Phantom Kid in the American Comic World
1. Phantom kid's first notice
"On the night of the full moon, after the sunset curtain falls, I will claim the Stone of Destiny under the first moonlight.", Phantom Kid joins in!
The GCPD, the headquarters of the Gotham City Police Department, received a strange letter today, precisely a provocative letter.
The paper is premium quality, rough, like a piece of cardboard but much thinner than that. The text on the letter was printed, so there was no way of knowing by whom the letter was written in handwriting.
In the lower right corner of the text, there is an image of a cartoon head with a high bowler hat and lensed glasses.
The Stone of Destiny is an alias for sapphire, one of the most precious stones in the world.
Coincidentally, just three days later, the Gotham City Exhibition Hall will exhibit the world's largest sapphire, the Star of Adam!
Value $ 170 million.
And that day, too, was the day of the full moon.
From the contents of that provocative letter, it seemed like there was a thief who liked Adam's Star. Clearly, he had planned to steal it on the day of the exhibition and send a teaser to the police …
You're kidding!
No thief in the world would tell the police before stealing, unless he was a psychopath.
This letter highlights all the police on her ...
Jim Gordon, Commissioner of the Gotham Police Department.
The security of the Star of Adam, a national treasure, is the sole responsibility of the GCPD. They had scheduled to deploy more than a hundred police officers at the site.
However, right after receiving the letter, Gordon immediately approached a tenth of Gotham's police force to take responsibility for protecting Adam's Star.
”Commissioner, is the number of people scheduled to the Exhibition Hall too many?”, said Aaron Cash, right after he joined Gordon at his office.
It was he who discovered and then reported the warning letter, even though he himself completely ignored it.
"Aaron, don't you think the last few years have been too quiet?"
Gordon's eyes were as deep as a tunnel, as if he was recalling the calamities of the past.
"Oh, dear Chief, why do you want me to think of the Arkham villains, whereas they have all been defeated by the Bat ...?"
"Don't say that name, he's gone!"
”OK, Chief, I won't say it. But what I have to say is that Gotham has changed since the incident eight years ago, it is not the same City of Sin as it used to be.”, Aaron said, with intent.
"I know, but this teasing letter makes me uneasy."
"You think this might be another lunatic?"
”Aaron, you have been through all that with me, you must understand that this city is never short of crazy people.
In a city where prosperity and sin coexist, no matter how shiny and bright the skyscrapers outside are, dirty and dark alleys are behind them, even the GCPD is no exception.
In a dark alley behind the Gotham Police Department, Mathison Fang appears. A young man of Asian descent whose parents died young, Mathison is a twenty-year-old second-year student at Gotham University.
He is our destined Phantom Kid.
Yeah, he sent a teaser letter to the GCPD not long ago.
«All other villains have all kinds of talented great powers, why do I only have the super strength of thief?»,
Leaving the police station, Mathison thought, with depression, as she walked home.
Ever since he was transmitted to this world ten years ago, he was shocked to learn that this place was named Gotham and there was a super rich man by the surname Wayne.
Just when he thought this was the DC universe, he saw some reports that a legendary inventor, Tony Stark, had slept with another magazine celebrity ...
«Yes, DC is dangerous by itself, you have to add Marvel to it?»
«Thanos dancing with Darkseid?»
«Infinity gloves vs Anti-life Equation?»
«I'm afraid the Earth will be rebooted indefinitely!»
”If it's just Marvel, I can bet on the half that survived Thanos' snap, but with the existence of the anti-life Equation, only death is expected.”
After years of observing, Mathison is convinced that she lives in a world based on the Marvel Cinematic Universe with multiple DCs, all fused in chaos. It's just that, in this world, there's Gotham but not Metropolis: Batman without Superman.
As for the exact number of other DC heroes who might still be hiding, Mathison isn't sure.
In terms of timeline, Gotham is here before the start of Nolan's version of the Dark Knight Rises storyline, and, on the New York side, Stark has just announced himself as Iron man.
