Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 914 Unlucky guy

"What's going on..." Hakuba Tani and Hattori Heiji, who had no idea what the Phantom Thief of Hearts was, looked at each other and found the same shock in each other's eyes.

They were standing next to Nanatsuki Koshimizu and of course had seen the girl fall from the building, but their reactions were obviously not as fast as Nanatsuki Koshimizu, who had provided assistance to the scene in front of them. In just a few seconds, in a flash, everything happened.

Conan stared at Nanatsuki Koshimizu who was kneeling on the ground with her back facing up. There was obviously something on Liu Hai's face that was not there before. He opened his eyes wide and felt that his thoughts were almost connecting.

Therefore, the reason why those Phantom Thieves are dressed like that is actually closely related to their abilities...

It's not that they like to dress up in a certain way. On the contrary, those costumes are a cover to hide the true nature of their abilities...

Conan observed and approached, and just when he was about to reach out and touch Nanatsuki Koshimizu's shoulder to check on her condition, a violent air wave burned up, and in an instant, it swallowed up Nanatsuki Koshimizu who was kneeling on the ground.

"Yue Shui...!" Conan was startled and wanted to pull her out of the flames, but he was blown away by the strong wind and flew backwards.

"Hey, Conan--" Hattori Heiji raised his hands to cover his face instinctively, and thus missed the opportunity to catch Conan who was flying away.

"Oh, what a coincidence."

Just when Conan thought he was going to hit something hard and get hurt, a familiar, soft fabric wrapped around him and grabbed him in time.

The red scarf gently wrapped around his small body and slowly lowered it to the ground.

"Joker..." Almost the moment the scarf touched his body, Conan knew who was coming. He opened his mouth and looked in the direction where the scarf was coming from with some hesitation.

It is an island, and also a closed and secluded space.

It just so happened that Tang Ze was absent again.

Not knowing that the young detective was in inner conflict again, Tang Ze walked over with his hands in his pockets and a smile.

Behind him were the members of the Phantom Thieves dressed in various costumes. They didn't need any instructions from Karasawa as they had already tacitly stood in front of the detectives, completely separating them from the direction where Nanatsuki Koshimizu was.

His sight was blocked by the crowd, and he could no longer see Nanatsuki Koshimizu. Hattori Heiji, who was about to protest, confirmed the huge difference in numbers between the two sides, and his face changed slightly: "You... he didn't tell me that you had so many people... What are you going to do, are you going to play football?"

Tang Ze, who was about to say something cool, was almost amused by his nonsensical remark about playing football. He cleared his throat and managed to hold it back.

The epic meeting between the Detective Team and the Phantom Thieves can't be too funny.

"I'm really sorry, but compared to a carefree high school detective, the work of a phantom thief is obviously busier." Tang Ze shrugged.

He said this as a joke and answer, but the Phantom Thieves standing behind him couldn't laugh.

Indeed, who says it isn't...

"The Phantom Thieves of Hearts?" Hakuba's gaze quickly swept across everyone, then quickly turned around and settled on Tang Ze, "So you are, Joker?"

Compared to Hattori Heiji, who was shocked by the turn of events and had not yet recovered from his shock, he was obviously much calmer. When he looked at the cloth covering Tang Ze's eyes, his eyes almost burst into light.

Tang Ze, who has dealt with more than one detective, knows that if he gives him any response at this time, the detective who has come to God will probably be doomed.

So he pretended not to have heard it at all, stopped making pretentious small talk, and snapped his fingers, signaling others to act according to the plan.

Hakuba Tan and Hattori Heiji, who were full of questions, were immediately surrounded. The next second, several debuffs from the masks immediately enveloped the two detectives who were entering the cognitive world for the first time and were completely defenseless against their power.

The two of them fell on their backs without a word, joining Tokatsu Junya who was already covered in flower petals on the ground.

"Is it something that we can't see?" Looking at Joker walking towards him, Conan took a half step back, his face barely calm.

"Yes, 'Some secrets, just knowing them is a kind of leakage.'" Tang Ze smiled in response to his question, and considering that he was a big customer of the Phantom Thieves, he gave him a little game experience.

Although it is impossible for you to see it, letting you ask a few questions can also preserve the detective's dignity.

