The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"It's already afternoon time. Have you received any calls or letters from suspected robbers?"

"No, if that's the case, at least there will be some direction."

"Well...then do you think there will be any business rivals, or someone seeking revenge, who will take advantage of the two of them?"

"Neither Guangming nor Hidechen works in the group, especially Hidechen. Due to some reasons, he stays at home all year round and has very little time to go out. I think it shouldn't be..."

"Then, excuse me, is there any conflict between the two of them?"

"I have also imagined this kind of speculation. The two of them do have some differences over the years and often quarrel, but there should be no principled conflicts. After all, the two of them are good friends who grew up together. Guangming's family, and Our family has a strong friendship..."

In the bedroom, Kogoro Mori and Heizo Hattori gathered around Nagato Douzan's bed, questioning and investigating step by step as police detectives. Seeing that no one noticed his movements, Conan secretly waved to Karasawa. .

The two of them quietly left the bedroom. As soon as they opened the door, they almost bumped into Hattori Heiji who was almost leaning against the door.

"...It's you." Seeing the person in front of him clearly, Conan breathed a sigh of relief, but then became a little speechless, "Although I do ask you to find a way to call Uncle Maoli over, but what is the situation now? "

The main point of his coming to Nagato's house was to get in touch with Nagato Hidetomi and Nagato Mitsuyo, two people who were suspected to be related to a case twenty years ago. As a result, as soon as he entered the house, he learned that his targets had both disappeared. , he feels very helpless now.

The focus of this trip is to solve the mystery of the past to avoid a situation like Mr. Yonehara Koko's happening again.

If he was forced to watch things happen before his eyes again, and nothing could stop him, then what was the point of coming here?

"How do I know!" Hattori Heiji, who lowered his voice, also widened his eyes, "The old man of the Nagato family wants to find an old friend who has lost contact. This is not an important request. I have been talking to my dad for a long time. It makes sense, I just came here not long ago..."

Thinking of the emails sent by Karasawa and Kudo, Hattori Heiji adjusted his sweatshirt and his expression became serious: "Is it related to that matter?"

"It's hard to say." Conan shook his head, his brows also furrowed. "There are many possibilities. The news I got is that the person who tried to reveal the truth about the past on the Internet should be Nagato Hidetomi, the son of Nagato Dozo. But Judging from the tone of this letter, the other party concerned, Nagato Guangming, may not think so."

Compared to the police and detectives who had no clue, Conan, who had this information, had some vague guesses.

In order to cover up the truth of the past, in order to reveal the truth of the past, people are likely to make many extreme choices - these two motives, he has encountered in many cases in the past.

But now, one of the two missing people plays the role of a whistleblower, and the other is the complete opposite. It is unpredictable what kind of conflicts will arise in between.

"Guangming, the conflict with Hidetomi..." Under Moori Kogoro's questioning, Nagato Douzan fell on the pillow and sighed regretfully, "Mr. Hattori has met my son Hidetomi, you should know that he There was a big scar on his face, and because of this wound, he took a break from high school and started writing novels, often staying at home. The problem between the two of them came from that time."

Catching these sounds with his ears, Hattori Heiji looked back at the ajar door and nodded in the same way: "Because Mr. Nagato suddenly mentioned the inexplicable disappearance of two people, my father brought some police to check. I Already asked about it.

"Twenty years ago, a fire broke out in a nearby hotel. Nagato Hidetomi and Nagato Mitsuomi, who were still high school students at the time, passed by the fire scene on their way to school. Nagato Hidetomi rushed into the sea of ​​​​fire regardless of the other person's obstruction, and rescued a little girl. , the face was burned and scarred, and it was basically disfigured due to the fire."

As he spoke, he looked solemnly at Conan, who was stunned, and nodded.

This situation is mutually confirmed with Nagato Hideomi’s message on the website.

"It seems that the fire twenty years ago is closely related to the two of them." Tang Ze also nodded and analyzed along this line of thinking, "I have seen many similar situations since I came to Tokyo. . If Nagato Hidetomi’s message is true, then the conflict between him and Nagato Mitsuomi lies here. Nagato Hidetomi’s message on the Kaitou channel is likely to be the last straw that breaks the camel’s back.”

As he spoke, he raised his chin towards the room and motioned to Hinata Sachi, who was standing in the center of the room with an anxious expression.

Nagato Douzan's explanation happened to mention her.

"...The child Inuko rescued from the fire is this girl, Hinata Yuki."

After coming back to his senses, Hinata Xing raised his head, met the eyes of others, and smiled reluctantly: "President, there is no need to mention this matter. The top priority is to find Hidetomi and the others. Even if they are not in any danger, , if he and Minister of Light disappeared together..."

"It's still necessary to understand." Hattori Heizo nodded calmly and cast his sharp eyes in the direction of Hinata Sachi. "Miss Hinata, can you tell us your specific whereabouts in the past two days?"

This meant he was suspicious of her.

