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Is now the time to talk about this... Kudo Fuka. "Compared to this..."

"How is your physical condition?"

"Barely able to move." The strange thief stood up and shook his dizzy head. "Do you want to move on tonight?"

"If your physical condition allows."

"I'm fine." The strange thief stretched his limbs and was ready to move, "As long as you can move, don't you stop moving forward... Woohoo!"

"What happened?" Kudo heard the sound of grass turning.

"It hurts...I can't see anything at night, and the road is uneven..." The fallen monster got up on the spot, "Ah, my leg is about to break..."

"You don't have a mobile light source with you?"

"That's what I brought..." There were still a few fluorescent sticks left in the toolbox.

Kudo laughed. "Then don't you need to get up?"

"I don't have the guts," the strange thief refused solemnly, "I don't want to be that living target in the dark forest."

"Are you talking about this to me now?" The detective couldn't help but break out in cold sweat, "Did you not light a fire two nights ago?"

"...Yes," the strange thief thought about the words to fight back. "Moveable artificial light sources are easier targets than stationary firelights, aren't they?"

"That's right... why don't you take any action tonight." Kudo looked out of the window, the moonlight was completely covered by clouds, and it was so bleak that people couldn't help looking away.

The monster thief was silent at this moment.

"Hello?"

"Are you listening?"

"Detective," the silence on the other end of the communication lasted for nearly a minute. "I saw……"

The voice of the strange thief is obviously depressed.

"What did you see?"

"I saw it again..." The strange thief swallowed, "That light source."

【Call fifteen】

Sometimes, people's actions are not out of personal will, but out of instinct or the environment.In a quiet and tense environment, even if there are tens of thousands of words to say, thousands of bubbles to pop, and thousands of bullet screens floating in their minds, most people will choose to remain silent.

Of course, this situation is a good time for non-normal people or characters who are complaining.

Knowing that his voice would not be too loud through the signal conversion, Kudo lowered his voice as much as possible.

"Can you see what it is?"

"I'm not sure..." The strange thief narrowed his eyes to focus the pupils.

"Can you roughly...no, describe it exactly?"

"...It's the level of a primary school student to be complained about by you when you say it," the strange thief curled his lips. "Although it is indeed moving slowly, it is very stable. Very stable."

"Very clean white light, it feels similar to LED."

"It's foggy, so I can't see clearly. But there seems to be more than one...?"

"It looks cold."

Kudo was confused. "Are you sure it's artificial light?"

"If the biological world can also evolve such a bright and constant light source, then not."

"...Don't underestimate the natural world." After seeing all kinds of drugs developed by assistants known as madmen, Kudo felt that he would not be too surprised to see anything.

"Yes, if you are too careless, I will die." That being said, the mental condition of the strange thief is obviously better than the physical condition.

"Anything special?"

"Let me see..." The strange thief frowned, "According to its moving speed, it should be said to be...flying?"

"Fly?" Hearing this word, the detective couldn't help but wipe off his cold sweat.

Hey, this is too surreal, the light source flying in the forest?

"However, at this height..." Crouching among the weeds, the strange thief moved forward a little to get a better view.

"Isn't this flying too low?!"

"Keep your voice down for me..." The detective was still silent, "How far is it from you?"

"A conservative estimate, 200 meters away?"

"Your night vision is really far away."

"Thank you. I'm a nocturnal animal."

"In short," Kudo sorted out the information described by the Phantom Thief on the note in hand. "Parallel movement, slow speed, strange height, artificial light source with a cooler color...Is this the same thing?"

"If you must describe it like that..." The strange thief did not deny it.

"Then let's move on to the next topic:"

"What is it? Is it dangerous?"

"Even if you ask that," the strange thief huddled in the shadow of the bushes, "I dare not approach."

"It's the other party who exposed its existence first, and you are at least safer than it at the moment."

"No," the strange thief disagreed, "I can fall asleep at any time now, I don't have any weapons at hand, and I have lost the ability to attack... Obviously I am at a disadvantage."

"...Or do you think I should go and say hello?"

"No need to say hello," considering that in that uneasy environment, driven by restlessness and excessive vigilance, any gentle creature may turn red-eyed in order to survive, "hide yourself."

