Become a Phantom Thief from the Comic World

Bruce casually took out a sea-blue crystal gemstone from the lining pocket of his jacket. Its color and shape were different from all common gemstones on the market. It was not a simple sapphire.

"As we all know, the Wayne Group is one of the major sponsors of the Justice League, so I have had the opportunity to meet with everyone from the Justice League. This ocean gem was a meeting gift given to me by Aquaman. It is said to be a specialty of Atlantis. , this is the only one on the ground.”

"I don't know the specific value of this gem, because there have never been gems from Atlantis on the market, and the people on the seabed don't trade with the humans on the ground. I don't know the currency of Atlantis. What is the exchange rate."

Bruce said jokingly.

hiss--

After hearing Bruce's words, the reporters couldn't help but gasped. Ocean gems from Atlantis? Is this something they can watch without paying?

And what do you mean by that flippant attitude? How could such a precious gem be taken out of your pocket without any protective measures, not even wearing gloves?

I know that the Wayne family is very wealthy, but you are too arrogant!

No one doubts that Bruce is telling lies, because the Wayne Group does account for a large part of the Justice League's sponsors, and others such as Star Labs, Quinn Industries, Cord Enterprises and even the Washington government are all sponsors of the Justice League.

Even Lex Luthor wanted to fund the Justice League, but Superman refused because the league had sufficient funds.

All in all, it's not a big deal that Bruce has gadgets gifted by several members of the Justice League.

"Mr. Wayne, if such a precious treasure is stolen by Kaitou Kidd and he doesn't plan to return it, aren't you worried that Neptune will be angry?"

Vicky asked Bruce with a frown.

"Isn't it a bit too extravagant to use the gift given to you by Aquaman as a prize for challenging Kaitou Kidd? Wayne Group should have a lot of precious gem collections."

"Thank you for worrying about me, Miss Weir, but don't be afraid. According to my expectation, if everything goes well, Kaitou Kidd won't be able to steal it."

Bruce smiled confidently.

"Why are you so confident? Kaitou Kidd has never failed since his debut. Where does your confidence come from?"

Vicki couldn't help but ask.

"That's a good question because that's what I was going to say."

At this time, Bruce looked at Lucius, who had been standing next to him since just now, and took the initiative to take two steps back to give up the C position on the podium.

"I believe everyone is familiar with this gentleman. He is Lucius Fox, the CEO of Wayne Group. Next, he will introduce to you the source of my confidence."

Lucius nodded and stood where Bruce was.

As soon as he came up, he said: "Now, I would like to ask you to watch an experimental video."

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge virtual screen appeared from behind him.

Immediately, a short video started playing.

The content of the video is very simple. It is that Wayne Group is testing the defensive performance of a small black box somewhere, about the size of a pencil box.

But the test props they used were the main guns of three tanks, which fired at the box from three different directions at the same time.

The violent explosion blew the small box hundreds of meters away. However, when the experimenters found the box, it was intact without even a scratch!

"The box in the video is the latest product of Wayne Group's Technology Department. It is a new alloy made of promethium metal mixed with iron, chromium, zinc and other metal elements. It is as strong as shown in the video and is just a pencil box. Both large and small can withstand heavy fire bombardment without leaving traces.”

Lucius said.

"We decided to seal the ocean gems in a larger container made of the same material. Unless Kaito Kidd uses more powerful heavy firepower, it will be impossible to open it."

Lucius clapped his hands, and five or six people walked out from behind the stage, carrying a large object covered with black cloth.

The reporters looked at it curiously, wondering what was inside.

Boom!

After placing it on the countertop, there was a heavy sound.

Lucius walked over and lifted the black cloth away.

Immediately, the reporters in the audience screamed in surprise.

"what!"

That's a huge searchlight!

There's nothing surprising about a searchlight, but not having a bat symbol on it.

What Lucius asked to be brought up turned out to be a bat lantern!

"The bat symbol you see is actually a container made of promethium alloy, and I will put this ocean gem inside."

Bruce came over and faced the reporters.

"Yes, the container is not transparent. You can't see whether there are gems inside from the outside, so I will put the gems in in front of you now."

I saw Bruce take out the ocean gem and put it into the symbol of the Bat Lantern.

"Starting from today, this bat lamp will be placed here 24/, and there will be a special camera to continuously take pictures to ensure that I will not secretly change the gems."

"This is not a gem exhibition, but a challenge for Kaito Kidd!"

After doing this, Bruce faced the camera again, as if he was invisibly declaring war on Kaitou Kidd.

"Kaitou Kidd, I've prepared the stage for you!"

"Now, let's see if you dare to accept this challenge!"

Chapter 133 Kaitou Kidd appears at the stadium

Gotham High.

Dean watched the entire process of Wayne's press conference and fell into a long silence.

"Bruce is Batman, so a challenge from Bruce can be seen as a challenge from Batman."

"So does that mean...I was hooked up by Batman?"

Dean suddenly felt a little stressed.

In the previous life, there was an unspoken rule in the DC world that was extremely popular, that is, never make a fight with Batman. Even people who have never read DC comics may have heard of this sentence.

After Dean traveled through time, although this idea was not popular in Gotham, everyone knew that if you messed with Batman, it would definitely not end well.

