Phantom Thief Kidd in the Comic World

"This is just the lowest level of imitation!"

Maggieson looked at Silence coldly.

"No, this is impossible, my imitation is perfect, no one understands blues better than me..."

Silence shivered with anger.

In fact, the disguise of silence is very clever, even McGison himself may not be able to do it better than him.

He just said this on purpose to make Silence lose his mind.

It doesn't matter whether Silence is so easily influenced, but ridicule must still be given.

Isn't there a saying that says that?

All art is trash talk.

Now through the performance of silence, it seems that this sentence is quite lethal to him.

As for what happened from beginning to end?

This requires going back in time to dusk, starting from when Magison entered the bell tower.

In the clock tower at that time, McGison only saw a back figure and determined that the person was Gordon.

After all, they have lived together for more than ten years, and sometimes they can determine each other's identity just by looking at them.

Then Gordon who stays in the secret base of the GCPD underground tunnel must be someone else pretending to be him.

In retrospect, when McGison went to see Gordon as Lupine III, Gordon remained pale and weak.

This is indeed a masterstroke.

When people are weak, they often do things that are different from their usual habits, but other people don't care too much even if they see this scene.

This can greatly improve the fault tolerance rate of camouflage. It is a basic but useful technique in most environments.

In addition, there was nothing wrong with Silence's imitation of Gordon's tone of voice, so that even McGison didn't see through Silence's disguise at the time.

Of course, the most critical point is Silence's understanding of SHIELD intelligence.

Magidson did not expect that other than Gordon, anyone else knew about the operation that year.

But that's also true, since McGison himself was able to learn through Rising Tide's information that Gordon had collaborated with Melinda May.

Naturally, Silence can also obtain the same information through similar means.

McGison rescues Gordon who is about to die of thirst in the bell tower.

Then feed him water little by little with a spoon.

After a long time, Gordon finally regained his strength.

"Phantom thief...Kid?"

Gordon opened his eyes and saw Magison, and said in surprise.

"Long time no see, Director Gordon, how did you end up in this situation?"

McGison smiled friendly at Gordon.

"Where is this?"

Gordon looked around, and this unfamiliar environment felt somewhat familiar to him.

"You don't know where this is?"

McGison frowned, "What happened before you were imprisoned here?"

Hearing this, Gordon shook his aching head and fell into memories.

"I only remember that that day, Bain suddenly led people to attack the GCPD. I was hit by Floyd, and then I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I found that I was already here."

"I don't know where this is, and I don't know how much time has passed."

Magison's frown deepened.

"I learned the news about Gotham a few days ago. Bane suddenly hijacked the entire city with a nuclear bomb."

"There was news at the time that you were sent to the hospital after being injured, but you just said you were already here after you woke up?"

The facts are already obvious. The real and fake Gordon was switched at that time.

The GCPD was heavily attacked, and countless police officers died. Presumably all those who were standing with Gordon at the time were killed.

Gordon, who was receiving "treatment" in the hospital, was actually silent.

"No! Bain attacked the GCPD ten days ago. If you were imprisoned here from the beginning, how did you survive? Why didn't Bain kill you?"

McGison expressed his doubts.

In fact, there is something even stranger, and that is why Bane's people pretended to be Gordon.

If they simply wanted to catch everyone in the GCPD, they wouldn't have delayed taking action until now.

Magison was lost in thought for a moment.

Hearing this, Gordon turned to look at the bottom of the bookshelf, where there was a dark box that was already open.

McGison followed Gordon's gaze and saw that the box had been empty for a long time.

"The dark box contained some food and water, and I survived on that in the first few days."

Gordon narrated.

"But the amount was too small. Even if I took it in the most economical way, I still finished all the food and water in just a few days."

At this time, Gordon looked at McGison with complicated eyes.

"Without you, I might not survive tomorrow. Thank you for saving my life, Kaitou Kidd."

"As for why Bain didn't kill me, I don't know what he was thinking."

"If you really appreciate me, then don't catch me when I steal things in Gotham. Do you think that's okay?"

McGison said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"Ha! Then you'd better stop having this sweet dream."

"As long as you continue to commit crimes, I will never give up arresting you!"

Gordon first widened his eyes and sneered, then closed his eyes and his tone became much calmer.

"But...I can try to reduce your sentence..."

"Hahahaha, provided you can catch me."

Unexpectedly, Gordon, who was over fifty, still had such a arrogant side, and McGison couldn't help but laugh.

"Hmph, if you continue like this, sooner or later you will fall into the hands of the police."

"Hey, dear Mr. Gordon, now is not the time for bickering. Do you know why I came back to Gotham?"

Gordon was stunned when he heard this, "What treasure have you set your sights on again? But I advise you to give up this idea. Bane is already a very difficult enemy. He also released those guys from Arkham Asylum."

"If you think Gotham now is what it used to be, you'd be wrong."

"Kidd, since you can find this place without Bain's eyes and ears, you must have a way to escape from Gotham. You'd better leave now."

Magison glanced at Gordon unexpectedly, not expecting that he would persuade him to leave.

"Forgive me for not accepting your proposal, Director Gordon. No matter how hard it is to get the treasure I like, no matter what means I have to use, I will definitely steal it."

"This is my creed as a thief!"

"As for how to deal with them after stealing them, those are no longer important."

McGison waved his hand and said indifferently.

Gordon stared at him blankly for a long time.

"Puch! Humph...hehe...hahahaha..."

Suddenly, Gordon burst out laughing. The laughter grew louder and louder, and finally he laughed so hard that tears almost flowed out.

"In this day and age, do even thieves have their own creed?"

Tired of laughing, Gordon asked himself mockingly.

