Phantom Kid in the World of American Comics

Watching Scarecrow’s retreat, Bane fell into deep thought. “It seems that Roman Sionis is not satisfied with us managing things, even if it is only in name.” 

Talia walked from the balcony to Bane’s side and whispered. 

Even a mere Black Mask’s lapdog dared to act arrogantly in front of Bane. Since he had no fear about his life, it must be because he doesn’t regard Bane as strong. 

The possibility of the former is almost equal to zero. After all, before today, Bane and Black Mask’s cooperation was still on, and there was no substantive conflict. 

Even Black Mask himself has never acted tough in front of Bane. After Bane provided a lot of weapons, the relationship between the two sides has been greatly eased. 

So what caused such a big change in Black Mask’s attitude? 

After thinking carefully about Scarecrow’s last words, could it be that Phantom Kid has already found Black Mask, and they have reached some kind of agreement? 

“If Sionis is planning to cut ties with us, he won’t be able to deal with Jim Gordon.” 

Talia analyzed. 

“What happened just now has fully explained that even if Cobblepot doesn’t agree with us, at least, he wouldn’t want to end his cooperation with us.” 

“If Sionis is desperate, he is likely to face a joint crusade from both of us, then, the GCPD will be the only combat power he can pull to his own side.” 

This is not impossible, it was never uncommon for the GCPD to join forces with gangsters in special circumstances. 

Black Mask is in such a rush to mobilize his staff to go to the GCPD, and his real purpose is so obvious. 

“I’d like to talk to Cobblepot in person.” 

Bane said so. 

“It’s not certain for the time being that Sionis has a connection with Phantom Kid, but since he has decided to join our opposite side, let’s get rid of him directly!” 

“On our own, dealing with Black Mask wouldn’t be easy, I have to gain Cobblepot’s support to strengthen ourselves. It is best to convince him to kill Sionis with us, and send someone to monitor every move the Black Mask gang makes before I return.” 

“Good idea, you head to the Penguin now. As for Black Mask, just let me keep an eye on him for now, don’t worry about me yet. There is nothing better than a shadow warrior to perform a spying mission.” 

Talia nodded. Now is not the time to be emotional. No matter whether Black Mask is wronged or not, this battle will have to be fought. 

After receiving Talia’s approval, Bane left the Knightsdome Arena. 

And Talia led a group of shadow warriors to the East District, which is Black Mask’s site. 

To be precise, only 90% of the territory belongs to Black Mask… 

On the other side, on a road near the Wayne Building. 

Suddenly, a manhole cover was about to move and was slowly removed, and then two sneaky figures climbed up from below. 

They looked around quietly and found no trace of the enemy for the time being, so they began to scout the scene. 

“This is the only road in the vicinity that doesn’t have monitors in the middle of the road.” 

Barbara looked at the whole road. It was very short, and she could see the next intersection at a glance. 

“I can feel there’s a lot of space underneath, and it’s not a natural formation, not a sewer nor a subway tunnel, but some other man-made space.” 

Pamela used her ability to sense the environment under the ground with the help of underground plants. 

However, after waiting for a long time, she did not get a response from Barbara. 

She looked back at Barbara oddly, only to find she was engrossed in a statue by the side of the road. 

It was a white statue engraved with a man on a horse, gorgeously dressed, with a proud expression, giving a feeling of superiority. It looked like ancient architecture. Perhaps, it’s the depiction of some kind of ancient nobleman? 

Pamela didn’t know much about this. 

But that’s not the point. “Hey! Barbara, now is not the time to admire the statue!” 

Pamela rushed to Barbara’s side and pushed her, looking dissatisfied. 

“Shhh!” 

Barbara quickly put her index on her lips and nose, signaling Pamela to keep quiet. 

“This statue is not as simple as it looks.” 

Barbara explained to Pamela in a low voice. 

Pamela awaits her post. 

“Look, although the style of the statue looks old, the carvings here, here, and here are very new and striking.” 

Barbara pointed to several places on the statue. 

“This shows that the statue was only recently completed. Do you think Bane will have the leisure to build a statue after taking over Wayne Mansion?” 

Pamela felt that Barbara was right. 

“It’s not just this statue,” Barbara pointed forward along the road, “there’s another statue over there.” 

Pamela looked up and saw that there was indeed a statue about twenty meters away. 

This statue is basically in the same style as the statue of a noble on horseback, except that the object of the depiction has changed from one noble to three civilians. Each carried a large bag. 

“There are also two opposite statues on the opposite side.” 

Sure enough, with the statue of the equestrian noble and the statue of the three commoners as reference points, there were also two statues at the same distance across the road. 

The two statues looked interesting, they were a nun and a noblewoman. 

The positions of the four statues form a rectangle with a length of 20 meters and a width of 15 meters. The frontal orientation of the statues is not uniform, which is very strange. 

In fact, from Pamela’s perspective, she could have seen these statues in one go, but she was only exploring the underground. She didn’t find anything wrong with the statues, so she ignored their existence. 

“Do you think these statues have some meaning or some kind of mechanism?” 

Pamela asked. She tried to touch the statue along with all the other statues without any change. 

Even the orientation of the statue could not be changed. 

“Maybe we missed something…” 

Barbara thought for a while but still had no idea. 

“You said just now that there is a lot of space underneath?” 

Since she can’t think of it for the time being, she has to look for other clues first. 

“Yes, someone has carried out a large construction underground, as if they have hollowed out a large amount of dirt.”

Pamela affirmed. 

“Can your plants open the way to get there?” 

“I’m sorry, I can’t.” 

Pamela shook her head. 

“I guess there is a very strong secret laboratory below. I tried to manipulate many roots to attack it, but without exception, I failed.” 

“Not a single hole was drilled.”