The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

Conan, who thought he would never open his eyes again, slowly woke up from his dreamless sleep, stared blankly at the ceiling, and blinked.

"...Huh?" The last memory before coma slowly came back to life, Conan's eyes slowly opened wide, he raised his hand and touched his heart.

His heart was still there, and there were no traces of gauze bandages on his body. It was as natural as if he had slept and woke up after a full sleep.

However, he has obviously...

"You're awake." While he was fumbling around in confusion, Tang Ze's voice rang from the side.

Conan's eyes widened and he sat up immediately.

Tang Ze sat next to his bed with a sleepy look on his face. Seeing him sitting up energetically, he waved his hand casually: "When you wake up, go and change your clothes quickly. Mr. Lan has already changed your clothes." I found the clothes. You can really sleep."

Most of the others woke up last night or around midnight, but Conan slept until early in the morning. Tang Ze, who was responsible for taking care of him, had to give himself two SPs to sustain his energy consumption.

This wave, this wave makes you experience the feeling of anesthesia.

Who asked you to prick people with anesthetic needles all day long, and basically everyone around you was hit all over. Now it's better. Guess who has no resistance to anesthetics at all?

After looking at Tang Ze for a few seconds, Conan lowered his head and glanced at the blue and white striped hospital gown. He was confused for a moment and then made his second voice after waking up: "Huh?"

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"...Anyway, when I followed the people from the police station, I saw you lying all over the place." Sitting at the breakfast table, Tang Ze sucked a carton of milk and explained vaguely, "I thought something suddenly happened. What happened that caused you and the prisoner to die together? We were frightened to death."

"Who would have thought that in such a small room, there would be a gunman hiding a perfect shot..." Hattori Heiji touched his neck, which was slightly stiff from sleep, and grinned, "He also used tranquilizer bombs. Why? ?”

If there was no hostility towards them, why on earth were they shot?

But if they were hostile, why only use tranquilizer bombs?

Apart from being exposed to the bitter autumn wind and rain for several hours, which gave them a bit of a chill, it seemed to have caused no harm to them at all.

After waking up, they and the police checked several times to confirm that everyone present, including the two arrested prisoners, were safe and sound, and nothing was missing. They were really confused.

"I think it may be to express a warning." Thinking about the last words he captured before unconsciousness, Conan slowly said, "You have confirmed that Numabuchi Kiichiro is mentally disturbed and is no longer able to answer any questions. Already?"

"Confirmed." Karasawa nodded, "The head of Hattori Headquarters came to visit in person, and also arranged for someone to conduct a mental evaluation. We can be sure that Numabuchi is not pretending to be crazy."

"Is it just such a coincidence? Does Sakata have any explanation?" Thinking of his "Kumail", Conan couldn't help but ask again.

"Sakata Yusuke said that when he went to deliver food the day before yesterday, Numabuchi was still normal. The police believe that his confinement in a closed space may have caused his mental problems to break out." Hattori Heiji answered his question and sighed at the same time.

Whenever he thinks about the reasons why Sakata Yusuke committed a crime, Hattori Heiji always feels complicated.

Punishing rape and eradicating evil and pursuing the truth about his father's death were both the reason for him to become a police officer and the reason for his crime.

Everything was like a whirlpool of fate, wrapping the policeman in it, and then he made the choice he least wanted to see and was the most irreversible.

"This is human nature. You guys still don't see each other too much." Mouri Kogoro, who was sitting having breakfast with a newspaper, couldn't bear it and put down the tea cup in his hand.

These three little brats are here talking about things that are hard to eat in the early morning. Are they going to let people eat well?

After lying on the dirty and cold ground for several hours, his elderly waist was still protesting. He really didn't want to continue this experience on this nice morning.

"Okay, if you have any feelings, go to the police station and have a chat. Each of you still needs a transcript." After saying that, Mouri Kogoro picked up two sandwiches and left this annoying table.

These guys who are full of detective dreams really don't have a single thing to worry about. Xiaolan had a cold after waking up yesterday, so he had better go and care about his daughter.

When the last uninformed person left, the expression on Conan's face became completely serious.

"Have you been able to confirm it? That guy is related to the organization." Watching Mouri Kogoro's back disappear from the room, Hattori Heiji could no longer hold back and asked straight to the point.

"I have already sent a message to Xiao Ai, and she has an impression of the name Numabuchi Kiichiro." Tang Ze rambled without changing his expression, and quickly stitched together the content of the email Haibara Ai had sent to him earlier. He learned some information that he already knew and passed it on to the two of them.

"It means that he is a cannon fodder who escaped from the organization, and because of the misunderstanding that the organization is still hunting him, he completely became a robber and murderer..." After hearing the bizarre life of Numabuchi Kiichiro, Conan's brows jumped.

"And Xiao Ai doesn't know much about his past, but we all know why he chose to join the organization." Tang Ze shrugged.

Fate does not tolerate any mistakes. One bad choice can easily destroy too many things.

"If you put it this way, it's not that difficult to understand that he will have an intersection with 'Kumail'." Hattori Heiji guessed, "He was indeed once a member of the organization, and the possibility of coming into contact with code-named members is not low."

