Comic: Becoming a Phantom Thief to Steal Hearts

After a moment of trance, the warm sunshine shone on me again.

"Where are we now?" Peter's eyes were dull.

Just when Lucas was about to say something, a mechanical female voice sounded from the phone in his pocket.

[You have returned to the real world, thank you for your hard work. ]

"Ah? Are you back?" Peter came back to his senses, "Does this mean we escaped?"

"It seems so." Lucas frowned slightly as he looked at the red and black icons on his phone.

"When was it..." Peter covered his head, "The garden, Thompson, and the strange birds! What the hell is this!"

"Hey, you two!" A nearby patrolman stopped the two of them, "You are students from the nearby Zhongcheng Middle School, right? Why are you still hanging out and skipping classes at this hour?"

"No...no!" Peter waved his hands quickly, "We were going to school, but a strange garden appeared."

"...What are you talking about?" The patrolman looked suspicious. In view of the unique national conditions of the United States, he seriously doubted whether the two students got together to smoke sex (everyone understands)

Although Peter and Lucas both look like good schoolboy types, who knows about this kind of thing.

"Hey, hand over your backpack." The patrolman narrowed his eyes, "Didn't you do anything bad?"

"Huh?" Peter was confused when he was treated like this for the first time.

Lucas touched Peter with his arm to signal him to come to his senses, and then simply handed the backpack behind him to the patrolman.

The patrol officer carefully checked the two people's schoolbags, and found that there was indeed nothing else in them except textbooks and stationery.

"Okay, no problem." The patrolman returned their schoolbags to them, "Then, go to school quickly and don't wander around outside during class."

"Having said it all, we don't know what's going on..." Peter muttered unwillingly.

"When I was patrolling the area just now, I didn't find anything strange." The patrol officer said coldly, "If you continue to talk nonsense, I will contact the school."

"Forget it, let's go to school first." Lucas grabbed Peter.

"I have something to verify," he whispered.

They followed the previous route and arrived at the school gate. In front of them was another extremely normal school.

"This time it's not that strange garden..."

When the doorman saw Lucas and Peter, he shouted loudly: "Hey, you two, are you two students from Class A, Grade 1?"

"It's over, it's almost noon." Peter glanced at the time on his phone, his mouth dropped, and he said without tears, "Mr. Langdon must be very angry..."

As Peter said, they had already started lunch break when they came to the classroom, and when Anderson heard that they had arrived at school, he asked a student to call them to the office.

"Can you explain it?" Anderson looked at the two of them.

"be lost."

Unlike Peter, whose panic was written all over his face, Lucas spoke of excuses without batting an eye.

"Have you been lost for so long?" Anderson raised his eyebrows, "It's already noon now. Even if you are not familiar with the road, you are still too late."

He sighed and moved his gaze to Peter, "What about you? Parker, what's your situation?"

"I...I..." A little cold sweat broke out on Peter's head, and he said with an idea: "I fell into a ditch!"

Peter's words stunned Anderson for a moment. Looking at Peter's messy and somewhat dirty clothes, he reluctantly believed Peter's words.

"Forget it, be careful on the road in the future."

Anderson was still willing to believe his students and did not press any further.

As soon as he walked out of the office, Peter let out a big breath, "Okay, okay..."

"Well..." Lucas' eyes blurred, and the surrounding environment changed back to a garden scene for a moment.

"Garden..." he murmured.

"What's the matter, Lucas?" Peter waved his hand in front of Lucas' eyes with concern, "Are you still tired?"

"It's okay." Lucas frowned, "Let's go to the rooftop and talk about..."

Peter nodded understandingly, he was also full of questions now.

Leaning on the abandoned seat on the rooftop, Peter pursed his lips, "...Well, the thing about us being almost killed in the garden should...not be a dream, right? The same goes for you, right?"

"Same." Lucas said firmly.

"In short, whether it was a dream or not, you saved my life in Thompson's hands. Thank you, Lucas." Peter said with a smile.

"It's no big deal, I'm just saving myself." Lucas shook his head.

"However, the Thompson I saw there... seemed a bit real inexplicably." Peter said, he hesitated, "Is there any way... to go to that garden..."

Lucas thought of the software on his phone and narrowed his eyes slightly. Maybe... there was a way, but looking at the thin Peter, he still didn't say anything in the end.

"Just think of it as a dream." Peter rubbed his hair irritably.

He glanced at his phone and said, "Ah, it's almost time for class, let's go to the classroom first."

As he turned the doorknob on the rooftop, Peter turned back to Lucas and smiled: "But, we might be similar? I feel like we are very compatible."

After class, Lucas returned home.

"Didi"

The phone rang at the right time.

[Drake: What happened in the morning? ]

"Huh?" Lucas was stunned. Tim's question was beyond his expectation.

Looking at the glowing screen of his mobile phone, Lucas was confused. Should he tell Tim that he might be involved in a supernatural incident?

"Why don't you reply?" Tim, who was far away in Gotham, frowned.

Tim was already very annoyed that he was busy with Robin's work and had neglected his friends at school. Lucas was one of his few ordinary friends that Tim didn't want to lose, let alone...

He looked at the little man on the other side of the table.

Damian, who had Bruce's true bloodline, suddenly glanced at him with murderous intent.

The new member of the family is obviously very dissatisfied with Tim, plus Jason, who kidnapped him before. Except for Dick, who has gone to Blüdhaven, the other two brothers are not friendly to him. In addition, Bruce didn't open his mouth either, which also made Tim feel a little tired and confused.

Should he...should leave this home, or give up his identity as a vigilante, and return to a normal life?

