Comic: Becoming a Phantom Thief to Steal Hearts

School, rooftop.

"Everyone should know, we only have two weeks."

Gwen: "Just go into that garden and steal the secret treasure, right?"

Peter: "By the way, what exactly is the secret treasure? Please explain this."

Hope cleared his throat, "The so-called secret treasure is a symbol of the twisted desires of the palace owner. To put it bluntly, it is the core of the palace. If it is stolen, the palace will lose its shape... That should be the case. But what is Thompson's secret treasure? What, I’m not very sure about this either.”

Gwen asked: "Where is the secret treasure?"

"Anyway, it must be carefully guarded deep in the palace." Hope didn't know, and felt like he was talking nonsense.

"Okay, it's roughly clear. In short, we need to find the secret treasure first." Gwen nodded.

"Well, that's it. Many things can only be known after actually going there... In short, the goal is to find a place where the secret treasure is hidden somewhere in the palace. In order to avoid unexpected events, try to leave as much time as possible when taking action. I am very Looking forward to your performance.”

"Then, let's go."

With the distortion of reality, several people entered a different world, and at the same time, Gotham.

"Ah... the signal is cut off again." Tim frowned, listening to the buzzing sound of electricity in the earphones, and repeated doubtfully, "Garden? Secret treasure?"

Tim is a man with strong mobility. Before leaving last night, he left some gadgets produced by the Bat family on Lucas, including locators and bugs.

Even so, he was still confused when he listened to the exchanges between Lucas, Peter and Gwen. The conversations between several people often showed strange phenomena, and he could already conclude that there was an unknown fourth person among them. People, and every time there is a sound of birdsong in that blank, silent place.

Tim used a computer to make a comparison, and it was undoubtedly the sound made by the same bird. From this, Tim made an incredible conclusion. Lucas and the others were talking to a bird, and what was that bird saying? , only they can understand it. After all, to Tim, it is just a simple bird call. Even if Beast Boy hears it, it is nothing more than a bird call.

Why? Totally incomprehensible...

Tim picked up the coffee and took a sip. The black coffee without any sugar made his mind clear for a moment after not sleeping all night. Could it be magic...

"Hey, Tim, I heard that you haven't been out on night patrol with Bruce recently?" Stephanie Brown, aka Spoiler, the most cheerful girl in the family, accosted Tim who was slumped in front of the computer. She was wearing a uniform and slightly The messy blond hair still smelled like gunfire.

"Well, you know, I don't want to be assassinated to death." Tim said lazily, cueing Damian's persistence in Robin's position.

"Oh, is that the new guy? He's Bruce's biological son." Stephanie's eyes lit up.

"I advise you not to be curious about him because he is of Bruce's blood. They are... different." Tim's eyes were complicated. Damian had targeted him n times, including but not limited to sneak attacks at the corner of the corridor. Trap at the bedroom door.

Facing him, Tim sometimes really couldn't laugh or cry, and felt helpless towards a naughty child.

"It seems that you are not satisfied with him, so why did you give Robin's position to him?" Stephanie asked in confusion.

Tim shook his head, "This choice is not mine, and Bruce seems to want to use Robin's work to get Damian to change the habits he developed in the League of Assassins."

Look, he actually knows everything. Rationally, Tim can understand Bruce's thoughts. Bruce can't let a child who has not grown up and is still related to him go to hell on the road of assassination, so He will find ways to correct Damian's worldview. But emotionally, Tim couldn't accept that an assassin who had killed many people became Robin.

A touch of warmth at night in Gotham, a little hero for children, Robin is undoubtedly special in Tim's heart, otherwise he wouldn't have recommended himself to Bruce who had lost Jason.

"Sorry, Stephanie, I need a moment to think," Tim said.

Stephanie looked at him and smiled understandingly, "Okay, no matter what your answer is, I will support you."

"Thank you, Stephanie." Tim's eyes flashed with emotion, and he smiled: "You don't have to worry about me, I have a very interesting mystery waiting for me to solve."

"Interesting mystery?"

"Well, don't worry, there's no danger. It's just a bet a friend made with me."

Another world, in Thompson's palace.

"Speaking of which, we haven't decided on Gwen's action code name yet." Peter said suddenly.

"Operation code name?" Gwen blinked, "Do you still need this?"

"Well, I'm Cobweb, and they're Self and Hawk."

Hope looked at Gwen's uniform and said, "Look at Miss Gwen's dress..."

"Swan." Gwen said first, "It still fits the bill, right?"

"Okay, then let's go to Swan." Lucas had no objection.

After deciding on Gwen's operation code name, the three of them and one bird walked all the way to the safe house they explored last time. Along the way, Hope continued to teach Gwen some basic knowledge in the palace.

"Sigh... Is the secret treasure still far away?" Peter sighed.

"You just came in not long ago, right? And judging from the size of the garden, it should be some distance away," Hope said.

There was still surprise on Gwen's face, "I can actually reach a place like this through the navigation on my mobile phone. I still find it unbelievable."

Peter: "Hope doesn't need navigation to get in and out...even though he's just a bird."

"I'm not a bird!"

"By the way, who are those people who follow Thompson's orders like gardeners?" Gwen asked, "I feel like they will turn into strange monsters as soon as they start fighting."

"Huh? Ahhh... you're talking about shadows."

"shadow?"

"Ah... I'm also very concerned. Who are those guys?" Peter stuck his head and asked curiously.

Hope: "It's a bit complicated to explain it from the beginning... Do you want to listen?"

Lucas said, "I want to hear it."

Not only Peter and Gwen were curious, but Lucas was also extremely curious, especially since he could also use the shadows for his own purposes.

