The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

[Falling down in the darkness, leaving for his ideals and the things he wanted to protect... This is his ending, and it is also what you had envisioned for yourself.

If you really embark on that path, will everything get better? The embarrassed posture of lingering on is always reminding you, is it better to die resolutely? This problem has troubled you for many years. Even though your mentality has gradually changed, even today, you still have doubts in your mind.

Then let him answer you. Never be bound by the world, succeed in a seemingly failed way, use a vision that is different from the ordinary perspective, open up another horizon for the blind, this is the victim, this is the Hanged Man. 】

[Acquired ability: Determination lv1 (crit rate up in all states)]

The blue tarot disappeared in front of him. Tangze looked at Zhufu Jingguang's face and smiled.

Regardless of whether Leon's words were praise or criticism, the content of the comment was exactly what Karasawa thought.

Those who sacrifice their lives for their country, their ideals and beliefs are heroes, and those who bravely go forward and return home in triumph after completing their tasks are also heroes.

So, what about him?

After losing his comrades, his past, and all the personal abilities he had gained through hard work, when he opened his eyes again, he thought several times about how he could end his life with dignity without facing the embarrassment and waste that would follow.

At the beginning, in order to change Tang Ze's mentality, under the advice of a psychiatrist, Tang Ze communicated with many similar workers who had retired, which indeed relieved his mood, and then he could find a direction for the rest of his life and end his remaining life peacefully.

But this time, he could finally ask the person who made another choice what he thought.

"I thought that even if you choose to come back, you still need some time, Senior Zhu Fu." Letting go of Zhu Fu Jingguang's hand, Tang Ze grabbed the ice pack on the table and continued to apply it on his face, casually talking to Zhu Fu Jingguang Chatting, "In addition to Mr. Furutani, you also have your brother and other people who need to be contacted."

Although he lost his family due to a homicide when he was young, Zhu Fu Jingguang also had an older brother with whom he had a deep affection. The two brothers were together less and apart more often, but their concern for each other never diminished.

It's one thing to know that it's difficult for Zhufu Jingguang to make a choice outside of the Phantom Thieves, but it's another thing to see him make such a quick decision and come back calmly wearing the same clothes he asked for when he left.

"I didn't expect that I would come back so soon." Putting the heavy bass box next to the sofa, Zhu Fu Jingguang also sighed, "But everything has changed too much."

"Tokyo is very different from three years ago?" Tang Ze raised his eyebrows.

"There's not a big difference. If it hadn't been so long, I might have thought that I just had a ridiculous dream and woke up again." Zhu Fu Jingguang breathed out.

Shibuya's subway station, bustling shopping streets, roads crowded with pedestrians, wires cutting through the sky...

Those shops that I can't remember may have changed, but time still seems to stay a long time ago.

Because of this, he couldn't help but feel at a loss when he left the familiar Rei Fukiya and walked alone on the streets of Tokyo.

In the last moment of death, in that moment of flashing thoughts, he imagined many things, such as what it would be like for Zero to see him and confirm his death, and his brother, who knew nothing about his whereabouts, When and in what form will I learn about my death...

Looking back carefully, he may have had regrets and unwillingness at that time, but at that moment, he was so calm and relieved.

However, it was not until he really crossed the boundary between life and death that Zhu Fu Jingguang discovered that death is not an instant annihilation.

It is like a handful of quicksand, carried away by the wind and time. No matter who it is, they can only watch it slowly drain away.

It can't go faster or slower, and the more you try to hold it tight, the faster it leaves.

In other words, this is a silent countdown. Perhaps at the beginning, the severe pain will make all the past profound, and those close to you will be captured by the pain for a long time because of this heavy loss, but everything Everything has an end.

Once the countdown starts, it will end. Sooner or later, some traces will disappear and be gradually covered by the silent white snow.

"It's just because there's not much difference, but I find that nothing is waiting for me, so it's inevitably a bit sad." Zhu Fu Jingguang summed it up simply.

Tang Ze observed his profile, thought for a while, and tentatively suggested: "If you need other help in contacting, such as more stable encrypted communication..."

"No need." Zhu Fu Jingguang declined his kindness, lowered his head, and looked at the many marks left on his hands by using the gun for a long time, "My situation is a bit complicated, and I haven't really returned to normal yet. When it comes to life, you don’t have to rush for some things.”

"But Mr. Fangtani seems to have, uh, informed your brother in disguise." Tang Ze pondered for a while and scratched his face in embarrassment.

It seems that this blame should be placed on him.

Originally, Fangtani Rei gave Zhufu Jingguang's relic, the bullet-pierced mobile phone in Scotland, to Datehang, asking him to pass it on to Zhufu Gaoming. However, Datehang also died in an accident a year ago. There was a car accident, so the phone lay in the locker without anyone knowing for more than a year.

Rei Fukutani originally didn't know that Datehang, his only remaining friend from the police academy, was dead. However, Karasawa's surveillance advanced Bourbon's schedule and allowed him to return to Tokyo.

