Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 915 96 Points Detective
When the blazing flames faded away, Nanatsuki Koshimizu supported herself to stand up and was shocked to see that her clothes were completely different.

Just now she was in a state of emotional shock. Although her strength was indeed awakened, after she really came out of that state, she was still in a trance and didn't quite understand what she had gained.

"You look a little confused, Miss Detective."

Taking his eyes away from his gloves, Nanatsuki Koshimizu turned his head and saw a group of people in strange costumes gathered around him.

"…Although I was mentally prepared, I was still startled when I saw you all unexpectedly." Surrounded, Nanatsuki Koshimizu was shocked instinctively at first, but quickly calmed down.

This was indeed her first time seeing Joker as a Phantom Thief, but it was not the first time she had heard him speak with this voice, and she almost immediately realized who these people were.

These should be the true identities of Joker's Phantom Thieves, who he has only heard of but never seen.

"Don't laugh at us. Aren't you the same now?" Jinpei Matsuda raised his hand and touched his sunglasses.

Nanatsuki Koshimizu was confused for a moment, then raised her hand, touched her face, and was surprised to touch a leather mask.

Just like the most classic image of Zorro in the movie, her face is now covered with a leather mask with only holes dug out for the eyes, fitting snugly on her face as if it were custom-made.

"Hmm, a very standard thief's outfit." Hagiwara Kenji pinched his chin and looked at her, "If there is such a moment in my future, I hope to become like this."

"I didn't expect you to be so image-conscious." Matsuda Jinpei glanced at him from the corner of his eye. "As a Phantom Thief, do you also have to care about your image management?"

If I have to say, Kenji Hagiwara might have been this type of guy before he entered the police academy. I don't know if his life in the Phantom Thieves these days has made him relax.

"It's not a matter of image. Don't worry, Jinpei-chan, you're still very handsome now." Hagiwara Kenji patted his shoulder, "I just think this seems more presentable."

"Huh? I see you are..."

Tang Ze stepped forward, blocking Nanatsuki Koshimizu's gaze towards them, to prevent them from continuing to embarrass themselves, and changed the subject: "It is indeed a very standard image of a chivalrous thief. Let me guess, what image your mask is, 'Hamlet'? That's a coincidence, we have here... um!"

Tang Ze's subsequent divergence and teasing were interrupted by Miyano Akemi with a fan.

The others exchanged glances, wanting to laugh but not daring to.

Miyano Akemi's mask Ophelia is the lover of Hamlet in Shakespeare's Hamlet who was fooled by fate, fell into the water and drowned.

- As a side note, regarding this mask, other people are actually more or less confused. Regardless of her personality, the current Miyano Akemi is already a woman who is quite capable of taking on important responsibilities, gentle but tough enough. Why is her mask so fragile and helpless, like the image of a girl trapped in a love tragedy? Except for Karasawa herself, no one has guessed the reason yet.

Although she didn't know what happened, Nanatsuki Koshimi couldn't help laughing when she saw Joker being slapped by Miyano Akemi, and she finally broke free from the intense state of anger and grief when she awakened.

"I don't know what you're referring to, but if I'm guessing correctly..."

The mask on her face dissipated, and behind her, a scale rose.

Different from the common image of a scale, this metallic scale is gunmetal gray, which is darker than silver. A blindfolded goddess serves as the base of the scale, embracing the tilted beam in her arms.

"'Nemesis'...if you are asking for her name."

"Ah, the goddess of revenge and judgment?" Tang Ze snapped his fingers. "Not bad, suitable for you."

Different from the common image of the three goddesses of vengeance in Greek mythology, the image of Nemesis is more inclined to that of a judge. Its meaning is closer to "retribution" than "revenge". Some myths also regard her as the same entity as the goddess of fate Adrastia. In short, her image is inseparable from revenge and fate.

Everything was fine except that when looking at this tilted scale, he couldn't help but have a weird sense of déjà vu, which made him want to just throw the pseudonym Goro Akechi to Koshimizu Nanatsuki.