Hinata was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth with some embarrassment and said, "Your guess is true... Since the president has been ill in bed recently, I have often traveled back and forth between Nagato's house and the company to handle affairs for the president. Convey ideas, filter important documents and send them to Nagato Residence. During this period, the company's driver will pick you up. And, I, I have already planned to..."

"Axun has planned to marry Inuko." Nagato Douzan took over the conversation and raised his hand to stop Hattori Heizo from asking further questions about Hinata Sachi, "I will let her be responsible for these matters, and I also hope that she can adapt to the long term as soon as possible. The life of the Men family, so she basically lives in the mansion these two days. She has no reason or time to do anything to them. "

"The elements are really complete. Kudo, your judgment is probably not wrong this time." Hattori Heiji, who had taken in all these contents, thought of the message in the email and touched his chin.

Marrying your childhood savior sounds like a good story, but if this savior is actually equated with the enemy who killed your family...

"We need to hurry up and find the two of them." Conan said solemnly, "Where are their rooms? Search them and try to find clues first."

"I have an idea." Before the two detectives started their own routine of rummaging through boxes and cabinets, Karasawa interrupted the spellcasting.

Although as a skilled RPG player, it is also a habit to rummage through boxes and cabinets when you have nothing to do, but RPG players rummage through boxes and cabinets for the sake of Sanguang, not to become a husky.

Thinking that he was still wearing the buff of a semi-immortal family background, Tangze cleared his throat without any scruples and began to make up his own reasoning.

"No matter what Nagato Hideomi thinks, he has concealed the truth for twenty years. Unless there is any sudden stimulation or change, he should not suddenly think of going to Kaitou CH for help."

"If Nagato Mitsuomi remains stubborn, it would be reasonable to make a request to the unpredictable Phantom Thieves. They have not been active for long. Going back further, Nagato Hideomi may not have heard of the Phantom Thieves." After thinking about it along Tangze's train of thought, Conan shook his head in disapproval.

"Indeed, the Phantom Thieves' influence is mainly in the Tokyo area. I haven't heard much news in Kansai." Hattori Heiji also agreed.

Karasawa shook his head firmly and insisted: "You should read more about the news on Phantom Thieves CH. Even if the Phantom Thieves are already so active, their method of completing 'change of heart' is secret after all. Asking them for help is more like a A prayer-like request, rather than a request for help that actually gets a response - no matter how magical it is, it is just an anonymous bulletin board that anyone can enter."

In this regard, joker himself has a strong say.

Before Noah arrived, their website had been using keyword crawling and automatic ranking to determine the priority of change.

Using a voting system like this, where the person with the highest nomination is given priority, is a bit like the banishment method of pottery. Although it is difficult for someone to change their mind to be accidentally injured, this actually deviates from the original intention of setting up the website.

Tangze didn't want to either, but he couldn't help it.

The Phantom Thieves want to use the website as their own portal to receive orders, but they can't control what netizens think.

God knows that in the beginning, Xingchuanhui was faced with "Let me change my mind, I don't want to study, and I don't want to lose weight" and "I think XXX, who has good grades, must have some disease somewhere. Can you please help him look at it? He works so hard." Messages like "What's the point?" are such a headache.

"It makes sense." Hattori Heiji thought for a while and nodded slowly, "Maybe he just regards the Phantom Thieves as a kind of group, and he can just find a temple to worship, or something like that to comfort himself."

"That's right, that's what it means. It doesn't cost anything anyway, just have some faith - many people who use the website will think so." Tangze nodded deeply, and then expressed his thoughts, "I think, the engagement with Hinata Yuki , may be the source of pressure that stimulates Hidetomi Nagato. He has a relationship with Hinata Yuki, so when it comes to getting married, principled deception like the truth about the fire will bring huge pressure to him. "

"So, your opinion is..." Conan, who felt that what Karasawa said was reasonable, looked over with questioning eyes.

"I think it's more likely that the two of them ran out on their own, or that one of them dragged the other out." Tang Ze used his words carefully, but his tone was on the contrary determined, "Should we consider something to do with it?" A relevant location? Like, where the fire happened twenty years ago.”

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"What do you mean?" Hinata Sachi, who was sitting on a chair in the hall and looked down at the folder in his hand in silence for a long time, raised his head in disbelief.

"No offense, but if we assume that their disappearance is related to each other's conflicts, then we might gain something by going to the starting point of their conflicts." Tang Ze took a step forward and helped the two people who were embarrassed to explain the sources of off-field information in their hands. The detective said, "Even if they are not there, maybe they will come back to the area because of the quarrel, and then they can find some clues."

Hinata Sachi's eyes moved from Hattori Heiji's face to Karasawa's face. Looking at his plain, slightly smiling, slightly distant and gentle expression, his tense nerves slowly relaxed a little, and he loosened his tightness. The hand holding the document.

"Besides, you can't just sit here just because the police and detectives have taken over the case... That will make you feel worse." Sensing Hinata Sachi's emotional change, Karasawa responded quickly, "You are also very Do you want to go look for them? It will be safer if we accompany you."

