Becoming a Phantom Thief from the World of American Comics

Chapter 211 Is it over...? (2-in-1)

With the activation of Chocolat's device, the atomized Inverse Bat reagent quickly spread throughout Gotham.

As many as hundreds of thousands of people infected with the human bat virus gradually recovered into human bodies.

Without exception, those who recovered fell into a deep coma, which seemed very dangerous, because most mutant human bats were flying tens or even hundreds of meters in the air, and they would easily fall if they suddenly returned to human form. died.

However, the anti-human bat reagent does not take effect instantly. The transformation from a mutant human bat into a human requires a process ranging from ten seconds to tens of seconds. During this process, the mutant human bat does not immediately lose its flight instinct and stagger. Falling to the ground should be enough.

What's more, in order to cover the entire Gotham area, the Chocrat device must dilute the reverse-human bat reagent to a certain extent, which will give the mutant bat a longer time to land.

Of course, there will definitely be people who are unlucky enough to be injured or killed when falling from high altitudes.

Although it will take a lot of manpower and time to send everyone who is unconscious on the streets, rooftops, and telephone poles to the hospital, it will take a long time for Gotham to completely return to its original state.

But these are just some minor flaws. Compared with the outcome of Gotham's millions of people being infected with the virus and reduced to a city of man-bats, the current losses and troubles are nothing at all.

The dark cloud of man-bats that had shrouded Gotham all night was finally completely dispelled at this moment.

The person who dispelled it was not Batman as people imagined, but the Kaitou Kidd who no one expected.

He really followed through on his promise and "stole" away the virus that threatened people's lives!

Kaito Kidd's virtual live broadcast room was also closed after the Chocolat device was successfully activated. The last scene people saw in the live broadcast room was Kaitou Kidd's usual bow.

No one knows when Kaitou Kidd left Wayne Tower, and no one knows the identity of the mysterious girl next to him.

On the other side, in an open space more than ten kilometers away from Wayne Tower, Batman carefully controlled the Bat-Fighter to land safely. During the entire landing process, the fuselage did not experience any even slight vibrations.

Because the top of the Bat Fighter was filled with people who had recovered from the mutant human bat state. Previously, the Bat Fighter was surrounded by countless mutant human bats. Many of them did not have time to leave and transformed back into humans directly on top of the Bat Fighter.

In order to prevent these people from being thrown out due to the vibration of the fuselage and falling to the ground to death, Batman had to use this meek method to control the Bat-Fighter.

After moving everyone hanging on the Batplane to the ground, Batman drove the Batplane back to the Batcave.

Batgirl and Robin were waiting for him there early.

"Did you read the news sixteen minutes ago, Batman? Kidd has become a big hero in Gotham. Many citizens are calling on the Internet to pardon Kidd for his theft."

When Batman came back, Robin held up his phone and said to him.

"I need you to investigate the results of the Penguin Gang. What is the relationship between the Penguin and the leak of the Man-Bat Virus?"

Batman simply ignored Robin's words and asked about their investigation.

"The situation is a bit...complicated."

The Batgirl on the side took over Batman's words and replied.

Hearing this, Batman's eyes suddenly narrowed.

"Penguin is missing."

At this time Robin came over and said solemnly.

"When the Man-Bat Virus was spreading, the Penguin's team was chased by a swarm of mutant Man-Bat. While escaping to the Iceberg Club, they had an accidental car accident. All of Penguin's men at the time died, and his whereabouts are unknown. Life or death is unknown.”

"It's just that when Bat Girl and I went to the scene of the car accident to investigate, the place was already in a mess by a swarm of mutant bats, and not even a complete body was left..."

"Maybe the Penguin escaped by luck, or maybe he has become food for the group of mutant bats."

Robin's tone was very serious, and Batgirl's face was not pretty. It was hard to imagine what kind of miserable situation they saw at that time.

"The Penguin's escape process was seen by many witnesses, and some intact surveillance cameras also recorded relevant footage, which can confirm this."

The more he listened, the more Batman frowned.

