Become a Phantom Thief from the Comic World

If she is given a suit with sufficient defense, she will be able to defeat Batman in no time!

Dean has thought a lot about it. It is still too uncomfortable to be a solo gang in the world of DC. Many of his ideas cannot be completed by himself.

If you want to exchange for a simulated robot with human intelligence in the system, or a magical avatar or something like that, the cost is too great, and Dean simply cannot afford to exchange it.

Just imagine, even Batman is assisted by Robin and Batgirl, and more recently, he also has teammates from the Justice League. The Kaitou Kidd in the original work also has the help of Terai and Anko, and sometimes even Hakuba will reveal information to him.

Everyone has teammates, so why can’t Dean?

Especially when Robin choked him saying "Does he have a partner but you don't have a partner?" Dean almost thought that he was a demon king who was about to be defeated by a brave man.

However, Dean was very cautious in choosing this teammate.

First of all, the ability must be able to really help him. It would be best if it could make up for his shortcomings, especially in such an extraordinary world. To be honest, the role that Terai's level of ability can play is extremely limited.

Secondly, you must be a trustworthy person. Needless to say, this is necessary.

Dean has been looking for candidates to serve as teammates, but so far he has not found a suitable candidate. His ability is not trustworthy, and his character is not trustworthy.

Until Cassandra appeared, providing Dean with an excellent candidate.

Not much to say about her abilities, the most important thing is that she is very simple, not a stupid kind of simple, but a pure heart that has never been polluted.

Once such a person establishes a trusting relationship with him, he will basically stay with him for the rest of his life.

If you don't betray her, she won't betray you.

Maybe it's because he has stayed in this shabby place like Gotham for a long time. Although Dean already wants to recruit Cassandra as his assistant, he is still ready to investigate her carefully.

Cassandra's hair happened to fall on the sofa at Dean's house. This was a good opportunity, so he took Cassandra's hair to the hospital for testing.

On the one hand, it is to explore Cassandra's past, find out who her parents are, what kind of childhood she may have experienced, and let Dean understand her better.

On the other hand, it is also to find out the knot in Cassandra's heart and try to resolve it, which will also help Dean get closer to her.

"Gotham General Hospital does not have Cassandra's birth record or DNA file, and the probability of finding it in other hospitals is not high. It seems that she was not born in Gotham, but wandered from a distant city."

Dean thought to himself, confirming Cassandra's initial statement about herself.

"Most likely one of Cassandra's father or mother is a criminal, or maybe a super criminal? Maybe I should find it from the database of the FBI or Super Investigation Department...or find a way to sneak into the Batcave to check the files?"

"From the perspective of difficulty, I feel that the former is more likely to be realized."

Chapter 175 Gotham’s Dutiful Son

"If I remember correctly, the FBI seems to have a branch in Gotham. Who is the agent in charge? I don't have much impression."

Dean reached out and touched his chin, thinking to himself.

Gotham is a very strange city. Even though the FBI seems to be very cool in the United States, in Gotham they are no different than a transparent person.

Despite the fact that every Gothamite looks down on the GCPD, in fact the combat effectiveness of the GCPD is far more powerful than the police force in ordinary cities. In some street fighting situations, it is even stronger than the army. The only difference is in terms of weapons.

In other places, the local police may assist the FBI in handling cases, but in a place like Gotham, it is always the GCPD who takes the lead.

In fact, it is not just in the city of Gotham, but in any city where superheroes and super villains gather together, the situation is basically similar.

Like Metropolis, Central City, Beach City, Midway City, Star City, etc., it is difficult for federal organizations such as the FBI to get involved, which means that these cities have relatively higher autonomy.

As the number of super-powered criminals around the world increases year by year, the status of traditional organizations such as the FBI and the CIA is becoming more and more embarrassing. It is difficult for them to deal with those super criminals. Even those with not very strong super powers need to consume a lot of money. Only with manpower and material resources can we solve it.

As a result, these traditional spy organizations are gradually being replaced by emerging superpower departments.