The Great War in New York has far-reaching implications, but it has nothing to do with Gotham and may not extend to Gotham until the Age of Ultron.
Whenever he thought about how dangerous this world was, Mathison sighed that she was in the saddest transmigrant in history.
Everyone is given some sort of ninjutsu, superpowers, immortality, Kryptonian blood, alien magic…
«What about myself? Seriously, system thief?!»
"I admit that being a thief is very pretentious, but what should I do with it in this dangerous environment?"
«What is more frightening is that this thief system gives him nothing but a beginner's smart skills package.»
In the beginning, there was not even a manual to explain to him how to use his strength, what his potential was, or how to unlock his full mastery.
It was up to him to fully discover his skills and it took him ten years to do so.
With the zeal not to waste his skills, Mathison decided to be brave. Perhaps, his thief system would be fully activated once he became a Phantom Thief.
However, the past few years have been quiet in Gotham, with super villains, like the Scarecrow, all in the net, and Batman retreating into obscurity.
Before Bane came to Gotham, there were no hard people to deal with.
But at this time, Gordon himself is fighting the existing criminals.
As a result, there was no better time than now for the Phantom Kid to make a move.
Three days passed, and it was finally the day Kid announced.
On that day, Gordon and Aaron arrive early at the Gotham City Exhibition Hall with a team of police, and are then startled by an overwhelming crowd.
What they saw was the gates of the Exhibition Hall filled with people, all detained by a dozen police officers who had been stationed to guard at the entrance.
It's not even time for the museum to open…
"What's going on here, why are there so many people coming?", asked Gordon, frowning.
”It... I don't know, Mr.”, Aaron also looked dumbfounded.
Although the Star of Adam is precious, it is usually not so attractive to ordinary people. This attracted the attention of exclusion from the upper classes.
At a glance, the entrance was blocked by over 300 people, and this number was increasing every second.
One should know that it is only seven in the morning and the exhibition will not start until two in the afternoon. The event will last for twenty-four hours, until two noon the next day, and will not be closed in the middle of the road.
”Could it?”, a possibility suddenly appeared in Gordon's mind, “these people couldn't possibly be here for Phantom Kid, right?”
How is that possible? The GCPD has not announced this to the public, only the exhibition staff and police department know about it…
”Look, here it is, Gordon!”, suddenly heard cries of fear from the crowd.
And soon, dozens of people came out of the crowd and surrounded Gordon and Aaron. Groups of people, both men and women, some carrying cameras and some holding microphones, are clearly journalists from the mass media.
As soon as they showed up, they started asking Gordon questions, each with their own questions. However, the stream of questions raised did not surprise Gordon.
"Commissioner Gordon, may I ask if you know the true identity of the Phantom Kid?"
"Commissioner Gordon, may I ask if it's true that the Phantom Kid will come to steal Adam's Star today?"
"I heard that you made an exception and mobilized one-tenth of the GCPD police force to protect the exhibition hall, as far as I know, the value of the Star of Adam does not seem to require any major mobilization from the police force."
”The need to mobilize so many police to fight one new criminal occurred eight years ago during a wave of supervillains. Do you think the Phantom Kid will become another super villain in Gotham after eight years?”
"DIAM!", cried Gordon.
The reporters' mouths were tightly shut with their eyes glaring at Gordon.
"Before I can answer your question, all I need to know is why do you know about the Phantom Kid, and why are these civilians gathered here?"
Hearing his statement, the crowd of reporters looked at Gordon with strange eyes.
”Do you not know about Kid's letter? Last night, someone from downtown Gotham found a teaser letter from the thief's Phantom Kid saying that he was going to take the Stone of Destiny today.”
“The story has gone viral on the internet. You won't realize it, will you? ”
The reporter who asked the question wore a duck hat pressed low enough that his face was illegible.
Gordon looked at Aaron.
"Hey, Master, what are you looking at me for? Everyone knows I'm not good at socializing online or anything.”.
Curtains: “....”.