"Ahem, ahem—"

Robin covered his face with his cloak and retreated from the gray mist of tear gas.

After about a dozen seconds, the effect of the tear gas gradually wore off, and only then did Robin put down the cloak that covered his face.

The effect of tear gas seems to be deliberately reduced a lot, basically Robin has little effect not long after he quits, and the tear gas canister often used by GCPD will still last for about ten minutes before it begins to decay even if it is out of the gas range.

Robin was silent as he looked at the gray mist in front of him, which would take a few minutes to completely dissipate, and he knew in his heart that there was little hope of catching up with Kidd the Strange Thief at this time.

"There's still a good show at the auction floor......"

Remembering what Kidd had just said, Robin's eyes narrowed and he pulled back to the venue.

Before leaving, he did not forget to bring Cicero, the hotel manager, who was spread out in the corridor.

Soon after, inside the auction venue.

As soon as Robin walked in through the door, he sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

Thanks to the efforts of Gordon and a group of GCPD police, the chaos was well controlled and order was restored.

Strangely, at this time, everyone returned to the auction seats, and the GCPD police officers circled around the outside, all looking at the host stage, just like the scene during the auction.

It's just that Cicero, who was standing on the podium, was replaced by an unexpected woman.

Golden flowing waves, capable and concise workplace dress, mature and intellectual face.

Gotham Gazette's signature correspondent Vicky Vale!

Next to Vicky Vale, Lark and Gray Lettard stood in handcuffs without saying a word, with several police officers standing behind them, including Gordon.

This Ash Letard is clearly genuine.

"That's what Kidd the Strange Thief said?"

Robin snorted inwardly, he probably knew what the thief Kidd was up to.

He dragged Cicero inside, throwing him to Luck and Grey Retard.

"You're back, Robin, how's it going?"

Gordon asked hurriedly when he saw Robin return.

"I'm sorry to let the thief Kidd run away again."

Robin shook his head slightly.

"Leave that thief alone, there are more important things to reveal to the masses who don't know the truth, thank you for bringing Cicero here, we just happened to talk about him."

Vicky interrupted Gordon's conversation with Robin and said solemnly.

"If you come in twenty seconds later, I'm afraid I'll have to borrow two men from Director Gordon to get Mr. Cicero."

"So, what's the situation now?"

Robin asked, looking at Gordon.

"Miss Weir said she had some inside information about the 'Pink Dream' diamond, which she claimed was linked to an illegal transaction of huge sums of money."

Gordon replied, "She said that everyone present had the right to know the truth, so she chose to publicly announce it here, and she just said that Cicero was down in the hallway and wanted me to send someone to fetch him, and then you showed up." ”

Hearing this, Robin nodded clearly, thinking silently in his heart.

"I see, in the last sentence of Kidd's teaser letter, Hermes is not referring to Kidd himself, but to Vicky Vale, a journalist dedicated to revealing the truth."

Hermes is the messenger of the gods, and isn't the purpose of the profession of journalist to be a messenger who delivers the true voice to the world?

Although journalists who have always maintained their hearts are rare these days, this does not change the essence of being a 'journalist'.

At least Vicky Vale is a conscientious journalist.

I saw Vicky walk to the center of the podium, pick up the microphone and face everyone and say, "Everyone who came to the auction today, I am Vicky Weil of the Gotham Communiqué, some people may or may not have heard my name." ”

In fact, this is a bit modest, Vicky Vale's reputation is still very big in Gotham, and there are almost no hundreds of bidders in the audience who don't know about her.

"I know you have a lot of doubts in your minds, and maybe you have a lot of resentment against Kidd the Strange Thief who messed up the auction, but I want to tell you that today's auction hides a dirty and illegal deal!"

"And the props of this deal...... It's the finale of this auction, 'Pink Dream', that the diamond is fake! ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience immediately began to quote, and many of them came for the name of the world's largest pink diamond.

As for some gossip about diamond fraud, they are basically unheard at their level of identity, and even if they do, no one will take it seriously without evidence.

But now it's Vicky Vale, the top reporter for the Gotham Gazette, who speaks out, and her words are quite influential.

Vicky pointed to Cicero and continued: "Joey Cicero, as the host of the auction, not only agreed to allow fake diamonds to participate in the auction, but also prepared a series of appraisal reports for 'Pink Dream', and through bribery, threats, blackmail, etc., the appraiser had to stamp the certificate! ”

"I know accusations without evidence are pointless, so I'm going to ask you to take a look at this!"

Vicky pulled out a transparent sealed bag in her bag and displayed it on a large screen for everyone.

The bag is densely filled with all kinds of diamonds, crystals, red, blue, green and the like, gorgeous and colorful, each one is in excellent condition, and it is priceless to carve it casually.

However, Vicky's next sentence instantly shocked the jaws of everyone present.

"These were found in Cicero's manager's office, hidden in a secret compartment, and every gem in this bag is fake!"

This is quite shocking, but when you think about it, there still seem to be some problems.

"Cicero has so many counterfeit gems hidden, is he going to auction them off in large quantities? Isn't he afraid of revealing his stuff one day? And wasn't 'Pink Dream' put up for auction by Grey Letard? Why is Cicero hiding a large number of fake gems there? ”

There's also the more important question – why did Kidd the Monster thief steal a fake diamond?

"Robin, do you think Kidd the Strange Thief's motive is ......"

Gordon turned his head to look at Robin, wanting to ask what the latter thought, but the question he blurted out came to an abrupt end.

"I knew ......"

Looking at the empty space around him, Gordon couldn't help but smile wryly and shook his head.

Vicky looked at everyone with a determined look in her eyes, she didn't know if she would be retaliated against for saying this, but if she didn't, she would be sorry for her work for so many years.

"The purpose of these fake gems was not to be realized through auction in the first place!"

"It's for money laundering!"

"Cicero, Gray Lettard, and Lac are just pawns responsible for using the 'Pink Dream' to launder money, and the person who manipulates everything behind it is Oswald Copote!"

"Penguin Man!"