Poof!

Hee-hee!

As Mrs. Anderson departed, Dick heard a laugh around him.

He knew that the classmates around him were gloating that their headphones had been taken away.

Fortunately, I just turned off the call with Barbara before, otherwise things would have been in big trouble.

Of course, it was precisely because the call was over that Dick would not have let Mrs. Anderson take away the headphones.

With Dick's reflexes, he could have taken them off before Mrs. Anderson touched them.

It's just that there is no need for that now, and the headphones will be taken away, and it's not a big deal.

"Hey, what did you just listen to so fascinating?"

At this time, Dean, who was sitting in the front, quietly turned around and asked.

“…… Nothing, just a few new rock songs, nothing special. ”

Dick touched the back of his head and said with a haha.

"Really? It's the first time I've known you love rock 'n' roll. ”

Dean looked at Dick as usual and admonished, "Be careful, Mrs. Anderson has her eyes on you." ”

With that, he turned and sat upright.

No one noticed that Dean had an extra gum-like object in his hand.

That's right, when Mrs. Anderson took Dick's headphones, Dean quietly retrieved the bug stuck to the back of the table with lightning speed.

He had overheard almost everything Dick had just said, from the suspicion of his identity to the cracking of the teaser letter.

The only fly in the ointment was that he couldn't identify who Dick was talking to because he couldn't hear Barbara's voice.

Anyway, it must be one of Batman's gang, either the old butler Alfred, or the bat girl who doesn't know her true identity yet.

"All in all, they've started to suspect me of Kidd the Thief, and Dick's suspicion of me is shallow, suggesting that the person on Dick's phone really suspects my existence."

"But they shouldn't have any evidence to identify me, and it's still speculation, otherwise Dick's attitude wouldn't be the way it is."

Dean thought to himself.

"In the next operation, they will definitely find a way to test my ......"

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Meanwhile, deep in the Arkham Asylum.

A "ward" is tightly locked with heavy iron doors and a high-strength iron fence added to the windows.

Two men, one tall and one short, one fat and one thin, were sitting facing each other.

The tall, thin man rested his hands flat on the table, his range of motion firmly restrained by a pair of handcuffs, and he was still wearing an orange hospital gown.

Obviously, he was supposed to be some kind of psychopath criminal being held here.

Strangely, the hospital gown was not marked with a number, but with an unknown "question mark" sign.

Opposite the tall and thin man sat a short and fat man with a pointed and long nose, wearing a tuxedo, holding an umbrella and a cane.

In Gotham City, there is only one person with this image.

The Penguin Man, by Oswald Copote.

Under the flickering lights in the "ward", the faces of the two people loomed, looking gloomy and terrifying.

An indescribable chill enveloped the entire space, making the two heavily armed "nurses" who were playing with the temptation of police uniforms standing on end at the door.

"How? Got a clue, Nigma? ”

After a long time, the penguin man was the first to speak, and the name he uttered made every Gotham person face change drastically when they heard it, and they were like a chilling cicada.

Edward Nigma, 1.86 meters tall and 35 years old, is a super-criminal with severe mental illness, extremely narcissistic about his own intelligence, and especially likes to use his super high IQ to play with others.

However, he prefers to be called the Riddler by others than his real name.

Not long ago, the Penguins went to Arkham Asylum to "visit" the Riddler, who did not want to let in the same infamous penguin.

However, the relevant government documents are readily available, and there is no reason for the hospital to keep people out, but only the penguin people are allowed to enter by themselves, and they are not allowed to carry any items with them.

At the same time, two prison guards were ...... Ah no, two nurses accompanied him, not an inch away.

When the Penguin Man and the Riddler meet, he asks him a few words, hoping that the Riddler will help him solve the secret.

That's right, it's Kidd the Monster Thief, and you can't bring anything into Arkham, so the Penguin can only ask the Riddler in the form of an oral message.

The Penguins force Mrs. Chandler to hold an exhibition in order to seek revenge on Kidd the thief, and if he can know when Kidd is moving, he can set up a net in advance and kill Kidd the thief on the spot as soon as he appears.

There's just one problem - Kidd the Strange Thief's teaser is too difficult to crack.

Barbara was able to crack the teaser letter in large part because she happened to recall the book Dean had read that day and was quite inspired.

Otherwise, it is likely that Barbara will not be much faster than Dick now, and will always stay at the line "Mars has spent the tenth day and night".

For the vast majority of people, it's almost impossible to think about how to interpret the notice letter without key hints, and the Penguin people are no exception.

However, the penguin man is not worried about not being able to solve the notice letter, because he has his own way.

If you can't figure it out yourself, leave it to someone else.

So the penguin man found the riddler, and in his cognition, there was no one in the world who knew more about riddles than this guy.

At this moment, the penguin man waited expectantly for the riddler's answer.

“…… Interesting, this puzzle is interesting, I love it! Who came up with it? ”

I saw the Riddler close his eyes and ponder, and his face gradually showed a sickly joy, like a child who has received a beloved toy.

The penguin man didn't understand his joy and didn't want to, he just wanted to know what it meant when the advance letter was written.

"I'm glad you like the gift I brought, old friend, so please tell me you've solved the puzzle."

"Heh~"

Hearing this, the riddler's face suddenly changed, and he sneered disdainfully: "When I say it's interesting, I mean that this puzzle is designed in a way that makes me feel fresh, not because I think it's difficult!" ”

"In fact, if you judge it by its difficulty, it is not a qualified riddle in my eyes."

"It's 12 midnight on March 10th, and it's ...... If I'm not mistaken, it's the Jungle Pavilion. ”

The Riddler told the Penguin people all the riddles in one go.

"I won't talk about the inference process in between, Oswald, you don't care anyway."

The penguin man grinned and said, "You're still as smart as ever, I just need this result, the process doesn't matter." ”

"It's a pleasure to see you today, old friend, but it's almost time to visit the patient, and I have to leave now."

"Wait!"

The Riddler stopped the penguin, stared at him and asked, "Tell me, who is this man?" ”

"He calls himself Kidd the Monster Thief, a thief who likes to sensationalize."

The penguin man looked back slightly, and there was a hint of murder in his eyes that fell into the Riddler's eyes, but not against him.

"You don't have to take this man to heart, Nygma, because in ten days you won't ever meet him again......"