Phantom Thief Kidd

Chapter 178 Cause and Effect (Two in One)

"This is nothing more than the lowest imitation!"

Maggison watched Silence coldly.

"No, it's impossible, my imitation is perfect, no one understands Bruce better than me..."

Silently trembling all over.

In fact, the disguise of silence is very clever, and even Maggison himself may not be able to do better than him.

He just said this on purpose, in order to make Silence lose his mind.

It doesn't matter whether Silence is so easily influenced, but the taunt should still be given in place.

Is there a saying that doesn't mean that?

The art of something is trash talk.

Judging from his silent performance now, this sentence is still quite lethal to him.

As for what happened before and after this incident?
This is to go back in time to the twilight, starting from the time when Maggison entered the clock tower.

In the clock tower at the time, Maggison only saw a figure from the back to confirm that this person was Gordon.

After all, they have lived together for more than ten years, and sometimes they only need to glance at each other to determine their identity.

Then Gordon staying in the secret base of the GCPD underground tunnel must be someone else pretending to be.

In retrospect, when Maggison went to see Gordon as Lupine III, Gordon remained pale and frail.

This is indeed a coup.

When people are weak, they often do some behaviors that are different from their usual habits, and other people don't care too much even if they see this scene.

In this way, the fault tolerance rate of camouflage can be greatly improved. It is a basic but very useful technique in most environments.

In addition, there was nothing wrong with Hush imitating Gordon's tone of voice, so that even Maggison didn't see through the disguise of Hush at the time.

Of course, the most critical point lies in Mu Mo's understanding of S.H.I.E.L.D. intelligence.

McKesson did not expect that besides Gordon, there were other people who knew about the operation that year.

But it is also, since McKesson himself can know that Gordon and Melinda May have cooperated once through the information of the tide organization.

That silence can naturally obtain the same information through similar means.

McKesson rescued Gordon, who was dying of thirst in the clock tower.

Then use a spoon to feed him water little by little.

After a long time, Gordon finally recovered a bit of vitality.

"Phantom thief... Kidd?"

Gordon opened his eyes and saw Magison, surprised.

"Long time no see, Commissioner Gordon, how did you get to this point?"

Maggison smiled at Gordon friendly.

"Where is this place?"

Gordon looked around, this strange environment somehow made him feel somewhat familiar.

"You don't know where this is?"

Maggison frowned, "What happened before you were locked up here?"

Hearing this, Gordon shook his aching head and fell into memories.

"I just remember that Bain suddenly led people to attack the GCPD that day. I was hit by Floyd, and then I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I found myself here."

"I don't know where this is, and I don't know how much time has passed."

McKesson's frown deepened.

"I learned about Gotham a few days ago, when Bane suddenly hijacked the entire city with a nuclear bomb."

"There was news that you were sent to the hospital after being injured, but you just said that you were here when you woke up?"

The facts are already obvious, the real and fake Gordon was dropped at that time.

The GCPD was massively attacked, and countless police officers died. Presumably all those who stood with Gordon were killed.

Gordon, who was receiving "treatment" in the hospital, was actually silent.

"No! Bane attacked GCPD ten days ago. If you were imprisoned here from the beginning, how did you survive? Why didn't Bane kill you?"

McGeeson voiced his doubts.

In fact, there is something even more strange, that is why Bain's people pretend to be Gordon.

If they simply wanted to wipe out all the GCPD people, it would be impossible to delay until now.

Maggison was lost in thought for a moment.

Hearing this, Gordon turned his head to look at the bottom of the bookshelf, where there was a shadow box that was already opened.

Maggison followed Gordon's gaze, and the box had been empty for a long time.

"There was some food and water in that cassette, and I survived on that for the first few days."

Gordon narrated.

"But the amount is too small. Even if I take it in the most economical way, I still eat all the food and water in just a few days."

At this time, Gordon looked at Maggison with complicated eyes.

"Without you, I might not be able to make it to tomorrow. Thank you for saving my life, Kaitou Kidd."

"As for why Bane didn't kill me, I don't know what he was thinking."

"If you really appreciate me, then you don't catch me when I steal things in Gotham, do you think it's okay?"

Maggison said half-jokingly, half-seriously.

"Ha! Then you'd better stop having this sweet dream."

"As long as you are still committing crimes, I will not give up arresting you!"

Gordon first sneered with his eyes wide open, then closed his eyes, and his tone became much calmer.

"However... I can try to reduce your sentence..."

"Hahahaha, the premise is that you can catch me."

Unexpectedly, Gordon, who is over fifty years old, has such a proud side, McGison couldn't help laughing.

"Hmph, if you go on like this, you will fall into the hands of the police sooner or later."

"Hey, dear Mr. Gordon, now is not the time to bicker, do you know what I am going back to Gotham for?"

Gordon was taken aback when he heard the words, "What treasure are you looking at again? But I advise you to give up this idea. Bane is already a very difficult enemy. He also released those guys from Arkham Asylum."

"If you think of Gotham now as it used to be, you're making a big mistake."

"Kidd, since you can find this place without Bane's eyes and ears, then there must be a way to escape Gotham, you'd better leave now."

Maggison glanced at Gordon unexpectedly, not expecting him to persuade himself to leave.

"Forgive me for not accepting your proposal, Director Gordon, no matter how difficult it is to get the treasure I want, no matter what means I use, I will definitely steal it."

"This is my creed as a thief!"

"As for how to deal with them after stealing them, those are not important anymore."

Maggison waved his hand, saying indifferently.

Gordon stared at him blankly for a long time.

"Puchi! Hmph...hehe...hahahaha..."

Suddenly, Gordon laughed, and the laughter grew louder and louder, until he almost burst into tears.

"In this era, even thieves have their own creed?"

