invisible signal

Notice the stiffness in your facial muscles.

I can't... can't laugh at all.

"Ha...it can't be done," the Phantom Thief slowed down, "I have to slow down for a while..."

Before he finished speaking, he put his hands on his knees and coughed violently.

"Are you okay?" Even though there were thousands of speculations in his heart, Kudo could only simply ask.

In the situation where you can't get in touch with the other party, it seems that even caring seems superfluous.

"Ahem...ha..." Adjusting his breathing, the monster thief only felt a tearing pain in his chest. "Damn... cough cough."

Physical strength has been greatly weakened, and it is very difficult to maintain a normal mode of action.

"If you can't catch up, don't force yourself—" Before Kudo could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the strange thief.

"I'm not trying to catch up with them," the strange thief narrowed his eyes mockingly, feeling the rare firmness of the ground under his feet. "I just wanted to... make sure."

"Confirm what?"

"Route." The body that has been exercising at a high speed recovers very slowly under the condition of worrying health.The Phantom Thief had to let the icy air rush into his lungs to stay awake.

"Heh... They still have a flaw after all."

"Please speak clearly."

"Under such terrain, normal people would not drive so fast." The strange thief looked at the road stretching forward and disappearing into the shadows under his feet. "Unless they are familiar with the terrain, or..."

"Have you found the way?" Kudo's voice was filled with joy.

"Ahh, and... definitely not formed naturally." He walked a few steps on the flat road in a leisurely manner, and he was a little uncomfortable with the unique rules and rigidity of civilized society.

"What's next?" Kudo knew that it was not time to feel at ease, "If you walk along, you may be able to escape successfully."

"I don't think it's that optimistic." Panting enough, the strange thief squatted down and looked at the wheel marks on the ground. "This is still their territory."

"How to get out, I have to let them tell me."

"So...you still want to go?" Lamenting that he took it for granted, Kudo laughed.

"Well, peace of mind, just to meet and meet." The voice of the strange thief was very relaxed, "Just say hello, and I will leave."

"I really don't understand your plan..." Kudo shook his head, "Wait, do you have a plan?"

The Phantom Thief didn't answer.

A plan is something like a screenplay outline.Most of the plans are not so detailed that they even list a few precautions for how to react to the audience's interaction, and write a few measures for how to correct the wrong lines.

That's not planning.

It is said that the procedure is more appropriate.

A phantom thief who is used to being active on the stage rather than behind the scenes, knows that the plan is difficult to establish.

And the one who taught him this was the famous detective who never acted according to the script and frequently disturbed the situation, forcing him to give up the plan and find another way.

"It's not like..." The strange thief felt his tongue was tied, "Let's talk about it later."

Am I saying something wrong?Kudo was puzzled.

Only the monotonous sound of footsteps can be heard in the communication.

The sound of footsteps tapping on solid pavement.

"Sure enough, as long as there are roads, it doesn't look like no man's land at all," the strange thief sighed, "only a few buildings are missing..."

"Where does your leisure come from..." Hearing the other party's tone as if walking on a country road, Kudo couldn't laugh or cry.

In fact, the strange thief himself has no idea what he will encounter ahead.

It seems that only small talk can make him feel the real sense of existence.

Gradually the light can be seen again.

"Report--"

"Already arrived near the destination~"

【Call nineteen】

The wood is done.

"Let's talk about it," Kudo said, not wanting to make redundant speeches. "What kind of place is it?"

"Are you sure you want to listen?" The Phantom Thief did not forget to tantalize people at this time, "Very, very, yes, meaning, thinking, oh."

"..." At this time, you should respond with silence, so as to dispel the other party's psychology of joking.

"If you don't look carefully, you will never see it."

"Those guys hide really well..."

"So what the hell is that?" He didn't bother to talk about it now.

"It's a huge underground facility." The strange thief hid in the dark with a short body, and his tone was amazing. "I don't know why I chose here."

"Try to describe?"

The strange thief hangs a black thread. "It's really difficult for you..." He adjusted his vision and tried his best to distinguish the building that was faintly shining. "Ah, it would be great if this thing could be broadcast in real time."

"It's good to be able to talk, don't be too greedy."

"If you have time, you can go to the doctor to improve it," the strange thief suggested, "expand the signal range, add a video function or something."

"Can consider it."

