Comic: Becoming a Phantom Thief to Steal Hearts

The whereabouts of Dr. Connors are unknown. In the chaos, it is too easy for him to leave in troubled waters.

Although Peter defeated Dr. Connors, the aftermath of the incident is still unfolding, whether it is the innocent citizens who turned into lizard-men in need of rescue, or the passers-by who were attacked by crazy lizard-men.

Everyone is very concerned about this matter. Who will bear the responsibility and compensation? In reality, it is a mess.

All this is not over for Lucas, he and Hope came to the impression space.

"I never thought you would be attacked in school. If I had known, I would have gone with you..." Hope rambled, her words full of concern.

"It's just a small thing, I wasn't hurt at all," Lucas said.

As he spoke, he wiped his cheeks with the back of his hand. The blood marks drawn by Dr. Connors that day were long gone, and not even a scar was left.

"It has nothing to do with whether you're hurt or not. I...I'm worried about you." Hope muttered.

Lucas rolled his eyes, "Thank you."

"This...what's there to say thank you for!" The plane trembled, and Hope quickly changed the subject, "Speaking of which, what are we doing in the Impression Space this time?"

"Just wrapping up," Lucas said.

After arriving at the place, Hope felt the twisted aura from a distance.

"Huh? Is this... is it a request for help on the forum?"

Lucas shook his head and said, "That's the shadow of Curt Connors."

"Huh? Isn't that the guy who turned into a big lizard!"

Lucas opened the hatch and jumped down.

"Ah, it's you." The shapeless shadow glanced at Lucas and lay honestly in his own pool of blood.

He was completely different from when he was violent and would attack people on sight.

"You seem to be awake, Dr. Connors," Lucas said.

"Ah... almost." Connors raised his right arm. Even in the impression space, he still only had half of his arm.

This is what he has long accepted.

"So can you talk to me now?" Lucas asked.

"What do you want to know?"

"Is it because of Norman Osborn that you're so anxious to use the potion?"

Hearing Lucas' question, Connors laughed self-deprecatingly, "Because of Osborn? Maybe there is this reason, but... in the final analysis, it is because of this world full of discrimination. No matter how I No matter how hard I work, people always see my mutilated body, but I don’t want those self-righteous pities.”

This is the reason why Connors wants to use the potion to become a complete human being. He is tired of being looked at with sympathetic eyes all the time, as if he has no significance worth discussing except for the missing arm.

"That's what I think, but it doesn't mean that the Osborne Group doesn't have problems," Connors said.

Lucas, who was silent at first, looked at his face.

"That man, Norman Osborne, didn't treat the company's employees as human beings at all. To him, everyone was just a matter of usefulness or non-use value." Connors said, "I once had two very good people. Good friends, Richard Parker and Mary Parker, they are both great geniuses and worked out the equations of evolution together, but..."

He was silent for a few seconds, "Products beyond the times will not bring good results at first. Norman wanted to buy out the equation from us. In order to build a super army, Richard and Mary refused, and then they There was an accident.”

"...Do you mean Norman took action against them?"

"Ah, if it weren't for this, I would have left long ago." Connors said with a bitter smile, "After all, I still don't have the courage as they do."

"No one is willing to face the threat of death calmly, and it's not your fault," Lucas said.

"Really...but none of this is important anymore." Connors soaked in the blood pool and looked at the blood-red sky. "That kid named Peter, I said something that was too much. Tell him on my behalf." Just say sorry."

Lucas was stunned. Did Dr. Connors...see his identity?

"The equation Norman got was incomplete. After what happened to Richard and Mary, I have lost trust in him, but I don't know what he will do with the incomplete equation, and... ...I will not continue to study potions, but I cannot be caught by the government." Connors said, "I can't live up to Richard and Mary's wishes, and I don't want their hard work to be tainted with dirty desires again. ”

"...I understand." Lucas sighed.

Dr. Connors' case was already very difficult to deal with, and his surrender would have unpredictable consequences, which would only pity the people whose lives were affected.

Connors raised his hand towards the bloody sky, "You have to be careful, the darkness is slowly approaching, it is a suffocating and crazy darkness..."

Before he finished speaking, his figure turned into light and dispersed.

"Darkness..." Hope stopped on Lucas' shoulder.

He had not intervened in the conversation between Lucas and Connors just now, but now he could finally speak.

"What did Connors mean by that last sentence?"

"……do not know."

Lucas looked at what was left after Connors disappeared. Compared with the pure white buds of desire before, this time it was a black mass.

Lucas's blue eyes darkened slightly, which reminded him of the things in Wilson Hall. It's just that the black ball floated motionless in the air, completely different from the black ball that screamed that day.

"What is this?" Hope asked.

"Don't you know what this is?" Lucas glanced at Hope.

"I...should know." Hope said tangledly, "But I forgot."

"Forget it, just take a look and you will know." Lucas said nonchalantly.

"Hey, is it really okay to touch this directly?" Hope said nervously.

"it does not matter."

Lucas' blue eyes reflected the darkness, and he instinctively felt familiar.

The moment his fingertips touched the black mass, he was swallowed up by full of malice.

Lucas felt as if he was under the deep sea. He opened his mouth, and water poured into his mouth and nose, bringing a strong sense of suffocation.

He turned his head and glanced below. The bottom of the sea was filled with darkness and abyss that could not be seen directly. There was a long shadow faintly swimming in the darkness, and the darkness was spreading to where he was.

Can't watch it anymore!

Lucas turned back and swam up along the upward bubbles. The bright water seemed to be getting closer and closer, but the darkness also covered his ankles...

"call……"

Lucas suddenly opened his eyes and gasped for air. There was still a tight feeling in his chest, as if the imaginary suffocation was still surrounding him.

