Phantom Kid in the American Comic World
22. A Lifetime Gift?

A strand of hair floated down from Serena's head, and she froze on the spot, dumbfounded, unable to believe what she had just seen.

Phantom Kid can actually use a gun!

Ugh.

But the problem was that the bullet he used was special, still, with the gun he used to play cards!

And not just any playing cards, he shot. A moment before, Serena and Mathison shot at the same time. He didn't expect Kid to be a good sniper! With extremely accurate calculations, the playing cards collided with the bullets Serena fired, and the extremely sharp playing cards had split the bullets in half!

After slashing a bullet, the poker momentum continued, sweeping Serena's face and cutting off a part of her hair.

"Miss Kyle, it looks like you lost to me once again."

Taking advantage of Serena's loss of focus, Mathison quickly closes the distance between them and seizes her weapon.

"Yes, you won, so what are you going to do with me?"

Serena said helplessly, stretching out her hand.

She's Catwoman, a thief, not a hero. In fact, he's not a thief rather than a decent guy who's bullshit. To think that he would have such a response, accept death, act generously, was insane.

If you come as a winner, you have defeated your opponent; if you come as a loser, you either surrender or flee; that is what the wise will do.

Yes, we agreed that he had accepted Daggett's offer and promised to protect the gem, but he was not willing to risk his life to do so, even for the "Cleaning Program".

"Well, you know, Miss Kyle, sometimes it's hard to be too thoughtful, I think you'll jump at me without thinking."

It was also a relief for Mathison, something like a bullet poker card belonging to a fantasy world, and if she had not practiced it in the previous simulation, she would not have dared to use it.

As soon as Mathison's body stepped through the hidden door and entered the room completely, the door closed automatically, the mechanism activated and the two doors to the corridor were automatically opened.

Meanwhile, in the collection room, Gordon was about to have his men unlock, but the door suddenly opened by itself.

”Be careful everyone, two different gunshots are heard from inside, the possibility of Phantom Kid being in a fight with someone. Enemies are armed, so be careful not to get hurt!”

Worrying about his team, Gordon took the lead, maintaining a ready-to-fire stance, as he slowly walked into the corridor.

Little by little, he moved forward, and by the time he reached the dark door, he happened to meet a team from another collection room, neither side had seen Kid's whereabouts.

"What's this?! Did Kid just disappear?”

Some officers exclaimed.

“No way, there must be some kind of hidden door or something here. Spread it out and look for any mechanism that can trigger it, and be careful to act within the bounds of the law!”

Aaron said nonchalantly, he did not believe that people would somehow disappear.

”Phantom Kid, the police are already outside. It only takes a few minutes before they find out about this place, and when they find out..”.

Serena tried to make the smile on her face look more natural and friendly.

"Well then?"

Mathison hummed and tied her last knot, she looked at it closely for a while and was pleased with her skills. He asserted that even a runaway master would need a bit of work to get out of this tie.

“I mean, you can do it without tying me up, we can join hands. After all, we are peers, aren't we? You even said I was your senior last time, do you remember that? And I know where the secret passage is here where you can escape. ”

Serena is helpless, wondering how she can make the Phantom Kid change his mind.

”This Cat's Eye Emerald from Daggett collection, nice, gorgeous once.”

Mathison ignores Catwoman's plea and instead searches the room, quickly finding her target.

Catwoman screamed in her mind.

   What kind of bond was this person bound to, and why was it so hard to let go? He had been tied up so many times, but no matter how strong the bond was, he could break free from it in less than three seconds.

Only the knot Mathison had tied gave her a feeling of helplessness.

There are also some gems that are worth more than gold and Cat's Eye Emerald, not as good as Cat's Eye, but all of them are of the highest quality.

"Unfortunately, Phantom never did anything other than what he wrote in his teaser letter... I'll be back for another visit when I'm interested in something else."

Listening to Mathison talking to herself at the side, Serena could not help but roll her eyes. Saying that he will return whenever he wants, Mathison talks as if Daggett's private collection isn't that hard to infiltrate, but, again, this is the Phantom Kid we're talking about

"Miss Kyle, what do you seem to have something against me?"

"No, no, why am I against you, I think you're right."

Serena was shocked and obeyed her inner thoughts.

Surprisingly, despite being tied up by Kid, he couldn't hate her. Even the shot he had just fired had resolved his feud with the man over the Star of Adam incident.

She accepts that she is not as good as him, this time. So, after this deal, she decided that she would avoid it if she met him in the future.

Anyone who wants the title of Gotham's number one thief can have it!

He knew how good he was, he did not start this crime to play around.

“It's a shame, isn't it? The gem is beautiful, but it doesn't match this necklace. The two are beautiful separately, but they must be combined together.

Mathison removed the Cat's Eye Emerald from the necklace and only then nodded in satisfaction.

"Oh! By the way, didn't you say you'd give the person who found you first, a 'gift of a lifetime?' No one guessed your identity before I did. ”

Suddenly, Serena recalled Mathison's previous statement, she didn't ask for any precious gifts, she just wanted him to untie her before the police came and arrested her.

"Yes ... Miss Kyle, you've reminded me that I did say that."

Mathison pondered, looking embarrassed.

“Unfortunately, I don't think anyone can really see me. I've got nothing but this Cat's Eye Emerald, I'm sorry, I can't give it to you.”

"There's quite a lot of treasure in this room, but unfortunately it belongs to Mr. Daggett and I don't have the right to give you one of them."

The corner of Serena's mouth twitched, were these human words?

So Cat's Eye Emerald belongs to your family?

“It's okay, I don't need treasure, I just need you to help me..”.

The words stopped abruptly as Mathison suddenly reached out to raise Serena's chin, while the other hand removed her mask, revealing Serena's facial features.

From Catwoman's point of view, the Phantom Kid smiled wickedly as his face drew nearer.

"What does he want? Kissing me with force? What kind of gift is this?”

Serena's heart beat faster as she recalled that Kid had snatched the Star of Adam from her chest…

“Mm!”

He felt Kid's hand on his shoulder and could only blush and close his eyes.

It was not because of the kiss she was leaning towards, but the fact that her hands and feet were still tied had given her the impression that the situation was akin to slavery …

Who could stand such a thing!

After a while, that imaginary rough kiss did not happen, even Mathison's hand left her shoulder, Serena opened her eyes in a daze.

The Phantom Kid has disappeared and a secret passageway has been opened.

At the same time, the secret door was also opened by the police and Gordon and the others rushed in, catching a glimpse of Serena with hands and feet tied to – and a necklace around her neck.

Precisely, a necklace with cards on it…