Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 766: Three against one and still got killed
"nailed it?"

"Yes, of course."

“Where are the previous buyers?”

"They've all been taken to the police station. Can I go in and kill them? But their browsing history has been cleared. Rather than thinking about what to do with the one who's in there, you should think about what to do."

The person on the other end of the phone seemed to say a few words, but Toru Amuro didn't answer. He just sneered and hung up.

Then he turned his head, looked at the three guys squatting in a row with their heads in their hands, and pressed his eyebrows hard.

Even though I was mentally prepared, the ups and downs I felt throughout the day still made me feel exhausted, especially for the undercover agent who had not slept at all all night.

None of them are easy to deal with.

"Even though you guys don't say anything, I roughly know what's going on, but I still want to ask." Sitting down on the only chair, he propped up his head and looked down at the three people in front of him who seemed to have a good attitude of admitting their mistakes, "Whose idea was it?"

The three people who had lowered their heads raised their heads, looked at each other for a few seconds, and then lowered their heads again.

This is what it means to refuse to confess.

Seeing that they seemed to remain silent, Toru Amuro was not surprised. He glanced at the three of them, reached out and grabbed Jinpei Matsuda's collar, and pulled him out, as if he was going to have a private chat.

"Hey, hey, Zero, is this your attitude after not seeing you for so long? Hey, the fight is over, what else do you want? Let go—"

The door closed heavily, and Zhu Fu Jingguang and Tang Ze, who were still squatting on the ground, breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Hearing the noise, they couldn't help but look at each other, and then stood up.

They were not noticeable when they were squatting, but after they stood up, the dust marks on their bodies became clearly visible.

It is obvious that this armed struggle between the three people and Toru Amuro ended with a record of zero wins and three losses.

"What's going on?" After confirming that Toru Amuro wouldn't be back for a while, Tang Ze asked quietly, "Did he catch you guys as soon as you got there?"

"That's about right." Patting the dust off his chest from the sports equipment, Zhu Fu Jingguang sighed, "Matsuda and I went over to deal with the second batch of bombs, but he ambushed us as soon as we got there."

"The bomb has been resolved by him?" Tang Ze raised his eyebrows, slightly surprised.

"Yeah, I originally wanted to use the excuse of solving the bomb first and then dealing with other problems to delay time, but I ended up getting kicked two more times." Zhu Fu Jingguang patted the dust off his pants, feeling helpless.

"Well, the organization reacted pretty quickly..." Tang Ze crossed his arms, "I should have paid more attention. I shouldn't have let you pass."

Yoji Motobashi was related to the website set up by the organization, which was something they confirmed at the beginning of the investigation.

Judging from the conversation that Toru Amuro had just made, it was obvious that when Yoji Motobashi, who was being surrounded by both the Phantom Thieves and the police, was about to be arrested, the organization that needed to cover up its own existence was also unable to sit still, and the all-round clean-up talent Bourbon was also caught.

After fighting in the hall for a whole day, Tang Ze was busy making bombs and fooling the police. He didn't have time to check the map and confirm the situation of the Tarots. In the end, he was caught red-handed by Amuro Toru, who was squatting next to the bomb waiting for an opportunity.

"But if you think about it this way, you two are really too weak, senior." Tang Ze glanced at Zhu Fu Jingguang, who still had a footprint on his sweatshirt, "He chased after you two by himself, and he won?"

"We two ran separately, and he defeated us one by one." Zhu Fu Jingguang summarized sadly, "He even set trip wires on the stairs."

Originally, Fūya Rei, who currently has the longest lifespan, has a few more years of experience than the others, so his combat power should be higher.

Originally, the two people who had gained a certain amount of physical strength due to becoming masks were not completely controlled by him. However, Furiya Rei, who was well prepared, not only defused the bomb, but also set up some obstacles on the road in advance. Although he was only waiting there alone, he was completely here to catch him in a trap.

As long as you plan carefully and make arrangements in advance, it is reasonable to achieve a double kill by fighting one against two.

Tang Ze reached out to wipe off the footprint on Zhu Fu Jingguang's back and sighed, "This is too insidious. Didn't he guess what would happen a long time ago?"

