Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 757 Tang Ze: A head full of weird things

After the dazzling flames faded, Tang Ze looked at the figure in black in the venue attacking the puppet on the ropes, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

The owner of this hall is a bomb maker who likes to do some antisocial things. Tang Ze had expected that his hall would anger Jinpei Matsuda, who had come to investigate.

However, when elements related to Kenji Hagiwara's sacrifice appeared, Matsuda Jinpei's anger accumulated at a significantly higher speed, and an exaggerated and contrived puppet show that attempted to recreate Kenji Hagiwara's death scene directly triggered him.

Touching his chin, Tang Ze nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, I knew that Mr. Fūya's peers were almost on par with him. There's something there."

"The new guy is really efficient." Noah's voice sounded in Tang Ze's ears.

With a cell phone and the navigation system as a medium, Noah could appear next to any member of the group at any time. Tang Ze just glanced at the little robot sticking its head out while holding up his scarf, and replied casually: "I'm not talking about that. I'm saying that we finally have a style that suits our taste."

"Ah?" Noah blinked, not understanding where Tang Ze's turn came from.

Tang Ze looked at Jinpei Matsuda who was constantly alternating between firing his gun and using his mask, and raised his chin at him: "Don't you think this effect is more symmetrical with Kidd's style?"

The main color of Jinpei Matsuda has always been black, so his thief costume is naturally only black, white and gray. Only the tip of the flying hem retains some red piping.

However, compared to the other people in the group, he was wearing a white shirt and a black vest, with a windbreaker with a fluttering hem and a hood that covered most of his face. If he was standing opposite Kaito Kidd, perhaps the atmosphere of Kaito Kid would be even stronger.

If I have to find fault, it's probably that it might be a little weird to appear in the dark wearing sunglasses.

You know, all the people who have appeared in the Phantom Thieves so far are indeed very eye-catching in terms of their appearance, but in terms of their painting styles, they all have their own way of doing things.

At present, the style of the troupe has already gathered the mixed styles of Taiga drama, song and dance troupe, Onmyoji, Rainbow Six, Overwatch, etc., and it can't be stitched any more. When they fight, everyone's style is not quite right. This time, there is finally a decent image of a phantom thief, which really moved Tang Ze.

"Do we need to notify Kidd?" Noah, who didn't understand Tang Ze's train of thought, blinked and asked according to Tang Ze's words.

"No need for now, just give him a little surprise from the Phantom Thieves."

"Uh, are you sure it's a surprise..."

The muttering of the two people behind him did not disturb Jinpei Matsuda. After repelling a wave of enemies with his newly awakened power, he raised his head and stared at the scenery above his head with eyes filled with gold.

Going further, staring at the extremely dazzling Ferris wheel outside the tear in the fabric.

"Are we going to design a so-called 'trap' in a place like this? What a boring trick." Jinpei Matsuda spat out the plastic stick in his mouth, raised his free hand, and made a shooting gesture towards one of the hanging ropes.

Behind him, the familiar that had merged with the huge stone wall raised its chained hands.

The next moment, the dazzling rays directly pierced through the rope he was aiming at, and the eyeball-like ball hanging above fell heavily. After a small burst of smoke, two red bills fell down.

The burning atmosphere of the siege faded with his precise hit, and a round of boos broke out from the empty audience seats around him. Obviously, the owner of this place was very dissatisfied with Matsuda Jinpei's quick and direct solution to the puzzle.

But what he wants is the other party's dissatisfaction.

The hanging objects slowly moved back through the holes in the tent, the spotlight faded away, and the torn pieces of cloth fell down belatedly.

The originally gorgeously decorated tent suddenly became dilapidated, as if it had been abandoned for a long time.

After confirming that there were no other threats around, Tang Ze took a few steps closer to Matsuda Jinpei, "As expected of a bomber, he even used the so-called 'route design' to solve the puzzle."

Jinpei Matsuda is worthy of being a professional bomb disposal technician. He immediately found the correct answer among many options.

Although Tang Ze, who had been observing for a while, did not say anything, he had already roughly guessed the tendency of Matsuda Jinpei's abilities.

He probably has some abilities similar to Tang Ze's "third eye", which allows him to find the right solution faster and more effectively when analyzing and solving puzzles.

