Becoming a Phantom Thief from the World of American Comics

"What!"

Startled, Dick turned quickly to Alfred.

"I, I don't know about this... How is Barbara doing now? Why didn't she ask me for help?"

Looking at Dick with a guilty face, Alfred spoke softly.

"Master Richard, we only found out about this not long ago. Barbara was injured by a 'bat monster' last night. She didn't wake up from a coma until today, and then called Wayne Manor to explain the situation. Luckily no harm was done.”

"Director Gordon asked the media not to report this incident, because if even the police chief's daughter cannot protect herself, the sense of security of other citizens will collapse instantly, causing a huge panic."

Alfred sighed, and said, "He must be feeling quite uncomfortable, but in order to maintain the stability of the city, Director Gordon had no choice but to conceal what happened to Barbara."

"So... is Bruce actually blaming me for not helping Barbara in time?"

Dick lowered his head, thinking with a complicated expression.

As soon as he saw Dick's expression, Alfred knew what he was thinking, so he stepped forward and patted Dick on the shoulder.

"It's more likely that he is blaming himself for not coming back sooner."

Alfred said softly, "Don't blame Master Bruce too much, he didn't really think that when he told you those words, he just didn't know how to express his emotions."

"I know, Alfred, I always knew, but Bruce was right about one thing."

Dick nodded, his gaze became firm and he said, "Recently, I have paid too much attention to Kaitou Kidd, ignoring other things that may pose a greater threat."

"Barbara actually told me that she was going to investigate the murder of the bat monster. At that time, the most important thing I should do was to investigate with her, at least to be able to give her timely assistance. In Phantom Thief Kidd, I never thought of the possibility of the real existence of the bat monster.”

"I know that Kaito Kidd will not harm others, even if he stole the diamonds, he will return them back. The actual threat he poses is not as good as the robbers that can be seen everywhere in the alley. I should put him at the end and deal with it."

Dick shook his head and smiled wryly.

"No one knows everything. There are too many things that you can't predict. In the beginning, no one would believe that the bat monster is real. I am no exception. You don't have to blame yourself, Richard Young master, it's not your fault, and Barbara won't blame you either."

Alfred said calmly.

"Okay, it's time for you to go to the Batcave now, don't make Master Bruce wait too long, I hope you can find that bat monster, and then repair it severely."

"Thank you, Alfred, your words always make people feel less bad."

Dick smiled as if relieved.

He turned and walked out of the house, towards the secret passage leading to the Batcave in Wayne Manor.

After going down to the Batcave, I saw Bruce sitting in front of the bat computer and browsing a video. He had already put on the bat suit, only the helmet was not on.

"You came too slowly. Being late is one of the most shameful faults of a soldier."

Bruce continued to stare at the monitor without looking back.

Dick has long been used to Bruce's attitude, and he doesn't care about it at all. On the contrary, the obvious emotional accountability just now is a bit different from the usual Bruce, which makes Dick a little uncomfortable.

He walked to the bat computer without saying a word, and saw an abnormally large bat monster in the image above. Standing upright, the height exceeded two meters, and the length of the extended wings was almost four meters.

This bat monster has lower limbs that are close to those of humans. Except that the feet have turned into claws, the overall legs are not much different from human legs. It does not look like the lower limbs of a bat at all. Not presentable.

The hands and abdomen also seem to be very close to humans, but there are huge bat wings connected between the arms and the flanks, and the hands have also become sharp claws like the feet.

The head, like the wings, is the part of the whole body closest to the bat, as if the bat's head is enlarged to be as big as a human's head.

It is not so much a bat-like human monster as it is a human-like bat-like monster.

"This is the 'bat monster' that hurt Barbara?"

"This video is from Barbara."

Bruce said lightly.

Dick looked at the monster in the video with a strange expression, "Why do I feel that this monster... is a bit too human?"

"Maybe... it's a person."

Staring at the picture in the video, Bruce said meaningfully.

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Meanwhile, the Gotham Municipal Library.

Dean didn't choose to go home immediately after school, but came to the library.

It wasn't because he was looking for new teaser material, after all, Dean had just completed the theft of a 'big gem'.

It will take some time before the next notice is released, and the Kaitou also needs to take a vacation.

Even if it wasn't for material, Dean would often come to the library. He had this habit from a long time ago, and he would go there at least once a week.

This is because if Dean wants to complete some advanced magic, he must use a lot of psychological knowledge, physical knowledge, and even chemical knowledge. Information gap is also an important part of magic.

It is difficult for Dean to acquire the knowledge that Dean needs simply by studying in high school, so he had to go to the library to study by himself.

The difficulty is actually not bad, he doesn't want to be a scientist, he doesn't need to delve into it in depth, he just needs to know the principle and how to use it.

Dean dismisses school at four in the afternoon and the library closes at eight in the evening, which is enough time for Dean to learn a lot of new things.

Entering the library, Dean found a few books in the corresponding bookcase, and then sat down in a remote place.

He doesn't like being around too many people while reading, so every time he comes to the library, he chooses a similar place.

In Gotham, there are usually very few people who like to come to the library to read books, and there are many vacancies. Dean doesn't need to worry about anyone coming to disturb him.

Boom!

However, not long after Dean sat down and opened the book, a sound of moving a chair sounded from the opposite side.

Then there was a bang from the desktop.

"Um?"

Dean looked up in surprise.

Sitting in front of him was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl with black hair and black eyes. Her face and complexion seemed to be very close to that of Asians, which made Dean feel a little more inexplicable intimacy out of thin air.

She was holding an extremely thick black book in her hand, so thick that she couldn't even hold it with one hand.

The bang just now was the sound of the book being placed on the table.

As for the title of the book, it is "Comparative Encyclopedia of Words in the World's Mainstream Languages"...

(I went to the hospital for an examination today, the problem is not very big, the meniscus is slightly damaged, no surgery is required, the only problem is that I estimate that it will take a long time in the hospital, so today is still a normal update, the chapter owed yesterday will be released tomorrow repair)