Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 814: Beheading
Ireland, who was lying on the ground with his vision gradually becoming blurred, vaguely heard his voice. He rolled his eyes and barely uttered a grunt, which sounded like a sneer.

Even though Kumail's bullet didn't actually hit him, he had been lying on the ground for quite some time since he was hit by the sniper, and the blood beneath his body had gradually lost its temperature, making it difficult for him to give an accurate answer or show a precise expression.

Tang Ze could see his thoughts from this forced expression.

"Why, do you think I'm dreaming?" Tang Ze squatted down and put himself back into Ireland's sight, "So you still want to live."

Facing those golden eyes that shone with an eerie light in the dimness, Ireland slightly pulled the muscles of his cheekbones twice.

Isn't this nonsense? Why ask?

If I didn't want to survive, if I wasn't a weed-like guy with a strong will to survive, how could I have crawled out of the pile of dead bodies and reached where I am today?
Others may not understand this feeling, but Kumail, as the illegitimate son of a powerful political family and thrown into the organization like waste, must have experienced it deeply.

The feeling of kneeling on the ground, fighting with wild dogs for food, completely ignoring everything else and abandoning all humanity in order to survive...

But the current situation is not a question of whether he is willing or not, but that there is no room for discussion at all.

The police had been attacked by him and were lying down in a mess.

He has also revealed his true face in front of more than one person.

Not to mention the shrunken Kudo Shinichi, who witnessed the appearance of Akechi Goro, and watched Akechi Goro and Gin talk and shoot freely...

It is pure fantasy to want to survive under such circumstances.

If the other party's expression had not been excessively mocking and teasing, he would have thought that this was Kumail's revenge on him when he was on the verge of death.

"As long as you still want to live." The golden light lit up again, Tang Ze raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

It was very deliberate and completely unnecessary, so the teammates who filed out from the other side looked at him with strange expressions, and the meaning of speechlessness was very obvious.

I know you want to cover up everyone's relationship, but do you really have to be so chuunibyou?

Tang Ze received it all, but they all hid their faces, using masks and black clothes to cover their looks and features. Ireland, who was lying on the ground, couldn't notice it at all, so he just straightened his back and held on.

Although they were speechless, they also knew the reason why Tang Ze did this, so they cooperated without hesitation and gave Tang Ze enough face.

Asai Narumi walked forward and briefly checked his wound, took out an injection, deftly injected it into his upper arm, and then quickly applied compression bandage.

After he finished the action and nodded, Xingchuan Hui came up and, one on each side of him, deftly lifted Ireland's powerless body from the ground.

After the obstacle of Ireland was removed, Miyano Akemi and Shimabukuro Kimie took two steps forward and quickly began to clean up the blood and bullet marks on the ground.

Completely shrouded in black, they did not make much noise, and within two minutes, most of the traces at the scene had been cleared.

It feels like a professional team, very good and full of energy!

Feeling that he had intimidated enough, Tang Ze nodded with satisfaction, turned around, and left only a free and easy back in Ireland's sight.

"I'll leave it to you. I'll go deal with the cops first."

Hearing Tang Ze's tone that sounded very cruel, Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at his back with a helpless look.

It's a very deliberate move, but I guess to Irish ears, it does sound a bit impressive.

So he cooperated without hesitation: "Please be careful, sir."

Tang Ze paused for a moment, not sure whether he was embarrassed or surprised by the speed of his acting.

However, he still raised his hand in response, and then completely disappeared around the corner of the stairs.

After watching Tang Ze leave, Zhu Fu Jingguang squatted down again and flipped Ireland's eyelids.

Ireland, whose consciousness was already beginning to fade, was still stiffly thinking about where this group of people came from. Suddenly, he felt a rough touch on his eyelids, and the next second, the flashlight shone into his eyes.

"It's obviously reactive to light. It won't die." The guy who was checking it announced, "Take it back first."

With the help of this light source, Ireland barely raised his head and caught a glimpse of the only guy whose face was not covered.

So before his consciousness completely disappeared, what was finally imprinted on his retina and mind was a somewhat familiar face and a code name that he subconsciously wanted to blurt out.

Scotch...whisky...

The surrounding environment seemed to have changed slightly. Some strange and noisy noises, like the noises from amusement park facilities, faintly reached his eardrums.

