Chapter 12 Bruce Becomes Interested

"Maiwei, he is the rumored Kaito Kidd who played with Gordon like a child, and now he wants to come to me to attack Adam's Star?"

In the luxurious room, a short and fat middle-aged man wearing a suit and a black hat sat on the sofa with an umbrella in his hand. Like Kaito Kidd, he also wore a monocle, but without the magical backlight.

There were only three people in this room, because Penguin was confident that no one would be able to break through here. Maybe there was one eight years ago, but it is impossible now.

Even if there was, it would be more important to run away quickly at that time, no matter how many bodyguards there were, they could not protect him.

As for Maiwei's real position, it turned out to be Penguin's secretary. When Maggieson knew this, he was really surprised.

"Famous Penguin, I should say I am honored to meet you."

Maggieson's face still had the same smile for thousands of years.

"I don't like people calling me that."

Penguin's face turned cold.

"Well... Excuse me, Mr. Cobblepot."

McGilson shrugged, not paying attention to Penguin's warning.

"Maiwei, I was just asking you a question, why are you still standing there!"

Penguin turned his eyes to the last person in the room.

"Boss, he did bring the Star of Adam."

Maiwei walked to Penguin and told him what had just happened. Who knew that after hearing it, Penguin's face instantly darkened.

"Maiwei!"

This was an angry roar. Maiwei, who knew her boss's temperament well, was frightened and trembled.

"How many times have I said that we are businessmen and never smash our own signs on our own territory!"

"No businessman will refuse his own customers!"

The umbrella in Penguin's hand hit the floor heavily, making a heavy "bang bang" sound.

"Robbing the goods that customers want to trade? You can think of that. Do you know that your behavior will damage the reputation of Iceberg? The largest black market in Gotham that I have built with great difficulty may be destroyed!"

"Maiwei, you have been with me for two years, you should know what kind of punishment will come next."

Hearing this, Maiwei's face was ashen, and her eyes were full of fear.

McGilson watched from the side. Maiwei's end would probably be miserable, but he would not speak for those who wanted to shoot him.

However, what he didn't expect was that Penguin actually valued his "reputation". Think about it, even those who sell heroin will attach great importance to the purity of their goods. They are all "good merchants" who demand quality. Compared with some legal businesses, it is really an irony.

McGilson thought Penguin would turn against him at first, but a mere Adam's Star was not enough to make Cobblepot desperate. There are many goods traded here that are worth much more than this gem. If he really wants to turn against him, it won't be his turn.

Of course, this is when he is strong enough. If he was really shot dead just now, the Penguin would probably just say something like "make sure to clean it up."

Thinking of this, Maggieson sat down opposite the Penguin and placed the Adam's Star on the middle table.

"Ah, Kaito Kidd, I'm sorry for what happened just now, and I'm also grateful that you still came here to trade... So, what do you want to exchange the Adam's Star for, money? Gold? Or anything else?"

The Penguin immediately returned to the face of a businessman, smiling brightly, although he looked as ugly as he could be.

"I'm in urgent need of money now, the amount doesn't matter, I believe Mr. Cobert won't bid randomly."

Although the market valuation of the Adam's Star is as high as 170 million US dollars, it is impossible for the black market to trade at a normal price. Generally speaking, it will shrink by 20% to 30%. If it is auctioned, it may be sold at a sky-high price, but the starting price will definitely be much lower than the normal price, and different areas will have different bids.

Maggieson didn't know the rules of the trade here, so he could only let Penguin bid on his own. He didn't care how much it was anyway, after all, his parents left him a lot of inheritance. He just wanted to build a base exclusively for Kaito Kidd, and it would be easy to find out if he used his own property, so he had to use these unrecorded funds.

"Then let's go by the market valuation, 170 million, not a penny less, just as an apology for Maiev's rudeness before."

Penguin lit a cigar and took a puff.

"Oh? Then you will lose a lot of money for nothing, Mr. Cobblepot?"

Maggieson didn't believe that such a good thing would happen.

"Don't think too much, I won't do a losing deal," How could Penguin, a veteran, not see the suspicion of Kaito Kidd, "Someone in New York just happened to offer a high price for this gem. Guess how much he offered? A full 200 million US dollars!"

"With a little work, the price can be raised even higher. If it weren't for this buyer, to be honest, I wouldn't be interested in the gem at all."

"However, if you want to find out who this buyer is, I can't tell you."

Regardless of whether what the Penguin said was true or false, Maggieson could not confirm it and could only choose to believe it.

After the price was agreed, the transaction was carried out directly. 170 million US dollars were transferred to the virtual account that Maggieson had opened in advance, so that even if the transaction record was checked, no one would know who the transaction object was.

After everything was completed, Maggieson got up and left here. He disguised himself as a middle-aged man in front of the Penguin and walked directly to the auction house outside.

The Penguin understood that this meant that he could change his appearance at will, and it would be impossible to find him as long as he was in the crowd.

"Kaito Kidd... What an interesting guy, it seems that Gotham will be lively again in the future, hehehe~"

Looking at Maggieson's back, the Penguin laughed meaningfully.

At the same time, in the underground bat cave of Wayne Manor.

"Master Wayne, I have good news to tell you."

Alfred came to Bruce with a newspaper.

Bruce went to the Batcave almost every day this week and used his Bat-brand supercomputer to search for traces of Kaito Kidd.

Bruce checked all the surveillance records of all areas around the Gotham Exhibition Hall within a month, but found nothing.

Kaito Kidd was like a ghost that appeared out of thin air, and there was no clue to reveal his whereabouts.

He couldn't even find any suspicious people who might be Kaito Kidd.

This aroused Bruce's curiosity. He hadn't been so interested in something for a long time.

Especially the newspaper that Alfred just handed over, which made Bruce more interested.

Because the headline of this newspaper reads "The second notice of Kaito Kidd has appeared. Is this notice that looks like a code really from Kidd's hand?"

"The fickle brother is heading towards the final end.

At this time, the second of the twelve trials has been carried out.

When Selene can no longer see Helios from a distance,

I will obey the call of the waves and come to take away the cat's eyes.

Kaito Kidd!"

Looking at this confusing notice, Bruce actually showed a competitive smile!

Alfred, who saw this scene, showed a relieved smile...