Becoming a Phantom Thief from the World of American Comics.

Chapter 219: Waterloo just after debuting?

"What! Kaitou Kidd is targeting my beloved gem?"

This familiar behavior of foreshadowing theft instantly reminded the mayor of Gotham of Kaitou Kidd, and his whole heart suddenly lifted.

So much so that he didn't bother to read the signature at the bottom of the notice.

That's Kaito Kidd. Even Batman can't do anything to him!

Can the security level of the mayor's mansion alone be enough to stop Kaitou Kidd?
A few drops of cold sweat slid down the mayor's forehead, and he thought uneasily in his heart.

Although he didn't want to say this, he could only admit this fact.

A strong sense of crisis and despair crept into the mayor's heart. If he was just an ordinary rich man, it would be fine. Anyway, Kidd would return the gems after stealing them, and there would be no actual economic losses at all.

But the problem is that he is the mayor of Gotham, the highest official in the city, and he can be said to represent the face of Gotham to a certain extent.

If Kid, the thief, could enter and exit the mayor's mansion freely and steal the treasures stored there, it would be a devastating blow to the reputation of the Gotham government.

Although the city government's reputation in Gotham is already very poor...

However, when the mayor was despairing about his imaginary future, the voice of his old butler Rogers suddenly sounded.

"No, sir, this warning letter is not from Kaito Kidd!"

Ok?
The mayor was stunned when he heard this, then looked down, and sure enough he found that the word at the bottom of the notice was the Phantom Thief 'Black Crow', not Kidd.

Moreover, the style of the notice letter is also a little different. The card of this notice letter is black and the text on it is white. Kidd's notice letter is just the opposite.

At the same time, in the lower left corner of this notice, there is also a cartoon avatar similar to the lower right corner of Kidd's notice.

For some reason, this trailer doesn't feel like a parody of Kaito Kidd at all, but rather like an enemy of Kaitou Kidd, his opposite in every way.

"The Phantom Thief Black Crow? Who is it? I don't remember there being a thief with this codename in Gotham."

After chanting this unfamiliar name twice, the mayor was sure that there was no one with this name in his memory.

To be the mayor of Gotham, you must first understand the criminals in this city. Who are the dangerous entities that need to be focused on and who are the insignificant minions? You must remember these clearly.

90.00% of people with names like Kaitou Black Crow who have never heard of them are newcomers who have just embarked on the road of crime.

Therefore, the urgency in the mayor's heart suddenly dissipated.

"Since it's not a warning from Kaitou Kidd, there's nothing to worry about."

Thinking of this, the mayor's face suddenly returned to calmness, and even showed a bit of ridicule and disdain.

"Rogers, this guy called Phantom Thief Black Crow is probably just an imitator of Phantom Thief Kidd. He is not much different from those pirated Kidds that often appeared in Gotham some time ago."

"It's all because you made such a fuss that I thought something big happened at home and was startled, but you showed me this in a panic?"

The mayor waved the notice letter towards Rogers and said in a dissatisfied tone.

The panic on Rogers' face remained unabated. He shook his head desperately and asked, "Sir, do you know how this notice was discovered?"

"Ok?"

The mayor gave him a strange look.

"How did you find it? Isn't it because a servant inadvertently found the card in a familiar place while working? This is how Kaito Kidd's previous notice letters were found, and his imitators should also follow this habit."

"No, sir."

Who knows, Rogers shook his head, and then nodded again, not knowing whether he agreed or disagreed with the mayor's guess.

"This notice letter... was found in the glass cabinet of Zhe Ai Blue Stone!"

Rogers spoke.

"What did you say?"

The mayor couldn't believe his ears. "Yes, you heard it right. I saw this notice letter from the glass cabinet in the middle where the Zhe'ai Blue Stone is stored when I was passing by the collection room."

"The card is not stuck on the outside of the glass cabinet, but actually placed inside! And there is an extra hole on the top of the glass cabinet that can just fit an arm in!"

Rogers said with a lingering fear on his face.

"In other words, this person sneaked in unknowingly, evaded all our monitoring equipment and security measures, and came to the location of Zhe'ai Blue Stone unimpeded."

"Wait a minute, Rogers, something's wrong..."

At this time, the mayor stopped Rogers and asked with a look of disbelief.

"You said that the warning letter of the Phantom Thief Black Crow was found in the glass cabinet. Doesn't that mean that he has been able to steal the blue stone? Why didn't he just take the stone away instead of putting a warning letter? "

"This...I don't know."

Rogers lowered his head.

"By the way, what time is it tonight?"

Suddenly, the mayor remembered the time on the notice letter and quickly lifted up his sleeves to look at his watch.

"At 53:[-] midnight, there are still more than two hours left before the predicted time."

"Master, do you want to notify the GCPD?"

asked Rogers.

"Then you still need to ask? Contact Jim Gordon immediately and send someone over! But don't think about relying on the GCPD. It may be too late. We still have to rely on ourselves to protect the Blue Stone!"

At this moment, the mayor of Gotham had a hint of courage in his eyes and ordered to Rogers.

"Rogers, go and mobilize all the bodyguards here to the collection room. I will never allow anyone to steal the Zhe Ai Blue Stone, not even Kaitou Kidd!"

After a while.

In the Gotham Mayor's Residence, the mayor, Rogers and more than 20 tall and powerful bodyguards came to the collection room and gathered in front of the glass cabinet of Zhe Ai Sapphire.

I saw that the transparent glass cabinet did have a hole through which an arm could be inserted, and directly below the hole, a blue gem lay quietly on the red cloth, shining brightly.

"Sir, it is well known that Kaito Kidd is particularly good at disguise. If this strange crow has the same skill, then it is very likely that he is hiding among us now."

Rogers leaned close to the mayor and whispered.

"Yes, Rogers, you're right."

The mayor looked at Rogers calmly and said, and then his eyes instantly became extremely sharp.

"Because you are the Phantom Thief Black Crow!"

Swish swish swish!
As soon as he finished speaking, more than 20 bodyguards in the field all pointed their guns at Rogers.

I saw the mayor walking to the glass cabinet of Zhe Ai blue stone, with cold eyes, he stretched out his hands, clamped the top of the cabinet and lifted it up.

The next moment, the top cover of the glass cabinet was lifted entirely, but what was exposed below was not a gem, but another airtight top cover!
To be precise, this is the real top cover of the glass cabinet. The glass cover with holes on it is just covering the original glass cabinet to create the illusion of a hole.

This phenomenon means that Rogers was lying when he said he found the notice in the glass case.

In the current situation, there is only one possibility for people who lie like this.

"How did you figure it out, Lord Mayor?"

Seeing that his identity was exposed, Rogers simply stopped pretending.

Next, he made an unexpected move.

(End of this chapter)