Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 741 Sacrifice and Miracle

The bag was heavy with information that was much thicker than the file that Yuya Kazami had given to Karasawa.

Toru Amuro frowned, looked strangely at Tang Ze who was walking out, reached out and slightly flipped through the contents in the middle, and then his expression suddenly froze.

This is a pile of case information. Without a doubt, it is the same as what he instructed Yuya Kazami to hand over to Karasawa, which is the investigation information about the explosion case that killed Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda.

He really wanted to open it and read it directly, but considering the confidentiality of the information itself, he finally held back.

Toru Amuro pulled out the entire plastic file box filled with papers and looked deeply at Tang Ze's figure sitting at the door with his back to him.

No wonder this guy suddenly walked out the door without looking back.

After all, Tang Ze has not revealed his identity yet, and this investigation data undoubtedly belongs to the Phantom Thieves rather than the result of Tang Ze's efforts alone.

Return a favor, reciprocate a favor, this guy really doesn't want to owe anyone any favors.

While flipping through the pages, the sharp-eyed Toru Amuro even saw a lot of pictures and materials, including a photo of someone's mobile phone information page...

No one can deny that the Phantom Thieves' intelligence capabilities are powerful, but it was still beyond his expectation that they could become so powerful in just a few days.

"Your bag was left inside."

Tang Ze glanced at the commuter bag that became deflated again after the information was taken out, took it and said thank you calmly.

The Tokyo Aoyama team's game will be held in a few days. When this criminal runs out and causes trouble without changing his bad habits, Furuya Rei will still know what he should know.

Give him the stuff in advance, maybe it can prevent him from jailbreaking...

However, Tang Ze did not completely pin his hopes on this. According to the inertia of the plot he had experienced so far, even if he could defend himself for a while, the final result would most likely be to go around in circles and return to the starting point.

Tang Ze was quite accepting of this - at worst, they could just try again. How could the Phantom Thieves be afraid of having too many targets? A restaurant owner is not afraid of a big belly.

"The Tokyo Aoyama team's finals will be held in a few days. What a good day they chose." Tang Ze suddenly said something without any reason.

Having already predicted that the new target of the Phantom Thieves would undoubtedly be the culprit of the bombing, Toru Amuro paused in his steps as he was walking back.

"That may not be a bad thing." Without looking back at Tang Ze's expression when he spoke, Amuro Toru replied calmly, "I haven't had the chance to review what I learned from someone in a while. It's time to practice."

This means that he is going to use the bomb disposal skills that Jinpei Matsuda taught him to let the criminal feel the power of genius.

Imagining the scene, Tang Ze couldn't help but smile. He didn't say anything else, but just lowered his head and slowly flipped through the English literature in his hand.

It's hard to say. If the criminal is still upset and wants to find something to do, there will be many people who are eager to show off their skills to him, and Toru Amuro may not be among them.

After the communication ended, Toru Amuro saw that Tang Ze had nothing more to say, nodded, and walked back to the cafe.

The Phantom Thieves' high-profile operation is not far away, so it's better to check in with Team Zero in advance.

But speaking of which, when there is information that needs to be exchanged, Tang Ze would usually ask Jingguang to pass it on. Why did he come to pass it on himself today?

Does Jingguang have other things to do?
Hmm, what on earth has this guy been up to since he joined the Phantom Thieves? Sometimes he can't help but be curious...

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Zhu Fu Jingguang, who did not come to run errand for Tang Ze, was also standing in the cafe at this moment.

To be more precise, it is the palace of Rei Furuya, located at the location of the real-life Polo Cafe.

When he just woke up and hadn't yet acquired the navigation system to the other world, he needed his teammates to carry him here. Now that he had the ability to come and go freely, he could finally come here to visit alone.

I don't know if Gin was so face-blind that he didn't recognize him as a dead man, or if there was a human figure corresponding to him in the hall, or vice versa, because they recognized that he used to be Scotland and condoned his entry and exit. In the team, only Morobushi Kagemitsu himself would not be targeted by the cleaner Gin when he came to Furuya Rei's hall.

He once watched Tang Ze walk into the cinema hall at the time when the cleaner Gin went to the theater in order to avoid him. But the next second, the cleaner once again dragged the huge trash can behind him, walked straight towards him with an expressionless face, sprayed disinfectant on the floor where Tang Ze had stepped, and began to scrub the floor.

