The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"Even the bathroom is dressed up like this...the organizers spent a lot of money."

After searching for the last two missing teammates, Mouri Kogoro found the toilet all the way. His mouth twitched when he looked at the costume in front of him that was covered with cobwebs, dust, and even the mirror was broken.

In pursuit of a Halloween party atmosphere, this cruise ship literally went out of its way to dress up.

The entire exterior of the ship was decorated and painted with wood, and even a mast with a broken sail was erected in the center of the ship. Even the lights that most easily exposed the modern atmosphere were made of bright green to match the decoration.

From a distance, the whole ship seems to be a ghost ship sailing on the sea.

"And it's for both men and women..." Suzuki Sonoko pulled off her skirt warily, "What if someone wants to change clothes in the bathroom?"

Everyone attending the meeting on the ship was very professional, to an incomprehensible degree. The special effects makeup was as lifelike as any other. The bloody holes on the faces of some guests who were acting as zombies made Suzuki Sonoko tremble with fear.

This was not in line with the lively drag party atmosphere she had expected.

Instead, she pursues a beautiful appearance, but she looks a little out of place with the broom and hat paired with the playful black skirt.

"That kind of thing won't happen. And since everyone is a monster now, it doesn't matter whether they are male or female, right?" Medusa, who was on the same team as the two of them, shook her head, and the snake head shook with its fangs and claws. , it looks scary.

"So, it's written in such a vague and scary way, it's just a preview event for a movie." Mouri Kogoro, who felt like he was simply being tricked into boarding the ship, crossed his arms.

He thought it would be something more exciting, at least a gathering of mystery fans or something like that...

How outrageous that a film producer actually called him an incompetent detective in a letter!

"This is a very popular series among movie fans. There are all fans of this movie on board now. Be careful, Mr. Vampire." Medusa rolled her eyes.

Thinking of some of the cases involving fans that he had experienced, Mouri Kogoro instinctively looked around and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was no one else for the time being.

Fans are a kind of creature that no one can say will work if they become fanatical...

Suzuki Sonoko looked around, raised her finger and pointed at the two people coming out of the bathroom: "Hey, look over there, it's Franken and Mr. Werewolf..."

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"Sorry, did I scare you? I am Judy, a colleague of the new doctor, and I am an English teacher at Didan High School. There is something wrong with the new doctor's car, so let me pick you up and take you to the hospital. If possible, can you put the anti-theft Is the chain open?”

As the car turned the corner and was about to enter the second destination, Belmode heard vague human voices coming from the other end of the eavesdropping signal that had been quiet for a while.

A smiling young female voice.

As expected, the FBI guys were monitoring Miyano Shiho's activities just like her.

This shows that they also discovered the true whereabouts of the missing Kudo Shinichi...

It's really troublesome. Fortunately, it is absolutely impossible for the organization to hear the truth from Akai Shuichi, otherwise it would be too difficult to cover up the traces of the child again.

Unsurprisingly, Judy appeared. She stepped on the accelerator lightly and followed the taillights of the car in front of her.

The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows behind, and the back-up team she arranged is already waiting for them at their destination.

It's hard to say who is the real prey.

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The familiar dock, the familiar moonlight, and even the location are so familiar.

This pier seems to be destined to be inseparable from the entanglement of fate.

But just in time, it saved him the trouble of getting familiar with the terrain again.

Tang Ze stood on a high pendant tower, looking down at the container terminal where only a few street lights were lit.

Opposite to the silent night in front of him were the noisy sounds in his headphones.

"I'm sorry to bother you so late. I'm new here... Where is Dr. Agasa?"

"No, I think I went out with Edogawa."

"Hey, are you the high school detective Kudo Shinichi?"

"Uh-huh."

"What is this card for? There are seven people in a team. Are we the goat team?"

"No, these are tarot cards...the devil cards in your hand are, Mr. Vampire."

"Actually, I'm looking for you. Your cold seems to be very serious. Your brother Tang Ze is very worried about you. Please contact me to contact the pediatrician I know..."

"Ding dong, ding dong——"

Sounds from all directions reached Tang Ze's ears. He easily jumped onto the steel bars at the top of the tower, found a suitable position, and crouched down.

In the cluster of containers below, two people walking from different directions slowly converged towards Tangze's feet.

At the same time, two voices reached Tang Ze's ears almost at the same time.

"I have arrived at the designated location, Kumail."

"Azhao, are you already in place?"

After adjusting the position of the headset microphone, Tang Ze curled his lips.

"Yes. Please give me some advice tonight."

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"Your silver bullet."

Mouri Kogoro chased his teammate who ran away silently and did not participate in social activities at all. When he arrived at the bar, he heard the bartender handing something to the werewolf sitting at the table.

A glass of clear, slightly bubbly wine was pushed to the table and swayed gently under the light.