If we were not sure that the people coming were Morufushi Kagemitsu and Matsuda Jinpei, we would not be able to make such precise arrangements targeting each individual by just waiting.

In other words, when he received the news that someone from the Investigation Division claimed to have seen Jinpei Matsuda, he was already 80% sure about Jinpei Matsuda's rebirth.

"Maybe it's because he actually wants to see it happen." Morobushi Kagemitsu also raised his hand and brushed off the dust on Tang Ze's back that was stuck to his back when he struggled when he was dragged away, and mentioned his situation in Furuya Zero Hall before the case began.

He went to the hall of Rei Furuya that day mainly to take a picture of the cognitive doll version of Jinpei Matsuda in the hall.

Although Jinpei Matsuda's information has been fully collected and understood by the Phantom Thieves during this period, it is still a bit difficult to create a Noah's Ark out of nothing without a more accurate image of him, as they have to fabricate an illusion that is so realistic that it can cause Yoji Motobashi to completely collapse mentally.

He had gone to the temple to collect materials for Noah, and it was a surprise that he met the shadow Furuya Rei and had that conversation with him.

"...After seeing me and confirming that I was really back, he probably had some thoughts deep in his heart. He must have had some faint expectations, but he couldn't help but feel fear." Zhu Fu Jingguang concluded after describing the conversations.

Karasawa would think of using the Desire Stone to fulfill Fūya Rei's wish, which led to his and Matsuda Jinpei's resurrection.

This is something that all the Phantom Thieves members who have come into contact with the cognitive world are well aware of.

But Rei Furuya himself doesn't know.

Not only did he not know, but because of some concerns, he was even intentionally isolating certain information from the Phantom Thieves that should not be known by the organization.

The serum, whose effect was unknown to him, caused him some psychological burden, so after knowing Tang Ze's true identity, he still did not take the initiative to ask about the principle of resurrection, the details of the Phantom Thieves' abilities, etc., as if he was worried that once he knew the information, it would cause information leakage without knowing it.

The ability of the Phantom Thieves, or rather, the ability of Tang Ze, has been given a very high priority as the living Keimitsu Morobushi stands in front of him. This is information that he does not even reveal to the public security department, and he certainly will not take any risk of being discovered by the organization.

But it would be false to say that this did not lead to further speculation on his part.

Tang Ze was hanging around under his nose every day. As long as he wanted to contact him, he could find Zhu Fu Jingguang at any time, but some questions would become a kind of pressure once they were spoken out. Therefore, Amuro Toru never asked more questions.

Although he used the extra information to predict their actions today and acted annoyed due to ignorance, I guess he must have been expecting something when he set those traps.

He hoped that everything would happen as he guessed.

Tang Ze looked at Zhu Fu Jing Guang with a subtle expression: "...How come you describe it like that, it seems quite warm and affectionate."

"Huh? Isn't it?" Zhu Fu Jingguang raised his eyebrows, not feeling that there was anything wrong with what he said.

"I'll set up a warm trap, and then give you a warm beating, right..." Tang Ze's mouth twitched, and he wanted to stay away from these classmates from the police academy who had filters for each other.

I don’t know if he’s warm and gentle or not, but when he beats people it really hurts.

Zhu Fu Jingguang was about to say something when the tightly closed door was opened again.

Toru Amuro dragged Jinpei Matsuda back and saw the two men in the room looking so close and close like good brothers. He also made a strange expression.

This time, it was Tang Ze who was pulled out.

This shows that they are ready to defeat them one by one, even during interrogations.

Under the sympathetic gaze of the two people, Tang Ze was dragged out of the door again and pulled into the lounge next to him. When the door was closed again, Toru Amuro quickly changed his expression.

"It seems that you prepared that identity for Matsuda. But why did you let the people from the Investigation Division see him? And what are you going to do with the group of robbers sent over?"

When he said this, his brows were furrowed tightly, and from the expression on his face, you could tell that this was the problem that had really troubled him all day.

Seeing that Amuro Toru got straight to the point, Tang Ze also put away the shouting expression on his face, straightened his clothes, and smiled easily: "Anyway, he will have many opportunities to meet him in the future. Isn't it good to get familiar with him in advance?"

