Comic: Becoming a Phantom Thief to Steal Hearts

"Dad, you haven't told me why those bad guys turned themselves in." Super Killer, who found nothing and returned to her stronghold, pouted unhappily.

"Surrender yourself..." Big Daddy had a complicated and nostalgic look on his face, and murmured: "This is a good thing, a good thing."

"Dad?" Super Killer tilted her head and looked at Big Daddy in confusion.

"It's okay." The big daddy touched his daughter's little purple head.

However, as a former old detective, Big Daddy still noticed something was wrong. How could these villains whose souls were dyed black surrender themselves so honestly? There must be some special reasons for this.

"Mindy," Big Daddy said to Super Killer, "all recent events have been cancelled."

"Ah?" Super Killer was confused, and she said anxiously: "But...but..."

"Be good, listen to daddy." Although Big Daddy's tone was gentle, Super Kill Girl knew that there was no room to turn around on this matter.

She lowered her head in frustration and responded gloomily, "Yeah."

hospital.

Uncle Ben was finally transferred out of the high-risk ward. The bullet passed right by his aorta. If it hadn't been for Lucas's collision, Uncle Ben would have been hit in the heart on the spot and died.

This incident made Aunt May, who already liked Lucas very much, look at him with softer eyes and almost treat him as her own child. Especially when Lucas was hospitalized, May alone took care of Ben and Lucas. Lucas looked after them all very well.

After Uncle Ben's condition improved, Lucas was finally able to be discharged from the hospital.

"Peter, go give Lucas a lift." May said.

"it is good."

Peter, who had grown into toned muscles after the mutation, easily picked up Lucas' belongings and said, "Let's go."

It wasn't until he left Aunt May's sight that Peter said quickly in a low voice: "I have information."

Lucas nodded slightly, informed Gwen, and then returned home all the way.

As soon as I walked in, a small ball of warm fur rushed towards me.

"Welcome back, Lucas!"

Lucas pulled Hope off his face. He didn't expect Hope to be so enthusiastic, "Okay, okay, I'm back."

"Where do you put your things?" Peter shook the luggage in his hand.

"Just the door."

After Peter put down Lucas' luggage, he relaxed and jumped onto the sofa in the living room.

After this period of time, although he has matured a lot, he is still a high school student after all. Being dark and disabled is not Peter's character.

Before Gwen came, Peter sat cross-legged on the sofa and said with a smile: "Huh~ I can finally take a rest."

"What? Are you going to be Spider-Man today?" Lucas's voice came from the kitchen.

I haven't been home for the past few days. There is a thin layer of ash accumulated in my house, and there is no water to drink. Even though the water flowing out of the faucet is clean, Lucas still maintains the habit of disinfection. After all, Gotham's water supply system always had some chemical accidents in the past.

"Hmm! Being thanked by people in person is a completely different feeling than being thanked online."

When Lucas came out with the boiling water that had just been sterilized by high temperature, what he saw was Peter's bright smile.

"There's nothing we can do about it." Lucas poured Peter a glass of water. "The existence of another world is unbelievable, and the power to tamper with people's hearts is so sensitive, which means that the identities of the Phantom Thieves must not be exposed to the public. .”

"I understand." Peter blinked, "The Phantom Thief Forum has been frequently attacked by hackers recently, but in the end it was not breached. There must be someone helping us behind the scenes."

He looked at Lucas with determination. After all, neither he nor Gwen had top-notch skills in this area. The only possibility was Lucas's.

Lucas nodded, "Don't worry about that person on the forum. It's indeed someone I know."

Tim was really helpful. At least people looking for their identities wouldn't find any clues on the Internet.

At this time, Gwen also arrived, and she gave Lucas a gentle hug.

"Congratulations on the discharge, Lucas."

Lucas said helplessly: "Don't mention this, I'm obviously fine."

"If you're doing well, you won't be comatose for two days." Gwen said angrily.

