Become a Phantom Thief from the Comic World

Uh-cough cough cough cough!

Sure enough, after taking three or five bites of food, Dick, who was devouring it hungrily, choked.

Alfred next to him had already expected it and handed over a glass of water in time.

Dick took a big sip and the situation eased a lot.

"Thanks, Afu, and I'm full."

With that said, Dick picked up Kidd's notice letter again and continued his previous thinking.

"Master Richard, I haven't seen you so immersed in a case for a long time. Is that Kaitou Kidd difficult to deal with?"

Alfred asked.

"Is it difficult to deal with?"

Dick pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "It's a bit unclear. He doesn't have the power of Killer Croc, the twisted thinking of Two-Face, the extreme madness of the Joker, or even any murderer. of brutal violence."

"Even when it comes to intelligence, I don't think he can surpass the Riddler."

Dick recalled the scene when he first met Kaitou Kidd that day, and said solemnly: "But he has a strange temperament, his attitude, and his methods are different from all the criminals I have seen."

"Rather than thinking about how to defeat him, I want to find out why he would do such a thing. I want to persuade him to stop."

"Like Master Bruce did to Miss Selina Kyle?"

Alfred interjected.

Dick paused, then spread his hands and said, "There is still a difference. At least Selena is a complete beauty. Bruce is really lucky. I hope Kaitou Kidd is too..."

"Are you sure you don't underestimate Kaito Kid's abilities too much, Master Richard?"

Alfred looked Dick up and down and reminded: "As you said, other super criminals don't have the strengths of Kaid, and Catwoman is the same in this regard, but Batman's pursuit of Catwoman It’s been a protracted tug of war.”

"Maybe asking someone to help you can catch Kaitou Kidd faster, so you can persuade him to turn around."

This was a very reasonable suggestion, but Dick refused it without even thinking about it.

"I can handle these things alone, Alfred. When I had to leave Gotham temporarily to focus on the affairs of the Teen Titans, Batman did a great job in Gotham. If Bruce can do it, so can I! "

"And now that Bruce is solving the Justice League's affairs, who can help me, Barbara? It has only been less than half a year since Bruce agreed to her becoming Batgirl. She has too little experience."

At this time, Alfred pointed at himself and said: "Master Richard, I am not too old to walk on the road yet."

"The auction at Gotham International Hotel starts at four o'clock in the afternoon, officially starts at nine o'clock in the evening, and lasts until half past midnight. No one can guarantee when Kaito Kidd will sneak in."

Alfred said his thoughts, "Master Richard, you can't enter the hotel wearing Robin's uniform or stay outside the hotel for such a long time, right?"

The first time Dick encountered Kaitou Kidd, he suffered a loss. It had a lot to do with the fact that he did not attend the scene in person but waited outside.

"Afu, are you saying that you and I will directly enter the auction in the name of the Wayne family and wait for Kaito Kidd to show up?"

"You are still a minor, so of course you will be accompanied by me, the butler."

Alfred said matter-of-factly, "Besides, even if there is no Kaitou Kidd matter, I hope you can participate in more group activities."

"Thank you for your suggestion, Ah Fu. Let us go together on the day of the auction. But there is no need for group activities. The Teen Titans' group activities are enough to make me miserable..."

Dick nodded seriously and agreed with Alfred's plan.

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In response to Kaitou Kidd, Robin, GCPD and even Penguin all made their own response plans.

On the other side, the initiator of all this - Kaitou Kidd is not idle either.

In the more than a week before the auction, Dean either continued to improve his techniques or went out to visit locations and collect intelligence every day.

Check with Dick from time to time to confirm whether you need to adjust your action plan temporarily.

It's a pity that Dick is not from the Zhongshan Police Department after all. From the difficulty of his routine, Dean actually didn't get much useful information.

However, Dean knew that Dick would participate in the auction as a representative of the Wayne Group accompanied by Alfred.

This may be considered important information.

Time passed like this little by little, and soon it was the day when the auction started.

On this day, Dean went to take a nice nap before the operation and did not get up until after five o'clock in the afternoon, so that he could maintain the best mental state during the night operation.

Dean put all the equipment he had prepared in advance on his body and headed towards the Gotham International Hotel.

At this time, the auction had already started for an hour, and Dean was still unhurried. According to his week-long inspection, there was still an hour and a half before the most important time point.

Some time later, Gotham International Hotel.

The large kitchen on the first floor is currently busy at work. Everyone is working hard and showing off their best skills.

Because the auction spans a long time, it is impossible for the people participating in the auction to go hungry, not to mention that these people are also powerful people in Gotham's upper class society.

Therefore, the hotel must be responsible for catering during this period, and all the pressure must be placed on the kitchen.

Once someone makes a mistake and lets a big shot fail to eat well, what awaits him will definitely not be a good end.

Even before the admission time, the kitchen was busy. They had to ensure that fresh ingredients were delivered to the restaurant at all times throughout the auction, even if no one might eat in the end.

This will inevitably cause a lot of waste.

"Tom, are you blind? The trash can is almost full again. Pull it out and empty it quickly!"

In the kitchen, an old employee responsible for making seafood sashimi pointed at the trash can filled with various offal and shouted loudly at the intern who was working nearby.

"I know, I'm going to pour it now!"

When Tom, an intern who had just arrived for two months, heard the roar, he quickly ran over and picked up the trash can. He obviously could not adapt to the sudden increase in workload by more than ten times.

Tom walked out of the back kitchen door with a trash can full of bloody smell, pinched his nose and dumped all the garbage inside into the big trash can.

He has repeated this action no less than twenty times today, because he has thrown away almost all the trash cans in the kitchen.

Whether it was seafood offal, poultry bones, or fruit peels, he almost vomited after looking at all kinds of kitchen waste today. In fact, he had already vomited once.

Of course, his job is not just to throw away garbage, but also to clean floors and other odd jobs.

"I really need to take a good rest."

Tom dragged his tired body to the edge and leaned against the wall to take a nap.

Away from the stench of the trash can and away from the surveillance range of the surveillance camera above the back door.

"You really need to get some rest."

At this time, a strange voice suddenly sounded from behind him.