Comic: Becoming a Phantom Thief to Steal Hearts

"Excalibur..."

Touching the cold console of the spacecraft, a trace of nostalgia appeared on Henshaw's face.

His appearance at this moment was not that of Superman, but his own, the face of Hank Henshaw.

"It's amazing that you can imagine such a real scene in your subconscious mind." Henshaw couldn't help but sigh.

He almost understood the rules here in just a few minutes. Before being an Excalibur astronaut, he was first and foremost a knowledgeable scientist.

"If that's the case, then..."

Henshaw closed his eyes and composed his thoughts.

"Hank, honey~"

When he opened his eyes, what appeared in front of him was his wife, whom he thought about day and night.

Terri bent her eyes and smiled sweetly at him, but her eyes were terrifyingly empty.

The doll in the palace looked full of nostalgia when facing her master. She opened her arms and wanted to hug Henshaw, but Henshaw grabbed her head.

"That's too fake." Henshaw said with an expressionless expression as he crushed the doll's head.

Through the gap between the fingers, you can see that before the doll was crushed into black mist and disappeared, its eyes were still filled with love for its master.

Although the palace can bring dead objects to life, it cannot perfectly reproduce human beings. No matter how similar the appearance is, it is just an empty shell with only a superficial appearance.

After giving up on recreating humans, Henshaw tried a lot of things. No matter what props they were, they could be reproduced perfectly, even those magical props that only appeared in human fantasy works.

"It would be great if this kind of power could be used in reality." Henshaw said regretfully as he waved away the mecha in front of him.

If it can only appear in his conscious space, what is the difference between it and his daydreams for self-entertainment?

"Are there no more features that can be developed..." Henshaw mused.

As for the little mice that broke in, he had his own way of dealing with them.

"Huh?" Hope suddenly made a confused voice.

He looked around as if he had discovered something.

"What's wrong?" Lucas asked.

"It's a strange feeling..." Hope muttered, "It feels like this palace suddenly came to life?"

"What does that mean?" Mindy poked Hope's wing.

"It's like...as if the owner here is back?" Hope said uncertainly.

"What is this?" Peter looked confused.

"Ah, I'm confused now too..." Hope drooped her head.

"It's okay." Lucas touched Hope comfortingly, "No matter what difficulties we have, we can always solve them."

"That being said, we have been going around in circles here for a long time." Gwen sighed.

"That is to say, was the original Excalibur that big and complicated?" Peter said.

From the moment they came in, everyone has been wandering around in this long and winding corridor. There are no clues or shadows. This has been the case for a long time. Everyone is more or less anxious, except of course. Someone has three things.

Rustling.

There seemed to be some sound coming from the darkness.

!!!

Peter's hair suddenly stood up and he pushed Gwen away.

puff.

A dark shadow pierced his shoulder.

"Well..." Peter's expression was painful, and his wound made a faint hissing sound. The thing that attacked him was also severely corrosive, and it was only because of his mutant recovery that he did not cause more serious damage.

Gwen, who was pushed aside by Peter to avoid harm, quickly helped him up, and Mindy immediately took out her big treasure and shot it into the dark.

Thanks to the flames of the explosion, everyone finally saw the true form of the attacker.

The body was dark and steel-colored, with its limbs lying on the ground. The ends of its two arms were attached with very sharp claws, and its long and flexible tail swayed behind it.

The most terrifying thing is the extremely sharp teeth exposed, and the long tongue drips with sticky liquid, dripping on the floor, making a corroding sound.

There was no doubt that what stood before them was an efficient killer.

"It's really an alien..." Gwen gritted her teeth and said, and the persona of ice and snow appeared behind her.

"Everyone, be careful!" she warned.

"Hmph, I understand without saying anything." Mindy had already prepared for battle.

The surroundings fell into darkness, and the alien hid its figure again, but everyone knew that it did not leave just now, and they were already being targeted.

"It doesn't seem to be here anymore." Lucas put the gun back in his arms.

Lucas had just felt the crisis coming at almost the same moment as Peter, but the alien attack was not directed at him, which made Lucas' movements slow down.

The alien's attack was obviously aimed at Gwen's head. If Peter hadn't pushed her away immediately, the Phantom Thieves would have lost a companion on the spot. As the person involved, Gwen was holding Peter's arm and was terrified.

"No...it's okay. I said I will protect you." Peter gave Gwen a weak smile.

"Ugh... stop talking..." Gwen looked at the penetrating wound on Peter's shoulder sadly.

"No matter what, let's heal Cobweb's injuries first." Hope called out his persona.

The persona shining with holy light made Raven narrow her eyes in discomfort, but she didn't say anything as she looked at Peter's wounds that were slowly getting better under Hope's treatment.

"My wounds have been corroding. The alien looks and has exactly the same abilities as in the movies and TV shows." Peter said, "But this shouldn't be the case. The Excalibur should be very important to Henshaw. How could he be there?" Is there an alien here?"

"The monster named Alien is intelligent." Raven said. "It neither chose to attack me nor Lucas, but chose you. You should know what this means."

She looked at Gwen and did not continue.

Gwen bit her lower lip, yes, because she was the weakest one in this group, so she was naturally regarded as a target.

"Sorry……"

"Okay." Mindy clicked her tongue, "I tell you, if you want to join us, don't say such disappointing things. You may be stronger, but we are our companions in the future together."

After Raven was silent for a few seconds, he actually smiled.

This was the first smile she showed after learning about her life experience.

