Become a Phantom Thief from the Comic World

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Just when Gordon picked up Kidd's notice letter, Curator Aoife next to him found that his cell phone suddenly rang.

He picked up the phone and saw that it was a call from his secretary, and he had a vague feeling about it.

"Sorry, curator! We just found a warning letter from Kaito Kidd in your office!"

As soon as the call was answered, the secretary told Director Aoife bad news.

It was learned from the secretary that the content of the notice letter was exactly the same as the notice letter faxed to GCPD, which confirmed the authenticity of the notice letter.

In fact, not only the exhibition hall and GCPD received the notice letter, but all the media in Gotham also received the notice letter at the same time.

This is also a common practice. Kaitou Kidd has never worried about how many people know about the notice letter.

On the contrary, he seemed to be afraid that others would not know that he was going to steal something, so every time he made it known to the whole city.

"But why didn't Kaitou Kid find anything when he first came here, but only found the notice letter in the office after I arrived at the police station?"

Curator Aoife muttered to himself.

Bullock heard his voice, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Mr. Aoife, are you still thinking that the pretender you met for the first time is Kaitou Kidd?"

"Chief Bullock, what do you mean by what you just said? Could it be that!"

After being awakened by Bullock, Curator Aoife came to his senses belatedly.

"Obviously, besides Kaitou Kidd, someone else is also eyeing the 'Hope Blue Diamond'."

At this time, Gordon put down the notice letter in his hand and said solemnly.

"Jim, who do you think that could be?"

Bullock asked.

Gordon pondered for a moment and then said: "The reputation of the 'Hope Blue Diamond' far exceeds that of ordinary gems, and ordinary thieves may not have the courage to touch it."

"Besides, this person is also proficient in the art of disguise. Although the gender cannot be determined for the time being, she is disguised as a woman. If I assume that she is a female thief, I can only think of one person."

"You mean she's back? But hasn't she been out of this business for a long time?"

Brock's expression changed.

Gordon shook his head and said: "It's just a preliminary guess. The other person may not be a woman. Just like Kaitou Kidd also disguised himself as a woman. We can't judge their true gender until their true identities are revealed."

Although most people in Gotham currently view Phantom Thief Kidd as a man, in fact, the police's gender in the file on Kidd is suspected to be male, because Kidd's most common posture is male.

Curator Aoife broke out in cold sweat, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I originally thought that the bad reputation of the 'Hope Blue Diamond' would scare away many robbers. After all, no one wanted to steal it after it has been in the Smithsonian Museum for so many years. , but I didn’t expect that two thieves would come as soon as the news spread in Gotham.”

"Humph, who called this Gotham?"

Brock snorted.

Suddenly, as if he remembered something, Bullock turned to Director Aoife and asked: "If I remember correctly, the blue diamond should still be in the Smithsonian Museum now, right?"

After receiving a positive reply, Bullock said with a serious expression: "Since the diamond has not been delivered to you, it is better to cancel the exhibition altogether. If there is no goal, then no matter whether it is Kaitou Kidd or any other thief, there will be no goal." The reason for committing the crime."

"Anyway, the Smithsonian Museum has canceled an exhibition before, and it is not impossible to cancel it again now."

"This……"

Hearing this, Director Ao Fei showed a hesitant expression on his face, "I'm afraid not."

"In order to protect the 'Hope Blue Diamond', I spent nearly half of my savings on purchasing a large amount of security equipment. If the exhibition is cancelled, all the money will be wasted. Moreover, I signed a contract with the Smithsonian Museum According to the contract, if the exhibition is canceled without authorization, a large amount of liquidated damages will be paid.”

"We, the police, can negotiate with the Smithsonian Museum and advise them to voluntarily abandon the exhibition plan, so that you will not be in breach of contract."

Brock suggested.

"You can try, but I don't think there's much hope."

Director Aoife was not optimistic about Bullock's idea, "I don't know why, they seem to attach great importance to Gotham's exhibition plan, otherwise they would not have agreed to hold the exhibition in this small venue of mine after issuing a notice to cancel the exhibition. meeting."

"I think the Smithsonian Museum decided to display the diamond in Gotham even though it was prepared that thieves would target it."

"No matter what the outcome is, it's still worth trying to negotiate."

Gordon agreed with Bullock's proposal.

"Director Aoife, please stay with the person in charge sent by the Smithsonian Museum to talk to you about the exhibition. Please take us to see her."

Without further ado, the few people agreed and quickly rushed to the Aofei Jewelry Exhibition Hall.

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Wayne Manor, Dick's little study.

"Looking at you like this, has Kaitou Kidd sent another warning letter? Master Richard."

Alfred walked in with a plate of snacks and coffee, and saw Dick staring at a picture of white paper on the computer screen. There seemed to be a few lines of words written on the paper.

Alfred could guess what the picture was without seeing what was written on it.

Because in recent times, Dick would only show a similar expression when looking at one thing.

"Ah."

When he heard Alfred's question, Dick didn't look back and just hummed softly.

"Don't tire yourself too much and pay more attention to rest. Master Richard, I'll put down your afternoon tea."

Alfred took it for granted and put the snacks and coffee on the table beside Dick.

"Thank you, Afu."

Dick thanked him and Alfred quietly left the room.

Not long after, Dick's phone rang. It was Barbara.

"Hey! Elf Boots, have you seen Kaitou Kidd's notice?"

In the library, Barbara sat in her own private office and talked to Dick on the phone.

"You still want to get involved in Kaitou Kidd's affairs?"

Dick asked with a frown.

"Otherwise? You and Kaitou Kidd played tricks on me last time. Do I have to pretend that nothing happened?"

Barbara asked rhetorically.

"I admit that Kaito Kidd is indeed much more powerful than I thought at first, but this also means that you need my help even more."

Dick was speechless for a moment, but he found that what Barbara said made sense.

Every time he faced off against Kaitou Kidd, he was one step behind. He often missed a move at the last moment. He had to admit that Kaitou Kidd was very smart, at least not worse than him.

On his own, he might always be trapped in this strange cycle of just a little bit.

After all, Dick was not the kind of character who would fight to the death and refused to accept any help. After thinking about it, he accepted Barbara's participation in Kidd's case.

"I guess you have deciphered the contents of the notice letter now, right?"

Barbara continued to ask.

"Absolutely. Kaitou Kidd's puzzle this time is much simpler than last time."

Dick replied in the affirmative.

"The specific content of the notice letter is..."