The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"Finally caught up." Miyano Akemi sighed as she looked at the back of Asai Narimi, who was controlling the persona to play music.

"Leader is really unreasonable sometimes. Even if we have sufficient combat power now, it would be too difficult to break into the core of the palace in such a short time." As he spoke, his hand was still hooked on Xingchuan Hui in the shadow of the statue. I couldn't help but yawn, "Fortunately, this guy's palace doesn't have an overly complicated structure."

"After all, he is just a fat-headed producer, and it is normal to lack imagination and artistic ability." Miyano Akemi commented pertinently, "He can still imagine a royal residence like Hampton Court Palace for himself, which proves that he still has a good job. I’ve seen the movie I produced, and it’s pretty good.”

"I saw it, but not much." Noah, who was standing on the sidelines monitoring the situation, couldn't help but shook his head, "Hampton Palace has more than 1,000 rooms and a huge garden area. His place is more in line with what he imagined. It’s what a ‘luxury palace’ should be like.”

"Many producers are like this." Shimabukuro Kime, who graduated from a film-related major, commented pertinently. "He has at least read the script...or at least seen some film design."

"It seems it's almost time." Miyano Akemi lowered her head and looked at her phone, "Lunar, slow down."

Asai Narumi glanced at the shadow Kawabata who was strangling his neck in embarrassment and could no longer say a harsh word, and stopped the movement of the familiar.

In the past few days, due to being immersed in too high-intensity fighting, his combat ability has been fully tempered, and he has become more and more comfortable in using this move.

Although they will not kill people in most cases, there are always some tough-talking guys who do not believe in evil and need a little shock from the Phantom Thief. From time to time, he will cooperate with Noah to let the target truly feel the experience of life being threatened. .

Although the method did sound a bit extreme, as long as it was effective, he didn't mind what method he used.

All I can say is that suffocation is a truly painful experience. The feeling of oxygen being squeezed out of your breath bit by bit is like watching life leave you. It is the most terrifying feeling closest to death.

As long as he doesn't really cause death with his slippery hands, he can indeed exert a strong psychological healing effect.

Shadow, who had regained his ability to breathe, gasped for air, trembling as he crawled towards the nondescript throne behind him, while carefully observing the group of intruders in front of him.

Miyano Akemi was still staring at the phone. After a few minutes, she uttered something that made him extremely desperate.

"Well, that's enough, go ahead Lunar."

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After the brief shock and shock, a table of people who had already called the police and ambulance could only lay down Shiro Kawabata, who was vomiting black mud.

...and then watched him lie on the ground and continue to vomit black mud.

He would vomit continuously for a minute or two, and his face would turn red to the point of turning purple and cyanotic, making people think he was going to die in the next second. Then he would resume breathing and gradually return to normal.

And when they thought that Shiro Kawabata should be let go, he would fall back with a face of pain and then vomit black mud.

In less than ten minutes, the wooden floor of the restaurant had been vomited by him, and the petroleum-like viscous liquid covered an area of ​​more than one square meter. It looked like the cleaning staff would have a headache.

Indeed, if he was really poisoned to death by potassium cyanide, then at least his death would be clean and hygienic, without any strange residue.

"Should we change the direction in which he lies down?" After the panic, seeing Shiro Kawabata entering another cycle of spitting out black mud, Mao Lilan couldn't help but ask, "If he stays like this, will he be spit out?" Did you choke on the stuff that came out? I saw on the news a case of drunken people drowning in their own vomit..."

After a while, Shiro Kawabata started vomiting dirty-colored substances again, which made her think of river clams vomiting sand.

Of course, no matter how you look at it, the substances secreted by the other party, uh, although a bit sticky, are far from suffocating. But seeing him continue to vomit black water one after another, it makes me worry like this. Things that make sense.

"No, what should really be surprising is how on earth could he have so much water to vomit?" Mouri Kogoro rolled his eyelids and patted his forehead, "It's better to send him to the hospital as soon as possible."

