Comic: Becoming a Phantom Thief to Steal Hearts

"Huh?" Thompson turned to look at Lucas, "Don't you know who I am?"

He walked slowly in front of Lucas, bent down and looked directly into the blue eyes shining with anger behind the lenses.

"Looking at those eyes makes people angry." Thompson raised his foot and kicked Lucas hard in the abdomen.

"Well..." Lucas held his stomach and hit the wall, then slowly slid down.

"Listen to me, I'm going to kill him now." Thompson looked at Peter again, "Like crushing a small insect."

He walked up to Peter and looked at him condescendingly.

Peter opened his eyes wide, "No...don't..."

After all, Peter is just a high school student, and he is still afraid of death.

Lucas ignored the pain in his abdomen, put his palms on the ground, and was about to rush over, but the sharp scissors stopped in front of him, and the gardener blocked Lucas's way silently.

Lucas held the scissors, and a bloody cut suddenly appeared on his palm, and blood flowed down.

"How long do you have to wait?"

A flash of blue light flashed, and the boy named Archipald, whom Lucas had seen in that strange dream, appeared next to him, looking directly at Lucas with golden pupils.

"This is an extremely unfair game. Your probability of winning is almost zero, but since you can still hear my voice, it proves that there is still a possibility."

Archipald narrowed his eyes, "You don't want to game over here, do you?"

Lucas suddenly felt in a trance, and a faint voice sounded from his mind.

"What's wrong...are you just watching helplessly? Are you going to die to protect Mingzhe? If this continues, your new friend will really die, or is that... a mistake? !"

The incident that happened in Gotham Middle School flashed through Lucas's eyes, and the scene of Peter being bullied by Thompson appeared again...

"correct!"

The moment he shouted out, the sudden pain caused his pupils to shrink. The intense pain almost made Lucas unable to stand upright. But the more painful it was, the more excited he became, as if something had been suppressed. Finally about to be released.

It is unprecedentedly relaxed and happy.

"Very good... I see your awakening. I am you, and you are me. For the justice you believe in, you are rebellious. Sigurd will be with you. Now, execute your own plan. Justice.”

Lucas touched the mask that had appeared on his face at some point and tore it off without hesitation.

The blood flowing down was gradually absorbed, and blue flames ignited from around him, but they did not hurt him at all.

The famous hero in Norse mythology who fought for his family and honor appeared behind him. He raised the sword in his hand flamboyantly, "Let me bathe in your blood."

Lucas didn't know when he put on a black trench coat, with a blue-black mask on his face. The clothes were fluttering and he looked indifferent. He looked at Thompson and said, "Now is the official start of the showdown."

"You..." Peter opened his eyes wide.

A trace of cold sweat broke out on Thompson's face. He looked at the scene in front of him in horror. Everything seemed to have gone away from his inner setting. "You...who are you? A gardener!"

The gardeners who had been knocked down by Lucas' power stood up again.

"Kill him for me!"

The gardeners' bodies began to squirm strangely.

Lucas frowned slightly, he had a bad feeling.

The gardener's body exploded, and two pumpkin heads holding lanterns appeared in front of him.

"You should see their true power." Thompson said arrogantly behind them.

"An enemy of this level is not worth mentioning." Sigurd behind him said, "Do you feel the power rising from you at this moment?"

"I feel it." Lucas said firmly. He had a feeling that he could easily crush the monster in front of him.

"My power belongs to you, use it as you wish."

Lucas raised his hand, his eyes firm.

The air was distorting, no, maybe it was the space that was distorting. The crushed space turned into colorful colors, gorgeous, but full of murderous intent. With just one move, the two monsters disappeared into ashes.

"So... so handsome!" Peter's eyes sparkled, but he quickly realized, "No, now is not the time to think about this."

He looked at the stunned Thompson, stood up tremblingly, rushed towards Thompson, and knocked the defenseless guy down violently.

"Lucas, let's go quickly!"