At that time, Gin, who suddenly appeared from the safety passage, was dressed in pale white. He was really full of the aura of an evil spirit, which made Tang Ze blurt out some incomprehensible exclamations, such as "It's really a white blood cell" and "The cognitive female ghost is still chasing me".

Having experienced Tang Ze's bad taste in advance and also heard his teammates mention in a tactful way that Tang Ze spoke a lot of strange words, Zhu Fu Jingguang was only confused for a few seconds and stopped thinking about the other party's strange habit.

...So what kind of impression did Karasawa leave on Gin in the organization, to the extent that an unconscious sentinel who only carried a part of his image could target him to this extent.

"Guest, why don't you come in for a visit? Why are you sitting at the door and staring at me?" Feeling uncomfortable under the gaze of Zhufu Jingguang, Jinpei Matsuda touched the back of his neck with a strange look on his face.

Do a little preparation for what it would be like to see a real-life Jinpei Matsuda, so that you won’t be startled by a classmate who suddenly shows up later.

Morobushi Jingguang, who was complaining in his heart, quickly took out his mobile phone and took a few photos of Matsuda Jinpei without saying anything, saying, "Nothing, I'll do some research."

"...How come the cinema staff also need to cooperate in taking photos?" The cognitive Matsuda Jinpei pressed down the cap on his head and dodged the flash uncomfortably. "If you want to take photos, the prop display area is more suitable."

That's of course because normal shadows can't carry mobile phones, let alone the cognitive dolls with specific images in the cinema.

"Yes, I have this plan." Zhu Fu Jingguang, who had taken enough photos, smiled at the other party and filed them in a newly created album, placing them together with his ID photo, which showed him wearing a police uniform and looking straight ahead with no smile on his face.

It seems that after Hagiwara's sacrifice, Zero also did not spend much time with Matsuda, or he subconsciously believed that the sharpness and indifference shown by Matsuda Jinpei during this period was definitely not his nature, and his understanding of Matsuda's character was still stuck in his time in the police academy.

But this is also a good thing. After checking the information that Tang Ze had obtained from his colleagues in the Investigation Section, such as Sato Miwako, Morobushi Kagemitsu felt that seeing that Matsuda Jinpei was still confident and arrogant, but with less smiles, Zero must be in a difficult mood.

When he walked into the cinema, Morofushi Keimitsu happened to see Hagiwara Kenji walking around the prop display area, busily arranging things and placing new items in the display cabinets.

Zhu Fujingguang walked closer and took a closer look, and saw Hagiwara Kenji carefully placing a mobile phone into the glass display cabinet and locking the door.

As luck would have it, it was right next to Zhu Fu Jingguang's broken cell phone.

The phone screen was tilted at a certain angle for the convenience of visitors. It was lit, but it did not display any other content. Instead, it stayed on the prompt page that the message was successfully sent. There is no doubt that this was the phone that Jinpei Matsuda used to send the message to Miwako Sato at the last moment of his life.

"He has already started reading the information. This guy Zero really can't rest for a moment." Zhu Fu Jingguang couldn't help laughing after looking at the time.

"Huh? Are you calling me?" Just as Morobushi Keimitsu took out his mobile phone and started taking pictures of the newly appeared objects, Furukaya Rei's voice came from behind him.

He turned his head and met the golden eyes of Shadow Furuya Zero.

"...I'm praising your cinema for running a good business." Zhu Fu Jingguang smiled at him and looked at the props area again, "Is there a new movie released? This is the first time I see new things added here."

There was already a shadow of him in the cinema, and he was still standing at the counter not far away, working as a ticket seller without complaint. To be honest, Zhufu Jingguang was actually not very clear about his situation with the shadow Furuya Zero, but seeing that the other party didn't even know Tang Ze who came in, but seemed to have a good impression of them all, Zhufu Jingguang simply let it go and just regarded the other party as the owner of this cinema.

Maybe there really is such a world, without so much intrigue and deception, swordplay, and everyone just gets to know each other and becomes friends in an ordinary way...

Since this is what Furuya Rei is like in his consciousness, he should regard this guy who always has a smile on his face as Furuya Rei's true inner nature.

"Yes, after all, they are commemorative items, and they are all very rare. If I get some new ones, I will add them here as soon as possible. How about it, they are all items full of stories, right?" Shadow Furuya Zero looked at the prop area, curved his eyes and smiled, "It took me a lot of effort to get so many."

Zhu Fujingguang paused slightly as he was filming.