The cocktail that seemed to glow with silver was beautiful and eye-catching. Before he could smell the alcohol, Mouri Kogoro couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"Cocktail..." Touching his neck, Maori Kogoro sneakily approached the werewolf who was holding a wine glass but not drinking, and patted his shoulder, "Brother, anyone can order the wine here. ?"

This was not his plan when he went to the meeting, but the only person who came with him today was Suzuki Sonoko, and the few kid guys who were pressing for people were not around, so it was a good time to sneak a drink.

He was very eager to try, but when he saw him approaching, the werewolf just picked up the wine glass without saying a word and left the table, making a wolf howling sound as he walked.

"Hey! Ah, gone." Mouri Kogoro sat down disappointedly and muttered, "This dance tonight is really weird."

"He's just following the settings, meaning werewolves can't talk, right?" Medusa, who followed a few steps behind, also sat at the bar and raised her hand, "A glass of white lady, thank you."

Mouri Kogoro shook his head incomprehensibly. He turned around and saw the bartender dressed as a skull. He smacked his lips and decided to deal with the glutton he had just aroused first: "Then give me a drink like that person just now."

"Silver bullet, right?" the bartender behind the bar confirmed.

"That's not okay, Mr. Vampire. If it matches your setting, shouldn't you order a Bloody Mary or something?" Medusa teased as she waited for the bartender to make drinks.

"Is there such a requirement?" Mouri Kogoro was confused and looked confused.

Everyone was enjoying themselves and seemed to be having a great time, which made him want to wonder if everyone knew something and just didn't tell him.

"You can't drink without this requirement." Suzuki Sonoko leaned over and added quietly, "I will tell Xiaolan when I get back."

"You, just tell me if you tell me..." Mouri Kogoro froze, and quickly stiffened his neck and said, "I will still agree if I drink a little Xiaolan once in a while."

"I think Xiaolan confiscated all your deposit certificates and credit cards, so just leave it alone." Suzuki Sonoko snorted.

While the two were still arguing, a rough voice came from the loudspeaker in the center of the venue.

"Listen, monsters, I have good news for you. The delicacies for tonight's banquet have been decided!"

Before a few people could react, all the guys in different costumes became restless.

"During the gathering in the demon world tonight, a human being who is neither ugly nor magical wandered in. He had no idea what he had done! Seven people joined forces to find this stupid guy and pull out his Intestines, eat up his flesh, drink up the last drop of his blood...

"The key to finding this person is in my hands. If you want to get the reward, just go to the deck - um! Ah -"

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The container terminal is an open area with its main entrances and exits located on both sides of the diagonal.

Calvados, who entered the dock area after receiving Belmode's order, and Shuichi Akai, who came to protect Judy, happened to enter from one side each, and slowly approached Karasawa's feet with the help of the shadow of the stacked containers.

Relying on the vision aided by his abilities, Karasawa quietly watched the two figures moving in the lane made of containers below without the aid of any observation equipment.

His fingers were on the handle, but his fingertips were gently pressing several different buttons.

His microphone channel jumped back and forth between several communications as he moved his fingertips.

"Brother Xiuyi, Miss Judy is still 4.3 kilometers away from the current location."

"Noah, is classmate Lan dialing the police? You can block her signal a little. The police station on the dock side will be slower to arrive."

"You have entered the communication range, Belmode, please report your location."

He kept talking, but kept his eyes close to the scope, slowly adjusting the angle according to the wind direction.

From his perspective, the small map on the upper right has marked two new units.

One is a green light spot belonging to Akai Shuichi, and the other naturally belongs to...

Hattori Heiji's voice came along with the noisy background sound.

"Something happened Kudo, the organizer of the party was killed."

"what's the situation?"

"It's not clear yet, but judging from the situation at the scene, it should be a homicide. I'll do the investigation first. If I need to explain and analyze the case later..."

"Yes, I know."

"...Do you think it has anything to do with them?"

"Using a human life just to spread suspicion and create other news to delay my steps? Indeed, it seems like something they can do."

"Hmph, they are really happy too early. It is still unclear who the real prey is."

Listening to Hattori Heiji's confident words, Karasawa's crosshairs moved to Calvados' position.

Through the moonlight and the light from the pendant, a thin face came into the frame of the camera.

From a distance of tens of meters, Tang Ze stared at this unfamiliar face and carefully recorded his facial features.

He looked to be about thirty years old, with a face that could barely be called handsome, thin, with sunken cheeks and slightly protruding cheekbones.

He has a slightly gloomy temperament, but he won't attract anyone's attention when walking on the street. In every aspect, he is not a special guy.

Calvados, a character whose face does not even appear in the original work, is a complete marginal character.

So even with the advantage of spoilers, Tangze tried every means but failed to find out this guy's information in advance.

It was this humble guy who, with the help of the organization's power, easily destroyed Tang Ze's past life.

The reason why he did this was not to gain any benefits, and he had no old grudges with Tang Ze and his wife, nor was he even seeking promotion in an organization.

