Becoming a Phantom Thief from the World of American Comics.

Chapter 167 The Truth Is the Strongest Lie
"Cassandra, although I don't know why you think I'm Phantom Thief Kidd, maybe it's because I'm a magician like him, but..."

Dean continued to speak, with a calm face and a calm tone.

"I'm really not Kaitou Kidd."

Dean said this from the bottom of his heart, his eyes full of sincerity.

He had no fear that Cassandra would see that he was lying, because he was telling the truth.

Dean is not the real Kaitou Kidd from beginning to end, he is just playing Kaitou Kidd.

If it weren't for the excellent eye-catching effect and topicality of Kaito Kidd's image and style, maybe Dean would have adopted other identities in the first place.

For example, a certain monkey-faced thief.

Through the Eye of True Sight, Dean learned the basic information of Cassandra.

Although nothing is known about her past history or personality preferences, Cassandra's abilities are clearly visible.

The Eye of True Sight spoke highly of Cassandra, saying that she has unparalleled martial arts talent, has the potential to become the world's strongest fighter, and also has the terrifying instinct of being able to read human body language talent.

Simply looking at it this way, the ability to read body language does not seem to be so abnormal, and it seems to be not much different from reading micro-expressions.

But in fact, there is a big difference between the two. Micro-expression can use powerful facial control ability to make the other party unable to read useful information or even deliberately make some expressions to mislead others.

So according to this line of thinking, wouldn't it be possible to mislead Cassandra as long as she made some strange movements?
However, the body language that Cassandra read is not just simple limb movements. The body language she sees is a very abstract concept. To be precise, it should be called body language. can give her information.

The walking pace, the swing of the arms, the contraction of the muscles, the beating of the heart, the relaxation of the pores, the circulation of blood, and even the slight trembling of the hairs, Cassandra can read information from them and even predict the opponent. next step.

It is simply a superimposed version of mind reading and combat prediction!
Maybe a momentary jerk or two of meaningless movement would confuse Cassandra, but one couldn't stay that way forever, unless he was a madman.

Therefore, it is inevitable that Cassandra will be able to recognize the true identity of any masked person as long as she sees it once.

But Dean doesn't want to reveal his identity so soon. He's not sure whether Cassandra is an enemy or a friend, and he's not sure if she came to ask him for some purpose.

Considering that Cassandra and Barbara have a closer relationship, hostility may be more likely.

So, Dean quickly used his little brain, how to prevaricate from Cassandra?
The other party can understand his body, but he can't control his body perfectly, that is to say, he can't fool Cassandra if he wants to deceive the past.

He can only tell the truth, and must tell the truth.

Anyway, Dean was not Kidd the Phantom Thief.

Fortunately, Cassandra is neither Batman nor Robin. The way she sees through the identity of Kaito Kidd is not based on rigorous logical reasoning and lacks solid evidence.

When Dean clearly stated that he was not Kaitou Kidd and he was not lying, Cassandra was in a mess for a moment, and her pupils seemed to have an earthquake.

"Hey! Are you okay?"

Dean stretched out his hand and shook it in front of the dull Cassandra, and asked.

"No, I... I'm fine."

Cassandra came back to her senses and shook her head at Dean.

There was still a bit of disbelief on her face, and she looked at Dean repeatedly suspiciously.

The latter returned a smile calmly.

"Dean's physical habits are indeed exactly the same as Kaitou Kidd, but he said that he is not Kaitou Kidd... Could it be that there are really two people in the world with the same body habits?"

Cassandra thought to herself.

"Thinking about it carefully, in fact, I haven't met that many people. The world is so big, it seems that it is not impossible to have two people like this."

Soon, Cassandra comforted herself.

"Maybe it's because I read it wrong, it's not necessarily..."

She is still too young, and she hasn't met any hidden martial arts master in the past few years of wandering, so even she herself doesn't know what kind of potential she has, and it's normal to have doubts about her own judgment.

"Sorry, I admitted the wrong person, I hope I didn't cause you too much trouble."

Cassandra bowed her head to Dean apologetically, gesticulating with both hands in apologetic gestures.

"I saw the process of Phantom Thief Kidd stealing the headlight at the Cavaliers Stadium before. I think his... body is very similar to yours, so I thought you belonged to Phantom Thief Kidd."

When "saying" this sentence, Cassandra's face was a little hesitant, and her gestures were much slower. She didn't know how to express what she saw through the body information.

Ugh... what a poor description.

Although Dean can probably understand what Cassandra means, he still wants to complain about the other party's description. This is probably the importance of learning. No wonder Cassandra is so grateful to Barbara for teaching her to read.

"Do you care who Kaitou Kidd is?"

Dean asked, this is not an awkward chat, he feels that Cassandra is not the type who would be interested in Kaitou Kidd, although she has a warm side, but Cassandra's style is similar to that of a superhero What a big difference.

At least not like the Bat-family.

He wanted to know what made Cassandra interested in Kaitou Kidd, and even came directly to ask.

Hearing this, Cassandra's complexion darkened, and she didn't make any response, as if she had something to hide.

"Well, if you don't want to say it, forget it."

Dean waved his hands indifferently and said, since the other party doesn't want to say it for the time being, he can't force people to speak, it can't be too hasty.

In case Cassandra got angry, with this little girl's fighting power, Dean probably couldn't beat her.

but……

"With my superb psychology and micro-expression skills, I'm sure that Cassandra's unspeakable secrets are by no means a trivial matter. Maybe it is the reason why she became a homeless orphan?"

Dean guessed in his heart.

"In retrospect, Cassandra also has some complicated emotions about her surname. Usually the source of the surname is her father. Cassandra's martial arts attainments are definitely professionally trained, and her father may have taught her. Then It can be inferred that her family has undergone a huge change, coupled with Cassandra's status as a street child..."

"Could it be that her father was also a skilled thief, and Cassandra wandered around after being arrested and imprisoned? That's why she was interested in Kaitou Kidd?"

Hmm... that's very likely.

From this point of view, Papa Cassandra can be regarded as half of Dean's colleagues, so Cassandra can also be regarded as a quarter.

Dean thought to himself.

"Judging from Cassandra's behavior and habits, she should not have been poisoned by Batman, and Barbara's attitude doesn't seem to know her skills, although it is not 100% sure that Cassandra and The Bat-Family is fine, but I might try to..."

(End of this chapter)