Becoming a Phantom Thief from the World of American Comics

"Um?"

Hearing someone calling himself, Dick raised his head and looked at Dean suspiciously.

"Dean? What did you just say?"

"I mean, do you think you came up with something so obsessed? There seems to be a riddle guessing challenge in school right now."

Dean pointed at the messy classroom behind him, with a strong interest on his face, just like other students.

"I have listened to the answers given by many people. Their opinions are different, but they all make sense. Dick, you are the smartest person I know. I want to hear what you have to say about the notice letter. idea."

"How can it be as smart as you said? I just took a look at it casually. Maybe my thinking is not as good as others'."

Dick smiled at Dean, saying that he was just watching for fun.

"You're talking like someone doesn't just look at it casually, so just talk about it casually, don't worry, even if your explanation is outrageous, I won't laugh at you."

Dean naturally hooked Dick's shoulders and teased.

"Okay, then I'll just talk about it casually. In fact, I haven't fully unraveled the content of this notice letter, only a part of it has been confirmed."

Hearing this, Dean's heart moved. Dick's words were "not fully solved" and "sure", implying that he had already solved more than half of the content.

And although he didn't say so, Dick was clearly confident in his interpretation.

Dick lowered his head to look at the notice letter, pointed to it and said, "The feast of the nobility is extravagant and noisy. The meaning of this sentence is the most straightforward. It refers to the auction next Saturday that gathers the upper-class people, and then when Corot When North returned to the origin..."

Just now, Dean interrupted him suddenly.

"Wait, what about the middle line no one remembers the tragedy of Troy?"

"That sentence..." Dick scratched his head in embarrassment, "This is the part I didn't understand. If you insist on understanding the tragedy of Troy as the Helen who caused the war, or the Trojan horse massacre at the end, although it can also be explained. , but I always feel that it is too far-fetched."

"It's really far-fetched for you to say that."

Dean nodded solemnly, and echoed from the side.

"When Chronos returned to the origin, it was about the time when the Kaitou Kidd committed crimes."

Dick continued reading.

"Kronos is the god of origin believed by Orphism, one of the three major sects of Greek mythology. It is the first cause of everything in the universe and also symbolizes time. When Kronos returns to the origin, he returns to the source of time. Of course Kaito Kidd cannot travel through time, so this sentence means the beginning of a day, which is 0:00."

"Finally—Hermes will appear in the spotlight to reveal the final deception."

Dick raised his chin with both hands, and said, "Hermes is talking about Kaitou Kidd himself, because Hermes is the patron saint of thieves, and it is the most appropriate name to use. It must be related to the rumors about the 'world's largest pink diamond' that was auctioned."

"Looking at it this way, it seems that Kaito Kidd's goal is not to steal anything, but to expose a scam..."

Having said that, Dick began to show a pensive expression again, his face was full of puzzlement, and his voice became lower and lower.

"Just, why would he do this?"

"What is Kaito Kidd's motivation for committing crimes? If he has no interest in money, why would he steal precious gems?"

Looking at Dick who was deep in thought, Dean showed approval.

As expected of someone taught by Batman, it only took such a short time to interpret the notice letter down to the last detail.

"However, even if you decipher it, you may not be able to understand my plan. It is better to say that this notice letter is meant for people to understand."

A gleam flashed in the depths of Dean's eyes, and the communication with Dick had already let him know that this magical boy was following his own rhythm.

He shook Dick's shoulders, waking him up from deep thought.

"Hey! Dick, what were you thinking?"

Dick came back to his senses and said with a dry smile, "Sorry, I thought too deeply about the problem just now."

Speaking of this, Dick suddenly turned his head to stare at Dean, and said, "Dean, I want to ask you a question."

"What?"

"Do you know a magician who might be so proud of his magic talent that he can't be satisfied with just performing on stage and has the idea of ​​using magic to do something criminal to get attention?"

Dick asked seriously.

"Or, have you ever heard of that down-and-out magician who thinks he's talented, but doesn't get the chance to show his talents, and tries to prove himself by committing crimes?"

"Dean, you are the best magician I know. You know more about people and things in this circle than I do."

"You want to ask if you can find out who Phantom Thief Kid is through the identity of a magician?"

After listening to Dick's question, Dean really thought about it for a while, and then said: "To be honest, there are countless magicians who have similar ideas in Gotham, just like the clowns in the circus who want to kill people." many."

"However, magicians who can reach the level of Kaitou Kidd are very rare. There are no more than twenty well-known magicians including me. As for whether there are any hidden geniuses among those unknown and down-and-out magicians, let me know." I don't know."

Dean did not deliberately reduce the suspicion that he is Kidd the Kaitou, but directly stated that he did have the corresponding ability.

After all, these are all public information, and I especially emphasize that I cannot be Kidd, which seems even more suspicious.

"Twenty... Thanks Dean." Dick nodded knowingly.

"Speaking of which, why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

At this time, Dean deliberately showed a probing expression and stared at Dick for a long time.

"I remember that when everyone talked about Kaitou Kidd before, you still looked uninterested. Why did you suddenly become curious today?"

Dean asked Dick suspiciously.

"Also, you used to be very active whenever there was news about super criminals, but you didn't seem to be interested in the topic of Batman and Robin from the beginning to the end... I said Dick, shouldn't you be?"

Of course Dean knew why Dick suddenly asked about the magician. He is Robin, a superhero. It is normal to want to catch the super villain Kaitou Kidd.

As Robin and Batman are very close, it is normal for outsiders to speculate about Batman without reason.

The problem is, Dick doesn't know that Dean knows he's Robin.

Facing Dean's sharp eyes looking directly at him, Dick froze for a moment.

"Aren't you... a member of the super criminal fan club?"

Dean asked seriously.

Dick: "..."