He was just obsessed with a beautiful woman and trying to please her. The tragic experience of Tangze's family was just a small embellishment that he wanted to set in jewelry and dedicate to his sweetheart.

Tang Ze stared at this face, still maintaining a steady calm, his crosshair was locked on the opponent's face, motionless.

The bright car lights approached quickly along the other side of the coast, and two cars, one in front and one behind, approached at high speed in the direction of the hanging tower.

From Tangze's headphones, Conan's voice changed and became calm and confident.

"I'm afraid you are wrong, Detective Maori. The truth is still buried in the darkness. It's a pity that you have found the key to this incident."

The wheels rubbed against the ground, emitting a series of sharp whistles, which were transmitted to the ship several kilometers away through the microphone of the voice changer, through the communication waves, and through the headset in the captain's mask on the ship.

"Hiss..." Thinking that this was just a sharp buzz caused by radio wave infection, Mouri Kogoro covered his ears and looked up at the observation deck on the mast.

A young man in formal attire had already stood there, quietly waiting for the onlookers to arrive.

Standing in the moonlight, Hattori Heiji threw away the hat on his head and pulled off the bandage around his neck.

"Then, it's time to solve the mystery. Under this moonlight, let's illuminate the darkness."

The two cars that stopped facing each other turned on their high beams in unison, and several dazzling light spots illuminated a bright light and shadow on the shore.

The drivers on both sides opened their car doors and stood by the car looking at each other.

The driver's seats of vehicles from different origins are one on the left and one on the right. When they face each other like this, they really look like mirror images.

Glancing at the child wearing a mask in the car, Judy curled her lips and closed the door.

"What's wrong, new doctor? You're following me so late. What's wrong?"

Belmode, who also closed the car door with his backhand, frowned, without showing any flaws, and asked anxiously: "I should be the one to ask this question! Why did you suddenly come to take this child away, and what are you going to do to her? ?”

She spent a lot of effort to disrupt the FBI's operations, and even took risks by using the organization's channels to spread false rumors and direct the attention of those who followed her to the party on the cruise ship...

Unexpectedly, they were one step ahead and caught her eavesdropping on Shirley.

But it doesn't matter, everything is still according to her plan.

Not only did she attract the attention of other FBI agents in advance, but she also had her manpower arranged.

Even if there are still people who can react and rush to the scene... With those two people here, those people must have fallen in an unknown corner.

"No, no, don't get me wrong, I just took her out to have some fresh air and relax. After all, I have resigned and am very laid-back, completely different from you..."

The direction of this sentence was too obvious. Belmod pretended to frown even more tightly and continued to delay: "What do you mean, Teacher Judy?"

Calvados and Kumel must have noticed the movement here. What she needs now is to give them a few more minutes to find their respective shooting angles.

"After all, your father suddenly had an accident. You have to be responsible for the school work and the new clinic. You shouldn't have any time to care about the children, right?" Judy bent her eyes and broke out into a big smile.

As she spoke, she paid attention to the sound in her earphones.

There was no fluctuation in Tangze's voice, and he sounded extremely cold: "Be careful, Miss Judy. Calvados is approaching you, and you are about to enter his range. Pay attention to safety."

"...What are you talking about? My father temporarily left home due to a marriage change, and the new clinic is still his property."

"Haha, a wise man will make a mistake every time he thinks about it... You will also make a mistake one day. It's really interesting."

"What's wrong?"

"You only took the files related to Detective Mori, and after careful screening, you found Tomaki Shinde, a candidate who could easily get close to him, from his interpersonal relationships... But what you may not know is that since the heart Since the Phantom Thieves became active, some cases that do not involve criminal crimes, or that are difficult to characterize because of the "crime suspension", have been transferred by the criminal police to other departments for special filing..."

Belmod was stunned for a moment, and then slowly put away the pretended bewilderment on his face.

Judy pretended to smile and bent over, holding the car door with one hand, lowering her body a little so that her vital parts were covered as much as possible by the height of the car.

A specially modified special vehicle that can withstand the attacks of many special ammunition at medium and short ranges. It is unlikely that Calvados is waiting for her here with a rocket launcher.

"Shinde Tomaki's father received a notice letter from the Phantom Thieves of Heart, and he moved out of Shinde's home within a few days. He tacitly gave up control of the clinic and handed it over to his son in order to express his guilt. It seems that you Isn’t it true that you are trying your best when playing the role of Shinde Tomoe?”

Belmode exhaled and completely returned to his expressionless expression.

"Actually, we have noticed you since the Thomas Sindora incident. Thomas Sindora was escorted to the consulate after the press conference, but disappeared mysteriously that night. At the request of the embassy, ​​we investigated The entire list of guests attending the meeting... You probably decided to change your identity and enter the venue on a temporary basis."

Leaning on the car, Judy stared closely at the gentle false face, as if she had seen through it the face that appeared in every nightmare of hers.

"Who made you decide to give up your old identity and no longer be able to appear in front of the camera at will, Chris Wynyard."