In the beginning, the Penguin brought many men to fight against Black Mask's Masked Society. If he planned the leak of the Man-Bat Virus, then the Penguin must have mastered the method of controlling the mutant Man-Bat or curing the Man-Bat. The antidote to the virus.

Because it is impossible for Penguin to want a dilapidated city full of uncontrolled mutant human bats. That kind of scene is definitely not what Penguin wants to see. What he needs is Gotham that can bring him power and wealth.

Not to mention that the Penguin was attacked by a mutant man-bat and was killed by his own conspiracy. Such brainless behavior was not in line with Batman's understanding of the Penguin.

But there is no doubt that the person who kidnapped Francine and threatened Kurt Langstone was from the Penguin Gang.

Unless... the so-called pursuit is actually part of the Penguin's plan!

He actually had a way to control the mutant bats, but he only staged this show to clear himself of suspicion, making people think that he, the Penguin, was also one of the victims.

This sounds ridiculous, but in Batman's opinion, this is indeed something the Penguin can do. The only question is why would he do it?

There are other possibilities, that is, someone in the Penguin Gang planned everything without the Penguin, or... the member of the Penguin Gang who threatened Kurt also hides another identity!

He is not from the Penguin Gang, he just wants to throw dirty water on the Penguin Gang.

"Penguin's current whereabouts are unknown. What about his gang?"

Batman asked suddenly.

For a large gang like the Penguin Gang with many hills and mountains, if the boss suddenly disappears and is suspected of death, it is impossible for it to remain the same without any change, right?

"The current person in charge of the Iceberg Club is Ignatius O'Kilwe. He used to be Penguin's secretary, and he can be regarded as the second-in-command of the Penguin Gang."

Batgirl replied.

"Ever since the Penguin disappeared, it was Okierwe who stabilized the overall situation of the gang."

Okierwe?

Batman suddenly remembered the last time he went to find Penguin, the man who tried to block him and was kicked away by him.

If he remembered correctly, that person should be Okierwe.

How long has it been? Batman thought he was still lying in the hospital, but he didn't expect that he had already come out and took over the Penguin's shift?

Batman's intuition tells him that there must be something wrong with this guy named O'Kilvi.

No matter who is behind the spread of the Man-Bat Virus, he must be hiding in the Penguin Gang.

"I'm going to see this O'Kilwe now."

With that said, Batman was about to turn around and leave the Batcave, less than five minutes after he came back.

"Wait, Master Bruce!"

Suddenly, Alfred rushed out from nowhere and called Batman, holding a box in his hand.

"You have been running around all night. You have just experienced such a difficult battle. You should rest first before continuing."

"No, Alfred, I'm not tired enough to need a rest."

Batman walked towards the Batfighter parked not far away without looking back.

"Don't forget, Francine Langstone has not been released. She is still being kidnapped. We don't even know if she is still alive. She needs rescue, and it is an extremely urgent need!"

"I don't have time to rest until I rescue Francine and catch the mastermind behind this."

At this point, Batman suddenly paused, turned around and looked at Robin and Batgirl, "You guys don't have time to rest either!"

"We had no intention of taking a break."

Robin and Bat Girl said in unison, "According to the information provided by Kurt, the place where Francine was kidnapped was a closed space with no light source. Even the photo used to threaten him was lit with a flashlight. It looked like someone A warehouse."

"There was cell phone reception there because the kidnapper put Kurt on the phone with Francine."

They returned to the Batcave ahead of Batman and were using the Batcomputer to investigate how many locations in Gotham met the conditions.

In view of Gotham's customs and customs, the number of such warehouses is indeed quite large. Even if we investigate nearby surveillance videos and screen out locations where suspicious people or vehicles pass by, there are still a lot of them left.

Checking them out one by one is definitely a laborious task, but this is what they have to do.

"In fact, if you hadn't come back, we would have left the Batcave long ago."

Robin said looking at Batman.

"I knew you would say this, so I didn't expect you to take a good rest, but at least... you have to eat something."

