Comic: Becoming a Phantom Thief to Steal Hearts

"Huh...huh...huh...so tired..."

Peter even more exaggeratedly slid to the ground.

Lucas took out his cell phone from his pocket, and his expression didn't change even if it hurt him.

"Look at the navigation."

Everyone took out their mobile phones.

[The target location has disappeared. ]

"...It's true, we can't get in anymore." Gwen said in a flash.

Peter had not yet recovered from the tense atmosphere, "What do you mean?"

Hope asked nervously: "Where is the secret treasure?"

Lucas pulled out a slightly old football with Victor's signature on it.

"Rugby ball? Huh? Isn't it a bouquet of flowers?"

"what is going on?"

Hope, who was stared at by several people, said calmly: "This means that the source of Thompson's desire is this thing. In his heart, this must be the most beautiful bouquet of flowers in his garden."

"This..." Peter's eyes were complicated, "Is it the signature Thompson got after losing to Victor? Does that guy always remember this..."

"However, in this case, Thompson's heart...has changed, right?" Gwen confirmed again.

"……probably."

"This is a matter of our dropping out of school!"

Hope shrunk her body guiltily and lowered her voice, "For me, this is also the first successful case... However, what is certain is that it has a great impact on Thompson's personality. After all, the whole The palaces have disappeared.”

Peter sighed, "I really want to see the results immediately."

"Now we can only continue to observe the situation." Lucas said.

Gwen lowered her eyes, "That's right..."

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Hope quickly said: "However, you are all so depressed, please be happy. This is a very successful ending."

"I don't feel it at all..."

"It should be no problem." Hope comforted him, "Thompson's shadow is said to be returning to his real self, right? At that time, he seemed a bit normal."

"Yes." Lucas nodded, "I will definitely repent."

Hope looked at the three of them, "There must be people who are saved because of you."

"Hope..."

"In short, we can only wait and see what will happen to that guy Thompson, and the bet about dropping out of school..." Peter was still worried about the bet.

"Go home," Lucas said.

He suffered a lot of injuries in the final battle. If he had been cured in the palace, it would have been no big deal, but the collapse of the palace was too sudden. In the end, he escaped from the palace with injuries. The wound on the shoulder was still bleeding, and Peter and Gwen might have noticed it if it weren't for the dark coat.

Lucas's face turned a little pale, but he still stood upright. Most people would not be able to tell the difference.

"...Yeah, go back."

As soon as he got home, Lucas sat down along the door. His eyes turned black due to excessive blood loss, which startled Hope.

"Hey! Hey! Lucas, what's wrong with you?" Hope pecked Lucas's finger, hoping that he would respond to her.

"I...it's okay..."

After Lucas calmed down for a few seconds, he got up again, slowly took out the medical kit and took off his school uniform.

When Hope saw the penetrating injury, he couldn't help but gasped, "Wait a minute, is this an injury sustained while fighting Thompson's shadow? This is too serious! Let's go to the hospital!" "

"it does not matter."

Lucas had expertly applied the medicine on the wound and started to wrap it with a bandage.

"Don't be brave..." Hope still looked at Lucas with worried eyes.

Although only one hand was used for bandaging, and the bandage didn't look good, it was still bandaged.

After silently packing the medical kit, Lucas said lightly: "Don't underestimate the survivability of Gotham people."

"Oh, are you really not in pain?"

"It hurts," Lucas said honestly, but.

"It doesn't matter if it hurts, I can't just endure it silently."

Looking at Lucas' tired figure, Hope shook his head helplessly and whispered, "He is really a guy who likes to show off..."

[Parker: Has Thompson repented now?

Parker: What if he dies...

Stacey: Don't say anything so ominous.

Stacey: We didn't give him a fatal blow, right? ]

Lucas glanced at the ringing cell phone and picked it up with one hand to reply.

[Lucas: Don’t think too much.

Parker: I didn’t expect to care about that guy...

Parker: It feels weird.

Parker: Forget it.

Parker: We'll find out tomorrow.

Stacey: Yeah.

