Comic: Becoming a Phantom Thief to Steal Hearts

Part1, different heroes

It’s Christmas again, and heavy snow is falling, covering the earth.

At this time, the superhero and the super villain seemed to have a strange tacit understanding, not causing trouble, and reunited with their families.

"Someone wants to participate in the game..." Bruce, wearing a Santa hat, opened the door, "Huh?"

The living room with the Christmas tree was empty.

Bruce searched every room where the children might be, but without exception, there was no one there.

"Where are they?"

"How can I help you, sir?" Fortunately, the reliable Alfred appeared in time.

"All my children are missing." Bruce helped Alfred lift the heavy objects. Alfred was older. When this kind of thing happened, everyone in the family would help Alfred.

"Obviously, the manor has been full of people in the past two nights." Bruce muttered softly.

"They're all out, but I promise they'll be back by dinner time," Alfred said.

"What are you doing out there?" Bruce was a little confused.

Alfred smiled and said meaningfully, "Be a hero."

"But Duke is the only one on patrol today."

"They all go on patrol, just using another well-known way to help people, sir." Alfred suggested with a smile, "Maybe you should go see it yourself."

"I will."

I have to say that Bruce was still very curious, so... he turned on the locator on everyone.

"Strange, the locator shows that Dick and Kate are inside." Bruce pushed open the door of the relief center.

He wondered what they were doing in there.

Bruce did not go in, but only exposed half of his body to see what was going on inside.

Kate and Dick, wearing aprons and smiling brightly, were serving hot meals to some ragged homeless people.

In the previous wars, Gotham suffered the most serious damage, and the reconstruction work could not be completed so quickly, so there were still many people living on the streets. Faced with these people who had suffered unreasonable disasters, of course we could not just watch them starve to death, so Relief centers are a must.

Today is Christmas, and most of the staff at the relief center have gone home to reunite with their families, so Kate and Dick chose to come here to help.

Seeing the two of them talking to people familiarly, Bruce knew that this was not the first time this happened.

Subconsciously curling his lips, Bruce closed the door softly.

"Show me where everyone else is?"

Stephanie, Cassandra and Barbara at the orphanage.

Stephanie and Cassandra are taking the children to build a big snowman in the yard. They are currently discussing what nice decorations to add to the snowman, while Barbara distributes exquisitely wrapped gifts to the children.

The three girls looked at each with their childish faces and their eyes were shining brightly.

In a certain indoor basketball court, Luke (Lucius Fox's son, aka Batwing) stood in the middle of the court, holding a basketball and looking at Jason.

"Let's have a no-foul game, shall we, Jay?"

Jason turned his head and said, "I don't know what you are talking about."

Tim hugged the document board and smiled awkwardly.

At the Stray Animal Care Center, Duke, Lucas and Damian were surrounded by many small animals.

Damian said softly, "I promise to find you a good family."

Lucas turned around as if feeling something, and happened to see Bruce standing outside.

Bruce smiled at Lucas and put his finger to his mouth, making a silent gesture.

Lucas blinked, smiled slightly, and nodded slightly.

When he turned back, Bruce disappeared, and the smile in Damian's eyes became even wider.

Bruce returned to Wayne Manor alone. The children had their own activities, and he, a middle-aged man, did not participate in them.

What's more, he looked at his watch and saw that it was already evening. Counting the time...

"Snapped"

The door to Wayne Manor was opened and everyone stood at the door.

"Are you going to have a snowball fight later?" Dick asked with a smile.

"I'm participating," Cassandra said positively.

"Bruce..." Dick looked at his old father expectantly.

Bruce walked directly towards everyone, opened his arms and gave everyone a hug.

"Wow! What's going on?" In surprise, Dick couldn't help but look at Bruce teasingly.

"I saw some incredible things today," Bruce said with a chuckle. "It definitely got me into the holiday spirit."

This sentence sounded inexplicable, and only Lucas and Damian, who discovered that their old father had arrived, laughed and said nothing.

Finally, the whole family took a group photo in front of the Christmas tree.

Jason, who was forcibly pulled into it, muttered, "Something special must have happened."

"Indeed." Bruce replied.

Alfred, who took a camera to record this moment, was very satisfied, "Perfect."

A photo of everyone smiling was fixed.

Part2, Champion Challenge

"Please raise your right hand." Barbara said seriously, "Do you solemnly swear to abide by the results of this competition, even if you are blackmailed and embarrassed?"

