Phantom Kid in the American Comic World
93.Meet Batman Again

“Lonely heroes fall from the sky

On behalf of the moon's daughter waiting for an opportunity

When the journey begins

I will begin this glorious ceremony

To take the old ark

Sincerely, Phantom Kid”

Tony wanted to reveal the contents of the teaser letter.

“The Wanderer's Journey has another name, namely Journey of the Fool, which is the first number in the tarot card, The Fool.”

"The Rank of an Idiot is zero, which means the time you do is zero."

“So also, in Tarot, the moon is symbolized by a priest, which means wise woman.”

"As I just said, this notification puzzle is a cold joke."

"'The lonely hero who fell from the sky' should have meant that I first fell from the sky wearing a war suit, because I was a hero."

tony said with narcissism.

“I don't know why you used the word fall, but..”.

"Sorry, sir, I don't think Ms. Poz will be Phantom Kid."

Jarvis interrupted Tony suddenly.

"What do you mean?"

In the armor, Tony wondered.

“I just scanned Ms vital characteristics. Poz. He is the real Pepper Poz.”

Toni: “...”

“Oh, Shit!”

After hearing Tony's reasoning, Pepper inevitably showed an angry expression on his face.

"Are you crazy, Toni?"

He was roaring at Tony.

The familiar Pepper has returned…

"I'm so worried about you, and you think I'm a fake?"

“No, no, I just feel that your attitude towards me today is not entirely correct.”

Despite being protected by the battlesuit, Tony's forehead couldn't withstand the sweat.

“I heard Rhodes say that you are sick, maybe even dying! He also said that, with your pride, you would never tell me about this. So, I was told not to act too agitated.”

As he spoke, Pepper's eye circles turned red.

“Is that true, are you really dying?

"What are you talking about! Who said I was sick?"

Tony asked as his eyes widened in an instant.

"That's Rohdes, your best friend."

“No way, Rohdes doesn't even know about this!”

Tony's eyes became serious.

“He's not Rhodes, it's Phantom Kid! What else did he tell you?”

Although Tony was wearing a helmet, and Pepper could not see Tony's eyes, his hasty tone made him realize the seriousness of the matter.

Pepper took a deep breath and stabilized his emotions.

“She said that she has found a way to cure your illness, but that will take a certain time. He was worried that you would take an untested medicine without permission, so I had to keep it a secret until the medicine was successfully made.”

Pepper recalled what Rohdes said when he called the other day.

"You've been lied to, Pepper!"

Tony finally understood what was going on. The Phantom Kid first uses Rod's voice to trick Pepper into dying and then asks Pepper to keep it a secret. This way, Pepper would act in a very different way.

Coupled with the content of the teaser letter, it was very easy to mislead others into thinking that Pepper was pretending to be the Phantom Kid.

“But how did Kid know about my palladium poisoning? No, he didn't tell Pepper that I was poisoned with palladium. Maybe it was just a coincidence.”

“Listen, Pepper, I'm fine now. Don't get hung up on the thief's lies.”

“Even if he makes you think that I'm undercover, what can he do? We were both on stage and no one else. What will he rely on to steal the reactor.”.

Pepper frowned while thinking, and then he suddenly stopped.

“Wait, as I got on stage, Happy also ran here!”

But where is he now?

They both felt that something bad had happened, and rushed back to the storefront to take a look. They don't realize it until they discover that the Arc reactor inside has disappeared.

The glass at the back is cut with neat round openings.

It should've been cut during the confrontation between Tony and Pepper by now. And because Tony was blocking his view, coupled with the thick smoke, Pepper could not see the screen at all.

"Jarvis, there's someone else here right now, why don't you sound the alarm."

ask Toni.

"Sorry, Sir, I've been reminding you ever since the smoke bomb exploded that an unknown interference field had been created around, reducing the suit's detection range to less than three meters."

There was no emotion in Jarvis's tone.

“Well, I don't see that he's still technical, but this thief boy shouldn't have gone far. Let's go after him.”

"Pepper, find out where Happy really is."

Tony tilted his head and ran upwards.

After flying out of the venue range, the detection interference disappeared.

Tony looked towards the parking lot. There's no one there.

“Jarvis, control all monitors in New York. I wonder where Kid, disguised as Harpy, has gone.”.

At the Stark Expo site, under a giant globe overlooking the central pavilion, "Happy" appears here carrying a briefcase.

He kept looking around to make sure there were not many pedestrians nearby and was careful to avoid the location of the monitor.

“In addition to the zero point, the Fool's Journey also represents someone you can completely disguise as: Happy Hogan is a simple fool. Am I right?"

Suddenly, a hoarse and low voice came from above.

Happy's face changed, as she looked up.

A black figure stood in the world and looked at him.

“It means the moon princess is waiting for a chance to move. That doesn't mean he's going to do anything bad. It may also be due to a certain emotional impulse, used by a person to perform a scene he does not know.”

"When do you know, Batman?"

Happy sighed, patting his collar lightly, and his distended stomach instantly flattened.

Then pull the shirt and throw it. Cover lifted.

His white robe moved without wind, and the lensed glasses on his right eye reflected an unreal backlight.

Phantom Kid shows his true form.

"Your hand."

Said Batman slowly.

“Happy Hogan used to be a great boxer. Even though he had retired for many years and became very fat, it did not mean that the calluses in his hands would disappear.”

“Although he has undergone resection surgery, making calluses in his hands difficult to see, but as long as one shakes his hand, they can still easily feel the rest of the calluses.”

Batman leaps off the globe, as he stretches his bat wings behind him just before landing to automatically counter the impact of the landing.

“Your observation of Happy Hogan is indeed very careful. You have imitated her body weight and fat percentage perfectly, but you definitely never shake hands with her.”

Mathison was silent for a moment.

He only remembers that Happy did boxing with Tony, but it was more of a playful nature. He was even beaten by Black Widow.

Did Batman just say that Happy used to be a professional boxer?

But his physique was completely different from that of a boxer.

But, again, Happy is Tony's bodyguard. His personal information is given the best protection in the world, and Mathison is completely unable to find out about Happy's past experiences.

Normally, he was almost inseparable from Tony.

It wasn't until today that Tony was about to jump off the plane, and Mathison caught the opportunity when Happy was alone.