He has seen more than one person die from this symptom.

These deceased people are often diagnosed with causes of death such as heart paralysis, organ failure, etc., as if it was not due to any external force, but some "internal things" that killed them - this is a lesson learned from the search after returning from Moon Shadow Island. his answer.

Later, Takasugi Toshihiko, who also experienced a similar situation and narrowly escaped death in the end, also went to the hospital for a detailed examination after the wedding, but there was no physical injury.

However, the chubby producer in front of him, in theory, may not be a big problem as long as he does not reach the critical point of destruction, but in this way, it seems that he has vomited too much.

"What kind of substances are they all..." Mouri Kogoro sighed.

After repeated inspections, it was confirmed that this guy's heart rate was just too fast, and there was nothing else going on. After hearing this, Conan couldn't help lowering his head and observing the black mud at his feet for a while.

Good question, why don't you just pretend to be a little bit and go back and show Haiyuan a look...

But they neither killed him nor did anything else. What on earth were the jokers doing?

"This is..." He turned around and wanted to find some clean towels on the table. At least he wiped Mao Lilan, whose face was completely black and gray. Looking at the scary Kawabata Shiro, he suddenly found that there was no one on the table under the turntable. The corner of a piece of paper was exposed.

She stretched out her hand and pulled it out. Next to her, Iso Kaizo, who had been watching Kawabata Shiro's struggle coldly, opened his eyes wide when he saw the position where she pulled out the card.

This is exactly where he originally planned to apply the poison.

"Preview letter..." Seeing the logo on the back of the card, Mao Lilan, who had actually seen it many times, pursed her lips helplessly, looked down at the embarrassed Kawabata Shiro, and turned it over to the front.

She had always felt that the Phantom Thieves were nice people, but deep down she didn't think they would really kill this man. As for why they bothered him so much...

Maybe this guy offended them, or did something to piss them off?

However, the front of the notice letter is not the familiar contents of the notice cut out with various printed words, but three genuine newspaper clippings.

The first one, which is also the largest one, is a news report about a certain movie that was a hit and topped the box office for the week. Although the movie title in the book title was scrawled with a black pen, just look at the picture accompanying the news. Even Kawabata Shiro, who looked high-spirited, could guess its contents;

The second one is earlier, and the picture is still of Shiro Kawabata, with a slightly artificial expression of lamentation. The content is about the heroine's dedicated attitude in the film's performance, refusing to use action doubles, and accidentally accidentally being in the final explosion scene of the film. death;

The third picture is more concise and clear, with only a piece of news headline cut out——

The filming of the second part of "XXXX" is about to begin. The original team has devoted their efforts to create a stunning sequel! 》

"Well, it seems that the female lead who died during the filming of the last movie did not simply die in an accident?" Mao Lilan guessed as she handed this notice letter to her father.

"At least, that's what the members of the Phantom Thieves think." Kogoro Mori glanced at the things in his hands, and looked questioningly at Kawabata Shiro, whose face was covered in black mud again, "About this issue, Mr. Kawabata ,you……"

"I was the one who killed him, he was the one who killed him!" Looking at the gap where he could resume normal breathing, Kawabata Shiro, who had been strangled repeatedly on the ground for ten minutes, let out a scream like a slaughtered pig, "I think, The movie lacks selling points, and the audience is very dissatisfied with the casting of the female lead, so I just used the props a little... Gu!"

After only saying these two words, Kawabata Shiro covered his neck again and began to kick helplessly on the ground.

The Kanagawa Prefectural police officers led a group of people into the door in a hurry: "..."

What kind of scene is this? Is it the scene where the would-be deceased is shouting and confessing?

Conan turned his head and looked around cautiously, trying to find the Phantom Thief hiding among the crowd of onlookers or restaurant employees: "..."

Will this be counted as a trick? No matter how you look at it, it's a scene of torture to extract confessions.

Tang Ze, who was holding his mobile phone and was about to send a message to his teammates: "..."