"I'm starting to get curious, what is it that you want to steal?"

"Nuclear bomb."

Magison's natural words set off huge waves in Gordon's heart.

God steals a nuclear bomb!

Is this what a thief should say?

Gordon was so shocked that he was speechless at the idea of ​​Kaito Kidd.

"Don't look at me like that. You heard me right. The treasure I'm interested in this time is Bane's nuclear bomb!"

Then, while Gordon was in a trance, McGison told him about seeing the fake Gordon in the underground tunnel.

And the fact that his beloved daughter has returned to Gotham.

Of course, he selectively omitted the cooperation between McGison and Pamela.

"In other words, the fake Gordon has been lurking among the GCPD people, and no one has noticed that there is anything wrong with him. It is obvious that his goal is not the remnants of the GCPD."

McGison analyzed.

"The only possibility I can think of is that the fake Gordon's mission should be related to the Riddler's riddle."

"They are waiting for someone who can solve all the riddles, and they think there is only one person who can solve the riddles, so the person pretending to be you doesn't mind letting me know the content of the riddles."

"You mean Batman?"

Gordon asked in a deep voice.

"That's right, because even if someone really solves the riddle, they won't be able to reach the top of the clock tower. In their eyes, the only one who can break through the Deadshot level is Batman."

McGison nodded.

"Bane didn't kill Batman because he didn't know Batman, but other criminals released from Arkham Asylum knew Batman very well."

Gordon added that his mind was now beginning to regain clarity.

The criminals' plans gradually emerged.

"Everyone, including me, firmly believes that Batman will come back, so they set this trap specifically for Batman."

"Batman will definitely look for the whereabouts of the GCPD when he comes back. At this time, the person pretending to be me can play a key role."

"If Batman had not seen through his disguise, then Batman's subsequent actions would have been secretly controlled by Bane. If Batman had seen through the disguise, he would have been surrounded by heavy siege."

Gordon gritted his teeth.

"I don't think it's that simple, because the person pretending to be you must know you very well, otherwise even your old comrades wouldn't be able to see the flaw."

"Since this person dares to do this, he probably has a certain degree of confidence that he can hide it from Batman."

"So, for the person pretending to be you, can you think of who he is?"

McGison asked Gordon.

"...could it be him!"

Gordon immediately thought of the strange criminal Silence.

When he and Batman imprisoned Silence in Arkham Asylum, Silence kept shouting that he knew everything about Batman.

No one in the world knows Batman better than he does.

Gordon could feel some deep obsession rooted in Silence's mind.

This obsession is completely different from other patients in Arkham.

Yes, even though Silence knew that Bruce was Batman, for some unknown reason, he never told the secret.

So much so that Gordon didn't know that the comrade he missed the most was actually Bruce Wayne.

The reason for silence is very strange. He is jealous of everything Bruce has. He not only wants to destroy Bruce, but also wants to inherit everything Bruce has.

Yes, he wants to completely replace Bruce.

So he can't let others kill Bruce before him, so he can't become Bruce.

Inexplicable thoughts.

Well, no one who came out of Arkham Asylum could understand their thoughts.

In short, after initially locking in the candidate, the two formulated a plan for McGison to pretend to be Batman to test the fake Gordon.

With the plan finalized, McGison took Gordon and left from the clock tower.

Oh, by the way, when leaving the clock tower, McGison also got an unexpected reward.

That was when he climbed back to the top of the bell tower, and he accidentally caught a glimpse of it from the corner of his eye.

This scene made him instantly figure out the Riddler's third riddle.

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

The correct answer is - holes.

What does the hole mean?

round.

At this moment, what caught Magison's eyes was Zhongcheng Island, which was surrounded by rivers and looked like a hole from a high altitude...

At this point, the review of the previous situation is completed, and the time turns back to midnight.

After all, Shen Shen, who was trembling all over after being choked by Maggieson, was not an ordinary person. He calmed down in a very short time.

"I see, you already knew the trap we set against Batman, so you did the power-off trick."

Silence said coldly.

"You neither exposed me on the spot nor took the riddle from me. Instead, you pretended that you had found the location of the nuclear bomb."

"Indeed, when you appeared in front of me dressed as Batman and told me that you already knew where the nuclear bomb was hidden, I actually believed it."

"I admit that your disguise ability is better than mine, Kaitou Kidd."

Silence stared at Magison, with cold glints flashing in his eyes.

"Think about it carefully, how could Batman find the location of the nuclear bomb without getting the content of the riddle."

"But the person who said this was Batman, so I believed you without thinking. After all, it is common for him to do anything we can't imagine."

Speaking of this, Silence laughed morbidly.

Magidson speculated that he might be laughing at himself for being fooled so easily. Batman really left a huge shadow in the hearts of people like Arkham.

"It's a pity that there are only two of you, so tricking me into coming here won't affect the overall situation."

Suddenly, Hui Mo sneered at the two of them.

"How could I be unprepared to deal with Batman?"

"Before I come here, let all your men gather together. Maybe they don't know what is waiting for them. When all the living people of the GCPD gather together, our ambush in advance will kill them all. "

Although Silence faced two people alone, and his weapon was shot down by Gordon, his attitude now felt like he had everything under control.

"Oh, by the way, dear Commissioner Gordon, your baby daughter is probably in danger now, although I don't know how she offended Deathstroke..."

Upon hearing this, veins suddenly popped up on Gordon's forehead.

"You're going to regret it, Elliot!"

"Yeah, I hope so."

Silence sneered disdainfully.

He clapped his hands gently, and then a group of people suddenly poured out from nowhere.

Surround the three people.

Unexpectedly, when these people appeared, Gordon and McGison not only did not panic, but they both looked at each other and laughed.