The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"A more special guest? If you ask me that, I also..."

"The photos of those who landed on the island two years ago and participated in the Dugong Festival are here."

"Well, he is a handsome-looking man, but I don't have any impression. Every year, our festival lottery draws 500 people. Each place only charges 5 yen for simple materials. Most of the guests do not pay in person. I have seen It’s also limited.”

Walking out of the shrine, the two stern-faced detectives looked at the notes written in their notebooks and were silent for a while.

It is not difficult to find information about Ichikawa Karasawa. Although he gradually disappeared after being absorbed by the organization and no new records can be found, he is after all an excellent physician who has been renowned for many years. With remote assistance, they still obtained the photo information of Karasawa Ikawa.

In order to prevent any appearance changes in the past few years, they also asked Haibara Ai to help confirm.

The girls who were worried about bringing lunch to Tangze went back in a hurry, while the two of them stayed on the island to explore.

"What is certain now is that, first of all, none of these people got the Dugong Arrow, at least not when they were on the island." Hattori Heiji touched his chin and said firmly.

"There are no new gains on the roster. It seems that they only came to the island once two years ago." Conan looked at the records in his notebook, pondered for a moment and said, "It's a bit strange. If their target is the dugong, Even if you don’t get the arrow, you should probably choose to buy one at a high price, right?”

"Yes, according to the islanders, although most of the people who got the arrows are relatively pious, or are worried about being punished for losing the arrows, the island has held festivals for so many years, and many local residents They all have arrows, and someone must have chosen to sell it privately under the temptation of money." Hattori Heiji also nodded in approval and guessed, "Did the deal be reached in secret? Or, after landing on the island to investigate, they Choose not to accept this so-called legend?"

"The organization's action was only this one time, and there was no follow-up contact after that. That's for sure." Closing the book in his hand, Conan patted his forehead with a headache, "Still not sure why they would do anything to Tang Ze had such a big reaction."

Since this may be a secret operation with little movement for the organization, it is impossible for Karasawa Ikawa to have done anything that would make the residents avoid it.

"What's even weirder is Naoko Kuroe." Hattori Heiji frowned, recalling the scene when he met her in the morning, "If she really had such a big reaction because of Karasawa's similar face to his father, She should have reacted when she saw Tangze yesterday."

"It's impossible. What did Karasawa do last night that could alarm the entire island?" Conan said, his eyes drifting to Hattori Heiji who was in the same room as Karasawa.

Who knows if you may fall into a deep sleep and not wake up at all.

"If there is such a big noise, I should be the first to hear it." The detective, who was sleeping well, crossed his arms, "Your eyes are very rude, Kudo!"

Conan looked away and coughed: "However, Tangze acted alone last night. Maybe he discovered something at night, or broke into something, which aroused some people's fear?"

"This place is weird." Hattori Heiji put away his notebook and breathed out, "Don't you think it's strange? We have been to the shrine so many times, and we also went to the warehouse at the back, but we have never seen that person. Here’s the long-lived goddess.”

"Didn't they say that every time there is a festival, the Shimabukuro family's grandma will personally preside over and select the person who will be blessed by the arrow? Then tomorrow, we will see the result." Hattori Heiji looked at the lush greenery outside the stairs, even in the noon sunshine. The mountain forest, which could not be penetrated by light, sighed slowly, "I always have a feeling that something will go wrong tomorrow. What about you, Kudo?"

"I..." Conan, who was about to answer, was suddenly attracted by a light passing by the corner of his eye. He quickly turned his head and looked at the forest behind the shrine.

A very familiar figure from the back quickly passed through his field of vision, causing him to turn his head in that direction involuntarily.

Where he turned his eyes, he could only see a dense forest that seemed to block out the sky and the sun.

No, the light just now was definitely not an illusion.

Conan raised his hand, pressed the button on his glasses, and his eyes quickly widened.

"Hey, Hattori, look over there... Are those Miss Ran and Toyama?!"

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"Is this map really useful?" The flashlight shone randomly around the tall trees, but Yuan Shan and Ye, who still couldn't determine the direction, lowered their hands in frustration, "I feel like we're lost, Xiaolan. "

"This..." Mao Lilan held the simple map in his hand and smiled bitterly.

Do I still need to ask? She thought they should have known about this twenty minutes ago.

"The mobile phone has lost signal for a long time. No wonder Heiji and the others didn't answer the phone at all..." Toyama and Ye, who had a headache, stared at the icon in the upper right corner of the phone, and finally understood why they couldn't contact anyone just now.

"Well, it's an island after all. Maybe after leaving the commercial street, the signal is not very stable." Mao Lilan put down the mobile phone that also couldn't make calls, and patted Yuan Shan and Ye's shoulders comfortingly: "How is it? , can you still keep up with your physical strength?"

"I'm fine!" Yuan Shan and Ye nodded with certainty, "Tangze is still waiting for us, we can't give up here!"