"I now understand a little bit what the so-called Phantom Thieves of Hearts mean." The scales behind him dissipated, and the mask reappeared on Koshimizu Nanatsuki's face. The green eyes behind the mask looked straight at him, "Is this how you saved her, just like what I did to Tokatsu Junya now?"

"...Why, you don't like such a simple and crude method?" Tang Ze heard the eagerness in her tone and smiled with interest, "Detectives, do you all like more challenging methods?"

Nanatsuki Koshimizu, who had explored the island in advance, was the one who knew the most about it among everyone on the island.

At the moment when the space here was wavering, Tokatsu Junya, who was already shaken by the environment, was naturally easily affected by Koshimizu Nanatsuki's power.

That's why Karasawa said that even without their arrival, Nanatsuki Koshimizu could easily achieve her goal. She had done what she wanted to do on Junya Tokitsu, regardless of whether there was a world with the Phantom Thief of Hearts or not.

"No. How could that be. It's really, really great to have such a way..." Koshimizu Nanatsuki's green eyes were exceptionally bright.

Without depriving people of their lives, we can identify lies and directly avenge the evil through soul-searching...

If all the detectives in this world could do this, the tragedy that happened to Xiaoxun would never have happened, right?

"It sounds like you are very interested in us. However, don't be too happy yet. You are not suitable to join us officially right now. I will give you another choice..."

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"...For now, that's it." Koshimizu Nanatsuki had no intention of explaining in detail to the people in front of her. She just smiled faintly, "What's wrong? Do you think I went too far with Tokatsu Junya?" Designing so many complicated steps and involving so many people just to avenge Tokatsu Junya's dereliction of duty seemed a bit extreme.

Bai Ma thought for a moment and shook his head: "No, I guess you do want to take revenge on a certain detective, but before the variety show started, you were not sure who that person was."

"Now that you mention it, your attitude actually changed after Ms. Mizunashi Reina completed the first case. You no longer had any doubts and directly determined that Tokatsu Junya was the detective you were looking for, right?" Hattori Heiji crossed his arms and thought, "I recalled carefully, and I did not see any media mention who the detective who solved this case was. They just mentioned in passing that it was a high school detective who passed by Shikoku Island during their travels..."

"You're right." Nanatsuki Koshimizu lowered his eyes. "The maid who nearly committed suicide because of his misjudgment was my friend. After the case happened, she asked me to investigate once. Since the housekeeper insisted on not revealing the details, although I don't know why the young lady of that family committed suicide, no matter how I look at it, there is no sign of homicide in this case."

"So, he restarted the investigation after a long time, and came to a completely different conclusion?" Combining the turtle soup of Nanatsuki Koshimizu, Conan came to a conclusion that was a little unbelievable. "Although there are many murders that cannot be solved due to the mistakes of the police's investigation direction, it is too confident to believe that after several months, you can still find evidence that the police did not find on the spot?"

"He is such a confident guy, didn't you see it?" Koshimizu Nanatsuki snorted coldly, "I guess he realized that something was wrong later, so he hid his identity in all the reports. I found the clue from the phone call that Xiaoxun made before she wanted to commit suicide. She only knew that he was a high school detective from another place who liked to talk big and had a strange accent."

As she spoke, she swept her eyes over the people in front of her, and they immediately understood what she meant.

"What's so strange about the Kansai accent?" Hattori Heiji said unconvincedly, "Have you never seen a Kansai person?"

"That's right. Akechi-kun and I both studied abroad, so it's normal to infer that our accents are strange. But, isn't 'boasting' a bit too much?" Hakuba frowned.

"No wonder the program crew invited... Shinichi-brother's tone was so strange. It turns out that he was not on the list of suspects." Conan suddenly realized.

Nanatsuki Koshimizu narrowed her eyes: "What's the point of all of you..."

“It’s definitely not wrong.”