The stunned Jianggu Ling, while feeling sad, had no choice but to take out the relic and secretly handed it over to Zhu Fu Gaoming through public security channels.

Now Zhufu Jingguang, except for his childhood playmates like Yamamura Cao who knew nothing about his life after the age of 9, is a dead person in the hearts of everyone he knows. Naturally, he can't even find his own place. .

The hidden danger of the mole in the police department is still there, and no one can be informed of his resurrection. His relatives have also acquiesced in his death, and the organization has turned his ashes away...

After a quick calculation, Zhu Fu Jingguang really had no choice but to return to the Phantom Thieves.

"I know, zero has already told me." Zhufu Jingguang spread his hands, a little helpless, "Now it seems that you are the one doing the investigation of me through my brother's situation, right?"

"Yes." Tang Ze, who used trivial illegal means, smiled shyly, "As you know, the police database is very fragile to Noah."

With Noah's Ark, an artificial intelligence with extremely strong self-evolution capabilities, almost any database protection in the world is useless to them.

Because of this, unless Karasawa specifically instructs him, Noah rarely handles traces carefully - anyway, there are traces left, and those with poor skills will not be able to detect them at all, and those with good skills will not be able to find who it is, and it will not be a big deal. As an organization's internal network is very sensitive to any changes, there is no need to be cautious.

But it seems that Zhu Fu Gaoming, who is very methodical in doing things, belongs to the group that is not easy to fool. He is very keen to discover the traces of abnormal file transfer, so he was frightened by them.

"This is good...it can improve the level of protection for him..." Zhufu Jingguang, who thought of something, also looked away guiltily.

Because after waking up, the provocative letter he sent to Jiang Gu Ling caused Ling's stress reaction to be extremely severe.

If it had been a little longer for the two of them to recognize each other, Zhu Fu Gaoming would have been transported out of the country.

Of course, it would probably not be good for Zhu Fu Gaoming to be inexplicably taken away and then taken back inexplicably like now.

The two looked at each other, cleared their throats, and tacitly ignored this somewhat embarrassing topic.

"So, I am now an official member of the Phantom Thieves? Well, do I need to give myself a codename or something? Or is this codename also given by the group?" Zhufu Jingguang touched his chin, unsure ask.

On the way back, Zhufu Jingguang did some research and understanding about the Phantom Thieves of the Heart, a group that was about to join the team, and was surprised to find that the Phantom Thieves, who had a very organized style of doing things, seemed to have a bit of an external image...

Well, should we say that they are flamboyant or that they are playful? In short, it's not that serious.

I have heard a few codenames such as joker and shade that are exposed due to appearing in front of others. Zhufu Jingguang, who has had many pseudonyms and nicknames, still can't help but dig his toes into the ground.

It might be just right for a high school student, but for someone like him who has graduated from college several years ago, is it a bit too high school?

"Well, we all started this by ourselves. However, what you are talking about now probably doesn't count." After applying the mask on the face that had been enlarged by Miyano Akemi and others until it almost returned to normal size, Karasawa stood He stood up and patted Zhu Fu Jingguang's shoulder, "There will be a chance."

Their codenames do refer to themselves, but in theory, the purpose of the codenames is to distinguish them from themselves in the form of Phantom Thieves.

Although he didn't know why there was such a strange taboo, Tangze still copied all the work experience of his predecessors.

Zhufu Jingguang, who has not yet awakened the mask, and has not even entered the cognitive world to feel the impact of the world view, has no use in asking for a code name now.

"Oh, oh..." Not quite understanding the meaning of the smile in Tang Ze's words, Zhu Fu Jingguang, who was at a loss, could only nod in agreement.

Maybe, the Phantom Thieves also had their own considerations. When he saw Karasawa acting as a Phantom Thief, he seemed to be specially dressed up.

...So do they, the Phantom Thieves, still have professional stylists? Does this also need to be specially customized?

It’s so weird. Did he join the Phantom Thieves or some strange artist group?

Zhu Fu Jingguang, who hadn't realized what he was about to see, secretly cursed.

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"Mr. Furutani, are you sure that the identity issue has been properly resolved?" Kazami Yuya confirmed in disbelief and with great difficulty.

He lowered his head and first looked at the plans on his left hand that were full of writing and with many progress notes. Then he looked at the printing paper he just got on his right hand. He felt that the newly baked hot paper was so... of coldness.

He suddenly regretted that he was more efficient than before under the pressure of Jianggu Zero.

It’s easy to talk about the emergency relocation of witnesses, and the deployment and allocation of teams. For the police, running around and doing a lot of useless work in order to collect information can be regarded as a normal sunk cost for the investigation.

On Tang Ze's side, it is indeed impossible to withdraw the information received with one click, but it is given to him, and it is not wrong to prepare trump cards in advance.

However, the officers who had informed Shangfeng and even started to arrange an escape route for Jiangu Ling...

"Absolutely sure." After fighting with Karasawa and Zhufu Jingguang for an hour, Fangtani Rei, who had successfully vented his emotions, calmly picked up the coffee and told the truth, "The other party is already dead."