The only one among them who has persisted until now, Rei Furuya, has to digest the sad news of his friends' successive sacrifices while doing his hard undercover work. He also has to do his best to understand the truth of the incident and treasure these fragments of the deceased in the deepest part of his memory...

This guy has never let me off at all over the years.

"They are indeed very important things. However, why not consider removing some of them?" Zhu Fu Jingguang thought for a moment and finally found some more accurate metaphors, "After all, some of the things inside are no longer regrettable now."

For example, the guitar hanging there, the cell phone in the window, and the clothes that looked like the one he would wear when he died...

Tang Ze and the Phantom Thieves tried hard to bring him back to the world, and they are still working non-stop step by step to bring back all the sacrificed people. In the final analysis, it is all for Zero himself.

Tang Ze may admire each of them and seems to have a natural liking for these police officers who sacrificed their lives on the job, but the reason he made the current decision and implemented it step by step to this day is because of Furutani Rei.

Now that he has really returned to this world, if Zero is still trapped in the regret and sorrow of the past, it will go against the original intention of the Phantom Thieves.

"You mean the parts related to you?" The shadow Furuya Rei suddenly narrowed his eyes, and a faint wave spread, as if he in reality was suddenly connected to the consciousness of this shadow. "No, I will keep them forever."

"Because it's hard to believe in miracles?" Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at his expression quietly, "Even though I'm standing in front of you again?"

"...That won't happen." Furiya Rei took two steps forward, gently patted the glass of the counter in front of him, and looked at the phone through the clean countertop. "Although I'm about to turn 30, I have always believed in miracles. In other words, I believe that 'man can conquer nature' and that there is no fate that cannot be reversed."

Zhu Fu Jingguang continued to stare at him without refutation.

Of course, Rei Furuya is such a person.

If he didn't believe in miracles and didn't believe in himself, how could he, who had been in desperate situations so many times, fight for victory despite countless impossibilities and not give up or believe in fate?

"But I can't forget these sacrifices and the departure of everyone just because of the miracle that fell from the sky. Miracles are not the norm, but sacrifice is. If we neglect the sacrifice itself because of the mercy of fate, that would be really wrong, right?" Looking down at the old keypad machine on the counter, the shadow Furuya Zero stroked the words on the screen twice in the air and smiled.

Zhu Fu Jingguang was slightly stunned.

"Of course, I still have to thank the miracle. After all these days, I still can't say these words... So, thank him for me." Shadow Furuya Ling said without raising his head.

Yes, after all, Tang Ze is still struggling and is determined not to confess his identity to Zero’s face, as well as how many things he has done with this identity, so that the real Zero has no chance to say thank you to Tang Ze.

"Will you all come back? All of you." Shadow Furuya Rei looked at Morobushi Kagemitsu.

Perhaps this is the question that has always been hidden in the heart of Fūya Rei, a question that he has been hoping for but has not been able to ask since the resurrection of Morobushi Kagemitsu.

Zhu Fu Jingguang also laughed.

Even though he knew that this sentence would be difficult to convey to the other party in reality, due to the mysterious metaphysics of the palace's existence, this sentence might also be difficult for the shadow in front of him to remember, he still made a solemn promise.

"…Of course, of course we will all come back, you are never alone, Zero."

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"…Mr. Amuro, Mr. Amuro?"

"Ah, Ms. Enomoto, what's wrong?" Toru Amuro came back to his senses and looked at the colleague who called him.

Adjusting her apron, Azusa Enomoto tilted her head and said teasingly, "Mr. Amuro likes to be in a daze these past two days, and he always smiles when he is in a daze. What's wrong? Is he in love? Or is there something good happening?"

"No, I'm just in a good mood. As for the reason, I'm not sure."

"Ah, I know, I know. It's like when you walk out the door and suddenly feel that the weather is nice, so your mood becomes cheerful?"

"Well, almost."

"That's good. Mr. Amuro, sometimes you feel a little tense. It's better to relax a little. If you do that, maybe you'll have better luck, right?"

"Thank you for your kind words, Miss Enomoto."

Toru Amuro smiled gently at Azusa Enomoto, then turned to look towards the store door.

Tang Ze, who was pulling five elementary school students, was skillfully stuffing the noisy kids into the car.

Maybe it was because of the clear and sunny weather, the helpless smile on Tang Ze's face seemed particularly warm and gentle under the sunshine.

Today is the final day for Tokyo Aoyama team.

(End of this chapter)