The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"Hey, are you interested in accepting the award? That's fine with me." Tang Ze blinked and pretended to be dumbfounded.

"Who is interested?" Even though he was on the phone, Karasawa seemed to see Kuroba Kaito jumping three feet high. "Although the painting is very ordinary, it is also a work that I worked hard on. Do you want to Leave the award empty?”

"You say you have no interest in the Grand Prize, but in fact you are quite concerned about it..." Tang Ze raised his eyebrows and found it interesting.

"Just because I'm not in the industry doesn't mean that I don't know anything about the art world." Kuroba Kaito rolled his eyes, "Anyway, I've done what I need to remind you. If you really don't accept the award, I'm not the one who's embarrassed. ”

Kitagawa Yusuke is a fake member of the Phantom Thieves fabricated by Karasawa. His identity is an art student studying art at a vocational school in Cupido. His parents died and he was raised by a teacher who taught him painting. However, he was later exposed by the Phantom Thieves. His teacher plagiarized the works of his disciples and even took the legacy of Kitagawa Yusuke's mother as his own...

The above are all the character settings that Tang Ze told him in detail.

The setting is novel, the characters' motivations are complete, and it is very telling. If Kitagawa Yusuke becomes famous in the art world in the future, this is a background story that can be written into many art theory industry papers and journals.

Unfortunately, this story has a huge loophole, that is, Kitagawa Yusuke himself and his teacher do not exist.

As usual, registration for the Grand Prize needs to include the entrant's affiliation to facilitate communication with the Grand Prize. Once Karasawa himself did not go to receive the prize, the organizer of the Grand Prize contacted the relevant school in Cupido Town, and the identity of the other party would have to be solved. Will be exposed on the spot.

Thinking of this possibility, Kuroba Kaito, who felt unhappy no matter how much he thought about it, made the call.

Kuroba Kaito generally disagrees with many of Karasawa's tastes. He feels that although he calls himself a Phantom Thief, it is difficult to count him as a peer. Only in terms of cosplay, he highly praises Karasawa's serious attitude. of.

If you want to play a person, you should understand his words and deeds, and the logical motivations of various actions, so that they will not be easily seen through. And when the identity you need to play is a fictional character, you need a solid character background as supplementary material. .

Kuroba Kaito deeply agreed. When drawing this entry, he fully considered the character description given by Karasawa and imagined what kind of brushstrokes and style such a student painter would have, completely incorporating the other person's character. in perspective.

From the perspective of a mature art connoisseur, this painting is not mature enough or stunning enough. It needs more polishing and experience. However, from the perspective of an actor, Kaito Kuroba is quite proud of this work. .

It's a pity that this guy Tang Ze can't understand...

"Of course I haven't forgotten this." With Noah here, even if Tang Ze doesn't pay attention to it, the schedule that should be completed will be carried out under Noah's plan. "I'm just a little surprised. It turns out you quite like it." This is a painting.”

"Stop talking nonsense." Kuroba Kaito refused to admit it.

"Aren't you quite devoted when you were painting?" Karasawa squinted at the phone, trying to send his contemptuous eyes to Kuroba Kaito through the radio waves.

If it were Karasawa in the past, he would not be able to see so many things. Especially, as a person with extraordinary artistic appreciation, Kuroba Kaito does not have any personal works that have been circulated in the world. I want to analyze his style. It is difficult to find a basis for evaluation.

But now, he has the ability to appreciate, which comes from the personal abilities provided by his co-ops, and also includes the influence of Asai Narumi, Haibara Ai and others these days.

Kuroba Kaito's real level is definitely higher than that of the entry, but that doesn't mean that he made the painting casually. No matter what the reason, Karasawa is very grateful.

"Hey, you can actually see that..." Kuroba Kaito, who had always assumed that Karasawa had no artistic talent, and the rare part that he learned on the fly, was greatly shocked.

"Not only can I see it, I even think that if Kitagawa Yusuke really exists in the world... he should also like this painting very much." After imagining the attitude of the poor man himself, Karasawa smiled. .

Kitagawa Yusuke, who faced up to himself, struggled with emotions and was tempered by life, almost regarded painting as the meaning of his life. He must have been able to feel the strong emotions and gushing passion from that painting.

"...Okay, I take back my previous comment. You are still a sensible guy." The tone of the reply was quite reserved, but Kuroba Kaito's eyebrows on the other end of the phone were already raised proudly, "Even if you are like this If all the entry-level players can feel it, then this award is well deserved. Come on, my tasteless ally, let Kitagawa Yusuke’s name be heard all over the world.”

