Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 753: Matsuda Jinpei: The Phantom Thieves of the Divine Gold

"Is it possible that your camera captured the criminal?" Megure Juzo took the camera handed to him by Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya in surprise.

How long has it been? How long has it been since he saw such straightforward evidence at the scene?

Nowadays, no matter whether the case is big or small, destroying all kinds of direct evidence has become a basic operation for criminals. I really don’t know whether to say that the quality education in Beihua Town is too good or too bad.

"I'm not sure if I captured the person in the photo, but I changed the memory card once and happened to put the camera on top of the mailbox, so I did shoot in that direction for a few minutes." Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya held his chin and recalled, "After all, I mainly wanted to take pictures of the convoy, so I'm not sure how many pedestrians I took pictures of. I just felt that there were so many people participating in the event, I couldn't be the only one with a camera, right?"

"Yes, there are some. But it is still unknown whether we can find any useful information." Megure Jusan shook his head, feeling even more subtle.

In fact, cameras are normally installed at intersections to record traffic violations, and this place is no exception.

But because of some strange issues regarding portrait rights and TV station broadcasting rights, in short, during the period of the parade, all surveillance cameras at the relevant intersections were turned off.

Anyway, in order to maintain normal order at the scene, the traffic police and even the criminal police team are patrolling. Generally speaking, it is unlikely that any criminal incidents will occur under such circumstances, right?
Unfortunately, the criminals in Beika Town like to commit crimes against the wind and face challenges head-on.

"Then you guys should come back with us and watch the video." Glancing at the expectant expressions on the kids' faces, Megure Jusan weighed the camera and said, "You guys are also eyewitnesses who were relatively close to the incident, so you all have to go and make a statement."

Even if they cannot provide substantial help, when these naughty kids are involved, the cases can almost always be successfully solved in the end, which can be regarded as a good wish.

As a result, the group was taken to the Metropolitan Police Department by the police officers from the First Investigation Division, and the images from Mitsuhiko's camera were projected onto the big screen.

The part about filming his friends and players around him was quickly skipped, and everyone's focus was on the scenes he filmed in the direction of Takagi's vehicle before and after he searched for and replaced the memory card.

"Oh, Sato greeted you." Seeing Sato Miwako come closer to the camera and take off the golden wig on her head, Megure Jusan, who had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem, smiled.

Miwako Sato spoke to the children, and then Yumi Miyamoto came over to say hello.

A group of police officers from the First Investigation Section who came over to see the situation were smiling, but before they could tease the policewomen, Sato Miwako, with a pale face, suddenly rushed out of the shooting area.

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya, who was holding the camera, instinctively changed the shooting direction and followed Miwako Sato who was rushing out, and included her shouts and the parade in front of her in the shooting area.

"What is that thing..." Before he could be shocked by the name that Miwako Sato blurted out, Megure Jusan quickly paused the picture and squinted his eyes at the parade in front of him.

"I don't know, is the picture interfering?"

"It's more like a mosaic, a processed picture..."

"This is the original camera footage, how can you mosaic it?"

"But if it was signal interference, why would this thing still move with the crowd?"

"Not necessarily. It's possible that the bomber carried a jammer to prevent his image from being photographed?"

"Is there something so advanced..."

The others came closer and also looked at the scene in front of Sato Miwako, and discussed in a low voice.

Unable to figure out the reason, Megure Juzo simply turned around, walked through the crowd, and looked at Sato Miwako, who was sitting a few meters away in a daze with a bandage on her hand.

Just ask me.

"Sato, what did you see in the crowd?"

Sato Miwako closed her eyes, as she replayed that brief scene over and over again in her mind.

She knew that speaking out would only make others further worry about her mental state, but based on her own senses, she was very sure at the time that she had definitely not made a mistake in identifying the person.

“…I saw Jinpei Matsuda.”

"Huh? What?"

"Are you okay, Sato? Are you a little too tired?"

"But, speaking of which, Takagi seemed to have said that he saw a similar person... Could it be Matsuda's spirit or something..."

"Hey, keep your voice down. I think it's the date, and you guys are having collective hallucinations."

As she expected, the crowd soon became agitated after understanding what the name meant.

Sato Miwako just exhaled slowly and ignored their words.

Has Matsuda's influence on her really reached the point where she can see his shadow everywhere? There must be something wrong.

"Hello, this is Megure..." Hearing the ringtone, Megure Jusan took his phone and walked two steps away from the noisy subordinates. After the other party said a few words, the volume immediately increased, "What, another bomb was found?!"

"Yes, this time it was in the telephone booth in front of Beihu City Park. But, uh..." The police officer who was squatting on the ground observing the bomb display hesitated for a moment, and hesitantly described the situation at the scene, "It seems that someone discovered and defused the bomb in advance. The internal wiring was cut and damaged, but the rest of the parts are intact."

"Huh? Someone defused the bomb in advance?!" Megure Jusan's eyes suddenly widened.

Since he had turned on the speakerphone in advance, not only he but everyone around him could hear the message clearly.

