Phantom Kid in the World of American Comics

Chapter 215: The Dark Knight Rises

“Talia is gone.” 

Pamela looked at Barbara. 

“It was expected, but it still took me by surprise that none of us noticed she had left.”

Barbara nodded as she tutted. 

“She must have gone to the Knightsdome Arena. After all, the nuclear bomb is still there.” 

“Wait, what are you talking about? What do you mean by that?” 

Hearing the conversation between the two women, the Riddler was not amused.

Wasn’t the nuclear bomb hidden in that truck? 

He looked suspiciously at the truck in the corner. 

“Sure enough, as Kid said, you never realized that you had been deceived by Bane.” 

Barbara bristled. 

She had thought the Riddler was as scary as the legends said.

In the end, she has seen it all with her own eyes; he was more like a fool. 

Pamela was not in the mood to pay attention to the Riddler. She walked directly to the back of the truck and pulled the door open. 

There was only one load in the vastly spacious cargo hold,

A spherical mechanical object with a diameter of about 1.5 meters. 

That’s the fusion reactor that Wayne built, and the nuclear bomb that Bane and others transformed it into. 

The weight of the reactor is very inconsistent with the shape, it exceeds ten tons. 

Bane attached great importance to this fake nuclear bomb, but from the outside, it was no different from the real one. 

It’s almost impossible to tell the difference without being an expert in such matters. 

Pamela’s abilities were fully activated, and dozens of vine-like plants poured out from the ground, penetrating the fake nuclear bomb. 

It was only then that the inside of the fake nuclear bomb was revealed to everyone. 

“Bane…” 

The Riddler’s face twitched, he never imagined that he would be deceived one day. 

“Let’s knock these people out and send them to the GCPD, we don’t have much time.” 

Barbara didn’t give Riddler a chance to react and knocked him unconscious. 

Meanwhile, on the other side. 

“When did you realize our goal?” 

Bane looked at Phantom Kid in front of him and asked the last question. 

It could be deduced from Mathison’s words that he started planning to unite the Penguin against Bane very early and that Black Mask was merely an add-on.

So why did he think that the Penguin would help him? 

Obviously, there is only one reason to convince the Penguin. 

That is the life and death of the city of Gotham. 

Kid knew early on that the League of Shadows didn’t want to rule Gotham, but to destroy it. 

Bane knew very well that once their real purpose of destroying Gotham is revealed, the Penguin would be their biggest enemy. 

Not to mention Black Mask and Gordon, they will immediately set him as the foremost target. 

Their chances of success would be infinitely close to zero. 

So, Bane has been keeping his plans a secret. 

The countdown to the fusion reactor advanced unnoticed.

Logically speaking, it should be impossible for Kid, who has never met any of them before, to know their plans. 

And normal people can’t even think about such a possibility. 

Bane wondered how did Kid see through them. 

“Is this question important?” 

Mathison asked rhetorically. 

He couldn’t tell him that he saw it in the movie. 

“…you’re right, it doesn’t matter at all, so… are you going to kill me here?” 

After listening, Bane nodded as if he had figured it out, then looked around and asked. 

“No, you said it just now, I almost never kill anyone on my own initiative unless I have to… At least, fighting with you isn’t my task.” 

Mathison smiled slyly. 

“I’m here just to fulfil my promise. As for you, there is someone who wants to teach you a lesson more than I do.” 

“Who’s that person……” 

Before Bane could finish his question, a sharp whistle came from the sky, interrupting him. 

Bane had a foreboding feeling as he looked up, only to see an oddly shaped black fighter jet landing descending not far away from them.

“That’s the… Batwing!” 

No one but Batman could have designed such a bizarre fighter. 

“How is this possible, Bruce should be still in the ‘prison’ now, did he climb out?” 

Seeing this scene, Bane was shocked. He could never imagine that there was a second person in the world other than Talia who could escape from there alone. 

“Dang!” 

A shadow jumped from the Batwing and hit the ground heavily. 

It was Batman in a steel mesh. 

After Bruce’s disappearance, Alfred knew that something was up. He investigated all the information about Bane and learned about the prison in the Middle East. 

Although the specific latitude and longitude were unknown to him, he had a general geographical zone in mind. 

Then, he left the United States in the Batwing and went to the Middle East to look for Bruce. 

“Bane!” “Phantom Kid!” 

As soon as Batman landed, he saw two acquaintances in front of him. 

“You……” 

Only, after the greeting, the first person Batman looked at was actually not Bane, who had broken his spine.

It was Mathison, Phantom Kid. 

“Lucius has told me everything you’ve done in Gotham these days.” Batman seriously said. 

“Thank you for everything you did for this city.” 

Bruce had mixed feelings. He had to go through all the hardships to climb out of that dark prison. 

He failed countless times, 

And had to spend several months in prison. 

From waiting for his spine to heal at first, to working out against all odds, he finally jumped on the final high platform and climbed out of prison.

Originally, he thought Gotham would gradually fall apart under Bane’s plan and fall into endless civil unrest. 

As a result, when Bruce was found by Alfred, they received a contact signal from Lucius. 

Then, they discovered that Phantom Kid had released a notice, stating that he was going to steal the nuclear bomb. 

As well as all the deeds Kid had done to help the GCPD after his return to Gotham. 

Even Lucius was rescued by Kid. 

It seems that Kid had given some thought to what he had told him…

Batman looked at Kid with a satisfied expression. 

The current Kid will inherit his mantle in the future without any problem. It seems that he won’t have to worry about that anymore.

Mathison: “…” 

«Hey, hey, what kind of weird look is that?»

«The person who broke your spine is literally beside you! Look at him, not me!»

«Shouldn’t you jump straight at Bane and get revenge for what he had done to you?»

“Batman, I’ll leave Bane for you to deal with, I’m leaving.”

“Bye!” 

Mathison ignored Batman’s gratitude, and after saying this, he threw a smoke bomb and disappeared in place. 

He was off to find the real nuke.

“I didn’t expect you to survive there, Bruce.” 

Only then did Bane speak slowly. 

He stared at Batman’s face solemnly, as if he could see Bruce’s face through his helmet.