"Understand~"

With an inexplicably cheerful tone, the detective could barely grasp the badge with his hand. "I really wanted to ask..."

"Do you really understand the situation?"

It seems that I am the only one who is worried and thinking hard all the time.

"I've said it before," casually following the moving light source from the corner of the eye, the voice of the strange thief was weak, but he still had no sense of danger. "Even if I look very scared and helpless, it has no effect except to make the detective worry extra and interfere with thinking."

"I don't want to do useless things."

"Thank you for being so considerate..." Kudo looked at the time habitually, and then realized that time was not of much use to Kaitou.

However, at the right moment, certain information can always be provided.

"Do you need to know the exact time?"

"Although it doesn't feel useful...please."

"It's almost eight o'clock."

"Eight o'clock...it's not too late for human beings to be active at night."

"Stop talking, who would wander in the forest at night?"

"Yes," the strange thief retracted the cloak that was exposed to the shadows. "As long as the conditions are sufficient, anyone can play wild survival at night." He listed, "Food, water, light source...uh."

He paused.

"Oh, damn..."

"You want to say there are other people there besides you?"

"No, I mean... umm, hell..."

The Phantom Thief stopped talking.

The situation is special, this time Kudo did not ask any more questions, but waited silently.

"It stopped, that light..." The voice of the strange thief was like a whisper.He pressed the badge to his mouth so that the detective could hear him clearly.

The sound of trembling and wandering breathing is clearly audible.

"I know what that is..."

"Damn, I think I've been found out..."

"What's that?" Kudo's voice was also whispering and unreal.

"Oh no, I don't think I should stay here anymore..."

The strange thief stepped forward cautiously, ready to transfer.

"It's the headlights."

"They are here."

【Call sixteen】

Things are not going well.

Kudo heard the "rustling" sound of the grass and trees brought up by the slow movement of the phantom thief.

If the distance is still more than 100 meters, or in such a dark environment, it may not be easy to be found.

Now, the other party is in the light, and the monster is in the dark. With no additional light source, the monster's white suit will not be as easy to spot as usual.

The detective suddenly thought of a problem.

"You now..." Before the words came out, he felt a little strange.

"Huh?" While sneaking, the strange thief was very sensitive to inexplicable voices.

"What are you... wearing now? What color?"

Just asking about attire, nothing weird.

Although it seems to be inquiring about personal privacy, it is really nothing strange.

While it might sound like some kind of harassment, it's really, really nothing out of the ordinary.

"..." The strange thief was silent.

Maybe it's observing the situation, maybe it's avoiding sight.

During the spare time while waiting for the answer from the monster, Kudo Shinichi was so ashamed of the question he just asked that he couldn't take care of himself.He even wanted to simply cut off the communication and run outside the door to calm down and calm down, to sort out his mood.

It doesn't matter what clothes the Kaitou is wearing now.

"If you must know..." The strange thief looked at his dirty white body with disgust. "It's still the initial equipment."

"You didn't bring any costumes?" The white was too conspicuous to be used as a protective color.

"...I don't want to be frozen to death yet." The cloak is very useful, it can keep you warm from the wind, and it can be torn to wrap up at critical moments.

"……Too."

"How do you say it now?" It was still whispering loudly, but it was much more relaxed than before.

"What do you think they came back here for?" Kudo felt that he still couldn't take it lightly, "Must they run to this place at this time?"

Are you looking for lost prey?

"Let's put some distance away..." The Phantom Thief hid behind the bushes and continued to watch the opponent's movements, "The moving speed is so slow, he must be looking for something."

"It seems that the fact that you were discarded has been exposed."

"Ahem... don't use the word 'discard'—" Unable to speak loudly, the words of resistance seemed very imposing.

"What do you think?" Kudo ignored the phantom thief's protest.

"What else can I think?" The strange thief sighed, "They have cars and many people, if you follow them, you might be able to return to the civilized world..."

"Don't be kidding," the detective's tone became serious, "follow them, are you going to Santu River for sightseeing?"

"I don't have this plan," said the strange thief jokingly, "but this gave me a good inspiration