The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"Eat slowly, there are still a lot of sushi on the table." Watching Kitagawa Yusuke quickly stuffing a piece of sushi into his stomach with his chin, Suzuki Sonoko advised, and then sighed, "If you live in the school dormitory, it's better to It’s quite inconvenient, in all aspects of life.”

"Actually, the conditions are not bad." Looking away from the plate, Tang Ze followed the prepared background and continued, "If you live on campus, you can use the school's studio all day long, and the expenses such as water and electricity are not too much."

"Do you only study painting in school? There are no other teachers?" Mao Lilan, who was happily eating a small cake, said in surprise, "Then, Kitagawa-kun, how did you do it when you were a child..."

It would not be so pleasant to continue talking from now on, so she silently stopped talking as she had read a lot of psychology books recently.

After all, art such as painting is a subject that you can only have the energy to touch after having enough food and clothing. Generally, unless there are special circumstances, a child from a truly poor family will rarely devote himself to this industry wholeheartedly.

After all, as Kitagawa Yusuke himself mentioned, it is really too expensive. Even if he enters a high school with a specialized department as a special admissions student and has given him enough preferential policies, its cost is still beyond what a minor can afford. burdensome.

If you use your free time to work part-time, you may be able to earn enough for basic living expenses. However, the school's subsidies and scholarships are linked to award results. If you distract yourself to make money, you may not be able to maintain your current reputation, and you may not even be able to study. It’s all gone.

It should be said that learning to paint is not a direction that Kitagawa Yusuke’s family environment can afford.

Facing the different looks of the three people, Tang Ze put down the plate in his hand slightly, and his expression became lowered: "...You are right, I should not choose such a difficult path. I have been taught by a man since I was a child. He was adopted and raised by a painter. Some time ago, the teacher plagiarized his students' works, which led to some serious consequences. Some students even chose to commit suicide because they felt that their future was hopeless. I also found out... Well, in any case, he was arrested and imprisoned. .I also moved into the school dormitory.”

"Ah..." Realizing that she had asked a very painful topic, Mao Lilan covered her mouth, exchanged bewildered looks with the other two, and did not dare to continue speaking.

Although this kind of development does not seem to be uncommon in Yoneka Town, the common occurrence does not mean that the victims can feel less pain. The suffering they suffered has actually happened.

"It's okay, I don't mind talking about this. I'm doing pretty well myself, and I feel that my creations have improved." Seeing the expressions of the others at the table, Tangze quickly smiled and picked up a piece of bread again, "The work itself , is the epitome of the author's life and thinking. Although I don't fully agree with Professor Moritani's other ideas, I do agree that the work is a miracle that reflects thinking into reality."

Conan, who was chewing a piece of croissant without any taste and was thinking about things related to his birthday, couldn't help but look at Kitagawa Yusuke across the table in a strange way when he heard these words.

This sentence, regarding the relationship between reality and spirit, sounds like an inexplicable sense of déjà vu...

After briefly explaining the identity and background of this vest, Tang Ze stuffed bread into his mouth and silently thought about what else he could add.

The only time Kitagawa Yusuke appeared was to get in touch with Asako Miyoshi, a disciple of Kujumotoyasu and his murderer. At that time, he had already revealed that his teacher had plagiarized and even killed his mother. , used to persuade Miyoshi Mazi to change his mentality.

Although the people related to these cases in Ke Xue's background are inexplicably very martial-arts, all those who have more or less suspected his relationship with the Phantom Thief of the Heart have invariably remained tight-lipped. Until today, no news has been spread. But since I’ve told others about this background, I’d better not do anything inconsistent and stick to the character design faithfully.

Therefore, even though there is no such character as Madarame in this world, he still told the background story and blurred the identity of the teacher, making people think that he might be an unknown ordinary painter, that's all.

Suzuki Sonoko, who was politely silent for a moment because of the sad atmosphere, carefully considered the other party's words, and suddenly her eyes lit up as she thought about it.

"So, you had been living with the painter who adopted you, and you didn't move to school until after the accident?" Suzuki Sonoko confirmed.

"Yeah, it wasn't long before I moved to the school dormitory." Karasawa nodded smoothly, setting the timeline not long after the end of Madarame Hall.

"Then what are you going to do during the holidays? In many schools, the dormitories are closed during the long holidays, so wouldn't there be no place to live?" Suzuki Sonoko's map of the Yan Kingdom was obviously not long, just two sentences. Her intentions had been revealed.

In this case, considering Kitagawa Yusuke's situation, it is only natural that he would be homeless during the holidays and need to be taken in.

Does the Suzuki family still need one more room? With a small expenditure, you can exchange for a handsome guy that you can see frequently throughout the long vacation, and maybe even take him out to run around. It is a cost-effective thing no matter how you calculate it.

"It's vacation. I should stay at a friend's house. His house is quite big." Tangze said thoughtfully.

This refers to the base of the Phantom Thieves of Heart, and I would like to make a brief summary of the possible encounters that may occur in the future.

"That's it..." Suzuki Sonoko nodded and put her thoughts away with a look of pity.

Sure enough, a handsome guy, even if he has a strange personality, will never lack friends. She should have thought of this problem.

Hey, hey, your purpose is too obvious, please calm down your expression, Sonoko...

Mao Lilan, who knew her plan very well, quickly changed the subject in order to prevent her from making an even more outrageous statement next: "Then it seems like a good thing that you can get to know Professor Moritani Teiji. With his guidance, it should be better than before. Feeling better?"

"Ah, this." Tangze, who was finally full, picked up the napkin on the table and wiped his mouth, and said slowly, "Actually, I don't know either."

"Eh? But Professor Moritani seems to admire you very much." Suzuki Sonoko was a little surprised, "You said at the salon that you met him at his exhibition..."

"Yeah, actually I don't know why Professor Moritani invited me to the tea party." After posing in a thoughtful pose, Karasawa pondered, "I don't think I said anything, right? I just chatted with people at the exhibition. .”

"...What did you talk about?" Conan, who felt a little bit of Kitagawa Yusuke's KY nature, asked subtly.

Under what conditions would a person be invited by the owner of a work exhibition to his or her own event?

Considering that Kitagawa Yusuke is just an ordinary visitor, it is impossible to show his paintings to Moritani Teiji on the spot. Of course, showing them may not touch the other person's heart. After all, architectural design is an engineering major.

If we don't have a good conversation and have similar interests, the only possibility left seems to be that we have grasped something...

"Oh, a visitor at the exhibition asked me to talk about Professor Moritani's design philosophy, saying that his level of design has declined since he was too obsessed with symmetrical design. After hearing what he said, Professor Moritani quarreled with him." Karasawa said bluntly. Explained, "I think what he said is correct, but Professor Moritani Teiji has solid basic skills, so even within a symmetrical framework, the design work has its own style and understanding, so it is not without merit."

Suzuki Sonoko, Mao Lilan and Conan: "..."

Therefore, Teiji Moritani encountered a troublemaker, but the other troublemaker was not as extreme as the previous one. He was very moved. He gave the invitation letter with tears in his eyes and hoped that the other person would stop talking?

What kind of way of understanding is this?

The meal was spent in a strange atmosphere of conversation.

Because the buffet we chose was indeed of high quality, it could satisfy the appetites of everyone at the table, and there were no Chinese dishes that were too distracting, so the meal was quite enjoyable for both the guests and the host.

Never mind that Kitagawa Yusuke choked when he spoke, Suzuki Sonoko watched the brand-new handsome guy for several hours, and she felt that she had returned to her original job.

When they walked out of the restaurant and were about to say goodbye, naturally, a somewhat reluctant Suzuki Sonoko asked for the other party's contact information.

Such a charming and handsome guy, just seeing him once is not enough. If you have a chance, you should ask him out and meet again! It would be best if you don't bring any light bulbs or anything.

Of course, even though she thought so in her heart, her reasons on the surface were still quite acceptable. Today she was setting up a matchmaking process to introduce various past student aid projects and art funds. She would still have to contact them after they got their rankings.

"Thank you, Ms. Suzuki. This is my email and phone number. I will trouble you later. And thank you for inviting me to dinner today." Taking out his mobile phone and exchanging contact information, Kitagawa Yusuke said seriously, "With this Dun, I can last another three days."

