The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

"The house was set on fire, and the owner is missing...other than that, there are no other clues. To be honest, Brother Maori, I think if you can't solve this case by reasoning, I want the Search Class to allocate more manpower to this case. This case is very difficult.”

Mumu Shisan, who rushed to the scene, came to such an unoptimistic conclusion after conducting a preliminary on-site investigation.

"Because this case will not be treated as a homicide?" Mouri Kogoro frowned, looking at Yuan Jiaming's burned house, and he knew in his heart that what Megure Thirteen said was the truth.

He once served in the Investigation Division and knew very well that cases such as fires and disappearances received far less police resources and attention than homicide cases. Even more serious arson cases received less attention than serial arson cases. It is also difficult to deliver it to more elite team members.

The search section has more than 200 people, more than half of whom work in homicide-related teams, and the total number of people who specialize in handling arson cases is less than 30.

If Mouri Kogoro and others were not so familiar with Megure Thirteen and made the call reflexively, the current situation of the case would not have alarmed Megure Thirteen at all.

"Currently, although you claim that this is a case of home invasion violence that escalated into homicide, as far as the scene is concerned, there is no evidence that the owner may have died." Mumu Shisan pushed up his hat, equally embarrassed.

The public security in Tokyo is like this, and without detectives relying on reasoning to quickly advance the case, the limited manpower of the search department alone, let alone processing the backlog of files, will be exhausted when discovering cases.

The police in various countries have similar methods of handling criminal cases. Apart from technical methods, they have to visit door to door and follow clues one by one. This is why the detectives are pointing fingers at the police all day long, but everyone has a good temper. He said he didn't mind, so much so that Shinichi Kudo developed the title "Savior of the Japanese Police", which almost bluntly stated the incompetence of the police.

The resources and attention received by murder cases are incomparable with ordinary criminal cases. After current investigation, it is impossible to say what happened in this apartment.

"When we entered, we did see a message similar to a threatening letter..."

"The head of the household is a software engineer from a large company. It's not surprising that their industry is threatened by some peers." Megure Shisan patted Mouri Kogoro on the shoulder, "I understand your feelings, Moori brother, but just now the forensic department Colleagues sent back a message that there were no signs of prying off the door lock. Although a fire broke out, the damage area was not large and was mainly concentrated around electronic equipment. No signs of fighting were found at the scene. Currently, there is no support for the owner. Evidence of being victimized or kidnapped by arsonists.”

"In other words, the criminal's methods are very professional and he is an extremely skilled guy." Conan, who was holding his chin, took over his words and said in a deep voice.

It was only by chance that he learned the codename Kumail, but in subsequent confrontations, he began to gradually gain more weight in this codename.

"The traces were processed very well. According to the content of the threatening letter we saw when we came in, the victim was probably tricked into opening the door under coercion and inducement. No fingerprints or even footprints can be found..." Conan went further. Next, my mood became heavier and heavier.

This level of anti-reconnaissance awareness can no longer be summed up by a simple plan. It is like an exam. How can there be students who don’t want to get a perfect score? But those who fail don’t want to pass or get 100? ? Of course it’s because it can’t be done. It takes a guy with talent, training, and a little bit of luck to consistently get perfect scores.

The last similar criminal he saw was Gin.

In other words, this is probably the organization's usual way of committing crimes - simple, crude and direct. The less contact there is with the scene, the less evidence will be left behind, and it is easy to hide one's existence.

"The possibility you mentioned also exists. I really want to believe you, but I can't find it. The investigation of this case may only be handed over to the Arson Crime Investigation Department." He picked up the manual and the notes on it, indicating that he was helpless.

After entering a professional arson investigation, the direction of investigation and detection ideas are different from their violent crime investigation. It would be too difficult to pay attention and investigate it as a murder case again.

"Police Department!" While several people were talking, Shiratori Rensaburo quickly approached and glanced at the people on the detective's side. After thinking about it, he seemed to have nothing to avoid towards Moori Kogoro, so he did not lower his voice. " The news of the Phantom Thieves."

"Where?" Mumu Shisan nodded, his face showing no trace of shock or shake.

The activities of the Phantom Thieves of the Heart relieved the pressure of the Search Division to a certain extent, but increased their workload to another extent.

The current Search Class 1 doesn’t even have the space to occasionally make fun of Kaitou Kidd for Class 2 – everyone is a policeman chasing the Phantom Thief to eat exhaust fumes. At least Kaitou Kidd won’t be so active, and Class 2 still has the energy to take a vacation to recuperate. Rui, isn’t it?

"Nishitama City Twin Towers." Shiratori Rensaburo said this place name that was familiar to everyone, and his expression was inevitably weird.

Moori Kogoro and Conan, whose attention was still wandering around the scene, looked over when the familiar place name appeared.

"Oh, over there, it seems that the opening ceremony of the group is going to be held this weekend?" Touching his round chin, Mu Mu Shisan thought of the news that he had paid attention to recently, and suddenly realized, "That's not surprising. I received the notice letter. Who is it?”

The current police force is also very concerned about the Internet consultation related to the Phantom Thieves of the Heart. There are specialized technical personnel who will provide regular feedback. Looking at the comprehensive data, it does not mean that the Phantom Thieves of the Heart will not handle cases of ordinary people, but they will be used by them. Those who took it out for publicity and further expanded its influence were all kinds of wealthy nobles or social elites.

Since the company that built the skyscraper wants to hold a party where celebrities gather to build momentum for its company, then attracting the Phantom Thief of the Heart is also an inevitable risk that needs to be taken.

"This is the police department where the problem lies." Shiratori Rensaburo sighed with a headache, "We don't know yet."

"Huh?" Mumu Shisan raised his eyebrows.

"You will know when you go to the site and see it."

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"this is……!"

Standing in the square in front of the Twin Towers, Mu Mu Thirteen looked up at the tall buildings reaching into the sky above, and was amazed.

"Maybe it's some kind of special paint that can't be seen from inside the building, like one-way mirror paint." Shiratori Rensaburo, who was following him, explained, "Even the Joban Group, the company to which the building belongs, has no We found out that we first received a report from a residential area closer to here and notified them before they discovered it.”

"So, this time the Phantom Thieves are targeting the entire group itself?"

"Why are you following here again..." When he turned around and saw Mouri Kogoro and others chasing after him, Mugu Shisan was helpless.

But he quickly looked away.

This guy Mouri Kogoro is not only constantly bringing overtime pressure on them with murder cases, but the Phantom Thieves of the Heart most likely came to the stage with his debut. Even if they don't bring him here now, they will really look back. To investigate and deal with it, we still need to call him here.