Become a Phantom Thief from the Comic World

Chapter 37: Encounter in the Library (Please collect! Please read!)

"Trust me, if you've ever met Kaitou Kidd once, you'll know I'm not exaggerating."

Dick said to Batgirl seriously.

"Are you sure...you can do it alone? You don't need my help?"

Batgirl asked, looking at Dick with inquiring eyes.

"I said I don't need your help. Can you please leave Kaitou Kidd alone for now? What are you checking now?"

Dick began to change the subject. He walked next to Batgirl and looked at the huge display screen of the Batcomputer.

"Let me see, Garfield Lynn... Firefly?"

Dick asked in surprise when he saw the name displayed in the bat file.

"Yeah, remember the last time he and that stupid moth killer set fire to the GCPD headquarters building? It was me who defeated them both, but in the end the newspaper said it was you and Batman who did it."

Hearing this, Dick smiled awkwardly and said, "Well... you know that in our industry, we shouldn't be greedy for fame and credit. As long as the bad guy fails, it will be the same for everyone, right?"

In fact, this matter cannot be regarded as the credit of Dick and Batman robbing Bat Girl. Although Killer Moth and Firefly had been subdued by Bat Girl when they arrived, Bat Girl's own condition was not much better at that time, so they killed the killer. The task of escorting Moth and Firefly to the police fell to Batman.

Since there were no bystanders in the entire battle venue and process, in the eyes of the police and the media, they only saw Batman and Robin, and had no idea that Batgirl had contributed. With Batman's character, he could not Go out of your way to tell others who actually caught the criminal.

"It's up to you." Bat Girl said nonchalantly.

"Ahem," Dick coughed twice and asked strangely: "After that incident, wasn't Firefly and Killer Moth imprisoned in Arkham Asylum? Why did you start looking through the old files again?"

"A few weeks ago, a district attorney proposed to re-open the GCPD arson case. He believed that the mental symptoms of Firefly and Killer Moth were mild and even unclear, and they were suspected of falsifying mental evaluations, so he planned to transfer the two of them. Go to Blackgate Prison to serve your sentence.”

Batgirl explained.

"That doesn't sound like a bad thing."

"I thought the same thing as you at first, until yesterday I learned a piece of bad news that couldn't be worse - Firefly has escaped from prison!"

Dick frowned tightly, "How did he escape from prison? Where is Killer Moth?"

"Who knows? A prison guard discovered that Firefly suddenly disappeared during his inspection in the morning. No one noticed any warning, and no record was left in the surveillance. As for Killer Moth, he is still in prison. Maybe Firefly broke up with him. .”

The bat girl spread her hands and said helplessly.

"I have been tracking Firefly since I heard about this incident. I hacked into Gotham's surveillance system and found that he appeared in more than 30 locations. I have been checking these locations all day today. As a result, on the way I beat a lot of robbers and thieves, but I couldn’t find the fireflies.”

"So I plan to come back and check the bat file to see if I can deduce the place where Firefly is most likely to go from his past experiences. You have to know that the information in the Batcomputer is much more detailed than the GCPD database."

Dick nodded and suggested: "I can help you share some of the burden..."

"In fact, you can't, Master Richard."

At this time, Alfred came over with two plates of chicken sandwiches and two cups of coffee and interrupted.

"Please forgive me for having to remind you that you haven't finished your homework for today."

"Afu is right. Little boys who are still in school should finish their homework obediently, otherwise Bruce will come back and spank you."

Batgirl said with a sly smile.

"If you encounter a problem that you don't know how to solve, just come to me."

Dick rolled his eyes at her and made no rebuttal, because he knew that he really couldn't compare to the girl in front of him in terms of study.

Sixteen-year-old Dick is still in his senior year at Gotham High School, waiting to take the ACT or SAT this year, while the eighteen-year-old Bat Girl graduated from Gotham University half a year ago with a degree in library management. Ph.D.

Grabbing a sandwich and stuffing it into his mouth, Dick ran to the side to finish his homework, while Batgirl continued her task.

After a long time, Bat Girl read all the file records, stretched out and stood up from the chair, turned around and walked towards the garage of the Batcave.

"I'm going back now. See you tomorrow. Ah Fu still has elf boots."

Batgirl rode a Batmobile, said goodbye to Alfred and Dick, and left the Batcave.

Silent all night.

The next day, Sunday.

Sarston Mansion, Burnley District, Gotham.

When Dean woke up and got up from bed, it was already half past nine.

After washing up, I had a simple breakfast and went out.

Dean has a ten or even nine important project to complete today, so he plans to go to the Gotham City Library.

Of course, I don’t go there to look up information just to do my homework.

Although Dean also has the same coursework as Dick, and he hasn't moved a word now, he doesn't feel panic at all.

I remember when he was in school in his previous life, he could complete his summer homework in one night with only one pen and one person. Dean didn't even pay attention to this mere weekend homework.

The reason why he went to the library was actually to prepare for the new notice letter.

It must be said that writing this notice letter is really too brain-consuming. The explanation should not be too straightforward, it should be a little circuitous, but it should not be too far-fetched.

It needs to be difficult enough, but at the same time not impossible for people to guess.

This forced Dean to learn a lot of unpopular knowledge that normal people wouldn't even bother to listen to, in order to expand the material library for writing notice letters.

On the way, I also disposed of the synthetic 'pink dream' - I just found a trash can and threw it in it.

When he came to the library, Dean went straight to the deepest section of the ancient religion and mythology section. He picked up a book on the shelf that looked very obscure just by looking at the cover, and stood there and started flipping through it.

As he watched, a surprised voice suddenly came from the aisle to Dean's left.

""Introduction to the Study of Greco-Roman Polytheism"? I didn't expect anyone would be interested in that kind of book!"

Dean turned around and saw a red-haired girl wearing glasses staring at him in surprise...the book in his hand.

The girl looked to be a year or two older than Dean. She was tall and well-proportioned. She was wearing a white uniform, with the title "Librarian" on her badge.

She was pushing a trolley full of books, and she seemed to be sorting the books.

"Oh! I'm sorry, sir, I didn't mean to disturb your reading. I was just too surprised, because from the first day I worked here until now, I have never seen anyone looking for books on this bookshelf."

Noticing Dean's gaze, the girl immediately realized that she might have affected others and quickly apologized to Dean.

Let me ask you a question, is there anyone who still can't tell the difference between Dean and Dick?

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