Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 866 White Horse Detective

The drawbridge has broken, and everyone except the Escape King and the Shadow Mage are now gathered in the house.

Therefore, the person knocking on the door could only be...

"Have they arrived?" Forced to end the topic, Huang Yi frowned and asked uncertainly.

He was a little confused. He was just about to mention the conflict between Shadow Mage and others, and the origin of his decision to hold a limited offline gathering after discussing with the Escape King, when the door was knocked at such a perfect time, as if the person outside the door was deliberately interrupting him.

He felt somewhat embarrassed as if he had been caught speaking ill of others behind their backs.

However, Tanaka Takahisa, who was standing not far behind him, had an expression of horror.

She had gone to the door before she set out to come here and killed Xi Shanwu, whose online name was Escape King. She was the one who pretended to be the Shadow Mage and spoke. It was impossible for someone to have not yet come to the appointment...

Her feet seemed to be stuck, and she stood still, not daring to move at all, but Huang Yi had already taken the initiative to walk forward and open the door.

No matter who is outside the door, this weather is not a good thing for people to stay outdoors.

As the door opened, the cold air that had just been blocked out rushed in again. Walking into the door along with the cold wind and snowflakes was a guy wearing a cloak that covered himself tightly.

The man stood in front of the door, his figure covered by a black cloak, as if he was a shadow walking out of the darkness, and his identity could not be determined at a glance.

Tang Ze raised his eyebrows at the first moment.

Without Tarot, this guy is not his teammate.

Now, in the snow outside this villa, is there actually someone who has broken through his teammates' obstruction and entered the party venue?

The man standing at the door did not close the door immediately. Instead, he shook the snow off his cloak and said in a muffled voice: "The Shadow Mage said, 'This great magician will die, and it's all your fault'... right?"

There was not a single mistake in his retelling, but Araki Yize could not help but take a step back.

On a snowy night like this, in such a closed environment, encountering a guy with such a strange temperament, even the organizer himself who had anticipated this, couldn't help but shudder.

"You, you can't be... the Shadow Mage..."

The man in black stood silently in front of the door without saying a word. He only raised his arm when Huang Yize felt that his body was almost soaked by the cold wind and snow.

There was a sound of flapping wings, and a nimble and handsome falcon landed on his horizontal arm, shook off the snow on its feathers, and looked proudly at the stunned crowd in the room.

At this point, the uninvited guest slowly closed the door that was constantly blowing cold wind into the house, turned around, tore off his cloak, and put on a deerstalker hat instead.

"Good evening, everyone." He put down his hand, revealing his young face. He first looked at everyone in the room with a penetrating gaze, then smiled. "It's a bit rude to come here without asking, but the situation is urgent, I hope you can forgive me."

He looked around the room again, focusing on Tang Ze, Amuro Toru and others, then pulled out a pocket watch from his arms and looked at the time.

"I don't like playing such a role, but this time, I have to tell you a very unfortunate news. Mr. Nishiyama Mu, whose online name is 'Escape King', has been confirmed dead at home by the police this afternoon. Not only that, there is a message on his computer screen saying 'This is the first' left by someone who calls himself 'Shadow Mage'. The police investigation found that he was originally going to attend a gathering of magic enthusiasts here."

Closing the pocket watch, he moved his arm and moved the eagle standing there to his shoulder, and announced calmly: "Everyone, all of you, are now in danger."

"W-what..."

"Mr. Xishan is already dead?!"

His words were so shocking that almost everyone in the room showed varying degrees of shock or panic.

Only Conan and Tang Ze just frowned slightly and did not give any strong reaction.

There were many people with abnormal emotions in the scene at this time. Conan's calmness came from his experience as a detective, as did Doi Takeki's panic, and his surprise at the identity of the person who showed up. Amuro Toru's shock was a natural reaction of a covering acting style. In fact, he was not shocked, but instead had a sense of relief that the other shoe had finally dropped.

As for Tang Ze, if he wasn't confused about who was coming, he might not even frown.

Almost the moment he saw the face and the dress, Tang Ze recognized the other person's identity.

Brown curly hair, brown eyes, a face that is also of mixed race, and an outfit that is highly similar to the image of Sherlock Holmes. This is a high school detective from the UK, Hakuba Detective.

Theoretically, he is also the enemy of Kuroba Kaito.

...I have to say, this ostentatious colleague has quite a lot of enemies.

It was precisely because he recognized it that he was particularly confused.

When did this guy come back, and how did he get involved in this case? In theory, he should be concentrating on the One Kid and have no interest in ordinary public security cases? Could it be that he has discovered Kuroba Kaito's identity and even tracked him to this remote place?
Hakuba Detective immediately captured Conan and Karasawa whose reactions seemed a little dull.

His eyes passed over the extremely short elementary school student and locked directly on Tang Ze's face.

Bai Matan smiled and raised his hands to make a downward gesture: "Everyone, calm down. One of you has been killed. Even if the criminal is not among you, there is a high probability that he is lurking nearby. Instead of panicking, I think you should first understand the situation and each other's identities to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."

His tone was not aggressive, but his eyes were always fixed on Tang Ze. It was obvious that his words were targeted.

Kuroba Kaito, who was watching the development of the situation, felt his eyebrows twitching violently. He had already guessed Hakuba's intention.

The purpose of this high school detective who claimed to catch Kaito Kidd was very clear. Tang Ze who came with him was not on the original party list, and his height and gender were consistent with Hakuba's speculation, which clearly showed that he was suspicious.

"No, compared to this kind of thing, who are you?" Kuroba Kaito rolled his eyes, "You suddenly came here and said some inexplicable things. How did you get the information? Are you a policeman?"

When he spoke at this time, he was trying to excuse Tang Ze, but also showed his genuine annoyance.

Before he could get the news, unexpected characters showed up one after another, and the nature of this party changed from a gathering where he came to check out the situation out of interest and need to a complete trouble.

If Hakuba Tan suspected him, it would definitely be a troublesome thing. But if Hakuba Tan did not suspect him and instead suspected Tang Ze and Amuro Toru, even though he knew that Tang Ze had many ways to solve the problem and might even turn around and trick Hakuba Tan, when he thought that he would owe Tang Ze another favor, he felt that there were some things that really did not need others to do for him.

"Of course I'm not a policeman. My name is Hakuba Tan, and I'm a detective." Hakuba Tan responded to his challenge with a confident smile, "You may not know me, but it doesn't matter. You just need to know that I'm the son of Superintendent Hakuba." Unlike rebellious teenagers like Hattori Heiji who are keen on proving themselves and rely on his father's influence, for Hakuba Tan, who grew up with an elite education and believes he is good enough, family and connections have never been something that needs to be concealed. When necessary, they will only serve as aids and nourishment.

Just like it is now.

As soon as he said this, everyone couldn't help but show an expression of conviction.

The son of the Superintendent of Police is also a detective, so it is not surprising that he knows about the police investigation.

"I don't think you need to reject my proposal." Putting the pocket watch into his pocket, Bai Ma Tan casually threw his cloak that was used to block the wind and snow on the hanger at the door. "The road here is blocked. It's snowing heavily now. Even with a helicopter, visibility is very low. You won't be able to get rescued before sunrise tomorrow. If we don't figure out the situation, I'm afraid the problem can't be solved. What do you think?"

"…Visibility is low, and rescue can't get in." After repeating this sentence, Toru Amuro realized something and twitched his mouth. "So, Mr. Hakuba, how did you get here? What is your purpose? Do you suspect that the murderer is hiding among us?"

Matsuda stayed near the suspension bridge and did not leave until the bridge was destroyed by someone.

If the other party had come here through the normal route, it would have attracted Matsuda's attention. It didn't make sense for a wild white horse to suddenly appear at this time.

"Ah, I ziplined down directly from the helicopter." Pressing down the brim of his hat, Bai Ma Tan looked modest, "As for the purpose... I'm sorry, although I will accept some commissions from the police, this case is actually just a coincidence. It just happened to overlap with the target of my investigation."

"I am indeed here to look for someone, but..." He raised his hand and ran his fingertips across the people in the room with different expressions, "I suspect that one of you is the target I am trying to hunt down, Kaito Kidd."

"what?!"

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"It's such a mess..."

Standing on the terrace on the second floor, Kuroba Kaito looked down at the people who walked out of the door together and slapped his forehead helplessly.

Bai Batan’s statement was too horrifying, and he was so young, so Huang Yize was somewhat unable to accept the reality.

So before formally organizing the talk, he decided to take Hamano Toshiya, who had some technical background, Amuro Toru, who claimed to be a communications worker, and his helpers to personally check the condition of the telephone lines and the suspension bridge before the snow became so heavy that they couldn't go out.

Others may not know, but Kuroba Kaito himself knows very well that Hakuba Tan would not speak without a purpose, and what he said must be true.