"Huh?" The strange thief said that he was really joking just now. "Can it be done?"

"The doctor's words must be done," Kudo said, not worried at all, "I'm not doing research anyway."

At this time, should I come up with an academic article "On the Importance of Teammates"?

"Well, anyway," the strange thief stood up from where he was, and made a slight noise of the leaves, "go in and say hello."

"Wait for me first," Kudo said in time, "Are you really going?"

"Even if you are a detective, you say that..."

"If it were you, I would definitely not hesitate."

"Why do you—" Kudo wanted to refute.

"Because you are that kind of person." Affirmative tone.

Ah la ah la, I was seen through again.Kudo lowered his eyelids and raised the corners of his mouth.

It's clear.

"If it were you," the phantom thief searched for the best intrusion route outside the building, "you would probably be like a child who got a new toy."

"My heart must be so curious that I can't wait to take it apart."

"Hey, it's strange..." After a few minutes of rough searching, the strange thief still couldn't find a breakthrough.

"Have you found anything?"

"This is the problem..." The strange thief found the place where the wheel marks disappeared on the ground, "I think it's probably some kind of protective measure." He tentatively touched the boundary line between the wall and the hard ground with his hand.

"Very strict, it seems like a host who doesn't welcome visitors."

"Are you going to give up?"

"How could it be," the strange thief laughed, "It's too low to retreat even after we're here."

"What is your plan?" Although I asked it before, I didn't get an answer.

"Well, let's wait for now. I don't think anyone will choose to spend the night here." The strange thief looked around the perimeter of the building, "There are no monitoring facilities..."

"What do you think about this 'no monitoring'?" Kudo faintly sensed something was wrong.

"Hmm... because I am absolutely confident in the concealment of this location, so as long as there is internal monitoring, it is enough?"

"Good point, but wrong."

"Rejected without mercy..." The strange thief thought about the reason again, "...to build a new facility?"

"Correct answer. Those who can choose a facility in such a place must not be underestimated in terms of IQ and strength." Kudo expressed his opinion, "Have you really not offended anyone?"

"...probably." Maybe they made enemies without knowing it, but with such a large formation...

Neither of them spoke out the speculation.

Wouldn't it be "they"...

"Ah, someone came out," the strange thief lowered his voice, "I'm sorry for the time being."

Amidst the quiet noise, Kudo struggled to identify the background sound on the other side.

But the distance is too far, and the sound signal cannot be transmitted at all.There is only the faint sound of electric current in my ears.

Like entering a time vacuum, the wait for this period of time seems extremely short, and it is as long as centuries.

After all, time is originally a relative existence, a form of material existence and movement.We cannot say that time promotes the development of matter, nor can we say that matter defines the existence of time.

"It's so slow..." The strange thief actually complained at the moment when he shouldn't have made a sound.

"...Stop talking," Kudo originally didn't intend to speak. "Uh... what are they doing?"

"The topic was caused by you, detective," the strange thief adjusted his position to see more clearly, "No, it's too far away..."

"Are you sure you won't be discovered?"

"Don't worry, they're not on alert at all now," the strange thief said in a leisurely tone regardless of the atmosphere, "It's boring to show your back to others..."

"Say, should I take advantage of this gap to sneak in?"

Even Kudo didn't dare to take too much risk at this time, after all, he wasn't the one who carried out the action. "...let's wait and see."

"Don't be so conservative at a time like this..." In order to find out the opponent's movements, the strange thief narrowed the distance a little.

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you... Uh cough!"

"What's wrong?" Kudo heard a retching sound coming from the other end.

"What did you see?"

"Uh...cough cough..." The mouth was sour, and the monster was so choked that he could hardly make a sound.

"... corpse." He managed to squeeze out a few syllables.

"...they're disposing of dead bodies."

"I probably know why I'm here."

【Call Twenty】

Calmly pulling away the distance, the Kaitou hid himself in the huge shadow on the ground of the facility.

"Huha, it's probably safe here for the time being." He took a deep breath, feeling the fresh oxygen filling his blood.

"So, what's your conclusion?" Kudo knew that he couldn't relax for a moment.

"Although I don't know what their reason for attacking me is..." The strange thief looked at his no longer complete equipment distressedly, "It must not be for tea."

"Either you didn't pay attention to where you offended them, or..." Kudo's mind kept pace with the strange thief, "For gaining talent?"