The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

"The criminals used a plastic bomb, and the detonator was a timer... Although many details of this case are different from a case three years ago, it is very likely that the criminals are targeting the police now..."

Inside the cordon, Megure Juzo took the reports sent by his subordinates and began to explain the case to the police officers conducting on-site investigation.

When Haibara Ai came back after placing Hoshikawa Teru on the bench, she saw Conan with a serious look on his face, holding his cell phone and walking in the completely opposite direction of the scene.

"What's wrong, Kudo, do you disagree with the police's investigation results this time?" Haibara Ai stopped Conan, who was keeping his head down and silent, and glanced at Hoshikawa Teru, who was also keeping his head down and silent.

Kudo cannot be allowed to get too close to him. Although Hoshikawa Teru can deceive the detective for a while, it is still very difficult for him to completely avoid revealing any flaws.

"I really don't agree." Conan took the time to look up at her and shook his head. "The mastermind of this case is definitely not the criminal from three years ago. It's more likely to be a copycat criminal."

"Very confident."

"Well, after all, the behavior patterns are completely different." After sending the email in his hand, Conan analyzed it seriously, "Officer Sato and his team talked to us about this case before. At the request of, uh, someone, I did some analysis for him."

Haibara Ai, who had seen Noah's records with her own eyes, raised her eyebrows and did not comment.

She guessed who Conan was messaging.

"This case should be the new target of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts." As expected, Conan's next sentence directly revealed, "The characteristics of the guy who detonated Officer Takagi's car are completely inconsistent."

If he had no experience with the series of bombings that lasted for seven years, he might not be able to come to a definite conclusion, but his opinion is based on his own reasoning and the information he has been exposed to.

"Seven years ago, when the criminal committed his first crime, he and his accomplices tried to blackmail the police by threatening to use bombs. The two of them installed bombs in two different apartment buildings in order to extort a huge ransom. During the negotiation and bomb disposal process, due to some misunderstandings, one of the criminals died accidentally while fleeing. Therefore, the other person concluded that the police deliberately set up a trap and killed his companions, and immediately activated the bomb that had not yet been dismantled..." Conan paused briefly here.

This resulted in the death of a police officer who was performing a bomb disposal operation.

Skipping this heavy part, Conan continued: "It seems that the criminal held a grudge against the police because of this, and three years ago, he committed another bombing."

"Eh, is this true? That's too much..." Yoshida Ayumi, who had approached them at some point, frowned, "This is totally taking your anger out on others!"

"No, it's more like madness than anger." Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya curled his lips while crossing his arms. "They were the ones who first built the bomb and tried to extort money from the residents' safety. They started committing crimes, okay? Why, is crime something that has no cost and no risk?"

If you choose to take risks for the sake of profit, you should be prepared to bear the consequences. Why does this criminal act as if the police are at fault...

Conan looked at their expressions and couldn't help laughing: "Maybe he really thinks he's done nothing wrong. In fact, most criminals in this world think they are good people."

After being arrested and exposed, most of them will try their best to prove that they have done nothing wrong, or if they have done anything wrong it was only a minor mistake.

Like the criminal in this case, whether he really thought so or used the death of his accomplice as an excuse, at least he convinced himself that he was a "brave man" who took revenge on the police.

"So, what you mean is that the bomb that attacked Officer Takagi is different from the criminal purpose of this criminal?" Haibara Ai understood Conan's meaning a little.

"Yes. This criminal has killed two policemen, but his purpose has never been to 'kill the police', but to try to 'destroy the reputation of the police'. He wants to use more people's lives to prove that his point of view is not wrong and that the police are 'despicable'." Following this logic, Conan shook his head because of the absurdity, but continued to analyze, "He will not kill Officer Takagi directly, otherwise he will become a 'bad guy'."

With a childish and arrogant way of thinking, this prisoner is just like an unreasonable child who tries to make others act according to his wishes.

But this "child" holds a weapon that is enough to take the lives of many people.

"But the explosion that just happened was intended to kill Officer Takagi."

"How terrible..." Ayumi Yoshida clenched her sleeves as she watched the hull of the vehicle shattered on the ground within the cordon following the explosion.

"It's hard to say which one is worse." Haibara Ai shook her head.

"But I just heard from Officer Megure that the bomb debris found at the scene has been proven to be very similar to the bomb from three years ago." Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya held his chin and pondered, "Why is this? Or does the bomber have a teacher-student relationship?"

"It's hard to say, maybe that guy is selling the bombs he made himself." Kojima Genta touched the back of his head and complained quietly, "Just like that, that, Moriya Teiji."

As a bomber who also attracted the attention of the whole city, Teiji Moriya's glorious deeds were based on things he could never do.

He used underground trading channels to bribe someone to steal a batch of high explosives from the gunpowder depot.

Seven years have passed since he started committing crimes. The bomber also needs to spend money to improve his skills, continue learning and researching. He has to eat, right?

Hearing the sound of two beeps from the phone indicating a new message, Conan quickly took out his phone, opened it to confirm, and then the corners of his mouth rose.

"It's also possible..." He showed the email page, "He has found a new partner for himself."

In other words, this time, the fuse in his design changed from a physical bomb to the roving bomber himself.

[Guessed right. He found himself a new "first bomb".

Joker

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"The criminal is a person who pays great attention to rapport. This is not surprising in itself. Mentally ill criminals always have a sense of ritual." Tang Ze put away his phone and shrugged at Matsuda Jinpei beside him. "Seven years ago, he designed two bombs, one difficult and one easy, to insure his blackmail. And his team configuration also follows this logic."

So after the death of the "less difficult" "first bomb", that is, the unlucky guy who died seven years ago, he became the "real killer" that was detonated immediately afterwards.

After that, he did not look for a similar partner for himself.

Maybe he doesn’t want to look for it, or maybe he can’t find it, and he may think he can do it alone.

"But due to some influence, maybe this website, this guy's ambition must have been further magnified. So this time, he found another 'detonator' for himself." Tang Ze analyzed, "So once this detonator is uprooted..."

"He's about to have another attack." Jinpei Matsuda narrowed his eyes and looked towards the exit of the alley.