Therefore, Lucas, who symbolizes ordinary people's life, is Tim's anchor here. Because of this, the location he placed on Lucas's phone suddenly disappeared, making Tim very worried about his safety.

After struggling for a moment, Lucas replied.

[Lucas: We did have some minor troubles, but they have been resolved. ]

Looking at Lucas' reply, Tim stopped tapping his fingers on the table.

Lucas had something to hide from him. He realized this immediately, but Tim could no longer ask. If he continued to ask, Tim felt that the locator he had installed on Lucas's phone would be exposed. Although Lucas is not very talkative, he is quite sharp.

They were just friends, and this behavior clearly crossed a line between friends.

After thinking for a few seconds, Tim opened the intelligence library in New York, which was the headquarters of the Avengers. Tim couldn't go too far, but he could still secretly mobilize surveillance.

However, before that...

[Drake: Okay, tell me if you have any difficulties.

Drake: I'll definitely help you.

Drake: We're best friends after all. ]

Wow, Tim is really nice to me! Lucas sighed after seeing these words.

For most people, Lucas would think this is just a show, but Tim really does this, so Tim is special to him.

And Tim, who is the best in Lucas' heart, has already hacked into New York's surveillance system.

"Here we come." He stared at the screen closely, watching Lucas walk out of the house and go to school with Peter. The screen switched, but the protagonist inside remained the same.

The progress bar moved slowly, and suddenly, Tim pressed the pause button.

"right here."

It was an inconspicuous alley with no surveillance cameras, but there was no doubt that Lucas and Peter disappeared in it.

Tim dragged out the surveillance camera at the school gate again, and then turned it to double speed.

Time passed by one minute and it was not until noon that Lucas and Peter appeared at the school gate in embarrassment.

Tim pressed the pause button again and zoomed in.

"There are signs of struggle and fighting." Tim frowned.

But this makes no sense at all. He also checked the surveillance of that alley in the past few days, and found that no one except Lucas and Peter came in or out at all. In other words, in the past three hours, there were only Lucas and Peter both.

Judging from the relationship between the two, it is impossible for them to attack each other in an alley. The possibility is there, but almost zero.

This feeling of being out of control made Tim a little irritable, but he was also a little excited, as if he was discovering an unknown side of his friend.

Multiple possibilities popped up in his mind, and were rejected one after another. Tim didn't notice that the corner of his mouth actually raised a slight arc.

Lucas, who had consumed too much energy during the day, soon lay on the bed, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

Then the dazzling light made him open his eyes again.

…It’s theater.

The boy named Archipad said in disgust: "Are you finally awake? Master has something to say to you, so it's better to listen attentively."

"Come again?" Lucas held his forehead speechlessly, but fortunately the fatigue during the day was not inherited into the dream, but the emotion was still left behind. A pair of blue eyes were lazy, like some kind of precious cat.

"First of all, let's celebrate our reunion." Eagle looked at Lucas, "Oh... he has awakened. It seems to be a special power, so that he can be reborn."

"Special power?" Lucas frowned slightly.

In fact, when he saw Hope using the same spiritual power as himself, Lucas understood that he seemed to have entered a magical field, but he still did not have a systematic understanding of it.

"You don't need to know too much now." Eagle said calmly, "The power of the awakened persona still needs you to practice more. The persona is something that appears when facing external things and protects the soul. To put it bluntly, It’s a mask.”

He looked at Lucas, "I'm...looking forward to you."

Sure enough... The expression on Lucas's face remained unchanged, and he knew that everything must have a price.

"What to expect?" he asked.

"It's okay, you don't have to worry about this, you will know when the time comes."

The more Eagle said this, the more uneasy Lucas felt, which meant that what he was asking for must be particularly troublesome. He remembered what Eagle said when they first met.

Could it be...a worldwide crisis?

"Speaking of which...are you satisfied with the Different World Navigation APP?" Eagle smiled half-heartedly, "Using that thing will allow you to travel between reality and the palace."

"...the palace?"

Lucas already knows about the different world navigation APP. It is the thing that he has deleted several times but failed to delete. Based on Eagle's words and the navigation's reaction after coming out of the garden, it can be inferred that the strange garden is Eagle. This is the palace that I mentioned, but what Lucas wants to know is... what exactly is a palace.

"Haha, actually you already have the answer in your mind, smart guy." Eagle chuckled.

Lucas pursed his lips, "So you are the one who does the navigation in the other world?"

"That's what I gave you to help you grow up." Eagle said.

"That's what the master rewards you for. You have to work harder, actor." Archipald crossed his chest and said fiercely, "Don't let down the master's expectations."

"If you want to use the Different World Navigation APP flexibly, you will definitely feel that it is difficult to do it alone." Eagle said, "If you meet someone who is helpful to you, you can give the Different World Navigation APP to him. This is all for you. It can be faster..."

The curtains on both sides began to move toward the middle.

"Hmph, the time is almost up, go back and enjoy your rest time."

As soon as Archipald finished speaking, the curtain also fell, and the world fell into darkness.

When Lucas opened his eyes again, it was already early morning the next day.

"Strange dreams again... destiny... and awakening..." Lucas muttered.

He opened his phone, and the black and red software was still in his phone. The star-shaped pupils seemed to be staring at him through the phone screen, which was slightly creepy.

The old man in the dream said, this is called...navigation of another world? Can I reach the garden with this?

Another world is truly worthy of its name.

Lucas pursed his lips and clicked on the APP, and sure enough he saw the words [Eugene Thompson Midtown Middle School Garden] in the history record.

If the persona refers to the power of the soul, then the opposite palace... is the inner world.

Lucas quickly analyzed everything, but today was not the weekend.

"Well... let's go to school first. We can't be late today."