The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"...So, Kudo Shinichi definitely can't be the Kaitou Joker!"

After decisively betraying a group of teammates, Tang Ze changed the subject and clarified unswervingly.

It's easy to pass the blame to Conan, and during this period, Toru Amuro's work focus must be on the organization, and there is a high probability that he will not have the opportunity to block the false elementary school student's confession. In theory, this is a safe target to pass the blame.

But for one thing, Tang Ze's conscience still hurts a little because he deceived Conan, who was both sincere to both Karasawa and Joker. Secondly, this is actually a lie that can be easily exposed.

"Let me tell you first, how did you determine that Kudo Shinichi is the Kaitou Joker?" Before opening his mouth to prove his inequality, Karasawa asked a question out of caution.

"What, one at a time again?" Listening to his determined tone, Toru Amuro rested his elbows on the table, clasped his hands, held his chin, and made a confrontational gesture, "Kazemi, show him Let’s take a look at our identification content and related information.”

Kazami Yuya, who had been burying his face in the bowl and trying to pretend he didn't exist, straightened his back reflexively when he heard his tone, looked at the two people on the left and right, and took out the prepared information from his briefcase.

An ordinary A4 plastic folder contained only a few pages of documents and photos, but as soon as Tangze opened the cover, he was struck by the contents of the cover.

What was placed on the first page was almost the decisive evidence that made Toru Amuro make up his mind to make a bold hypothesis - a comparison of the handwriting of Joker and Kudo Shinichi.

Damn it, don’t you Ke Xue detectives like to use serious criminal investigation methods? Why is this like this!

Damn, despicable Japanese police!

Karasawa took the document and stared at the content above in a daze, while Toru Amuro continued what he had just finished: "I observed your interactions with those children before, and I felt that there was something wrong with that little boy. .You may take care of younger people, but maintain a close communication relationship with a child who is 10 years younger than you? You are not a person with this kind of personality."

In fact, what he said was quite euphemistic. To put it bluntly, Tang Ze didn't know whether he thought he was mentally older and had a perfect personality, or was it the peculiar characteristic of this age that everyone was drunk and I was alone, facing several people who were obviously with him. Tang Ze, a classmate of about the same age, half a year and a year younger than him, also likes to assume the attitude of an elderly person who is tolerant and caring.

Including the kid Hoshikawa Hui who was rescued by him, he was a child of the same age as him. If it weren't for the persecution of the organization, he might be one grade higher than Tang Ze, but Tang Ze always acted like an older brother.

It is extremely unusual for such a high school student to maintain a friendship with a first-year elementary school student.

He should really see what he would look like facing Edogawa Conan's other classmates. This cannot be explained by saying that he is precocious and smart and can communicate.

"Long before we obtained this information and made a judgment, our suspects included Kudo Shinichi. His disappearance and the appearance of Joker were also very synchronized, with no more than three days before and after." Amuro looked at Karasawa. After flipping through a few thin pages of the document, he tilted his head and said, "If you rule out all the impossibilities, no matter how unbelievable the rest is...since he can change from an adult to a smaller person, the changes in other physical characteristics are not so difficult to accept. .”

After finishing his argument, Toru Amuro repeated what Karasawa had seen without being lengthy, and spread out a hand to indicate that it was Karasawa's turn to speak.

Tangze closed the folder, sighed, and felt lucky for his prudent choice.

Considering that Akai Shuichi and others have used fingerprint recognition to set up identity tricks, Karasawa believes that personal information such as fingerprints should be handled carefully to avoid being exposed in the future.

Therefore, in addition to using his own identity, he would also pay attention to wearing gloves when he disguised himself, including briefly taking out Kitagawa Yusuke's vest and this time when Toru Amuro caught his handwriting and disguised himself as Kudo Shinichi.

He hesitated at the time, whether it was a bit of a mistake to do so, but looking at it now, he was really careful and could not make a big mistake.

