Become a Phantom Thief from the Comic World

"No, I...I'm fine."

Cassandra came to her senses and shook her head at Dean.

There was still a bit of disbelief on her face, and she looked at Dean several times doubtfully.

The latter returned a smile calmly.

"Dean's physical habits are exactly the same as Kaitou Kidd, but he says he is not Kaitou Kidd... Are there really two people in the world with the same physical habits?"

Cassandra thought to herself.

"Thinking about it carefully, I actually haven't met that many people. The world is so big, it doesn't seem impossible to have two people like this."

Soon, Cassandra comforted herself.

"Maybe I saw it wrong, but it's not necessarily..."

She is still too young, and has not met any reclusive martial arts master in the past few years of wandering. Therefore, even she herself does not know what potential she has, and it is normal for her to doubt her own judgment.

"I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person. I hope I didn't cause too much trouble to you."

Kassandra bowed her head to Dean apologetically and made apologetic gestures with her hands.

"I watched the process of Phantom Thief Kidd stealing the big lamp at Cavaliers Stadium. I felt that his... body was very similar to yours, so I thought you belonged to Phantom Thief Kidd."

When she "said" this sentence, Cassandra's face was a little hesitant, and her gestures were also much slower. She didn't know how to express what she saw through body information.

Ugh...what a terrible description.

Although Dean can probably understand what Cassandra means, he still wants to complain about the other party's description. This is probably the importance of learning. No wonder Cassandra is so grateful to Barbara for teaching her to read.

"Do you care who Kaitou Kidd is?"

Dean asked. This was not an awkward conversation. He felt that Cassandra was not the type who would be interested in Kaitou Kidd. Although she had a warm-hearted side, Cassandra's style was similar to that of a superhero. What a big difference.

At least not like the Bat Family.

He wanted to know what made Cassandra interested in Kaitou Kidd, and even came directly to ask.

Hearing this, Cassandra's face darkened and she didn't make any response, as if she had an unspeakable secret.

"Okay, if you don't want to say it, forget it."

Dean waved his hand nonchalantly and said, since the other person doesn't want to talk for the time being, he can't force him to speak. This can't be done too hastily.

If Cassandra were angered, Dean probably wouldn't be able to defeat her with this little girl's fighting ability.

but……

"Based on my superb psychology and micro-expression skills, I'm sure that Cassandra's unspeakable secret is not a trivial matter. Perhaps it is the reason why she became a wandering orphan?"

Dean guessed in his mind.

"In retrospect, Cassandra also has some complicated emotions about her surname. Usually the source of the surname is her father. Cassandra's martial arts attainments are definitely professionally trained. It may have been taught to her by her father, so It can be inferred that her family has probably undergone huge changes, and coupled with Cassandra's identity as a street child..."

"Could it be that her father was also a very skilled thief, and Cassandra was wandering around after being caught and imprisoned by mistake? Is that why she is interested in Kaito Kidd?"

Hmm...this is very likely.

From this point of view, Cassandra's father can be regarded as half of Dean's peers, so Cassandra can also be regarded as a quarter.

Dean thought to himself.

"Judging from Cassandra's behavior and habits, she should not have been poisoned by Batman, and Barbara's attitude does not seem to know her abilities, although it is not 100% certain that Cassandra It has nothing to do with the Bat Family, but maybe I could try..."

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after a while.

"I'm really sorry to bother you."

Before leaving, Cassandra hurriedly apologized to Dean at the door.

"You don't have to be so polite. I didn't blame you, so why are you blaming yourself?"

Dean smiled helplessly.

After the simple conversation just now, Cassandra has been blaming herself for mistaking Dean for Kaito Kidd.

Sometimes Dean has the illusion that he has deceived others.

After that, the two briefly chatted for a while, covering everything, and even talked about Barbara's current situation.

In the man-bat incident last month, Barbara was attacked by a man-bat while investigating a crime scene. She managed to escape with serious injuries. Her arms and lower legs suffered various fractures.

Barbara's injury can also be regarded as an opportunity for Dean and Cassandra to get to know each other.

According to what Cassandra heard from the doctor's instructions to Barbara, Barbara recovered quickly and was expected to be discharged from the hospital in a week.

This means that Batgirl is also coming back.

At that time, the three bats of Gotham will reunite, Batman, Robin, and Batgirl.

Dean is not sure how much of a villain he is in the eyes of the Bat Family. However, considering some of the things he has done, such as playing tricks on Robin and Batgirl, and facing the Bat Lantern in front of tens of thousands of people. Move your hands and feet and so on.

Even if the Bat Family doesn't think Kaito Kidd is an extremely dangerous villain, I'm afraid the latter's ridicule value for them won't be much lower.

Dean must consider the scenario of Batman, Robin and Batgirl coming out to catch him at the same time. Even if the possibility is lower than the super villains from all Gotham coming to besiege Kidd, he has to act accordingly. psychological preparation.

It’s never wrong to plan ahead.

This may not happen, but you cannot be prepared to deal with it.

All in all, Cassandra told Dean a lot of things and asked a lot of things.