Tim, Jason, Lucas, Stephanie and Cassandra who participated in this challenge raised their hands and swore.

"I swear!"

"Then welcome!" Barbara waved her hand excitedly, "To the fifth Challenge Championship!"

"Oh oh oh!"

"Yeah yeah yeah!"

Amidst the cheers, Lucas whispered in confusion, "Fifth?"

"Just enjoy it, Lucas." Tim, who was sitting next to him, patted Lucas on the shoulder and said with a smile.

From Tim's eyes, Lucas saw the excitement about the upcoming dark history. Please, when he heard Barbara talking about blackmail and embarrassment, he felt that something was wrong.

But... Lucas curled up his lips, he just wouldn’t lose.

"First of all, we Duke and Damian pay tribute because they distracted Bruce and Alfred." Barbara put her hands on her chest in condolence, "We will remember their sacrifice."

Duke and Damian on the other side had a pained expression and a blank expression, while Alfred next to him had a face full of relief.

Bruce smiled and said, "I'm glad you remembered etiquette training. You really should take a refresher course in this area."

"I did etiquette training last year, and it was not interesting at all." Tim gloated.

Alfred's etiquette training is quite strict. The old butler who was born in England really treats them according to royal standards when he is serious. Not to mention how cumbersome it is, even someone like Tim who comes from a wealthy family finds it troublesome.

"Speaking of last year..." Barbara smiled at Lucas Cope, "As punishment for losing, Stephanie wore the Riddler's clothes for an entire month."

She turned on the TV, and pictures from last year suddenly appeared on the screen. Barbara winked at Stephanie, "I wish you good luck this year, Stephanie!"

"Actually, I feel like I managed that outfit," Stephanie said confidently.

This is true. The Riddler's clothes are actually not that shameful. They are just ordinary suits, just green, with a question mark tie and a purple hat.

The Riddler himself wears this kind of clothes gloomily, but wearing it on a beautiful blond girl is another matter. Anyway, it doesn’t look that bad. At least Cassandra doesn’t find it embarrassing, but she just changed it for herself. Just style.

"What good things can you win by betting this year?" Jason asked impatiently.

Barbara raised her glasses, and the lenses reflected white light. "As the fifth anniversary, I have prepared something special..."

She pressed the remote control in her hand and looked at the photos that appeared on the screen. Everyone gasped.

Cassandra: "No!"

Jason: "Are you a devil!"

Stephanie: “Anything but this!”

On the screen was Dick wearing his old uniform, with a big stand-up collar, gold trim, and the most eye-catching thing, a deep V cut to his chest.

Lucas didn't understand, "Why does that V-neck have to be so deep?"

"Because Dick is rich and generous." Tim sighed, "The most important thing is that he is shameless."

"How long?" Cassandra asked seriously.

Barbara held out two fingers and said, "For two weeks, you will also need to wear it for night patrol."

As soon as Barbara said this, everyone became serious, and no one wanted to wear Dick's disco nightclub-style uniform.

"This year's competition format is go-kart, please hold on to your handles."

"It's actually a game?" Lucas was a little surprised.

"Is Lucas playing good at the game?" Tim asked.

"It's really not bad." Lucas was not modest at all.

Gaming is one of his few hobbies.

"I will not lose easily." Stephanie was full of fighting spirit. "I have been practicing for a whole year for today's competition."

"None of you are my opponent." Jason said quite confidently.

"The game begins!" Barbara waved the black and white flag.

After a night of intense gaming.

Jason put on Dick's slutty uniform sluggishly and faced everyone's flashing lights with a pale face.

"My life is over..."

I am willing to admit defeat. Even if Jason wants to run away, the others will not allow it. Otherwise, how can this be worthy of the result of their fierce battle all night?

Although Jason was very confident in his game level, in reality... he could only say that he lost more than he won after one night. Maybe it was because he was addicted to food.

The most baffling thing is Dick.

"I still don't understand why my old uniform was a punishment instead of a reward?"

Barbara said with a dead eye, "This is why you can't participate in this championship challenge. You won't be embarrassed anymore."

If the prepared punishment cannot embarrass the loser, but will make him flamboyant like a peacock, then what's the point?

"But this is really good. There's nothing to be embarrassed about." Dick looked at Jason's uniform happily.

"incredible."