"So, you are ready to continue participating in character creation? I know that you still like Kitagawa's story." Karasawa took the words smoothly and climbed along the pole smoothly, "Thank you in advance."

"Hey! Who agreed! You didn't say this was a long-term order at the beginning!"

"Ah? What did you say? Well, it looks like the signal is not good. Let's settle it first."

"Your acting is too exaggerated. Hey, Tang Ze! Damn it, you still hung up on me. The price of your next painting will have to go up. The price will go up!"

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"Is this the target data you are about to process?" After playing with the web page background on the computer for a while, Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at the names neatly listed in the to-do list by Noah and asked curiously.

"Yes. The number of views on the website is relatively large now, and it is difficult for just a few of us to manually process this information, so Noah is doing the preliminary screening, and only those who are undecided will be handed over to us for decision-making. This Hoshikawa and June are usually in charge of the work," Miyano Akemi filed the compiled accounts and answered casually.

Tang Ze usually does this by himself when it comes to getting new team members familiar with the work style.

However, he was called away by a call from Kuroba Kaito and rushed to Cupido Town to process Kitagawa Yusuke's identity and background. Hoshikawa Teru went to Teidan to study, and the job fell on Miyano Akemi.

"Then how do you determine whether the other party needs to 'change their mind'? I checked the website for a while, and the anonymous commenters seemed to provide some ambiguous information. How do you distinguish between the truth and the truth?" Regarding the work of the Phantom Thieves, Zhu Fu Jingguang was still very curious.

He just understood the current situation through Hoshikawa Teru's dry introduction and cooperated with his own inquiries on the Internet. Although he had anticipated the development of the matter at that time, he had not agreed to join the Phantom Thieves after all, so he politely said No questions asked.

Later, after meeting Rei Fukiya, Rei gave him some instructions, but judging from his appearance, he didn't know much about the work of the Phantom Thieves.

Especially when Rei told him after much struggle, "It's best not to tell me any information that goes against the rules and interests of the Phantom Thieves." That kind of regret that the information was in advance but could not be inquired out of morality for a friend, It's written all over his face.

It feels like a lot of hard work, zero.

"That's right..." Miyano Akemi, who had finished organizing the documents, remembered something and turned to look at Morofushi Kagemitsu thoughtfully, "You have joined the Phantom Thieves without ever seeing the situation there. Where are the people..."

Zhu Fu Jingguang's resurrection is closely related to the cognitive world, but when he woke up in the real world, what he has been dealing with since waking up are also the interpersonal relationships related to the past when he died, as well as the beginning and end left behind at that time, For example, the Japanese public security system has not eradicated clean organizational forces or anything like that. He has indeed not been exposed to the real cognitive world.

Considering the trajectory of the Phantom Thieves' development to the present, this situation is relatively rare for Zhufu Jingguang. Perhaps only Hoshikawa Teru, who just decided to stay, has experienced a similar period.

Miyano Akemi was resurrected after committing suicide, and was taken back to the cognitive world that night, not to mention that she knew something about the research of Karasawa and his wife;

Noah's Ark was not a human being in the first place. Being able to possess a human mind is probably inseparable from the knowledge of the world. It is still impossible to say whether he is a resident of the cognitive world or a human creation.

Narumi Asai, who completed the revenge plan directly through the channels of the Phantom Thieves, is a rare powerful mask user who awakens after facing his own shadow;

Not to mention Shimabukuro Kimie, the girl who looks gentle and energetic is actually a ruthless person from her hometown...

After counting on her fingers, Miyano Akemi couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

After all this calculation, does the Phantom Thieves really have a so-called normal "entry path"? It feels like each of them is a special case...

"It may be difficult to explain clearly in words. Well, when Xingchuan comes back from school, I will call Tang Ze together and take you to participate in daily work. You should get familiar with it soon."

"Okay, do you need to make any preparations?" Although he didn't quite understand what Baikuno Akemi's subtle expression meant, Zhufu Jingguang still agreed.

Now that I have agreed to join them, no matter how complicated the work is, as long as I can help, I just need to work hard to get started.

"Get ready..." After recalling the personas flying around and Karasawa's style of shouting out skill names non-stop during battles, Miyano Akemi's eyes wandered, "Well, you should understand this when you see it. Ah, yes Yes, you are using a sniper rifle, right?"

"...Huh? Well, it is indeed."

