Becoming a Phantom Thief from the World of American Comics

"Maybe Kaitou Kidd has no special purpose, he may just be for fun, to satisfy his desire for performance or performance philosophy."

Alfred said to Bruce, who frowned.

"Anyway, at least Kaito Kidd didn't cause much social panic and economic loss to Gotham, why must try to understand his motives?"

"He's a criminal, Alfred, and the word 'fun' has nothing to do with any crime, and if we don't know what he really wants in his heart, we'll never be able to guess what he's going to do next." One step might do something."

Bruce retorted.

"Phantom Thief Kidd may now only steal treasures for a momentary interest without harming others, but what if one day he gets tired of it? Can long-term habitual crimes bring him back to the right track? Impossible! He may even Starting to find killing fun!"

"This...Master Bruce, I can't deny that the possibility you said will come true, but...I still think that your thinking may be a little too exaggerated."

Alfred sighed in his heart, it seemed that Bruce's old problem had happened again.

"I think Master Richard must have thought the same as I do."

"And this is precisely the reason why he has not been able to deal with Kaitou Kidd well."

Bruce shook his head, firm in his thoughts.

"Dick always preconceived that Kaito Kidd was a 'good criminal', and he always lacked enough vigilance and hostility towards him, which made it difficult for him to make a correct judgment. Not only him, but almost everyone in Gotham I think so."

"Yes, judging from all the criminal records of Kaito Kidd so far, he is indeed not a vicious criminal. In a city like Gotham, you can even say that he is not a bad person. I don't deny this, but who Can you guarantee that this is not a means for him to gain his reputation? First establish a good image and then suddenly change his attitude to massacre. There are not no similar criminals before. Even I have been deceived. Who can guarantee that Kaitou Kidd is not another one?"

Bruce has a habit of assuming the worst of things.

"..."

Alfred didn't know what to say.

At this time, Bruce continued.

"Alfred, I chose to declare war on Kaitou Kidd at the Cavaliers Stadium. It is essentially a test. It is not only a test of Kaito Kidd's ability in various aspects, but also a test of the attitude of the people of Gotham towards him."

"The test result of the former is very subtle. There are too many doubts and contradictions in Kaitou Kidd's ability, while the result of the latter is very clear."

Bruce's expression suddenly became serious.

"I never thought Kaito Kidd would be so popular in this city, people welcomed him, Alfred, people flocked to him, not shunned like other super criminals, did you think Is this such a terrible thing?"

To be honest, Alfred really didn't think about it very much before today, but when Bruce brought it up, he faintly began to feel a chill down his spine.

"Right now, what worries me the most is not that there are ignorant teenagers imitating Kaitou Kidd on the streets, but that a large number of civilians will gather at the scene of his crimes every time. As I said, if one day he is no longer satisfied with just performing Stealing, even becoming interested in taking lives..."

Isn't it like countless people approached him and offered to kill him?

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Thinking about it this way, Kaito Kidd's potential threat is indeed huge.

Alfred couldn't help but gasped inwardly.

Even if Kaitou Kidd doesn't kill people himself, the place where he is means a gathering place for people. What if someone wants to take advantage of this?

For example, a lunatic who wears a sack on his head all day intends to spread terrorist gas at the crime scene of Kaitou Kidd, it is simply impossible to guard against.

"Phantom Thief Kidd has Dr. Langstone's human bat serum in his hands. I don't know what he intends to do with that. If he is going to mass-replicate the serum and spread it across the city, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Bruce said seriously.

He was even worried that Kaito Kidd would attack more than 30,000 citizens in the Cavaliers Stadium, so there were no weapons in the bat fighter that day, and all the ammunition was replaced with the antidote of human bat serum.

After all, the human bat itself was cured by Bruce, so of course he can manufacture the antidote for the human bat serum in large quantities.

Fortunately, Kaitou Kidd didn't do that, or he didn't have such an idea yet.

If you think about it darkly, it means that he hasn't succeeded in copying the human bat serum.

All in all, after the Cavaliers Stadium incident, Bruce has almost completely changed his view of Kaito Kidd, from not paying attention to it at first, to a time bomb that will explode at an unknown time, feeling a bit too serious.

"Then how do you plan to find Kaitou Kidd? We still don't know anything about him."

Alfred asked suddenly.

Bruce fell silent.

Soon, the silence was broken, and a voice sounded from behind the two of them.

"What are you doing? We don't have much time to spend here, and the charity party is going to be late."

I saw Dick walking over in an evening dress, unaware of the conversation between the two just now.

"Get the car ready, Alfred."

Bruce turned his head and ordered.

"Okay, Master Bruce."

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Gotham, Eastside.

The silent night.

Francine Longstone returned home.

Not long ago, her husband, human bat Kurt Langstone, was imprisoned in Arkham Asylum.

Kurt's research on the human bat serum exhausted all his savings, and he owed a lot of debt, and now all of these are on Francine's body.

Fortunately, Francine is not an ordinary housewife. She is also a senior researcher who graduated from a prestigious university. Her achievements are not much worse than her husband's. It's just that Kurt's insistence on going his own way caused both of them to lose their original jobs.

After Kurt accepted the court's judgment, Francine received an invitation from the Wayne Group and became a researcher under the Wayne Group. She worked until late every day before leaving get off work, and her life gradually got on the right track.

Although she still lives in the East District, her address has been changed to another location. After all, the original address has been made public because of the human bat incident, but Francine's personal information has been protected, and only Kurt's own information has been made public. .

Today, Francine is working late into the night as usual, which is dangerous, especially for a woman living alone in the East End, but she doesn't have much choice.

Francine has lived in the East Side of Gotham for several years, and knows where to go to be a little safer. So far, she hasn't encountered any danger.

Yes, currently.

The moment Francine opened the door with the key and walked in.

She froze in place.

Because two strange men were waiting in the house.

"Hello, Mrs. Longstone, our boss would like to see you."