However, the federal government is not stupid. They know that the overall situation of the world is changing. Not to mention that there are more and more super criminals in the country. What they are most worried about is the Justice League.

The Justice League's power is too powerful and uncontrollable, and it also has a terrifying social influence. It is a far more terrifying deterrent than nuclear weapons.

Therefore, the federal government has established two major departments, the Sky Eye Society and the Super Investigation Department. Their powers are roughly the same as those of the original CIA and FBI, one for external affairs and the other for internal affairs, but they are limited to supernatural events.

Work within the normal scope is still completed by the FBI and CIA.

But that doesn't mean that they are completely out of touch with supernatural events. After all, many things don't seem to involve superpowers on the surface. They won't be exposed until after in-depth investigation. Then they will notify the Super Investigation Department to come and help, and then the FBI will All we can do is start.

The advantage of this is that the FBI itself does not have many means to deal with supernatural crimes, but it does have a large number of files on supernatural criminals. At most, the details are not as comprehensive as the information of the Super Investigation Department.

For Dean who wants to explore Cassandra's past, wouldn't this be the best place to investigate?

"Although the FBI branch has little presence in Gotham, their defense facilities are probably not bad. After all, I have only heard of the GCPD being blown up by someone, but I have never heard of the FBI branch being blown up."

Dean thought as he returned to his base camp.

"Sneaking into an FBI branch requires careful planning."

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the other side.

Gotham, Janus Cosmetics.

Roman Sionis returned to his company with anger that he didn't know where to come from.

Along the way, all the employees were too frightened to speak when they saw the boss's dark face. As soon as Roman passed by, they quickly lowered their heads and did their own thing.

"Damn Bruce, do you think I can't see what you really think? You're pretending to want to help, but don't you just want to take the opportunity to acquire my company?"

He speculated darkly in his mind.

During the year that Roman took charge of the company, Janus Makeup could be said to have been losing money every month, forcing Roman to use the family's gray income to go to the Penguin to launder it as a way to save money.

It is normal for nobles with a long history to have many shady properties. Even the Wayne family had a lot of black income before Thomas's generation.

Roman didn't think there was anything wrong with his way of running the business. Instead, he believed from the bottom of his heart that it was everyone else's fault. Either the people under his command were acting against the will and failed to do what he told them to do, or the hostile company was making small moves.

Especially the cosmetics subsidiary of Wayne Group, which was originally a mediocre small company, suddenly grew in size during the year of Janus's decline and occupied many markets of Janus.

Roman stubbornly believed that Wayne was engaging in malicious competition.

"Damn Wayne, damn Bruce, damn everyone, just like you!"

In the office, Roman growled with a ferocious expression.

When he said the last words, his eyes unconsciously looked at a portrait hanging in the corner.

What was painted on it was an elderly couple, who were Roman's parents.

Yes, deep down, Roman hated his parents because of the endless domestic violence in his childhood and the vanity that made him sick.

The Siannises are typical people who look down on the poor, only allow Roman to get along with the aristocracy, and require him to deliberately build a good relationship with Bruce.

This made Roman resentful of his parents since he was a child, and he also disliked Bruce.

Later, just like that old-fashioned love story, Roman fell in love with an ordinary girl, and then encountered firm resistance from his parents.

The filial Roman accepted his parents' arrangement and severed ties with the girl.

Then his parents died, in a raging fire.

Then, Roman, who inherited the Janus Makeup Company, began drastic changes.

He added a large number of weird mask elements with unknown meanings and terrifying appearances to the company's products, which is completely opposite to the previous product image.

Why did Roman make these changes? It was because he had some unusual quirks. After he obtained the inheritance from the Sionnis family, he spent a lot of money to buy countless masks from all over the world.

They were all grotesque and terrifying masks, and Roman believed from the bottom of his heart that these were the best works of art in the world.

How could anyone not like masks?

As for the results, it was clear that consumers didn't buy it, and Roman refused to believe it.

