The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"Are you sure you want to go to the top of the Mermaid Falls?" Shimabukuro Kimie opened the sliding door leading to the yard, glanced at the rain curtain that had been woven into a curtain, and said worriedly, "The rain is really too heavy. , it’s very unsafe to run into the mountains now.”

"Well, I think we might be able to find some clues there." Hattori Heiji nodded affirmatively, "Karasawa will not go to that position for no reason."

"The unconscious child? But, as you said before, he was probably unconscious and was moved to that position." Shimabukuro Kime advised again, "Even if there is really any mark, the rain will At this point, it’s hard to see the original situation.”

She didn't mean that she was guilty or afraid of being discovered, but she did have good intentions and didn't want the child to put herself in danger.

How did Tang Ze get up there... Even if she was indeed the murderer, it was still a mystery.

Even if the child regains consciousness, it is impossible to identify her as the real culprit. What's more, just by searching the mountains, it is impossible to find any clues pointing to her.

"It is still necessary to go up and check." Hattori Heiji insisted, "I will pay attention to safety."

"Okay." Shimabukuro Kimie opened the umbrella in his hand, glanced at Toyama Kazuha who was following behind him, and shook his head slightly, "If you are just going upstream to have a look... please don't go too deep. Woodland, it’s dangerous.”

"no problem!"

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"So, the number of arrows drawn is not really random at all, it is just written by the old woman herself, well..."

"What are you mumbling about, kid?" Mouri Kogoro looked at Conan who was tugging at the hem of his daughter's clothes and mumbling something under the umbrella, "I have to attend the wake ceremony in the evening, and you're asking questions at this time. Not polite."

"Attending the wake ceremony? I think you want to have a drink with them..." Conan patted his forehead, "It's now like this, but you're still thinking about this..."

"What do you mean by 'this kind of time'?" Mao Lilan, who was holding an umbrella for Conan next to her, lowered her head and glanced at him in confusion, "It sounds like something dangerous has happened.

Conan looked at the rain outside the umbrella and replied casually: "I just have a very bad feeling. Maybe things won't end so easily."

"You brat, why don't you give me some intuition at this time?" Mouri Kogoro wanted to reach out and hit Conan on the head twice. He glanced at the heavy rain outside the umbrella, hesitated, and did not take action.

The rain was so heavy that I felt like I would get soaked even if I took out my umbrella.

"This weather is really dangerous." He looked at the buildings on both sides of the road that were completely painted shiny by the heavy rain, and he became truly worried. "The rain shows no sign of stopping. If it keeps falling like this If so, floods will happen sooner or later."

Based on his previous field experience, it is not like he has never been on duty in extreme weather, and he has also done things like going out to investigate in the face of typhoons.

The increasing amount of precipitation is still frightening to watch.

"Okay, let's go back to the hotel to clean up first. It's still too late to think about flood prevention... huh?" Turning the corner, Mao Lilan saw the scene in front of the hotel, and her expression suddenly changed.

Without thinking, she threw the umbrella in her hand and sprinted towards the door.

"Let him go, who are you!"

There were several people standing in front of the hotel, all dressed in fishermen's hats, forming an arc, surrounding the entrance of the hotel.

Through this human wall, one could see several other people walking out of the hotel, and in the hands of these people, being dragged in an awkward manner was Tang, who was supposed to be lying in the room. Ze.

He was wearing a new yukata that they gave him yesterday. He was struggling hard, but he seemed to have no strength. Four or five people were dragging his hands and feet, and some people covered his mouth, almost holding his whole body. People carry it outwards.

Mao Lilan shouted angrily, raised his leg and kicked the person in front of him, his almond-shaped eyes filled with blazing anger.

This group of inexplicable islanders almost killed Karasawa in the forest, and now they actually broke into the hotel and tried to rob someone!

With a "bang" sound, Mao Lilan's kick hit the person in front of her on the back firmly. The person staggered twice, but did not fall directly to the ground due to her attack. Instead, he turned around and looked from under the hat. She glanced.

Mao Lilan, who expected to see the face of a certain islander, discovered that under the other person's bamboo hat, there was actually a ghostly face clasped on his face. It was a hideous and pale color. In the dark and humid rainstorm, the heart of the person who saw it was chilling.

The person who was hit muttered something vaguely, and before she could understand it, he suddenly turned around and started running in the other direction.

The other people surrounding the hotel seemed to be awakened by the attack and ran towards the other side of the street like a tide.

"These guys..." Mao Lilan gritted her teeth and glanced at Tang Ze who fell in front of the door. It was impossible to really chase him. She wiped the rain off her face and hurriedly went over to check on Tang Ze's condition. .

