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Chapter 174: The Dark Knight Returns
February 21, 2022
in Phantom Kid in the World of American Comics
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1/5 chapter, enjoy.
Mathison walked over to the source of the sound and finally found a person behind the last bookshelf.
This person was tied up, face down on the floor facing the wall, with his back to Mathison.
When he saw the back of this man, Mathison’s heart was moved.
Simply, because he was too familiar with this figure.
Mathison walked up to the man and turned his body over.
Although he was mentally prepared, he still didn’t expect that the person locked in the Clock Tower by the Riddler would be “him”!
After a brief inspection, Mathison confirmed that the person detained here was still alive, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
“Charlie, the plan has changed, stop now!”
Mathison quickly contacted Charlie, praying that it wasn’t too late.
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On the other side, after Pamela and Barbara lost Deathstroke, they entered Gotham’s underground passage.
Under Pamela’s active guidance, the two women gradually approached Gordon’s underground base.
“We are about to enter the confines of the Edinburgh district.”
Past a corner, Pamela turned to Barbara and said.
“Why are we coming to Edinburgh?”
Barbara asked in confusion.
“Aren’t you always worried about your father?”
Hearing this, Pamela smiled at her.
“What! Did you find my father?”
Barbara asked in surprise.
“How is he now?”
“I haven’t had time to tell you about this. Didn’t I split up with you to find Chief Gordon and James Jr. the night before Deathstroke hit Robinson Park?”
“On the way to find little James, I met someone.”
Then, Pamela told Barbara about her encounter with Phantom Kid.
Of course, she didn’t mention Mathison’s name.
“Oh, Pamela, I must thank you for this great news!”
After hearing Pamela’s story, Barbara hugged her tightly and excitedly.
“Hey! Hey! Don’t get too excited. There is still a lot of time for you to catch up when you see your father.”
Pamela patted Barbara’s back and said helplessly.
“Okay.”
Barbara nodded, and the two parted into moving on.
After a while, the two women finally came to Gordon’s base.
They didn’t go directly in, but found a sewer well and covered it to the ground.
After all, what Gordon and the others saw Pamela as was “Fujiko Mine”, not her original appearance.
So, Pamela couldn’t explain how she knew about the location of the underground base.
She knew that Gordon was now sending someone to find Barbara in secret, and they could easily be spotted as long as they walked around.
As for why the two of them came to the Edinburgh area, it would be no problem to blame it all on Deathstroke.
Barbara knows what Pamela will be facing, and she was willing to help her pull a believable act.
So, after about two hours or so of turning around, the two ladies managed to get stopped by someone.
The person who came was none other than Blake.
As the youngest and strongest member of the current police force, he is basically the easiest to dispatch.
At this time, Blake had actually been looking in the direction that Fujiko Mine had divulged to them that day.
But no trace of Barbara was ever found.
As a result, he didn’t expect to encounter them on the way back.
“Barbara! Why are you here?”
Blake asked in confusion first, then turned his attention to Pamela.
“And this one is
?”
“Pamela. Don’t worry, it’s one of our own.”
Barbara interrupted.
Blake nodded, knowing that Pamela should be the one who accompanied Barbara to Gotham.
In Gotham’s current situation, being able to sacrifice their lives to accompany each other is enough to confirm the deep feelings between the two of them.
“This is not a safe place, come with me. Your father really wants to see you.”
Blake looked around, making sure no one noticed them.
“Let’s go.”
Barbara and Pamela followed behind Blake and returned to the underground tunnel.
“It’s much safer here.”
After a short walk, Blake turned to Barbara and said.
“Barbara, why are you coming this way? Have you met Lupin III and the others?”
“And what’s about the injury on your arm?”
“Who is Lupin III? I’ve never met this man.”
Barbara wondered, “Actually, Pamela and I escaped all the way from the Old Town.”
“I met Deathstroke and managed to escape his pursuit.”
“Deathstroke?”
Blake was dumbfounded.
As a Gothamite, how could he not know of Deathstroke?
He took a deep look at Pamela, the ordinary girl who was able to escape from Deathstroke.
This person is not ordinary!
Although Blake doesn’t know what Barbara’s ability is, he believes that no matter how strong she is, she will not be a match for Deathstroke, and escaping is much more difficult.
If Pamela was only dead weight, the two of them would have never escaped Deathstroke.
The two women arriving at this spot safely prove that they have truly escaped the pursuit of Deathstroke. There are not many people in the world who can do this.
Blake was calm on the surface, but inwardly he was attentive to Pamela.
Soon, they came to the base’s entrance.
Blake was about to knock on the door when he suddenly felt that someone was watching him.
He stopped and looked sharply into the depths of the tunnel behind him, but there was no one there.
The strange feeling also dissipated.
Blake shook his head, it seemed that it was only his imagination, and continued to knock on the door.
This time it was Aaron who opened the door for them.
“Oh! It’s Barbara! Rookie, you really got her back!”
As soon as the door opened, Aaron saw Barbara and grinned.
“Hey, Jim! Come and see, your baby girl is fine
 well, she’s got a broken arm, she’s a tough girl.”
“Of course, you are even more of a stupid girl. You are so stupid!”
After laughing, Aaron reprimanded Barbara with a straight face.
“ Who told you to go back to Gotham, do you know how dangerous this place is now? The situation is already tense and you have to cause trouble for us!”
“Yes, yes, I’m sorry, Uncle Cash.”
Barbara wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and quickly changed the subject.
“Where is my father?”
“Come with me.”
However, just as they entered the base, the field suddenly plunged into darkness.
“What the hell is this, who cut off the power system?”
Aaron yelled.
Barbara quickly formed a circle, back to back, with the other to deal with this emergency.
Maybe after a few seconds, a dozen seconds, or a minute, the disconnected power will automatically be restored.
The lighting system came back on.
Nothing happened.
Seems like just a normal experience.
“The circuit used in the underground passage is completely different from that of a home circuit,  this shouldn’t happen.”
In Aaron’s experience, the power supply to the underground passage has not failed for more than five years.
“If someone has made a move, then his target is probably not us.”
Blake suggested one possibility.
“Jim!”
Aaron suddenly realised, and so did the others.
They quickly ran deep into the base, seeking to hurry up and get to the tunnel where Gordon is.
“Don’t worry
 I’m fine.”
However, before they were halfway there, Gordon staggered over.
“Jim, do you know what just happened?”
Aaron hurried over to help Gordon.
“He
 he’s back
”
Gordon said intermittently, while slowly raising his hand to the crowd.
Jim was holding a Batdart in his hand!
And it’s not the fake one Barbara used, it’s the real Batdart!
This also means that the power outage just now was not accidental, nor was it caused by Bane’s people.
Rather, it was a sign of the Dark Knight’s return!