Comic: Becoming a Phantom Thief to Steal Hearts

"This is all...what..."

After the familiar dizziness passed, what appeared in front of them was a scene like hell.

There was blood in the sky, and even the air seemed to be filled with a fishy wind. The earth was like red-hot iron, glowing red, with magma flowing beside it.

In front of them was a huge door, just like the triumphal arches often found in Europe, but it was carved with all kinds of demonic images of arrogance, jealousy, rage, laziness, greed, or lust.

There is also an inscription engraved next to the Gate of Hell:

Through me into the city of endless pain

Through me enter the pit of eternal misery

Through me, enter the eternal crowd

Justice moves my noble Creator

I am the work of divine power, divine will and divine love

Before me there was no eternal creation

I will be with heaven and earth forever

Anyone who enters must give up all hope

Just looking at the inscription that looked like blood, I felt a chill rising from my back, and there was a "gudong" sound coming from my side. I didn't know who was swallowing saliva, but it was the sound.

"Is this James Wesley's palace?" Peter asked tremblingly, "This is too exaggerated!"

Lucas's pupils shrank, "It's impossible."

Gwen subconsciously held Peter's arm, "Isn't this a scene from hell!"

Behind the door is a road, a road that goes downwards, and on one side of the road is a steep cliff.

Hope came to the cliff and looked down. It was bottomless, and the black abyss seemed to swallow everything.

"Half right, half wrong." Hope said solemnly, "This is indeed a kind of palace, but it is different from ordinary palaces. Now as we go down, the shadows here are gathered underground. It seems to be caused by something. They may have been attracted and gathered, but the reason is not clear.”

"Wait! This is hell!" Gwen couldn't help but said, "Do you want us to go to hell?"

"Didn't I say that this is a palace?" Hope said helplessly, "You still remember what the essence of a palace is."

"Twisted desires..." Lucas raised his head and looked at the lifelike demon carvings carved on the gate of hell. In a trance, they seemed to be human faces showing joy, anger, sorrow and joy.

"Yes, follow me." Hope passed through the gates of hell.

"Hey! Don't go in alone!" Peter quickly chased after him.

"Wait for me!" Gwen followed Peter.

Lucas took a deep look at the carvings on the Gate of Hell and entered the Gate of Hell in a few steps.

The moment they passed through the gate of hell, the clothes of the three people changed and turned into the exclusive clothes in the palace.

"Change of clothes?!"

"Have you been spotted by the shadows?"

The three of them once again cast their sights on Hope, who had already expected it.

"It has been discovered a long time ago." Hope looked towards the aisle in front, "There is no problem here, the shadow will not come here, but it will be different if you go deeper, it will be everywhere."

"Let me tell you, what exactly is impression space? You should explain it, right?" Gwen crossed her chest and looked at Hope menacingly.

"It's a palace for everyone."

Peter repeated confusedly: "Everyone's?"

"Only people with extremely strong distortions can create a palace dominated by one person in the garden like before. Other ordinary people do not have their own palaces, but are integrated together to share this huge palace."

Hope said seriously: "That palace is right here - the impression space."

"Indeed, judging from the momentum, Thompson's Hall has completely lost." Gwen pursed her lips.

"Fusion... is everyone's blended into one? Can this be done to complete strangers?" Peter asked strangely.

"Presumably this is the so-called collective subconscious." Lucas said.

"That's right, using this place can help people who don't have a palace to repent, but the steps are a little different."

Peter, like Hope before, glanced at the cliff. This time he could clearly see the path going down the edge of the cliff.

"But isn't this too big? Do we want to walk?" He asked with his hands on his face.

Hope raised her head proudly, "It's finally time for you to see this move."

He flew into the air, his body elongated and deformed, eventually transforming into a helicopter.

"Straight...helicopter?!"

Peter said in disbelief: "Impossible!"

"Physics is gone again." Lucas sighed.

"Thanks to the inspiration I got from Lucas before, the other world is transformed from perception into physical objects. This is the result of using this principle in reverse and practicing a little bit. It is similar to how you change clothes."

Hope's voice came from the helicopter.

"It's amazing." Lucas said sincerely.

Although he was the first to think of using the rules of another world, he couldn't distort the original appearance of items out of thin air. Hope's move was definitely the result of his own careful consideration. To be honest, it was very powerful.