Tired of laughing, Gordon asked himself mockingly.

"I'm starting to wonder, what exactly are you trying to steal?"

"Nuclear bomb."

Maggison's words of course set off huge waves in Gordon's heart.

God stole the nuclear bomb!

Is this what a thief should say?
Gordon was too shocked by the idea of ​​Kaitou Kidd to speak.

"Don't look at me like that, you heard me right, the treasure I'm looking at this time is Bane's nuclear bomb!"

Then, in Gordon's trance, McKesson told him about seeing the fake Gordon in the underground tunnel.

And his beloved daughter has also returned to Gotham.

Of course, he selectively omitted the cooperation between Maggison and Pamela.

"That is to say, the fake Gordon has been lurking among the GCPD crowd, and no one has noticed that something is wrong with him. It is obvious that his purpose is not the remnants of the GCPD."

Magison analyzed.

"The only possibility I can think of is that the fake Gordon's mission should be related to the Riddler's riddle."

"They are waiting for someone who can solve all the riddles, and they think there is only one person who can solve the riddles, so the person pretending to be you doesn't mind letting me know the content of the riddle."

"You mean Batman?"

Gordon asked in a deep voice.

"That's right, because even if someone really solves the riddle, they won't be able to reach the top of the clock tower. In their eyes, only Batman can break through the level of the dead shooter."

McKesson nodded.

"Bane didn't kill Batman because he didn't know Batman, but the other criminals released from Arkham Asylum did."

Gordon added that his mind has now begun to regain clarity.

The plans of the criminals gradually surfaced.

"Including me, everyone firmly believes that Batman will definitely come back, so they set up this trap specifically for Batman."

"Batman will definitely look for the whereabouts of the GCPD when he comes back. At this time, the person pretending to be me can play a key role."

"If Batman didn't see through his disguise, then Batman's subsequent actions would be under Bane's secret control. If Batman saw through his disguise, he would have already been surrounded by heavy siege."

Gordon gritted his teeth.

"I don't think it's that simple, because the person pretending to be you must know you very well, otherwise, even your old comrades-in-arms wouldn't have noticed the flaw."

"Since this person dares to do this, he probably has a certain degree of confidence that he can hide it from Batman."

"So, for the man pretending to be you, can you think of who he is?"

McKesson asked Gordon.

"...Could it be him!"

Gordon suddenly thought of the strange criminal, Hush.

When he locked Silence in Arkham Asylum with Batman, Silence kept shouting that he knew everything about Batman.

No one in the world knows Batman better than him.

Gordon could feel some deep obsession rooted in Silence's mind.

This obsession is completely different from other patients in Arkham.

Yes, although Mu Mo knew that Bruce was Batman, but for some reason, he never told this secret.

So that Gordon didn't know that the comrade-in-arms he missed most all the time was actually Bruce Wayne.

The reason for silence is weird, he is jealous of everything about Bruce, he wants to destroy Bruce, but also wants to inherit everything from Bruce.

Yes, he wanted to completely replace Bruce.

So he can't let other people kill Bruce before himself, so he can't be Bruce.

Inexplicable thought.

Well, anyway, no one who came out of Arkham Asylum could understand their thoughts.

In short, after initially identifying the candidates, the two made a plan for Maggison to pretend to be Batman to test the fake Gordon.

With a certain plan, Maggison took Gordon away from the clock tower.

Oh, by the way, when leaving the clock tower, Maggison also got a windfall.

That was when he re-climbed to the spire of the clock tower, he caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eyes.

This scene made him instantly understand the third riddle of the Riddler.

"The more you cut me, the faster I grow. What am I?"

The correct answer is - holes.

What does the hole mean?

round.

At this moment, what caught Maggison's eyes was Zhongcheng Island surrounded by river water, which looked like a hole from a high altitude...

At this point, the review of the previous situation is completed, and the time is turned back to midnight.

Hu Mo, who was trembling from being choked by Magison, was not an ordinary person after all, and he calmed down in a very short time.

"So that's why you already knew the trap we set for Batman, that's why you played the power outage."

Silently said coldly.

"You neither exposed me on the spot, nor took away the riddle from me, but made an illusion that you had found the nuclear bomb."

"Indeed, when you appeared in front of me dressed as Batman and told me that you already knew where the nuclear bomb was hidden, I actually believed it."

"I admit that your ability to disguise is superior to mine, Kaitou Kid."

Silently staring at Magison, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"Think about it carefully, how could Batman find the location of the nuclear bomb without getting the content of the riddle."

"But the person who said that was Batman, so I believed you without thinking. After all, it is very common for him to do anything we can't imagine."

Speaking of this, Mu Mo laughed morbidly.

Magison speculated that he might be laughing at himself for being fooled so easily. Batman really left a huge shadow in the hearts of people like Arkham.

"It's a pity, there are only two of you, and it won't affect the overall situation if you trick me here."

Suddenly, Shen Mo sneered at the two of them.

"How could I be unprepared for Batman?"

"Before I came here, I asked all your subordinates to gather. Maybe they don't know what is waiting for them. When all the living people of GCPD gather together, our ambush personnel in advance will kill them all. "

Although Silence was facing two people alone, and his weapon was shot down by Gordon, his attitude now was a feeling that everything was under control.

"Oh, by the way, dear Director Gordon, I'm afraid your precious daughter is in danger now, although I don't know how she offended Deathstroke..."

Hearing this, the veins on Gordon's forehead suddenly popped.

"You'll regret it, Elliott!"

"Yes, I hope so."

Silently sneered.

He clapped his hands lightly, and then a black group of people suddenly poured out from nowhere.

Surround the three of them.

Unexpectedly, when these people appeared, Gordon and Maggison not only did not panic, but laughed together after looking at each other.

(End of this chapter)