The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"Belmod?" Mouri Kogoro crossed his arms and confirmed in a shocked tone, "Do you mean, is this person asking you to complete the murder plan?"

As he spoke, he glanced at the frightened face of the deceased on the ground.

Is this the real challenge of inviting someone to solve a carefully planned murder?

"That's not the case..." the man wearing the werewolf hood said in a slightly weaker voice, "I want to kill Producer Fukuura. This is my own idea."

"Why? Just because of the casting problem of the movie?" Mouri Kogoro guessed as he looked around the ship full of monsters and monsters.

"No, a series of works that I liked very much was judged by him to have insufficient commercial value. He ended it hastily and started making ghost captain movies that could only deceive children. He also complacently compared himself to leading a fleet forward. Captain...I hate him very much."

Mouri Kogoro curled his lips. Although he was disdainful, he did not comment much on his idea.

Having experienced several scenes of lovers killing each other for various reasons, Mouri Kogoro chose to shut up at this time with great enthusiasm.

After explaining the murder scene, he also figured out why the party on the boat was like this.

This is an event held by the Dead Film Company to build publicity for the film, and is always held before casting begins.

The mummy, who was almost framed by a werewolf, was asked by the deceased to sneak into the scene to play the role of an NPC in a puzzle game, while looking for excellent makeup artists and monster actors.

Fans of the series of movies are well aware of this process, and the prize for the decryption event is a set of movie tickets for the preview screening.

It has to be said that in order to build momentum for this series of movies, the film company spent a lot of money.

The werewolf, immersed in some kind of panic, still kept talking: "I wrote this incident on a wish-making website on the Internet. I said that I resented Producer Fukuura so much that I wanted to kill him. However, Then, not long after, a man who called himself Belmode sent me a message. He said that he could help me prepare a killing plan and supplies, so I might as well give it a try..."

"Huh? Just because of this motive and this kind of childish temptation, you really killed someone?" Mouri Kogoro's eyebrows jumped wildly.

"Of course I refused at first!" The werewolf's voice became louder. "I vented my dissatisfaction online, and I didn't really want to kill anyone? But it didn't take long for me to start receiving all kinds of photos. Secretly filming me and My relatives, taped recordings of my phone calls, and even detailed records of my daily actions..."

As he told the story, he seemed to have once again entered the bone-chilling fear of that time.

His voice trembled.

"There are too many, and they are getting closer and closer. A whole carton is filled and sent to my home. I, I dare not refuse anymore. The other party seems to be saying that if I continue to refuse or call the police, I will encounter Unexpected!"

"Okay, you should go to the police station to talk about the next thing." Mouri Kogoro winked, and several young adults next to him came forward, each grabbing the werewolf's arms and clothes to prevent the other party from resisting. Violent and hurtful.

The werewolf, whose crime was exposed in front of so many people, did not resist. He lowered his head dejectedly and allowed several people to pull him toward the cabin.

"As expected of Kudo Shinichi!" The murderer was taken away, and the atmosphere at the scene became lively again, "Amazing!"

“It’s well-deserved for being able to solve the case in such a short time!”

"Where." Hattori Heiji, who was holding the observation tower, listened to the movement on the other end of the earphones and laughed.

Belmod had used all her cards and thought she had the wisdom and control over the situation. This was the moment when she was most relaxed.

And what he wanted to do was to deliver a fatal blow at the weakest moment.

"I was able to solve it quickly because the prisoner and I had similar ideas and used the same technique."

"What do you mean by the same technique?" Suzuki Sonoko, who was shivering in the cool sea breeze for a while while holding a broom, couldn't stand it anymore. "Didn't the prisoner add his hood on top of the mummy's bandage? Yours meaning is?"

"So, that's..."

"boom--"

As soon as Belmode put her finger on the trigger, the sound of shattering bulletproof glass was heard first, and the flying glass shards hit her face head-on.

Instinctively, he dodged, and Hattori Heiji's voice, which was completely different from Kudo Shinichi's, happened to come from the earphones.

The revolver in his hand was knocked away by the powerful and heavy ball, and his wrist felt a pain like dislocation, which made Belmod instinctively take two steps back and give up his position.

She raised her head and looked at the passenger seat where the glass was completely shattered.

"Hai Yuan Ai" who was sitting there pushed open the car door, stepped on the torn glass shards, and stood in front of her.

The attacker stepped on broken glass and tried to give her a fatal blow...

Everything was exactly the same as the murder she arranged on the ship, like some kind of confirmation of fate.

"You..." Belmod looked at the calm child and darkened his face.

"My name is Edogawa Conan, and I am a detective." The little boy wearing headphones took off his disguise and revealed a serious face.

On the other end of the headset, Hattori Heiji also wiped off his disguise, lifted the mask prepared by Kudo Yukiko for him, and revealed his true face.

