![]() ![]() They depart in a hot-air balloon, chased by Fang's warriors. When Monique learns of Phileas's ambition, she convinces them to take her with them. ![]() Fang had previously given it to Kelvin in exchange for military assistance in China. There, Passepartout is attacked by warriors sent by General Fang, who is after the Jade Buddha that he stole. Pretending to take Phileas to a convention with Thomas Edison, Passepartout leads him to an art school where Phileas meets Monique La Roche, a would-be impressionist. Passepartout and Phileas journey to Paris. Phileas and Passepartout start their journey around the world, taking a carriage and leaving London after a confrontation with Inspector Fix, a corrupt officer hired by the Royal Academy of Science to stop them. With some encouragement from Passepartout, he is energized and they are ready. Fogg is hesitant to go since he has risked all that he has worked for and since he has no other family, his inventions mean everything to him. If he wins he will become Minister of Science in Lord Kelvin's place, if not he will destroy his lab and never invent anything again. There, Fogg is insulted by the other "brilliant minds", in particular Lord Kelvin who finds Fogs inventions absolutely ridiculous, after several whispers Phileas is pressured into a bet to see whether he can travel around the world in 80 days. Soon Fogg and Passepartout head to the Royal Academy of Science. Suddenly Fang, the leader of the Black Scorpions, agrees to retrieve it. Colonel Kitchener of the Academy, informs Lord Kelvin that the Jade Buddha he had stolen from China was stolen from the bank. Phileas is trying to break the 50-mph speed barrier, and after succeeding with the help of Passepartout, Fogg is eager to present his work to the Royal Academy, which is headed by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, who believes that everything worth discovering has already been discovered. To evade the police, he becomes the valet for Phileas Fogg, an inventor. ![]()
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