"Uh..." Kazami Yuya, who was looking through the new action requirements, froze in his movements, raised his head and carefully looked at Fangtani Rei's expression for a while.

Therefore, the reason why they suddenly and unilaterally terminated the communication and asked them to withdraw the team was because they confirmed that there was only one person on the other side, and Mr. Fukitani simply refused to do anything...

That really meant that communication should not be maintained. Although there were many things that Fangtani Rei, an undercover agent, should have done, it was only human nature that he did not want others to hear.

However, it was just a short meeting to kill someone. Could it be that the other party seriously angered his boss and made Mr. Furitani, who had always kept his emotions relatively stable, go crazy? Did he mention some particularly sensitive topic?

Oh, about another undercover police officer who died, Kazami Yuya seemed to have heard about it. Rei Fukiya, the number one student in their police academy that time, indeed seemed to have a very good relationship with several other classmates.

It seems that the victim is a sensitive topic that cannot be touched casually. No wonder Mr. Feng Gu's mood suddenly dropped. It's not obvious on the surface, but he is actually feeling sad now.

Hey, speaking of this matter...

Thinking of that extremely provocative email, the details that could only be known to a few people, and the out-of-control Jiang Guling...

Kazami Yuya's eyes widened involuntarily.

Oh my god, could it be that Shuichi Akai was the one who sent the email, and the other person was killed by his irrational boss?

Since he is identified as an FBI agent, will there be any disputes if he does this?

You are right. It is precisely with the blessing of undercover status that Jiang Guling can pull the trigger without any scruples. After all, this is what bourbon should do...

The more he thought about it, the more reasonable he became. Yuya Kazami couldn't help but observe his boss who was calmly staring at the screen as if nothing was happening.

"What are you thinking about?" Fenggu Ling, who was considered very sad and had just killed his enemy, felt a strange disrespect in his subordinate's eyes and frowned, "Why don't you do something? Why don't you do something else?" Is it clear?"

"Yes, yes!" After shaking his head, Feng Jian Yuya stood upright, completely forgetting his initial complaints, "Promise to complete the task!"

No matter how you look at it, your current boss seems to be quite cruel... I hope Mr. Fangtani, who has already received the sacrificial flag, can control his emotions.

Feng Jian, this guy, why inexplicably, finally worked overtime and went crazy? Then remind the administrative side and force him to use his annual leave.

Fangtani Ling, who didn't understand his subordinate's brain circuit, shook his head and immersed himself in the information in front of him again, trying to find what he was looking for from the clues.

Jing was right, Karasawa must know Akai Shuichi. He must discover the connection between them...

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"What's wrong?"

After walking out of the ward, she watched Haihara Ai's trotting figure disappear at the end of the corridor. Judy, who was wearing a hospital gown, turned her head and was about to say a few words to Akai Shuichi when she saw the other party pinching the back of his neck hard and frowning. .

"Nothing." Shuichi Akai, who had repeatedly confirmed that there was no foreign object, glanced at the air-conditioning vent above his head suspiciously.

Well, maybe the wind blows too cold in order to maintain a constant temperature in the ward.

Taking a step away from the wind, Shuichi Akai, who was dressed as Souhisa Iwai, confirmed in a low voice: "James only knows Shiho's identity, but he doesn't know Karasawa's situation, right?"

In the FBI's sight, the plan to assist Karasawa was successful with the help of a new informant. In exchange, their protection plan candidate was changed from Karasawa himself to the informant's relatives.

Karasawa's secret and Kumel's secret were still only known to a few people in their group.

"Yeah. Moreover, Miss Shiho not only rejected the witness protection plan he proposed, but her words were also very sharp and left no room for error. I think they will not have any ideas about her for the time being." Judy recalled that little The girl's cold and sharp gaze finally revealed some traces from this quiet and cute child that she had indeed grown up in the organization.

"The organization is a visible tomb, and you are an invisible cage. Just because I want to escape the fate of destruction does not mean that I am willing to accept the shackles of being invisible. Please come back, we have nothing to talk about."

The decisive words were still in her ears, and Judy sighed softly.

Even if she herself is a successful case, Judy cannot deny that this is not only due to her own active efforts, but also because her father is a high-level FBI agent. Facing Haibara Ai's gaze that seems to be able to see directly into the essence , she really couldn't say any gentle words.

Akai Shuichi got the answer from Judy's hesitant expression, but he just shook his head indifferently: "It doesn't matter, they will give up."

"Is there any new news?" From Akai Shuichi's determined expression, Judy interpreted his meaning and couldn't help but ask.

"Yes. Belmod's transfer route is too complicated. Her purpose is not to escape completely. She may return to Japan soon. James and the others probably don't have time to worry about the children's problems."

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"Hello? This is-"

"Of course I know who you are." Before he finished his opening remarks, the person on the other side of the phone interrupted Tang Ze quietly and said in a resentful tone, "I said, did you forget something? I After working so hard for so long, you just pretended to be someone else, don’t tell me, and you have to disguise yourself to receive the award in the end?”