Becoming a Phantom Thief from the World of American Comics

Following Robin and Batgirl, the Phantom Thief Black Crow also noticed the strange movement in the vents.

"Um?"

Kaitou Black Crow was a little surprised, because he knew that the vents in the box and the pipes behind them were very narrow. Not to mention Kaitou Kid, even a child of several years old could not pass through.

Unless Kaitou Kidd has the ability to change his body shape like a member, this would be even more impossible.

"Are you trying to use this trick to draw everyone's attention there? Kaitou Kidd, if that's your plan, then I will be the winner of today's game."

With more than a dozen pinhole cameras in the box, Phantom Thief Black Crow can monitor everything inside in real time. He is confident that he will be able to detect the movements of Phantom Thief Kidd immediately.

Moreover, Kaitou Black Crow also left a back-up in the cameras. If Kaitou Kidd tried to hack those cameras, he would be the one who lost his life.

Yes, that's not a fair rule of the game, and it's not even written in the rules.

Because as early as the beginning, the Phantom Thief Black Crow didn't intend to have a bullshit showdown with Kidd, nor did he want to imitate any Phantom Thief. He only wanted Kidd's life, and everything he arranged in the Iceberg Casino was to lure Kidd. Go to your own death.

At this moment, the sound coming from the vent suddenly increased, instantly attracting the attention of everyone in the room.

Pfft——

I saw clouds of white mist spurting out from the vents, covering the entire box in the blink of an eye.

The fog was so thick that people outside the box could not see clearly what was going on inside, and even the view of the pinhole camera was greatly affected.

Immediately afterwards, a black figure suddenly flashed through the white mist, looking in the direction of the gem in the center of the room.

"Kaitai Kidd has entered!"

Everyone's eyes widened, and their hearts suddenly rose to their throats.

"Don't trigger the explosion..."

They were not sure if the black shadow that flashed just now was Kaitou Kidd, but since the explosion was not triggered, it meant that the gravity sensing device under the floor was not activated.

"There seemed to be something wrong with that black shadow just now..."

The strange thief Black Crow lurking in the dark discovered something suspicious.

When the black figure appeared, its overall outline was too high. The highest part was very close to the ceiling, while the lowest part was at least about half a meter above the ground.

Even if the thick fog obscures people's vision, it won't be so big. It's impossible for Kaitou Kid to step on the air.

"Hmph, hanging upside down from the ceiling? I already thought you would do that."

Phantom Thief Black Crow sneered and quietly pressed the switch of a certain device.

I saw a long chain saw suddenly popping up from the four walls of the box, whirring and moving towards the center of the room.

"Kid, you only have two endings now. Either you will be cut into pieces by a chain saw, or you will fall and trigger a bomb. Oh, I should say there is only one way."

The corners of Kaitou Black Crow's mouth couldn't stop rising. There were no windows in the box, and there was no way out except for a door. And Kaitou Kid, who was hanging in mid-air, had to fall to the floor if he wanted to reach the door.

If it were in a relatively open space, Phantom Thief Kidd could still use the hanging rope to swing himself out of the door, but this time he was in a small box.

"Oops, Kaito Kidd has no way to escape!"

Outside the door, Robin saw the chain saw pop out and suddenly felt something bad.

He took out his grapple gun on the spot and was about to help Kidd, but was stopped by the mayor of Gotham on the side.

"Do you want to kill us all? Bat-weird's henchman!"

In Robin's stunned glare, the mayor in turn yelled with an even more angry look.

"Don't forget that bastard crow said that if we tried to help Kidd, he would manually detonate the bomb! Then everyone would be completely ruined!"

"But the same thing! If Kaitou Kid accidentally falls to the floor, we still can't escape!"

Bat Girl stood up and looked directly at the mayor, "The end result is death anyway, so at least before death, I don't want to obey the enemy's orders!"

Her decisive words made the mayor speechless, and Robin even bypassed him and walked towards the door.

However, at this moment, the chain saw, which was originally traveling at a relatively slow speed, suddenly picked up speed and passed through the center of the room in one swipe. Before anyone had time to react, the chain saw had already reached the other end.

"Shet! The bomb's going off, Jim! I'm going to die, we're going to die!"

Bullock screamed, grabbing Gordon's shoulders beside him and yelling.

"Calm down, Harvey! Calm down! We're not dead."

Gordon said helplessly.

"Um?"

Brock came to his senses, nothing happened just now.

"Maybe the bomb was a delayed explosion?"

"No, there was no sound of any heavy objects falling to the ground, nor was there any sound of a chain saw cutting objects."

Robin and Batgirl came over and said.

"We believe that Kaitou Kidd should have passed this test, although we don't know how he did it."

"So I said don't save Kaitou Kidd."

The mayor standing behind the two people said with a gloomy expression.

After a few minutes, the fog in the box gradually dissipated, revealing the scene inside.

Everyone was shocked, because it was as if snow had fallen in the entire private room, and everything that came into sight was white. Even the table where the Zhe Ai Sapphire was placed was covered with white powder, and it was impossible to tell whether the gem was still inside.

However, the glass cover covering the gemstone was obviously shifted at several angles, as if someone had moved it.

At the same time, everyone also discovered that there was something in the box that did not exist before - a rope broken in two.

Half of it hung in the vent on the ceiling, and the other half just fell on the corner of the table, with its head and tail hanging down without touching the floor. It seemed like a coincidence.

"The question now is, Kaitou Kidd hasn't shown up yet. Where has he gone? Has he embedded the gem into the detonator?"

Looking at the scene in the box, Gordon frowned, "It's not an option for us to wait like this, but it would be too risky to rush in directly. What if this is just a cover for Kaito Kidd..."

Hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought. Using a trick to mislead others into thinking that the gem was stolen was actually still in place was a common tactic of Kaito Kidd. No one could guarantee whether the same situation would be the same now.

"...We still have to send someone in to take a look."

After a while, Robin suggested.

"What do you think? If the bomb was not stopped by Kidd, wouldn't it be suicide to go in?"

Brock shook his head repeatedly.

"I can crawl up from the ceiling with a batlock gun, hang from the hooklock, and just wipe the powder off the top of the glass cover."

Robin revealed his plan.

"Your idea sounds good, but have you forgotten that just a few minutes ago, the rope used by Kid to hang himself was cut by a chain saw?"

Brock shook his head again.

"It won't happen this time," Robin smiled confidently and said, "The Phantom Thief Black Crow might want to know whether the gem is still in there more than we do."

"And even so, I can still use the hook gun to escape."

Everyone here was discussing how to confirm whether Kaitou Kidd had succeeded, while Kaitou Black Crow, on the other side, had eyes wide open and clenched his fists tightly.

"What a great Kaitou Kid, he actually gave me a difficult problem."

Kidd dyed the entire box white to block his vision. If Phantom Thief Black Crow wanted to confirm whether the gem was still there, the only way was to manually detonate the bomb. But the problem was that Phantom Thief Kidd never really appeared from the beginning to the end.

Just based on what happened in the box just now, as long as the ventilation ducts are used well, it can be done without the presence of the person.

If Kaitou Kidd wasn't actually here, wouldn't it be pointless to detonate the bomb himself?

If he didn't detonate the bomb, he couldn't be sure whether Kidd had taken the gem or not. Even if he had deactivated the bomb and he was still waiting here stupidly, it would be impossible for the thief Black Crow to accept it.

Fortunately, Robin offered to check on the situation, and Phantom Thief Black Crow finally breathed a sigh of relief. (End of chapter)