Parker: Then start looking forward to tomorrow! ]

Lucas dropped his hands and closed his eyes in pain and fatigue.

The next day, in the classroom.

Peter poked Lucas, glanced at the empty seat in the back seat, and whispered, "Thompson is not here today."

"Do you think he will really change?" he asked.

Lucas did not answer immediately, but after thinking for a few seconds, he chose another statement, "I want to believe it."

"Yeah, that's right..."

Gotham, Iceberg Restaurant.

The Red Hood crossed his legs on the desk and checked the latest information on his wrist computer. When he saw another Robin next to Batman, he snorted.

With this familiar figure and arrogant character in his intelligence, the Red Hood already knew who was under the cloak.

Now that Damian, that devil kid, has become Robin, what about...Drake?

Red Hood couldn't help but recall the Drake who calmly negotiated with him even though he broke a lot of bones. Compared to the devil cub, Drake was indeed pretty good...

Tsk, I don't care who likes to sit in Robin's seat.

……

…………

Really? Do you...really...don't care...

The red hood suddenly jumped up from the seat, the muscles in his body tensed up, and he observed the surrounding environment vigilantly.

He shouted: "Who? Come out!"

The sound in my ears still didn't stop.

You...really don't care?

It's becoming clearer.

When you are left alone to die, when you face the lunatic clown, when you see your own position being easily replaced!

you! Do you really not care?

When he heard the voice clearly, the Red Hood was stunned for a moment, because the voice was his own, but then a sneer appeared on his face.

"So, you want to talk about which of the coffins we live in is more comfortable? I wouldn't mind having a good discussion on that issue."

Red Hood was telling hell jokes while secretly guessing the reason for this situation.

Terror gas? Illusion magic? Or...

All his speculations stopped when he saw the figure slowly emerging in front of him.

Under the red hood, Jason's expression was blank.

"you……"

……

[Parker: What happened to Thompson? Do you have any news?

Lucas: Never heard of it.

Parker: Really...

Lucas: What happened?

Parker: I suddenly felt a little uneasy.

Parker: If you help me, transfer to another school because of my incident, and leave bad memories because of this incident...

Parker: And I also got Gwen into trouble, having done so much for me...

Lucas: Don't think about it so much.

Lucas: Just believe it.

Parker: Sorry, now is really not the time to be dejected.

Parker: I feel a little better after chatting with you, thank you.

Parker: Ah, don't tell Gwen about this first.

Parker: If we all feel uneasy, then Gwen will have no one to rely on.

Lucas: OK.

Parker: Yeah, good night then. ]

Hope, who was also looking at the screen, shrank his neck and said, "I'm sorry, I can't give you a guarantee, but there will definitely be changes."

"I know." Lucas nodded, "I believe you. Among us, you know the best about that world, don't you?"

"……Thanks."

"By the way, I have a question." Lucas held his chin, "When we were in the hall that day, why did you say that Thompson's condition was not right?"

"Well..." Hope cheered up, "Actually, I had doubts before, but it wasn't until that day that I confirmed that Thompson's desire was not qualified to form a palace. He was transformed into a palace. It looks like this.”

Speaking of this, Hope's entire bird face revealed a seriousness.

... God knows how he saw such a serious expression on a bird's face.

"So it turns out that palaces can still be created artificially..."

Even though Lucas was prepared, he still felt a little heavy after hearing Hope's conclusion.

"You said before that the palace is the embodiment of human desire. What it means that it can be created is that someone can tamper with people's consciousness at will..." Lucas looked at Hope, "Can I understand this?"

"In fact, tampering with human consciousness is not that simple." Hope shook his head, "The palace represents not only desire, but also the subconscious mind of its owner. You know, the consciousness may be hypnotized or brainwashed Change, but the subconscious mind is not so easy to change, but in Thompson’s case... even the subconscious mind has been affected, and it can do this..."

"...It sounds like I need to find some psychology books to read." Lucas was silent.

He had never considered entering this area before, but now he needed to learn more about it.