Lucas closed his mouth with a guilty conscience. It's not like he didn't have good conditions before. If he had money, who would do this to his body?

"By the way, Peter, what information have you obtained?" Lucas quickly changed the subject.

"Recently, when I was patrolling Hell's Kitchen, I met someone there..." Peter frowned slightly, as if he couldn't decide how to define the guy he met.

"Who's there?"

"A guy who calls himself the Punisher." Peter had an indescribable expression on his face.

"I stopped a gang smuggling case, captured their little leader and wanted to ask for information about Jin Bin, but that guy didn't know anything, so I just thought I wanted to ask him his name and planned to enter the impression space to get him When he repented, the punisher killed him.”

At this point, Peter fell silent.

It was difficult for him to describe his feelings at that time. The bullet passed through the head of the little leader, splashing red and white all over him. Life was much more fragile than he imagined.

At that time, Peter angrily questioned the Punisher, but what he got was that children should not interfere with Hell's Kitchen. Then they were surrounded by gangs who came to support them. Even Spider-Man was very worried when facing so many people at the same time. Weak, after all, he will control his strength to avoid actually killing people.

But the Punisher has no such concerns. He seems to be a natural killing machine. Every time he shoots, he can accurately take away a life. By the time Peter comes to his senses, there are already corpses all around him.

"Kim is not something you can deal with." The Punisher said to him before leaving, "I only kill guilty people, don't stop me."

"That's it." Peter told his companions everything. "That person must know Kingpin's information."

"Scorned, Peter." Hope shook her head.

"Judging from your description, he is not the kind of person who would tell us information." Lucas frowned slightly.

"And the kind of guy who easily takes other people's lives..."

"I don't think that guy is bad, it's just..." Peter said hesitantly, "It's a bit extreme."

Of course Peter doesn't want to kill people, but the superheroes he likes in the Avengers are not so particular about how to use their hands. After all, they are killing bad guys.

It's just that Peter didn't like the Punisher taking it upon himself to kill the person he caught from a distance. It was the person he caught and had lost the ability to resist.

Lucas glanced at Peter unexpectedly, maybe because he was used to the Gotham style of superheroes not killing people, and he didn't expect Peter to accept it so quickly.

"Didi"

Peter's cell phone rang suddenly.

"This is……"

[Anonymous: Hello, everyone in the Phantom Thieves.

Anonymous: I know you're looking for information on Kingpin, the underground emperor of Hell's Kitchen.

Anonymous: I can tell you. ]

"What is this?" Peter opened his eyes wide, "Someone actually knows our identity!"

Gwen: "What?"

Hope: "How come?!"

"Let me take a look." Lucas sat next to Peter and looked at the message on the screen. The more he looked at him, the weirder his expression became.

He knew Tim's identity, and he knew that Tim knew their identities, and Tim also protected the information about the Phantom Thieves, so who else could this anonymous guy be?

He breathed a sigh of relief and took Peter's phone, "Let me come back."

[Peter: What do you want?

anonymous:……

Anonymous: I just wanted to see it.

Anonymous: What are your methods? ]

Lucas raised his eyebrows and continued to return.

[Peter: Okay.

Peter: Tell me about Kingpin. ]

"That's so easy to agree to." Tim raised his lips. This time, he would stay in New York and placed bugs and locators. Once the three of them started taking action, he would put on a mask and follow them.

He didn't believe that three living people would disappear in front of him this time.

[Anonymous: Three days later, on the docks of Hell's Kitchen.

Anonymous: Kingpin's cronies, codenamed Bullseye, will be responsible for a gun smuggling operation. If anyone is most likely to know Kingpin's true identity, it must be him.

Peter: So you're coming?

Sending failed, user does not exist. ]

Looking at the messages on his phone, Lucas twitched the corners of his mouth.

Well, since Tim doesn't want his identity revealed, so be it.

He handed the phone back to Peter and said, "Now, we have new information."