"I like this world that tolerates the weak."

"...You really can't speak." Mindy said speechlessly.

"It's okay, Alice." Gwen smiled, "I am indeed not as powerful as you. Raven is just telling the truth."

"But... I'm not strong now, but that doesn't mean I won't be strong in the future." She looked at her companions, "You will help me, right?"

"Of course." Mindy gestured at her muscles, "I'm an expert in this area."

"The training plan can be discussed later."

Although the two girls were in high spirits, Lucas had to interrupt them.

"We'll discuss the training plan later. We're still in a dangerous place right now."

"The problem is, we have no direction now." Peter sighed.

"...Sorry." Hope said frustratedly.

The Phantom Thieves have never encountered such a situation since they took action. They have no direction and no idea what to do to find the location of the secret treasure.

The dark spaceship was like a huge maze, trapping them inside.

"Maybe we should retreat for now," Lucas said.

"Retreat?" Hope was stunned for a moment, "But...but we haven't found the secret treasure yet..."

"But running around here like a headless fly now will not lead to anything." Lucas looked back at the way they came, and the originally straight passage turned into a dead end.

"The place we came from is actually..."

"This place is alive." Raven said, her eyes narrowed, "Not to mention..."

"Azarath Metrion Zinthos!"

Raven recited a spell, and dark tentacles burst out from under her cloak, attacking a certain corner.

Dust and dirt fell, and behind the wall was another wall.

"Hmph, let him escape." Raven snorted softly,

"What just happened?" Gwen said with confusion.

"Someone was watching us just now," Lucas said.

"Is there anyone?" Peter was also confused.

His spider-sense is useful, but it is only sensitive to malice and murderous intent, which is why Peter cannot feel sight in the dark.

"No wonder there are some hairs on the back, it turns out there is a guy spying on us." Mindy showed a cold expression, "What a pervert!"

"No." Lucas looked grim, "Who else can monitor us in the palace besides the palace master."

"That means that nasty guy Hank Henshaw has been watching us, right?" Mindy smiled evilly.

"Indeed." Raven said calmly.

"Something's wrong, something's wrong..." Hope muttered.

He felt the strange atmosphere lingering everywhere in this palace.

"I think Self is right, we should retreat temporarily." Hope said.

“Do you want to use the APP to leave first?”

"Even if we leave, we won't have a clue."

"I have an idea." Lucas said, "Maybe we shouldn't insist on finding the location of the secret treasure first, and restore the power system of the spacecraft first."

Peter nodded, "Yes, a dark environment is very beneficial to the alien. Even if we want to fight it, it is best to be in a well-lit place."

"If this is Hank Henshaw's challenge to us, we have to crack it," Lucas said.

He already has an idea to crack the maze-like Excalibur, but this method requires a trip back to reality.

"Facing the current predicament, I have an idea that needs to be verified, but we have to go back to reality first." Lucas said.

"Self has a solution?"

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard what Lucas said. After wandering around in this dark place for so long, everyone had already become impatient.

"Then go back."

"...Yeah." Lucas responded softly.

The thought that emerged from my heart was that I had to go back to reality no matter what. This was for...for...a test...

"Self?"

Lucas' sudden daze made everyone a little strange.

"No, it's nothing." He came back to his senses, "Let's go back."

The moment before disappearing from the hall, Lucas looked at a corner of the hall.

"Huh?" Henshaw frowned, "Did that person find me?"

After realizing that someone was entering his inner world, Henshaw created an alien based on the movies he had watched.

The dim spaceship, the alien killer in the dark, isn't this a classic science fiction horror film?

He originally wanted those people to die slowly under the attack of the aliens, but Henshaw discovered that they actually used a magical power. The thing like a substitute behind him actually made his aliens feel fear. Henshaw Only then began to monitor this group of uninvited guests.

"Sure enough, they have a way to travel between dreams and reality." Henshaw narrowed his eyes.

Yes, he regards this place as his dream. If it is not a dream, how can he realize what he wants here.

...except Terri.

Thinking of Terri's stiff body floating in the universe, the expression on Henshaw's face became ferocious again, and he felt the emptiness and pain in his heart.

Must...must do something!

Superman, damn it!

Damn it, the superhero who refuses to save you!

Damn you idiots who support superheroes!

Henshaw's expression grew increasingly paranoid.

Yes, yes, that's it, everyone deserves to die, this world is destined to embrace darkness, so do what you want and let the world start to burn.

"That's right." Henshaw echoed his inner voice.

At the same time, he discovered a faint crack.

"This is……"

Through the gap, he saw a blue planet. He had stopped by the string window countless times to look at that planet from afar. The home that Terri could not go back to until she died was something that should not appear here at all - the real thing. Earth.

"Dreams and reality intersect?"

Henshaw tried to reach out to reality, but a strong sense of crisis made him retract his hand.

His instinct told him that it would be quite dangerous if he did this.

It’s okay not to go out. Henshaw squinted his eyes. Although the gap was not big, it seemed to be getting bigger little by little. At this speed, it seemed that it would not be long before it could accommodate the size of a person.

Yes, in his current state, he really has no way to go to reality, but people in reality can come to his territory. As long as he comes here, it is not up to him to decide what will happen.

Thinking of his competitors in reality, Henshaw raised his lips. As long as they all disappeared, then those stupid people who couldn't live without superheroes would be able to rely on him as a matter of course.

At this moment in the North Pole, Lionel and Tim have arrived at the door of the Fortress of Solitude.