Although there wasn't much useful information, most of it was just normal chatting, but Dean didn't expect to get any information from Cassandra.

As a mute girl, what can she know?

At this moment, looking at Cassandra's leaving figure, Dean closed the door with a deep look.

Back in the living room, Dean came to the sofa where Cassandra had been sitting just now, and then...

Picked up a hair from it.

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Evening, Gotham, Iceberg Club.

"So, the results of your investigation show that Match Malone has not done anything suspicious in the past few days. He has not gone anywhere and has not seen anyone?"

Penguin asked expressionlessly while sitting at the table.

Below, O'Kilwe nodded respectfully and said: "Yes, boss, I have used all the people and connections at my disposal. Match Malone has indeed not done anything suspicious in the past few days."

"At least, Match Malone and Match Gang strictly abide by the gambling agreement, and they did not try to artificially manipulate the gambling situation."

Hearing this, Penguin fell into deep thought.

That is to say, Match Malone did guess that Kidd would win, and Batman would not take the initiative to fight against Kidd.

He still had a hard time believing this was true.

For what reason did Match Malone dare to believe this? Does he have information channels that Penguin doesn't know about?

Didn't he have any reason and just got lucky?

The Match Malone that Penguin knows is more or less a capable leader with a clear self-positioning. Under the leadership of Match Malone, the Match Gang has never occupied excess territory, and has never had any business conflicts with other gangs.

No matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like a dog gambler.

Or is it that Match Malone's original intention was to give money to Penguin, but by chance, Kaitou Kidd himself changed the entire bet?

Penguin was puzzled.

Jingle Bell!Jingle Bell!

At this moment, the dedicated phone on Penguin's desk rang.

He took it and looked at it, frowning.

An unfamiliar number was displayed on the screen. Judging from the format of the number, it seemed to come from an old public phone.

Penguin glanced at O'Kilvi, who immediately understood and consciously exited the door to wait.

Then Penguin picked up the phone.

"Mr. Copot, what took you so long to answer the phone?"

A familiar voice came from the phone.

"Match Malone?"

Through the sound, Penguin immediately recognized the other party's identity.

"What do you mean now?"

Penguin asked without any emotion in his tone.

"It's nothing, I'm just a little scared to use my phone."

Match Malone replied, but there was no hint of fear in his tone.

"Do you think I will default on my debt?"

Penguin frowned and his voice suddenly became much higher, "You did win the bet. I am willing to admit defeat. Thirty million US dollars will be credited to your account immediately! Lest others think that I, Oswald, cannot bet." rise!"

"Wait a minute, don't get excited. I never had that idea, Mr. Cobot."

Match Malone said quickly, his tone obviously softened a lot.

"How dare I doubt you? Who in Gotham doesn't know that integrity is the most important thing for Mr. Cobot, but recently it seems that some people are secretly investigating me. I am worried that they may be people from the GCPD, which makes me have to be cautious. .”

"One more thing... Mr. Cobot, in view of the recent investigation, my original account will not be used for the time being. The 30 million should be transferred to this xxxxxxx account."

A flash of light flashed in Penguin's eyes, and he thought to himself: "What on earth did this guy O'Kilwe do? He was asked to investigate and was discovered!"

Penguin didn't believe anything about Match Malone saying that he was worried about the GCPD. He just didn't want to break the window paper.

But this also proves one thing, that is, Match Malone did not cause trouble off the court, otherwise he would never dare to contact the Penguin.

Not to mention thinking about transferring money to a new account.

"I made a note and the money will arrive tonight."

Penguin promised calmly.

Unlike his appearance, Penguin has a mind that is not inferior to anyone's. He has memorized the account number after hearing it only once. There is no need to ask repeatedly or take a pen to record it.

"Then I'll be waiting for your good news, Mr. Cobot."

At the same time, in a remote and backward corner of Gotham, Dean, carefully disguised as Match Malone, hung up the phone.

When he bet against Penguin, he used the identity of Match Malone. Now that he has won the bet, he cannot let Penguin really give the money to Match Malone.

Of course, maybe Penguin still doesn’t want to pay.

But that's not important. What Dean needs has never been to get 30 million, but to let the Penguin lose 30 million and the possibility of competing with Match Malone.

The account he reported to Penguin was registered with a false identity. As long as he didn't use money from the account, it would basically not be traced back.

Of course, if there is a movement of funds, even if it is just a cent, it is very likely to be detected.

On the other side, the Iceberg Club.

Shortly after Penguin hung up the phone, a commotion reached his ears.

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"what happened?"

Penguin frowned and shouted toward the door: "Okiervi, go and see what's going on?"

"Yes, boss."

O'Kilwe, who was at the door, heard his boss's shout and immediately responded.

boom!

However, in the next second, with a loud noise, the door of Penguin's office was suddenly kicked open.

Not an exaggeration, just a literal kick.

Penguin spent a lot of money to have world-class craftsmen make the door with precious wood. It had an extremely exquisite appearance. It was being violently dismantled by someone and flew straight towards the opposite wall at an extremely fast speed.