Phantom Kid in the American Comic World
80. Everything Has Changed

"Mathison, you really brought Charlie here, but pets are banned in New York University dorms."

Barbara suddenly turned to Mathison and looked at Charlie in her arms and said.

"It's okay, we don't have to stay in the dorm."

Mathison sloppy.

"Are you planning to rent a house?"

Barbara was a little surprised: “Home rent in New York is very expensive. Even if you want to squander your Family's legacy, you don't have to. You should save more money. ”

“You're too worried. I have found a part-time job that pays well enough for me to rent a house in New York.”

"What kind of part-time job?"

"Private les. I do not take on the identity of any educational institution, I only work on my own behalf. It's also a part-time job that many college students do now, and it only takes an hour to get paid fifty dollars.”

Charlie couldn't help it. In his mind, being a private tutor was a good cover-up job to bring up. It wasn't even strange for him to go alone at night and turn off his phone. Moreover, whenever he would face an emergency, he could only pretend that his phone was ringing, and leave, on behalf of his job.

Barbara frowned at Mathison's words, “An inexperienced tutor like you can drive up to thirty dollars at most in an hour. Definitely a very wealthy family willing to pay you fifty dollars.”

“I've heard that many rich kids in New York have bad personalities, and they can't be scolded no matter what mistakes they make, can you really put up with them?”

“Nothing I can't stand.”

Mathison smiled and stroked Charlie's head.

“Although Charlie was my teacher's pet, he was also part of my family. I can't leave him alone at home. To be able to take care of her, I had to make my own money to rent a room. So, for Charlie, it's nothing.”

Upon hearing Mathison's words, Barbara was moved and slightly speechless. At the same time, he was a little jealous of Charlie ...

“Barbara, do you want to rent a house together?”

Just a second later, Mathison applied.

Barbara surprised, «ini, this, this ..»

"What does this mean?"

"Did he really invite me to stay together?"

"When did Mathison become so active?"

"Is this a sign of love?"

"This must be an act of love, indeed!"

“No way, it's not sexual harassment, right?”

Barbara's brain is a mess.

"It's not good for us .. to get on with this right away, is it?"

Barbara said in a low voice and a red face.

"... However, if you insist ..."

The more he spoke, the lower his voice was. To the extent that Mathison's ears could not hear what she was saying.

"Huh?"

Mathison said in surprise, “I mean, you can also rent a house to stay in New York. After all, it would be even more troublesome to arrange a dorm for us, what is not good about that? Plus, with your father, you shouldn't be short on money, right? ”

“Eh..”

Barbara's imagination was shattered.

“No, I will stay in the school dormitory only.”

His originally red face instantly turned cold. Mathison doesn't know what's going on with her, but she thinks that the current situation might not be too suitable to talk about.

———

A few hours later, Mathison and Barbara arrive at NYU.

They have gone through casual reporting, informational delivery, and dorm assignments.

At this point, Mathison offers not to live in the dorm, while Barbara is willing to live on campus.

It's time to take his class schedule, and that's it.

The dormitories allocated to Barbara by New York University are in excellent condition. It was a very rare double room. His roommate was a senior student who was one class higher than him. It is said that he is also from Gotham.

This allowed Barbara to integrate herself well into the new life at NYU.

The official reporting day is tomorrow. Two days after the report was the school's opening day. So, they had about three days of free time.

Currently, there were basically no students in the school, so Mathison could follow Barbara to the girls' dormitory.

When the two move Barbara's luggage to the shared dormitory, they discover that her roommate is not there, but her roommate's bed is already laid, and all kinds of luggage seem to be intact.

No one knows where he went.

After helping her make the bed, Mathison plans to go out and find a home to live in.

Of course, it was just for show. He had already rented an apartment in New York, which was neither too good nor too bad.

It has three bedrooms, two living rooms. Separate living and dining room. There is also a separate kitchen and a separate, fully furnished bathroom.

Its location is in Manhattan Chinatown, and with its fluent Mandarin, Mathison easily gains the owner's favor and receives a half-price discount on moving in.

The rental price is about $2,000 per month, with additional discount for long-term payment.

The landlord only charges $20,000 for a full year's rent, which is paid in cash by Mathison.

The owner, who was called Mo, even told Mathison to call him Uncle Mo. Usually, she likes to wear Chinese kimonos and looks very old.

Some of the older neighbors said that Uncle Mo was a martial artist, but he looked like a perverted old man who was obsessed with pretty girls all the time.

Not long after walking out of Barbara's dorm building, Mathison walked to the school entrance.

Although not an official reporting day, there are still some students who come to school first today.

And right about that, a beautiful redhead walked into the school smiling, passing Mathison, towards the girls dormitory.

Mathison noticed this woman as soon as she walked through the school gates.

Because ... he is an acquaintance.

Pamela Island.

It was a poor college girl whose family was destroyed by Daggett.

The man who later came to New York with Mathison's help.

But actually, this was not the reason why Mathison noticed him. He didn't care much about helping Pamela from the start.

Almost half a year had passed, and Mathison gradually forgot that there was such a person, not to mention Pamela did not recognize him at all.

The real reason was that the first time he saw Pamela, he felt an incredible life force from her body.

It was almost as if the entire Amazon rainforest was condensed into a human.

Among all the people he saw, there was no existence with more vitality than him.

Even the Kingpin was far away from him.

Her biggest problem was that the last time she saw Pamela, she did not have such a powerful life force…