Sorry, I didn't hold it back. You can vomit for a while.

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"I told you, nothing will happen to that fat producer." Mouri Kogoro patted his forehead and looked at the stern policeman in front of him, feeling a little troubled.

Because they ran a little far this time, they were not the members of the First Investigation Division that he was familiar with. It was obvious that, except for the First Investigation Division in Tokyo, most of the police officers had no experience in facing the chaos caused by the Phantom Thieves of the Heart.

If this person came from the Megure Police Department, he would reach out and touch Kawabata Shiro's breath, and hear the other person begin to confess without hesitation, reflecting on his crime like pouring beans into a bamboo tube, and probably let the doctor take him away without saying a word. I'm too lazy to write more notes.

It's just that this guy offended someone, or someone made him unlucky and bumped into Mouri Kogoro who was wandering around outside, and became the target of the Phantom Thieves' reform.

Not only did they see more, they also dealt with more. When business was busy, the interrogation room responsible for temporary detention was not enough. They had to operate on an assembly line, registering people and sending them directly to the detention center in order to support daily operations.

Fortunately, with the unconventional support and justice provided by the Phantom Thieves of the Heart, the security situation in the Tokyo area has indeed improved visibly.

Unfortunately, not only has the workload of the police not decreased, their overtime hours have also increased due to the extra paperwork, investigation and supplementary work, and submission for prosecution and interrogation...

The square-faced police officer glanced at him coldly and remained unmoved: "Why, you were the one who poisoned me, so you're sure he won't die?"

"I didn't poison him, or in other words, I think no one should have poisoned him." Mouri Kogoro crossed his arms and shook his head.

The Henggou Police Department indifferently pointed to the black mud at his feet that was full of traces of struggle and had been unevenly smeared, and motioned to his subordinates to come over and take photos to collect evidence.

No need to say more, his meaning is obvious - "It's like this, you say this is not poisoning?"

"In short, the person who did it must be among you who were eating with the victim." Henggou Police Department turned to them and said, "Please explain your relationship with him."

"We and he are the main creators of the movie because our female lead was accidentally injured before the filming started..." Ito Motoden, who was mid-sentence, remembered the words of Kawabata Shiro who was being carried away, and his voice couldn't help but change. pause.

If Liva's death was really intentional for the sake of the movie's popularity, is this situation really an accident?

He couldn't help but become suspicious and exchanged glances with the other two colleagues.

"Then what?" The Henggou Police Department looked at their strange expressions, secretly added a little suspicion to them in their hearts, and continued to ask.

"We met to discuss countermeasures and see whether to change the actors or abandon the project depending on the situation." Pushing up his glasses, Kitaura Keigo took over the conversation, "As for these four, it was Kawabata who suddenly said I fell in love with this girl who came here to eat, so I invited them and a group of people to come and eat together.”

The Henggou Police Department turned his head, looked at the four people here, and raised his eyebrows: "This bearded gentleman, why do you look familiar to me?"

Have you finally recognized it now? Mouri Kogoro breathed a sigh of relief: "This is natural. I have told you that I have experience, and Mr. Kawabata will be fine..."

"Do you have a criminal record? Or are you a wanted criminal on the run?" Henggou Police Department interrupted him, "Generally, people who impress me are not good people."

"Huh? What nonsense are you talking about? I am a detective, have you heard of Mouri Kogoro?" Moori Kogoro's eyebrows suddenly stood up.

"Yes, and the ones with criminal records are here." Tang Ze also nodded.

"Hey..." Conan, who was very sure that Tang Ze said this because he wanted to cause trouble for the police, twitched the corner of his mouth.

Now that Shiro Kawabata has confessed to the crimes he has committed, Joker is not an indiscriminate murderer and should let this guy go soon.

Karasawa would say this, obviously because the matter would soon be settled in other forms, and he was deliberately teasing people.

"You..." Hearing these words, the Henggou Police Department narrowed his eyes and glanced at Tang Ze's face.

Is this a deliberate provocation, or are you looking for fun for the police?

