Become a Phantom Thief from the Comic World

Then he discovered that the Penguin's whereabouts were a bit strange recently. The Penguin, who had been sitting firmly in the Iceberg Club all year round, actually started to change his base constantly, and would only appear in the Iceberg Club once in a while, as if he was hiding from someone.

There is not much basis, but Dean vaguely feels that it is related to the Stone of Doom in his hand. Perhaps the Penguin guessed through some signs that he is not afraid of the curse of doom, so he is worried that Dean will use the Stone of Doom to retaliate against him.

Dean really had this idea at first, but then he thought about it. The Stone of Doom was bought by the Penguin, and the container that can block the leakage of the curse was also bought by the Penguin. This means that the medium that blocks the curse is harmful to the Penguin. Said it was something that could be easily obtained.

So knowing that the enemy might come with the Stone of Doom to plot against him, Dean believed that Penguin would definitely buy something similar as soon as possible to protect himself.

Moreover, the curse of the Stone of Doom will spread when the person touches each other. It will stop spreading only after the person dies. An accident may lead to huge consequences, so Dean gave up using the Stone of Doom to retaliate against the Penguin. idea.

But this does not mean that Dean will let the Penguin unilaterally plot against him without fighting back. Long before Bruce held a press conference to challenge Kidd, Dean had been looking for opportunities to sneak into major gangs under the influence of the Penguin Gang. In the industry.

Various numbers of monitors and bugs were installed in places including, but not limited to, Iceberg Casino, Iceberg Club, Iceberg Restaurant, Iceberg Hotel, etc.

It didn't take long for Dean to learn some interesting news.

That's when O'Kilvi came to Iceberg Casino and asked the casino agent to start a gambling game using Kaitou Kidd's story, and said that this was what the Penguin meant.

Dean didn't expect that eating melon secretly could also affect him.

He immediately realized that there was a lot that could be manipulated in this bet.

So Dean planned to let the Penguin bleed for a while. He anticipated everything that happened in the casino before.

That's right, the whole process from "Match Malone" suddenly jumping out to betting against the Penguin was all within Dean's expectation.

He is not so confident that he can evade Batman's eyes 100%, but he has a secret weapon specially prepared for Batman. When the end is really necessary, he is still sure to escape.

Of course the best result is that you don't need to use that.

The Penguin family has a big business, and thirty million is actually not a lot, but Dean doesn't believe that he doesn't feel hurt when he loses so much money for no reason.

The only thing that was a bit beyond Dean's control was that Penguin didn't even bother to get rid of the casino agent.

The death of the casino agent had something to do with Match Malone's words, but if Dean felt particularly guilty, he really didn't.

Not because he is cold-blooded, but because he has investigated the background of the casino agent.

This guy's whole family is not a good person. He works for Penguin himself and his hands are very dirty. His wife is a pimp. She was imprisoned many years ago for buying and selling young girls and was just released a few years ago.

As for the agent's two sons, one is a debt collector for the gang and the other is selling fans.

There's no need to feel strange, family structures like this are quite common in Gotham's East End, and at least nine out of ten households are committed crimes by the whole family.

As for why Dean disguised himself as Match Malone.

It's not because he thinks Match Malone has any mysterious identity, but because Match Malone has one characteristic compared to other criminals in Gotham, that is, he often goes missing.

Match Malone has a rather arrogant personality, but his usual style is actually very low-key, with very few appearances. He also likes to vacation all over the world, and his whereabouts are so erratic that even his little brother sometimes doesn't know where he is.

Since many months ago, Match Malone has been missing, and no one knows when he will come back.

When Dean thought about it, there seemed to be no more suitable person to disguise himself than this guy.

What else is there to say? Just do what comes to mind. He dressed up according to Match Malone's usual clothes and put on a mask. It was perfect.

The voice and basic information can be obtained from the video tapes and files in the GCPD where Match Malone was imprisoned ten years ago. Anyway, these old materials in the evidence room of the GCPD archives are not taken care of at all. It is not difficult for Dean to take them away. No.

