[Comprehensive] Phantom Thief · Phantom Thief

Kaito sometimes thinks, no matter how clear he is that the world he lives in is definitely not a fake, but a fact that exists in reality, but when some settings that only exist in the two-dimensional world appear When I'm by my side...

Sure enough, there was still no way to convince myself to accept it calmly and immediately.

- like now.

Kaito, dressed in formal attire, was standing among a large group of professional or amateur magicians from all over Japan, waiting outside the venue of the art exhibition hall of the Principality of Sabrila, waiting for the party to start.

And the so-called party was naturally ordered by a restless and willful little princess.

According to Her Royal Highness, the opening party this time is to commemorate her visit to Japan this time, and also to provide a platform for the majority of fans who love magic. What about magic lovers?

As for the security of the party, it is fully entrusted to the self-proclaimed(?) Europe's No. [-] iron-handed criminal police officer Delong - he is the blond square-faced man Kaito saw on the Internet that day and issued a declaration of the arrest of Kaitou Kidd .

As mentioned before, the two-dimensional setting that Kaito cannot take for granted and easily accepts is also about this Delong detective.

It is said that this criminal policeman was able to get the title of Europe's No. [-] iron-handed criminal policeman because he did not hesitate to shoot in order to catch the criminal...

Aoyou is so mighty and majestic...Puff!

...Um cough!

——Forgive Kaito for not being able to grasp the funny scene for a while, but this setting...

No matter who you put it on, you can't help but laugh!

In order to catch the prisoner, shooting is the first iron fist?How embarrassing are you for those FBI agents who can carry guns on rest days in American dramas!

Delong Sang, you belong to the European criminal police circle, not the Tianchao police station!Are you proud to be a police officer who can shoot?

To be honest, Kaito really can't understand this setting.

As far as he knows, the serving police officers of the Criminal Division of the Japanese Metropolitan Police Department are also allowed to wear guns when they are working on weekdays, and they are also allowed to shoot while chasing prisoners-this is in Conan's TV and theater It is reflected in the animation version.

Therefore, as a European criminal policeman whose gun control is not much stricter than Japan, he did not hesitate to shoot in the process of capturing the prisoner...

Is it something to be proud of and boast about?

Forgive Kaito for not really understanding this.

What made him even more puzzled and perplexed was the so-called "Phantom Thief Kidd's Arrest Declaration" that this Mr. Interpol brazenly made in front of several major TV media in Japan.

What you need to catch a big thief like me is brains and wisdom, okay?If you can only shoot... where did you get your confidence?

Shaking his head, the black-haired young Phantom Thief said that delusion is a kind of disease, and it really needs to be cured!

But aside from this rampant and arrogant detective, Kaito didn't feel much pressure about tonight's actions——

Because he and Aoko Nakamori are not childhood sweethearts, this time Kaito certainly did nothing to comfort Police Officer Nakamori who was attacked by Princess Ann and Delong Detective, let alone as an amateur magician, he brought Then the father and daughter sneaked into the party.

Regardless of whether the Nakamori father and daughter can find another way to sneak into the party, without Kaito's reminders and reminders, it is unlikely that Officer Nakamori will see through some of Kaito's methods again like the original book.

What's more, Kaito now...

To put it bluntly, compared to the boy Kidd in the original book, he is only stronger but not weaker.

It's just a little more troublesome, how to get close to Princess Ann and steal the Paris sun under the double guards.

Thinking of this, Kaito couldn't help but want to complain about a colleague who temporarily messed up.

——That’s right, colleagues.

It was only after entering the party venue that Kaito learned from the discussions of the people around him that shortly after he issued the notice, another notice from other phantom thieves was also sent to Her Royal Highness.

Although that colleague and Kaito were not aiming at the same target (of course Kaito didn't really care about this), but because the police officer in charge of chasing this colleague was much stronger than the Nakamori Police Department, even in Delong Under the interference of the criminal police, the police force could not be deployed into the venue of the party, but around the perimeter of the venue, many surveillance points were densely laid out, which made Kaito, who has always been under no pressure from the encirclement, feel his scalp tingling——

It's not that he doesn't understand the reason why ants kill elephants.

But come to think of it, since the other party is mainly responsible for hunting down that colleague, he shouldn't pay too much attention to himself, an untargeted person... right?

He curled his lips, and reminded Xiaoling who was in charge of waiting outside the venue to pay attention through the micro-communicator prepared in advance. Kaidou took advantage of the fact that most people's attention was focused on the magic show in the banquet hall and piles of European police officers. When he was on the party member, he chose an absolutely dead-end route that would not be caught by any surveillance equipment, and sneaked out of the banquet hall.

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It is a well-preserved five-story European-style building that is used as an art exhibition hall.

The hall on the first floor serves as the main venue for the opening party tonight, and the second to fourth floors respectively display jewelry and famous paintings collected by the Principality of Sabrilla.