"it is good."

Lucas and Peter hurriedly came outside the room, and Peter closed the door heavily.

"What? You guys!"

Thompson's furious voice came from the door.

"You deserve it, you bastard!" Peter cursed a few times and looked at Lucas, "What happened just now, and..."

Peter's eyes wandered on Lucas's handsome windbreaker, "What's going on with your clothes?"

"Huh?" Lucas looked down at his body. The windbreaker on his body suddenly disappeared, replaced by the original school uniform.

"Wow, I've changed back!" Peter said in surprise.

"Huh... Anyway, let's run away first." Lucas gasped a few times. He didn't know why he felt that his physical strength was declining very quickly. Is this the price of his sudden ability?

"Well, let's go." Peter also knew that he couldn't stay in this damn place for too long.

But problems soon arose. In front of them was a large maze with tall, vegetation-covered walls blocking their path.

"Maze? Seriously." Peter couldn't help but complain, "I feel like we are in a Disney theme park or something."

"Theme parks don't have a bunch of weird guys trying to kill us," Lucas said.

While identifying the route in the maze, he said: "Besides, is Thompson the kind of person who is always willing to kill people?"

"...No." Peter stopped, his expression confused, "I have known him for several years, and I can only say that the guy is indeed unlikable, but not to this extent."

"Excluding hallucinations, are we going to another world?" Lucas looked at the numerous birdcages hanging in the air, and could see that there was a person locked inside. Due to the angle, it was impossible to see the appearance of these people.

"Looks like we're not the only ones being arrested." Peter frowned.

There was another dead end ahead, but neither of them panicked. Instead, they calmly marked a cross on the map drawn on the paper. Smart people felt comfortable working together as a team and would not be confused about the decryption at all.

"This road is blocked, so it's the fork in the road before."

"...Hey, over there!" A boy's voice suddenly came from above.

"Huh?" Peter raised his head.

"Hey! It's you, black hair and brown hair, here, here!"

It was clear now that it was coming from a small birdcage not far ahead.

"Besides Thompson and those monsters, there are actually people here who can communicate!" Peter said in surprise.

They came under this birdcage, which was much smaller than other birdcages.

"Lucas, can you still use your previous abilities?" Peter asked.

Lucas calculated his physical strength and nodded, "I'll give it a try."

The golden birdcage bends under unseen forces.

"Is this... telekinesis?" The boy's voice sounded a little surprised.

Lucas' eyes widened slightly. He himself was still confused about this strange ability, but he didn't expect that someone would obviously know about it.

It seems to be a little more serious.

Lucas concentrated.

A hole was opened in the birdcage, and then a black shadow flew out.

...wait, fly?

Before Lucas could react, the black shadow fell on his face like a cannonball.

"puff--"

Lucas, who was already exhausted, fell to the ground and his glasses were knocked off.

"Lucas!" Peter quickly came over to help him up. He looked warily at the black shadow attacking Lucas, "You..."

The moment he saw the black shadow clearly, Peter, who was originally so aggressive, was stunned, "What!? What is this? Birdman?"

"What a birdman, you're so rude!" It looks like a bird, but its specific expression can be clearly seen, as if it came out of a comic.

"Next time you say that, I will never forgive you!"

Lucas, who was dazed from being injured, came to his senses and said, "Enemy?"

"I'm not an enemy! How could I be locked up if I were an enemy?" The bird as big as a watermelon jumped dissatisfied.

The sound of footsteps made the two of them immediately quiet down. After the footsteps passed, they continued to talk, but the volume was much lower.

"By the way, do you know a way to get out of here?" Peter asked softly.

"Huh, you've got the point right now." Bird raised his head proudly, his arrogant expression really vivid.

"If you have any ideas, tell me quickly, uh... bird monster?"

"I'm not a bird monster! My name is Hope." Hope said dissatisfied.

"Okay, Hope." Lucas sighed, "Please."

