Becoming a Phantom Thief from the World of American Comics.

Chapter 106 The curse has been broken by me

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Under the influence of the irritating gas, Robin's eyes were red and he coughed violently.

As a last resort, Robin could only retreat temporarily, covering his face with the cloak behind him, and at the same time quickly uncuffed the handcuffs, hoping to get rid of the impact of tear gas as soon as possible.

He knew that his withdrawal gave Kaito Kidd a chance to take the diamond. Now the exhibition hall is in a state of power failure, which means that the gravity sensing device will no longer work and the alarm will not be triggered.

Nothing can stop Kaitou Kid!
"Damn Kaito Kid!"

Robin thought angrily.

"Robin, you really should have a long memory, and you should be more vigilant about what the bad guys give you."

Kaitou Kidd's playful voice came from next to his ears, and Robin subconsciously swung his fist to the side, but didn't hit anyone.

"By the way, there is one more thing to tell you."

At this time, Phantom Thief Kid suddenly remembered something and said.

"The 'Hope Blue Diamond' that you thought was a counterfeit...is actually the real thing!"

"Stop kidding! If that is the real 'Hope Blue Diamond', then why did you sneak back? What is the diamond in the booth now?"

How could Robin easily believe what Kaitou Kidd said, but this is obviously not the focus of Kaitou Kidd's consideration.

"Believe it or not, anyway, counting the time, the GCPD should have caught up with that dummy by this time, and you will know the truth soon."

"Or... you can ask Curator Offee."

Kaitou Kidd's voice came from all directions. At this time, the effect of the tear gas had not subsided, and Robin's face was still covered under the cloak. He couldn't see the location of Kaitou Kidd, and he couldn't even hear him.

Because the sound was near and far away for a while, and ran to the left and right for a while.

It starts out loud and clear, then gradually fades away until there is no sound at all.

Although he didn't hear the footsteps of Kaitou Kidd leaving, Robin knew that the former must no longer be in the exhibition hall.

Tens of seconds later, the effect of the tear gas dissipated completely, and Robin's senses returned to normal.

Sure enough, there was no sign of Phantom Thief Kidd in the exhibition hall, and the "Hope Blue Diamond" on the booth disappeared together with the diamond and its box.

He didn't try to catch up with Kaitou Kidd immediately, but stayed where he was thinking.

"Ask Director Offie?"

Robin always felt that Kaito Kidd might have meant something when he mentioned Curator Offi at the end, and Kidd also said that the "Hope Blue Diamond" in the dummy's hand was genuine, which meant that the diamonds in the exhibition hall were fake?
Is it possible that the Kaitou Kidd ran back to the exhibition hall to steal the fake?

That is definitely impossible, even if Kaitou Kidd is unconstrained and unconstrained, Robin can't imagine that he would do this kind of thing that uses the real thing as a bait for a fake.

However, Kaitou Kidd's attitude was so firm, but it made Robin feel somewhat doubtful.

From what he said, it seemed that Director Offee knew the inside story, and Robin couldn't help but think of some small details that he had overlooked before.

For example, when the diamonds were first sealed with ice cubes, curator Offi insisted on storing the 'Hope Blue Diamond' in a box, which was called the curse of sealing.

At first glance, there seems to be nothing wrong with this behavior, but the box is not a pure colorless transparent container, but a slightly bluish colored transparent container, with a colored box covering a colored diamond.

The colors of the two are similar to blue, so it is difficult for even a top appraiser to identify the authenticity of the 'Hope Blue Diamond' with the naked eye only through the colored box.

Now it seems that curator Offi probably did that on purpose, in order to prevent people from discovering that the 'Blue Diamond of Hope' exhibited in the booth is a fake.

When everyone was still in the exhibition hall not long ago, besides having doubts about Dean, Robin also found that there was something wrong with Director Offee. He was not worried about the theft of the diamond, but he was happy?
This once made him hesitate between 'Dean' and 'Officer Curator', who is Kaitou Kidd pretending to be.

But no matter who Kidd pretends to be, he will eventually return to this exhibition hall, so Robin just needs to wait here.

Now it seems that the situation seems a little complicated. Dean is pretending to be Kidd the Kaitou, and Director Offee is not without secrets.

"Curator Offee? It looks like I have to talk to him."

Robin's eyes were deep, and he thought to himself.
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When Kaito Kidd and Robin were confronting each other in the exhibition hall, on a street near the Gotham Knights Stadium.

On the top of an abandoned building that is about to be demolished, a white hang glider descended at an extremely fast speed.

At the same time, a beam of searchlight shot down from the sky, shining directly on the white hang glider.

Dozens of police cars followed closely behind and stopped at the door of the abandoned building. One by one police officers rushed out of the cars and rushed towards the roof frantically.

"Call the officer, this is Helicopter No. [-]. The location of Kaitou Kidd has been found, and the target has temporarily stopped moving."

The helicopter pilot reported to Gordon immediately.

"Report the location of Kaito Kidd immediately, and keep an eye on him!"

Gordon, who was several blocks behind due to his late departure, received the report and immediately urged Brock, who was driving, to hurry to the building.

In addition to him and his old partner Harvey Bullock in Gordon's police car, there was also a mature woman sitting in the rear compartment.

It was Miss Biska from the Smithsonian who asked Gordon and Bullock to go with her, because she wanted to see the 'Hope Blue Diamond' being recovered with her own eyes to be at ease.

After a while, Gordon and others successfully arrived at the abandoned building, and the police officers who arrived earlier had already sealed off the scene.

"Where is Phantom Thief Kidd? Has the diamond been recovered?"

As soon as he got out of the car, Gordon quickly found the police officer who blocked the scene and asked.

Hearing this, more than a dozen police officers looked at each other and looked at you, with strange expressions on their faces: "The diamond should be recovered, but..."

"Just what?"

"Sir, Phantom Thief Kidd is not here. From the very beginning, we chased after him not the real Phantom Thief Kidd, but a false puppet."

Gordon was suddenly struck by lightning. He remembered that he suspected that Kidd outside was a dummy. Why did he bring all his subordinates to chase him out now?

"Sir, here are the diamonds we recovered and...a message from Kaito Kidd."

I saw a police officer take out two sealed bags, one of which contained the dazzling 'Hope Blue Diamond', and the other contained Kaitou Kidd's message card.

Gordon gave the diamond to Biska and asked her to appraise it carefully, while he himself looked at Kidd's message card.

"It is a pity that the beautiful diamond named 'Hope' is cursed by 'bad luck', making people afraid of it and unable to appreciate its beauty. A terrible curse for centuries.

Sincerely, Phantom Thief Kidd"

"Broken... broke the curse?"

After reading the message on the message card, Gordon's mind was filled with question marks.

What does it mean?Kaito Kidd stole the 'Hope Blue Diamond' to remove its curse?

Not to mention that Gordon never believed that there was any curse on the diamond, and even if there was, he didn't believe that Kaito Kidd would come here to remove the curse of the diamond.

In short, Gordon was confused and confused.

But this is Gotham after all, and it's only natural to not understand the motives of crimes.

(End of this chapter)