"There's a big difference between changing clothes and turning into a plane!" Peter couldn't help complaining.

"I don't know why, but the understanding that birds and airplanes are equal is extremely widespread among the public."

"Shouldn't that be a passenger plane?"

"I can't do that!"

"Forget it, I haven't flown on a plane yet." Peter entered the cabin curiously.

"I've never been in a helicopter before." Gwen followed closely.

When Lucas was also sitting in the helicopter, the Hope aircraft remained motionless and the three of them looked at each other.

"What are you still doing there?" Hope said speechlessly, "I'm a plane, how can I fly if there's no one to fly it?"

"Can't you fly by yourself?"

"Who knows how to fly a plane?"

Finally, Peter and Gwen's eyes were focused on Lucas again.

Lucas twitched his lips, "Where on earth did I give you the illusion that I can fly a plane?"

He doesn't even have a driver's license!

"Actually, none of us can."

"So, please captain~"

Looking at the hopeful eyes of the two, Lucas silently moved to the cockpit. He turned back to the two and said, "Let me tell you in advance that I will not be responsible for any accidents that happen."

"Um... drive safely?" Gwen said carefully.

"Don't ruin my beauty!" Hope's voice came from the radio, "Turn on the power first."

"You obviously conjured it up, but there is such a thing as a power supply?" Lucas' fingers wandered on the many buttons.

"Yes, yes, that's it."

After Lucas pressed the switch on the motor, he raised the trigger, and the plane flew up unsteadily.

"Full engine! Full speed!"

Unexpectedly, very easy to use.

Lucas steadily controlled the Hope plane and arrived above a grassland.

The scenery here is very strange, with flags of different colors flying in the air, twisted human figures chasing these flags, and gadflies and wasps as big as human heads biting them.

"This feels... indeed like a palace..."

Peter was lying on the window, looking at the ridiculous scene on the ground.

"Is Wesley here somewhere?" Gwen asked.

"No, there is no twisted aura on this level, that guy must still be down there." Hope said.

"But how are we going to find Wesley? We don't know what he looks like."

"Who knows, but you can tell it's a very twisted place at a glance."

Peter said speechlessly: "Don't we just have to wander around and look for it..."

Crossing the plains and rivers, the group came to the lower part of the impression space.

Searching aimlessly is a very tiring task, and Peter couldn't help but ask: "By the way, why don't we go down through the big hole next to it that goes straight to the bottom?"

"No, these are the rules of this impression space. If you don't follow the rules, something terrible will appear." Hope said.

"Something scary?"

"Like the Grim Reaper or something."

"Whoa!"

Lucas looked at the shadows below carrying boulders down from the top of the mountain, and another group of shadows carrying boulders up from the bottom of the mountain, colliding with each other over and over again, showing a thoughtful expression.

"...Don't you think the previous scene looks familiar?" he said.

Gwen thought for a moment and asked hesitantly: "Is it the scene of hell described in Dante's "Divine Comedy"?"

"Yes, in the Inferno of Dante's "Divine Comedy", from the Gate of Hell encountered at the beginning, to the crossing of the Aglon River and the River Sorrow, and based on the original work for reference, we have already passed the first prison of the Underworld. The second hell was lust in the valley of the dark wind, the third hell was gluttony, and now the fourth hell is rolling stone greed.”

Lucas narrowed his eyes, "If nothing else happens, we will soon be angry in the fifth hell swamp."

Just as Lucas said, when they flew over the mountains, what appeared in front of them was a large swamp, and many shadows could be seen soaking in the swamp.

"If we follow this pattern, the following will be the Burning Grave Heresy in the Sixth Hell." Gwen said.

"Um..." Peter scratched his head, "Do you... all understand this well..."

Lucas: "It was just a few glances."

Gwen: "Because it was mentioned in the textbook, so I read it."

roll! It’s too curly! Peter thought sadly and angrily, have you seen it? This is a world where top students are trying to get in trouble with each other!

"The sixth prison is where the pagans stay. It is unlikely that Wesley will be there, but the cruelty of Sangu in the seventh prison is very possible."

"Finally we have a target." Lucas breathed lightly and pushed the trigger.

"Look ahead!" Peter exclaimed.

As soon as he arrived at the seventh prison, he saw a bloody light rising into the sky in front of him.

