Chapter 17: Notice Time Is Up

No matter what the reason, Daggett didn't come to his own collection hall, which made Maggieson lose the most suitable person to disguise himself.

After all, no matter what he wanted to take, it was easiest for the owner to take it himself...

The structure of the collection hall is different from that of ordinary collection halls. There are not too many collection rooms. There is a circular sightseeing hall in the middle, which occupies most of the space on the first floor. There is a large collection room on each side of the hall. In addition to the hall connecting the two collection rooms, there is also a corridor connecting the back of the two rooms, which wraps the hall inside.

But strangely, this corridor is not connected to the outside of the hall, that is, after entering from the main entrance of the collection hall, you can only enter one of the collection rooms through the hall first, and then reach the corridor.

No one knows why Daggett designed such a strange corridor in his collection hall, and he himself is reluctant to say more about it.

The entire collection hall has two floors, each about eight meters high.

The first time he saw the museum, Maggieson had only one feeling, that is, everything here was too big, the floor height exceeded the standard, the hall was inexplicably empty, and all the corridors and hallways were designed to be abnormally wide.

It seemed as if the building was deliberately built to be larger.

The second floor is where the collections are placed. From both sides of the hall on the first floor, an arc-shaped wooden staircase extends to connect the two floors. When you go up to the second floor, there is a long circular corridor around the floor. There are two collection rooms about five meters apart on both sides of the corridor. The two rooms face each other, totaling twelve collection rooms.

Together with the two collection rooms on the first floor, there are fourteen collection rooms. Each collection room is divided into two parts. One part is the area for police officers to guard, and the other part is the location where the collections are stored. It is separated by a safe door and is in a closed room state. An infrared alarm system is also installed.

Daggett's wealth is far less than Wayne's. Most of his collections are "ordinary things" worth about a million US dollars, and there are not many of them, only about a hundred pieces. The most valuable one is the golden green cat's eye, which was sold at an auction price of 21 million US dollars.

Although in terms of value, this golden green cat's eye is much worse than the Adam's Star. After all, the Adam's Star is the largest sapphire in the world and a national treasure. Although the golden green cat's eye is rare, it is not the most precious cat's eye.

But this does not mean that the golden green cat's eye is not worth stealing by Maggieson. In fact, from Maggieson's own aesthetic point of view, this gem is actually much more beautiful than the Adam's Star. As a collection, he prefers the golden green cat's eye.

Of course, it will also be more suitable for giving to others, because this cat's eye is inlaid in a necklace...

The staff arranged by the GCPD in the collection hall can indeed be called a dragnet. Gordon brought more than 1,200 police officers in total. After all, this place is not big, and it is useless to bring too many people.

Five hundred police officers set up cordons outside the collection hall to prevent unauthorized persons from approaching. Among the remaining hundreds of people, one hundred and fifty police officers patrolled the sea in thirty speedboats, and two hundred people were arranged on the beach to defend the nearby coast. There were also three helicopters hovering in the sky, equipped with three snipers.

This battle was just like going to war.

The last three hundred people were distributed in various locations in the collection hall, with twenty people at the main entrance, ten people in each collection room, and personnel at the vents, stairs, corridors, and rooftops. Each point was guaranteed to be guarded by at least three police officers.

Last time, it was because only two police officers were allowed to watch the back door that Kaito Kidd took advantage of the opportunity. Gordon would not make the same mistake again. In order to ensure that Kidd would not disguise himself as his companion, anyone found acting alone would be treated as Kaito Kidd.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Gordon is indeed the one who has replaced the master many times. Even Gordon in the movie universe is not so easy to deal with. This collection is really not easy to sneak into. It's a pity that I've already entered."

Madison laughed in his heart. After finding out the situation in the collection, he disappeared from the patrol team without anyone noticing that he was gone...

"There is only half an hour left. Wait for you to be surprised."

At the same time, Gordon and Aaron came to the rooftop. They were confident in their arrangements. Even if Batman came, he would not be able to complete the infiltration.

If Kaito Kidd still wants to steal the golden green cat's eye, he can only force his way in.

One person's strength, against thousands of police officers, this is something Batman can't do.

"I don't think so."

Barbara doesn't think so. Let's not talk about whether Batman can do it. This topic is easy to hurt feelings if we talk too much. Let's talk about Kaito Kidd.

These days she has studied the video of Kidd stealing Adam's Star countless times, and finally came to a conclusion that Kidd is a criminal who is extremely good at collecting intelligence. From the moment he showed up to throwing the flash bomb and finally deceiving Gordon, every step seemed to have been planned in advance.

Also, how did Kidd know Aaron's appearance and voice? Maybe he could do it through some news reports, but Aaron's common tone is not easy to imitate.

This only shows one thing, that is, Kidd had done sufficient investigations in advance, and these investigations were meticulous, and it is even possible that the pedestrians he accidentally bumped into on the street were Kidd in disguise.

"So, I think Kidd must have understood the situation here thoroughly without knowing it, no... maybe he has already mixed in with us!"

Barbara said seriously.

"Why do you think so?"

Gordon asked, he knew that his daughter was very smart, and sometimes he would accept Barbara's analysis of certain cases.

"If I have to say it, it's just a hunch!"

Barbara couldn't convince people if she couldn't produce evidence that Kaito Kidd was here.

Gordon was silent for a moment. Is Kidd really here? Or will he appear in a more incredible way?

All this will be known in half an hour.

"This is Gotham Gazette. We are now in the coastal area of ​​Lower Town Island. Across the camera is John Daggett's private collection. You can see that the GCPD has set up a cordon in front of it. We can't get close to it."

Outside the cordon, a female reporter began her work.

"Not long ago, Mr. Daggett and the GCPD received a notice from the thief Kidd at the same time. According to the news just revealed by the police, the notice has been cracked. Kidd will appear from the Atlantic Ocean in half an hour..."

Dozens of media have sent reporters here to broadcast live, plus thousands of people, it is very lively.

"Do you think the thief Kidd will show up on time? There are so many police here. If it were me, I probably wouldn't even look inside."

"So you are not a thief."

"I believe in Kidd, he will definitely show up."

"If it weren't for his confidence, I don't think he would have released the notice."

In the crowd, several students were discussing. If Barbara was here, she would find that these students were the ones who talked about Kidd in class a few days ago.

There were many similar students, all excitedly discussing what kind of performance Kidd would give today.

Thirty minutes passed quickly, Gordon stared at the pointer on the watch, the hour hand had stopped at the "nine" position, and only the stopwatch was turning bit by bit.

One... two... three...

The preview time - it's finally here!

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