Phantom Kid in the American Comic World
13. The Teaser Letter Outlined
“It is not easy to see your smiling face.”
Alfred grinned.
"Huh, let's put that aside for now Alfred, what do you think of this teaser letter?"
Bruce chuckled lightly, somehow he was in a light mood lately, ever since the Phantom Kid appeared.
"Mr Wayne, the Phantom Kid's coded message is one of a kind, but it's still a lot worse than the Riddler."
"Yes, the riddle Edward made that day almost made me want to break my head."
Alfred laughed happily, not only because of Bruce's rare jokes, but because he was finally willing to bring up a memory from the past.
"How much has been solved?" ask Bruce.
“No response or answer from GCPD.”
"No, you know I'm not talking about cops."
"Mostly, I guess, I only know the date, location, and target of the Phantom Kid's crimes."
Alfred said, to be honest, if it was a Riddler puzzle, he was afraid that he would not be able to solve anything.
Bruce nodded, "Then, let's talk about it, maybe the two of us will have different opinions."
”Let's start with the easiest one, he says he wants to take the cat's eye, no doubt the target is Cat's Eye Emerald, Gotham's most prized emerald… is Cat's Eye Emerald that Daggett auctioned off recently. .”
At this point, Alfred's expression suddenly became strange, "It's not good to say this, but for a moment, I had to admit that I was happy to know that Daggett was the victim."
This was because, for eight years, due to Bruce's exile, Wayne Enterprises had declined. Particularly that negative annual income led to the displeasure of many of the board of directors, all of whom were shareholders in Wayne Enterprises. The biggest shareholder is Daggett, he is ambitious and wants to control Wayne Enterprises but never has a chance.
The second largest shareholder was Miranda Tate, a philanthropist and one of the few board members to back Bruce, though his support was ultimately false…
It is clear that Wayne Enterprises is down and Bruce, his isolated owner, knows nothing about it, only Alfred sees what happened to him.
Bruce did not care about Alfred's confession as he added,
”Emerald Cat's Eye was kept in Daggett's private collection after it was purchased by him, located at the southernmost tip of Lower Town island, right next to the Atlantic Ocean. And since it's summer, and the wind will blow from the sea to the land, the "wave" mostly refers to the direction the waves are facing, the report said, which means he's somehow going to rotate from the Atlantic to the Daggett group."
Yeah, that's what Alfred thought, too.
"The last thing is the date, and the first two sentences refer to the date."
Alfred asserts, “The 'fickle brothers' means Gemini, and 'second of Twelve Trials' refers to the birth of Cancer, meaning the Phantom Kid will commit his crimes between the last day of Gemini and the first day of Cancer, which means the Phantom Kid will commit his crimes between the last day of Gemini and the first day of Cancer, ie 21-22 June!”
"Just the last sentence, 'when Selene couldn't see far enough to see Helio,' which I'm not sure what she meant."
Alfred sighed and said.
"Pah-pah-pah-pah."
Bruce clapped in approval.
"Good, Alfred, so far you and I are on the same page, and for this last, inexplicable sentence, I got a clue as to what was said about the exact time when the Phantom Kid was about to attack."
“In fact, the content of this teaser letter is so simple that anyone who has studied Greek mythology will understand it at first glance.”
“Selene is known as the moon god in Greek mythology, while Helios is the sun god.”
"Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Wayne, wasn't Apollo the sun god in Greek mythology?"
"That's the hard part!" Bruce's eyes looked funny.
In Hesiod's Genealogy of the Gods, it is recorded that Helios was the son of the Titan gods Hyperion and Thea, the brother of Selene, the moon god, and Eos, goddess of dawn and that the gods in their lineage are responsible for bringing light to the world.”
"In this way, Selene is the moon and Helios is the sun, and the inability to turn refers to-"
"The moon and the sun are separated by another celestial body, a lunar eclipse!" Alfred said in surprise, but at the next moment he rejected his explanation.
"No, according to the Observatory's estimates, the lunar eclipse should have occurred on June 26, which does not correspond to the date on the teaser letter."
”To be precise, so it does not refer to a lunar eclipse, meaning it is not the Earth that separates the moon from the sun, but an artificial satellite!”
Bruce cut to the chase.
”The time when an artificial satellite is between the moon and the sun, which is nine p.m., is when Kid starts!”
On the other hand, Mathison is still unaware that her tempter letter has been deciphered by Batman, she is busy choosing her new headquarters at the moment.
With 170 million dollars in hand, Mathison first fakes a series of identity documents for herself, which of course does not look like her real self.
He then walks into Wayne Real Estate, no other avenue, hard to find anything in Gotham that Wayne Enterprises has yet to claim.
"Mr. DiCaprio, may I ask what kind of property you need?”
Mathison is dressed like the one in her ID, wearing a high-end suit that the young agent knew at first sight that a big order might be coming, and rushes to talk to Mathison.
”I need a single-family home on a large plot of land with a quiet environment, preferably with little pedestrian traffic. The price is no problem.”
Hearing these words, the agent's breath choked, he felt that this customer's last comment was too manly, he adored this kind of young and handsome man who was also rich ...
He suppressed his agitated heart and introduced the best properties to Mathison one by one.
”Look at this villa, the total area is one thousand square meters, this villa is over six hundred square feet, located at the southeast end of the diamond district, the environment is really quiet.
Without waiting for him to finish, Mathison interrupts, "Not in the Diamond District."
Agents must move to another villa.
”Does this one, with an area of seven hundred and fifty square feet and a villa area of five hundred square feet, located near the Robert Kane Memorial Bridge, meet your requirements?”
Bridge Warning? There really weren't many people, and Mathison thought about it for a moment before finally shaking her head.
The Memorial Bridge is in the East End, Gotham's most chaotic part, where nearly half of all crimes occur.
Although Memorial Bridge is on the edge of the East End, there is no guarantee that it will be bombarded someday.
The agent frowned; he felt that this customer was very picky.
Subsequently, seven or eight villas were introduced in quick succession, all of which Mathison rejected.
“Sorry Sir, we arrived at the last villa that meets your requirements, but I do not recommend you choose this one.”
In the end, the woman had to move that one…
"Oh? Let's see, a luxurious villa, covering an area of seven hundred square meters, with a villa area of eight hundred and twenty square feet, four floors above and below, and the basement with a good amount of space, and a good overall decoration .. To be honest, looking at the condition of the villa itself, I like this one the most.”
"But this plantation is located in the Edinburgh district."
The Edinburgh District is Gotham's largest industrial district, originally none of which is famous, but no one dares to settle there now due to an accident at a factory that led to the birth of several criminals. This factory is the famous ACE chemical factory…
The agent was helpless, he was ready to be rejected again, he could not sell any house today and it seemed like he had to live for another month.
"I like this one, I'll take it!"