Perhaps this should also be classified as an intuitive detective ability...

"I'm not surprised that he's such a despicable guy." Matsuda Jinpei touched the sunglasses on his face that seemed to have changed shape a little, and said uncertainly, "So, could it be that my mask is this...?"

He had seen the image of Morobushi Kagemitsu as a phantom thief, and the large, futuristic goggles were indeed impressive.

Tang Ze moved closer to observe for a while, and even touched it, but he consciously let go of his hand before Matsuda Jinpei dodged.

"Well, this is indeed your mask. It is a bit ordinary, but it seems to suit you."

Because of their closer relationship, Karasawa, who did not have time to introduce the setting in detail, initially handed Matsuda Jinpei over to Morobushi Kagemitsu and asked him to take people to the other world to experience it firsthand.

Perhaps the unexpected setting of the other party using glasses as a mask gave Matsuda Jinpei a hint to some extent, making him subconsciously regard his sunglasses as a form of mask.

That's fine, that's good. The masks in our group are now varied and have different functions.

However, looking at his mask, some strange gifs suddenly played automatically in Tang Ze's mind, such as taking off sunglasses or wearing sunglasses or something.

Now that his sunglasses can grow on his face, if he wears sunglasses in his daily clothes, will there be a strange scene where he is about to transform, but takes off the sunglasses and still wears the sunglasses...

"...I have a feeling you are thinking about something very strange and rude." Although he couldn't see Tang Ze's eyes at all, Matsuda Jinpei was still keenly aware of his emotions. He took half a step back and avoided any possible follow-up actions of Tang Ze who came over to observe.

"Ahem, no." Tang Ze suppressed the urge to see strange things, cleared his throat, and stood up again, "I just think it's unreasonable for the two of us to stand here as phantom thieves."

Karasawa's mask is an eye patch that completely covers his eyes, and Matsuda Jinpei's mask is a pair of large sunglasses. The two of them standing in the dark amusement park tent really have the beauty of a blind group.

After thinking for a while and feeling a little speechless, Matsuda Jinpei shook his head, turned around and walked towards the exit.

"Okay, stop thinking about weird things. Speed ​​up a bit, I really want to completely destroy that damn thing in the middle now."

"That might be difficult for just the two of us. We need to go out and borrow some high-tech retractable straps."

"Hmm? What are you mumbling about?"

"Nothing. I mean, it's time to hurry up. I don't want to spend the whole night in this damn place."

————"What, fake?"

"Yes, we did find a suspected iron box and its contents under the seat on the Touto Line, but it seems to be just some colored paper and fireworks..."

"It seems that this person has long expected the search team to find them." Conan was not very surprised to hear the noise on the other end of the phone. "The cost of making high-energy bombs is not low."

Although explosives are not difficult to obtain and the difficulty of making a homemade explosive is far lower than many people imagine, it does take some effort to make plastic explosives like the one this prisoner used.

...So the main advantage that makes Teiji Moriya a bomber is that he is relatively rich.

Conan's thoughts wandered off for a moment, and he returned to the topic just now: "This is a very cunning guy, and he really enjoys playing tricks on all the police."

"This is also the difficult part of this case." Huiyuan Ai, who was sitting in the back row next to Hoshikawa Teru, said softly, "His purpose is not for money. This is a reckless murderer."

They create troubles that cannot be handled at all, and then blame the police for not being able to solve the problems, thereby lowering the police's credibility and image...

This is the other party's fundamental purpose. His wish is to destroy and ruin. This is a threat with no room for negotiation. It can even be said to be a terrorist attack.

"Yes, for him, this is revenge." Conan narrowed his eyes and leaned back in his chair, "A revenge that took 1200 million people as hostages."

The location pointed by this secret code was the entire Dongdu Line. He guessed that since the disguised bomb could be discovered so quickly, the other party must have set up more than one decoy.

Are there any real ones among them?

Considering the cost and cycle of bomb production, he guessed that there would be no such thing. This wave of bomb disposal around the railway would most likely not yield any substantial results.

However, the trains running on the railway did not dare to gamble, and the police were even less willing to gamble.

This would be a long battle, and he had to be prepared to spend the entire night in Sato's car.

