Comic: Becoming a Phantom Thief to Steal Hearts

"Ok?"

Lucas looked at a fork in the road thoughtfully.

"What's wrong, Self?"

"I thought I heard something just now." Lucas turned around, "Maybe it was an illusion."

"What on earth did you see?" Gwen looked at Peter's pale face, full of curiosity.

"Uh..." Peter's face was still ugly when he thought of the pile of minced meat. He really didn't want to think about it, "Please, don't ask."

"This makes me want to know what happened even more!" Mindy couldn't help but said.

"Nothing, just a corpse." Lucas said.

"It feels like it can't be described with tools..." Hope said speechlessly.

"Yeah, Self is really too calm." Peter also sighed.

"Corpse? Ordinary corpses shouldn't make your attitude become like this, right?" Mindy said suspiciously.

"Okay, okay, I can only say that the scene was quite... tragic." Peter said tactfully.

"Well, I can only say that Henshaw is really evil, and he still reproduces this kind of thing in the palace." Hope said.

"Yeah, maybe that's just a lie." Peter reacted and breathed a sigh of relief.

Thinking about it, they are the only ones who can enter the palace now, so this corpse is obviously just a product of the palace.

"Is it fake..." Lucas murmured, "But I always feel it's too real."

"There is no doubt that I have already felt the breath of death." Raven said lightly, "There is already enough death breath in this place. It is completely different from last time."

"You mean..." Lucas frowned immediately.

"Yes, many people have died here."

Lucas suddenly thought of something.

The murderer suddenly appeared, and the corpses were scattered all over the city...

"I have to go back and take a look." He turned around and ran towards the corner just now.

"Wait for us, Self!"

Lucas moved faster than everyone imagined. When they caught up with Lucas, they could only see him standing silently at the corner, with the soles of his feet covered in blood.

"The body...is missing."

"Gone?!" Peter came to Lucas and saw that the ground that was full of messes a moment ago was completely gone except for blood stains.

"How could..." Hope said in disbelief.

"So what happened?" Mindy couldn't help but ask.

Gwen stood there thinking about something, and after a while she said: "Do you suspect that someone entered the hall and was killed by an alien?"

But she quickly denied herself, "But how is this possible! Only we can enter the palace."

"Really? There is no evidence to prove this." Lucas said, "In fact, when Cobweb and I first came to the hall, we also had no persona."

"...Yes, if it weren't for the Self awakening persona, we probably wouldn't have survived that time." Peter looked at the blood on the ground sadly, as if he saw a scene where a living person was torn apart by the shadows.

"A worse guess." Lucas said, "Those bones that suddenly appeared in Metropolis are not the so-called crazy murderers, but fell out of the palace."

"what?"

"But...it is very rare for people with this physique to enter the palace, at least not as many as what is written in the news!" Hope said quickly.

Lucas looked at his companions who were facing a formidable enemy and their expressions became nervous and flustered, and sighed, "So it's just a guess."

"But it's actually quite possible," Peter said. "Maybe Henshaw really has abilities that we don't know about."

"In that case..." Hope said with a solemn expression, "It would be very bad."

In reality, Tim came to the alley where the drunkard disappeared.

It was still daytime, so Tim didn't put on his Robin uniform, but casually put on a T-sleeve shirt and jeans to cover up his handsome face and went to investigate.

The alley was quiet, there was no one around, this was not Gotham, and even if Tim entered the alley alone, there were no malicious glances from the dark, which made him a little uncomfortable.

There was a pool of filth in the corner, emitting an unpleasant smell.

"The vomit... at least halfway through, he still hasn't gone away."

Tim continued walking forward, and there were some debris placed in the alley. Judging from their scattered layout, the drunkard staggered through them at the time.

Tim stopped. At this point, there were no traces of the debris being dragged or moved. In other words, the drunkard's actions stopped here unless he returned the same way, but the surveillance showed that he never left this alley again. Come out.

A large living person disappeared without a trace.

Tim suddenly felt weak. This was obviously the intervention of extraordinary abilities, and it was really too similar.

He glanced at Lucas' locator, which showed that it was offline. It seemed that he was still in the place called the Hall.

Tim's instinct told him that there must be some connection between them.

"We're almost there." Gwen breathed a sigh of relief.

Even with the map, one can sense the correct path, but the oppressive environment is still eating away at everyone's patience.

"Yes."

Lucas and Peter suddenly stopped, and the knight Gawain appeared behind Peter. When the black shadow came out, the sword in the Persona's hand also fell.

In the darkness, the sound of gold and iron sounded, followed closely by the roar of the monster. Gawain's sword was directly embedded in its back, and corrosive liquid continued to flow from it.

The first time Peter took action, Mindy pulled Gwen and hid, while Raven formed a dark black protective shield. Now her whole body was perfectly integrated into the darkness.

However, the floor of this aisle was not so lucky, and was corroded by these corrosive liquids.

The alien, which took Gawain's full sword strike, was almost cut in half, but before Peter could breathe a sigh of relief, another black shadow followed closely behind.

The speed of the alien is also extremely fast. Although Peter felt that the speed around him slowed down and the air seemed to become thicker, his speed was only comparable to that of the alien.

When the alien's huge claws attacked, Peter could only subconsciously raise his arms to resist.

There was a muffled sound, and the huge force directly knocked him into the wall. The back of his head was hit with blood, and he was dizzy.

"Peter!" Gwen was so frightened that she shouted Peter's name.

It didn't matter if he didn't shout. The shout made the alien's head turn in the direction of Gwen and Mindy.