"This actually doesn't make sense." Conan shook his head, "Numabuchi Kiichiro did not just escape from the organization, but used his agility to escape from the police's sight after being arrested and on the way to the identification site. He has been hunted for some time. And if he really has any key information, why should the organization wait until now to attack him."

"Indeed, if the organization wants his life, he will never be able to speak, and there is no need to wait for him to escape." Tangze fully agreed with this.

One of the two criminals in the Billion Robbery was discovered by Conan who was following closely under his influence and handed over to the police. They all died in the police station.

The world's organizations may still be weak in other aspects, but their ability to engage in brainwashing and infiltration has indeed been greatly strengthened.

Hattori Heiji and Conan looked at each other, and at the same time looked at Karasawa, observing his expression.

The organization has hidden flaws in the police community, and it may have penetrated very deeply. The person who best embodies this problem is Tangze himself, isn't it?

The whole case was very simple, rough and complete at the process level. Hattori Heiji, who was investigating the case and wanted to reverse the case for Karasawa, could only consider the possibility of starting from the side.

After all, none of the parties, witnesses, or even the handler or prosecutor can be found. How can we prove that something that doesn’t exist doesn’t exist?

"So, what you are saying is that between the time Kiichiro Numabuchi escaped from the organization and this time he escaped from prison, what happened that caused the organization to pay attention to him again?" Hattori Heiji temporarily diverted his attention to avoid triggering Karasawa's anger. Some bad memories, following Conan's reasoning.

"Well, it hasn't been long since Haiyuan himself left the organization. The organization's attitude towards him changed from 'I don't know any secrets, it doesn't matter if I escape' to 'Codename members will personally take action to solve it'. Something must have happened in the meantime. Things..." Conan held his chin, lost in thought.

"And he did not hesitate to arrange gunmen to take such risks and knock down all the police officers who came..." Hattori Heiji assumed a similar posture and thought silently.

The dining table became quiet. Tangze looked around and felt that his leisurely eating attitude was a bit too conspicuous, so he took out his mobile phone, lowered his head, and tried to look more gregarious.

——Then open the webpage and start browsing Osaka travel guide.

Unfortunately, he didn't expect that their trip could continue safely. After all, according to the original development path, their inviter would soon be in the hospital.

I still have to stay in Osaka for a few days, so I have to do my homework now.

The intelligent silence lasted for about ten minutes. By the time Karasawa had finished browsing the route and started to memorize recommended food places, the two detectives on the left and right raised their heads almost at the same time, with a large movement. Tang Ze was startled and couldn't help but raise his head suddenly.

"Since the changes have occurred in the past few months, Numabuchi Kiichiro may have had some interaction with Haibara and Karasawa's parents!" Conan expressed his opinion with sharp eyes.

"Kumail is not a veteran member. He may have suddenly become a new member in the past few months. This caused the information that Numabuchi Kiichiro knew to suddenly become important information about the secrets of the codename members, making this person illegal. Don't take the risk of finding Numabuchi on the run!" Hattori Heiji came to a conclusion from another direction.

After the two people finished speaking, they looked at each other and completed the silent communication.

Then he turned his head at the same time and looked at Tang Ze who had a calm expression on his face.

The real Kumel Karasawa himself: "?"

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"So, the two of them have now determined that your case was created by Kumail." Miyano Akemi took a sip of water.

"Yeah, your brainstorming is perfect." Tangze, who looked helpless, put his chin in his hand and stuffed something into his mouth.

"Under the influence of so much misleading information, I accidentally came up with an answer that is very close to the truth... The famous detectives are really outrageous." Xingchuan Hui swallowed the noodles in his mouth and shook his head.

"How should I put it? It's a bit outrageous, but it's also expected." Karasawa shook his head and said calmly, "The appearance of Kumail caused the information of Karasawa's family to become the organization's secrets. They will have This association is not surprising.”

As for Kumail's real situation, it's not surprising that the guess is inaccurate.

If Tangze was really replaced, perhaps the detectives with a keen sense of smell would react. However, Tangze's fancy vest gameplay would make it too difficult for the detectives to discover the truth based only on the current information.

It is not easy to reason to this point relying on logical information.

"There is no need to continue paying attention to Curacao?"

"It's okay, just let Noah pay attention. I believe in her character..." Tang Ze said, glancing at Xingchuan Hui who was eating noodles, "It's a pity that the medicine on her body has not been released for a while. There is no chance, and there is currently no way to escape safely from the organization.”

Otherwise, Karasawa could just drag her into the Phantom Thieves.

However, her control is still in Rum's hands, and she doesn't know when it will be her turn for the theatrical version, so she can only maintain this method of handling for the time being and figure it out slowly.

"Karasawa, have you finished eating?"

"right away!"

Picking up the plate in his hand, Tangze stood up from the bar, winked at his teammates, and walked outside.

They were at the ramen shop in front of the police station, and they were all sitting in front of the bar with one seat. Although they kept chatting the whole time, if you didn't pay special attention, you would basically not notice any connection between him and the people next to him.