Amuro Toru rolled his eyes and did not comment on Tang Ze's obviously reserved answer.

Even if Jinpei Matsuda continues to contact the police officers of the First Investigation Division, the identity he uses will no longer be his own.

The purpose of letting him meet with Sato Miwako and Takagi Wataru in this ambiguous way was simply to see Matsuda Jinpei's thoughts and reactions.

"As for the post office robbers, we need to send them in safely so that we can find out how many thorns there are in the police station." Tang Ze curled his lips, "They are not very smart guys."

With Yoji Motobashi's reappearance, the police's attention was suddenly shifted to the serial bombings, but don't forget that the case began with an explosion during the Tokyo Aoyama team's victory parade.

As a preparation, Tang Ze also took Matsuda Jinpei, who had just woken up, with him to deal with the bombs they had set up.

Compared to Yoji Motobashi himself, this clever gang whose purpose was just to divert the police's attention and facilitate their own robbery of the post office became unremarkable. However, because Yoji Motobashi himself jumped out to attract hatred, they achieved their goal by accident.

But Tang Ze certainly would not forget about them. This group of robbers who had only a few guns were knocked out and sent to the Metropolitan Police Department before they could start dealing with Yoji Motobashi.

Since the source of their bombs has some accidental relationship with the organization, this can also be used to test the situation of the organization's spies in the Metropolitan Police Department.

In addition to Tang Ze's own case, the robber in the billion-dollar robbery case who had been arrested but still died in the interrogation room was enough to show how seriously the police had been infiltrated by the organization.

It's a good opportunity to throw out a group of small shrimps to test the waters, killing two birds with one stone.

"How did Yoji Motobashi get connected with the organization? I think there is still something worth digging into in this direction." Tang Ze touched his chin, "When we, uh, when we were tracking Yoji Motobashi's situation, we intercepted a call between him and a guy who called himself a 'psychologist'. I guess the organization is probably still recruiting people to complete further research in cognitive psychology."

Psychologist, this is a title with a very clear direction. It goes without saying that it is related to cognitive psychology.

However, when Yoji Motobashi, who had clearly colluded with the organization, faced mental problems, the first thing he thought of was to contact this guy called a psychologist. The logic behind this is very interesting.

Although 6% of the information submitted by Tang Ze was fabricated and the data was basically incorrect, in order to fool existing organizational research institutions, he still retained at least 4% of the content of the information itself.

It is still a pipe dream to truly understand the cognitive world using this 4% of original data. However, it is possible to use the principles contained therein to accomplish some mental manipulation similar to that of masks.

Just like Maruki Takuto, judging from Karasawa's current perspective, Maruki Takuto's level as a psychologist is simply terrible. His ability in psychology is at a level that even laymen would call a layman, not to mention experts. His excessive self-centeredness and abuse of empathy make him a rather incompetent guy.

However, due to his exposure to cognitive science research and certain personal obsessions, he still partially awakened the power of the Mask User and tampered with the memories and cognition of others.

In this more patched and more troubled world where Tang Ze is now, are there other guys with the talent of mask users who have been exposed to cognitive science?

Tang Ze is not optimistic about this, which is why he has not revealed more information about the organization to pure red team like Conan.

As long as there is a guy like this, the organization's risk factor will be greatly increased.

Amuro Toru narrowed his eyes and looked at Tang Ze for a moment, and completely heard the part that he didn't say.

Although it is not very clear how the Phantom Thieves use cognitive science in detail, but in short, when you, the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, were tormenting others, you found that this guy was trying to fight back, right?

Tang Ze turned his head, ignoring Amuro Toru's sharp and penetrating gaze, and jumped directly to the conclusion.

"Anyway, don't worry. I have my reasons for doing this. It's been so long, you should trust my abilities a little more, Senior Bourbon."

Seeing that Tang Ze had no intention of elaborating, Amuro Toru shook his head, reached out and opened the drawer next to him, and threw a thick file over.

"What you asked for. Use it carefully, this is a very risky identity."

(End of this chapter)