Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 933: The Way to Eternal Life
"What were you talking about just now?"

Mao Lilan and her group tiptoed across the road and sat down on the other side. The first thing they heard was Pu Siqinglan's surprised voice.

"What's wrong? Didn't you understand? It's really my fault for not being a good student." Tang Ze showed a surprised expression, "I just said a little bit of Sichuan and Chongqing dialect, which was taught to me by my Chinese teacher. Is it very unstandard?"

"...Indeed, I didn't quite understand it. It's a dialect I haven't heard before." Pu Siqinglan's eyebrows curled down, revealing a bit of bitterness. "It may be because I have been busy with work in the past few years, running around overseas, and haven't returned to China for several years."

"Is that so. I thought..." Tang Ze laughed and swallowed the rest of his words, which made Pu Si Qinglan feel even more uneasy.

No one knows better than him, a genuine Sichuan and Chongqing native, whether the dialect he speaks is standard or not.

Just like a British or American who meets someone with a heavy accent and who likes to use slang, even if the dialect and accent are not so easy to determine, it is difficult to accurately judge the other person's specific place of origin, but you can probably get a rough idea.

This is a normal situation for a native speaker. It is very difficult to speak a foreign language to an impeccable level, especially a language that you have not been exposed to in a relevant environment as a child.

"China is a very big place." Pu Siqinglan calmed down, and soon her expression became natural again. "It is unrealistic to understand all the dialects in China. When you have the opportunity to go abroad and see it with your own eyes, you will understand what I am talking about."

“Oh, so that’s how it is…”

Suzuki Sonoko, who heard this, turned her head and exchanged a confused look with Mouri Ran.

"So, he's asking her about Chinese?" Yuanshan Heye put his head between the two people and whispered, "When did Tang Ze learn foreign languages?"

"That's what she said. However, Miss Pu Siqinglan looks like a scholar, but after a real conversation, I feel that..." Mao Lilan shook her head slightly, and it seemed that she took some effort to swallow the unfriendly comments. "Then again, Tang Ze actually learned foreign languages ​​quite well, so it's normal for him to want to learn a second foreign language."

Mao Lilan's focus is somewhat different from that of Toyama Kazuha.

Pu Siqinglan's appearance does have many features that do not resemble those of an Asian, but her features are also different from those of a complete Slav. She has a gentle and soft temperament and speaks slowly, as if she is telling a story. So when she claims to be a historian, it is easy to convince people.

But when she spoke to Tang Ze just now, her tone was obviously different from what she saw at President Suzuki's place this morning...

Mao Lilan didn't know how to describe this subtle listening feeling, but Tang Ze understood it very well.

Simply put, she was anxious.

The more anxious she was, the more likely Tang Ze would let her go.

While picking up the coffee cup, Tang Ze turned his head naturally and looked in the direction behind Pu Siqinglan. Soon, the expression on his face changed to surprise.

"Ran, Sonoko, why are you here? Have you finished visiting the shrine?"

"Tangze, ah, and Miss Pu Siqinglan." Seeing that she had been discovered, Suzuki Sonoko stopped pretending and simply pulled the two girls over, taking the position of Tangze's left and right hands as if it was a matter of course, "You are also visiting Osaka Castle, are you interested in the history here? Well, Osaka is also a good historical city."

Pu Siqinglan, who was just about to find an excuse to leave, stopped in her tracks when she saw her face clearly.

In name, she was still a scholar invited by Shiro Suzuki to conduct a value assessment for the Egg of Memories. Considering that she was seeking to buy the egg from the Suzuki family, she had even less reason to ignore the daughter of the Suzuki family.

Thinking of this, Pu Siqinglan knew that she had to accompany them in order to dispel the possible suspicion of these people. She prepared her identity well and smoothed her hair to hide her frustrated expression.

I was careless. I should have pretended that I didn't recognize Tang Ze from the beginning, and just played deaf and dumb and turned around and ran away.

Tang Ze looked at the three girls with a smile as they took their seats, squeezing the originally spacious seats into tight spaces, and was in a good mood.

After leaving the Suzuki Museum of Modern Art, the six of them originally acted together. It was the three girls who first suggested going to the shrine to draw a fortune. When they arrived at the door, the two detectives whose attention was completely focused on the case of course could not sit still and left quickly. Tang Ze also "knowingly" said goodbye, leaving the space to the three girls who obviously wanted to say something secretly. Then, he tracked the signal monitored by Noah and ran to block Pu Siqinglan.

It was Tang Ze's intention to meet the girls who came out of this area again.

The girls who were already very interested in Pu Si Qinglan's mysterious personality, coupled with the buff that they didn't want Pu Si Qinglan to get too close to Tang Ze, almost immediately increased their combat effectiveness.

So for the whole afternoon, Miss Thief no longer had the time to pay attention to her precious props.

"Pusi Qinglan, how should this name be written correctly? Oh, oh, so that's it, Pusi, um, there is such a surname in China..."

"Maybe it's just like Edogawa, a surname that very few people use? Hey, Ms. Pu Si, your kanji, how are you writing... I heard that there are no kana or other characters in China, and everything is written and communicated in kanji, right?"

"Hmm? Isn't this handwriting very good? Oh, by the way, Miss Pu Si, how should I say my name in Chinese?"

"I, and I—"

By the time Pu Si Qinglan finally escaped from the encirclement of several noisy high school students and staggered back to her temporary residence, the moon was already high in the sky.

For the entire afternoon, she had to deal with Tang Ze's occasional brilliant comments, and constantly answer several girls' curious questions. Every time she wrote a word, she would be criticized for how well she wrote it. If she spoke no more than three sentences, she would hear the classic "This sentence in Chinese..."...

It was like an advanced Chinese listening test at a vegetable market, extremely painful and headache-inducing.

She threw the parts onto the table and rubbed her temples hard.

If I had known this would happen, I should never have said that I was Chinese.

Really, this shouldn't be the case. According to her estimation, most of the people she met in Japan should quickly keep their distance after hearing about her nationality, right?

----

"Is that the man?" Putting down the telescope in his hand, Kuroba Kaito asked softly.

There was no one on the roof except him, so he seemed to be talking to himself. But soon, a clear child's voice came out from his suit pocket and answered his question accurately. "Yes, that's 'Scoopin'."

Kuroba Kaito let out a sigh and adjusted the brim of his hat in distress.

Ever since Tang Ze took the initiative to tell his true identity, although he would laugh it off and change the subject in a rather unenthusiastic attitude when faced with questions he didn't want to answer, he never lied again.

Just like the attitude he showed when he took the initiative to reveal his face, Tang Ze recognized him as a colleague who could cooperate with him, and Tang Ze's attitude towards colleagues was always sincere.

Therefore, Kuroba Kaito did not doubt the information given by Noah at all. Instead, due to the special situation of the Phantom Thief of Heart, he immediately reacted to what Tang Ze wanted to express, and his thoughts quickly shifted to the next stage.

"She looks like a weak woman who can't even lift a finger. She has given herself many labels of being weak and vulnerable, and lacking in aggressiveness. If no one says anything, no one would suspect that she is Scobin."

"Don't be fooled by her appearance. I have secretly read through Scobin's files." Noah answered at the right time, "She has killed thirty or forty people just to seize various collections. She is an evil ghost devoured by desire. Don't take her lightly because of her appearance."

"Don't worry, I certainly won't underestimate her." Putting the telescope back into his arms, Kuroba Kaito lightly jumped back before he was discovered, hiding his figure completely in the shadows. "But, from what you said, you guys haven't 'dealt with' her yet?"

When he asked the question, he used a question sentence, but he already had an expectation of the answer in his mind.

"Not yet," Noah said honestly. "Not being able to find her 'anchor point' is one aspect. On the other hand, our leader believes that there is something fishy about her and the zoo, and it is not so easy to resolve."

Hearing the word "zoo" again, Kuroba Kaito's expression darkened.

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The mystery surrounding his father's death has been bothering him ever since his father disappeared. Over the years, he has never given up investigating and seeking information related to it.