Hinata Xing's straight back relaxed a little after what he said, and finally he no longer hesitated: "Well, then I will take you there. It's not very far from here, but I still feel that there is little hope."

"Why do you say that?" Hattori Heiji wiped his sweat when he saw that Hinata Sachi had finally come out of his state of being a fire victim. Heiji, who was so angry with just one sentence, secretly gave Karasawa a thumbs up.

No wonder Kudo likes to drag Karasawa along to investigate... How much trouble can be saved by having such a friend who is proficient in conversational skills and has high emotional intelligence to help!

Being able to withdraw his attention from complicated entertainment and interpersonal relationships and devote himself wholeheartedly to the investigation of the case is really the ideal working condition for a detective. From this perspective, Tang Ze can be said to be an excellent candidate for a detective assistant. .

Hattori Heiji, who had heard the saying "Karasawa = Watson" from Conan's complaints, secretly nodded.

"You will know when we get there." Handing the documents in his hands to other staff members of the Nagato family on the other side, Hinata Sachi stood up and said while adjusting his suit, "If they run there If you go, it will be very conspicuous."

Twenty minutes later, they understood the meaning of Hinata Sachi's words.

"Artificial lake..." The corners of his mouth twitched. Conan looked at the sparkling lake in front of him and couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean here..."

Before Conan could say some unworthy lines such as "destroy the evidence" and "buy the crime scene to cover up the crime", Karasawa moved him behind Hattori Heiji with his toes, and took a step forward: "The fire that year, Is it very large? It’s adjacent to the business district. If the impact wasn’t huge, I don’t think anyone would give up its commercial value.”

Although the construction of the landscape can bring another kind of income, the input-output ratio of building an attraction out of thin air in an area with such high shop value is astonishing.

"You are right. Twenty years ago, the shops and houses here were very dense, and there were many Japanese-style houses with wooden structures in the entire block. It was not just me who lost my loved ones in this disaster. ." Hinata Yuki's eyes dimmed and he looked at the mirror-like lake with microwaves, "That's why I feel that I am very lucky to meet Hidetomi."

"What is the scale of casualties?" Hattori Heiji asked without continuing her words.

"There are about 50 people who died. The structure of the houses is like this, and it involves hotels and residences. Some of them are tourists whose identities have not been identified yet... If we want to talk about the people injured by the fire, then the patients with minor injuries and serious injuries may reach More than 200." Hinata Sachi's eyes became more and more sad, "Hideomi, can also be counted among the injured."

"That's it." Conan nodded.

After such a major disaster occurs, the commercial attributes of the neighborhood will inevitably be greatly reduced, so converting it into an artificial lake as a kind of memorial built on the site is also a way to deal with it.

Just like this lake, which occupies a large area, they can see several bouquets of flowers as far as they can see. 20 years can only allow children like Hinata Yuki to grow up, which is obviously not enough to heal the problem. Everyone’s pain.

"There are a lot of flowers for commemoration, as well as sacrifices." Hattori Heiji also saw those things, turned his eyes slightly, and looked at Karasawa.

Soon realizing what he meant, Karasawa walked closer to Hinata Yuki and said loudly: "If Mr. Nagato Hidetomi appeared near here, it would indeed be more conspicuous. I remember they said that his face It's always covered with a bandage covering your face, right?"

"Yes, Xiuchen has always refused to undergo plastic surgery, and the scars on his face are very eye-catching..."

"Well, let's take a walk around here and ask the people nearby and the patrol officers in charge of security. At present, no one has figured out their movements, maybe..."

Saying some feasible words of comfort, Karasawa used his height, which was slightly taller than Hinata Yuki's, to cover up the two unscrupulous detectives behind him who had already begun to look through the letter on his white chrysanthemum. .

Hey, it's not easy to praise a detective or two detectives.

Where's Xingchuan? Why isn't he in place yet? Save him, save him, brother——

Perhaps he heard the cry in Tang Ze's heart. After they walked a quarter of the way around the lake shore and walked about several hundred meters, the familiar voice finally rang.

"Hey, Akira, how could you...? Oh, it's you."

When Conan hurriedly stuffed a postcard with a message back into the bouquet, a shadow fell on him.

Conan, who was also not familiar with this voice, shrank his shoulders, quickly patted the pollen on his hands, and stood up straight.

Sure enough, Goro Akechi's handsome face looked down at him quietly.

I don't know if it was due to the backlight, but his face was shrouded in shadow. Although he had a smile, there was a lingering sense of gloom.

If Xingchuan Hui could hear his comments, he would answer him with a fairy-like smile. This is a resentment that is not settled and worked overtime.

"We meet again, this, 'Kudo Shinichi of the West', and Conan-kun." Looking at the person who caused him to run around and work overtime, the knife hidden in Hoshikawa Teru's smile was really very evil. "What, are you trying to steal business from me, you two?"