It must have been uncomfortable for so many of them to be crammed into one car, but they had no choice.

Among the policemen with whom he had a good relationship, Takagi Wataru's car exploded in the morning, Shiratori Jinsaburo's car exploded at noon, and Megure Juzo was in the Metropolitan Police Department coordinating the operations with Matsumoto Kiyonaga, who was in charge of the operations arrangements, and there were no cars for them to use.

Now we can only hope that Sato Miwako's sturdy old car will not be blown up at night.

"I always feel that this Touto Line is somewhat unlucky." Seeing Sato Miwako hang up the phone and temporarily end the communication with the front-line investigators, Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko finally found an opportunity to complain, "Last time, that architect, did he also come to blow up the Touto Line?"

"It seems to be true..." Yoshida Ayumi recalled for a moment and could not help but nodded slowly, "But that time, didn't the Phantom Thieves discover the bombs in advance and replace them with fireworks?"

"Is it possible that the criminals this time were inspired by them to use so many ribbons and fireworks?" Kojima Genta followed their logic and couldn't help falling into deep thought.

Xingchuan Hui, who was squeezed together by the naughty kids and barely sitting inside, couldn't help but move, secretly complaining about the damage to their reputation.

Please, don't misunderstand the Phantom Thieves' taste, okay?
Stuffing warning letters and fireworks into the bomb is purely the leader's personal taste. Don't implicate innocent members!

Perhaps inspired by their conversation, Conan rolled his eyes and couldn't help but take out his mobile phone and type a message to Joker.

A whole day has passed, and the Phantom Thieves are still quiet. Maybe there has been some new development.

Let's find a reason to ask...

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"Toudou Line? Impossible."

Looking at the atlas in his hand, Rei Furuya shook his head without thinking.

"But at the moment this is the location that best fits the code. The Metropolitan Police Department also conducted a simple search around baseball fields and other places, but has found nothing so far," explained Yuya Kazami.

As he spoke, he secretly glanced at the table in front of him.

The scattered files about the case covered the table, which was Tang Ze's "return gift" that day.

Judging from today's situation, it is obvious that this is the supplementary investigation result of the Phantom Thieves on this case.

If the Phantom Thieves can accurately find the culprit with the current information, then there is no reason why he can't do it.

This was the first thought that came to Rei Furutani, who was currently unable to participate in the front-line work, so after leaving the cafe, he immediately called Yuya Kazami, who had taken the information away, to his apartment along with the information.

Rei Furuya picked up a photo from the file and pushed it to the center of the table.

"The prisoner's purpose was not to exchange money or other material things. What he wanted was attention, gazes, and the heat that would trigger news. That's why he chose this place."

The photo shows the Ferris wheel at Beihu Shopping Mall, which was chosen as the first bomb placement site three years ago.

This is a landmark that is eye-catching enough. Compared with large theme parks that cover a larger area, it is located in a business district, with denser flow of people and more likely to attract onlookers. If Matsuda dismantled the bomb for self-protection, it would be easier for him to stir up public opinion next.

"The criminal's behavior is logically regular." Looking at the photo, Rei Furuya's eyes flickered slightly. "First, the first bomb needs to be placed in a closed space. He needs a switch that can accurately trap the man and the first bomb together. Then, he needs to use the mercury rod to eliminate the possibility of external forces saving the man and the bomb. This is the first step in his design of the trap - an environment that forces the police responsible for explosive disposal to face a life-and-death crisis alone. The railway carriage is still too 'wide' for him."

As he spoke his analysis fluently and naturally, he was calmer than he had imagined.

Just as Yuya Kazami had told Tang Ze before, he was simply limited by his status and unable to personally hunt down the criminals who killed his friends, not that he was indifferent.

These familiar materials and various analyses, profiles and inferences surrounding the criminals have been lingering in his mind for a long time.

Rather than really needing others to agree with his reasoning, he was more like looking for an outlet to dump out all the accumulated things.

"Secondly, he would need a place that is conspicuous enough. A landmark, a place that can be seen by many people. He assumes that the police are evil parties that will use the media to cover up the truth and instigate the public, so he needs a place where there are enough eyewitnesses to see it, so that everything can be 'undeniable'."

"Then another necessary element is obvious: height."

(End of this chapter)