"Pandora" and "Zoo" were the concepts he came into contact with during this process.

"I don't know the origins of those people, but in the limited number of contacts I made, I did find them 'unusual'. Could it be that this is a little similar to you?"

When talking about the second half, Kuroba Kaito's tone unconsciously became reassuring, revealing a tentative tone.

To be more precise, this suspicion was one of the reasons why he tried to keep in touch with Joker and the Phantom Thieves after he first came into contact with them, even after being attacked by weapons.

There is not so much magic and supernatural power in this world, and they will all converge at some point.

"I don't know whether they are similar or not, but they may indeed be very valuable targets for us. Take me out a little bit and show you some information."

Kuroba Kaito's brows twitched, and he suppressed the urge to emphasize that this was his phone and that Noah was the one who came, and took out the phone as he was told.

The interface has automatically opened to the page of Phantom Thief Line. A series of links and pictures quickly flashed by, and then were opened one by one under Noah's control.

Among the jumping pages, Kuroba Kaito quickly captured several key words.

"Rasputin? Have you confirmed that she is a descendant of Rasputin?"

"Well, it's a bit unbelievable, but at least she believes it so firmly," Noah said, showing a photo.

The photo shows a woman in a cheongsam with a pendant on her chest. The angle of the photo is a bit peculiar. It seems to be a secret shot from a lower angle than a proper shot. But it can be vaguely seen that the half-open pendant shows a black-and-white photo of a bearded man.

Kuroba Kaito, who has always been very smart and has a lot of knowledge, made a strange expression.

"Could it be that this is why Scobin is so crazy about hunting for the treasures of the Romanov dynasty? Is she an admirer of the evil monk Rasputin and believes that the heritage of the Romanov dynasty should belong to her ancestors? What kind of paranoiac is this?"

He said this speechlessly and helplessly, and looked like he wanted to roll his eyes.

The zoo would target his father because of the conflict of interest between his father and them over the gems and collections. As long as he starts to use the name of Kaito Kid to continue his activities, the zoo members who firmly believe that they have eliminated the real Kaito Kid eight years ago will definitely come back to him, and will definitely have a sharp conflict with him because of his continued theft of gems...

This is the reason why Kuroba Kaito chose to become Kaito Kidd II after so many years of secret investigation. He has also been mentally prepared to confront the other party sooner or later.

...But I didn't expect that they would end up fighting for such a ridiculous reason.

"I was planning to return the Egg of Memory, which belonged to that lady's ancestor and carries important memories and bloodline, to its original owner, but I ended up offending such a paranoid lunatic?" Kuroba Kaito held up his hat, speechless, "Are you sure she is a member of the zoo?"

Looking at Scobin, the mentally ill criminal, he now had a bad feeling.

To put it more specifically, maybe the fact that his father disappeared at the zoo wasn't as bitter and vengeful as he thought, or there might be some hidden conspiracy behind it, and the real reason might be much more ridiculous than that.

It's really hard to describe the feeling of thinking that I had offended a big villain with a deep conspiracy, and after fighting hard for a long time, I found out that the people on the other side were just a bunch of simple crazy men and women.

"Well, since you know Rasputin, you should have heard of his 'legend'. According to rumors, the process of killing him was not simple. He was first fed 8 pieces of cake mixed with potassium cyanide, and drank a whole bottle of strong liquor also mixed with potassium cyanide, but still had no reaction. Then, the assassin shot him in the chest, pierced his lung lobe, and even scratched his heart. Just when everyone thought he was dead and was about to dispose of his body, he suddenly opened his eyes and escaped control..."

Of course, Kuroba Kaito knew this information, and the corners of his mouth became even straighter.

An assassination attempt, from a momentary attack, to a long tug of war, and in the end, even the body was thrown under the ice, and the forensic examination result was drowning...

"She worships Rasputin because she believes he is truly immortal and she longs for this kind of eternal life?" Kuroba Kaito revealed what Noah was trying to imply.

Eternal life, eternal life again...

Noah's voice was light and ethereal.

"Yeah, pretty uncreative, isn't it?"

(End of this chapter)