"What you said makes sense, and your handwriting sample is also quite convincing. But Kudo Shinichi, Edogawa Conan and Kaitou Joker are an impossible triangle." Karasawa looked at Toru Amuro, very He said sincerely, "Edogawa Conan appeared together with Kaitou Joker. If it is really him...either he is not Kudo Shinichi, or his ability is to split himself into two, one big and one small."

"Appeared together. Do you mean the holographic game of 'Cocoon'? Joker has never appeared there." Toru Amuro retorted calmly.

It's not like he hasn't considered this issue, but after carefully reviewing the game process, when the Phantom Thieves appeared and announced that they would steal Noah's Ark, the joker only appeared with his voice and shadow. After that, it was also the Phantom Thieves who took the initiative to contact the players. Other members of...

Perhaps, this was one of the reasons why the police came to nothing at the time - their leader was not using a "spare game cabin" at all, but was actually among the players.

Karasawa couldn't hear his inner thoughts, and he spread his hands: "No, earlier than that, when the thief Joker first appeared in front of the public. Kidd claimed that he wanted to steal the Suzuki family. The dark stars, that time, he was stopped by Conan."

And weren't you also there to see the three of them holding hands... But that's right, at that time, everyone in the room was "Kudo Shinichi".

"I have also considered it, but that time, Kaitou Joker did not wear an eyepatch, but when I wanted to see his face, he suddenly took out a smoke bomb and escaped." Toru Amuro retorted calmly, "If I recall it carefully, although I only scanned a bit of the outline of the joker's face from the side and rear, but indeed, it matches Kudo Shinichi's face very well."

Since the joker is also likely to be proficient in cross-dressing and disguise, then this lack of other people's evidence is likely to be part of the cover-up method.

Karasawa himself is really not Kudo Shinichi: "..."

It's over. I'm afraid these police officers have fallen into a matryoshka cycle, unable to extricate themselves from predicting your predictions. If Conan is not present, it is a matter of course. If Conan is present, it is a cover-up. They are invincible.

I really want to say, trust me once and keep it true, because I am the Phantom Thief Joker.

"Okay, then, Joker's real 'first appearance', that time when someone took a photo with Kaitou Kidd, and that time it was posted on the front page of the newspaper..." Karasawa shrugged, Throwing out the most convincing scene, "Conan is also present. You can ask the police officers of the Second Investigation Section who are present. If the 'three people on the same screen' later was because he wanted to use his daily identity to expose the base De, it’s inconvenient to use the identity of a monster thief, but what about that time? When he found Kidd, he didn’t know that the police had already locked onto Kidd’s location and were about to arrive. There’s no reason to create a cover-up, right?”

This was information he had never received before. It was very convincing and easy to verify. There seemed to be no need to lie to him.

Toru Amuro frowned and thought for a moment, paying attention to Karasawa's expression for a while, and finally understood what Karasawa just meant.

If Kudo Shinichi is Edogawa Conan, then Conan cannot be the joker. Otherwise, the frequent appearance of the two of them at the same time would be difficult to explain with preparation.

This is indeed an "impossible triangle".

"However, after seeing these things you gave me, I can be sure of one thing." Karasawa shook the document in his hand, "The 'Kudo Shinichi' who signed this name must be the Kaitou Joker."

"You mean..." Toru Amuro relaxed a little and leaned back on the chair, "The person at that time was not Kudo Shinichi himself?"

"Definitely not." Karasawa asserted without blinking an eye, and he sold himself for the second time very calmly, "Kudo, this guy, turned into a child because of the drugs. If he could find a way to become an adult, Look, why are you using Mouri Kogoro's name to be a detective? He's particularly troubled because he can't change back."

"Well, this is the pen mark we found on the visitor's register on the day Pisk died." Toru Amuro slowly let go of his doubts and pointed to the thing in Karasawa's hand.

"That's right." Karasawa gave a light high-five and said with a pleased expression of consensus, "That time Joker didn't appear in public, but he appeared in front of Gin, and Gin wanted to hunt him down. I also jumped downstairs directly from the chimney... I was really there."