For no reason, two people would definitely not run into an undeveloped area alone. The mountains are full of insects and snakes. Even if you don't consider other things, entering the mountains unprepared is risky.

The main thing was that when they returned to the hotel with lunch, they found that Tang Ze's room was empty. Tang Ze, who was supposed to stay there and wait for them to come back and feed them, was missing.

You must know that many people on the island are not very friendly to Tang Ze. It is not safe to leave the room and run out casually. This is not something that Tang Ze, who has always been cautious, would do.

Their first reaction was to contact Conan and Hattori Heiji who had not returned yet, as well as Mouri Kogoro who had wandered off somewhere. However, they received no response and only found a simple map in the room.

There is only one line written on the map - Mermaid Tomb.

If this is what Karasawa left, it must represent his whereabouts. And if this is not what Karasawa left, but someone who asked him to leave or took him away, then this may be similar to a ransom. , requiring them to find some kind of secret code.

"When we need them most, these bunch of reasoning madmen are not here." Yuanshan and Ye crossed their hips and were very unhappy, "A bunch of useless men either can't be found, or they still need the two of us. Worry!"

"At least Tangze changed into clothes for going out and brought a mobile phone with him. Maybe he was just called here instead of being taken away or something." Mao Lilan understood Yuanshan and Ye's anxious mood at this time. , she could only try her best to say optimistic words, trying to adjust her mentality, "Don't worry too much. If we still can't find it after searching for another twenty minutes, we will hurry up and return to the original route. If it takes too long, the mark left behind will say Maybe I won’t be able to find it either.”

Neither of them thought they were very good at recognizing maps. After considering each other, they decided to give in.

Before they set foot in the forest, they bought a dozen gauze scarves from the gift shop to mark the trees, so that they would not look back to find someone and put two of them in instead.

"How could you not be worried?" Yuan Shan and Ye looked at the map in her hand and shook their heads helplessly, "Have you forgotten what their name is Tangze? Monsters, mermaids...ah, I don't dare to continue thinking about it."

Mao Lilan, who has such a rich imagination in ghost stories that she often scares herself, suddenly wrinkled her face.

Yes, there is a rumor on this island that eating mermaid meat can lead to immortality.

What if there really is that lunatic and unnecessary associations arise...

"Forget it, if that doesn't work, just go back quickly. If Heiji comes to find you, it might be faster than us..."

Just as the two people were talking, there was a sudden rustling sound in the trees around them.

The two girls, who were already nervous and anxious, let out a short scream and hugged each other.

"Who, who -" Hugging Mao Lilan, who was also trembling, Yuan Shan and Ye gritted their teeth and asked boldly.

There was another rustling sound in the trees.

As the two hugged each other tighter and tighter, and just when they were about to scream again, a head emerged from the leaves.

"Ahhhhh?" He yelled reflexively. After seeing the person's face clearly, the two of them froze again.

"Why are you two here?" Shimabukuro Kimie, who rolled up his sleeves, picked off the leaves on his head and looked helplessly at the two men, who were even wearing obstructive coats and walking clearly in the mountains. It’s a tough girl, “Even if you are a local, many of you will get lost when you come here.”

As she spoke, she waved the scythe in her hand neatly, cutting off the surrounding shrubs that blocked her vision and footsteps, and stepped on the humus layer paved with fallen leaves before walking up to the two people.

Following her, Hattori Heiji's clothes got caught on a treetop and he was trying to untie them. This exposed Hattori Heiji.

"Heiji, Conan..." After seeing so many familiar faces, Toyama and Ye finally relaxed and almost slipped to the ground without any strength.

"Didn't you say you went to deliver food to Karasawa? Why are you running into the mountains?" Finally ending the fight with the branches, Hattori Heiji wiped the small scratches on his arms caused by the leaves of the branches and walked closer with a complaint. , "I was scared to death when I saw it. Fortunately, Ms. Shimabukuro has a familiar shortcut."

"We are the ones. No matter how I look for you, I can't find anyone." With quick eyes and hands, he grabbed Toyama Kazuye who almost fell down. Mao Lilan briefly relaxed for a few seconds, then suddenly raised her voice, "No, now That's not the point. Karasawa, Karasawa is missing——!"

"What?!"

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"It's really troublesome."

Carrying the unconscious Kuroe Naoko, Karasawa threw her into her own bed, wiped the sweat, and couldn't help but grit his teeth.

"You might as well just throw her into the shrine." Hoshikawa Hui, who was following him and always hidden in the shadows, complained, "She came to harass you on her own, and then she ran away, so you took advantage of her If you leave it to Shimabukuro Kime, wouldn't it mean that the wrongdoer has an owner and the debtor has an owner? It just saves trouble."

"That's hard to say. After all, Ms. Shimabukuro doesn't know the most devastating fact yet." Karasawa patted the wall dust that he had collected while climbing the wall, and tiptoed out of Naoko Kuroe's bedroom, " If she completes her revenge simply and easily, and then learns the news just when she thinks she will finally be freed...then the entire island will really sink to the ground."