To be honest, if we think rationally based on the various supernatural deeds boasted by Batman fans that Dean learned about in his previous life, Dean's best response now is to simply pretend not to know and deal with it coldly.

Batman will win in a fight?

Then if I don’t date him, it’s over!

Dean couldn't help but sigh that he was indeed a genius.

but! Sometimes, the pros and cons cannot just be looked at as simple superficial issues.

If Dean really chose to ignore Bruce's open challenge to him, it would mean that he had admitted from the bottom of his heart that he was afraid of Batman, and the impact on the soul would be immeasurable.

Not only that, but the image of the fearless and romantic Phantom Thief that Dean has worked so hard to create will also be destroyed.

All the hard work he had put in over the years had become a joke.

Dean couldn't accept this result anyway.

Since Dean had chosen to make waves in Gotham as Kaitou Kidd, Dean had to carry it out to the end. Being targeted by Batman was already expected, so how could he back down?

Bruce, no, Batman's challenge, Dean accepted!

Not only does he have to take on this challenge, he also has to defeat Batman!

Ahem, of course it was not about winning in a fight, but about successfully stealing the ocean gem from Atlantis in full view of the public and then escaping smoothly.

Having said that, to say that Dean wasn't nervous at all would definitely be lying to himself.

Ever since he watched the live broadcast of the press conference, his brain had been running wildly all the time, thinking about what kind of plan he should use to steal the gems under Batman's nose.

In this way, time passed little by little, and soon it was time for school to end.

Jingle Bell--

The bell rang, and the students in the classroom began to pack their schoolbags and leave the classroom.

"Yawn~"

At this time, Dean, who was deep in thought, heard a yawn behind him.

I saw Dick at the back table slowly waking up from his sleep, stretching and yawning.

"Good guy, he slept from school to the end of school."

Dean then remembered that Dick had started to sleep right after the first class, because he was so busy thinking about meeting Batman's challenge today that he didn't notice that Dick had fallen asleep until now.

There were so many classes throughout the day, so many bells ringing, as well as the sound of the teacher's lectures and the chatter between classmates, all combined, it didn't wake Dick up.

Dean really wanted to ask him how he developed this skill.

"Is the class going? Dean? Why is there suddenly no one in the classroom?"

Dick, who had just woken up, was still a little confused and looked at the somewhat empty classroom and asked blankly.

"...Because this class has been temporarily modified, it is basketball class time now, and I was about to wake you up."

Dean said seriously.

"Uh, can you explain why you need to bring a school bag to basketball class?"

Dick asked suspiciously, looking at the schoolbag he had just packed on Dean's desk.

"I am diligent and studious."

Dick couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said, "Come on, it's not like I don't have a watch. Don't try to trick me with such a kid's trick... ah?"

When Dick looked at his watch, he was shocked to find that the hour and minute hands showed eight-twenty, and it was obviously daytime. It couldn't be eight o'clock in the evening at this time, but could only be eight o'clock in the morning.

"Look, I just said the first class was changed to basketball."

Dean said with an I-told-you-so expression.

For a moment, Dick almost wondered if it was really time to change basketball classes as Dean said.

Fortunately, Dick's sanity quickly returned to consciousness. The hazy feeling he had just woken up from was gone forever, and he immediately discovered something fishy.

"No! Looking at the direction of the sun and the lighting conditions outside, it's clearly around four in the afternoon."

Thinking of this, Dick immediately glanced at Dean angrily and said, "You are boring, why are you adjusting my watch when you have nothing to do, just to deceive me?"

"It's not boring, it's quite interesting."

Dean chuckled.

"By the way, I slept all day and no teacher came to call me?"

Then, Dick scratched his head and asked.

"Haha, I'm kidding. Which teacher dares to call you that? If you violate other school rules, maybe someone will take care of you. Sleeping? I'm afraid they don't want you to sleep."

Dean curled his lips disdainfully.

"Okay, you're the only one who talks a lot, so hurry up and leave."

Since Dick hadn't opened his schoolbag today, there was no need for Dean to wait for him to pack it up, he just picked up the bag and left.

The two left the school to say goodbye to each other and returned home.

When night came, they all left their homes.

A few hours later, night fell.

Knights Stadium.

In the middle of the green football field, a huge searchlight taller than a person stands on the lawn.

There is a dark bat logo in the center of the front of the searchlight. When the searchlight is turned on, part of the light will be blocked, and a striking bat logo will be reflected when it is shined into the sky.

This is Gotham's most fascinating and important symbol - the bat lantern.

At this moment, a dozen meters away from the bat lantern, there is a circle of cameras, filming the bat lantern from 360 degrees without blind spots, and uploading it to the live broadcast website just launched by Wayne Group in real time.

This work has never stopped since Bruce put the ocean gem into the bat logo at the press conference.

As Bruce said, the live broadcast must be guaranteed 24 hours a day, until Kaid Kidd comes to meet the challenge and steal the ocean gem, it will always be in the Bat Lantern.

In a circle behind the camera, a group of reporters and paparazzi were waiting for Kidd to appear.

No one knew when Kidd would arrive, so they had to alternate shifts.

Further outside is the football field. There are many security guards and police here, standing in a circle around the track outside the football field. It can be said that there are three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry.