The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

The temperature on the winding mountain road along the coast is not very high, but the direct sunlight always makes people feel as if their skin is sunburned and painful, as if it can penetrate the human flesh and illuminate the inner bones and even the soul.

At least that's what Daoxie Masahiko thought.

In the end, because he gritted his teeth and insisted on keeping up, considering the number of people, several people had to abandon their vehicles together, decided to leave Daoxie Masahiko's vehicle to the traffic police, and then walk to the nearest police station.

As they walked, Dokyo Masahiko listened to Tang Ze explaining the scene he saw the day before to Kyogoku Makoto, the only person who did not witness the scene, and felt extremely tormented.

"I saw it on the way from the riverside where the fireworks festival was held to your hotel... Well, it was a bit far from the roadside, but my eyesight is pretty good."

"That guy must be pretty good at fighting. I think he's good at climbing trees and can run very fast. Hmm? I'm sure it's 'him'. He's a tall adult male."

"It's a pity that he didn't make any sound, otherwise I might have heard it with one ear."

"Luckily the victim is still alive."

"The victim must have known the murderer. Apart from the wounds on her abdomen and the defensive wounds on her arms, there were not many other signs of struggle on her body. Rather than being dragged into the woods, it is more likely that she was tricked into going in. The police are investigating her interpersonal relationships..."

It was not known whether he intentionally told them or not, but Karasawa included a lot of descriptions of the details of the case in his narration, so detailed that even Dokyo Masahiko, a pure layman, could realize his own "carelessness" in committing the crime.

Looking at Daoxie Masahiko who was walking slower and slower and almost sweating profusely, Tangze raised his eyebrows and smiled sarcastically.

The murderer in this case, Michikyo Masahiko, is not a smart guy. He has been able to commit crimes for so long because of his evil intentions and malice, rather than his skills and intelligence.

Criminal investigation is becoming increasingly advanced, evidence does not lie, and wherever you go, you will leave traces. A murderer like him who relies on romantic encounters to choose his targets has not been discovered until today, all thanks to the underdeveloped surveillance system, the imperfect household registration system and good luck.

That is in Japan.

Judging this in his mind, Tang Ze noticed the shadows of the trees on the roadside becoming increasingly dense out of the corner of his eye and decided to hurry up.

If we delay any further and really send this guy to the police station safely, we won't have the chance to strike him hard.

"Actually, I have some thoughts that I didn't tell the police when I was taking their statements."

Conan, who had been keeping a stern eye on Daoxie Masahiko's movements, raised his head as he got better and better at thinking. "What do you think? Are there any other details at the scene?"

The timing of Daoxie Masahiko's appearance was just perfect.

If the fact that he chose Suzuki Sonoko first between the two girls could be explained as different people have different tastes, then his appearance in the tile-roofed hotel was simply overly suspicious.

I met him at noon and he found out their exact location. At night, Xiaolan and Sonoko's room was robbed.

The vehicle problem just now is even more suspicious.

It is true that I found a lock-picking tool on the road that can be used to pry open car doors, but the technique seemed familiar, and the ice behind the wheel was simply an insult to one's IQ.

Apart from Michikyo Masahiko, who had an ice bucket in his car to store drinks, who else could have taken out an ice cube in such a low-traffic place? You can't say that the chef of a restaurant suddenly went crazy and decided to randomly destroy the car of an unlucky person, right?

Moreover, looking at the murderer's attitude towards Suzuki Sonoko, was the car accident really aimed at just their luggage?

Perhaps, if it had not been for Karasawa's constant praise of the taste of the mountain spring water collected in the hotel during breakfast in the morning, Suzuki Sonoko would have been skeptical and repeatedly drank the water in an attempt to experience the advantages described by Karasawa, causing her to drink too much water and not drink Dokyo Masahiko's drink all the way. She might have fallen asleep in the car because of some sleeping pills put in her drink and could not be woken up at all.

In that case, the other party might have intended to kill Suzuki Sonoko as well from the very beginning.

Plus, he just kept following us, as if he was going to delay everyone from going to find the police...

After thinking about it, Conan felt that this was the case. He quietly tightened the dial of his watch, ready to take out his weapon if the situation got bad.

"It can't be said to be the details of the scene." Tang Ze took a thoughtful posture, "It's just some sporadic ideas, which are difficult to verify, so I didn't tell the police. The murderer climbed trees very quickly, and as far as I remember at the time, he should not have any protective gear. He should have moved even faster in the woods. In other words, this is a guy who climbs frequently or has similar experience. You said, if we check the suspect's palms..."

"Someone is following us!" Mikyou Masahiko suddenly came up to Suzuki Sonoko and said quickly, "In the woods, not far behind us, before Tang Ze could come up with his reasoning."

Suzuki Sonoko was slightly startled and instinctively looked in the direction of the woods. She actually saw a figure vaguely among the deep shadows of the trees.

Suzuki Sonoko, who happened to be listening to Tang Ze's narration and constantly recalling her experience of the previous day, suddenly got goose bumps.

"It must be this guy who tampered with my car." Without saying a word, Mitsuyoshi Masahiko grabbed Suzuki Sonoko's hand and suddenly sprinted towards the woods, "Hey, guy over there, don't run!"

"What!" Suzuki Sonoko was stunned as she had no idea why he suddenly pulled her to run. She was almost flying because she was being pulled by Dokyo Masahiko and was being pulled over passively.

"Hey, who?!" Mao Lilan was stunned for a moment, and quickly chased after him, shouting, "Even if you want to catch the criminal, why did you bring Sonoko with you!"