"...Natsuki Koshimizu is different from the rest of you." Knowing that he couldn't escape being knocked unconscious, Conan managed to say in the end, "Don't do that without my permission..."

He had met more than one Phantom Thief in person, and he even said that he was an eyewitness to several of the cases. He almost watched how they were born from hatred, walked up the cliff step by step, left their past selves behind without looking back, and walked to the other side of the world.

Although Nanatsuki Koshimizu could detect many clues from her behavior, she only spoke sharply and did not do anything to Junya Tokatsu.

She might indeed be an Avenger, but he didn't want Nanatsuki Koshimizu's future to be decided by others because of this.

Her life had not yet come to an end, she should not have disappeared from the world forever.

"Don't worry." Tang Ze raised his hand and covered Conan's eyes before putting him to sleep. "Have a good sleep, and then, just pretend nothing happened. Good night, detectives."

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"The last one is done too." Matsuda Jinpei watched as Karasawa knocked Conan down with his own hands. He was very respectful and did not let the other person fall directly to the ground. Instead, he manually laid him flat. Then he turned around and looked at Koshimizu Nanatsuki who had stood up from the flames behind him.

With Tang Ze, a master of control who can even coordinate the entire Phantom Thieves in battle, he is not worried that the curious children on the ground will discover anything. In this world, there is probably no one who can hide things from Tang Ze's eyes.

"So, this is a rare case of someone 'waking up' on their own?" Miyano Akemi tilted her head. "It's unimaginable that the barriers of this world would be so weak."

They had seen with their own eyes in the Blue Castle, a portrait that could lead to the cognitive world that they could walk into directly at midnight, but it was still unexpected that something as exaggerated as this island, where they could walk into the fog directly by following the scent of lavender and petals, was still unexpected.

"It may have something to do with the fact that the cognitive world here is still being generated, so the situation is particularly special." Asai Narimi thought, took out the bow and arrow, and shot through the shadow not far away. "It's not surprising that Koshimizu Nanatsuki could walk in by herself. As for the others, they were probably dragged in by her."

To be more precise, perhaps she was swept away by the ability that had just awakened and had not yet been determined whether she was the master of the hall, the controller of the impression space, or the real mask user, and fell to this side.

"So, if certain conditions are met, it's actually very easy for people in reality to accidentally run here." Hagiwara Kenji, who was still an ordinary person, touched his chin and thought, "What if we didn't come this time, and Koshimizu Nanatsuki failed to discover the essence of the cognitive world, wouldn't these detectives be trapped here, unable to find a way to leave?" Matsuda Jinpei glanced at his childhood friend who was very good at grasping the key points, and had to admit that he asked a key question.

There may be many ways to enter the cognitive world.

Whether it is navigation to another world or a channel that can be opened by meeting certain special conditions, in the final analysis, the cognitive world is connected to reality. Although it is born in the human mind and is quite idealistic and unreasonable, it does exist objectively.

Wherever there is an objective existence, the occurrence of low-probability events is inevitable.

For example, there is the Avenger whose spirit is so strong that he triggers a spatial mutation on an unknown desert island, or the detective who is so curious that he accidentally walks into this place at a certain moment...

But it's not so easy to leave here.

They can enter and exit freely, as if the barrier does not exist. It is just a convenience provided by the navigation of the other world. Without its assistance, perhaps the only way to leave a temple is to conquer it thoroughly and let it dissipate into nothingness, which is the possibility of returning.

But even for the mask users themselves, if it weren't for Tang Ze's accurate popularization and guidance, who knows when they would be able to find the right path...

"So, maybe some mysterious disappearances are not caused by human factors, but some kind of 'natural disaster'?" Shimabukuro Kunie tilted her head. "Some things become 'urban legends' passed down by word of mouth, and there must be a reason for it, right?"

"No, you haven't thought of the most terrible situation." Tang Ze listened to their discussion, arranged the detectives on the plate, clapped his hands and stood up.

Walking past them towards Nanatsuki Koshimizu who had already stood up, he whispered a possibility.

"They are the luckiest ones. They were brought in by the Awakener who created the space. Her willpower is strong enough, and she didn't need to do anything extra. She has already completed the awakening. So, even if we didn't come, this weak space would soon be broken by Nanatsuki Koshimizu herself, and they can return to the real world safely. Apart from having an extra thrilling adventure, there will be no substantial harm.

