Phantom Thief Kidd in the Comic World

"These statues can neither move nor rotate. There is no part on the statue that can be triggered..."

Magison examined the four statues carefully.

Finally came to the same conclusion as Barbara.

"How about it, Kidd, have you thought of a way to crack this mechanism?"

Barbara and Pamela asked expectantly.

Magison was silent. If these four statues are really some kind of mechanism, then maybe certain conditions need to be met in order to activate the device that triggers the mechanism.

He suddenly thought of the riddle left by the Riddler.

"You're trying to get me back. When I'm lost, you're struggling to get me. What am I?"

"I can be a member of a group, but I can never fit in. What am I?"

"The more you cut me the faster I grow. What am I?"

"A riddle without a riddle."

There are four riddles in total, which exactly match the number of statues in front of me. Is it a coincidence?

Magidson believes that this possibility is very small, assuming that this mechanism was arranged by the Riddler - after all, all the clues to find the nuclear bomb so far are connected by the riddles left by the Riddler.

The answers to the first two riddles pointed to the clock tower, which not only allowed Magdison to rescue Gordon, but also allowed him to successfully deduce the location of the third riddle.

Then he captured Silence on Midtown Island, and learned the Riddler's final puzzle at the top of Wayne Tower.

By now, the answer to the so-called "no riddle" has naturally been revealed.

"Nothing" is zero, the starting point of all natural numbers, which means the source of all things.

Converted to the concept of the nuclear bomb hiding place, of course it means that the nuclear bomb was hidden by the Riddler at its origin, which is near Wayne Tower.

Thinking about it this way, the statue's mechanism could only be the work of the Riddler.

The mechanism set up by the Riddler must be related to the riddle. If the riddle cannot be found here, it must be related to the riddle that has appeared before.

Thinking of this, McGison took out four cards with riddles printed on them.

The first three were obtained from Silence, and the last was found in Wayne Tower, where it was taped to the Riddler's tape recorder.

These four cards are exactly the same in size and material.

Maybe it has some special meaning.

Magison looked from card to statue.

Barbara and Pamela looked at McGison's actions and wondered what Kidd wanted to do.

"Um?"

It didn't take long for Magison to notice that each statue had one thing in common.

That is, the lips are slightly opened and closed, and the mouth is opened very small, leaving only a gap, as if he is hesitating to speak.

What's even more amazing is that the gaps between the lips of each statue are the same width, which is definitely not something that ordinary craftsmen can carve out.

At first, both Barbara and McGison thought it was just to show the exquisite skills of the statue's sculptor.

But at this time, in McGison's extremely subtle observation, these gaps seemed to be a little too deep...

"Could it be..."

Magison took out a card and tentatively inserted it into the lips of the lady's statue.

Perfectly tucked in!

The end of the card just overlaps the upper and lower lips, making it a perfect fit.

Then, Magison took out a card again and inserted it into the lips of the young nun statue opposite. Sure enough, it was inserted just right.

The statues of nobles on horseback and the statues of poor peasants kneeling before them are of course the same situation.

Because the statues and cards themselves are not marked in any order, there is no need to think about which statue is inserted into which card.

When the four cards were returned to their positions, a certain mechanism was immediately triggered, and the slight sound of gears turning came from under the feet.

"Barbara, is this the way to trigger the mechanism?"

At this time, the two women were stunned, and Pamela asked Barbara in disbelief.

"I never thought it would be like this..."

Barbara didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Soon a small stone monument rose in the diagonal center of the four statues.

The three people gathered around excitedly.

However, when they saw the inscriptions on the stone tablet clearly, they could no longer laugh.

"Ladies collectively ignore men's advances, and poor peasants pay their harvest to the nobles based on luck. Only in this way can the final thing be seen."

"Fake! It's Edward Nygma again!"

Barbara couldn't help but cursed.

I originally thought that inserting the card would trigger this inexplicable statue mechanism.

Unexpectedly, it only triggered the mechanism that can trigger the statue's mechanism.

"What does it mean?"

Pamela asked.

However, the other two were in no mood to pay attention to her and entered thinking mode almost at the same time.

"Ladies, gentlemen, and poor peasants should refer to these four statues. What does it mean to just ignore the show of love? What does it mean to pay the harvest?"

"To show love... to show love, when one shows love to another person, one must look at her, which means the orientation of each statue must change."

"It must be the same for paying the harvest."

"But it was clear that I couldn't change the orientation of the statue before. Can it be turned now?"

Thinking of this, McGison and Barbara tacitly walked towards the statues of the two "ladies" and tried to turn them.

Unexpectedly, the orientation of the statue was easily changed without much effort.

The two worked together to turn the nuns and the noblewoman who were originally facing the poor peasants to face each other. In this way, no matter which "man" expressed his love to them, they would be "ignored".

The poor peasants obviously had to face the nobles, while the nobles had to face the nuns.

Because the image of the noblewoman was a married young woman, she could not be the object of the nobles' love.

Pamela looked at Maggieson and Barbara as if they were in tune with each other, and they worked together without any communication. She immediately felt a sour taste in her mouth.

It turned out that Maggieson and Barbara were right.

After each statue was moved, another sound of gears turning came.

This time the sound was much louder than before, and even the ground shook slightly.

"No, this will alarm the guards!"

Barbara shouted that it was not good.

Even Maggieson's eyes flashed. He knew the defensive force arranged by Talia in the diamond district best. It was very difficult for them to retreat with only the three of them.

Moreover, they even took precautions against Poison Ivy's abilities, and randomly arranged various super-strength barriers or plant removers underground. It was not safe to rely on Pamela as before.

"We can't stay here for long. Don't worry. They hid the nuclear bomb and the whole car together under here, and set up so many mechanisms, which shows that they don't have the ability to transfer the nuclear bomb remotely in a short time."

"So don't worry that we will lose the whereabouts of the nuclear bomb if we leave now."

At this time, Talia, who had just returned from the Knight Dome and planned to gather the shadow warriors to monitor Black Mask, found something wrong at the first time.

She immediately sounded the alarm.

First, the defense force of Wayne Building rushed out. The statue was very close to the building. In less than five minutes, hundreds of fully armed soldiers surrounded it.

The armed helicopter that was always parked on the top of Wayne Building also flew over.

This is not over yet. All the men in the Diamond District have received the notice and are rushing here at full speed.

It can be said to be fierce.