Kaito's main target tonight, the red diamond pendant "Paris Sun", is an exception.

As the princess's accessory, this jewel has been dropped around the neck of Her Royal Highness. It can be said to be the most difficult precious treasure to obtain.

However, for Kaito, the more difficult it is to obtain the target, the more meaningful and valuable the thrills you can experience during the action and the pleasure and satisfaction you can enjoy after you finally succeed.

——Phantom Thief is an interesting job to pursue and enjoy tension and challenges, isn’t it?

Successfully stunned and held a police officer hostage outside the washroom somewhere on the first floor. Kaito quickly disguised himself as the other party, and then reported the monster thief to Delong detective who was still watching in the hall through the intercom. News of Kidd breaking into the venue.

As expected, after receiving the report that Kidd had entered the exhibition hall, Delong immediately made the decision to send the princess to the lounge on the fifth floor for "refuge" and to suspend the party in advance.

Kaito mingled among a group of police officers, first pretending to help evacuate the crowd attending the party, and then took the opportunity to leave the team to look for the scattered security personnel, and in the name of "Delong Criminal Police Order", ordered them to concentrate on the first floor The party hall...

"Well, let's take it as a good thing."

——Kaito thinks this way, naturally because although he himself does need to disperse the police officers who are scattered in every corner of the exhibition hall, in case he is bumped into by them when he leaves after he succeeds, but he also knows that, more than Thinking about myself, there is actually another person who needs to transfer this group of security personnel even more.

"That's why I'm so broad-minded to repay my grievances with kindness. Even though they caused me trouble, I helped them clear the obstacles... Really! This world is unfair to gentlemen~"

Leisurely riding the elevator to the fifth floor, Kaito took out the Delong detective disguise mask and suit from his arms at the last corner leading to the princess lounge, and began to make up in a leisurely manner stand up.

At the same time, he finally broke through many obstacles and re-entered the Nakamori Police Department in front of Delong Criminal Police. After that, he was drowned in the chaotic crowd in an instant...

Now that the situation has developed to this point, the identity of another strange thief who will appear tonight has naturally been completely revealed.

——Phantom Thief Joan of Arc, who claims to be the messenger of God, is accompanied by holy light (?) and flower petals of unknown meaning and origin every time she appears. Successfully stolen paintings will not be taken away, but all... change the content of the picture...

Although Kaito, who is a time traveler, knows very well that this happens because what Joan of Arc stole is not the painting itself, but the devil lurking in the painting that erodes the beautiful hearts of humans who love paintings (thinking of this, Kaito suddenly feels This world is so fantasy), after the demon is successfully sealed, the content of the painting it resides will naturally be changed or restored to its original appearance, but... after all, there are more ordinary people in this world who don't know the truth, right?

So Miss Joan had to save the world while being chased by various misunderstandings. Now that I think about it, she is definitely the No. 1 existence among the strange thieves.

That's why Kaito doesn't mind helping his opponent secretly while facilitating his own actions - although he is crooked, after all, he is still deeply imprinted in his bones as a gentleman and considerate as a magician, isn't he?

A boy who was perfectly dressed as a criminal policeman of Delong was thinking about this, while rushing out of the corner, he gave a serious order to the dozen or so police officers guarding the princess's door: "Kidd, the monster, appeared on the first floor. In the garrison hall, I don’t know which police officer is disguised as now, and the investigation is short of manpower, so you have been recruited urgently! Princess, leave it to me first, and contact the communicator if there is a situation!”

Because both the appearance and the voice are exactly the same as the genuine Delong detectives, and they have been used to obeying Delong's orders for a long time, these police officers did not have any doubts, but immediately chose to carry out the order after Kaito gave it. Without looking back, they ran into the elevator in unison.

After confirming that there was no one else on the fifth floor except himself and the wayward little princess, Kaito gently pushed open the door of the lounge, and quickly threw a small hypnotic gas bomb before the little princess noticed.

Seeing the little princess falling asleep on the bed without a sound after the effect of the pink hypnotic gas, Kaito shook his head, and really couldn't understand why Kidd in the original book didn't use such a simple and clear method.

——Perhaps, it is because this will reduce a lot of thrills?

It is indeed true to think about it.

If the princess was hypnotized and the gems were taken away from the beginning, wouldn't the subsequent series of plots be impossible to unfold?

Shrugging his shoulders, Kaito said that after all, life is not an animation that needs the support of the audience. The highest purpose of all his actions is not to watch but to be efficient!

Carefully removing the jewel from the princess's neck, Kaito was about to turn around and leave, but when he turned his eyes inadvertently, he caught a glimpse of an oil painting hanging on the wall...

Hello!Could this be the painting chosen by Joan of Arc?

Raising his eyebrows, Kaito suddenly had a bad premonition...