Chapter 15 On the Self-Cultivation of a Phantom Thief

Lower City Island is the southernmost area of ​​Gotham City. It is also the largest island compared to Upper City Island and Middle City Island, with the Atlantic Ocean outside.

Daggett's private collection is built on the south bank of Lower City Island, close to the ocean, luxurious and exquisite.

You have heard of sea view rooms or villas, but have you heard of sea view collections?

God knows why Daggett put his collections on the beach. Isn't he afraid that these collections will get damp?

Obviously, this behavior is probably learned from the super rich man in New York, otherwise it is hard to believe that there are such idiots in the world who have money but nowhere to spend it.

In fact, even the most absurd Lord Wayne in Gotham can't do this.

Taking the collection as the origin, radiating outward for five kilometers is Daggett's private beach, which means that there can't be a large number of people here, and all the audience who heard the news can only stay away.

More importantly, it is difficult for Maggieson to sneak into the venue by disguising himself as a member of the public, and the difficulty coefficient of theft has increased a lot compared to the last time.

Therefore, how to sneak into Daggett's collection became the first problem.

At noon, Maggieson changed into the DiCaprio image when he bought the villa, and took a taxi to the downtown area.

Under the scorching sun, he observed every street in the downtown area.

How to become a qualified thief?

Superb disguise skills? Incredibly fast speed? Lock picking skills in seconds?

None of them!

The most important thing for a truly experienced thief is the familiarity of the surrounding environment, which can not only ensure that he can easily get rid of the pursuer after being discovered, but also plan a route of action that is most beneficial to him.

A smart thief has a complete plan from selecting the target to selecting the date to sneaking in and then escaping. It is done in one go, and no link can be missing.

Therefore, before taking action, you must be familiar with the environment of the entire area, speculate in advance on the possible encirclement route of the police, calculate the time of action, and not make a mistake for a minute or a second.

And all of this requires scouting.

As a thief named Kidd, Maggieson believed that he had enough training, and he could not miss the step of scouting.

Unlike ordinary thieves, the thief never needed to think about when the police would come or how to bypass the police car blockade, because with the existence of the advance notice, the police had already arranged a dragnet at the target location.

Everything has its pros and cons. Although the advance notice would expose the thief's plan, it also exposed the police's defense.

Knowing what Maggieson wanted to steal, the police could not allocate extra police force to intercept him at various main roads, one was that the police force was insufficient, and the other was for honor.

Maggieson first bought a tourist map of the Lower City Island, then rented a car, and started to drive around the city. After about three hours, he finally figured out the main traffic routes here, but it was impossible to figure out the dark alleys and small roads.

"In addition to being close to the Atlantic Ocean, Lower City Island also has the Gotham River flowing through it. This river separates Lower City Island from Midtown Island and is also the only route connecting the two large islands... If you follow the Gotham River north into the Merchant River Basin, you can cross the entire Midtown Island and enter the Audisburg District and return to the base."

While enjoying the sunbath on the beach, he built a return route in his mind.

It is not feasible to go by land, because there is only one bridge connecting Lower City Island and Midtown Island, and the police can easily block the bridge. In addition, it is said that Gordon has dispatched three police helicopters, and it is not safe to fly back by hang glider.

"The only way is to go by water."

After making up his mind, Maggieson went to the port and requisitioned a yacht in the name of Jim Gordon, and solemnly warned the owner that the requisition of the boat was for a secret operation and would take a whole night.

Therefore, he could not tell anyone that he had requisitioned the yacht, and wait until tomorrow morning to go to the GCPD to reclaim it.

Commissioner Gordon's reputation in the hearts of Gotham citizens is terrifyingly high, second only to Batman's existence. Therefore, when McGison disguised himself as Gordon, the boat owner agreed on the spot and didn't even ask to see the police officer's ID.

After driving the yacht to the bottom of the Gotham River Bridge and hiding it, the preparations for escape were complete. The next thing to do was to find out the situation in the collection hall, how the police arranged it, and whether Daggett had installed any high-tech anti-theft devices.

Without figuring out these, it would be difficult to carry out the theft.

However, this matter needs to wait until dark, after all, it is not suitable for the thief to act in broad daylight.

What's more, McGison will appear very late, and he has a long time to observe the collection hall.

It's only two o'clock in the afternoon, just in time to go to the best tourist destination in Lower City Island - Public Beach!

Lower City Island is the largest commercial district in Gotham. Gotham Financial Center, Statue of Justice, William Street, Gotham Broadcasting Company and Gotham City Center are all here, which makes the flow of people in Lower City Island always rank at the forefront of Gotham's major districts.

Especially in the afternoon, the entire coast, except for a few private beaches that have been reserved, is almost full of people enjoying themselves.

Maggieson walked on the beach in beach pants, with his tight muscles exposed. He did not go into the water because the sea water would erode the mask on his face.

Even in disguise, his perfect figure and handsome appearance still attracted a lot of attention from women.

Maggieson enjoyed the process.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure in the distance, and immediately a plan came to his mind, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He did not go forward to find the figure, but closed his eyes directly.

"I stayed up all night yesterday, and now it's time to rest."

Soon, night fell, and the cool evening breeze blew, and Maggieson just woke up.

At this time, most of the tourists had gone back one after another, leaving only a small number of people on the beach to watch the night view.

At the seaside, the temperature difference between day and night is obvious. The beauties who were sweating in bikinis during the day put on coats at night.

Maggieson felt a chill as soon as he woke up, which made his thoughts seem to be much faster.

Putting on the black casual clothes that he had prepared long ago, Maggieson walked towards Daggett's private collection.

After more than 20 minutes, he approached Daggett's private beach. When he got here, the more pedestrians there were.

Most of them were young men and women, and they were blocked outside Daggett's private beach because the GCPD had set up a long cordon on the beach.

Most of them were fans of Kaito Kidd, and they came here to support Kidd.

As for how Maggieson saw it, of course it came from his confidence in his own charm!

Well, in fact, it was because many girls held a sign that read "Kaito Kidd".

It wasn't a lot, but it was probably only a few hundred people.

Of course, it couldn't be ruled out that the crazy GCPD would send plainclothes police to mix into the crowd.

Maggieson quietly bypassed his "fans" and observed the long cordon.