Chapter 1: The Phantom Thief's Notice

"On the night of the full moon, as the sun sets, I will take the Stone of Destiny under the first ray of moonlight."

"Kaito Kidd, here!"

GCPD, the headquarters of the Gotham City Police Department, received a strange letter today.

To be precise, it should be a notice letter.

The letter paper is of high quality and feels hard, like a piece of cardboard but much thinner than that. The words on the letter are printed, so it is impossible to tell who wrote it by the handwriting.

In the lower right corner of the text, there is a cartoon head with a top hat and a monocle.

The Stone of Destiny is another name for sapphire, one of the most precious gems in the world.

Coincidentally, just three days later, the Gotham City Exhibition Hall will exhibit the world's largest sapphire - the Star of Adam!

Estimated at 170 million US dollars.

And that day happened to be the full moon day.

Judging from the content of the notice, a thief probably had his eyes on the Star of Adam and planned to steal it on the day the gem was exhibited, and even sent a notice to the police station...

Just kidding!

No thief in the world would notify the police before stealing, unless he was a psychopath.

So this notice letter did not attract the attention of the police, except him...

Jim Gordon, Chief of the Gotham Police Department.

The Star of Adam is a national treasure, and the security work is the sole responsibility of the GCPD. It was originally planned to dispatch more than 100 police officers.

However, after receiving the notice letter, Gordon immediately transferred nearly one-tenth of the police force in Gotham City to protect the Star of Adam.

"Chief, is it too much to arrange for the exhibition hall?"

Aaron Cash came to Gordon's office.

He was the one who found and reported the notice letter, but he was completely dismissive of the notice letter.

"Aaron, don't you think these years have been too peaceful?"

Gordon's eyes were deep, as if he remembered the past.

"Oh, my God, Chief, why do you want me to think of those weirdos in the past? They have obviously been killed by the Bat..."

"Don't say that name, he's gone!"

"Okay, Chief, I won't say it. But I must say that Gotham has changed since the incident eight years ago. It is no longer the sinful city it used to be."

Aaron said meaningfully.

"I know, but... this notice makes me feel uneasy."

"Do you think this might be another lunatic?"

"Aaron, you have experienced those things with me, you should understand that this city has never lacked lunatics... no matter how many years it has been peaceful."

In this city where prosperity and sin coexist, no matter how bright and beautiful the high-rise buildings are on the outside, there will be a dirty and dark alley behind them, even the GCPD is no exception.

In the dark alley behind the Gotham Police Department, Maggieson Feng walked out.

Maggieson is an Asian youth whose parents died early. He is 20 years old this year and a sophomore at Gotham University.

The upcoming Kaito Kidd.

That's right, he sent the notice to GCPD not long ago.

"Other time travelers have all kinds of awesome golden fingers, why do I only have a Phantom Thief System?"

Leaving the police station, Maggieson thought depressedly as he walked towards home.

Ever since he traveled to this world ten years ago, he was shocked to find that this place was called Gotham, and there was a super-rich man named Wayne.

When he thought this was the DC universe, he saw a report saying that the legendary inventor Tony Stark slept with a certain cover girl again...

Oh my god, DC is already dangerous enough, and you have Marvel?

Thanos dances with Darkseid?

Infinity Gauntlet VS Anti-Life Equation?

The earth may have to restart infinitely!

"If it was only Marvel, I could still bet on the other half, but the Anti-Life Equation really has no way to hide."

After years of observation, McGison determined that the world he was in was based on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with some DC movie universes intruding. For example, there was Gotham but no Metropolis, that is, there was only Batman but no Superman.

As for how many other DC heroes might still be hidden, McGison was not sure.

Every time he thought about how dangerous this world was, McGison lamented that he was probably the most miserable time traveler in history.

Other people's cheat codes were all ninjutsu systems, immortality, Kryptonian blood, supernatural magic...

What about me, the Phantom Thief System!

I admit that the Phantom Thief is very handsome and pretentious, but what can he do in this world?

What's more terrifying is that this system has no other functions except a novice gift pack that contains the Phantom Thief Kidd's skill list and a prop production manual.

There is no explanation and no one-click mastery.

It all depends on his self-study!

It took him ten years to master all of Kidd's skills. Although he is very strong, he can easily take on ten people at once.

In line with the principle of not wasting one's skills, Maggieson decided to take a bold step. Perhaps only when he really became a thief, the system would be fully activated.

Anyway, the past few years have been a rare peaceful day in Gotham. Super criminals such as Scarecrow have all been arrested, and Batman has retired.

Before Bane came to Gotham, there was basically no one who was particularly difficult to deal with here.

Only Gordon was an opponent.

There is no better time than now for the debut of the thief Kidd.

Soon, three days passed, and it was finally the day of Kidd's announcement.

On this day, Gordon and Aaron led a team of police officers to the Gotham City Exhibition Hall early, and then they were frightened by the surging crowd.

The entrance of the exhibition hall was crowded with people, and more than a dozen police officers who were arranged to guard the entrance were blocked outside.

Because it was not yet time to open the exhibition hall...

"What is going on? Why are there so many people here?"

Gordon asked with a frown.

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

Aaron was also dumbfounded.

Although the Star of Adam is precious, it should not be so attractive to ordinary people except for the upper class.

At a glance, there are probably nearly 300 people blocking the entrance of the exhibition hall, and people are coming every minute.

You know, it's only seven in the morning, the exhibition will not start until two in the afternoon, and will last until two in the afternoon of the next day, and it will not be closed in the middle.

"Could it be?"

Gordon suddenly thought of a possibility. Could these people come for Kaito Kidd?

How could this be possible? GCPD did not disclose this to the outside world. Only the exhibition organizer and the police knew about it...

"Look, it's Jim Gordon!"

At this time, there was a sudden cry from the crowd, and dozens of people squeezed out of the crowd and surrounded Gordon and Aaron.

This group of people included men and women, some carrying cameras, and some holding microphones. They were obviously reporters from major media.

As soon as they appeared, they began to ask Gordon questions. Everyone had their own questions, and they almost stunned Gordon by throwing them out at once.

"Commissioner Gordon, do you know the true identity of Kaito Kidd?"

"Commissioner Gordon, will Kaito Kidd really come to steal the Star of Adam today?"

"I heard that you made an exception and mobilized one-tenth of the GCPD police force to protect the exhibition hall. As far as I know, the value of the Star of Adam does not seem to require such a large police force."

"To target a criminal, so many police officers need to be mobilized. This only happened during the turmoil eight years ago. Do you think Kaito Kidd will be another super criminal in Gotham after eight years?"

"Shut up!"

Gordon yelled, and the reporters immediately shut up, but their eyes were still looking at Gordon expectantly.

"Before answering your questions, what I need to know is why you know Kaito Kidd, and why these civilians gathered here?"

As soon as this was said, a group of reporters looked at Gordon with strange eyes.

"Don't you know about Kidd's notice? Just last night, people in most parts of Gotham picked up Kidd's notice, saying that he would take the Stone of Destiny today."

"This matter has spread on the Internet, you should know it, right?"

The reporter who asked the question was wearing a baseball cap, which was pulled down very low, making it difficult to see his face.

Gordon turned to Aaron.

"Hey, sir, what are you looking at me for? Everyone knows that I am not good at online social networking."

Gordon: "..."