"That's pretty much it..." Hope puffed up her white chest and lowered her voice, "Follow me, don't make any sound!"

Meanwhile, Midtown High School.

Anderson covered his head and frowned, "What's going on? The morning has passed, but Parker and Easton haven't arrived at school yet."

Anderson was worried about his two students at the moment.

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"It's too cheating to be able to fly..." Peter panted, following Hope who was flying in front of him.

"Wait...wait for me..." Lucas gasped harder than Peter.

"Alas..." Hope sighed and stopped on the branch nearby.

"Let me tell you, the physical strength of the two of you is too low. The awakened Black Hair is okay, but Brown Hair, what's the matter with you?"

"Ha...ha...ha..." Peter bent over, propped up his knees, and raised his head after hearing this, "Your requirements are too high. We have run at least several kilometers."

At this time, they had arrived at the garden path they had visited before, and the exit was within easy reach. Several of them could not help but relax a little and recover their exhausted energy.

Even so, the two of them didn't dare to stay in such a weird place. After taking a few breaths, they continued to run towards the exit.

At a corner, Hope stopped suddenly and said, "Wait a minute!"

"What?!" Peter had no time to react and failed to stop the car. He hit the gardener and fell to the ground.

"Tsk, you're such a layman, be quiet and don't move." Hope landed lightly on the ground, and he looked at Lucas, "And Heimao, can you still fight? I'm about to go."

Hope's beady eyes were extremely sharp, "Come on, Versetti!"

A golden Persona appeared from behind him.

"Can you make this thing too?" Peter opened his eyes wide.

The gardener's body began to swell, revealing his true face.

"Hurry up and deal with them." Hope said, "Damn the darkness... It seems that they have entered a fighting state. In order to kill us, they will use all their strength. I will support you!"

Lucas took off the mask on his face and called out his persona, "Sigurd."

He looked at Hope who was standing beside him and said softly: "I still have many questions. I hope you can answer them for me in the future."

"Let's defeat the enemy in front of us first."

"Hmph." Lucas looked at the enemy and used telekinesis.

Hope's ability is similar to a sharp blade of light, which can cause serious damage to enemies with demonic appearances and quickly eliminate them completely.

When the last enemy was wiped out, the persona behind Lucas disappeared. The sudden feeling of exhaustion and weakness made him unable to stand still, and Peter stepped forward to support him.

"You're pretty good, and the power of the persona is also very powerful." Hope said with satisfaction.

"Persona...?" Peter repeated, looking at Hope, "Is that the thing that comes out of your body?"

"I need an explanation too," Lucas said.

"Did you take off the mask during the summoning?" Hope patiently explained, "Everyone wears a mask in their hearts. If you realize this and take it off on your own..."

Hearing the dense footsteps again, Hope stopped explaining, "Now is not the time for lectures at all. If you want to get out alive, you'd better leave first."

"Damn it...I can't help it..." Lucas gritted his teeth.

"It hasn't been long since you awakened your persona. You've consumed too much." Hope said seriously, "You need to rest."

"This ability consumes too much physical strength..."

"It's normal. You are a newbie after all." Hope flapped her wings.

"It's okay, I'll help you." Peter held Lucas' arm, "Let's go."

Transferring part of his pressure to Peter, Lucas secretly made up his mind that he must start exercising. It doesn't matter if he shrivels like this as soon as he uses his abilities.

"There are a lot of people at the door." Peter poked his head around the corner and looked at the gardener who was constantly patrolling the door. "There was no chance to escape at all."

"So you are laymen." Hope raised her head, "Follow me."

"Where are you going?" Peter followed Hope confused.

Finally, a few people arrived at a remote wall.

Staring at the dog hole in the corner, Peter twitched the corners of his mouth, "You mean to let us drill the dog hole?"

"What else?" Hope glanced at Peter, "It's not a shame to find shortcuts."

"That's right." Lucas nodded in agreement, then bent down and got in.

"Huh?! Okay..."