And strictly speaking, he was indeed juggling his identity that day, but the person he needed to deceive was the organization.

At that time, Xingchuan Hui pretended to chase him, and used the opportunity to leave his sight to complete the identity swap again...

Forget it, forget about this part.

He chased the joker for a while, and then the joker jumped off the building. After a while, Conan came up in the elevator. It was quite like chasing a snake, and the snake got into the water, and then a turtle came out. It was really a time-traveling comedy. I don't know you anymore.

"So, your point of view is that Joker also knows that Kudo Shinichi cannot appear at the scene." Toru Amuro thought about this logic for a while and nodded, "Because he also discovered the existence of Conan."

"Yes, he discovered Conan and knew that Kudo could not change back... Actually, I have wanted to say it for a long time. The detective that Joker was staring at was not the front-stage character of Mr. Mori at all, but Kudo who actually played a real role. Shinichi, right?" Karasawa told the truth again and clarified for Conan again, "So, the next focus may still be 'Kudo Shinichi'... It is impossible for Kudo Shinichi to appear. Kudo Shinichi might be fake."

"It's a feasible idea." Toru Amuro thought and accepted Karasawa's statement, "Okay, let's consider you passed the test this time. But, regarding Edogawa Conan and your jumping into the sea today, you still owe me An explanation.”

"Ah, hahaha..." Tang Zeqian laughed a few times, "Well, I really feel that the Phantom Thief of the Heart is on the boat, and the unlucky prisoner insists on attacking me, so I will just go with the flow..."

"Really? Isn't it just to scare people into trouble?" Amuro Toru became expressionless again.

Although he had the intention of deceiving Tang Ze tonight, he seriously suspected that Tang Ze's move was most likely to torture the prisoner.

Tang Ze seemed to have some personal preferences for the cases and prisoners he encountered - those he particularly hated.

For example, Fuudo Kyousuke, who committed a crime against a juvenile delinquent, or Nagato Mitsuyo, who has been prosperous and wealthy for many years despite killing many people...

During the interval when Kazami Yuya came over with Karasawa, he had already made a judgment that this murderer should be the type of person that Karasawa hated the most.

I'm afraid, if this guy doesn't take action against Tang Ze, Tang Ze will take the initiative to find ways to provoke him and teach him a profound lesson.

Should I say that he is young and energetic, or that he is too playful...

"Speaking of this..." Tang Ze smiled shyly, raised his hand, and suddenly pulled out a USB flash drive from nowhere, "This is the picture captured by the surveillance camera I installed on the ship. Could you please help me? Should you hand it over to the police? I can’t explain the source.”

Toru Amuro raised an eyebrow strangely and lowered his eyes to look at the thing in his hand: "Could this be the content of a prisoner crying and begging for mercy?"

"How could it be? It's just three old bastards who have been holding on to hope for 20 years and are hysterical because their dreams were shattered." Tangze grinned, "A little bit of insignificant evidence. I hope the police can show it to the victims."

"I knew it..." Toru Amuro shook his head, raised his hand, and accurately smashed the ball of napkin on Karasawa's forehead.

He knew that this boy couldn't have such a high-sounding reason, and he was still a guy who was always trying to beat a snake with a stick.

With that said, Toru Amuro still took the thing handed over by Karasawa and prepared to hand it over to the Investigation Division 1 or the media, depending on the situation.

A small thing that has a limited direct relationship with the murder has special value if it can really heal the pain of the victim's family.

"You like jumping into the sea, don't you? Go and drink the bowl of soup."

"Soup...ah? Isn't this chili soup?!"

"Yes, won't this help drive away the cold and ensure that you don't catch a cold?"

"I, I can't eat spicy food, I can't, don't-"

"Don't run away, this is for your own good... Do you think I haven't seen how spicy you put in the curry? Come here."

