Phantom Kid in the American Comic World
135. Oracle and the Rising Tide Organization

 New York's.

No one knows about the impending storm that will erupt in Gotham. 

At first, Mathison didn't want to come to New York, but now, she discovers that it's actually pretty good. 

At least in terms of size, New York is several times larger than Gotham, and there are plenty of places to visit. 

As a result, Mathison's daily life is mostly spent training her skills and shopping with Barbara and Pamela. Throughout his daily life, these two activities became his main focus. 

Self-disciplined men are often like this… 

As for the reason she accompanied Pamela, sometimes Barbara would invite her, and sometimes she just invited herself. 

Mathison knows that Pamela has not given up on him, though she repeatedly hints that she should stop insisting, but to no avail. 

Instead, the people who saw them together suspected that something suspicious was going on between them and one of them even complained to Barbara. 

Fortunately, Barbara did not believe such nonsense and taught him a lesson. 

Over time, Mathison has to pretend nothing happened. 

Pamela never took the initiative to talk to Mathison in front of Barbara. After all, they have an agreement that Pamela will help Mathison hide her identity. 

Oh yeah, Mathison also needs to buy Charlie's clothes on a regular basis! 

Since owning Charlie, Mathison realizes that her wallet is becoming less and less full. 

It's not Charlie's problem being a big dog. 

Her demand for clothes exceeded Mathison's own, and the clothes that Charlie thought fit were clearly not available in any store. 

Mathison can only go to a store that adjusts pet clothes to make Charlie a special set, which is very expensive. 

Not long ago, Tony managed to create a new element, and as a result, the Mark VII was produced. 

For a long time, Tony would not improve his suit but would focus on new energy fields for civil development. 

He no longer wanted to be in charge, but Stark Industries could not stand as tall as before. 

Although Iron Man's sign will be able to ensure Stark Industries' stock price continues to rise, the company itself does not have a serious major business. For now, it was as empty as a haunted attic. 

With the arms department shut down, Stark Industries directly lost nearly 60% of its business, so it had to look for alternatives. 

Otherwise, Stark Industries will sooner or later follow in the footsteps Wayne Enterprises took a few years ago. 

Tony liked the new energy industry, but unfortunately, the early Arc reactors had many defects, and it was difficult to apply them to people's lives in many aspects. 

Only after the emergence of new elements, Stark Industries was finally rejuvenated, and potentially even surpassed the previous level. 

The cultivation of new energy sources in the community has led to the rapid development of a large number of industries. 

However, traditional energy industries such as coal, oil and natural gas were hit hard. With Stark Industries in the lead, this old, polluting energy industry will soon be obliterated… 

New York University. 

"Why are you acting so weird lately?" 

Mathison asked Barbara, who was sitting with her at the same table. 

“What's weird about me?” 

After hearing this, Barbara was startled and then asked puzzledly. 

Mathison quietly placed the mirror before Barbara's eyes. 

Just to see the dark bags under his eyes, apparently due to staying up for a few days. 

“You didn't have such a thick dark circle when we went shopping in Brooklyn last time. What are you doing tonight?” 

Mathison looked at Barbara with a sharp look. 

“Eh..” 

Barbara's eyes blinked. 

“Nothing, it's just that lately I've been addicted to staying up late watching movies.” 

"Oh yeah?" 

Mathison looked at Barbara suspiciously. 

“I want to know if you need to type while watching movies, yes?” 

"And whenever he wants to see what you're doing, you're not gonna let him see?" 

"If it wasn't for today's class, I really wouldn't have known what happened to you these past few days!" 

Mathison asked him questions, one after another, putting a lot of pressure on him. 

A few drops of sweat came down from Barbara's forehead.Pamela was really complaining to her! 

Well, not really! 

Was it, once Mathison entered school today, Pamela went to report this to her? 

What is Pamela trying to do? 

But then again, they are still good girlfriends! 

Barbara, having learned this, gathers her courage and is about to ask why Mathison and Pamela met without her knowledge. 

However, when he saw Mathison's cold expression, he was instantly desperate. 

He doesn't really doubt the relationship between him and Mathison. 

More importantly, she and Mathison are not yet a couple, and even if one of them really has something romantic, the other has no right to oppose it. 

Moreover, Barbara really hopes Pamela can get out of the influence of the Phantom Kid. 

"Do you think that Pamela might actually bite you?" 

said Mathison instantly. 

"No, there's nothing like this!" 

Barbara said with a twist of her head. 

"Okay, then tell me why are you lying to me now?" 

Mathison said firmly. 

In fact, she knew what Barbara was doing, and Pamela told her everything. 

Even if Barbara didn't allow Pamela to see her computer screen, the latter was Poison Ivy; she could share the perspective of the plant. 

So, she caught a glimpse of what Barbara was doing through the branch near the window. 

In the past few days, she has been in contact with an organization called “Rising Tide”! 

Pamela did not know the specificity of their contacts, due to her narrow field of view 

All she knew was that Barbara seemed to want to join the Rising Tide organization and still use a virtual identity. 

He also gave himself a code name, called Oracle. 

Before and after each contact, Barbara spends a lot of time jumping into her virtual email address, to ensure that the other party won't find the original email. 

The Rising Tide organization completely failed to do this. 

When he heard the news, Mathison was shocked. 

As Batgirl, Barbara is completely unrelated to the Rising Tide organization and SHIELD agents, they come from two different worlds. 

Can they even relate to each other? Also, how could an Oracle appear even before graduating from the Batgirl stage? 

In addition, the Battle of New York had not yet begun, and Rising Tide had not organized a large number of activities. 

In other words, could Barbara be one of the veteran members of the Rising Tide organization? 

Facing Mathison's eyes, Barbara did not know whether to confess or not. 

Although based on the existing information, the Rising Tide organization should not have stood for a long time, and it was just a hacking organization. 

It's not even as dangerous as the gangs in Gotham. 

But in Barbara's perception, Mathison is a commoner, the kind that can't even handle street fights! 

Moreover, the fact that Rising Tide was able to dig up superhuman data proved that there must be some capable people among them, and the organization was not as simple as it seemed. 

So, he doesn't want Mathison involved in a tidal organization incident.