Becoming a Phantom Thief from the World of American Comics

Gotham Police Department - the rooftop of the GCPD headquarters.

Commissioner James Gordon stood next to a giant searchlight lit up, a round of bats striking against the dark sky.

Opposite him, a funny-looking teenager was looking at a card full of words.

The teenager is wearing a red short-sleeved top, green gloves and trousers, a yellow cloak and a black eye mask that can cover the upper half of his face. The bright red, green and yellow colors look like he just ran out of a circus and forgot to change the scene. clothes the same.

Calling himself Robin, he is Batman's apprentice, assistant and partner.

"Pour the last drop of water in a transparent bottle,

Newborn fish leap from dry bottles,

The trapped angel sobbed,

When the flipped L appears above the tower,

Silvery wings will follow the guidance of the moonlight,

Wipe away the angel's tears.

Sincerely, Phantom Thief Kidd"

After reading the contents of the card, Robin showed a strange look.

"Director, are you sure this isn't some new kind of prank? Or is the Riddler escaping from Arkham?"

"No, it's not a prank, and the Riddler hasn't escaped either."

Gordon said with serious eyes.

"About a week ago, Kaitou Kidd sent an announcement letter to the art museum. The staff in the museum thought it was someone's prank, so they didn't report the crime, but a few days later they found that a bracelet studded with jewels was stolen. , the same card was left at the scene.”

"Until today, he sent a new notice, which also included the jewelry he stole last time, and this notice letter is relatively obscure, and we only guessed part of the meaning."

Robin asked in surprise, "It means that he returned what he stole? Why did he do that?"

"Maybe he was angry that no one ignored his notice, maybe he didn't want jewelry in the first place but had another purpose, who knows what he wants to do?"

Gordon shook his head.

"After so many years of handling cases in Gotham, I don't feel like asking 'why' anymore."

"Okay, I'll take this card with me first, and I'll figure out what it means."

Robin put away the "Phantom Thief Kidd" card, turned around and prepared to leave the rooftop.

"You've been alone all this time, where's Batman?"

Gordon asked, looking at Robin's back.

"Batman is busy with other things. He is not in Gotham for the time being. You know, he has a team now. I don't mean our old duo, but a big team."

Robin spread his hands and explained to Gordon.

"Justice League? I see."

"Don't worry, Director, Gotham still has me, I can help you catch this Riddler No. 2."

Robin patted his chest and smiled confidently.

After speaking, he jumped down from the edge of the roof, and his figure disappeared into the night.

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At the same time, in a single-family house in Gotham City.

In a dimly lit room, a handsome young man covered his eyes with cloth strips.

In front of him was a large square table with a pile of shuffled playing cards and a timer.

The boy took a deep breath and reached out to press the timer switch.

Immediately afterwards, he stretched out his hands and quickly swiped a few times on the table, and all the playing cards were gathered in the palm of the young man. Then he turned his hands upwards, holding them slightly, and the playing cards began to bend under the pressure.

Swipe, swipe, swipe!

When the bending pressure is just right, the playing cards in the hand will be ejected into the air like a fountain.

When the playing cards fly to a certain height, the upward elastic force will be exhausted, and then they will fall under the influence of gravity.

Next, a shocking scene happened.

When the first poker card that was bounced was about to fall to the height parallel to the hands, all the poker cards in the hand just left the palm.

However, the poker cards that had been ejected from the boy's left hand fell smoothly to his right hand at this time, and even the following cards fell into the palm of his right hand, neatly and exactly.

In contrast, the deck of cards that was originally on the right hand fell to the left hand.

The young man folded his hands, combined the two decks of cards, and spread them out in an arc on the table.

One card presses a small portion of the other, and each card is exposed by almost the same distance.

Gently flip the bottom card up, and all the playing cards on the table will have a chain reaction like dominoes, and they will be turned over automatically one by one.

The first is the Ace of Spades, the second is the 2 of Spades, the third is the 3 of Spades... until the K of Spades.

First spades, then hearts, clubs, and finally diamonds.

The deck of cards that had been randomly scattered at the beginning was displayed on the square table in perfect order at this moment.

Finally, stop the timer.

The whole process is like flowing clouds and water, without any redundant movements and pauses.

"call--"

The young man let out a sigh of relief, and tore off the black cloth covering his eyes, revealing a pair of blue pupils.

"27.21 seconds, 0.8 seconds faster than last month, not bad."

The boy's name is Dean Suston. He is not an aborigine in this world, but a traverser.

Dean's luck is not bad. The Sarston family is a famous magician family in Gotham, and his parents are excellent stage magicians.

So even if his parents died in a car accident when he was just six years old, the property he left behind was enough to ensure that Dean didn't have to worry about starving to death.

Even so, Dean still has a huge sense of crisis in his heart.

Although he hadn't read DC comics seriously in his previous life, he had heard of many big events with a wide range of influence.

What about the Big Bang in Star City, what about the destruction of the entire city of Brudhaven, what about the seven million dead souls in Seaside City, what about the cosmic catastrophe in Blackest Night, and so on.

Even without mentioning those horrific incidents, just say that Dean has lived in Gotham for these years, and every night he has to set up traps on the window sills at the door before he dares to fall asleep.

In the days to come, it will only become more and more sinister.

Fortunately, as a time traveler, Dean also has his own golden finger - an operation interface called "Miracle Thief System" similar to the game UI.

"Name: Dean Suston

Age: 16

Skills: Magic proficiency, vehicle proficiency, lockpicking proficiency, shooting proficiency, fighting proficiency, quick disguise, voice change without props

Items: Card Gun, Hookshot Gun, Triangle Glider, Bulletproof Cloak"

This is Dean's personal panel in the system. In addition to the panel, there is also an exchange mall.

The mall has everything for sale, ranging from a pair of socks to the light of the creation of the universe.

According to the introduction provided in the system, the exchange requires a token called "amazing value".

As the name suggests, the wow value is generated by shocking others.

An ordinary person can provide a little surprise value at a time, and the higher the status level, the more the surprise value provided by the object with stronger psychological endurance.

But since traveling through ten years, Dean has not even gained any marvel value, and his existing skills and items basically come from the activation gift package of the system.

To test his proficiency in his skills, Dean sometimes participated in some stage magic performances, and he could earn some extra money along the way.

Thanks to his parents' fame during their lifetime, he was welcomed on stage in many theaters or circuses.

Dean also likes to mention the title of genius young magician.

However, no matter how wonderful the magic trick he performed on the stage and how surprised the audience was, the "amazing value" in the system never increased.

Reminiscent of the name of the system, Dean couldn't help guessing, maybe it needs to be a phantom thief to get the amazing value?

So the question is, what kind of behavior can be called a strange thief?

Names suddenly popped up in Dean's mind, the elegant and romantic phantom thief gentleman, the romantic and suave peerless handsome thief, the humorous and clever monkey-faced thief...

In the end, the frame became a pure and flawless figure, gorgeous, unrestrained, elegant, and mysterious, which gathered almost all the advantages of the identity of the phantom thief.

His name is - Phantom Thief Kidd!