"Actually, we are doing similar things, tampering with other people's hearts and so on." Lucas raised his eyebrows.

Hope was stunned for a moment, "You...why do you think so? We are doing good things."

"But the essence is the same, it's just that we didn't abuse this power. As you said before, if it's not handled well, it will lead to a cripple, right?" Lucas lowered his eyes and analyzed calmly.

"...If you think so, indeed." Hope had no way to refute Lucas's words.

"But we can't transform normal people into that!"

"I know." Lucas chuckled, "I think you have a little misunderstanding of me. I have never objected to changing evil people in this way."

Hope remembered that when he first asked people to repent, Lucas had already said that he could try it, but Peter, who had a softer heart, refused.

"Some people have to be punished..." Lucas murmured.

Although he came to New York to have a new life and made friends like Peter and Gwen, Lucas knew clearly that sooner or later he would return to the city that gave birth to him, in that dark and dark place. Lucas, who grew up in a corrupt city, was not such a good person.

The world is not black and white. He had no choice before, but now he prefers to be in that exquisite gray.

"Lucas..." Hope looked at Lucas blankly.

Lucas gently stroked Hope's soft feathers, "Anyway, thank you very much for showing me that world."

The next day, Lucas, who had just arrived at school, found that the corridor was blocked by students watching the excitement.

"I'm sorry, Parker." Thompson in the center of the crowd said guiltily, "I have been bullying you, which is something you shouldn't do, including insulting classmates before, forcibly replacing the competition roster, and asking members who objected to quit the club. The harassment from Stacey’s classmates is all my fault.”

"real or fake?"

"Disgusting……"

The onlookers were whispering.

Thompson lowered his head, "I was too selfish, ignored the voices of others, and treated the school as my own back garden. I'm really sorry."

The commotion in the corridor quickly attracted the attention of the teachers. Faced with this large-scale gathering, they quickly dispersed the students watching the excitement.

As the class teacher, Anderson looked at Thompson, who was full of guilt, and Peter, who was at a loss, with a headache. "Thompson, please come to the office with me first."

Thompson, who was following Anderson away, saw the frosty Gwen next to him, and his lips twitched, "Sorry."

"Don't think that apologizing can solve any problem." Gwen's eyes were sharp, "You can't escape."

"Yes...I understand..."

Looking at Thompson's leaving figure, Peter clicked his tongue, "So fierce..."

"Okay, okay, the matter is over! Disband now! Disband!"

Even if the teacher dismissed the students, people's discussion could not stop.

"Is this... exactly the same as what was written in the trailer?"

"Could it be that there really are monster thieves!?"

"What was done to Thompson!"

"No, no, it's impossible to steal a heart or something, right?"

"But do you usually tell so many of your bad behaviors in front of so many people?"

"What happened..."

"I don't understand, but I really didn't expect Thompson to be such a person."

Squeezing out of the crowd, the three of them found a quiet place.

Gwen: "Really... my whole heart has changed."

"It's true." Peter looked complicated, "But this is better."

Lucas remembered what he had discussed with Hope before, "Not necessarily yet."

"Eh?"

Just as Lucas was about to say something, he saw some students walking towards their little corner.

"I'm sorry, Parker-san!"

"what?"

"We all knew it, but we pretended not to see it..."

"And classmate Stacey, I misunderstood you and spread some strange rumors... I'm sorry!"

"I have no idea. It must be hard to be harassed by Thompson. There must be many people who want to come and apologize to you afterwards. I'm sorry."

Gwen shook her head, "No, it's okay, I also... and it's all over."

"Students over there, please go back to your classroom quickly!" Seeing that there were still a few students here who were not moving, the teacher in charge of dispersing them shouted loudly.

Several students who came to apologize quickly said: "Then... see you later."

Lucas pursed his lips, "Thompson is not the only one who has been changed."

"It's pretty good." Peter smiled, "Those strange rumors should also disappear."

If Peter was physically hurt, then Gwen was more psychologically hurt, but by now, the matter has been perfectly resolved.

"I'm fine," she said with a smile, "That's good."