[Comprehensive] Phantom Thief · Phantom Thief

It was still the elegantly decorated reception room, and it was still the same two groups of sofa chairs facing each other and close to the fireplace, but this time the four people sitting opposite each other in the chairs became Kaito, You, Loki, and ... In the end, he still couldn't hold back his younger brother, so the king of Ikebukuro who obediently had his hood removed was the young man Heiwa Shizuo Shima.

Short blond hair with a slightly upturned tail that makes it look quite unruly, dark gray eyes hidden behind indigo sunglasses, and a very calm and comfortable demeanor when he is not angry-even in front of Kaito. Relaxing a little bit, my Yuu looks similar, and...a face that is too handsome for the strongest man in Ikebukuro...

——When Kaito was thinking like this, he naturally knew that while he was silently sizing up the person in front of him, he was also being carefully observed and noticed by the other party.

This situation is actually reasonable.

After all, before this, both of them had heard of each other's name more than once, and even...had seen each other's face a few times—through You's cell phone or digital camera, of course—although they hadn't been formally introduced to each other yet. But, to put it bluntly, between the two of you...

Maybe it can be regarded as "a long-time friendship with God", right?

Silently touching his chin, Kaito said that he felt no pressure about it.

"Good day, this must be Shizuo-san who Yu often mentions to me, right? Hello, I'm Yu's classmate and friend Kaito Kuroba, meeting for the first time, please take care of me."

——To the outside world, he has always presented himself as a gentle and polite boy in the new era. Kaito, who knows the lethality of this image, said that what is more suitable for the investigation and scrutiny from Youjia Nissan?

As expected, Shizuo's originally slightly tense expression slowed down slightly, and it could be seen that he was really trying to soften his facial expression: "Ah, you are Kuroba? You often mention you to me, say you I usually take good care of him at school."

"Where, I myself have received a lot of care from You. Although it may not be obvious on the surface, You is really a very gentle and considerate friend."

"Oh? You also found out? This guy is like this. Although he always has a straight face and always likes to say that he is emotionally lacking, in fact it is not the case at all..."

"That's right! I remember one time... blah blah blah..."

"That's right! Before him... blah blah blah..."

……

This is just great.

On the topic of Yuu, Kaito and Shizuo soon fell in love with each other.

The two talked more and more vigorously, and became more and more speculative, until a certain Mr. Detective who couldn't stand it could not bear to "cough" several times in a row, and then they were taken out of the delicate two-person world (hey!) atmosphere. Pull back.

"Cough...then what, because Yu is so cute, so I accidentally...ahhaha...and please don't take offense, Mister Detective, brother Shizuo and I really didn't do it on purpose."

——Okay, just for a while, everyone called "Brother Jingxiong"!

Loki himself didn't quite understand where the unhappiness and gloom that flashed in his heart came from.

After all, to him, this young man surnamed Hei Yu is just a good friend of his employer. Although this young man had brought him some inexplicable sense of familiarity before, he seemed to be able to see the young man beside him. Ai, but to be honest, there is actually no connection between the two, and if he had really seen this boy somewhere before...

Why is there no memory related to the boy in my mind?

As a god, Loki doesn't think anyone can tamper with his memory... Wait!

If it's that person...

A certain guess flashed through my mind, but it was immediately rejected by Loki himself—even though he was deprived of most of his divine power, sealed and thrown into the world with many spell memories, but the pride and dignity of a god It is absolutely not allowed to be trampled at any time, even if it is Odin, it is impossible to really remember him...

Shaking his head, trying to get out of his mind the guesses about those strange and treacherous conspiracies and calculations, Loki felt that his performance was really a bit wrong——

But... just a strange boy who met by chance.

Even if I really became interested in him, it wouldn't be too late to concentrate on getting to know him after this incident is over, so what should I do to delay my serious work time?

Thinking of this, the blond and beautiful young detective made a serious expression, and decided that from this moment on, he must absolutely stick to business to the end.

"Then, according to Mr. Yuhei, Mr. Shizuo Heiwajima is your elder brother. He came to the film crew this time because he learned from 'someone' that you were threatened by Mr. Yuhei, so..."

"So I ran to the production crew and threatened not to allow the filming to continue. I'm really sorry, my brother is such a simple-minded idiot brother."

"No... If you really want to say it, Mr. Youping doesn't need to apologize to me." Raising his hand to support his chin, the expression on the blonde detective's face became more and more unpredictable: "It's just that I'm very curious, Who on earth disclosed the intimidation of Mr. Yuhei to Mr. Heiwajima? According to what Ms. Uzuki and the president of your company said before, the threatening letter incident is only circulated within the crew, because the director Mr. Shinkawa The relationship under the gag order has not been known to the outside world at all."