"What's going on with these people on the island?" Mouri Kogoro, who was a little slower, also scolded, and walked over to help his daughter lift up Karasawa, who seemed to be lying on the ground. "Let's go in quickly. You can't let this go again." The boy is alone."

Conan, who ran over grabbing Mao Lilan's umbrella, looked at the crowd of people who had quickly disappeared around the corner of the street with movements that were too quick to be human. He frowned for a moment and looked at the rooftops on the other side thoughtfully. Take a look.

There were more than a dozen people in this group at a glance. They were just three unarmed tourists, one of whom was a seven or eight-year-old primary school student.

Without knowing the fighting power of Xiaolan and Uncle Maori, they had such a huge numerical advantage. No matter what, they should come forward and try to fight directly.

Therefore, it must not be the three of them who "scared" these people away.

At the limit of what he could see, several red and black figures, covered by the rain screen, crossed the bulging roof and chased after those people in the direction they fled.

it is as expected……

So, they have no time to pay attention to Tangze's condition these days, is it because they are busy with the power they need to fight against?

After a startling glance, Conan stopped trying to track the movements of the gang of phantom thieves and walked over to assist the two of them, helping Tangze, who seemed to have little strength to stand up straight.

"What happened? Why did those people come to arrest you?" Mouri Kogoro patted the water stains on Tangze's body, helped him walk towards the hotel, and asked with a frown, "Their unfriendliness has already Is it to this extent?”

Tang Ze, who was staggering and looking like he was thrown to pieces, followed their help and walked back to the tea room on the second floor in a daze. He collapsed at the table and gasped for a while.

"I don't know either..." Taking the water from Mao Lilan, Tang Ze took two sips and replied in a hoarse voice, "After I woke up, I found that I was back at the hotel and there was no trace of you. I just wanted to go downstairs and take a look...and then these people suddenly burst in."

What else could it be? Because the impression space tank is broken, cough.

The integration speed of both sides is accelerating. The water pouring out from the water tank is not only the torrential rain from the sky, but also the hourglass representing the countdown to complete integration.

This group of island residents with shadows have gradually begun to show the characteristics of the shadows of the palace. They dress uniformly and wear masks. They also show active hostility towards the Phantom Thieves who have triggered a high degree of vigilance.

As the leader of the thieves who was the first to raise the alert level, Tangze bore the brunt and became the target they needed to attack.

Tang Ze, who had not eaten for two days, was actually caught by these shadows without paying attention. He was about to resist and skinned them, but Mao Lilan's ripples, oh no, Mao Lilan's attack had already come up. .

He had no choice but to keep pretending and wait for his teammates who rushed out to drive these guys away.

No matter how fused they are, no matter how much they look like shadows, they are still human beings with physical entities in reality. Being beaten up by the Phantom Thieves will really hurt.

Mouri Kogoro looked back on the situation with a serious face and touched his chin: "So, did you encounter a similar situation two days ago? Someone took advantage of your opportunity to leave the room and took you away directly?"

Although the front desk of the hotel insisted that he did not see when Tangze left, looking at the style of the aborigines just now, the testimony of the hotel employees became less credible.

They are all residents of the island. Even if they are not those who have inexplicable hostility towards Karasawa, they will definitely tend to protect the locals between outsiders and locals.

Well, I can’t stay in the hotel any longer...

"You haven't eaten for several days, so you can't eat too much all at once."

"Thank you, I know." Tangze took the bread handed over by Mao Lilan and took a bite. Feeling the taste of the long-lost food, he answered vaguely, "No, I did leave by myself two days ago."

"...You really ran into the mountains by yourself?" Mouri Kogoro's eyes widened in disbelief, "You don't seem to be such a careless person?"

After knowing clearly that there were unfriendly people on the island, according to Karasawa's cautious style, he would only consider avoiding everyone's sight and try not to cause too much trouble.

After all, this is someone else's territory. As outsiders, it would be unwise for them to have a head-on conflict.

"There's nothing we can do." Karasawa rubbed his head in distress, and said in shock, "Miss Naoko Kuroe, and Hisumi Ebihara? Is that the name? In short, it's with Saori Kadori and Shimabukuro-kun. Those who are close to Hui. The two of them seem to believe inexplicably that I can find them the location of the mermaid's tomb.

"She said hysterically that if I didn't look for them, they would die. Before she died, she would just drag a few people into the water...ah, but it turned out that there was no way out of the forest once I entered it, so I went around I went around, but almost fell off the cliff. I finally found a route that seemed to be able to leave, and bumped into the two of them again, holding the knife like crazy..."

Wrinkling his face as he couldn't speak, Tang Ze said this content that was definitely not a lie.

He originally didn't want to play such a big game. After all, Shimabukuro Kime was already in this state. If he had strayed, the fate of the island would not be much better.

