DC: Phantom Thief Kid

Chapter 23: Investigation

"Worrying does not take away tomorrow's troubles. It takes away today's peace."

- Randy Armstrong

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Dean's eyes darted around as he quickly figured out where Dick had gone.

Then, he stood up from his seat.

"Where are you going?"

Lark beside him asked curiously as Dean got up without any reason.

"Oh, I just need to... go to the bathroom, you know, I ate a bit too much earlier."

Dean said with a sheepish smile.

"That's why you're always so fat, can't even walk properly."

Lark said, looking disdainful. He then slightly turned his legs to the right of his seat to make way for "William" to walk through the hall.

Luckily, the two of them were seated in the far corner, and after passing by Lark, Dean made his way to the corner of the stairs.

After leaving the auction venue through a side door, Dean quietly left the scene.

Just after Dean left the side door of the auction venue, another person in the venue also left...

On the other side, the kitchen on the first floor of the Gotham International Hotel.

While everyone was busy working, the kitchen door suddenly slammed.

The sudden noise startled everyone, and they all turned their heads to look at the door.

They saw a young boy wearing a tight red top and tight green pants, with a mask covering his face, entering the kitchen.

He was carrying a young man who was only wearing a thin shirt and shorts on his shoulder and was currently sound asleep.

When the kitchen staff saw the young man on the teenager's shoulder, the expressions on their faces were even more surprising.

"Isn't that Tom? And the person carrying him, isn't that Robin?"

"I remember Tom was supposed to be sent to the 18th floor to serve the dishes on the tray. How did he end up being carried here by Robin while he's asleep?"

"Wait!"

At this moment, a staff member who was cutting salmon suddenly spoke up, "Do you remember what GCPD said about how Phantom Thief can disguise himself as someone else? The person in front of us might not be Tom, It could be Robin caught Phantom Thief disguised as Tom!"

"That makes sense, but how can we be sure it's the Phantom Thief disguised as Tom? Maybe Robin is the one pretending to be the Phantom Thief!"

Robin didn't explain much, he just placed the sleeping Tom on the ground and said casually, "I found him on the hotel rooftop, and Phantom Thief knocked him out."

After speaking, Robin turned and left the kitchen.

Soon after, in the surveillance room on the 20th floor of a hotel.

GCPD Commissioner Jim Gordon and several elite intelligence unit members were here, staring intently at the dozens of monitors on the wall.

"It's been over an hour since the auction started, and we haven't noticed anything unusual. Is Phantom Thief really going to show up?"

One of the officers blinked his tired eyes and picked up a cup of coffee from the table to take a sip.

"Don't let your guard down. It was not midnight yet as Phantom noticed he would come. Anything could happen during this time."