"That's it! I feel the target's breath." Hope said excitedly, "Are you ready, Self?"

"of course."

Since there were many centaur-shaped shadows with bows and arrows patrolling the area, they had to land and pass on the ground.

After killing a few shadows, the group finally came to a pool of blood, and could vaguely see a human figure in the middle of the pool.

"That guy seems to be Wesley's shadow." Hope said seriously.

Peter: "He's the guy who wants to kill people and silence them!"

Gwen didn't understand, "Why doesn't this bastard have a palace?"

"Well...how about talking to him first?" Hope suggested.

"Who are you?" Wesley's shadow noticed them.

"Are you the guy who wants to kill people and silence them? You obviously embezzled public funds first!" Peter asked.

"Hmph, isn't that the fool who doesn't understand the market and actually wants to call the police? It's ridiculous." Wesley's shadow said disdainfully, "I don't even care whose territory this is."

"What a joke! This is not the reason why you killed him and blamed the incident on an innocent person!"

"Tsk, that innocent woman actually wants to continue to report us, so we have to get rid of him too."

Peter's fists clenched loudly, and he said solemnly: "No, there is nothing left to talk about. Let's repent quickly."

Wesley's shadow expanded, revealing a demon-like inner being.

"The weak obey the strong, these are the rules of Hell's Kitchen!" he roared.

Wesley's shadow forgot that this was only his space, and in front of him were four guys with personas. After a righteous gang fight, Wesley's shadow was knocked to the ground, and he was knocked to the ground. The demon returned to his human form again.

Lucas pointed a realistic model gun at his head.

"Hug...I'm sorry...forgive me." Wesley's shadow said fearfully, "I'm just a small screw under that person. If I don't do this, I will be dealt with!"

"that person?"

"I just don't want to die!" Wesley's shadow held his head and huddled up.

Gwen frowned, "But you have already killed someone, so go ahead and surrender yourself."

"No... no!" He trembled, "Even if he surrenders, he will be dealt with in prison! The police... there are people from him in the police too!"

"What?!" Peter and Gwen both opened their eyes in surprise.

"Well... expected." Lucas sighed.

Before Commissioner Gordon came here, the proportion of rogue police officers in the GCPD (Gotham Police Department) was very high. An unforgiving police officer was much scarier than a criminal. It was also very common for gangs to place undercover agents in the police station. operate.

"How could..." Gwen murmured, "Then dad is very dangerous..."

"Don't worry, since Mr. Sheriff Stacey didn't notice it, it means they hid it very well. There is no need to expose themselves against Mr. Stacey." Lucas said.

"Yeah." Gwen bit her lower lip. She now felt as if her hometown had been stolen.

"You can make people repent, if...if you can make that person repent, I will surrender." Wesley's shadow said.

Several people looked at each other, and Lucas asked: "Who is that person?"

"His name is Kingpin..."

This is obviously just a code name.

Lucas frowned, "Where's your real name?"

Wesley's shadow shrank, "I...I don't know..."

The shadow can't lie, he really doesn't know, but then things become troublesome.

"Okay." Lucas put down the gun, "I promise you."

"Then please..." Wesley's shadow disappeared.

"Is it really okay? We are about to deal with the leader of the criminal organization." Hope asked worriedly.

"Isn't this the big shot we want to deal with?" Peter became excited.

Gwen was a little depressed, "I'm...a little worried."

"It's no problem to deal with Kingpin, but we lack intelligence." Lucas shook his head.

"That's true."

"By the way, what is this shiny thing?" Peter looked at the place where Wesley disappeared, leaving a ball of light there.

"It's the bud of the secret treasure. If left alone, it may become a palace." Hope said, "Let's use it as a reward."

Lucas held the light ball in his hand, and a shining pearl appeared in his palm. At that moment, his mind became clearer.

"what?"

"Oh~ I'm so lucky. Some secret treasures have special functions and can be worn on the body." Hope said excitedly.

"Equipment? It's like a game." Peter complained.

"Reality is not a game." Hope sighed.

"By the way, is this commission completed?" Gwen asked hesitantly.

Hope: "Well... although Wesley shouldn't bother the person who left the message anymore, we also have someone new to repent to."

"But if you just know a code name, you can't repent, right?"

"Yeah, it seems we can only find a solution in reality."