Becoming a Phantom Thief from the World of American Comics.

Chapter 43 The first day of the exhibition (Please collect! Please follow up!)

When most people see Kidd's notice letter, they will focus on the sentence that the multiplication of 20 and 3 equals 4, thinking that only after deciphering this sentence, can the secret of the notice letter be completely unlocked.

But Barbara had a different opinion.

When you can't think of the meaning of twenty times three equals four, it means that there is still a mystery hidden in the sentence itself.

换句话说，20与3的相乘能不能等于4并不重要，重要的是，“20”、“3”和“4”这三个数字究竟代表了什么？“乘”这个字眼又代表了什么？
Barbara set her sights on the third and fourth sentences of the notice letter.

"Mars and Julius Caesar, one is the god of war in Roman mythology, the other is the founder of the Roman Empire... Rome... Rome... Rome..."

After pondering for a long time, Barbara suddenly remembered the "Introduction to the Study of Greek-Roman Polytheism" in the religious section of the library.

And Dean Suston who came to the library last time to read.

"Could it be a coincidence?"

Barbara thought suspiciously, "I didn't think there was any problem when we met last time, but now that I think about it, why would a young magic genius be interested in the study of Greek and Roman religion?"

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong. Barbara's eyes were fixed, and she set off to the bookshelf where she met Dean before, and took out the research introduction and looked through it.

However, after a cursory reading, Barbara did not find any relevant clues to unlock the notice letter in the book, except for the deeds and information of the Roman god of war Mars.

"It seems that my nerves are too sensitive, he can't..."

Barbara laughed self-deprecatingly, and put the book back in her hand.

"Ok?"

Just then, out of the corner of her eye, Barbara caught sight of another book on the shelf.

The Negative Influence of the European Church on Cultural Development
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On March 3st, the Dragon Egg Ruby Necklace Exhibition was officially held on the first day.

Exhibit location, Gotham Museum of Natural History.

This is the largest museum in the city. It consists of [-] exhibition halls connected end to end. Each exhibition hall has five floors and dozens of large exhibition halls.

Mrs. Chandler's necklace is placed on the top floor of the most central cultural relics exhibition hall.

Today, there are a lot of visitors to the museum. In the past, there were almost no visitors. Now it has only been opened for two hours, and it has already shown the momentum of a huge crowd.

I don't know if it's because the 'Dragon Egg Ruby Necklace' is so famous that people want to see what it looks like with their own eyes, or because they want to see how the Kaitou Kidd stole the necklace.

More than 200 plainclothes police officers from GCPD closely guarded the cultural relics exhibition hall, monitoring every visitor who came here at all times.

Inside the exhibition hall, there were nearly a hundred police officers distributed in various places on the five floors. The battle seemed to be so powerful that visitors to the cultural relics exhibition hall unconsciously followed the order.

In addition to the cultural relics exhibition hall, which is the most important protection site, other exhibition halls also have a different number of police officers, who can transfer support in time as a mobile force when necessary.

This time the GCPD mobilized several times more manpower than before, but Gordon still felt that it was not safe enough, so he temporarily dispatched two police helicopters to patrol the museum.

If Kaito Kidd wants to use the hang glider to surprise him, the airflow from the helicopter propeller will teach him to be a man.

However, this time the police did not use face pinching to verify whether the tourist was pretending to be Kaitou Kidd.

Because the entire exhibition lasted fifteen days, they could not determine when Kaitou Kidd would sneak in.

If you see a tourist every day for fifteen consecutive days and pinch that person's face, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the masses.

If one is not handled well, conflicts may even break out.

This is definitely not the situation Gordon wants to see.

Therefore, the police can only work hard on the surveillance work.

At this moment, a young and beautiful red-haired girl walked into the gate of the Natural History Museum.

After entering the square, she saw a familiar figure wearing a cowboy hat leading a patrol.

"Hi! Harvey."

Barbara took the initiative to come over and greet Brock.

"Oh hey, Barbara! Are you here to see your Uncle Brock?"

Hearing Barbara's voice, Bullock turned around and smiled happily. He and Gordon have known each other for many years, and they are inseparable. He can be regarded as watching Barbara grow up with his own eyes.

For some reason, Brock, who is still alone until now, may have long regarded Barbara as his child in his heart.

"I really want to make you happy and say 'yes', but I'm sorry, no, I only came here for one purpose, and that is to see Kaitou Kidd."

Barbara blinked mischievously.

"Shh!"

I saw Bullock suddenly gestured to her to silence her, and said with an exaggerated expression: "Be careful, don't let your father hear what you just said, he is now hating Kaitou Kidd so much."

"Don't worry, Uncle Brock, of course I know how much my dad hates Phantom Thief Kidd. I doubt he would be able to criticize Phantom Thief Kidd all night long if he wasn't afraid of being complained about late-night nuisance."

Barbara gasped in amazement.

"Anyway, I still want to visit the exhibition to see what the thing that Kaitou Kidd wants to steal looks like, so I won't disturb you and continue patrolling."

After separating from Bullock and others, the naughty and cute smile on Barbara's face disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by seriousness and earnestness.

She calmly took out an earphone and put it on, and then a voice sounded eager.

"Have you entered the museum yet?"

"Obviously, yes."

At the same time, in the fourth grade graduating class of Gotham High School, Dick was also wearing a headset in his ear in the last row by the window.

It was he who was on the remote call with Barbara, still in class.

Gotham’s private high schools are fairly open-minded, and students will not be banned from using electronic devices. It is not uncommon to wear headphones, mobile phones, tablets, and even laptops in class, as long as students think that using these items can improve their learning efficiency.

But the premise is that when you get up to answer the question, you can answer it accurately instead of asking three questions. Otherwise, you will have a bad learning attitude and the electronic equipment you use will be confiscated in class.

As a result, Dick was inconspicuous in the classroom with his headphones on.

Dick lowered his voice just enough for Barbara and himself to hear, but not for anyone around him.

Even Dean, who was sitting in front of him, couldn't hear his voice with his ears.

But the interesting thing is that Dean also wears a headset on his left ear...

(It suddenly occurred to me that we could play an interactive game. If some book friends can unlock the complete preview letter before the chapter where the answer is revealed, I will add three more chapters. This game is permanent and can continue until the end of the book.)

(End of this chapter)