Mao Lilan, who was briefly surprised for a few seconds that the other party still had money to buy a mobile phone, couldn't hold back after hearing these words, and said tactfully: "Studying is indeed important, but you still need to pay attention to your health, Kitagawa-kun."

"I have always been in good health and have never been sick. Being sick is indeed too expensive and I don't have that much money for treatment." As if he didn't understand the hint in her words, Kitagawa Yusuke's answer was still very straightforward, "Thank you. care."

"That's not what I meant..." Mao Lilan felt the difficulty of the conversation and patted his forehead helplessly.

Tang Ze, who had eaten and drank enough, looked at her troubled expression and felt very happy.

The warm-hearted and good classmates are indeed a good way to build a character. They really ask questions when there is something, and the identity of Kitagawa Yusuke is perfectly constructed.

Looking at Mao Lilan, Tangze, who was thinking of something, quickly glanced at Conan, who was thinking deeply about how to fool Conan on his birthday, and suddenly came up with a strange idea.

So he quickly put on a smile: "By the way, Miss Mao Lilan - you are called this name, right?"

"Hey, yes, what's wrong?" Suddenly, the new friend who had been chatting with him for several hours asked him in a very formal honorific. Mao Lilan was stunned for a moment without reacting.

"I have a very solemn request to ask of you." Not only did his tone be very solemn, Kitagawa Yusuke even bowed slightly with a serious look on his face.

"Please, please tell me, if I can help..." Mao Lilan was caught off guard and couldn't figure it out, but still politely accepted the other party's words.

"Excuse me, will you be my model?"

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"What?!" Mouri Kogoro, who was looking down at the menu, shouted, "You said that blue-haired bastard wants you to be a nude model?!"

After the salon, he did meet several potential clients at the salon, Kogoro Mori. Although his daughter was going to have dinner with the young people she met at the tea party, Suzuki Sonoko and Conan were also with her, so he didn't care. It was too much, so I let my daughter go to dinner with me without any worries.

I didn't expect that the boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes would be such an unreasonable bastard!

"Well, it seems that he doesn't quite..." Mao Lilan raised his hand and tried to persuade him, "He meant that it was for artistic reasons..."

"What's not artistic?" Mouri Kogoro slammed the table, "Get out of here, you're taking advantage of this opportunity!"

"That is to say..." Suzuki Sonoko, who was sending her best friend home, added faintly, "You can come if you want anything else..."

After being caught off guard by the violent remarks, Suzuki Sonoko immediately felt that the other party might not have a crush on Xiaolan. She was shocked and asked why only Mao Lilan was invited.

It's not that she can't fall in love with Xiaolan. Many of the handsome guys she meets fall in love with Xiaolan. The main reason is that she feels that the map of the Yan Kingdom is really a bit long.

You took advantage of me and chatted with us in a serious manner for several hours. At the end, you suddenly said, "You want to pursue Mao Lilan, that's too much!" What kind of scheming is this to get men!

As a result, before she could say the second half of the sentence about what your intentions are towards Xiaolan, Kitagawa Yusuke looked at her with completely confused eyes, as if he didn't understand her question, and the other party nodded seriously. He replied: "You can come if you want."

"In short, it's impossible! Go watch a midnight movie with that boy Kudo, don't even think about it!" Mouri Kogoro, who had previously been very opposed to his daughter staying out at night, immediately changed his stance, "Block me, give it to me I blocked that guy’s contact information!”

"I have no intention of agreeing. Well, Kitagawa-kun doesn't look like the kind of scoundrel." Mao Lilan covered her forehead as she thought of the other party's speaking style that was full of radio waves and made it difficult to communicate normally.

Maybe it was because his tone was too serious, or maybe it was because the other person's eyes were very serious and had no sense of obscenity. She felt that Kitagawa Yusuke did not have any bad intentions in making such a request.

However, throwing out such outrageous remarks was indeed a bit shocking, and it also gave her a deep understanding of Kitagawa Yusuke's radio level.

"Really? I don't think so." Conan, who was behind her sofa, made a voice that was louder than a ghost, "Sister Xiaolan, have you seriously considered his proposal..."

