Comic: Becoming a Phantom Thief to Steal Hearts

"I hope I made the right choice..." Tim muttered and erased all traces of himself.

But at this moment, everyone in the Phantom Thieves couldn't calm down at all.

"What's going on with this notice?" Peter stood up excitedly.

"Lucas, he..." Gwen opened her mouth slightly in disbelief.

"Is he going to leave us and face Henshaw by himself?" Mindy's eyes widened.

"It looks like this." Harry pursed his lips, "The signature on the notice letter is Self, the Phantom Thief of the Heart. Lucas... did not use the name of the Phantom Thieves."

"This is absolutely not possible!" Hope said anxiously.

He lay on Peter's shoulder and urged, "Let's go check on Lucas!"

"I'm going to ask the front desk to get the room card." Harry quickly calmed down, "Peter, you go to Lucas' room first."

"Ah...ok." Peter's emotions had not calmed down so quickly. When he pressed the elevator button, he realized that his fingers were trembling.

The atmosphere in the elevator room was very stiff, and no one was in the mood to talk. There was only the sound of the elevator going up, and the red numbers on the screen beating.

"Ding"

The elevator door opens.

"Lucas!" Peter patted Lucas' door, "Shall we talk?"

"If you're here, just get back to us!"

But there was silence behind the door panel, and there was no response.

"Ah, I really want to kick this door open!"

Before Harry came up, Mindy became obviously impatient.

Peter's eyes rested on the window at the end of the corridor.

"Let me do it."

"Eh?"

Without any explanation, Peter climbed out of the window. His hands and feet seemed to be sticky and stuck firmly to the wall.

Peter moved along the outer wall of the hotel and came to the outside of Lucas' room. He poked his head into the room through the window.

The window was open, but the room was empty.

"Lucas?" Peter shouted, but the quiet room didn't give him any response.

The bad premonition in his heart almost came true, and he opened the door to the room.

"Is Lucas here?" Mindy asked immediately.

Peter shook his head sadly.

"He won't have gone to the palace!" Hope guessed uneasily.

"Let me take a look." Gwen entered the room.

The girl who dreamed of becoming a police officer carefully inspected the room.

Gwen's hand explored the messy bed, and it was cold. The person who slept here had left for a long time. She looked at the toiletries again and found that they were very dry.

"Lucas, he should have left long ago," she said.

"Go to Hank Henshaw's palace." Harry said, standing at the door. "No matter what, we shouldn't let Lucas face the enemy alone."

"That's right!" Mindy clenched her fists, "Although Lucas himself was wrong in sending the notice letter, now is not the time to care about it."

"Well, let's go."

Gwen took out her cell phone and entered the location of Hank Henshaw's temple.

But this time, the twisted feeling didn't appear.

[Error...error...connection error...]

The different world APP made a mechanical and repetitive sound, which made everyone stunned.

"Why is it wrong?!" Peter opened his eyes wide and stared at the different world APP.

The uneasiness in his heart almost reached its peak, and Peter felt very guilty at the same time.

"I'm sorry, it would be nice if I didn't just stop Lucas all the time, even if I just came up with a feasible way!" He gritted his teeth and blamed himself.

"Why are you talking about these useless things at this time!" Mindy frowned, "Everyone made it very clear during the meeting. We can only blame our group leader for his sudden willfulness!"

Her resentment almost spilled out of her words.

"I feel something is wrong." Harry came to the bed and looked at the unusually messy bed. It was difficult to sleep like this normally. Moreover, it was not like he had never seen Lucas's room. Lucas would still put the room in a messy state. Keep your hotel tidy, even if it's just for a few days.

But here, the quilts were piled almost to the foot of the bed, and the pillows were thrown to the floor.

"Lucas must have encountered something..." Harry pursed his lips, recalling the state of Lucas' return from the gap, and the more he thought about it, the more wrong he became.

The boy who didn't talk much at first became even more silent after returning to reality that day, and always had a thoughtful expression on his face. Including when they met later to discuss how to deal with Henshaw, he actually directly proposed to kill the opponent. Everything points to what happened to Lucas, but they know nothing about it.

"What happened in the crack space before?" Harry looked at Hope.

"Didn't I tell you everything? Tim was plotted by his shadow. Lucas and I stopped the shadow. After defeating the shadow, Tim obtained the persona." Hope said without knowing why.

Hope's innocent look almost aroused Harry's doubts about Damian in another world, the dark universe, etc. Hope didn't reveal it to them, and even he didn't even notice it.

"We will ask Lucas directly what he thinks later. Now we should quickly find a way to enter the palace!" Mindy said.

The failure of the Different World APP was completely unexpected. Without the help of this APP, they didn't even know how to enter Henshaw's palace.

Gwen moved around the room subconsciously, her head spinning.

"By the way!" She suddenly remembered something, "We were teleported from the palace to the gap space by Mindy before. It stands to reason that the gap space also has a passage to the palace."

Gwen looked at Hope seriously.

"Since we are entering Henshaw's palace in Metropolis, and there is a gap space in Metropolis, it is indeed possible to connect them together." Hope said, "But the gap space is a special space that can affect the real world. , if we find the passage connecting it to Henshaw's Hall, then we must destroy his hall. Otherwise, once someone like Henshaw discovers the existence of the gap space, it is difficult to say what he will do."

"A desperate move..." Harry sighed.

"There was no choice." Mindy pouted, "The notice letters have been sent out, haven't they?"

As she said that, her mood dropped, "If Raven was here too, we wouldn't have to wait here for so long."

Since Raven had the ability to send them out before, he must also have the ability to send them in.

"Let's go, let's try to enter the gap space first." Peter said.