"I'm full, I'm full-"

"Hiccup." He didn't dare to interrupt the conversation between the two of them, so he just kept his head down and worked frantically. Kazami Yuuya, who was really full, burped.

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"Hey, it's much better." Conan pinched his nose and drank the soup in Mao Lilan's hand, then rubbed the tip of his nose that was no longer itchy, feeling a little strange.

It actually worked...

So, it’s not really something wrong tonight, but a cold?

"Just say that you must have been blown by the cold wind, so it will be much better." Mao Lilan looked at the tip of his nose that was reddened by his own rubbing, and put down the soup bowl with a smile, "Tang Ze taught me a recipe, he said that this way, the body can be combined It will warm up quickly. It will still be very effective, right?"

"Well..." After swallowing, feeling the smell of ginger in his mouth, Conan smacked his lips, not knowing how to answer.

Is this really a recipe for preventing colds, rather than a punishment for playing tricks?

It's a bit spicy and punchy, but it's also a bit sweet inexplicably. It has an indescribable aftertaste when you drink it...

It's so weird that people who drink it are going crazy.

"You, you still have to pay attention to safety. Really, you are still a child, just join in the fun and solve the case, why are you still looking for things for Hattori..." Mao Lilan muttered, and took out the scrutinizing tool again He looked at Conan for a while.

"That's right, detective work is quite dangerous. Children should not join in the fun." After drinking the milk before going to bed, Mouri Kogoro dragged his slippers and prepared to go back to the bedroom to sleep. "Today, Karasawa was pushed into the sea because he bumped into the murderer. Oh, how dare you run around when the murderer is unknown. Even a famous detective like me has encountered a lot of pressure, right?"

"Pressure?" Mao Lilan, whose attention was originally focused on Conan, turned to look at his father, "Did something happen? Is it possible that a murderer is waiting for an opportunity to take revenge on you?!"

Mao Lilan still remembers what Shinichi gave him before.

——A warning letter from the Phantom Thieves, warning Kogoro Mori to pay attention to his own safety and not to encounter any accidents.

Although later, Maori Kogoro himself interpreted it as a hope that he would not degenerate or give up on himself for some reasons, and regarded it as a sympathetic opponent and an inspiration to himself, but Maori Lan never thought so.

A warning is a warning, and as the credibility of the Phantom Thief Joker grows, so does the value of the warning.

Mouri Kogoro didn't take it seriously, Conan didn't take it seriously, and even Karasawa himself didn't take it seriously, but she was very concerned about it.

My father went from being an unknown person to a well-known detective. The relationship with my mother that had been stalemate for many years also showed signs of breaking through. He also made up his mind to change his living habits...

This was the biggest and best year for her father to change after her parents separated. She didn't want such a beautiful life to be ruined for any reason.

"Oh, just after we got off the ship, didn't the people from the Search Section 1 come over for questioning and handover?" Mouri Kogoro waved his hand and said casually, "Takagi told me that all the files related to me in the Metropolitan Police Department , it was suddenly stolen once.”

"Dossier stolen?" Hearing this keyword, Conan, who was still rubbing his neck, couldn't help but become alert.

"Yeah, they thought there was a problem with the file sorting. After re-screening, they still couldn't find it. As a result, two days later, the things were returned intact." Mouri Kogoro held his chin and thought for a while, " Generally speaking, there is something shady in this kind of operation... Who knows, maybe because I have made such a big splash, some police officers on the job have lost face. Alas, the pressure on the detective is not just the crime itself. oh."

"Dad, don't say it so easily... What if there is really someone with evil intentions who wants to target you?"

"Just target it. These cases have almost advanced to trial, and some verdicts have been handed down. Can they still find me wrong?"

"Dad, you should be more nervous-"

The two of them had a small argument about whether they should pay attention to this issue. Conan, whose body had just warmed up from the ginger soup, suddenly felt like he had fallen into an ice cave.

All files related to Kogoro Mori...

Could it be that someone noticed his problem...