"After all, he looked very serious in his request. It seems a bit bad to say it too harshly."

"Rather than saying it sounds ugly, his request itself is already ugly."

"Perhaps the painter really doesn't think that being a nude model is too much of a requirement?"

"Then you can drag a girl you just met on the street and ask her to strip naked and paint for you..."

"Well..."

"Block me, right now, right now! I heard no Xiaolan!"

Although there is no such thing as eardrums, when he heard this, Noah couldn't help but raise his hand and rub his head: "It's so noisy, it's really noisy over there. What are you talking about? leader?"

"You don't understand, this is the inherent setting of the character." Karasawa pulled the scarf around his neck and took out the tea party invitation from Teiji Moritani, his face full of joy, "Just a joke. Well, it’s impossible for them to really agree.”

"How many strange settings have you added to your fabricated identity?" Xingchuan Hui, who was squatting next to him and studying the patterns on the ground, couldn't help but shook his head, "Be careful of being blocked."

As the invitation to the tea party was delivered in Karasawa's hand, the soft golden light curtain slowly faded away from its dazzling luster, and the scattered stone fragments in front of them were finally exposed in full.

The lock on the white door slowly disappeared, and the palace that received the invitation slowly opened the door as if it finally recognized the group of visitors who had been tinkering at the door for a long time.

The long white stairs were exposed. As long as you can walk to the door, you can officially enter the other party's palace.

The premise is that they must first solve the puzzle in front of them.

Geometric figures of different sizes were piled up in front of them like a jigsaw puzzle that had been smashed randomly. The color was white that was completely consistent with the entire palace. Except for the light lines embossed on it, Not even a superfluous reminder.

Considering the habits of the palace masters, they can come to a conclusion after just a little thought about what they want to do.

"In addition, Kidd expressed great dissatisfaction with your request for him to be a shooter, and threatened to beat you up for disrespecting art." Miyano Akemi added as she kicked away some puzzle pieces with her toes. , "Is it really worth going to this point to get close to Ruyue Peak Water?"

"Hey, in order to keep a low profile and not reveal his identity, he usually doesn't have many opportunities to show off his artistic skills. Isn't it good to have such a medium?" Tang Ze, who has no artistic integrity, waved his hand casually, "It's not like that anyway. The existing identity is just a pen name, and I didn’t say that I would let him do the painting at all?”

"Given the level gap between you and him, what's the difference between you drawing the first draft and letting him revise it, and letting him draw it directly?" In the course of these few days of communication, I have seen the true level of the two people, and they do have a certain degree of art. Shimabukuro Kime, who appreciates the ability, had a look on her face that she couldn't bear to look at.

"Isn't this to give him a chance to become a shooter? The important thing is to participate..." Tang Ze said, spreading his hands.

"You actually said it directly!" He already knew that there was no limit to how much Tang Ze could do, but he was still shocked by the other party's arrogance, and Xingchuan Hui stared.

"Then I am pretty good now. What should I do? You have also seen the temple of Ruyue Fengshui. It is really as big as Mount Fuji. I don't want to find a shortcut. Is it really a one-to-one magnification of Mount Fuji?" Climbing a mountain in an scroll? How many years have you been climbing? Kisaragi Hosui has painted more than one picture of Mount Fuji. He has been painting Mount Fuji all day long, and only painted Mount Fuji—!"

"Hey, even though it's a fake identity, Kidd can't accept it, which is understandable."

"It's okay. I told him that this way he can have more desire stones, and he will accept it."

"You're just trying to coerce me, leader..."

"Or do you want to go back and experience how much new garbage can come out of a hundred floors of subway every day..."

"You guys are so noisy." Naomi Asai, whose head was feeling swollen, raised his head and clenched his fists. His already chaotic mind was even more dizzy from the loud noise. He couldn't help but turn around to shout down his noisy teammates. , "Why don't you come over and put the puzzle together! 10,000 pure white puzzle pieces with only textures, and they have to be completely symmetrical. Do you want me to do it by myself? By the time we enter the hall, others will have already entered, and we will send a ghost notice! "

"I'm sorry."×4