Phantom Kid in the American Comic World
25. Suspicions

"The weather's been great these few days, how did you catch a cold?"

Mathison sneezed a few times in a row quickly, her nose still red.

barbara said helplessly.

”Maybe.. because yesterday I took a cold shower and slept a night without blankets.”.

Mathison finds herself the reason. After swimming in the cold sea water for over an hour last night, how could he not catch a cold? He'd be lucky if he didn't have a fever.

After all, the magic talisman only made him breathe like a fish, not making him resistant to freezing like a fish.

“I mean, don't look around for unreasonable reasons, okay? I've known you for over ten years and I've never seen you take a cold shower.”

Barbara leaned closer to Mathison and looked into her eyes, "You're not swimming in the middle of the night, are you?"

Hearing that, Mathison's mind stuttered. Does Barbara know anything?

He maintained his composure and said with a puzzled look: "What are you talking about, who is going to swim in the middle of the night, and even if someone goes to the pool, he said, it doesn't guarantee they catch a cold, you fool."

"Who do you call stupid?" barbara said furiously.

"Well, however, I'll be fine tomorrow, so don't worry about me" Mathison said in a calming tone.

"Nobody worries about you, asshole", Barbara's face flushed for a moment, as she said angrily.

Hearing this, Mathison said, "Whoever has just blushed now."

”Ck, your relationship is fine, but can you stop flirting in class? There are still many single people here, like me.”

At that moment, a dissatisfied voice interrupted the conversation between the two.

Mathison turned to look at a beautiful, wavy-looking girl sitting behind the two.

"Aster flowers?" barbara said in surprise.

"What are you doing at school?"

“Actually, I was the first to enter class today, but you guys ignored me.” Daisy reveals how hurt she is.

"Aren't you planning to graduate early and work as an intern for the female astronomer program?"

”Wow, you guys won't believe me when I tell you, Jane... oh that's my current master teacher, he likes to learn strange things, like Norse mythology, he seems to think it's true!”

"That's all rainbow bridges, thunder gods, evil gods and such, I'm sure you all know that."

Daisy sighed, she had already begun to wonder if her tutor's PhD degree was a fake.

Yes, she is Daisy Lewis, intern with Thor's girlfriend, Jane Foster. Daisy just got into Jane's internship a few months ago.

Mathison and Barbara have met Daisy when they first started college, and the three are considered close friends.

Like Barbara, Daisy is disliked, for the same reason. Barbara is a top computer genius, Daisy is an outstanding student, almost always ahead of her time in every course she takes, earning a scholarship every year, and even graduated early from Gotham University after only two years.

At this time, Mathison was much more popular than both and very popular in school.

He is handsome, a magician, a good sportsman, funny, and wise.

At first, Mathison doesn't know who Daisy is until she mentions Jane's apprentice, only then does Mathison remember who she is.

“One day, Jane told me that she seemed to have received an unusual wave and was going to travel to New Mexico ..”

Then the Great War in New York shouldn't be far off.

Even though he was in Gotham, near New York, the Chitauri army should not be able to reach him, which did not worry him.

He just didn't know exactly when Thor would be dropped to Earth; after all, it was normal for researchers like Jane to be delayed for months or even half a year.

"That's why you don't fit in with him?", Mathison asked.

”Oh, never mind, Jane said she had to go to her tutor, an old man named Killwig or something, and it would take about ten days, so I was given a break in the meantime, so, and I had nothing to do, so I came to school to have fun.”

It was supposed to be Erik Selvig, Mathison's mouth twitched, that's how Daisy, despite her superior intelligence, sometimes reveals the nature of her book lice.

The three chatted for a while until the class started.

“What do you think of that beach on the south coast of Downtown Island, what do you think of the view?”, Barbara asked suddenly.

Mathison was instantly told the fact that, as far as she could remember, she had never been there with Barbara, so why would she suddenly ask such a question?

Barbara was suspicious. Did he reveal anything yesterday?

But she never woke up in front of Barbara, she always fell asleep when she was around.

Even after thinking at length, Mathison could not think of what made Barbara suspicious.

Is it because he has a fever? Just because of that?

”City Center Island Beach, has always been a tourist destination, and; from the promotional map, the scenery there is very beautiful..By the way, we have never been there.”.

Mathison pretended not to hear Barbara's implication and said, “What? Do you want to go and have fun? Let's go together sometime.”

Barbara was silent for a moment and wondered if she really suspected the wrong person. Mathison doesn't look like she's acting, and she's already tested it several times today, with no results.

He imagines Mathison as a callous villain, but he doesn't look like a witty, witty Kid ...

Hmm. wrong!

Kid is so good at disguising himself that even the people who know him best can't see him, so who knows if he accidentally put on this look!

Barbara judged Mathison suspiciously.

Hmmm …

He still feels something is wrong with him!

“Wah! You guys going to Downtown Island Beach? Are you going on a date?”

Daisy once again intervenes in the conversation between the two, “Trust me, this is a couples holiday paradise, especially if you sunbathe there, very convenient, I tried it once.”

He was right, it was indeed a comfortable place. Mathison agreed, because she only experienced it yesterday.

Daisy turns to Barbara and winks at her, flirting, “Barbara, are you finally brave enough to take that step, or is Mathison coming first.

Barbara shut Daisy's mouth.

This display of excitement made Mathison look dumbfounded, even as the eyes of the entire class were on them.

"Miss Gordon, what are you doing?"

From the podium, the professor looked at Barbara with a "good look".