The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

“So many things have happened over the years.”

Walking out of the dim screening room of the cinema and standing on the sunny street, Kenji Hagiwara sighed in a trance.

"Although I know there was something fishy about you two disappearing without a trace right after graduation, it's really impressive that you managed to make such a big scene."

His eyebrows, which were usually smiling, were still gently curved when he spoke, but Matsuda Jinpei accurately caught a hint of loss in his voice.

He died too soon in the past, and when he woke up again, he not only missed the career development he should have had, but also missed the heroic ending of his like-minded friends.

This death was so light that it did not bring him too strong a sense of fear, but it has become a nightmare that has haunted his relatives and friends for seven years. It has been so long that the pain has faded, and it has been so long that Jinpei Matsuda, who remembers his death most vividly, also died on the way to seek justice for him...

This loss was not so strong that it broke his heart, but if he put himself in the shoes of everyone else over the years, he still found it hard to let it go.

Like an old scar that has healed but left sequelae, this is definitely not the impression that Kenji Hagihara wanted to leave on others.

Matsuda Jinpei thought about it, raised his hand and tapped the other person's shoulder, forcibly interrupting his depressed state: "You might as well go to him in person to express your feelings about this vicissitude."

Kenji Hagiwara was stunned for a moment, then followed the direction of Jinpei Matsuda's finger and saw Toru Amuro standing at the bar of Polo Café, busy taking orders for customers.

It was peak time at the cafe at noon. In order not to disturb the work at the cafe, Karasawa went to the Mori family upstairs to eat. At this time, Toru Amuro certainly couldn't spare the energy to pay attention to the few young people who suddenly appeared on the street and were dressed like ordinary office workers.

Kenji Hagiwara passed through the French window behind the flower bed and saw the sweet and gentle business smile on Amuro Toru's face. He couldn't help but tilt his head back and said, "Oh my God, little Furuya... I really want to take a picture of this and show it to him in the police academy."

"I was also shocked when I met him in the organization." Zhu Fujingguang laughed in sympathy, as if recalling something, "I didn't expect that he could show this kind of expression. The public security training has paid good attention to his strengths."

His tone was very gentle, but his content sounded very unfriendly. He was saying that the public security training took advantage of Furuya Rei's outstanding and memorable handsome looks, and taught him some skills that would influence the image of a police officer. Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji couldn't help but look at him.

"I never thought that the same position would be set up in different departments and end up competing with each other, which would happen to you." Hagiwara Kenji said with difficulty in words.

Matsuda Jinpei coughed and swallowed the laughter that he almost couldn't hold back.

His words were also a bit sarcastic. On the surface, he was making fun of Zhu Fu Jingguang for mocking the public security training model, but in fact, he was complaining about the ridiculous fact that the two undercover agents actually met in the organization.

"Okay, we are not police officers now, so it is inappropriate to gossip about them." After clearing his throat, Jinpei Matsuda added.

The other two people turned their eyes to Matsuda Jinpei. This was another comment that was ostensibly about Furuya Rei, but was actually a complaint about the police system, and it didn't quite land.

"What's wrong? I thought this was a game of puns." Matsuda Jinpei looked back seriously, "Are you guys going in or not?"

The three people, who had been joking around for a while while I couldn't hear, then straightened their appearance and waited until the first batch of customers who had finished lunch walked out of the cafe one after another before they walked through the door of the cafe.

"Welcome--" Hearing the ringing of wind chimes at the door, Toru Amuro quickly placed the coffee on the guest's table. When he looked up, he saw three guys each covering their faces.

He has met the two on the left and right more than once. As the bridge for coordinating intelligence on the Phantom Thieves, they have been in and out of Team Zero more frequently in the past month than the boss himself. He can almost determine their identities at a glance.

This makes the young man standing in the middle, who is wearing a mask and also has half his face covered with sunglasses, look particularly familiar and yet particularly strange.

Amuro Toru, who is now 29 years old but does not look any older than his 22-year-old self, looks at this young face that is forever stuck in the 7th year and is basically just entering the society. For a moment, he almost forgot where he is standing.

