Phantom Kid in the American Comic World
108. Magic is just a trick

"It seems you forgot one thing, Chief George."

Tony answered defiantly, while taking off his suit helmet so that the other party could see the expression on his face. Although Tony tried to speak in a polite tone, his face was filled with disdain and arrogance.

"This is my place, the decisions I have to make are none of your business."

Tony proudly followed.

"Instead, you must do exactly as I say."

"I hope you know what you're talking about."

George snorted coldly.

No matter how angry he was, towards a super-capitalist like Tony, the police really did not have the strength to oppose him.

If Tony gets angry, most of the "tax money" will be deducted.

"There's no need for me to come and deal with the Phantom Kid, someone will deal with him."

Tony looked at the Phantom Kid in the distance, looking at him deeply. He doesn't know what he's thinking.

“Bum... boom...bum”.

Suddenly, there was the sound of new footsteps in the sky.

The people who heard the footsteps were instantly dumbfounded because it was completely different from the one the Phantom Kid made!

The Phantom Kid trail is crisp, fun, steady, and light. The new footsteps sounded heavy.

“Why did I hear another footstep? Is this really from the sky?”

Someone in the audience asked hurriedly.

"I should have heard it clearly."

"That means there's someone else walking in the sky besides the Phantom Kid?"

"Did anyone solve Kid's trick?"

"How can this be!"

“Where is that person?”

Countless spectators started to look around, hoping to find a second person walking in the air.

However, they saw nothing but darkness in the sky.

At this moment, a helicopter that was in compliance with Unit No. 7 suddenly turned on its searchlight. In an instant, a dazzling light illuminated the black figure below.

The batman!

The light absorption efficiency of the bat suit is excellent, and it is almost invisible in the dark, no wonder no one sees it.

As everyone expected, Batman did soar in the sky, walking forward, step by step.

Until he actually faced the Phantom Kid.

“This Unit No. 12, there is a suspicious target. We're following. More."

Above Unit No. 12, Alfred reported to George in earnest.

“Batman again! Why did he come to New York? Could he be spending the holidays with the Phantom Kid? ”

Hearing this, George frowned and was suddenly dissatisfied.

"Regardless of the unknown past between them, Batman and the Phantom Kid are currently one of the most wanted villains, and I can't let them escape today!"

George ordered ruthlessly.

"All helicopters, bring me closer to the Phantom Kid and Batman."

"Remain, immediately clear the road in front of the central exhibition hall and evacuate the crowd."

"I can't believe the Phantom Kid can still blend in with the crowd by disguising himself in the sky!"

After George's order was issued, his men answered in unison.

"Yes sir!"

More helicopters are approaching their location. There were already several helicopters circling around the Phantom Kid, blocking almost every way to retreat.

But the strange thing was that no matter how many helicopters gathered, and how much wind they blew at high speed, the Phantom Kid did not seem to be affected at all. 

The most amazing thing was that his robe still retained its original shape and was not blown away by the wind!

Unlike Batman, his black robe was already blown away by the wind.

"Mathison, what are you going to do now?"

Faced with this situation, Charlie asked Mathison, through a custom-made badge.

"Don't worry, they can't catch us."

Mathison showed me a smirk. He always had a solid plan.

"Batman, I did think that you might break my air walking technique, but what I was more than expecting was that you would do the exact same trick in front of me."

As the Phantom Kid and Batman gradually approach each other, and when they are only a few tens of meters apart, Mathison suddenly shouts at Batman, with a faint depressed tone.

“Before doing a trick, you must not reveal what will happen; you cannot do the same magic trick twice in front of the same audience, at the same time, at the same time, and in the same place.”

“Three principles of this famous magic trick, you broke two of them at once this time. Phantom Kid, maybe you think you're genius enough to be a special case, but as a true magician, you don't seem to learn the basics

The sound of Batman's magnetism in response to the Phantom Kid.

“And by learning how to walk in the sky, I just proved to people that your airwalk is not a miracle, and that anyone can do it with a little practice.”

"All so-called 'miracles' are actually nothing more than a trick."

Hearing this, the Phantom Kid waved his hand.

"Wow, Batman, did you know that your current behavior only destroys the work of others?"

“You are a superhero, why did you learn the principles of magic tricks? Well, I must admit that I was tempted to challenge the person who discovered these principles, he seemed a little arrogant to me. ”

"But there's one thing I don't agree with you."

Suddenly, Kid's reckless tone became serious.

"I never thought of using 'miracles' as a hoax to deceive my audience, and there was no hidden conspiracy."

“Maybe magic itself is a hoax, but in fact all viewers know this well, but why do so many like it? Because people who watch magic like to be cheated.”

Batman glanced at Kid, who was not far in front of him with a surprised expression. He didn't expect her to say this.

However, Batman finds a clue as he watches Kid closely.

The distance between the two was too far before; so he could not see many details clearly. However, now that there was only less than 30 meters between the two, Batman was naturally able to find many details that he could not see before.

For example, the steel wire lifted from Unit No. 7 does not seem to hang on the Phantom Kid's body…

Kid did walk in the air, and approached Batman's position step by step. Even the sound of his footsteps unceasingly emerged from the loudspeakers.

Could it be a puppet?

No, not even a puppet had to be hung with a wire. In addition, Batman already has a deep understanding of the Kid doll, and he can be sure that the man in front of him is not one of them.

Unless……

"Alfred, hurry up and get close to Unit No. 7, I want to make sure of one thing."

Batman urges Alfred in the helicopter.