Conan looked up at the mosaic on the screen thoughtfully, grabbed Megure Jusan's arm that was holding the phone, and said to the person on the other end of the phone: "Since it has been dismantled, can you pick up the bomb and see if there is anything else underneath?"

"Hey, Conan-kun!" Before Megure Jusan could yell, Takagi Wataru picked up the child and said, "Don't make trouble. This is a very important moment..."

Megure Jusan raised his eyebrows and was about to move the naughty kid away when he heard an even more shocked voice from the other end of the phone: "There is indeed something! Report, there is a piece of paper pressed down, it is, it is the Phantom Thieves of Hearts!"

really……

Conan curled his lips as he hit the nail on the head.

It can directly interfere with the filming equipment and make the figure completely disappear in the camera. It sounds like a way that Noah's Ark dealt with their whereabouts before.

It's so powerful that it's a little unbelievable, but this is Noah's Ark, a digital life that is far ahead of its time, still growing, and with no idea where its limit is.

Haibara Ai bumped into Hoshikawa Teru's knee, raised her head and gave him a reproachful look.

For such an important operation, even if you don't discuss the details with me, at least give me a little hint before you start.

Hoshikawa Teru shrugged at her innocently.

They hadn't planned to watch the parade, but Noah told them that the bomber himself had gone to the parade. They couldn't be blamed for the surprise attack.

These children should not have been involved in the first place. This question should be asked to the bomber who had nothing better to do than to watch the explosion up close.

This wasn't a case he planned, but he still wanted to come and watch the fun. Did he want to take some pictures of the buyer's show? What's wrong with him?

The fake teammates were glaring at each other passionately. Conan pulled Takagi Wataru's arm away and asked louder, "Is there any message on the card?"

"Yes. There's a collage letter. It says, 'Don't let the little smoke cloud your vision. A diversion is part of the magic. Officers, please get in the car and be safe.'"

"Be careful when you get in the car?" Megure Jusan frowned. "Are you referring to a situation like Takagi's? Will the criminal target other police cars?"

"But, as for Haido City Park, it is clearly on the route of the championship parade. This doesn't seem to be directed at the police, but more like targeting the team." Takagi Shigeru frowned, a little puzzled.

Thinking of the man who looked very similar to Jinpei Matsuda as described by others, and also thinking of the defused bomb, Takagi Shigeru moved uneasily.

He had a bold hypothesis, but he didn't dare say it out loud now. He was afraid that if he said it out loud, he would be like Sato, and everyone would worry about his mental state.

"There is another possibility." Huihara Ai crossed her arms and spoke slowly, "The Phantom Thieves mean that the bombing against the team and the bombing against the police are two independent cases. You are not out of danger yet, officers."

It should be said that after Hoshikawa Teru told her that Matsuda Jinpei suddenly broke out of his shell like a demon summoned from hell, she was very sure that the case was not so simple and pure. "Hey, Conan-kun, where are you going?" When Shiratori Rensaburo lowered his head in thought, he caught a glimpse of a wind-like shadow that suddenly flashed by his side. When he raised his head, he could only see the small back of the elementary school student.

Haibara Ai lowered her head and looked at the time on her cell phone.

11 points.

She guessed what Kudo was going to do.

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"This is it, the last one..." After putting the pliers into the box, Jinpei Matsuda let out a breath, stood up, and took out the lollipop with only the plastic stick left in his mouth.

Pointing at the person standing in the shadows, he raised his eyebrows and asked provocatively: "How is it, did you pass the test?"

Tang Ze, who was leaning against the wall, raised his hand and applauded him.

After he simply told Matsuda Jinpei that the criminal's real target was the cash remittances from the post office and that bombs would be placed around the parade route to confuse the police's investigative direction, it took Matsuda Jinpei less than half an hour from the first bomb to the last.

Explosive ordnance disposal involves more than just bomb disposal. It involves a series of related measures surrounding explosive cases. There are many decisions and judgments that need to be made, and it is common to see through the arrangements of a few rookie robbers.

They even trapped the other party and ran into one of the robbers' accomplices who was busy installing a bomb, but he was quickly dealt with by Jinpei Matsuda. It is estimated that they will be discovered by the investigating detectives soon.

Even without the help of the Phantom Thieves, there is no doubt that Jinpei Matsuda is an elite police officer who has been training on the front line for several years and has outstanding abilities in all aspects when facing emergencies related to his profession.

Tang Ze clapped his hands and smiled with his eyes curved. "Very exciting, Mr. Matsuda. But please don't get me wrong, although I am indeed conducting a 'test', this is not targeting you. I just need to confirm that you can indeed demonstrate your expertise in the next operation."

Instead, he is holding us back because he is just an ordinary person.

Matsuda Jinpei keenly caught the second half of the other party's unfinished sentence and was not surprised.

Even if a person they have just met for a short while has no ill will towards them as Zhu Fu Jingguang said, it does not mean that he can get the privilege of joining the other party's action plan at will just because he is the victim.

Whether he can participate in this revenge action that goes beyond his past knowledge naturally needs to be reviewed by the person in charge of the action.