"Mr. Rocky said exactly what I wanted to ask my brother before." As he spoke, You turned to look at Shizuo who was sitting next to him: "Brother, you just said that 'someone' told you When it comes to the threatening letter, who is this 'someone'... referring to?"

"Ah... I'm so annoying! If you don't have to know, I really don't want to mention that bastard's name in front of You!" Since it was my younger brother's request, I couldn't refuse anyway, but when I mentioned someone's name in front of my younger brother , It's also not what I want... After the conflict between the two sides, His Majesty the King of Ikebukuro only felt pain in his forehead.

In the end, because he was worried about his younger brother, he had to reluctantly spit out the name that made people angry just thinking about it. However, what Shizuo didn't know was that among the four people present, except himself, There is another person who has already guessed the identity of that "someone" at this time——

"Orihara Linya."

He almost said the name through gritted teeth, and Shizuo's dark gray eyes covered under the indigo sunglasses were flickering with a frightening and fierce light against the constantly dancing orange flames in the fireplace: "Tell me The person who is deeply troubled by the threatening letters and the dead cat corpse delivered to the door of the room on time with three meals a day, his name is Orihara Rinya."

"That guy... is an out-and-out bastard scum!" Shizuo was silent for a moment, grinding his back teeth fiercely, and finally added in a low voice with reluctance: "However, he is also a very capable man. Information dealer, so... no matter whether everything he said is true or not, I have to confirm it. If it is true..."

"But brother, what you did before is no longer a confirmation, but a definite threat to the crew." He complained expressionlessly, and Youzai softened his expression the moment Shizuo looked at him in a blink of an eye in a little bewilderment. The tone of voice seemed to be smoother as well: "But... I'm not angry at all."

"I'm really important to my brother, right?"

"...Isn't that a matter of course." Turning his face awkwardly and muttering something in a low voice, Shizuo's ears blushed, and he simply stopped looking at his younger brother, but turned his gaze to the man who had been sitting silently since just now. The blond detective thinking about something on the other side——

"So, Mr. Detective? Knowing this...does it help you?"

Shizuo doesn't know much about detective work.

Although some time ago because of the great activity of a high school student detective whose name I can’t remember clearly, many TV and print media have carried out a series of large-scale follow-up reports on him, but recently as the popularity has subsided and Shizuo has always been He is not someone who would be interested in this kind of news, so his perception of people like "detectives" still stays in the impression from the mystery novels of Conan Doyle or Edogawa Ranpo.

For the young detective with blond hair and beauty whose appearance completely concealed his professional ability, Shizuo didn't feel contemptuous because of the other's appearance, but he also didn't hold much expectation.

——Inferences and judgments are still too far away for ordinary people (?).

Just thinking about it, I saw the blond beauty on the opposite side suddenly raised the corners of her lips slightly, and for a moment... a hundred flowers blossomed ==

"It seems...we have found a breakthrough in the incident." Smiling, the blond detective got up first, raised his hand to the other three people present, and made an invitation gesture that Kaito is most familiar with...

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Shinjuku in the rain.

Even though it is known as the most prosperous area in the entire Tokyo, there are still dark and deep alleys in Shinjuku among the high-rise buildings wrapped in layers of steel and iron mud.

Contrary to the glamorous appearance of Shinjuku, the scene in the alleys is dilapidated and gloomy.

Garbage piled up in the corners, wet and faded advertisements on old fences and wire posts, cramped and narrow streets where you can barely see a slit of sky when you look up...

"...No matter how you look at it, it's not the place where someone like me should appear." The hood of the black hooded jacket was pulled up tightly, covering the entire face, and suddenly appeared in an alley The strange man whispered dissatisfiedly while walking quickly to the agreed place.

"Hmph! Damn information dealer! If it wasn't for..." The follow-up complaints came to an abrupt end. The man in black suddenly widened his eyes and looked at the corner of the wall leaning not far in front with a half-smile. Looking at his black-haired youth: "You...you..."

"Huh? Me?" Raising his eyebrows, the young man who appeared in front of the man silently stretched out a slender finger, turned his wrist and pointed it at himself: "I... what's wrong? ?”

The arc of the corner of the mouth gradually deepened. Under the man's increasingly terrified gaze, the young man smiled and rolled his eyes——

"Deal... reached?"

Amidst the pattering rain, the young man's slightly smiling murmur was like the lure of a devil, echoing low and low in the deep alleyway, making one involuntarily...willing to sink.