But Ireland is no longer in a position to observe this.

His head dropped completely.

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"The attacker is gone?!" Hearing this conclusion, Kyogoku frowned deeply, "Are we still too late?"

With his speed, it would certainly not be a problem for him to reach the top floor and directly face the helicopter and possible armed attackers.

However, at the strong request of Conan, who was brought up by him at the time, Kyogoku Makoto accepted his statement after weighing the pros and cons, and asked Conan to dodge and observe carefully, while Kyogoku Makoto himself changed direction, trying to avoid the helicopter's sight and go up.

This is indeed a bit dangerous, but the sharp-eyed Conan keenly saw the weapons equipped under the helicopter. The black barrel showed that it was not an ordinary civilian helicopter at all. It was very dangerous to be exposed to the opponent's attack range.

As a result, he missed the chance to climb the railing and witness the scene, and only had time to throw some lethal weapons at the departing helicopter...

Thinking of this, he scratched his cheek a little embarrassedly: "Uh, the things I threw down didn't break anything, right?"

There is a central garden near the Dongdu Tower, which is also the direction the helicopter left. The steel bars he threw out should not hit any buildings or pedestrians, but they were thrown from a height of more than 200 meters after all, and the force when they hit the ground must be considerable.

Upon hearing this, Takagi Wataru, who was conducting the inquiry, withdrew his worried look towards the ambulance and looked silently at this young but very strong high school student.

"… Don't worry, no one was hurt because of it." Thinking of the steel bar that was deeply embedded in the trunk and almost pierced the tree that two people hugged, Takagi Shigeru couldn't help but press his forehead. It was a good thing that no pedestrians were injured, but think about it, how can the department responsible for repairs and reporting losses be written as "throwing steel bars at 200 meters to shoot down enemy helicopters" as the reason for the damage? He felt sad for them.

In Tokyo, not only is it difficult to be a police officer, but you will also get beaten up for no reason when you come here on business. It seems that no job is easy...

Kyogoku breathed a sigh of relief and smiled sincerely: "Are all the officers okay? I just saw that the criminal seems to have woken up."

Compared to facing well-trained police officers, ordinary people like Mizutani Kousuke could not withstand it at all, so in the entire Toudou Tower, the victims with the least injuries were Mizutani Kousuke, who fainted after being thrown over the shoulder, and Motokami Kazuki, who fell from the anesthetic needle instead of the fists.

At this time, both of them were surrounded by police, and Ben Shanghe Shu was handcuffed and ready to be sent for questioning.

I don't know whether this guy was irritated by Mizutani Kousuke's retort or his defense was broken by Conan's sharp comments. In any case, he sat slumped in the back seat of the police car with a gloomy face, as if he had given up defending himself.

"Nothing serious is wrong. The worst is probably a concussion. Most of the injuries are superficial." Takagi Shigeru had no intention of hiding anything from this enthusiastic and capable citizen who provided important clues and made efforts to subdue the attacker. He replied soothingly, "Don't worry, Kyogoku-san."

"That's good……"

"Well, let's go back to the previous question. Let me repeat your transcript. You and Ms. Mao Lilan stayed in the Toudou Tower because of her child. Then you heard the police's notice to evacuate tourists, so you returned to the tower out of worry..."

The two men continued to take notes and interrogate. On the flat bed in the ambulance, Mizutani Kosuke, who was rubbing his shoulders, looked in their direction in a daze.

So at that time, he thought that the venue, which was empty, was actually so lively...

"Mr. Mizutani, Mr. Mizutani?"

"Sorry." He retracted his gaze and focused his attention on the policeman in front of him. "I was distracted just now. Do you have something to talk to me about? I thought I had to wait until I came back from the hospital before going to the police station to cooperate with the investigation..."

Although he was not the real murderer and had no intention of taking the blame for Ben Shang and Shu, he was the only person who knew the case before the detectives and police investigated. He even carried crucial evidence with him for many days. He would have to deal with the police for many days before the case was completely closed.

"Yes, but that's for later." Sato Miwako nodded and smiled at him, "It's about Miss Shindo Sumire."

When Mizutani Kosuke heard the name, he immediately sat up straight.

