Chapter 72: School Dance Party

"I'll leave tomorrow's problems to tomorrow's me."

– Saitama (One-Punch Man)

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No matter the hidden scheme inside Penguin's gang or the gossip about the Phantom Thief in Gotham City, it doesn't affect Dean's normal life.

After returning the necklace to Mrs. Chandler, Dean impatiently went to a hidden place to change his clothes.

After all, it was too uncomfortable to keep stepping on high heels all the time.

He couldn't get used to wearing high heels, but they were unavoidable when he was disguised as a woman.

It's worth mentioning that when Dean returned home today after school, he discovered that the surveillance cameras had been removed.

Batgirl is very quick, and she takes back the camera without thinking about watching it for a few more days.

Dean thought that Batgirl would want to take a break, even though she was busy at the Natural History Museum last night dealing with assassins and trying to catch Firefly.

But she took the cameras back in broad daylight.

Overall, it's a good thing for Dean.

When he knew that he was being watched before, even when there were ways to avoid surveillance, he still felt uneasy.

Now that he is no longer being monitored, he feels more relieved.

In the training room, Dean rubbed his chin and thought carefully.

'I do need some rest. Tomorrow is the school dance before spring break. I can have some fun by performing a few magic tricks for them.'

In this country, schools have not only summer and winter breaks but also spring breaks.

The spring break at Gotham Academy starts on March 13th and lasts for ten days until March 22nd.

On March 12th, which is the last day before spring break, according to Gotham Academy's tradition, they have no classes but instead a school dance.

Students can set their own performances, whether on stage or in private.

The whole dance is accessible. Students can play however they want, and there is no need to watch the stage performances or celebrate.

If the performance is good, there will be cheers; if it's not, there will be boos.

It is even allowed to gather a dozen people to play a game of truth or dare on the lawn.

Dean had participated in the school dance for several years, and the atmosphere was indeed quite lively.

The students usually have a lot of fun.

But for some reason, every time Dean participates in such an event, he always feels a sense of emptiness deep in his heart.

Sometimes, he even finds the students laughing at bitter or dirty jokes to be childish.

But that carefree happiness is really something to want.

The moment he became good friends with Dick was actually at Gotham Academy's dance during their first year.

It was because Dick also had a similar feeling of loneliness deep inside.

It's normal to think about it.

After all, Dick had recently become Robin, and every day he was either receiving training from Batman or patrolling Gotham to fight crime.

He basically didn't have much personal time.

Although Alfred was very unhappy about this, at the time, Dick was just obedient and always listening to Batman.

He was pretty lonely at school because he didn't talk to many people and always hid his emotions.

If you think this is a story about two lonely people meeting and getting to know each other, you're wrong.

Dean and Dick never even pay attention to each other's feelings.

The real reason these two became friends was because of Leah, the girl in their class that Dick had a crush on.

At the ball, Leah invited Dean, who was still a genius magician at the time, to dance, but he declined, using the excuse that he had to perform magic everywhere.

Dean swore that it wasn't because he was busy practicing magic and didn't have much time to practice dancing.

Leah felt disappointed by the rejection, and then Dick took the opportunity to invite her to dance, and they ended up together that night.

Dean didn't understand why two high school freshmen developed a relationship so quickly, and he didn't want to think about it either.

Anyway, Dick found Dean and was grateful to him for giving him the opportunity to pursue Laya.

Dick was also puzzled why Dean would reject Leah and so many other girls, and he asked him with some doubt if he had girls' problems.

The first two questions weren't a big deal, but when Dick asked the third question, Dean got angry, and they almost got into a fight.

After that, the two of them got to know each other.

They would sometimes talk, and the more they talked, the more they felt that the other person was much more mature than children the same age.

They slowly became friends.

In the end, they even ended up sitting together in class.

Putting an end to the boring memories, Dean turned around and went into his study. He turned on his computer to gather the latest news.

'It seems like Gotham hasn't had many exhibitions of valuable treasures lately. I even heard that there was supposed to be a Hope Diamond exhibition in April, but it got canceled. I wonder if it's because of my recent crimes...'

Dean pondered as he stared at the screen.

'What should be the next target? Which museum should I take their valuable treasure to? It doesn't feel very interesting to play this game all the time.'

'By the way, Penguin set a trap with the Dragon's Egg Ruby Necklace this time, trying to lure me in, but it failed. Will he use other treasures for a new trap next time?'

'Or maybe I should think about what parts to put in the next notice letter...'

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On March 12th, during the Gotham Academy dance, thousands of students were having a great time dancing with others on the field.

The center of the field had a stage where exciting music was playing.

When students got tired from dancing, they would rest on the grass, play board games, or have picnics with others.

There are even some who set up tents, though no one knows what they're up to.

"Pay attention, ladies, my hands are empty."

At that moment, Dick was doing magic tricks on the grass in front of four beautiful girls.

He showed the girls his empty hands so they could see that he didn't have anything in his hands.

Then he started his magic trick. His right hand quickly flickered, and instantly a card appeared.

He repeated the flicker, and another card appeared until he had four cards displayed from empty hands.

"Pretty impressive, right?"

Dick asked with pride, and his magic was perfect, as Dean had taught him and helped him improve.

"Richard, performing magic tricks with empty hands has been done countless times on TV. It's not exciting at all!"

The girls are disappointed. No matter how good the magic tricks were, they were too common to be enjoyed.

"Don't worry, it's not done yet."

Dick smirked.

"Look at these four cards, and I'm going to use both hands to bring them together."

Dick wrapped his hands tightly around the four cards and covered them all with his hands.

After a brief pause, Dick suddenly opened his hands, but instead of revealing the four playing cards, they vanished without a trace and transformed into a single red rose.

"This one is for you, beautiful lady."

Dick hands the rose to the first girl on his left.

She immediately showed a surprised expression.

"Hey! Why only her? What about us?"

The other girls protested.

"Don't forget, there are four playing cards."

Dick waved his hand, and the other three girls were surprised by his words.

He closed his hands again, and when he opened them, there was another red rose in his hand.

"This one is for you, lovely lady."

Dick hands the rose to the second girl on his left.

He repeated the process, making four roses, one for each girl.

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