Hattori Heiji, who was waiting at the door, had just finished filling in the notes and saw Karasawa finishing the dishes and walking leisurely out alone, and couldn't help but feel a burst of anger.

"It's already this time after I finished writing the transcript, and yet you sneak out to eat alone, ah, it's true."

"Why am I so lucky that I didn't catch up with your car? After all, the detectives are really unlucky."

"Huh? What does bad luck mean?"

"See for yourself that the unlucky dream you had has really come true. It feels like both of you are like this. The good ones don't work but the bad ones..."

"Hey hey..."

After the two people's voices faded away, Xingchuan Hui raised his head that had been buried in the noodle bowl.

On the mobile phone beside his bowl, Yusuke Sakata, wearing prison uniform, was speaking calmly.

"Yes, I went to Minoh Falls just to find this thing. I hid it in the attic with Numabuchi. This is Sotaro Goji who committed multiple crimes of serious injury and then used minors to cover up the facts of the crime. Evidence that relies on various means to undermine the impartiality of justice..."

"It came in handy. The work was not in vain, everyone." Naomi Asai, who was looking at this place with his peripheral vision, smiled and picked up the last piece of grilled food on the plate.

"The 20-year statute of limitations is still unreasonable for such a vicious case." Teru Hoshikawa, who has been deeply involved in two similar cases from Yokohama to Osaka, is not so optimistic.

Facing a vicious case, 20 years is just a prolonged nightmare. How long will it take for the families of the victims who cannot get the truth to break free from the pain...

Two murderers and would-be murderers in succession tell him that the answer to this question may be forever.

"The crime rate is high, but the police are limited, and the talents who can effectively solve the cases are even more limited... This is also a helpless move." For this colleague who is still young and about the same age as Shiho, Miyano Akemi can understand him very well. Mood analyzed calmly, "Vicious cases will happen, and less serious cases will also happen. If energy is left to the backlog of cases that have not been solved for 20 years, what will the new victims do?"

Asai Narumi squinted his eyes, and some shadows of the past flashed across his eyes.

However, he, who was always emotionally stable, finally just smiled and raised the oolong tea in his hand.

"If we can play a bigger role and make this terrible world as good as possible, then maybe they will have the spare power to save those with weaker voices and prevent them from being left behind by time. So, we must also Keep up the hard work, gentlemen."

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After coming out of the castle tower, Mao Lilan rubbed the tip of her red nose, but still pulled Mao Li Kogoro and Conan to walk in front, discussing happily.

"It's really beautiful and spectacular. Thinking about it carefully, we don't seem to have seen this kind of attractions often."

"What's there to see? There are so many people. I'm exhausted just waiting in line. Hey, my waist..."

"Dad, don't be so disappointed..."

After listening to their discussion for a long time, Hattori Heiji, who kept chattering and loved to praise Osaka to them, remained silent. Karasawa, who was one step behind a few people, couldn't help but glance back.

Because of yesterday's accident, Toyama and Ye were called home by their father after finishing the notes.

Although she left very reluctantly and repeatedly emphasized that she would come to Hattori's house during dinner time, she had no chance to participate in their afternoon tour plan.

Hattori Heiji, who didn't take the initiative to talk to them, suddenly seemed alone and very lonely.

"What's wrong? You, the host, invited people to come for a trip. Have you lost your mood first?" Karasawa slowed down, followed Hattori slowly, and teased.

"Ah, I'm sorry, am I being a little too negligent?" After being called back to his senses, Hattori Heiji patted the back of his head, "I just can't help but think about Officer Sakata."

"You and him seem to have a good relationship?" Karasawa recalled Sakata Yusuke's familiar tone of voice and asked tentatively.

"I'm not particularly familiar with it, but he's a police officer who comes occasionally...otherwise my dad wouldn't have considered asking him to be responsible for receiving us. I didn't expect that he would want to use this opportunity to cover himself." Hattori Heiji vomited. He took a breath, hesitated for a while, and asked, "What do you think of Officer Sakata's situation?"

"What kind of situation are you referring to? Do you mean that he used our trip and investigation to understand your behavior patterns and prepare for his own murder plan? Or do you mean that he became a police officer to investigate his father's death? case, but after unexpectedly learning the truth, he found that as part of the judicial system, he was unable to bring the perpetrators of the harm to justice?" Shrugging, Tangze said without any surprise, "I think they all belong to It’s human nature.”

"It's human nature..." Hattori Heiji repeated his description, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer the question.

Whether you become a murderer or become a police officer because your loved one was murdered, it seems that it is not within the scope of "normal", right?

The experienced Karasawa nodded affirmatively.

Is there anything wrong with this context? Isn't this the case for Tangze himself?

To be honest, in the police profession, there is less money, more work, and a lot of pressure. There is no personal pursuit or life ideal. After all, there are only a few people who would suddenly choose such a profession.

"Yes, it's human nature. It's human nature to want to use the abilities you're most familiar with and good at to achieve difficult things. It's natural for people to become a policeman for some unreachable justice."

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