"He is indeed a detective, but it's just this one." Hattori Heiji smiled confidently and put down the microphone connected to the ship's broadcast.

The next words were conveyed to Conan alone through the microphone in his hand.

"Kudo, it's settled here. You should also speed up."

"You know the situation about Detective Mori, then you should also know its power. Get in the car, and then go directly to the police station and explain it later." Conan thanked Hattori Heiji for his help in his heart, and said seriously. He raised his face and opened the watch with a dial.

"Edogawa Conan..." Repeating his self-proclaimed name, Belmod looked at him with complicated emotions.

If only she and Kumel were present, even if Kudo Shinichi's name was called, it would not affect the overall situation.

However, there is still a troublesome guy named Calvados in the communication.

Although she plans to let Kumail finish this guy tonight, God knows if the paranoid organization has some secret mines planted on Calvados, the person she is most likely to mobilize.

Therefore, after just reading the pseudonym once, Belmode stopped talking and pursed his lips.

"Don't move. Your current position is between us and the sniper. That guy can't shoot." Conan pointed out her current situation and continued to request, "After Teacher Judy gets in the car, please get in the car too. Do you know the way to the police station? If you don’t, I’ll show you the way, so don’t play tricks.”

Looking down at the child, who was only as high as her own waist, pointing his watch at her seriously, Belmod couldn't help but smile even though the situation was getting worse.

This look is really indescribably funny and cute.

Since she is such a vicious and unscrupulous member of the organization, how can we assume that she only has Calvados as a foreign aid?

It's one thing that she decided to act without authorization, making it impossible to call in other support, but it's another thing that the detective should have foreseen the crisis.

If it weren't for the fact that the second sniper was also impossible to hurt him, cool guy's life would probably be in danger now.

After that, Kumail needs to teach Cool Guy how to deal with dangerous moments more effectively. He can use a small tranquilizer gun, but it cannot threaten gun-wielding gangsters like them.

Just as he was about to continue to say some intimidating words, another hurried footsteps approached quickly from behind the container.

The sound of small footsteps and small breathing did not sound like any well-trained personnel...

During the confrontation, Conan and Belmod looked distractedly at the same time.

Wearing a windbreaker, with a pale face but extremely firm steps, Haiyuan Ai appeared from the other side of the container.

"Haiyuan, you! Quick, leave quickly——"

Seeing that Conan was also looking shocked, Belmod quickly squatted down, grabbed the watch on his wrist, and turned it over.

After pinching the button on the side disguised as a clockwork device, a tiny anesthesia needle popped out and hit Conan himself.

Pulling out another pistol from the holster hidden on his calf, Bermod aimed it at the sudden appearance of Haibara Ai. At the same time, he did not forget to continue to use his body to cover the fallen Conan and Judy, who was pressing the wound and gasping for air.

She couldn't reveal any preference for the cool guy, but she couldn't let Calvados really hurt him, so it was better to continue to act as a human cover.

"Let me see who is here. Shirley, it's been a long time."

"Belmod." Looking at the black muzzle of the gun and the murderous face of Belmod behind him, Haiyuan Ai's lips trembled, but he moved forward step by step very firmly.

Relax, relax, don't let Belmode find any flaws.

I have to believe in Tangze's ability. As long as he is here, he will not let anyone hurt me.

Relax, relax...

Keeping silently in his mind, Haiyuan Ai straightened his breathing and came up with the excuse he had prepared long ago: "Don't implicate other people. I know you have discovered me. Even if you are arrested, as long as I am still alive, you will still catch me. Ends of the world.”

"You are very self-aware, stupid girl." Seeing her heroic sacrifice, trying to save others with her own sacrifice, Belmod narrowed her eyes.

"There is no way. The last remnants of Karasawa and Miyano are in my hands. You have already obtained so many things, there is no way you can leave the last key alone." Haibara Ai, who had already memorized these lines by heart, said without even thinking. answer.

She had to follow Karasawa's idea, cover up the identity of Karasawa, and act like she knew about Karasawa's death, but did not tell Conan and others due to various conditions.

...If you think about it carefully, accident seems like a choice you would make.

Hui Yuarai smiled mockingly.

Facing her current smile, Belmod's side face twitched inconspicuously.

What a familiar expression, and such a familiar tone...

"You, the whole family, have exactly the same disgusting appearance." Suppressing his emotions and not letting himself appear more violent, Belmod sneered, "If you want to hate it, just hate that your parents are a group of people who took over Stupid research guy."

Along with the expression on this young face, those horrific pains, those heart-rending screams, and the sharp pain that pierced the nerves like a curse during countless sleepless nights, all came to her heart one by one, and she almost couldn't control the explosion. Out of anger and resentment.