Feeling the strong gaze, Hagiwara Kenji raised his hand, wanting to say hello to this friend who seemed to have only been apart for a short time, but in fact had been apart for many years. The words on his lips turned into a sentence: "This is my first time here. Do you have any menu recommendations, young man?"

"...Of course." It only took Amuro Toru a second to calm down and stand up, his face returning to a reserved and gentle smile. "This way, please. I have some personal recommendations that you can try."

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"It's really unfair. Both of us were welcomed with such a grand 'welcome' when we returned, but why did you react so calmly when Hagi came back?" Matsuda Jinpei tapped his fingers on the table. "Whenever I think about how this guy left, I still can't help but feel a little angry."

Hearing his childhood friend express his feelings so bluntly, Hagiwara Kenji temporarily put aside his feelings about the sudden change in Furuya Rei's attitude and looked at Matsuda Jinpei who acted as if nothing had happened.

At that time, they had just joined the police force not long ago, and that was the time when Jinpei Matsuda was most passionate and high-spirited about his work.

He finished the work at hand with great satisfaction, thinking that this would be a safe day, but in the end, his friend never showed up to leave the Metropolitan Police Department with him.

Matsuda Jinpei was totally unprepared for this and the shock he felt was undoubtedly enormous, so huge that even after such a long time, when he saw Hagiwara Kenji smiling and seemingly unaware of it, he still couldn't control his emotions.

"I can't help it. It's been too long. I was still very angry in the first two years, but now I can't get excited anymore." Amuro Toru lowered his eyes, his smile didn't change, but his tone was chilly, "I'm the only one who lived honestly for seven years. I'm really sorry."

This time, even Zhu Fu Jingguang, who was quietly sipping his coffee, choked.

Among them, except for Rei Furuya, only the squad leader Kou Date had experienced the complete emotional changes of losing one friend after another because he died recently. When Rei Furuya used this to attack them, they were too embarrassed to even say a word of rebuttal.

"And I really didn't expect it." Qianqian hit them hard, and Amuro Toru put away that sarcastic tone and repeated, "I can't help it. It's really been too long."

His voice was soft, and in the somewhat empty cafe where the crowd had already left, it carried a hint of loneliness.

If the appearance of Morobushi Kagemitsu was just an isolated case, when Karasawa explicitly hinted at the actions surrounding the case of Matsuda Jinpei and made additional demands for a new fake identity, he would have vaguely guessed what would happen next.

It would be self-deception to say that after discovering this, he had no expectations for more surprises and surprises.

But just like he said, Hagiwara Kenji had been gone for too long, his figure was almost becoming old and withered in his memory, and the only memories left to him were the shock he felt when he heard the news, the near emotional collapse, and the dark, overcast sky that afternoon.

This kind of miracle happening to Jing and Matsuda is definitely not the same as traveling across such a long distance and pulling back that almost faded silhouette from the distant time and space.

Furiya Rei was looking forward to this, but looking at Tang Ze's overly young face, Amuro Toru found it difficult to ask such an almost rude question.

This child has already brought him enough surprises, and his shoulders have long been burdened with a heavy pressure that is seriously inconsistent with his youth. If he were to ask the other party whether he would bring back his friends who had died seven years ago, it would be simply asking for too much and being greedy.

But now, this problem is no longer a problem.

"I should be the one thanking you." Hagiwara Kenji said seriously, "I didn't expect you to remember me so clearly. It's said that people die three times, and I didn't expect that such a whining literary expression could become a reality."

He died at the hands of vicious criminals, but he survived not only because of the magical powers of the Phantom Thieves, but also because of Rei Furuya himself who never forgot him.

If Rei Furuya didn't have such deep memories of the time they spent together in the police academy, he wouldn't feel such deep pain for these friends who fell in the past.

No matter what kind of magical existence Tang Ze is, as he himself said, he is just a wish-making machine. If no one dreams of this devoutly, he cannot create something out of nothing.

Toru Amuro was silent for two seconds, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly imperceptibly.

"They were a little too quiet this time. I thought..."