"I don't know the name this time either..." Gwen murmured.

"This is inevitable. Very few people walking in the darkness will use their real names." Lucas shrugged.

To them, the name may be just a code name.

"In three days..." Peter looked at the information on his phone, "I know, I will go."

"Wait a minute, are you going to rush in alone and find the guy named Bullseye?" Hope said in disbelief.

"Huh? Ah...I can do that."

"Hope is right." Gwen showed disapproval in her eyes, "This is absolutely not okay!"

"But, only I can go, right?" Peter said helplessly.

Gwen, Lucas and Hope are companions who can be trusted in another world. In the real world, they are just ordinary people. Lucas may be able to summon a persona in reality, but everyone can see the consequences of that. It’s here, so I might as well not use it if I can.

Peter really didn't want to see the important person lying in a pool of blood.

"Maybe we can find a helper..." Lucas pondered, "For example, Peter, the Punisher you just mentioned?"

"Huh?" Peter blinked in confusion, "But that guy won't agree."

"If he really hates evil as you said, then I don't think he will let go of this opportunity."

"...Okay." Peter's expression was very reluctant.

"Then how should we contact this guy named Punisher?" Gwen asked with a frown.

"Fishing," Lucas said.

"Ah? Why did you suddenly turn to fishing again?" Hope asked strangely.

"No, this fishing is not that fishing, but to lure him out." Lucas explained.

"Seduction?"

"Yeah." Lucas understood the urinal nature of those gangsters very well. If an ignorant, lamb-like student appeared on the street, there would definitely be someone responsible for this to seduce him.

The good ones are sold, and the bad ones are kept and used as cash machines or cannon fodder. It's generally the same routine.

Lucas told him his plan.

"No! I don't agree." Peter objected: "Who should be the bait? You? Or Gwen? No matter who it is!"

"If I let you come, wouldn't it reveal your identity as Spider-Man?" Lucas asked rhetorically, "As long as I find you, I can find Aunt May and Uncle Ben, and I can also find Gwen and me."

Peter immediately fell silent, dejected.

"Then I'll go." Gwen lifted her blond hair.

"What? No."

"No."

Staring at the two teenagers, Gwen raised her eyebrows high, "You all know that I am the most suitable candidate, but you are unwilling to let me go. Do you think I am not good enough?!"

"No...that's not it..." Peter said hesitantly.

Hope: "If something happens, Miss Gwen will..."

Gwen crossed her chest, "Then you really underestimate me. I grew up following the police!"

"Um...that's just because Chief Stacey is your dad, right?"

"Huh, then I'm not wrong, right!"

Seeing that Gwen had made up her mind, Peter turned to Lucas for help, "Lucas, what did you say?"

Lucas thought for a while and said, "I think it's okay."

"Huh?" Hope looked at Lucas in disbelief.

Peter: "I just said...huh?!"

"Gwen and I are actually fine," Lucas said. "Have you forgotten what's in Hell's Kitchen?"

"The impression is empty...huh?" Peter finally came to his senses mid-sentence.

"Decide on your location first. If you encounter danger, it's okay to go directly to the Impression Space." Lucas said, "Hope and I will ensure Gwen's safety."

Both Lucas and Hope's personas have healing properties, and in the Impression Space, as long as there is still breath, people can be revived.

Although Gwen may disappear suddenly in reality, her safety is more important than this.

"So, it's absolutely no problem." Gwen said, "Trust me."

Peter hesitated for a few seconds, finally nodded, and said solemnly: "I will definitely protect you!"

Gwen smiled slightly, "Of course, I believe you."

"So, when will we act?" She looked at Lucas and asked.

"Bullseye will appear on the dock three days later, and we need to contact our companions who can help before then, the day after tomorrow," Lucas said.

Gwen nodded, "No problem, I can just make some preparations."

"Prepare?"

Gwen smiled mysteriously, "You will know when the time comes, so stay tuned!"