The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"What's wrong Hattori, why are you standing there in a daze?"

Mao Lilan, who was carrying a blanket and walking out, immediately saw Hattori Heiji, who was leaning against the railing of the deck and doing something unknown.

Maybe it was because of the accident where Tang Ze was attacked and fell into the water. When she saw this scene, her nerves jumped and she wanted to go up and pull the person away. It seemed unsafe.

"Well, it just feels a little strange." Hattori Heiji came back to his senses, stood up straight, and whispered to himself, "I always feel like something is missing."

After he stood up straight from the railing, Mao Lilan finally saw his movements clearly - he was leaning on the railing just now, constantly rubbing the amulet pulled out from his collar.

He looked very familiar, she had just seen him in Osaka not long ago.

"Are you thinking about He Ye?" Mao Lilan laughed, feeling that she understood something, "Are you looking at her amulet in a daze?"

"What nonsense are you talking about! I was wondering if it would be a bit unlucky to have this thing with me...forget it." He cleared his throat, stuffed the thing into his clothes in a subtle way, and did not continue to talk further. , "Is this the blanket that Karasawa just put on?"

"Yes, this is from the speedboat driven by the police officer who rescued him, as well as a few towels used to wipe his hair. He went to change clothes, please help him return it." Mao Lilan lifted the neatly folded blanket After mentioning it, he didn't let him avoid the topic easily, "What's so unlucky about Heye's amulet? Regardless of whether it can ward off disasters, her intentions are still very sincere, right?"

"Why did you say it so ambiguously..." Hattori Heiji couldn't help but feel a little hot in the face, coughed, and looked away a little, "I always felt that this thing was a little warm for no reason, so I took it out to look at it."

By the way, let’s think about and review today’s case.

Due to an unexpected incident on the ship, two people died and a passenger fell into the water. The organizer responsible for financing was determined to be the murderer and was about to be arrested. Naturally, the original travel plan came to nothing.

Now, the police who boarded the ship have taken over the follow-up issues of the case. The ship is returning and will probably return to the port in a while.

He ended his communication with the police and happened to have some free time, still thinking about some details of the case.

"You have a fever, so maybe the amulet has worked." Mao Lilan raised the blanket in his hand, "If you didn't wear the amulet, maybe you would be the one who fell?"

"It sounds like it's cursing me..." Hattori Heiji shook his head, patted the amulet on his chest through his clothes, but didn't raise the question of good or bad luck again.

Inexplicably, he felt that there was some truth in what Mao Lilan said.

If Tangze hadn't been too quick and started searching around the ship not long after the first deceased was found, then he felt that he would really go to the bow of the ship to check.

"Where's Karasawa, is there nothing wrong?" No longer thinking wildly, Hattori Heiji took the initiative to take some of the things from Mao Lilan's hand and walked with her in the direction of the police.

Although Karasawa seemed uninjured, he had been violently attacked and fell into the sea water after all. Worried about infection or other problems, they still found the doctor on the ship to help check him.

"It looks like nothing is wrong. Tang Ze said it was because he was rescued in time and didn't choke on his saliva." Even so, Mao Lilan couldn't help but feel worried, "But why did it happen again when we were traveling? For this kind of thing, I originally wanted to take him to relax..."

"Again?" Hattori Heiji quickly caught the key word.

"Yes." Mao Lilan shook his head and began to count slowly. "The first time I met Karasawa was at the beach in Izu. Well, the organizer of the event was missing and his life or death was uncertain. Later when I was skiing, more than The case happened at the ski resort, even in the car on the trip... Oh, by the way, after going to Yokohama, Karasawa seemed to be moving within the scope of the travel restriction order..."

Listening to her ramble, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but walk slower and slower beside her.

So, is it actually Tangze who is truly unlucky?

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"...That's it." Ebina Minoru ended his story and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

He had held some words in his chest for a long time, pretending to live as if nothing had happened for so many years, but the pain in his heart could not deceive him.

Having the opportunity to talk about these experiences can be regarded as a way to relieve stress.

"Well, so, you are the bank clerk who died in a robbery 20 years ago. Miumi Samezaki's boyfriend at the time. He came on the boat to find clues about the robber who killed her, right?" The policeman holding the record book in his hand Simply summed up.

"Fiancé. I am her fiancé." Ebina Minoru insisted.

"Okay, fiancé." The policeman who could understand his mood looked at his face sympathetically and changed his tune.

"That's pretty much it. I don't think Miumi's death was a manslaughter as reported in the media. She was murdered by these villains. So, I want to find this group of people and seek justice for her." Ebina Minoru said bluntly.

He simply would not accept anything beyond the criminal prosecution period.

The validity period of the lawsuit is only a limitation of the law, not a limitation of justice. If the law does not give him this justice, he will ask for it himself.

"How can we seek justice?" Sensing the extreme emotions in the man in front of him, the policeman who asked the question secretly felt something was wrong and followed his words.

"...I'm just an ordinary employee, I can't do much." Ebina Minoru smiled without explaining, "I just express my thoughts and wishes."

