with me like you at first, but she doesn't do that anymore."

Dean nodded understandingly. He was speaking and signing at the same time. In fact, he himself felt that doing so was a bit awkward.

After all, Dean rarely communicates with others in sign language. Speaking has become an instinct and cannot be changed temporarily, so it evolved into a situation where he uses sign language and spoken language at the same time.

Since Cassandra said it didn't matter, and also used Barbara as a living precedent, Dean naturally followed the good example and spoke normally and stopped making gestures.

"Speaking of which, if I remember correctly, Cassandra's gestures just now meant 'I can understand what you are saying'... Why is it for seeing, shouldn't it be for listening?"

Dean thought strangely in his heart, but he didn't dwell too much on this episode.

I guess I made a mistake by gesticulating too fast in succession, just like a normal person would be quick to talk in a hurry.

Dean and Cassandra walked in the direction of Gotham General Hospital, hoping to catch a cab on the road.

Although in Gotham, it is best not to get into any car driven by a stranger, whether it is a bus or a taxi, especially at night.

But Dean just took the driver's license test two months ago and has not yet bought a car. He lacks the means of transportation in daily life. Generally, he either takes a taxi or walks.

The distance between Gotham General Hospital and the Gotham City Library is quite large. It takes at least an hour to walk there via the main road, and a round trip takes nearly three hours. In this case, taking a taxi is of course your priority.

Normally, Dean would definitely not waste this money. He would just find a deserted place to put on his knock-off version of the Bat suit, and use the bat glider to fly around Gotham. Anyway, Batman doesn't At home, there is no fear at all.

Wearing these clothes, no one dared to approach him when walking in the alleys. Those bullying robbers, drug addicts, etc., let alone blocking the road, there were many who turned around and ran away when they saw Dean.

The Batsuit is really a must-have item for hanging out in Gotham late at night.

But now that he has a mute little sister by his side, Dean can no longer take those crooked ways and has to take the high road.

As a result, I didn't know if today was a collective holiday for Gotham Car Company. The two of them walked on the road for a while, but they didn't even see a taxi.

It's not okay to really walk over if this continues. Why don't we let Cassandra go back first?

On the side of the road, Dean put his chin in his hand and thought.

"Cassandra, how about you..."

Before Dean finished speaking, Cassandra suddenly ran into a nearby alley.

"Hey! It's very dangerous there, and it's not a place a little girl like you should go!"

Seeing Cassandra's movements, Dean hurriedly stopped her and rushed over to pull Cassandra back.

"Ok!"

However, when Dean grabbed Cassandra's shoulders with his hands, he was shocked to find that he couldn't pull Cassandra!

Even Dean's body was unconsciously carried forward by Cassandra!

He continued to pull Cassandra back as if he didn't believe it, but the latter still didn't move at all.

Not only that, Cassandra sprinted faster and faster, and Dean found that he could hardly keep up!

"How can this little girl be so strong? And run so fast? I'm afraid professional sprinters are just like this, right?"

Dean thought strangely in his heart.

"Is she a superpower? A mutant? Or an alien?"

After rushing into the alley, Cassandra stopped momentarily and looked into the alley expressionlessly.

Not far away, I saw a thin boy wearing glasses sitting slumped on the ground with his back against the wall. Three strong boys of the same age surrounded him with mocking contempt on their faces. expression.

These people are not very old. They are around eighteen or nineteen years old. They should still be in college, and most of them are public universities in Gotham.

The largest boy among them stepped on the wall on the shoulder of the man with glasses and said with an exaggerated expression.

"Mikey, you made a big mistake today, which was passing through this alley. Do you know? This is our territory!"

Immediately afterwards, the two boys next to him immediately shouted in unison: "Our territory!"

"Let me tell you, we don't collect garbage here, and you are not welcome! Yes, that's right, you are that insignificant little garbage!"

The big boy continued to verbally insult the man with glasses, Mikey.

"Garbage! Garbage!" the younger brothers encouraged.

The big man reached out and rummaged through the glasses man's pockets, and finally found twenty-one dollars.

"You only have this little money on you? Sure enough, garbage is garbage."

Looking at the scene in front of him, Dean's eyelids twitched crazily and the corners of his mouth kept twitching.

What the hell is this? Is there still such talent in Gotham?

A look of displeasure appeared on Cassandra's face next to her, as if she couldn't stand this kind of bullying of the weak.

"Ok?"

At this time, the three bullies discovered the arrival of two uninvited guests.

The big boy first looked at Dean and Cassandra carefully, then a look of disdain flashed in his eyes, and he said arrogantly to them: "Here are two more little trashes."