Seeing the attitudes of several people, Alfred sighed helplessly, and then raised the box he was holding.

"Cheese and bacon pizza, going hungry won't help you in your job of saving people."

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Wayne Tower, southeast, on the roof of an empty house.

Due to the Gotham riots and the mutant bat incident last night, the buildings or facilities nearby were almost in ruins, and all the surveillance cameras that could shine here were destroyed.

Normally, no one would want to wander around here, but now two people appeared.

One of them was a petite girl wearing black clothes. She was holding a full-covering gas mask in her hand, which seemed to have been taken off not long ago.

The other was a young man wearing a white suit and a top hat.

The two men stood face to face, looking at each other.

Cassandra opened her eyes wide and scanned the body of the thief Kidd across from her. The more she looked at him, the more she felt that the man in front of her felt very similar to Dean.

To be precise, it can't be described as like, but the same. The information that Kaitou Kidd's body tells Cassandra is exactly the same as Dean's body.

Although she already knew this, no matter how many times she saw it, Cassandra would still feel disbelief in her heart.

This phenomenon was so rare that if Dean and Kid were really two people, she even suspected that Kid and Dean might be the only ones in the world who had the same body language.

After all, this phenomenon is a bit too bizarre.

Cassandra also wondered whether she might have seen it wrong because the auditorium at Cavaliers Stadium was too far away and there would be some distortion when viewed from the screen, so she confused Kid's body language with Dean's. .

Maybe the two people are just somewhat similar.

But now, Cassandra comes face to face with Kaito Kidd, and she can be sure that she was right.

And this also caused the question that had always lingered in Cassandra's heart to arise again.

Is Dean really not Kaitou Kidd?

With this thought in mind, Cassandra slowly lifted something from behind and placed it in front of Kaitou Kidd.

It was a piece of paper with a straightforward sentence written on it.

"You...should be Dean Thaston, right?"

The text on the paper was a bit sloppy, and each letter was crooked. It looked like it was written by a child who had just started to learn to write.

The good news is that although the writing is sloppy, it's easy to read.

Kaitou Kidd understood what Cassandra meant at a glance.

And he didn't say a word, he just answered with actions.

I saw Kaitou Kid reaching out and grabbing the collar, and then pulled it down suddenly. The white suit, the cape and the top hat on his head were torn off by him.

With a flick of the brush, all the Kaito thief uniforms were taken off, replaced by a very common casual clothes.

The true face of Phantom Thief Kidd, whom countless people in Gotham had dreamed of seeing, was openly displayed in front of Cassandra.

The moment she saw this person's face, Cassandra's pupils shrank instantly.

Because the true identity of Phantom Thief Kidd is the Dean Thaston whom she has recognized a long time ago!

On the opposite side, Dean's heart was calm. When he used the eye of true seeing to spy on Cassandra's ability, he knew that such a day would come sooner or later.

Although I didn't expect it to be under such an opportunity, now is not a bad time.

At this moment, he chose to take the initiative to reveal his true identity. In fact, it was not entirely because he wanted to do so, but because he had to do so.

Because Dean is well aware of Cassandra's abilities, when Cassandra asks herself if she is Dean, no matter what Dean's answer is, Cassandra will only admit it in her eyes.

This is a completely different question than asking him if he is Kaitou Kidd.

Even if he wants to deceive himself by using the reason that he is a time traveler and not the real Dean Thaston, it is of no use.

Because he is Dean, not simply acting. Dean's life is his life, and he cannot lie to himself.

If you can't even deceive your own heart, then it's even more impossible to deceive Cassandra's eyes.

(I don’t know what everyone thinks about Cassandra’s recognition of the protagonist, but the fact is that she can definitely see it. Although I wrote that the protagonist fooled around before, it only delayed the time of being recognized and was not real. Just hide it. With Kashan's ability, as long as she sees the protagonist, she will definitely recognize the protagonist's identity. Unless the protagonist has a schizophrenia or Kashan's consciousness is forcibly modified, she will not be able to recognize it.)