Become a Phantom Thief from the Comic World

Gotham City Library, dining area.

It’s hard to imagine why a library would have a dedicated dining area. Who would read here hungry?

It is quite common for a library and a coffee shop to be opened together. It is more in line with normal people's living habits to drink coffee while reading a book.

When Dean walked into the dining area for the first time, he found that the environment here was unexpectedly very good.

Although there are not many customers eating here, the entire dining place is very clean and tidy, and the decoration is somewhat similar to McDonald's model, full of simplicity.

In fact, Dean feels that this place is more like a library cafeteria than a restaurant for outside guests. There are obviously more people wearing librarian uniforms than guests who come to read books. This may be because the meal time has passed long ago. .

At this time, a waiter came over with a plate of food and placed it on Dean's table.

"Sir, this is the cheese and beef roll set you ordered. Please use it slowly."

This set meal comes with two beef rolls, an American French fries and a glass of freshly squeezed lemonade. The cheese beef roll is much larger than McDonald’s chicken roll. The total portion of the whole meal is not small, and the price is very cheap. .

According to Barbara's statement of high quality and low price, at least for now it seems that the latter is correct.

"Thank you."

Dean thanked the waiter, but he did not start eating immediately. Instead, he looked at a red-haired girl across the table.

"So...why did you come with me, Miss Gordon?"

Dean asked with a strange look on his face, "Aren't you going to organize that whole trolley of books?"

"In fact, that's not my job in the first place."

Barbara spread her hands and said indifferently: "As you said, my position is one level higher than other librarians, so my job is not to manage books, but to manage librarians, although here There are not many people in total who can take care of me."

"Just now I pushed the cart to organize the books, mainly because I was really free and had nothing to do, so I went to help other employees share the load."

Barbara curled her lips and said, "Now that I have met someone who interests me more than organizing books, of course I will come over."

"Wow, I'm really flattered then."

Dean exaggerated.

"You may not believe how famous you are. When I was in school, almost every female classmate dreamed of having your signed photo. Even though I was busy preparing my thesis to apply for early graduation, I had no energy to pay attention to the magic show. Whatever, I can still hear your name from time to time.”

Barbara's face was full of seriousness. The name of Gotham's talented young magician was quite deceptive.

Especially when Dean still has a handsome face, this will attract young female fans even more.

If Barbara's Gotham University is like this, then you can imagine how terrible Dean's own high school is.

Dean has lost count of how many girls wanted to date him. In short, he rejected them all without exception.

Whenever Valentine's Day comes, Dean's cabinets or drawers at school will be filled with piles of confession letters, flowers and chocolates, which has always made Dean very distressed.

This situation also makes the boys in the school generally unfriendly to Dean. In general, Dean usually only spends time with Dick.

It was not until Dean basically stopped performing on stage in the past two years and his fame gradually declined that the situation became much better.

"What a genius young magician. That's all in the past. It's just a false name. There are many magicians in the world who are better than me."

Dean took a bite of the cheese beef roll, chewed it a few times, swallowed it and said, "Like the brother and sister from the Zatara family in Gotham, both of them are top magic masters. The younger brother seems to be younger than me. Really After all, he is Gotham's most talented magician."

It was somewhat boring to eat alone, so Dean started chatting with Barbara.

"Now that you've eaten cheese and beef rolls, how do you feel? Doesn't it taste great?"

Barbara suddenly looked at Dean expectantly and asked.

"Uh...it feels pretty good."

Dean was asked and he didn't know what to say for a moment. After thinking for a while, he decided to answer truthfully.

Generally speaking, the taste is okay. At least there is nothing wrong with Dean eating it. It may be less interesting than the braised pork roll.

As for whether it is the so-called "best cheese and beef roll in Gotham", it's hard to say, after all, Dean has never tasted it from other places.

In short, Dean gave his evaluation.

"I just said the formula is fine!"

Who knew, as soon as she heard Dean's reply, Barbara said in surprise.

"You don't know, the person in charge of the kitchen decided to modify the recipe of cheese beef rolls a few days ago. She thought that adjusting the flavor would attract more customers to dine. It was a disaster!"

Having said this, Barbara quietly looked back at the counter, then turned around and spoke to Dean in a low voice.

"You haven't eaten other food in the store, so you don't have a deep impression, but believe me, the only edible thing here is this beef roll. If the recipe is really modified, then I'm afraid I will have to order takeout every day."

"But if a diner reports that the cheese beef roll is delicious, it will convince her that the current recipe does not need to be modified. Unfortunately, few people will order this dish. Fortunately, you are here today."

Hearing this, Dean fell into deep thought.

I don’t know why, but suddenly I feel like the cheese beef rolls on the plate don’t taste the same...

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At the same time, Gotham's Diamond District is an area where a large number of wealthy people gather, and it is the area with the best security in the entire city.

It is also the base camp of the Penguin and the area where the Iceberg Club is located.

Yes, you heard it right, the area where the Penguins are entrenched is the area with the best security level in Gotham, surpassing the old city where the GCPD headquarters and the city government are located.

In the Iceberg Club, a beautiful woman who looked to be about forty years old and had a luxurious body walked into Penguin's office with trepidation.

She wears a necklace studded with diamonds around her neck, but the diamonds are not the protagonist of the necklace, they are just a foil, because hanging on the necklace is a huge oval-shaped ruby ​​with the diameter of a palm. You can tell at a glance that it is Priceless treasure.

In the office, Penguin sat alone at the table, looking at her with a smile.

"Welcome to the Iceberg Club, Mrs. Chandler."

"What do you want from me, Oswald?"

Mrs. Chandler took a deep breath, braved a straight face, and asked coldly.

"Don't be so rude, I never asked my men to catch you, I just asked them to invite you over."

Penguin still kept smiling and looked at Mrs. Chandler's chest.

"I have to say, you take good care of yourself. I remember that you are already over sixty years old this year, and you still look so young. It seems that the legends that the dragon egg ruby ​​necklace can beautify your skin are true."

Seeing the Penguin's eyes focused on her necklace, Mrs. Chandler's expression immediately changed.

"Save it, Oswald, I will never let you take it away from me!"

"You have really misunderstood me. I am a businessman, not a criminal. Why should I take away your most beloved necklace?"

Penguin shook his head helplessly and said with regret: "Mrs. Chandler, your necklace is one of the most famous treasures in Gotham, but it has never been exhibited. There are too many people who can only see it in the exhibition. Look at its true appearance in your imagination, don’t you think it’s such a pity?”

"what do you want to say in the end!"

Mrs. Chandler said coldly.

"I just think the people of Gotham deserve to see this gem of a city firsthand."

Penguin smiled slightly and said kindly: "So I decided to hold an exhibition soon. I hope you can agree to exhibit this dragon egg ruby ​​necklace."