Phantom Thief of Heart in Conan

After re-formulating the murder plan, Takahashi Ryoichi hid the hand ax and bandage monster costume prepared in advance in a hidden location, then filled the clothes with stuffing and began to play the role of a fat man with all his heart.

This was the key trick for him to get away with murder, but now this trick is at risk of being seen through. Now, Takahashi Ryoichi, who thought he could no longer turn back, became completely obsessed and decided to kill the little boy who accidentally saw his back.

Lan was also killed.

From this moment on, he unknowingly exceeded the limit of revenge, was controlled by out-of-control desires, and was only the last step away from falling into the bottomless abyss.

Takahashi Ryoichi, who had no idea that he had degenerated into a demon, concealed his restless desires and walked downstairs slowly at the appointed time.

As soon as he arrived at the living room of the villa, Takahashi Ryoichi saw the girl who had foiled his scheme, and the child beside him who was looking left and right. He secretly kept Xiaolan's appearance in his mind, and prepared to take action when she was alone.

As for Conan who was following Xiaolan, he didn't pay attention at all.

"Ah, Brother Takahashi, you are ready!" Sonoko saw Ryoichi Takahashi walking downstairs and immediately introduced the two parties with high spirits:

"Xiaolan, this is my sister's classmate in college, Brother Takahashi Ryo. He is also a member of the film club that my sister joins. He used to be in charge of props!"

"Brother Takahashi, this is my best friend, Mao Lilan!"

"Hello." Takahashi Ryoichi pretended to be a pure brother and shook hands with Xiaolan. There was no trace of murderous intention in his words, and even Conan on the side didn't notice anything strange for the time being.

At this time, other members of the film club also came downstairs one after another. Except for Ran, Sonoko and Conan, there were three men and two women in total. If they were introduced in the order of going downstairs, they were Sonoko's sister, Suzuki Ayako, and Ohta, who played the leading role.

Katsu, Hiroki Kakutani who was in charge of photography, Ryoichi Takahashi who was in charge of props, and the scriptwriter Chikako Ikeda who showed up last.

"Are you Miss Chikako Ikeda, the screenwriter of "The Blue Kingdom" currently in theaters?" Xiaolan couldn't help but exclaimed when she saw the celebrity, "I went to see your movie with Sonoko a few days ago.

Oh! It’s really an excellent work!”

"Thank you for your support!" Chikako Ikeda thanked her gracefully. Suzuki Ayako also enthusiastically talked about Chikako Ikeda's glorious resume. Although the latter kept being self-effacing, the expression on his face looked quite proud.

This caused Ryoichi Takahashi to frown frequently.

Fortunately, the emotion Takahashi Ryoichi accidentally revealed was not noticed by Conan. At this time, the famous detective was concentrating on observing Ohta Masaru opposite Xiaolan. This long-haired handsome guy has been staring at him as pure as a narcissus since they met.

Xiaolan, who was smoking a cigarette, was also quite frivolous, which made Conan unhappy for a while.

While everyone was talking and laughing, Suzuki Ayako seemed to have recalled something, suddenly lowered her head and said with some sadness:

"If nothing like that happened to Atsuko, she would be with us now..."

When the name "Atsuko" came out of Suzuki Ayako's mouth, the expressions of all the film club members present changed drastically. Among them, Chikako Ikeda had the most excited reaction - she, who had looked so calm just now, suddenly burst into flames,

Emotionally out of control, he roared at the top of his lungs:

"Stop mentioning Atsuko! Everyone took the time to come to this party, why do you have to mention a dead person's name!?"

As soon as these words came out, the originally harmonious scene suddenly became full of excitement, especially the outstanding personality Masaru Ohta who sneered directly. If it weren't for Suzuki Ayako's mediation, a quarrel would have been inevitable today.

"Everyone, calm down. By the way, I bought some snacks from a delicious snack shop. I'll go get them for everyone!" As one of the owners of the villa, Yuanzi also quickly helped her sister adjust the atmosphere. She borrowed

The reason for going to get some snacks temporarily suppressed everyone's anger.

While waiting for Sonoko to come back, Suzuki Ayako continued to adjust the relationship between everyone. Under the persuasion of this gentle lady, the originally cold atmosphere gradually melted and returned to what it was before.

Seeing that the relationship between everyone was about to ease, Yuanzi's hesitant shout came from deep in the villa:

"Everyone, I found something strange in the snack box..."

Sonoko slowly walked out of the shadows. She was holding a snack box and a red card in her other hand. Her beautiful face was full of confusion.

Who is that card!? Conan, who had seen similar cards before, stood up and rushed to Sonoko.

"Sister Yuanzi, what's written on it?" After getting closer, Conan, who recognized what it was, asked eagerly. Only then did Yuanzi react from her daze, but looking at the horrifying content written on it, she was momentarily confused.

I don’t even know if I should read it out in front of everyone.

"Sonoko, what's written on the card?" Sensing something wrong with her sister, Suzuki Ayako also stood up and asked Sonoko.

At this moment, the eyes of everyone present were focused on Yuanzi. She felt so stressed that she swallowed her saliva and read out the above content word by word:

"The biggest sinner who plagiarizes other people's works to gain fame and fortune is Ms. Chikako Ikeda."

"In order to satisfy your desire for fame and fortune, you shamelessly plagiarized other people's scripts and ideas, using them as a ladder to climb up. You remained unrepentant even after the victim committed suicide, enjoying honors that did not belong to you."

"I decided to expose your shameless disguise in front of everyone and steal your ugly desires."

"The Phantom Thief of the Heart, Part 1."

Conan turned his head in horror, his eyes sweeping back and forth from everyone present. Now he was both frightened and excited. What was frightening was that the Phantom Thief had lurked beside him at some point. What was exciting was that this time, he might be able to solve the problem.

The mysterious crime method of Phantom Thief!

He had even begun to suspect that the man in black robe and bandage that he and Xiaolan saw on the suspension bridge might be the real Phantom Thief!

Others other than Conan immediately started commotion after hearing this warning letter. Chikako Ikeda's beautiful face was now ugly and twisted into a ball. She stumbled out of her seat and rushed towards Sonoko.

"What are you making up! Damn it, give me the card!"

But her radical move was met with reactions from others. Ohta Masaru and Kakutani Hiroki looked at each other, and in tacit understanding, they stopped the hysterical Chikako Ikeda, and comforted her:

"Calm down, Chikako! Isn't this kind of slander very common for celebrities like you? Calm down, okay?"

"Hahahahaha!" At this moment, Takahashi Ryoichi's laughter came from behind Chikako Ikeda. He tore off the mask of the good old man, and his eyes were fierce as if he wanted to cut Chikako Ikeda into pieces with a thousand knives.

"That's not a slander!" Takahashi Ryoichi, whose murder plan was foiled, not only did not get discouraged, but laughed from the bottom of his heart, "I can testify that every word on that card is true!"