As soon as they reached the eighteenth floor, Dick and Alfred saw several times more police forces than at the entrance.

Exiting the elevator, there were at least three guards at every fork in the road and five officers at some key crossings.

From time to time, patrol teams pass by in the corridors, each consisting of two people, for a total of ten patrols, which cycle every five minutes.

It seems that the defense is quite tight, and there are capable policemen with loaded guns everywhere.

But when Dick and the others entered the auction hall, the tension suddenly eased a lot.

The whole venue consists of two parts, the first half is the entertainment venue including the restaurant, the ballroom and the bar, and the second half is the auction venue.

I saw that hundreds of people were already sitting in a restaurant at Nuoda, enjoying the delicacies of the mountains and seas made with precious ingredients on the table.

Next to the restaurant area is a large ballroom-like open space, where pairs of aristocratic ladies and sons dance together to beautiful music.

There were also a large number of reporters in the venue, taking pictures of the group of celebrities and nobles.

Further down the ballroom and restaurant is another huge space, separated by a large bright red curtain, which can be glimpsed through the gap between the two screens, and rows of terraced seats of different heights and heights can be glimpsed inside, which is obviously the place to participate in the auction.

All of today's lots, including the world's largest pink diamond, Pink Dream, are now being placed in a storage room at the back of the auction hall.

Despite the large number of guests in the venue, Dick noticed that there did not seem to be any GCPD police officers in the room.

I don't know if Gordon didn't arrange people inside the venue, or if all the people who came in were plainclothes and hid in the crowd.

For the elite circle at the top of Gotham, what good things can be found at the auction is not the primary consideration, after all, most of the competing items in the auction are brought by themselves, and it is nothing more than the first one to the second, the second to the third, and the third to the first.

For them, it's more like a social gathering with the other families that deepen their bonds, and there is no shortage of not-so-clean exchanges of interests.

Of course, there are people who simply think that they have money and have nowhere to spend, and do not want to buy conventional goods with fixed prices and lack of excitement, and only participate in auctions to satisfy their consumption desires.

Kidd's teaser letter has attracted a lot of attention from the outside world, and the group of people is like they don't know at all, they should eat, drink, and play, and none of them are worried about it, and not even a single one is talking about Kidd the Monster Thief.

It's as if Kidd the Thief is completely unaware of them.

Looking at these arrogant and arrogant so-called upper-class people who indulged in eating, drinking, and having fun in front of him, Dick felt a sense of boredom in his heart for no reason.

Alfred noticed Dick's face on the side, and smiled flatly: "Don't care about other people's thoughts and attitudes, you can't change them, and they don't want to change, we just need to do our own thing." ”

"I know you don't like this group of people in front of you, believe me, Young Master Bruce hates them more than you, but it is this disgusting ruling class that controls most of the resources in this city, so Young Master Bruce disguises himself every day and mixes with this group of people, so that he has the opportunity to use them and make this hopeless city a little better."

"Master Richard, I see a few tables with Romanian meat rolls and Italian cream mushroom sauce, it's dinner time, let's go fill my stomach first."

"Hmm." Dick nodded helplessly, and walked with Alfred to the dining area, finding a random corner and sitting down.

Not long after the two of them sat down, a young waiter came over with a menu and empty plates, and asked with a smile, "What do you two need to order?" ”

There are only the names of the dishes on the menu, and there are no prices, not to deceive people, but because all the food and drink of the guests participating in the auction is free.

The hotel is not the organizer of the auction, but has rented this floor as an auction venue, and this alone has already received a huge amount of rent, and there are even more hidden benefits that cannot be seen.

Naturally, it is not possible to charge extra for these ordinary services.

The young waiter took out his pen and listened as he wrote down the dishes the two ordered.

During this process, Dick did not speak, and it was all Alfred announcing the name of the dish.

"A Cannes seafood caviar platter, two Romanian cabbages, a Norwegian smoked salmon, a burgundy vanilla gratin, a bluefin tuna sashimi, a creamy corn bisque...... That's all, right? ”

The waiter memorized the dishes and repeated the confirmation, and after receiving an affirmative answer, he turned around and left with the menu and empty plates.

"Oops!"

However, when he turned around, a beautiful woman with blonde hair and big waves happened to pass behind him, and the two accidentally collided.

The blonde beauty was about to fall backwards as soon as she stumbled, and Alfred, who was closest to her, quickly stretched out his hand to hold her up.

The waiter himself was fine, but the empty plate in his hand was knocked off and buckled upside down on the floor.

But at this time, he didn't have the heart to pay attention to the empty plate, and hurriedly helped the blonde beauty to pick up, and at the same time apologized vigorously in his mouth, his face was extremely flustered.

"Sorry guest, I didn't mean to! I...... I didn't know you were in the back! ”

The waiter couldn't wait to pump dozens of big ears in his heart immediately, and anyone who could participate in the auction could pick any one of them, and he couldn't afford to provoke them.

This almost knocked people down, in case the other party gets angry, then he will have no place in Gotham!

"It's okay, I'm fine."

The blonde beauty stood up, tidied up her appearance, and smiled at the waiter, "It's me who should apologize, I left in too much hurry and didn't notice that you were about to turn around." ”

"You don't blame me?" The waiter asked incredulously.

"It's just a small thing, what's not to blame." The blonde beauty waved her hand, "There are so many people in the restaurant, you should be quite busy, I hope it doesn't affect your work." ”

Hearing this, the waiter suddenly felt like he had been pardoned and hurriedly left here.

"You...... You're Miss Vicky Weil, right? ”

At this time, Alfred looked at the blonde beauty and asked.

Hearing someone call herself, Vicky looked carefully at the person who was holding her just now, and she was a little familiar.

"Is that you, Alfred?"