"So now, can you tell me what you are going to do?" Matsuda Jinpei walked towards Tang Ze and disappeared into the shadows again. "Can you tell me who he is?"

He followed their steps without hesitation and dealt with a group of thieves in a show of skill as requested by the other party, all for the purpose of understanding this point.

Who killed Kenji Hagiwara and then killed him?

Tang Ze pulled out two lollipops from his pocket and handed them to Matsuda Jinping without saying a word: "Pick a flavor you like?"

Matsuda Jinpei looked down at the candy wrapped in pure white paper, whose flavor he couldn't tell at all, and looked back at it in surprise: "What is this? Do you want the red pill or the blue pill?"

After a morning of contact, he now has a pretty good impression of the Phantom Thieves.

Jing's mental state was very stable, and he didn't look like he had been deceived or coerced. The members didn't seem to be particularly distant towards him as a new face who had suddenly appeared. They didn't avoid him when communicating with him, and they didn't even ask for his opinion. They had already pre-installed the Phantom Thief Line on his new phone.

Although he is not sure where this trust comes from, he has basically accepted what Zhufu Jingguang said.

——Because the leader had a good relationship with Rei Furuya and was moved by their deeds, under the influence of Rei Furuya's strong spiritual beliefs, this group of unscientific guys accomplished a unmaterialistic miracle.

After searching for some relevant news along the way and basically confirming that they had a good reputation, Matsuda Jinpei's instinctive vigilance had been lowered a lot.

If it weren't for the mysterious attitude and the reluctance to speak properly, he actually didn't dislike the other person's style of doing things.

"You choose first." Tang Ze still handed the two candies to him.

Not understanding what he was up to, Jinpei Matsuda observed Tang Ze's expression for a moment and picked up the lollipop on the left.

"I've chosen it, so what?"

Tang Ze opened the remaining lollipop in his hand, stuffed the lemon-yellow candy ball into his mouth, took out his phone, and while activating the navigation of the other world, he answered him vaguely: "I like lemon-flavored lollipops."

Jinpei Matsuda looked at the one in his hand, opened its wrapper, and put it in his mouth.

"...So, you don't like orange flavored food?" Even after pushing the candy ball against his cheek, Matsuda Jinpei still felt confused.

What kind of method is this? Do you decide whether to tell him the truth based on the flavor he chooses? Is it a trick or a chance? Or is it something more mysterious, like fortune-telling?
"I like it too." Tang Ze swiped away the flashing Phantom Thief Line message and answered casually.

These are all homemade candies made for him by the Phantom Thieves who know that he likes sweet food, so there is certainly no flavor that he doesn't like.

"Then what do you want me to choose..."

"Oh, I just realized there are two left, and I'm having trouble choosing."

“But you can’t tell what it smells like from the outside.”

"Yeah, so I let you choose."

Matsuda Jinpei was speechless: "..."

Except for that member who for some reason was very comfortable wearing women's clothes, he thought the mental state of the other members of the Phantom Thieves was quite normal. He was originally wondering how Jing could naturally blend into such a subtle middle school atmosphere.

So the one with an abnormal mental state is the team leader himself, right?
In fact, he was planning to bring an ordinary person who had not awakened to play alone. He was a little confused about whether to play as a master or Yoshitsune, so he took out two different opening buffs with candies, and by the way, he gave some peace of mind to the overly sensitive Matsuda Jinpei who had distorted cognition. Tang Ze ignored the other party's silence, cut the opening P group, and started the navigation.

"Name, Motobashi Yoji."

Matsuda Jinpei, who was still rolling his eyes, was stunned for a moment and his expression became serious.

He looked at the interface on Tang Ze's phone and the text that appeared with the voice, and realized that he was both demonstrating the workflow and answering his previous question.

Regarding the question of who the criminal is.

"Location: Tokyo."

The criminal's range of action is quite wide, spanning Beika-cho, Haido-cho, Shibuya and other areas.

In other words, for the single category of bombers, it is rare for murderers to move around in their living areas, and it is normal for them to move around in a large area.

Therefore, Tang Ze was aiming for the largest possible range when determining the location of the opponent's palace from the very beginning. However, the final test revealed that it was the entire Tokyo city area in a narrow sense. Tang Ze was still shocked by the opponent's level of divine gold.

"Destination: 'Playground'."

A familiar female voice came through the speaker.

[Location locked, navigation started. ]

By the time Matsuda Jinpei withdrew his gaze, the surrounding environment had completely turned from day to night.

The strong smell of gunpowder filled his nostrils. Matsuda Jinpei frowned and instinctively looked up at the sky. He saw the source of the burning smell at a glance.

The dazzling and exaggerated fireworks, one after another, illuminate the entire sky with colorful and dazzling lights.

In the valley below, as the fireworks took off, the amusement facilities that had already started operating began to emit some harsh and eye-catching sound effects, as if it was a circus soundtrack amplified countless times, making people's heads hurt.

"...Fireworks display?" Imagining how this scene corresponded to what was happening in reality, Jinpei Matsuda's eyelids twitched violently.

This guy's name is Yoji Motobashi, right?

(End of this chapter)