He invested the money laundered from Penguin into the development of new products. Yes, almost all of it was invested in development. He ignored the current negative public opinions of consumers towards Janus Cosmetics Company.

Roman was hopeful that this new product would save the company, and he had no doubts about it.

To be honest, it is impossible for ordinary people to have such fearless courage.

"Everyone is questioning my decision. What do they know? Just wait and see, time will prove that I am right!"

Roman thought angrily.

"Bruce, don't even think about taking my company away from me! I will make Janus great again!"

dong dong!dong dong!

At this time, there was a sudden knock on the office door.

"Come in!"

Roman growled dissatisfied.

"Old...boss, the director of the research...research department said that the experiments on new products have made great progress...and would...like to invite you to come and visit."

A young man dressed as a secretary opened the door tremblingly and said cautiously.

He seemed to be afraid of Roman and didn't even dare to go in. He just left the door ajar and went into the room to report to Roman with half of his body exposed.

Hearing this, Roman's face lit up with joy, and his gloomy expression relaxed a lot.

"Very good, take me there quickly!"

(I took a train for nearly thirteen hours yesterday and didn’t get much sleep. I’m really exhausted today, so I have to take a leave of absence. I’ll update tomorrow when I catch up on some sleep.)

Chapter 176 Who says boys can’t use cosmetics?

Some time later, Janus Cosmetics, the new product development department.

"Where is your department head? You'd better tell me there's good progress in the new product experiments, otherwise I'll let you know the cost of wasting my time!"

Roman warned everyone in the department as soon as he walked in.

At this time, a bald middle-aged man came over with a flattering smile on his face.

"I'm here, boss, please don't worry. If it weren't for the new breakthrough in the experiment, how could I dare to trouble you to come and see it in person."

"Hmph, then take me quickly to see the results."

Roman snorted.

"plz follow me."

Under the leadership of the R&D director, Roman walked into a closed laboratory, which contained more than a dozen model heads, covered with thin facial masks.

"This is our latest developed liquid mask. It usually remains in a liquid state in the packaging. It is similar to common moisturizing water, but you only need to gently apply it to the face..."

The R&D director came to an empty model head, took out a toothpaste-like bottle, squeezed out some liquid that was more viscous than water, and applied it to the face of the model head.

"The temperature of the facial skin will stimulate the special substances in the mask, causing it to solidify and turn into the facial mask that people generally recognize."

After he applied it all over his face, a white mask formed in just a minute or two.

"When it encounters water, it will quickly dissolve and return to a liquid state. To put it simply, you only need to simply wash your face to make the mask completely fall off and disappear with the water flow."

The R&D director picked up the beaker filled with water next to him and poured it gently onto the mask. The cured mask began to melt at a speed visible to the naked eye and flowed down with the water.

"Boss, this newly developed liquid mask is both convenient and functional. Its skin care effect theoretically exceeds more than 99% of the facial masks currently on the market. I believe this product will be welcomed by consumers. "

The R&D director smiled confidently.

Roman nodded with satisfaction, and then asked: "Has it been tested on volunteers?"

"Yes, it was used on the first batch of volunteers a week ago. Everything is normal so far. No side effects have been found. It only needs to be observed for a few more months..."

Before he could finish speaking, Roman interrupted him directly and waved his hand.

"Since no side effects have been found, there is no need to observe any more and the product will be launched directly next month!"

"What? Boss, is this..."

The R&D director's expression changed. Just as he was about to persuade him, he was frightened by Roman's fierce look.

"When do you think it is now! Don't you know the current situation of the company? How can you have the time to support us to wait and observe for several months?"

Roman's question made the R&D director hesitate to speak.

The company's situation is indeed very difficult. Almost every employee is on tenterhooks all day long, fearing that one day it will go bankrupt and will not even receive wages.

But who caused it?

Isn’t that just the wise operation of your big boss!

Now you still have the nerve to talk about the current situation of the company, but that is all your own fault!

The R&D director felt angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to let it out, so he had no choice but to let Roman do what he wanted.

"I don't care what the future of the company will be like, you can do whatever you want."