Unlike Peter, the two girls' bodies were completely that of ordinary people. If they were knocked down by the alien, the consequences would be disastrous.

Lucas made a prompt decision, picked up the gun, pointed it at the alien's head and fired ten shots in a row. Each bullet miraculously hit the same position, and actually blasted open the alien's head.

Peter did not miss this opportunity. Even though he had a few bloody holes in his arm when he collided with the alien, and his head was buzzing from the heavy blow just now, he still bit the tip of his tongue to wake himself up immediately. Come over.

With an instant burst of strength, Peter hugged the alien's legs and brought it down to the ground, but at the same time, the monster actually stabbed the sharp point of its tail into his thigh.

As expected of a creature that evolved specifically for killing and survival, the fighting instinct is so powerful. Unfortunately, Peter is not the same person.

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"

When Raven's spell was completed, dark tentacles rose from Peter's shadow, tightly strangling the alien's body, including the sharp tail.

"Freeze, Phrygia!" Gwen called her persona, and then the ice and snow fell, forming a thick layer of ice on the struggling alien body, and Peter took the opportunity to leave.

"It's my turn!" Mindy raised her bazooka, "Give it some color, Alice!"

The shells dragged bright fire and hit the alien hard.

"boom"

A strong explosion sounded, and a billowing heat wave spread out.

Everyone raised their sleeves to block the rush of heat.

"finished?"

Lucas looked at the black unknown substance splashing on the soles of his feet, "It looks like he's dead."

"That's good." Peter sat down on the ground and leaned against the wall.

The battle just now left his clothes in tatters, and they are now slowly recovering due to the special nature of their materials, but Peter's injuries will not heal so quickly.

The blood hole on his arm was still gushing blood, and blood was also flowing on his thigh.

"Are you okay?" Gwen supported Peter distressedly and let him lean against her body.

"It's not that serious." Peter gave Gwen a comforting smile, "If you can, give me a kiss so it won't hurt."

Gwen didn't hesitate, and her soft lips pressed on his blood-stained mask.

"That... hemostat?" Lucas reminded awkwardly, holding up the small bottle in his hand.

It's not that he wants to be this light bulb, it's just that Peter's current injury is definitely not going to work without treatment.

Gwen immediately blushed when her teammates saw her being intimate. Fortunately, she still had a mask on her face and the environment was dark enough.

Normally, Hope is the one who provides treatment to his teammates, but now he is studying the body of the first alien very seriously, so Peter's injuries were treated by Lucas.

After all, it was not a specialized healing Persona, so it took Lucas longer than he expected.

When the three came back, the others were discussing what had just happened very seriously.

"The situation is very bad. These aliens are not the shadows we dealt with before. After killing them, their bodies did not disappear, but remained in the hall."

"Not a shadow, but an entity," Raven said.

"And I remember we only encountered one alien before, but this time there were two." Mindy said with a sullen face.

"Any conclusions?" Lucas asked.

"All the conjectures raised so far have quite serious consequences." Hope said dejectedly, "I'm afraid you are right, Self."

"After Self and I saw the alien, we checked the information about the alien in reality. This kind of creature has a terrible characteristic, that is, after being parasitized, it will be born with the same characteristics of the host. Although we all know the shadow It cannot exist in reality. But if Henshaw really masters some kind of channel that can connect the palace and reality, then will the aliens that absorb the characteristics of human beings in reality also have the ability to exist in reality. "

Hope's comment silenced everyone.

"If such a terrifying monster came to reality..." Gwen bit her lower lip.

"Don't be so pessimistic." Peter stopped Gwen's shoulders and shook her gently, "It would only be unlucky for them to come to reality. Only a few of us can fight in the palace, but there are many heroes in reality. Woolen cloth."

"That's it." Mindy is also relatively optimistic about this. "Although I don't want to admit it, there are still many powerful adults out there."

"But the key is timing," Lucas said.

"What time?"

"I always feel that Henshaw has been stalling for time." Lucas expressed his conjecture, "Just like Cobweb said, superheroes can indeed deal with aliens, but they need to be accurately found in large cities with large populations. Those aliens will still take a lot of time, not to mention..."

He lowered his eyes, his blue eyes full of pity, "How many people will die from this during this period."

"Yes, someone has already died!" Gwen couldn't bear to say, "But we don't even have a way to stop Henshaw."

"I'm sorry, everyone." Hope said frustratedly, "It's all my fault that I didn't feel the breath of the secret treasure and wasted so long."

"It's not your fault, it's just that we have been too smooth all along." Lucas said, "That's why we ignore the dangers and uncertainties of the palace itself. Even if we really need to find a responsible party, it should be someone who is responsible." I am the leader."

"but……"

"Okay, okay." Mindy interrupted one person and one bird's excuse, "If you two continue like this, you will waste time again. Why not hurry up and deal with that bastard according to the previous plan."

The little girl broke off her fingers and showed an unhappy expression, "It would be best if I could meet the shadow of that bastard Henshaw. I won't be able to release my current anger without beating him up."

"Huh... That's right. The best way for us to deal with it now is to quickly find the secret treasure and make this evil man repent." Lucas took a deep breath and said.

The next journey went smoothly, and everyone arrived outside a room.

"This is the control room."

Then under the light of Raven's magic, Lucas struggled to identify the various buttons on the console, but no matter how smart he was, he just didn't understand something that he had never been exposed to. He shook his head helplessly, He signaled that he couldn't see.

"Let me do it." Peter came to Lucas.

Although he was a little weak due to the excessive blood loss before, his physical condition has almost recovered now.

"It should be...this button."

As Peter moved, the whole room lit up, and the big screen in front of them also lit up.