As mentioned before, the gap space can only be entered at a specific time and place. Every minute and every second now is very precious.

However, a sudden vibration in the building interrupted the Phantom Thieves' actions at this moment.

"What's happening outside?!" Mindy just looked out the window and became confused.

"This is……"

Several deep holes were seen spreading on the ground, and countless demon-like monsters with wings emerged from the cracks and rushed towards the crowd who began to scream and run for their lives.

"Wait, demon army?! Why is it at this time!" Peter was a little at a loss.

"Help - run!"

After the small-scale earthquake just now, some weak houses collapsed. As a result, many winged demons appeared again, which directly caused large-scale chaos.

Some people turned and ran, some knelt down and begged God for forgiveness, and some lay on the ruins of the wall looking for their families, but they were nothing in front of the wanton demons.

The dark group of demons made sharp sounds, leaving bloody traces wherever they passed.

"I...I..." Peter's eyes reflected the raging demons and the blood on the streets, and his body trembled.

"You go ahead." Gwen said.

"But where Lucas is..." Peter said hesitantly.

"Leave it to us, peace of mind." Mindy patted Peter on the shoulder, "We will bring Lucas back."

"Go and save people quickly," Harry said.

Peter gritted his teeth, nodded vigorously, put on Spider-Man's mask, and jumped from the window.

At this moment, he is the superhero Spider-Man.

"Okay." Harry looked away, "And our goal is to destroy Henshaw's palace and bring Lucas back."

"Oh!!"

In the hall at this moment, Lucas half-knelt on the rough moon rock while panting.

In the cold universe, the white steam he breathed out instantly turned into ice.

Henshaw, with a red cape flying behind him, floated in front of Lucas' eyes. Unconsciously, his face seemed to look more and more like Superman.

"It's incredible." Henshaw looked down at the embarrassed Lucas, "You can actually survive in the universe, which means you are not human after all, right?"

"call……"

Lucas exhaled and raised his head, "Not a human? No, I am an out-and-out human, but you don't think of yourself as a human being?"

"Human...what's the point of being a human!" Henshaw sneered, "As a human being, there are too many things that can't be done. We can even just watch the loved ones die. If that's the case, then why should I continue to be a so-called of human beings!”

"You keep talking about revenge for Ms. Terri, but you don't think what you did is what she wants to see, right?" Lucas exerted force on his feet, and the environment with almost non-existent gravity allowed him to fly again with this leap. In the air, Henshaw's heat sight was perfectly avoided.

"You're just looking for a reason to vent your emotions." Lucas's eyes flashed with a strange light, and upon closer inspection, he could see a string of data.

If the hall masters in New York were a test given to him by the consciousness of the universe, then the Hank Henshaw in front of him was a real battle.

The real world and the world of consciousness seem to have nothing to do with each other, but in fact they are closely connected. If the persona system was created by the cosmic system for its savior plan, then as the savior, he should have the authority here.

The eagle eyes given to him by the consciousness of the universe can allow him to see the reality of this world.

Lucas's words accurately hit Henshaw's pain point. As a former government worker who worked on the Excalibur for scientific research, his wife is an extremely upright person. She is kind and sensible, and is consistent with everyone. Everyone gets along well.

The boy in front of him was actually right. If Terri was really here, it would be impossible to support his behavior.

Henshaw's wavering made the light in Lucas' eyes grow brighter.

But Henshaw did not wallow in this emotion for long. He quickly came to his senses and said with a sneer, "So what? Terri, she is dead! She is dead and will never come back. ah!"

"Since you love her so much, why don't you die with her, and now you are acting coy here. In the final analysis, it is just selfish." Lucas said without mercy. He looked at Henshaw indifferently, "You're venting your emotions on innocent people's lives."

"Innocent people? No one is innocent! It's everyone's fault that the world has become like this! Everyone deserves to die!" Henshaw became excited, and the black air around him became more and more intense, and he could hardly tell Humanoid.

Lucas is extremely familiar with this black energy. It is the residue left after the destruction of the world, carrying the despair of an entire world. This is a negative emotion that humans cannot afford.

Hank Henshaw has been eroded by the aura of the dark universe, and there is no cure for it, and of course he has no intention of doing so.

Lucas planned to deliver the final blow to Henshaw.

"Do you know why I found you?" he said. "You are so good at what you do. It is almost impeccable. No one will even guess your identity."

Henshaw's crazy attack on Lucas paused, and a pair of blood-red eyes stared at Lucas under the black mist.

"At the Metropolitan Cemetery, I saw Ms. Terri. She told me your identity and asked me to stop you." Lucas said.

"……lie!"

Although he roared, it could be seen from the misty black mist on Henshaw's body that his heart was indeed fluctuating.

"I didn't lie." Lucas raised his lips.

it's time.

The Persona appears behind him.

Sigurd's appearance has faded to the point where it is almost impossible to see clearly, but the sword in his hand is so clear.

"Sigurd?"

Lucas originally wanted to let the Persona give Henshaw the final blow, but Sigurd, who had always been obedient, did not act this time, but put the sword in Lucas's hand.

"You..." Lucas looked at the sword in his hand in surprise.

Of course he entered Henshaw's hall with confidence, but the scene before him was completely out of his script.

"Go." Sigurd said.

This was the first time Lucas heard his persona speak except when he first woke up. He looked at Sigurd who was gradually disappearing in surprise.

Why did it suddenly become like this? How could his persona...

Lucas looked at his persona. Under the faded helmet, there was a young and handsome face, with the same black hair and blue eyes as him.

This face is not unfamiliar to Lucas, because he is Bruce Wayne's first adopted son-Dick Grayson.