It is difficult to say clearly whether the current Shimabukuro Kimie is a pure human being, or whether his will has been swallowed up by a secret treasure in the Impression Space like the Holy Grail.

But the only thing that is certain is that she is now unconsciously exercising her ability as a secret treasure, and is gradually becoming the de facto controller of the island.

When she merged the two worlds into one, that was when this place was destroyed.

"There's nothing wrong with Lu Chen being dead. In this case, she can be considered free."

Hoshikawa Teru grabbed Karasawa's arm and merged into the quiet shadow again. The two of them climbed up lightly along the dark side of the wall as if they were weightless.

This made his speaking voice particularly clear and indifferent.

Tang Ze glanced at his current expression.

Just like Asai Narimi who can easily teach Shimabukuro Kimie how to better complete revenge, Hoshikawa Teru is also a person with a darker mentality.

As poor people who have been waiting for salvation and being given a helping hand, their mentality is not very positive, and the two of them actually represent the current tone of the Phantom Thieves.

The Phantom Thieves, who are punishing evil and promoting good, do not follow the world's justice, but what Karasawa thinks is right and wrong. In a practical sense, he is the yardstick for these guys today.

If Tang Ze falls to the dark side, they will only follow his footsteps and cross the line without hesitation, heading towards the darker side.

Alas, this family would have to break up without me.

Feeling narcissistically in his heart, Tang Ze, the mainstay, said sternly: "Actually, it's not impossible for it to sink, but it will have to sink after we leave. It's better not to be buried in this wretched place."

"Well, why don't you save this guy and let her seek death on her own?" Hoshikawa Teru glanced at the direction of Kuroe Naoko's bedroom, climbed up the wall, and crossed over to her small courtyard.

"I'm afraid that dying in an accident so easily won't eliminate Shimabukuro Kime's resentment." Karasawa shook his head, thinking of the detectives who must have been in a mess because of his disappearance, and sighed tiredly, "You also know that we are That’s the plan.”

"Since we plan to take her away directly, we can directly solve this impression space from the root. Can't we take Shimabukuro Kimie away?" Hoshikawa Teru asked a confused question.

"She is the Holy Grail here now. We may not be able to defeat her." Tangze said innocently.

"Oh? Are you sure?" Xingchuan Hui glanced at Tang Ze with an expression that said, "You go ahead and make it up, I'll listen."

They have defeated the real numerical monster - the super palace master who combines multiple palaces with organized super calculation bonuses, Noah's Ark.

Then, he was hit crazily by Tangze three times with a large number of tens of thousands of maxims, such as Chuangguoju's.

If there was anything in this world that Karasawa couldn't defeat, he really didn't believe it.

"Ahem, okay, it's not impossible to beat her." Tang Ze admitted smoothly without blushing, and then explained, "But, you also know that she is now the secret treasure of the impression space, and the impression space itself will try its best to stop her. For her to leave, she has no intention or will to leave now."

Even if her revenge is successful, her thoughts and wishes are not to have her own life, but to continue to fulfill her mother's legacy and protect the island and the tradition of the Dugong Festival.

This is actually the reason why Tangze suspects that their family has long been possessed by the will of the Impression Space.

No matter how you hear it, the state in which Shimabukuro Kimie's mother died is not normal.

You are in the sea of ​​​​fire and are about to die. Your legs have been pinned down and you can't move at all. You know very well that the phone call you made was the last words you left for your daughter.

It turns out that your last words were that you really love this island and hope that she will inherit your work, sacrifice her own future, pretend that the goddess is still around, and pass on the mission of the Shimabukuro family from generation to generation?

Very abnormal, very strange.

And Shimabukuro Kimie, who was haunted by her mother's death, after agreeing to her request, a college graduate who had seen the prosperity of the metropolis and had the ability to live a better life, actually just immersed herself in the shrine. She became a tool-man miko, and even discovered the truth about her mother's death, but she had no intention of leaving the island.

At the end of the original plot, Shimabukuro Kimie actually chose the exact same path as her mother.

Pretend your own death to the outside world, obliterate the person "Shimabukuro Kime", and live forever as the Shimabukuro family's grandmother, Shimabukuro Yakoto.

It's really as if my own will has been swallowed up by this island.

After deeply analyzing this situation, Dr. Tang, who was rejuvenated, made a decision.

Treating the symptoms as well as the root cause, the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine has a good effect, so I will give you a good treatment.

Will the revenge that deserves to be avenged be avenged? The person who deserves to be saved will also be saved. Shimabukuro Kimie, the secret treasure of the American island, was stolen by the Phantom Thieves, Karasawa said!

"So, I have a plan."

Contrary to the midday sun, Karasawa, whose eyes shone golden in the dark shadows, said affirmatively.