However, in this island with strong negative emotions, as the combination of shadows and individuals in reality worsens, neurosis increases sharply.

Kuroe Naoko walked directly in front of Karasawa, and in front of him who was talking to Shimabukuro Kime, she began to say that she was going to find the mermaid tomb and that she would crush the bones and spread the ashes and swallow them, "You will definitely find you." If you don’t find it, you won’t be able to survive” and so on…

It can only be said that if you can find a guy who simply sets fire to the goddess, the shadow is not a normal thing, the circuit is so strange.

Almost as soon as she said the words, Karasawa felt the crack snap and was overwhelmed. He hurriedly knocked her out and comforted Shimabukuro Kimie to prevent him from getting angry. , killed them all.

Although the amount of water is the same, it turns into rainwater and slowly falls to the ground, and it is completely different from direct seawater pouring back.

"So, you entered the mountain under their coercion and had to find that tomb..." Conan looked at Karasawa in surprise and murmured, "That's wrong, then why, Ebihara Hisumi..."

He glanced at Tang Ze's face, which was still bloodless and had two shallow scars, and the next words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't continue.

He wanted to think about whether Ebihara Hisumi bumped into Karasawa who was lost in the mountains, and then Karasawa got angry and killed the person in the scuffle or something...

Although if you think about it carefully, this situation seems to be regarded as self-defense, but if it develops to directly strangling someone, it must be treated as excessive.

"Is she already dead?" Karasawa blinked, "So, is Naoko Kuroe finally completely crazy..."

"Ah? You mean Naoko Kuroe killed Hisumi Ebihara?" Mouri Kogoro looked shocked in disbelief, "Why, aren't they targeting you together?"

"I'm not very clear either... But no matter what, tying a rope to my body, and then forcing me to go into the water to fish for something, doesn't sound normal, right?" Tang Ze, who said the truth again, couldn't explain it. The ground shook his head, "The current is very fast. It is in a narrow bend. I have reiterated to them again and again that if the flow rate is this level, they will really be washed away."

"Then, the two of them..."

"Hisumi Ebihara said, tie a rope to you so that you won't be washed away." Karasawa scratched his face and told the truth again.

I really can’t blame him for performing too well this time. I can only say that mental patients have broad ideas and mentally retarded children have more fun.

One thing to say is that they are in this state, that is, Shimabukuro Kimie desperately wants revenge, wants to hear apologies and confessions from them, or let them feel the pain that their mother experienced during her lifetime, otherwise,... With their ability to commit suicide, they probably won't live to see the day when the impression space destroys the island.

The other three people looked at me, and I looked at you, and they all looked at each other a little bit.

The answer given by Karasawa was really surprising. From his point of view, it was even possible that Ebihara Hisumi, who was overestimating his own abilities, was seeking his own death and insisted that Karasawa jump into the river with a rope, and then somehow... He couldn't hold himself back, but instead wrapped it around his neck, as if he was knocked off his feet...

It's not a question of whether it's possible, it's really a test of imagination, and it's an extremely difficult suicide method.

"Ah, speaking of which, where are Hattori and Toyama?" In their shocked silence, Karasawa finished the bread in his mouth, looked around and asked.

"That boy Hattori insisted on investigating the upstream location of the waterfall to find the first scene of Ebihara Hisumi's death... From this point of view, he may not need to go." Mouri Kogoro patted the back of his head, thinking of the Tang Dynasty just now Seeing the thrilling scene of almost losing everyone again, Sawa started to snap, "Let's not talk about this for now. Let's pack up our things and move to the shrine."

"Is this the time?" Mao Lilan looked at her watch and asked uncertainly, "At this moment, they haven't finished setting up the wake..."

"I don't care about so much anymore. It's not safe for Karasawa to stay in the town now." Mouri Kogoro said seriously with a straight face, "The Shimabukuro family are the shrine maidens who have been passed down from generation to generation on the island. When it comes to the shrine, those people don't dare to He broke in randomly."

While they were talking, the sound of rain outside the window suddenly became louder. The rain hitting the window heavily had the force of hail, and the sound almost drowned out the conversations of several people.

"It's raining harder again. In this case, wouldn't it be very unsafe for Hattori and the others in the mountains?" Mao Lilan pursed her lips and stood up uneasily, "We should go to the shrine quickly, Miss Shimabukuro said , maybe there’s still time to find them.”

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"We, or else we should go back quickly." Yuan Shan and Ye tightly grasped the umbrella handle in their hands, feeling the force of the heavy blow on the umbrella surface, shrinking their necks, and timidly said, "This rain, it's raining. It’s so scary…”

"Okay, I'll finish taking the photo..." Hattori Heiji stood up, wiped the water from his face, turned his head, and saw another figure, "Wait a minute, that's..."