Phantom Thief Kidd

Chapter 201 The Mystery of the Statue, Solved
"These statues can neither move their positions nor turn their directions, and none of the parts on the statues can be triggered..."

McKesson examined the four statues carefully.

Ended up coming to the same conclusion as Barbara.

"How about it, Kidd, have you thought of a way to crack this mechanism?"

Barbara and Pamela asked expectantly.

Magison groaned for a moment. If these four statues were really some kind of mechanism, then maybe certain conditions need to be met to activate the device that triggers the mechanism.

He suddenly thought of the riddle left by the Riddler.

"You're trying to get me back. You're struggling to get me when I'm lost. What am I?"

"I can be part of a group, but I can never fit in. What am I?"

"The more you cut me the faster I grow. What am I?"

"A riddle without a riddle."

There are also four riddles in total, which are exactly the same as the number of statues in front of you. Is it a coincidence?

McGison believes that this possibility is very small, assuming that this mechanism is arranged by the Riddler-after all, all the clues to find the nuclear bomb are connected in series by the riddles left by the Riddler.

The answers to the first two riddles pointed to the clock tower, which not only allowed Maggison to rescue Gordon, but also allowed him to successfully deduce the location pointed to by the third riddle.

Then capture Silence on Midtown Island and learn the final riddle of the Riddler at the top of Wayne Tower.

By now, the answer to the so-called "no riddle" is naturally ready to be revealed.

"Nothing" is zero, the starting point of all natural numbers, which means the source of all things.

Converted to the concept of where the nuclear bomb is hidden, of course it means that the nuclear bomb was hidden by the Riddler at its origin, which is near the Wayne Building.

Thinking about it this way, the statue mechanism may only be the work of the Riddler.

The mechanism set up by the riddleman must be related to the riddle. If the riddle cannot be found here, it must be related to the riddle that has appeared before.

Thinking of this, Maggison took out four cards with riddles printed on them.

The first three of these were obtained from the hands of Hush, and the last was found in Wayn Tower, where it was taped to the Riddler's tape recorder.

These four cards are exactly the same in size and material.

Maybe it has some special meaning.

McKesson looked from card to statue.

Barbara and Pamela watched Maggison's actions, wondering what Kidd was trying to do.

"Ok?"

It didn't take long for Magison to notice that each of the statues had one thing in common.

That is, the lips are slightly opened and closed, and the opening of the mouth is very small, leaving only a gap, as if hesitant to speak.

What's even more powerful is that the gaps between the lips of each statue are the same width, which is definitely not something that ordinary craftsmen can carve out.

At first, both Barbara and McKesson thought it was just to show the exquisite skill of the statue carver.

But at this time, under the extremely subtle observation of Maggison, these gaps seem to be a little too deep...

"Could it be..."

I saw Maggison took out a card and tentatively inserted it into the lips of the lady statue.

Perfectly tucked in!

The end of the card just overlaps the upper and lower lips for a perfect fit.

Then, Maggison took out another card and inserted it into the lips of the statue of the young nun opposite, and it was just right.

Statues of nobles on horseback are of course the same situation as statues of kneeling poor peasants.

Because the statues and cards themselves do not indicate any order, there is no need to consider which statue is inserted into which card.

When the four cards were put back in place, a certain mechanism was touched immediately, and the slight sound of gears turning came from under their feet.

"Barbara, is this the way to trigger the mechanism?"

At this time, the two women were already staring blankly, and Pamela asked Barbara beside her in disbelief.

"I never thought it would be like this..."

Barbara didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Soon, a small stele rose from the diagonal center of the four statues.

The three surrounded them excitedly.

However, when they saw the inscription on the stele, they couldn't laugh anymore.

"The ladies all ignore the men's courtship, and the poor peasants pay their harvests to the nobles by luck.—Only in this way can we see the final thing."

"Fack! It's Edward Nygma again!"

Barbara couldn't hold back immediately and swears.

I thought that inserting the card would trigger this inexplicable statue mechanism.

Unexpectedly, it only triggered the mechanism that can trigger the statue mechanism.

"What does it mean?"

Pamela asked.

However, neither of the other two was in the mood to talk to her, and they entered the thinking mode almost at the same time.

"Ladies, men, and poor peasants, you should be referring to these four statues. What does it mean to just ignore the show of love? What does it mean to pay the harvest?"

"A show of love... a show of love, when one person shows love to another one has to look at her, which means that the orientation of each statue has to be changed."

"Paying the harvest must be the same."

"But it was obvious that the orientation of the statue could not be changed before, so can it be turned now?"

Thinking of this, Maggison and Barbara walked towards the statues of the two "ladies" tacitly, and then tried to turn them.

I didn't expect to change the orientation of the statue easily without much effort.

The two worked together to turn the nun and the lady who were originally facing the poor peasants into a state of looking at each other, so that no matter which "man" showed love to them, he would be "ignored".

The poor peasants obviously turned towards the nobility, and the nobility towards the nuns.

Because the image of the noble lady is a married young woman, it is impossible to be the object of the nobles' love.

Pamela looked at Maggison and Barbara as if they were connected with each other, and they worked together without any communication, and suddenly felt a sore mouth.

As it turns out, McKesson and Barbara were right.

After each statue moved, there was another sound of gears turning.

This time the sound was much louder than before, and along the way even the ground shook slightly.

"No, this will alarm the guards!"

Barbara yelled that something was wrong.

Even Maggison's eyes froze. He knew best about the defensive force Thalia had deployed in the Diamond District. With the strength of the three of them alone, it would be extremely difficult to get out of the way.

What's more, they are even guarded against Poison Ivy's abilities. They have randomly arranged various super-strength barriers or plant scavengers underground. It is not safe to count on Pamela as before.

"I can't stay here for a long time, don't worry, from hiding the nuclear bomb and the whole car under here, and setting up so many organs, it shows that they don't have the ability to remotely transfer the nuclear bomb in a short time."

"So don't worry about losing the whereabouts of the nuclear bomb if we go now."

At the same time, Thalia, who had just returned from the Knights Dome Stadium and planned to gather the shadow fighters to monitor the black mask, immediately realized something was wrong.

She immediately sounded the alarm.

First, the defense force of the Wayne Building rushed out. The statue was very close to the building. In less than 5 minutes, hundreds of heavily armed soldiers surrounded it.

The armed helicopter that was always on top of the Wayne Building also flew over.

This is not over yet, all the subordinates in the Diamond District have received the notice and are rushing here at full speed.

It can be called ferocious.

(End of this chapter)