No, I can't go on. Just now, let's end this guy's life full of sin...

She raised her arm and adjusted her sight. Just when she was about to fire, another, louder gunshot came from above.

Belmode turned his head suddenly and saw the girl who narrowly missed the muzzle of the gunfire.

Adrenaline surged crazily, and Mao Lilan, whose mind was in a mess of thoughts, turned over and jumped out of the trunk, sprinting in the direction of Haibara Ai without hesitation.

This kid, what did this kid just say? !

No, those can be discussed in detail later. She only knew that she could not endure it any longer.

Murder and killing were about to happen before her eyes, and there was only one thought in her mind.

Save her, save Karasawa's sister, or rather, save an innocent victim!

"What! No, Calvados! Wait!"

Seeing that slender figure, he rushed forward and hugged Haiyuan Ai tightly in his arms. Belmod felt as if his heart was about to jump out of his throat.

However, when she opened her mouth to stop him, another bullet grazed the feet of Mao Lilan who fell to the ground, causing a spark on the steel plate.

"No, don't! Get out of the way, Angel!" Belmode blurted out with an angry roar as blood surged from his mouth.

No, it was too late, she could not tell Calvados anything about them, and in Calvados' eyes, a fragile girl was no different from a monotonous human target in the shooting range.

Can't wait any longer!

"Kumel!"

Judy, who was crawling towards her pistol, paused. Conan, whose eyelids were trembling, couldn't help but follow her shout and tried to open his eyes.

Hui Yuan Ai, who was hugged hard by Mao Lilan, smelled the vanilla-scented softener on her body, looked over her shoulder and looked at the night sky with the bright moon hanging high.

Karasawa heard everything through his headphones, but his breathing rate didn't change at all.

He looked through the scope at the man lying on the top of the container.

Tang Ze held the gun in his hand steady and suddenly recalled the scene a few months ago.

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"...Although you seem to have made your decision without permission, Tangze, I want to confirm it with you again. Do you understand what it means to stay?"

The green eyes under the brim of Akai Shuichi's hat were like two clusters of green flames under the light, seemingly penetrating through Karasawa's eyes and looking directly at the soul behind him.

"My uncle and aunt have died, and before that, more people paid the price. This is not the time to be a hero casually. The fact that you can stand here and get a chance to escape danger is the result of countless sacrifices and blood. .”

Akai Shuichi lowered his eyes and looked at the photo in his hand.

In the photo, Xingchuan Hui's eyes are lifeless. A pair of eyes that should appear bright because of their color are like caves soaked in the dark night, unable to reflect any light.

"Giving up a rare glimmer of life lightly...Tang Zezhao, if even you fail, everyone's efforts and struggles will be in vain.

"Can you bear this heavy power? Do you really know what to do next?"

There was no sadness or nostalgia on his face. That kind of calmness was not indifference, but a kind of calmness that was used to seeing life and death. He had lost too much and had gone too far.

A kind of calm that Tangze is very familiar with.

Feeling this calmness and the turbulent undercurrent that followed, Karasawa did not show the slightest fear or hesitation as Akai Shuichi expected.

He laughed.

"I know, I know... Brother Xiuyi. It is precisely because I know that I cannot pass this hatred on to others."

It was precisely because of this hatred, this hatred that carried so many heavy responsibilities and beliefs, that he made that choice in the first place.

He was physically disabled, but the rage that was burning all the time still echoed in his ears.

"No one understands their efforts better than me, and no one wants an answer more than me. Therefore, I don't think anyone values ​​the choice at this time more than me."

Akai Shuichi stared at Karasawa's face and also felt calm in it.

A kind of calm before boiling, a kind of calm before ignition, a kind of dark calm before thunder is about to break through the sky.

"I can do it, I can do it better than anyone else." Tang Ze stood there, his straight back like a javelin stuck straight there, "Give me a chance, you won't be disappointed."

Akai Shuichi studied his expression, and the corners of his straight mouth finally raised a little.

Yes, I can do it better than anyone else.

That's why, despite the opposition of his family, he left home for many years and embarked on this path without looking back.

Should I say that they are truly blood-related family members?

"good."

"I am you...you are me..."

…

"I, the Emperor's Mask was born with the wind of blessing"

"For more help to fly to the end..."

The interface that he had seen many times popped up in front of Tangze.

【cooperation Akai Shuichi】

[Arcana: Emperor rank 1]

[This is a job you are all too familiar with, and this is a situation you are all too familiar with.

Alone, I plunged into the raging waves of revenge. For ten years, I was alone, huddled and alone...

At the moment you stood at the end, did you ever feel a moment of hesitation and regret for the past? Was the life lost for this, the self sacrificed for this, freed at that moment?

Presumably, his answer is the same as yours, fool. 】

[Acquired ability "Sniper Mastery\