"But this is an extremely special situation. What if, I mean what if, someone accidentally triggers the condition and is sucked into the complete 'impression space'? Even if he is a genius with great magical powers and all-seeing eyes, how can he make that world disappear and find his way home?"

The few people who were discussing enthusiastically just now looked at each other, and between looks, they had to admit that Tang Ze's statement was not nonsense.

"Perhaps, such an unlucky person is still wandering around in a confused place somewhere in that world." Imagining such a scene, Zhu Fu Jingguang couldn't help but sigh, "There shouldn't really be such an unlucky person, right?"

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When he opened his eyes again, Conan lowered his head and saw, as expected, that he was lying on his back with his hands clasped together, lying very peacefully and flatly on the bed.

Really, it seems familiar, huh? This guy is still the same when he's acting like this.

Conan silently loosened his fingers and sat up. Not surprisingly, he saw Hattori Heiji beside him in the same peaceful posture. He also opened his eyes with a confused look on his face and slowly sat up.

Obviously, the Phantom Thieves who kicked them out directly really did as they said, and were prepared to let them pretend that nothing had happened, as if it was a dream.

"What a perfunctory way." Hattori Heiji touched the back of his head and, as expected, felt a small bump left by the collision. He hissed, "Hiss, I knew it would cause a bump at that angle."

Conan, who received VIP treatment, cleared his throat guiltily, lifted the quilt and climbed out of bed.

As a pendant brought into the group by Hattori Heiji, he naturally lived in the same room with Hattori Heiji.

Without thinking, the two of them walked out of the room at the same time, and saw the white horse detective sticking his head out of the door.

"You've been sent back too." Seeing the other person rubbing a certain spot on his head, Hattori Heiji sighed with empathy.

"And it's a very ungentlemanly way." After re-arranging his hair, Bai Matan turned his head and looked inquiringly at the corridor not far away.

On the other side of the corridor are the rooms of Tokitsu Junya and Koshimizu Nanatsuki.

Before they enter that side, they will walk to that side because the program team has arranged them in order to form a semicircle. On this side are him and Hattori Heiji, on the other side are Tokitsu Junya and Koshimizu Nanatsuki, and finally Akechi Goro.

"So, the case that Nanatsuki Koshimizu mentioned is really what she 'experienced'." Hattori Heiji touched his chin, and his thoughts successfully connected with what he saw and heard before he fainted, and he successfully came to the conclusion.

If she hadn't felt the same way about the scene, Nanatsuki Koshimizu wouldn't have reacted that way, let alone felt so angry and in pain.

She had probably seen the scene she described.

The maid who nearly committed suicide, the rich lady who hanged herself in the strong scent of lavender...

"You just realized it now?" Conan tapped his arm unhappily, "Besides, the person who wronged her is probably Tokatsu Junya. No, if you tell me now that she was involved in planning the entire show, I might even believe it."

There's nothing I can do, there are just too many coincidences.

Although the villa located in the garden was different from the current hotel, and what they saw there was probably not exactly the same as in reality, the structure of the house was indeed very similar.

“Indeed.”

When Koshimizu Nanatsuki's voice was heard, the three of them stopped at the same time and looked over.

Nanatsuki Koshimizu, dressed the same as before, leaned against the open window, like the woman who had jumped from a height, sat sideways on the windowsill with the lavender pot, looked at the gray island outside the window, and spoke softly.

"I asked everyone at Nichimi TV to help me complete this program. Tokatsu Junya should repent for what he did and pay the price."

The words she used were not friendly, but her tone was gentle, and her profile looked gentle and calm in the sea breeze, as if the anger and hidden, burning emotions had completely left her.

"You..." Hattori Heiji opened his mouth and wanted to ask something, but after looking at Nanatsuki Koshimizu's expression, he couldn't continue asking.

How should I ask this? Did I accept the offer from the Phantom Thief? Really? The detective asked the Phantom Thief directly? Is there such a direct way to ask this?

"Don't worry, I will still be a detective. As for the rest, it's not important for now." Nanatsuki Koshimizu smiled with relief and recalled the conversation ten hours ago.

(End of this chapter)