Motokami Kazuki basically confessed everything about the first six murders, except for the case of Sumire Shindo, whose body was missing. He not only vehemently denied it, but also always insisted that it was Mizutani Kousuke, who knew about the murders, and that he was the one being framed in this matter.

Mizutani Kosuke was not angry about his frame-up, but was just confused.

At this point, Motokami and Shu have already admitted to six counts of premeditated murder. There is absolutely no need for them to lie about this matter. The fact that he insisted on this shows that he really did not kill Shindou Sumire.

So who did this? Was it the fake policeman who knocked him down for no apparent reason?
"Twenty minutes ago, Ms. Shindo Sumire contacted us through the police." Sato Miwako couldn't help but hold her forehead to support herself and finish the slightly ridiculous content. "She is not dead, and she said that she was taken away and protected by the members of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts on the night of the incident."

"...The Phantom Thieves of Hearts?" Mizutani Kousuke, who had never expected to hear this term from the police, was stunned for a moment and repeated in confusion, "You mean, they faked Shindo Sumire's death in order to protect her?"

He is not a fool, and neither is Ben Shangheshu.

The other party would think that Shindou Sumire is dead, the plan is complete, and they would come to him to take the final step to exonerate themselves. They must have confirmed that Shindou Sumire has died as planned.

Something must have happened to cause such a misunderstanding among the experienced Motogami Kazuki.

"That's about right." Thinking of the pool of blood in the park and the colleagues in the forensic department who had to lose a lot of hair and write a lot of self-reviews because of this, Sato Miwako sympathized for a few seconds, but her expression softened. "No matter what, she's still alive and well, that's good."

"Did she tell us why the people in the Phantom Thieves did this?" Mizutani Kousuke asked curiously.

"Oh, she said the Phantom Thieves told her that only by deceiving the murderer and making everyone believe that she is dead, the murderer will not lose control and continue with the plan step by step and be exposed to everyone..." Sato Miwako repeated it and shrugged, "Who knows, anyway, that's what she said."

Shindou Sumire refused to explain who took her away. When asked again, she said that she didn't remember the other person's appearance. In short, it seemed that she was determined to keep the secret.

Faced with this victim who they failed to protect, the police were in no position to interrogate her, so they had no way to deal with her and could only let her do as she pleased.

"I see..." Mizutani Kousuke nodded suddenly, "That's good too. My brother has caused enough tragedies and sins. So, they are also..."

In disguise, he protected Mizutani Kosuke himself...

Sumire Shindo's fake death successfully calmed Motokami Kazuki's emotions. Also because he regarded Mizutani Kousuke as an accomplice, he let down his guard tonight and came to the Toudou Tower as originally agreed.

Otherwise, given Motokami Kazuki's crazy state, he might go completely insane because of Shindou Sumire's disappearance, and might even find me and stab me to death...

No matter what, the Phantom Thieves have done their best to protect everyone.

"It's a good thing that Miss Shindo is not dead, but it is an unchangeable fact that Mr. Motokami killed six people," Sato Miwako emphasized.

We cannot let Mizutani Kosuke, the biggest breakthrough point, feel sympathy for Motokami and Shu at this time. The subsequent investigation and evidence collection work still requires his cooperation.

"Yes, he is after all..." Mizutani Kosuke was halfway through his sentence when his expression froze and his eyes slowly widened.

Killed six people...

"You should not be afraid to treat people with the greatest malice. He was a murderer who killed six people. He was stabbed with one hand and killed with one blow."

So, even Conan, the assistant of Detective Mori, who came to look for her, thought that Shindou Sumire was dead, so how did Karasawa know? His brother was just...

"What's wrong, Mizutani-kun?" Seeing that he suddenly stopped talking, Sato Miwako observed him nervously, "Are you feeling unwell?"

This is their next important source of witnesses and clues, so they can't let any of it get damaged.

“…Nothing, nothing.” Mizutani Kousuke touched the shoulder bag on his knees.

A hard cylinder passed through the cloth bag and pressed clearly against his fingertips.

He was silent for a moment, curved his eyes, and smiled at the puzzled Sato Miwako.

"I just remembered that Miss Shindou Sumire is still fine, and I couldn't help but feel a little happy."

…He seemed to understand Shindou Sumire’s thoughts.

(End of this chapter)