Koshimizu Nanatsuki paused and turned around subtly to see Goro Akechi, who was dressed neatly as before and walking towards her from the other end of the corridor carrying his suitcase.

"Your baseball cap." Tang Ze handed the thing in his hand to Hattori Heiji and spread his hands. "I looked around in the morning but couldn't find you guys. I only found this cap in the corridor... If we hadn't found that you all went back to the room after lunch, the program crew would have tried to find a way to report you missing."

Just like in the original work, Hattori Heiji has always been rough but meticulous.

It seemed reckless to follow Tokatsu Junya out of the window, but before jumping out of the window leading to another world, he still remembered to throw his hat next to the flowerpot, just in case.

"We, um, we went out for a walk together." Hattori Heiji, who put on his baseball cap, coughed.

Even if there was a reason, he was not a good liar, so he quickly changed the subject: "What you just said can't be considered wrong, what are you referring to? Are you referring to this program group?"

"Not only the program team, in fact, I am also Miss Yueshui's insider." Tang Ze curled his eyes and admitted directly, "After she came to Tokyo, the first suspect she found was me."

"As expected, it's better for a detective to be famous. Even if there is a suspicion, they will start by eliminating the most famous one." Detective Bai Ma looked at his smiling face and said meaningfully.

"No, it's because I'm the least suspicious one." Maintaining a perfect smile, Tang Ze threw back the soft nail, "Since I started working as a detective, I've stayed in Tokyo most of the time. Even if clients from other places occasionally come to me, my schedule is transparent and public. Our office's homepage has always published it. I have never been to Shikoku Island. Listing me as a suspect is just a habit of caution."

"So, after you knew about her situation, you decided to help her?" Hattori Heiji frowned and guessed without much belief.

Is Goro Akechi really that kind?

"Ah, if it's Nichimi TV, yes, I did help her contact them." Tang Ze answered half-truthfully, "Although it's a bit aggressive as a revenge plan, this plan does have some variety show ideas, doesn't it? Besides, our agency does need to recruit new people."

"I knew it..." Hattori Heiji shook his head.

Goro Akechi, who never does anything without profit, is not a true prince who would feel sympathy for the girl's tragedy.

"However, the first case, the one where Ms. Mizuno made a friendly appearance, was also his handiwork." Tang Ze changed the subject, "After Ms. Koshimizu told me the list of suspects, I quickly targeted him and discovered that this was not the only case he had misjudged."

"…What was his accuracy rate in the 300 cases he solved?" Hearing the subtext in his words, Conan couldn't help but widen his eyes and thought of a somewhat bad possibility.

"...96%. According to my judgment. As for whether there are some real murderers who are more hidden, and even the convicted criminals themselves are not sure whether they committed the case, only I know." Tang Ze lowered his eyes, "To say that his level is completely inadequate, a detective with 96 points does seem to be better than some useless policemen. It's a pity that the cost of not getting a perfect score in the subject of criminal investigation is huge."

It is difficult to be a detective who never makes mistakes in his life. Even in medicine, which is closely related to human life, no one would demand a 100% success rate for an operation.

Tokatsu Junya's problem is not that he made mistakes in solving the case. Sometimes, due to various restrictions, some cases are difficult to solve in the first place. His problem is that he knew that the answer might be wrong and the price of the mistake could cost someone else their life, but he still forced himself to hand in the paper for the sake of a beautiful paper.

"I've been working as a detective for so long, and I've seen many guys who are weaker than him. But he is the first one who gambles other people's lives and writes a good resume for himself," Tang Ze concluded.

After hearing him clearly state that Tokatsu Junya had misjudged more than a dozen cases, the expressions of several people became somewhat serious.

Just then, the door at the back of the corridor creaked open.

"Hiss, my head hurts... No, it's not just the head..." Tokatsu Junya staggered out in a somewhat embarrassed manner, holding his waist. When he looked up, he was met with five pairs of cold eyes.

(End of this chapter)