But no matter what the situation is, he is not a policeman who likes to be teased, and he will not give face to these naughty children.

"Henggou Police Department!" Behind him, the forensic police officer who was busy checking the dining table shouted.

"Honomizo? Are you Yokomou?" Mouri Kogoro said "Huh", "Have you changed your hairstyle? I wonder why you look so familiar. Why are you pretending not to recognize us?"

"What you are talking about should be Henggou in Shizuoka Prefecture. That is my brother." The Henggou Police Department looked over, his expression getting a little uglier. "The difference between him and me is that he is an easy-going person who is easy to talk to. And I never trust you detectives or anything like that."

After saying these words unceremoniously, he looked at the subordinate who called him, confidently waiting for the expected answer.

"No poison reaction was found." The police officer who was looking at him took half a step back without leaving any trace, and replied bravely.

"Huh? Are you sure? Is there something wrong with the type of test strips you brought?" Henggou frowned deeply.

"Maybe, right..." the police officer replied calmly.

"...Don't be complacent." Henggou Police Department turned around and glared at Mouri Kogoro, "Even if a rare toxic substance is used, it can only be deceived for a while."

"Do you have any prejudice against detectives?" Mouri Kogoro frowned unhappily, "I have already explained that this is the work of the Phantom Thieves of Heart group. And even if it is really poisoned, it is not The reason is that I, the person who met him for the first time today, attacked him, right?"

"Who knows, the first day I came to dinner, I happened to meet the crew, and I happened to be noticed by the crew. Is there such a good thing in the world? Maybe you colluded with someone and came here on purpose..."

Before Henggou finished his conjecture, his cell phone rang.

After looking at the caller ID and confirming that they were the group of people who accompanied Kawabata to the hospital, who was taken away by the doctor, Henggou raised his eyebrows confidently, picked up the phone, and pressed the speakerphone.

He knew that the possibility of the murderer being this detective was very small, but he had indeed been unhappy for a long time after watching these detectives who were boasting and being flattered in the media all day long. It would be nice to make them feel a little deflated.

Especially the guy named Goro Akechi, who came to our place more than once and showed off his arrogance, which made people dissatisfied. He actually called him a prince or something like that, which made everyone in the media blind. ?

"Hey, Yamada, what do you say..." He raised his voice and said with some arrogance.

"Henggou Police Department, um..." A slightly nervous voice came from the phone, "The inspection is basically over. Although there are still a few reports that have not been released... but the hospital believes that Mr. Kawabata is fine."

"What did you say?" When Henggou Police Department spoke, his eyes involuntarily fell on the marks on the ground.

"Well, it seems that some muscles were strained due to excessive force, and the neck muscles also spasmed, but the doctor is inclined to think that this was caused by the victim, er, the patient neglecting to exercise and suddenly bursting out with a lot of force. "The subordinate's voice was dry, and he seemed to feel a little embarrassed.

The Henggou Police Department's face tightened, and he glanced at Mouri Kogoro, who had raised his eyebrows and had "Look what I'm talking about" written all over his face. He then glanced at the evidence bag camera behind him and looked at it eagerly. Looking at his subordinates, he suddenly felt a subtle feeling of being trapped in a tiger.

He felt that the first reaction of any police officer who had undergone long-term training after seeing such a scene would be to organize manpower to protect the scene and collect physical evidence. Even if it was later confirmed to be an accident or misunderstanding, others would praise him for his dedication.

But he just said that just to irritate this impatient middle-aged detective...

"If there is a murderer, it's probably me." After hearing the words of the police officer at the hospital, Iso Kaizo breathed out and suddenly said, "I did it. I went to the Phantom Thieves' website. Go ahead and submit Kawabata’s name.”

As he spoke, he nodded slightly in the direction of Tang Ze, and there was a relieved smile at the corner of his mouth under his beard.

It seems that the child is right, there is indeed a better solution, he thought.

Maybe there will be an extra update, probably early in the morning