With the examples of Keimitsu Morobushi and Jinpei Matsuda, he instinctively felt that if Kenji Hagiwara was also unreasonably rescued by Karasawa next, the other party would most likely repeat the same process, such as contacting Chizuki Hagiwara, who had walked out of the shadows and was living a relatively free and easy life, and also checking Kenji Hagiwara's records in the police academy and joining the company in less than a year, or even going to the hospital to find Yoji Motobashi, who was half skinned by the explosion...

Tang Ze didn't give any warning this time, so he began to think that the miracle seemed to be coming to an end, and two people were the limit of possibility...

"No need to go to all that trouble." Matsuda Jinpei stuffed the last corner of the sandwich on the plate into his mouth and answered vaguely, "After all, the person in the world who has spent the longest time with him has returned."

The two of them are so familiar with each other that they have been inseparable in study and work for more than 20 years. They stay together from school to school and from work to get off work every day. It is no exaggeration to say that the time they have spent together is really more than that spent together with each other's parents and relatives.

Regarding questions about Kenji Hagihara, just ask him directly. This will be more effective than looking up any files or records.

"What about you? What are you going to do next?" Amuro Toru looked at Hagiwara Kenji who took off his mask and ate. "Do you need a new identity, or do you have other plans? And, squad leader..."

Now that things have come to this, he can finally ask this question.

Miracles have happened three times. Now, can he have some unrealistic expectations?

"You should ask him about this kind of question." Jinpei Matsuda swallowed the food in his mouth and turned to look at the door where the sound of wind chimes began to sound again.

"I'm back--"

As soon as Tang Ze opened the door, he saw four pairs of eyes in front of the bar looking at him in unison. He couldn't help but raise his hand and instinctively tidy up his appearance.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I'm fine today."

Toru Amuro, who had just said that he couldn't get angry anymore, felt like punching someone back when he saw the innocent expression on his face.

"How dare you say that." He glanced at Hagiwara Kenji's 22-year-old face, then lowered his clenched fists and spoke unhappily, "You really didn't even say hello this time. Even if it was a surprise, it's totally unnecessary to come three times, right?!"

It was naturally impossible for Kenji Hagiwara to predict his own return. Although Jinpei Matsuda and Kagemitsu Morobushi were assistants, they might not understand how this mechanism actually worked.

But it’s different for Tang Ze. If you say that he has no idea about who will come back to life and when, even if you kill him, Amuro Toru would never believe it, okay?

Ahaha, Toru Amuro finally asked.

Tang Ze raised his eyebrows and felt inexplicably proud, feeling that he had turned the game around again.

"Isn't that why you haven't asked?" Tang Ze spread his hands. "It's inappropriate to ask me to speak up. It's like I'm here to take credit."

Yes, although both Morobushi Kagemitsu and Matsuda Jinpei are living examples, when it comes to the resurrection match, the two of them are still competing to see who can hold their breath longer.

One felt that asking was like moral kidnapping, while the other felt that asking was like asking for repayment, so on such an important issue concerning other people's lives, they once again maintained a silent competition together, and communication remained at the level of eye contact.

"How childish." Matsuda Jinpei commented sharply, "I don't know whether to say that you two have tacit understanding, or that you have absolutely no tacit understanding at all."

Tang Ze turned his head and looked at the three of them, and said in a delicate tone: "Are you sure? But if I explain it well, then, your videos..."

If he really explained it from the beginning and informed the other party of Idahang's possible progress, then the videos of them breaking out of the shell would be untraceable...

Tang Ze was about to take out his cell phone to spread those desperate images. Amuro Toru was still confused, and the other three people suddenly couldn't sit still.

Knowing that you came out of an egg, seeing how you came out of an egg, and being seen by others how you came out of an egg are completely different concepts from showing surveillance video to others, okay? !

"Stop talking, stop for a moment..."

"Wait, can't you just describe it with words? Does it have to be a video?"

"Let's talk about it later. At least don't do it in front of me..."

"What are you guys doing? Hey, stop fighting in the cafe. If you break anything, stay here and wash the dishes!"