Conan, who was also running, narrowed his eyes.

Why else could it be? Of course it's because Sonoko is the easiest to control and the most defenseless weak point among the group, and the easiest to be taken hostage.

Daoxie Zhengyan, who has already found out about their situation in the past few days, must have a scale in his mind.

"You, let go of Miss Sonoko!" Kyogoku Makoto, who had been keeping an eye on them, widened his eyes and rushed forward.

How could he not sense that Daoxie Zhengyan was simply finding an excuse to lead them into an environment that was more favorable to him.

Tsk, if I had known this guy could run so fast as if nothing had happened, I should have hit him harder yesterday!

Tang Ze, who had provoked the other party all the way, looked at the crowd running in a mess and curled the corners of his mouth.

He cast a glance at Jinpei Matsuda, who was hiding somewhere in the woods, reached into his trouser pocket, and clicked the start button of the APP.

The surrounding environment distorted slightly for a moment, and after a few seconds, it distorted again.

Tang Ze knew that he and Jinpei Matsuda used the APP to drag the people who ran into the woods one after another to the cognitive world for a while, and then quickly switched back.

The cognitive world formed by the collective subconscious roughly overlaps with the real terrain and architecture, but there are still many subtle distortions.

This is especially true for terrain like the woods, which have no landmarks and can create a certain psychological sense of loss and danger.

After a few seconds of switching, the few people who were originally following closely were suddenly scattered. Tang Ze looked at the tarot cards that suddenly exploded on the map, grinned, and then raised his foot to follow.

If we catch them too quickly, how can we teach Daoxie Zhengyan a lesson as planned? Now isn't it convenient to "defeat them one by one"?

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"Hey, Xiaolan-sister..."

Conan struggled hard to get out of the bushes and took a breath. Just as he was about to check his cell phone signal again, his feet left the ground and he saw a familiar face appear in front of him.

"Tell me, who do you think is the most suspicious?" Mao Lilan's expression was a little serious. "Dokyo Masahiko?"

After a brief visual obstruction, she inexplicably lost the ability to track the person and looked for him everywhere in the woods. After searching for a long time, she slowly came to her senses.

It was probably not a spur-of-the-moment decision at all, but because Tang Ze's guess hit the nail on the head. Feeling guilty, Daoxie Zhengyan thought about it and felt that there was a high probability that he would be caught, so he simply went all out and prepared to take a more direct approach, fighting to the death.

"It was him. He came to us because he saw Yuanzi taking pictures on the beach." There was no one around, so Conan stopped pretending to be a child and said seriously with a straight face, "I thought about it carefully. There was a fireworks display that night. The fireworks caused a lot of ashes to float around. The top of the tram passing by the roadside was flashing because of foreign objects on the line. He mistook it for the flash of a camera!"

“Damn it…” Mao Lilan gritted her teeth, held the short boy in her arms, and ran in another direction. “My sense of direction is not very good. Please pay attention to see if there are other people around and show me the way!”

"Let's go that way first. I remember that they have been running in this direction since they entered the woods." Conan grabbed the corner of her clothes to stabilize her body, held the glasses on his face, and turned on the infrared scan. "But considering the current situation, there is no need to worry too much about the safety of the garden."

Now, through the information revealed by Karasawa, Dokyo Masahiko must have been able to judge that the previous victim was about to wake up, and even if he killed Suzuki Sonoko, his fate was already doomed.

Mikyou Masahiko would grab Sonoko and run away because he probably thought that Suzuki Sonoko had the richest family and the weakest ability to resist. If they wanted to catch her and kidnap her for extortion and then run away, she would be the most convenient one.

"I'm not only worried about Sonoko, I'm also worried about Karasawa." Mao Lilan pursed her lips, "If we just talk about fighting, he is definitely not Karasawa's opponent, but if he holds Sonoko hostage and asks Karasawa to give up resistance..."

After all, he was the one who was willing to exchange himself for the little girl and always took the initiative to replace the hostage position. If Daoxie Masahiko really did that, maybe Tangze would really let him stab him twice...

"I hope Mr. Kyogoku finds Sonoko first." Mao Lilan stopped herself from letting her imagination run wild and tried to express optimism.

"Uh, because Mr. Kyogoku won't be threatened?"

"Because he is the karate master of Haido High School, a master who has won several national championships, Kyogoku Makoto!" Mao Lilan, who had recognized him yesterday, asked in surprise, "Haven't you heard of him? Anyway, if he takes action, it should be easy to solve it."

Based on her observations over the past two days, if Dokyo Masahiko is not in a clear mind and tries to use Suzuki Sonoko to threaten Kyogoku Makoto, it may only have a counterproductive effect.

Kyogoku Makoto, who attacked with all her might in a rage, didn't even want to accept the threat. She was afraid that when the police came, Mikyou Masahiko wouldn't be able to pick it up...

It is not known whether Mikyou Masahiko can still pick it up, but in Matsuda Jinpei's opinion, this frightened bird-like guy is about to break into pieces.

"He's screaming so miserably..." He covered his ears, frowned, and pushed Daoxie Zhengyan on the ground away, "What did you ask Noah to play for him?"

In a complex environment like a forest, whether in the cognitive world or the real world, the only person who can accurately capture Dokyo Masahiko, the murderer emitting red light, is Tang Ze and Matsuda Jinpei, who also has certain special vision.

Therefore, he was the only one who was responsible for the aftermath, while the others went to the cognitive world to buff this sinful bastard.

"What else can we show to a guy who has tortured and killed so many women?" Tang Ze held a leaf in his mouth and whistled loudly.