In this way, Dean bets with the Penguin. Even if he is caught by Batman in the end, he will lose Match Malone's money. What does it have to do with Dean?

In addition, he also got the Penguin's promise not to interfere with Kidd's affairs at Cavaliers Stadium, and to suppress the rest of Gotham not to cause trouble.

Wouldn't it be enough to allow Dean to stop thinking about other things and focus on fighting Batman?

Funny complaints, this book is filled with milky positive energy

Chapter 148 The three-day deadline has arrived! The Phantom Thief returns

After leaving the Iceberg Casino, Dean carefully checked many times that no one was following him, and then went straight back home.

There is another round of inspection before entering the house.

Every time Dean pretends to go out, he has to do this again when he comes home, which is very tedious and tiring.

But there is no way, Dean chose to do this business, so caution is the top priority.

No matter how hard or tired you are, you have to endure it.

After all, every time he performs as Kaitou Kidd, the cheers and exclamations of the audience cannot be faked, nor can the expressions on the faces of the GCPD police officers who are itching their teeth and unable to do anything about him.

The most important thing is that the exclamation value obtained after the action is successful is real.

Thinking about this, Dean's heart will be filled with motivation again.

His experiences in his previous life told him that hard work may not necessarily yield matching rewards, but after traveling to this world, every effort he made was systematically rewarded.

Even Dean's efforts are not only 100% rewarded, but the rewards he gets are far greater than what he paid for.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that the troublesome tasks Dean usually does are not as hard as imagined.

After returning home, Dean walked into the underground secret room.

"I took the risk of using a technique in front of Batman once. According to the worst-case scenario, he may already know the secret of that technique, and may even associate it with other more information."

Dean thought.

"But...how can I perform repeated magic tricks in front of Batman? Challenging Suston's Three Principles, I can still try it in front of ordinary people. Doing this in front of Batman is too much."

The so-called Saston's Three Principles refer to the fundamental principles laid down for magic performances by a magician named Howard Saston many years ago. For nearly a century, all magicians have followed the three principles. The general principle is:

1. Never disclose the content of the next magic trick before the performance.

2. Don’t perform the same magic to the same audience at the same time and place.

3. Never reveal the secret of magic to the audience.

There are rumors in the Gotham Magic Circle that Howard Thaston is related to the Dean Thaston.

However, it is so old, and Dean’s parents have died early, and he has no other relatives, so it is impossible to verify it. It is not clear whether Dean is real or fake.

All in all, according to Saston's second principle, Dean has already performed a magic trick in front of Batman once, so Dean cannot perform the original magic again at the same place and at the same time.

But Dean said again that last time was a preview, and this time he would steal the Bat Lantern and gems in the same way.

He can't slap himself in the face, right?

Humph, worrying about this is completely unnecessary, because there are too many magic tricks with similar performance but completely different techniques. Dean just said that he should use the same technique as shown, and the techniques that were not shown are not his. Just do whatever you want?

Everything is within Dean's plan, Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie...

However, the magic that Dean plans to use in the official duel is quite different. It has to have exactly the same effect as last time, but it also cannot be easily seen by Batman. This is actually quite difficult.

You still have to plan carefully, and maybe use the props in the system.

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Time flew by in a hurry, and soon came the day that Kaitou Kidd had predicted.

When the night gets darker, Kaitou Kidd will once again perform the miraculous magic of disappearing bat lights!

To this day, Kidd's stealing activities have become a major entertainment activity for the people of Gotham.

There is a wonderful magic show to watch, there is no need to worry about personal safety, and you can also see the angry and angry expressions of those rich people. Is there any more perfect show in the world than this?

Compared with Kaitou Kidd, all the magic masters I have seen before are weak!

It's not because Kaitou Kidd has a greater level of magic than them, but because the excitement based on large-scale theft activities is something that no magic show can provide.

Only Kaitou Kidd and his family dare to play this way in the world, and only he can play it successfully.