"Deep in the human heart, in the deepest part of the subconscious mind, the true personality sleeps. The shadow is the product of the materialization of the true personality. It is not a transformation, but their original appearance. The reason why they become gods or gods It looks like a legendary monster because that kind of thing was originally imagined by humans."

"Yes...really?" Gwen covered her head, "Then why are they in Thompson's hall?"

"Normally, they don't wander around..." Hope said, "It seems that the distorted power of the palace attracted them. Even their appearance can be changed, turning them into existences like their subordinates."

Having said this, Hope said thoughtfully: "It seems that the leader of the palace is the shadow of the owner of the palace. And the palace may have something to do with the spiritual world or the collective unconscious."

"Well...no matter how many times I hear it, it still feels magical." Peter shook his head, "It can't be explained by science at all."

"We've already said it's the spiritual world, so why don't we define it by the rules of the outside world?" Hope said speechlessly, "Anyway, just remember that they are enemies."

Gwen nodded, "Okay, I almost understand."

"Then let's continue exploring the palace."

Nothing is more useful than practice, and Gwen quickly adapted to exploring the palace.

After arriving in a large open area, Lucas immediately saw the large statue of Thompson in the middle, which was about five or six stories high.

Reality and fantasy merge in an instant.

"Huh? This place is a playground."

Peter took a sip and said, "Because the playground is the territory of the rugby club, do you regard it as your own..."

"Look there." Lucas raised his head.

Not far away, a unique flower house stood there, more gorgeous than any other building they had encountered.

"Is the secret treasure inside?"

"Well...this feeling can't be wrong." Hope's eyes lit up.

"Great! Finally found it!" Peter said excitedly.

"But there are a lot of shadows guarding here." Lucas frowned and looked at the shadows patrolling the door of the flower room.

Perhaps the secret treasure is behind you. There are many shadows guarding here, and there are no loopholes at all. However, the aura exuded by these shadows is very powerful and cannot be easily dealt with. What's more, the shadows in the hall are endless. Fighting with the shadows If you fight, you will only fall into a whirlpool.

It seems that the only option is to outsmart them.

"Hawk, can you find a shortcut in the air?" Lucas asked.

"Oh~ This is really a good idea. I'll go take a look." Hope flapped her wings and flew into the air for reconnaissance.

Gwen said: "Self means, do we have to crawl in along the outer wall of the greenhouse?"

"But..." Peter scratched his head, "Let's not talk about it for now. We don't have any climbing tools, right?"

"I thought about it." Lucas took out the grapple gun from his pocket.

"Hey, hey? How did you take such a big thing out of your pocket?" Peter said dumbfounded.

Lucas explained while dividing the grapple gun between the two: "Isn't this the spiritual world? Using this principle, I deduced that humans can take out useful props from anywhere. This law is It’s reasonable, so you can bring a lot of stuff.”

"Can this still happen?" Peter opened his eyes wide.

Gwen couldn't help but sigh: "What an incredible world..."

"Self, you adapted so quickly, and you began to understand the rules of another world so quickly." Hope, who came back at some point, said.

"Is there a way up?" Lucas asked.

"Of course, there's an open window in the back where we can go in."

The next step was to test the accuracy of the grapple gun of several people. However, the three of them were very talented in this regard. They succeeded in just one time. The grapple gun in their hands accurately hit the edge of the window.

Carefully squatting on the windowsill, Lucas stood lightly on the high ground, looking down at Thompson below.

Peter: "Why is Thompson here..."

Gwen looked solemn, "There are so many shadows."

Thompson said angrily: "The intruder hasn't been caught yet!"

"Yes! I'm so sorry!"

"I didn't expect to be in the same room. Let's just move on." Hope lowered her voice and whispered.

The only closed door here was the room in front, and a few people carefully entered that room without making any noise.

As soon as she entered, Gwen couldn't help but sigh, "Ah... so beautiful..."

Surrounded by a variety of colorful flowers, the sunlight shines from the transparent dome and turns into a colorful rainbow through the Tyndall effect, making the scenery here even more dreamy.

"Is the secret treasure... here?" Lucas asked.

"Speaking of which, there is something floating...what is it?" Gwen raised her head and looked at the blurry light group floating in front of her eyes.

"Haha...this is the secret treasure!" Hope's eyes glowed, "Finally found it!"

"Is this vague secret treasure?" Lucas asked in surprise.

He thought it was something more in line with the name Secret Treasure, but it turned out to be an invisible light group.

"Okay, don't be impatient. I originally planned to tell you after I get here." Hope said, "You can't take away the secret treasure just by finding the place. We have to make it physical."

Peter: "Materialization?"

Hope: "Desire is an intangible thing. Your desire is the secret treasure that the Phantom Thief wants to get. You must first realize this. You must make him strongly aware that his desire will be taken away until this moment." When the time comes, the secret treasure will appear."

Gwen couldn't help but ask: "How can we do this kind of thing?"

Hope raised her head and said, "Send a warning to him that he will come and steal your heart."

"Preview letter!" Peter's tone had a hint of excitement, "It's so handsome!"

"In this way, the secret treasure will definitely appear! Shouldn't it?"

"...Don't do this again." Lucas said speechlessly, "But it's worth a try."

"This way the infiltration route is determined. All that remains is to send out the warning letter in reality and then take away the secret treasure!"

"The day has finally arrived..." Peter clenched his fists.

"We won't lose," Lucas said softly.

"Of course." Gwen smiled.

Hope finally reminded: "If you release a notice letter in reality, there is no way to go back? In short, after you have decided, let us know when the time comes."

"Now, let's retreat first." He said, "Everyone, you have worked hard today."