Comic: Becoming a Phantom Thief to Steal Hearts

early morning.

When the summer sun has just risen, the entire metropolis is still immersed in a hazy white mist, shrouding the city of tomorrow in a beautiful golden light.

It's still bright and there are people in the park who get up early and start exercising.

The woman who insisted on running every morning ran a few laps around the park as usual, bought a breakfast at a hot dog stand on the roadside, and sat on a chair to enjoy it.

A white stray dog ​​followed the scent of hot dogs and came to the woman's side. It put its paws on the woman's legs and looked longingly at the remaining hot dogs in the woman's hands with its tongue sticking out.

The stray dog ​​was not dirty except for some grass clippings. The woman touched the dog's head lovingly.

"Oh, good dog."

She put the remaining hot dog on the ground, and the dog immediately lowered his head and started to eat.

After eating, the dog waggled its tail and left, but the woman didn't pay much attention and continued to sit on the chair and drink water slowly.

Not long after, the dog came back, its tail wagging even more happily, and it seemed like there was something in its mouth.

"What's wrong, good dog..."

Halfway through the woman's words, when he saw clearly what was in the dog's mouth, his pupils contracted, and a sharp scream broke the tranquility of the morning.

"Well..." Lucas struggled to open his eyes.

He had always been a light sleeper, and the faint sound of alarm bells woke him up in the early morning.

Lucas' movement to stand up also alarmed Hope, "Um...what's wrong, Lucas?"

"It seems like something happened." Lucas opened the window and looked down.

"Wow!" Hope, who flew staggeringly onto Lucas' shoulders, suddenly woke up. He stared at the police car not far away with his mouth open, "What's going on?"

"I don't know, go down and find out." Lucas said.

After washing up quickly, Lucas went downstairs with Hope.

The soundproofing of the hotel was very good, and no one else was awake yet, so only Lucas with his hearing could hear it.

The accident happened in the small park under the hotel, which was surrounded by police cordons. Lucas stuck his head out to see what was going on inside, but was quickly stopped by the police nearby.

"Kid, there's no fun here."

"Sir, what's going on here?" Lucas asked.

Thanks to his slightly thin body and calm expression, the police didn't mind chatting with him.

"Okay kid, we found a body here, if you live nearby don't go near it."

Corpse?

Lucas looked into the venue. There were still many people inside collecting evidence, but the body was gone. There was indeed a faint smell of blood in the air that only he could smell.

"It's so tragic... If Superman were here, this would never have happened..." the policeman sighed.

It sounded like a regular homicide.

The Phantom Thieves' behavior is different from that of superheroes in the universal sense. Except for Peter and Mindy among the members, everyone else is just ordinary people. Of course, except for our Lucas, the secrets in him are even unknown to himself. Not sure yet.

In short, if no one provides the Phantom Thieves with the murderer's real name, then they will be helpless in this kind of thing, not to mention, it is not easy to arrest the person if they know the real name.

"Harm, I thought something happened, I was shocked..." Hope said.

Indeed, dead people are still very common, especially in Gotham where he lived before. Undead people are strange.

Metropolis was so stable before because of the great killer weapon Superman. Once it loses the suppression of this god on earth, the malice of human nature will be released in a terrible way.

but……

After Lucas walked away for a while, he turned his head and looked at the park again and said, "The police officer's expression was so unnatural."

His face was pale, his pupils were constricted, and there was still cold sweat on his hair, all of which showed that he was quite intimidated.

If the police officer was a rookie who had just joined the job, then it would be reasonable to behave like this, but he already had white hair on his head and looked about the same age as Gwen's father, George. So he was already an old police officer. You actually still show such an expression, what happened there?

"It's not that simple," Lucas said.

When he returned to the hotel, he found that everyone was already up.

"Hi, Lucas, you're always so early." Gwen greeted with a smile.

"Something's happened, Lucas." Peter beside her said seriously.

"what happened?"

Peter, who has always been fond of surfing the Internet, read out the reports he saw with a solemn expression, "A mysterious murderer appeared in the metropolis. Dozens of people were killed. The victims were divided into dozens of parts. How can you witness the crime scene?" Citizens call the police promptly.”

"Murderer?!" Gwen exclaimed, her expression suddenly becoming serious, "What is the modus operandi and how are the victims selected?"

"It's impossible for these things to be reported in the news." Peter said helplessly.

"There is another possibility." Lucas said after looking at the news Peter watched, "That is that the victims have no pattern and the murderer is killing people randomly."

"And don't you think it's weird?" Lucas looked at the scenes announced, "These, um... Let's just say they are dumping sites, covering the entire metropolis. It would be absolutely impossible to do this with just one person. That’s it.”

Not only Lucas and others were shocked by the sudden murder, Tim, who had just returned from the North Pole, immediately retrieved their investigation of the matter from the police database. He had no idea that he was just After a trip to the North Pole, such a big thing happened in Metropolis.

Dozens of bodies have been found so far, and the number is rising. The police are still confused about it. Now it's time for detectives to get on the line.

Tim naturally has his own safe house in Metropolis. At this moment, he is surrounded by big screens on three sides, and web crawlers are diligently obtaining all information.

"These corpses..." Tim looked serious.

The screen was covered with bloody photos. These were all photos of the scene he had found. It could be seen that the scene was very tragic. It was almost impossible to tell where the scattered pieces of flesh were, and the incomplete heads were covered with It was an expression of extreme fear, frozen in a very ferocious moment.

"This wound... is a completely torn wound. Hey, this is..."

Tim discovered the charred bones, which were the result of being soaked in strong acid.