Today's society has entered the information age. How could Kaitou Kidd become popular in Gotham only in Gotham?

Last month, a young magician in Florida imitated Phantom Thief Kidd and sent notices to police stations and museums to steal things. As a result, he was arrested on the same day.

In addition to Florida, several other states also had a few fanatics who were obsessed with Kid, or professional magicians who wanted to copy Kid. They all imitated Kid's behavior of foretelling the theft.

Not surprisingly they are all picking up soap now.

What's more perverse is that in Gotham, where Kaitou Kidd himself appears, no one actually commits imitation crimes.

The Gotham imitators of Kaitou Kidd usually stop at the cosplay stage, and I don’t know if it’s because of the original character here.

In short, the Cavaliers Stadium was more lively than ever this day.

The stadium, which can accommodate 30,000 people, was almost full.

Normally this would only be possible during those days of rugby league and now it's just because of a criminal.

In the past, Kaitou Kidd committed crimes because of the venue, which could not accommodate too many people to watch at the same time, so the audience at its peak was only a few thousand people.

But today is different. Bruce Wayne has a lot of money and directly rents out the entire Cavaliers Stadium as a performance venue for Kid the Phantom Thief. Suddenly, the number of spectators for Kid the Kid is several times greater than before.

the other side.

Wayne Group, Board of Directors.

More than twenty major shareholders of Wayne Group gathered together and sat on a long round table.

Bruce Wayne sat in the main seat as chairman, with a calm face and a relaxed expression.

The remaining shareholders and directors all had serious faces, looking uncertain.

"What do you think? Dear directors, do you have any objections to my proposal?"

Bruce asked with a smile on his face.

No one said a word.

"Hmph, sooner or later the group will be defeated by you, Bruce!"

After a long time, a shareholder who looked very senior stood up from his position and snorted coldly.

"This time your proposal gives me hope of repaying the cost and even making money, so I have no objection. But if you do projects that cannot make ends meet in the future, then I will object to anything you say!"

"Bruce, you think you are doing good deeds and fighting for the benefits of the poor regardless of the cost. Do you know that the group's several large-scale residential area renovation projects over the years have not even been able to recover the cost! Don't forget that the group needs to make a profit in order to long!"

Bruce didn't care about the words of the old shareholders, he just smiled lightly and said: "The group's profitability in recent years has been very healthy. It is true that the profits are far less than when you took power, but our profit margins every quarter are still stable. rise."

"Your annual dividends have never been less than a penny. I don't understand what you are worried about?"

At this point, the smile on Bruce's face gradually disappeared and became serious.

Chapter 149 The showdown of the century! begin

After all the board members left, Bruce's eyes flashed with a subtle hint of weariness, but it was quickly replaced by a determined look.

He sat in a chair and waited for a while.

Soon, Lucius Fox pushed open the door of the conference room and walked in.

"I just noticed that the directors looked ugly when they left. Did you have a fight with them again?"

Lucius asked with a natural expression, as if he had seen the scene just now many times.

"No, this time the plan went much smoother than usual. I didn't have to spend much effort to convince them."

Bruce said calmly.

"A development plan for the hilly area northwest of Otisburg? I guess they will agree because they see the huge business opportunities hidden there."

As the chief CEO of Wayne Group and an ally of Batman, Lucius is very clear about the various projects Bruce wants to do.

"Heh, otherwise, how could those old vampires agree to this project so easily?"

Bruce smiled disdainfully and said, "They think they can make a profit from it, but I will never let them succeed."

"I think they might be doing something secretly. You can't keep an eye on it all the time. After all, you have too many things to do."

Lucius mentioned.

"So, I decided to hand over the entire development plan to you."

Bruce said of course.

"Ha, I knew it."

Lucius shook his head helplessly.

"I guess you haven't counted how much mess you've left me responsible for."

"This is because I believe that you can do any job with your abilities, Lucius."

Bruce smiled slightly.

"Just wait, I will take back all the shares in their hands sooner or later. By then we will be able to do many things freely."