Chapter 53: March 10 (Collect!) Ask for follow-up! )
A week later.
March 10th.
It's a special day for the Gotham Museum of Natural History.
Because at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night on this day, the thief Kidd is about to come and steal the priceless "Dragon Egg Ruby Necklace".
On this day, almost all of Gotham's media sent reporters and photographers to the Natural History Museum, and as long as they could get a close-up shot of Kidd the Strange Thief, their subsequent newspaper sales would skyrocket more than ten times.
Vicky Vale's exclusive news about Kidd the Monster Thief had already made the Gotham Gazette a lot of money, and other media outlets, large and small, were naturally very jealous.
The reporters greeted each other with smiling faces on the surface, but in fact, they were secretly gearing up.
Everyone wants to take the perfect picture, and every reporter present is a competitor, so you can't be sure to deliberately block someone else's camera.
Even, if you can interview Kidd the Monster Thief in person, it will be a great opportunity to become famous.
No journalist wants to give this opportunity to anyone else.
The GCPD team was also solemn and determined, and they entered the museum before everyone else replaced the night watchman.
Because Barbara cracked the contents of the notice letter, between March 1 and 10, there were not many police officers guarding the museum, about 50 people.
Today, Gordon has brought more than 400 guards and laid a net around the Heritage Pavilion and the Jungle Pavilion, just waiting for the thief Kidd to appear.
In order to ensure that the thief Kidd can be successfully captured this time, Gordon did not hesitate to transfer more than a dozen SWAT troops to the SWAT force, which is the ace elite of the GCPD and can be called the most powerful armed force in Gotham City...... One.
This force is usually only used against particularly difficult supervillains.
This shows how determined Gordon is to capture the thief Kidd as soon as possible.
In addition to journalists and police, the crowd in Gotham was equally positive.
They seem to be very interested in the high-profile thief Kidd, especially when the Pink Dream money laundering comes to light.
For most of the citizens of Gotham, the diamond fraud was irrelevant, and they couldn't afford it anyway.
But the nature of black money laundering is different, because it is likely to be obtained through drug dealing, organ black market, arms smuggling and even human trafficking.
As far as the environment of Gotham is concerned, it can be said that it is closely related to the people at the bottom, and it seriously endangers their personal safety.
As a thief, Kidd has become a key player in exposing the money laundering industry chain, how can such a strong sense of contrast not make people curious?
Especially the young people of Gotham New Age, they believe that Kidd the Monster is not only not a simple criminal, but even a hero, exposing the darkness of society in his own way and helping those who really need help.
Although Kidd the Thief is a true criminal from a legal point of view, not everyone takes legal principles as truth.
In short, no matter how the strange thief Kidd should be characterized, it can't change the fact that thousands of ordinary citizens are gathering in the museum at this moment, just to see the strange thief Kidd with their own eyes.
In the cultural relics exhibition hall, the 'dragon egg ruby necklace' is covered by a transparent glass cover, which is placed in the middle of the exhibition hall alone, separated by a blockade line within a radius of three meters, prohibiting anyone from approaching.
The glass cover for the protective necklace is made of the world's most advanced bulletproof glass technology, which is as strong as titanium alloy and not weaker than chromium, but it is not produced by Wayne Group.
The company that made this glass cover was the Lex Group.
Before today, the blockade around the necklace was actually only one meter, and it was not until the day that Kidd the Strange Thief foretold it that it was expanded to three meters.
Outside the cordon, more than a dozen heavily armed SWAT SWAT SWAT officers circled side by side, leaving no gaps in between, not even in the ceiling.
Gordon gave them a death order, no matter what happened, whether the power went out or it caught fire, and they were not allowed to leave without his own orders.
Even if you go to the toilet, you must make sure that you are accompanied by at least two people.
You are also not allowed to believe the orders coming from the walkie-talkie, and you can only follow his orders if you have the code in front of you and confirm that it is not Kidd the thief who is pretending to be him.
It's important to make sure that no one has access to the necklace all night today.
"I don't believe that Kidd the thief can steal the necklace after this arrangement."
Harvey Bullock scanned the encirclement in front of him and thought triumphantly.
"If he wants to get close to the necklace, he has to fight a dozen heavily armed SWAT officers at once, who can do this kind of thing but Batman?"
Yes, the close-fitting protection scheme for this necklace was proposed by Bullock to Gordon.
At first, Gordon thought it was a bit too extreme, and it wasn't very efficient, it was just a time struggle with Kidd the Monster Thief.
But on second thought, Kidd the Monster Thief often likes to play cards out of the box, and this simple and crude stupid method may really work wonders.
After all, no matter what moth the thief Kidd makes, he still has to steal the necklace in the final analysis.
So Gordon waved his hand, agreed to Brock's proposal, and also asked the strongest SWAT officer in the GCPD to protect the necklace at close range.
"Do you really think that works?"
Meanwhile, Dick looked at Bullock and the encirclement in the corner of the exhibition hall, pressing one hand on the headphones and whispering.
On the other side, in the jungle pavilion, Barbara came to a place with few people and also pressed the headset to respond.
"You mean Brock's plan to form a circle hand in hand? All I can say is that if it were me, I would never use such a stupid solution. ”
"Then why don't you tell your dad that I remember you're not the GCPD's temporary advisor in this matter?"
Dick asked.
"Please, don't you really think my dad will listen to me, and I didn't say it was bad, I just thought it was stupid, maybe it would work?"
Barbara pouted.
"Okay, can you tell me now what you've seen when you've been spying on Dean's house for so many days?"
Dick turned to something else.
“…… It's nothing. ”
"Nothing?"
"Nothing!"
"Really?"
Dick asked suspiciously.
"If you haven't found anything suspicious until now, doesn't that prove Dean's innocence? Why don't you take the monitor back yet? ”
Barbara had a hesitant look on her face for a long time before she spoke.
"The last day, today is the last day! As soon as the incident with Kidd the Thief is over, I'm going to get the camera back. ”