Judging from the corpses alone, it seems that they were torn apart by some large animal, but this cannot explain the traces of corrosion on their bodies. What large animal is corrosive! What's more, these corpses are all over the city...

and many more!

Tim suddenly thought of a terrible possibility. Yes, there is indeed no such species on the earth, so what about the universe? It is not surprising that there are any strange creatures in the vast universe.

Tim felt uneasy at the thought of a terrifying, bloodthirsty alien monster appearing in Metropolis.

"No, this is just one of the possibilities."

At this moment, the surveillance captured by the web crawler also appeared on the screen.

By comparing the faces of the deceased, the identity of the deceased can basically be determined, which makes it much easier for Tim to track their movements. But just from the identity, the victims come from all over the world, from all walks of life, and there is no difference between them. What connection.

Due to the fucking respect for freedom and human rights, Metropolis's surveillance does not cover all areas, and most scenes are not within the scope of surveillance, but there are exceptions.

Tim called up the surveillance of a street and could see a drunkard staggering out of the bar. He was one of the victims this time.

Tim watched the surveillance camera closely, not wanting to miss any details. He watched the drunk man enter an alley and never come out again.

"He disappeared here, but his body appeared on the other side of the city." Tim frowned.

He thought of the Phantom Thieves, but quickly dismissed the possibility. The Phantom Thieves had been under his surveillance, and through long-term observation, he also concluded some patterns.

The Phantom Thieves do disappear into thin air, but their next appearance will be in the same place and nowhere else.

"It seems that it is necessary to go to the scene and take a look." Tim sighed.

The Phantom Thieves on the other side had a heated discussion about the murderous incident that shocked the entire network, but as Lucas said, they are Phantom Thieves, not detectives, and their top priority is to conquer Henshaw's palace first.

So after printing the map of the Excalibur, everyone entered the hall again through the APP.

"Huh? It's so amazing." Mindy looked around. It was obviously no different from the last time they came in, but she just had a strange intuition that she knew how to go.

"Humph, you have to believe that you can do it." Peter said.

"Anyway, let's restore the power of the Excalibur first." Lucas said.

He looked at a fork in the road and said, "Go here."

The Excalibur was still as dark as ever, but because their hearts were full of confidence at this moment, this journey was not as difficult as yesterday.

"Wait a minute." Lucas suddenly stopped. He frowned and whispered: "There is the smell of blood thirty meters ahead of you, turning left. Who is going to take a look?"

This was something we didn't encounter yesterday. Although there were stains on the spaceship yesterday, it would never be as red as it is today.

"I'll go." Peter volunteered.

His physical strength is the highest among all, so he plays the role of pathfinder most of the time.

But even so, Peter is still very careful. Even if he is Spider-Man, it is common for him to be pressed and beaten in the hall, so he cannot be careless.

However, when he came to the point Lucas mentioned, all his psychological construction collapsed.

On the left side of the aisle are piles of indescribable minced meat, which has long been unrecognizable as human beings. Bones, internal organs, minced meat, and some filth are all piled together, except for the fragments of clothing scattered on the ground. No one can confirm that there was ever a human here.

"Ugh-" Peter covered his mouth, a strong feeling of nausea welling up from his stomach.

It's not like Peter has never seen dead people. Although he wants to save everyone, Spider-Man can't catch up, but all the corpses he has seen are not like this one. No, this pile of corpses is so tragic.

"What's wrong, Cobweb?"

After not seeing Peter reply for a long time, Gwen couldn't help but call him worriedly, "Are we coming?"

"No, don't come over!" Peter said quickly, but this also made him completely unable to bear it.

"vomit--"

"Cobweb?!" Gwen couldn't wait to rush to Peter's side immediately.

"Wait a minute, I'll go." Lucas stopped Gwen. There must be a reason why Peter didn't want Gwen to go, so he and Hope just went.

"Self?" Peter raised his pale face when he heard the footsteps.

"This is also..." Hope was so shocked by the scene in front of him that he was speechless.

After a brief silence, Lucas squatted next to the pile of minced meat and observed it.

"Most of these pieces of meat are broken bones and indigestible internal organs." Lucas said calmly, his blue eyes reflecting the color of blood, "This person was eaten."

After listening to Lucas' words, Peter vomited again, this time even the stomach water was vomited out.

"Lucas, you..." Hope looked at Lucas complicatedly.

"Ugh...um..." Peter, who had vomited everything in his stomach, finally couldn't help but said, "Lucas, aren't you scared?"

"It's just a corpse." Lucas said, "Even in this form, it's just a corpse."

His tone was extremely calm, as if the humanoid corpse in front of him was no different from a normal corpse.

"What makes me even more surprised is why Henshaw staged this scene on the Excalibur." Lucas frowned slightly, "And this corpse..."

Such lifelike corpses have never appeared in the hall before. Even those weird shadows turned into a mist and disappeared after being killed.

Could this... be a real corpse?

He lowered his eyes and thought for a few seconds, "No, it's impossible."

Lucas turned his attention to Peter again, "Anyway, let's leave here first. If we stay away for too long, Swan and Alice will be worried."

"Tap Tap"

In the dark corridor, a man was running gasping for breath. He had a ferocious expression and was extremely frightened, but he did not dare to stop because death was following him.

"Ah! I don't want to die! Don't want to die! Stop chasing me!"

The man yelled in panic.

But a black shadow instantly pierced his shoulder.

"Ahhhh!" The intense pain caused the man to scream miserably.

He was dragging towards the corner.

"Do not!!!"

The man clung to the corner, but human strength was obviously no match for these monsters. His fingers were pulled and worn away, and in the end only five bloody fingerprints were left on the wall.

This aisle was filled with the miserable wails of men, echoing for a long time along with the sound of flesh and blood being separated.