"Okay, I understand, Mr. Ebina Minoru. If the police contact you later to supplement the transcript information, I hope you can cooperate. This is also to confirm Whalei Sadao's crime, can you understand?" He put down his hand. The policeman spoke in a gentle tone, considering that the grim-faced man in front of him was a family member of a victim who had suffered for many years.

"Of course. Thank you." Ebina Minami nodded calmly, stood up and left.

He turned around and bowed politely towards Samezaki Shimaji who was paying attention. He passed by Nagisa Isogai with complicated eyes and walked along the corridor back to his room.

Walking back to the "murder weapon" he brought to the ship.

Yes, he was just an ordinary employee. He had neither the ability to hunt down the murderer nor the ability to do more for Mihai who passed away silently.

So he carried a whole box of high explosives and prepared to die with them after confirming the identity of the murderer.

He has seen this world that is too quiet and lonely for long enough.

However, what he didn't expect was that before he could find out their specific identities, this group of bastards who had been hiding for so many years started fighting among themselves because of the distribution of interests. Two of them died, and the remaining one was also killed. He will face the judicial punishment that he has avoided for many years.

Therefore, Ebina Minoru doesn't mind maintaining more communication with the police, as long as it can increase Whalei Sadao's guilt, he will not hesitate.

Yes, their robbery and murder crimes have indeed exceeded the litigation period, but ultimately the rule of law is enforced by people. The judge is not an emotionless machine. He will sympathize and consider the impact of the case and the defendant's role in the incident. of the role.

As long as he actively assists and operates actively, this case is likely to be punished for multiple crimes in the end.

This gave him a lot of encouragement and a little hope.

So he planned to wait for the ship to dock and throw the box of deadly items into the bottom of the sea.

Even if he was very confident in the stability of the detonator he had researched for many years, such a destructive thing should not be carried around by a person with hope.

He patted the leather surface of the heavy suitcase, thought for a moment, and reached out to pull it open.

It's better to check the condition of the explosives, and don't add any extra trouble until everything is settled.

With a little force, Ebina Minoru felt something was wrong as soon as he lifted the box.

He put this box of things in and carried it out with his own hands. He was very familiar with its weight and volume.

Something's not right, at this weight...

Ebina Minoru's heart sank. He carefully laid the box flat and slowly opened the zipper.

The special smell of old coins suddenly came out.

"...This, this is..." Looking at the scrawled pile of banknotes exposed in the box, Ebina Minoru couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Just looking at the size and weight of these things, you can guess that they are worth a lot of money without counting them carefully.

How could this happen...

Could it be that……

Remembering what the dark-skinned detective had mentioned about the stolen money stolen by the Phantom Thieves, Ebina Minoru couldn't help but have an association.

With a little subtle hope, he zipped the box all the way to the bottom and lifted the top cover completely.

Sure enough, among the banknotes that filled the entire suitcase, there was a red and black card buried there.

Compared with the numerous banknotes, this thin paper card was so thin and had no special value. However, Ebina Minami held it in his hands as if he had seen a gem buried in the dust. in hand.

“Money may be attractive to people, but beyond money, there are more things that are more beautiful than wealth.

That is the truly valuable treasure, so we decided to replace it with these disturbing mundane things.

It's up to you whether you want to keep it for yourself or give it to others, but after all, this is the wealth that Samezaki Miumi wants to protect with her life.

Some things should be given to the people who deserve them. "

Ebina Minoru looked at the banknotes in the box, and couldn't help but rub the words "Samezaki Miumi" on the message with his fingertips. Unknowingly, tears were streaming down his face, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of tangible comfort.

Some of the darker, angry roars that had been roaring in the depths of his soul all day seemed to have finally quieted down.

"The Phantom Thieves of the Heart really do exist..." He murmured vaguely, holding on to the edge of the bed, and slowly unable to support his body, he knelt down beside the box, sobbing.

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"I feel...my father is indeed dead."

Isogai Nagisa spoke very softly, but the words she spoke echoed around her own eardrums, deafening.

Only she knows how much effort it took to say this.

She wanted to make a more decent expression, but she felt that her smile was probably ugly, because she had already seen the pity on the face of the police officer opposite her that she did not want to see.

"I can't remember clearly what happened when he died. I was still very young at the time." She tried to keep her speaking speed steady and said straightforwardly, "But in the past 20 years, he has never contacted his family or contacted his family. Mother and I. He was not like this in the past, my mother said so. The reason why I came on the ship was not that I had much hope that he was really alive. I just came to see if it was possible to find someone who knew him. old friend."

Her father was a criminal, something she learned at a young age.

Ye Caisan is a smart enough and shrewd person. He can make many ingenious arrangements and confuse the police. He is humorous and has a good personality...

These all came from her mother's descriptions, and all she could remember were tiny little things.

His big warm hands when he took her to buy candies, his broad arms when he held her up to his chest, when he learned to do magic tricks, his clean and slender fingers when he took out some small toys...