"Lucas! You finally woke up!" Hope said excitedly, "As soon as you touched that strange thing, it turned into a ball of black gas and entered your body, and then you passed out! "

"Really, I told you not to touch weird things!" He said in an ironic tone, "Fortunately, you're fine..."

Lucas sat on the ground and stared blankly at the palm of his hand. The lines on his palm were crisscrossed, but the scene when he stretched out his hand and emerged from the water seemed to appear in front of his eyes.

Did he... escape the darkness?

"I told you that thing gave me a bad feeling. It's really not a good thing..." Hope was still rambled on.

"I'm okay." Lucas said, his voice was extremely hoarse at the moment, "Go back."

"Lucas..." Hope looked at him worriedly, but couldn't tell anything more from his plain voice.

[Lucas: I went to Impression Space.

Lucas: Peter, Connors' shadow said he was sorry for you and said something very outrageous.

Parker: Huh?

Parker: Lucas, when did you go?

Parker: Can Dr. Connors repent?

Lucas: Just now.

LUCAS: He repented, but was unable to surrender to the police.

Lucas: Because he didn't want your parents' research to be used in the war.

Parker:…

Parker: So...

Stacey: What does it mean used in war?

Lucas: You don't want to see an army of lizardmen, do you?

McCready: Ugh, it makes me sick just thinking about it.

McCready: By the way, why didn't you take me with you in this operation? !

Stacey: Because it was Dr. Connors who directly attacked our school.

McCready:? ? ?

McCready: No? Why did you attack the school?

McCready: @Parker, your identity has been exposed?

Parker: That's true.

McCready: Are you stupid?

Lucas: It's not Peter's fault. Who knew Dr. Connors happened to know his parents?

Lucas: And Dr. Connors told me something else.

Lucas: What happened to your parents was probably not an accident. ]

"It's not an accident..." Peter stared blankly at the message from Lucas on the screen.

[Parker: What does this mean?

Lucas: Norman once wanted to buy out Dr. Parker's research, but was rejected without hesitation. They then planned to leave the Osborne Group, and then an accident happened.

Stacey: What?

Stacey: You mean, Harry's dad killed Peter's mom and dad?

McCready: Then this guy named Norman is really a bad guy! ]

"Uncle Norman killed my parents?" Peter muttered.

Peter was confused at this moment. As Harry's friend, of course he had dealt with Norman, but Peter only felt that Norman didn't care much about Harry, but he also had an excessive desire to control Harry.

But Norman didn't care much about Peter, an outsider. It wasn't until Peter won various awards that Norman started to appreciate him.

Shadows don’t lie. The words of Dr. Connors, who is a friend of his parents, must be of reference. At least he knows that his parents once worked for the Osborne Group, but all Peter knows is that they encountered a plane crash, and he also became a An orphan, he has been living with his uncle and aunt ever since.

If Norman killed his parents, why was he so calm and unconcerned when he saw him, and even invited Peter to the Osborne Group? !

Peter gritted his teeth and felt a chill all over.

[Lucas: Norman now has part of the equation developed by Dr. Connors.

Parker: Is that my parents' research?

Lucas: That's just a mutilated version.

Lucas: I have a guess now that you may not be lucky enough to become Spider-Man.

Lucas: Mutated spiders were originally a research project of your parents. Why did nothing happen to you until you were bitten by those highly venomous spiders? ]

Yes, why exactly is this...Is this the last love from my parents...

Peter felt like there was something stuck in his throat. He didn't even want to say a word, and he felt very sour in his heart.

[Lucas: Norman Osborn has a reputation.

Stacey: No wonder…

McCready: The big fish is coming. It’s time for us, the Phantom Thieves, to take action!

Lucas: No...just calm down.

Lucas: Remember what I said in the group before?

Stacey: Is it about Norman dying?

Lucas: Yeah, he's dying. ]

This is why Lucas has been undecided. Although he had long realized that something was wrong with Norman, he was unable to act immediately. Is there really any need to do anything to a dying man? Especially for an ambitious man like Norman, his short life is the most terrible torture in itself.

It's just that when it comes to Peter's parents, it's no longer his decision alone. Peter is qualified and necessary to know the truth.

[Lucas: Peter, I think you need to know the truth, so it's up to you to make the decision.

Lucas: Should I watch Norman die like this, or should I hide the feeling of repentance before he dies?

Stacey: I really didn’t expect Uncle Norman to...

McCready: Well, after knowing that he provided weapons to Wilson, I think this bastard is not a good thing.

Stacey: Mainly we are Harry’s friends, and Norman Osborn is Harry’s dad, so I have a bit of mixed feelings right now.

Parker: I'll think about it.

Parker: Let me think for a moment...]

Seeing the usual water champion silent, Lucas knew that Peter must be in a dilemma now.

He sighed. Before he got to know Harry and became friends, he probably wouldn't have hesitated to make Norman repent. Although he really didn't have a good impression of Norman, he would indeed start to consider Harry's mood now.

Especially this time, even if there may be the danger of facing Dr. Lizard directly, Harry and Lucas stayed on the rooftop to face it together.

Norman was not kind to Harry, but he also gave him a life of prosperity and wealth. Although Harry himself complained about this father, in fact... it was not that he had no feelings for Norman, otherwise, he would not have any feelings for him. I will endure it silently, and even study harder for Norman's praise.

"So, has Peter made up his mind?" Hope asked.

"He said he needed some time to think about it."

"Sigh... This is normal." Hope looked at Lucas, "What about you, captain, what do you think."

Lucas lowered his eyes, his blue eyes as calm as water, without any emotion.

"No matter what decision Peter makes, I will support him," he said.