When they return to the villa, they will start playing Werewolf, so he has to hurry up and strengthen his disguise...

At this time, the shortcomings of disguising himself as a fat man were exposed. There was so much work to do that he had to find a colleague with good skills to assist him...

"Why don't you take this opportunity to have a drink?" Tang Ze whispered as he tidied his clothes and stuffed more cotton into them.

"Ah?" Kuroba Kaito withdrew his gaze, not understanding what he meant by this sentence.

The Japanese word for chaos, "灭茶苦茶", does describe something similar to the Chinese word for "stirred in a mess", but it also doesn't quite fit in with the logic of taking a bite. Few people can follow Tang Ze's joke.

Tang Ze didn't mean to explain, he just pointed in the direction of the window: "What's going on with Hakuba Detective? Is that guy one of the detectives chasing after you? As far as I remember, he's not active in Japan, right? Why did he suddenly come back?"

"This is the embodiment of the charm of the Phantom Thief, isn't it?" Kuroba Kaito quickly wiped off the marks on the edge of the mask, saying this with a bitter smile, and then glanced at Tang Ze with a condemning look, "I think you are responsible for this matter."

"What does it have to do with me? What you said is a bit unreasonable." Tang Ze pointed at himself innocently, and rubbed the cotton wool on his fingertips into strands, and tied a small knot on the stuffing under Kuroba Kaito's clothes. "Our case of the Phantom Thief of Hearts is a criminal case, and yours is a civil case. Hakuba Detective will not pay attention to us, right?"

In this world, the real enemy of the Phantom Thief of Hearts should be the winery, or those villain organizations that had many conflicts with Kuroba Toichi before his disappearance. It would never be the detective's turn.

Everyone's positions are fundamentally similar, it's just that there are differences in concepts due to different methods. You said that a civil war due to ideological differences like the Avengers or the Justice League is possible, but it's a bit exaggerated to chase after them and bite them.

"He really has no interest in the Phantom Thief of Hearts. The question is, why did you come up with a setting like 'a genius high school student detective who returned from studying abroad'?" When it comes to this, Kuroba Kaito's eyebrows twitched wildly, "It's not like Hakuba Detective is not active in the country. He has heard the name of Akechi Goro so many times, so of course he is not convinced."

Tang Ze thought seriously for a moment and found that he really couldn't refute it.

If you think about it carefully, except that Hakuba's style is more similar to that of several other high school detectives and is more flamboyant, his settings are really similar to those of Goro Akechi.

They are of the same age, mixed-race, and have the same overseas study background. They also have the same excellent looks and pretentious style of solving cases. Even their hair color is similar.

As for the fact that Hakuba Tantei came from a family of high-ranking police officials, others may not know about it, but people in the police community are more or less aware of Goro Akechi's background. Even if they don't know his relationship with Shigehiko Tsuchiguchi, they have heard that Goro Akechi's father was also a politician.

In terms of hardware conditions alone, the two of them can really be compared, and it is completely expected that someone would pull one down.

Kuroba Kaito pinched his brows and made the fake skin fit his face more closely. "Your data has been too high recently, and it's related to the Toudou Tower incident... Now even many policemen have started to make similar statements."

With the continued activities of the two, this matter has become more and more heated. I heard that some media have already started to get excited and want to set up a match for the two of them to create some kind of ultimate showdown.

With a supportive family background and excellent personal abilities, Bai Ma Tan is at an age full of vigor and vitality. How could he withstand such stimulation?

"This is not something I can control." Tang Ze's expression became more innocent. "Some people are trying to build momentum for Akechi Goro. I don't want that, do I?"

If Goro Akechi wants to have a deeper connection with the Phantom Thieves in the future, first of all, Goro Akechi's voice must be loud enough to attract the attention of the Phantom Thieves and attract them to contact him.

For similar reasons, Rum has recently been using the resources at his disposal to frantically pull resources from Kumail, which has also resulted in a lot more funding for him and Bourbon. Tang Ze definitely has no reason to refuse such a thing.

"But in the end, Hakuba Tan transferred to my school?!" Kuroba Kaito gritted his teeth, "It was obviously your fault. Why is it that I am unlucky? Can't he go to Teitan?"

"What should we do? Why don't you go to school at night and steal his student file..."

"Hey! Then you're confessing yourself!"

"Alright, calm down. It's just a detective case. It's easy to solve. Don't worry. If he really wants to catch you, I will hijack the prison van."

"Can you please think of me a little bit?!"

(End of this chapter)