In her heart, her father is a very contradictory person, and so is her own life.

On the one hand, he is a criminal on the run. The economic losses he has caused over the years are enough to keep him in prison for many years. On the other hand, he has some inexplicable principles, such as not using the same team for a long time and doing his best. He went all out to plan every detail and insisted on not killing anyone during the crime, as if criminals still need to pay attention to professional ethics.

Then he paid the price for this inexplicable persistence, and he defended his principles with his life.

And in Nagisa Isogai’s own words…

She couldn't tell whether she believed her father was still alive.

He left too fast and too suddenly, and the only thing left to her was a group photo.

Maybe she just wanted to ask him why he had such a weird code of conduct, why he chose this path, and whether he could wash his hands of himself and his mother and become an ordinary person again...

The ruthless sea is like a silent coffin, holding all the answers to the puzzle inside, never to see the light of day again.

When she faced the victims' families, her mood became even more complicated.

She seemed to be innocent in this matter, but she could not deny that part of her mother's wealth was illegally obtained by her father. She was indeed a child who grew up drinking the blood of the victims.

Should she feel guilty for this, or should she be angry that her father left without saying goodbye...

Isogai Nagisa took a deep breath and walked quickly to his room.

Her mood was up and down now, and she felt like she needed a little nicotine.

Walking into the room, she took out the cigarette case in her bag. As usual, she opened the lid of the cigarette case with one hand and took out a cigarette...

Then, she felt a cold touch on her fingertips.

Isogai Nagisa was stunned, turned his head, and looked at the box in his hand.

The slender object she pinched with her fingertips was not the tobacco she was familiar with, but a slender jade name badge.

She turned the slender seal over and looked intently at the lines engraved on the top.

"Furukawa".

Isogai Nagisa's eyes suddenly widened.

She turned the cigarette case over.

There was a piece of paper sandwiched there, the handwriting was scrawled and casual, as if the person who wrote it was in a hurry and had no time to pay attention to the correctness of his writing. The two lines of text were offset up and down, floating around, and were not in a straight line at all.

"I think you can also be regarded as a victim, but considering your status, it seems that you should not be compensated. That would be unfair to other people.

After much thought, I'd better leave this to you. After all, that is Ye Caisan's most commonly used name.

I hope it can ease your grief and live well. "

Isogai Nagisa's fingertips were trembling slightly as he carefully held the seal in his palm.

At the end of the note, a simple logo was flying there.

"Heart, the Phantom Thieves..."

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"I still feel like something is missing."

Watching the ship slowly moor into the port following the flags of the pilot on the shore, Conan, who was standing on the side of the ship waiting, suddenly said something.

"Sure enough, you think so too, right?" Hattori Heiji turned his head.

"Yeah, it just feels weird." Conan dragged his chin and smacked his lips, "Everyone on the ship, except for us serious tourists, are all people related to the case. This is a confirmed fact, right? Wrong?"

Hattori Heiji nodded: "Yes, I am the detective who was called directly by Nobuo Nagii. The three of them are the robbers who came to meet. Mr. Samezaki Shimaharu is the father of the victim, and Isogai Nagisa is the daughter of Yoshizo. , Ebina Minoru is the victim’s boyfriend..."

"Well, so, we are here to visit, you are here to contact the client, the three robbers are here to share the stolen goods, the old man wants to work hard at the end of the prosecution period, and Nagisa Isogai is here to see his father... Then what on earth did Ebi Mingmin come to the ship for?" Conan, troubled by this question, frowned tightly.

"...Does he have a heavy suitcase that he always keeps with him?" Hattori Heiji thought for a while, turned his head and looked at the other passengers who were also preparing to disembark, and murmured.

"Could it be that...!" Conan couldn't help being surprised and almost jumped up.

He turned his head violently, so hard that he almost sprained himself, opened his mouth, and wanted to shout, "Be careful" -

——Then he was covered by a hand.

"Don't be so surprised." Tangze caught his head like a ball, "Isn't it a bomb? I saw him secretly throwing things into the sea before. There should be only personal belongings in that suitcase now. Bar."

After saying that, he glanced at Conan sideways from the corner of his eyes and said coolly: "You are shouting because you think that Mr. Lan is not suspicious of you enough? Why, you feel that you are on the verge of being exposed, so you simply have no desire to live at all, right?" "

Conan was choked by his words: "..."

They went to great lengths to put that amount of money into two parts and stuff it into someone's luggage. When you get there, you have to search the box. Isn't that revealing?

This money has exceeded the time for civil prosecution. Now it is free money. They finally stole it and can give it to whoever they want!

ah? Are you saying that if you steal it again, it becomes new stolen money?

Who knows what's in the safe, right? If you say it's stolen money, call it and see if it agrees to it?

The leader of the thief who felt at ease smiled and put down the fussing elementary school students. He glanced at Samezaki Shimaharu and Ebina Minoru, who were talking together with calm expressions, withdrew their gaze and continued to stare at the port.

After having fun, it’s time to go home.