"Okay, then go to the armory and pick out two convenient firearms for yourself. Remember to prepare enough ammunition. Our workload is still relatively heavy now."

As for cold weapons and so on... this doesn't count now, it still depends on what the opponent's mask will do after awakening.

...If you are invited here by Karasawa, you will definitely be awakened, right?

Miyano Akemi touched her chin uncertainly.

Zhufu Jingguang, who didn't expect that the daily work of the Phantom Thieves sounded so war-torn: "..."

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My name is Kogoro Mori, and I am a detective.

Although every day is full of mundane tasks, such as searching for people, investigating affairs, looking for cats and dogs, etc., sometimes they also encounter many bloody incidents.

The motivation is nothing more than revenge, money, or emotional entanglement, etc. Human beings are always involved in fights and entanglements for similar reasons.

There is nothing new under the sun, it is such a sick world...

Therefore, whenever he was bored with the rights and wrongs of the detective industry, he would come to the Polo Café downstairs.

Just a cup of coffee like this can relieve one's mental fatigue from the day...

“Pfft—so, so hot!”

Conan, who chewed the straw in his juice, turned his head speechlessly and looked at Mouri Kogoro, who kept inhaling and fanning his tongue.

"It's so rare that you came downstairs to drink coffee this morning." Putting the drinks on the tray in front of the guests at another table, Azusa Enomoto walked over to Kogoro Mori and greeted with a smile, "I made an appointment with the client. Is this a meeting or something?”

Although detectives basically have offices where they work, judging from Mr. Amuro's appearance, there are always some clients who like to talk about work in other environments.

Well, if you think about it carefully, every time Mr. Amuro wants to leave early, the place he goes to feels a little bad, such as a bar, a high-end restaurant...

Considering the appearance of Mr. Amuro and his only employee Akechi-san, it is really worrying whether the client has other ideas.

"That's not true. Xiaolan is going to participate in a karate training camp this weekend to prepare for the next competition. The two of us are too lazy to make breakfast..." Mouri Kogoro laughed awkwardly.

Well, even after he became a famous detective, his firm did not become popular because of it. Instead, it was because of the rumors about the Phantom Thief of the Heart and the accidental constitution that kept many ordinary clients away.

In contrast, Amuro Detective Agency, which has a great advantage because of its top, oh no, golden employee looks, and has been promoted by the media, seems to have the tendency to become a new Internet celebrity agency in Tokyo. He has many clients, It was all because Goro Akechi was too busy and kindly introduced me here...

After thinking about it, I felt really unhappy.

"Besides, it happens to be the weekend. Occasionally I have to take a break from the continuous incidents and take a good rest." Mouri Kogoro cleared his throat and said with a serious face.

"Oh, that's it -" Azusa Enomoto, who had a confused and stern expression on his face, nodded in agreement.

Conan silently drank the drink in the cup and silently took two bites of the cheese sandwich.

What's going on today, uncle? He seems to be pretending.

I didn’t hear that Aunt Fei Yingli is coming today, or what kind of interview he will participate in next...

Conan looked at the newspaper in Mouri Kogoro's hand, and his eyes were suddenly attracted by the photo on the second page.

"Wow, I really won the prize." Regardless of whether Mouri Kogoro was still holding the newspaper, Conan took out the page and looked closer, "I thought..."

He also thought that the reason why Kitagawa Yusuke used the art student as a cover for his identity was because of his special cognitive ability, which was related to painting.

Well, his current teacher - according to him, he is only a nominal disciple, but he insists on calling him that - Kisaragi Hosui is indeed an excellent Japanese painter. If his level is not good enough, it will be difficult for him to be accepted by the other party. Fancy it.

"You're only a sophomore in high school and you won first place in the World Art Awards. It's quite impressive." Seeing the photos displayed on the page in Conan's hand, Mouri Kogoro nodded, "It's not bad. You don't need to worry about going to school. Problem."

"Not only do you not need to worry..." Conan glanced at him with half-moon eyes, "This is a very impressive achievement, just like winning the Olympic championship before graduating from high school."

Not to mention being students, even at those well-known art universities, many professors may not have such a resume?

With such a big prize winner in hand, as long as Kitagawa Yusuke thinks, he can choose any university in Japan. Whoever recruits him will be equivalent to booking a series of honors, and there is no need to worry about promotional materials in the next few years. .

"So awesome..." Mouri Kogoro paused and couldn't help but sigh, "Then if Xiaolan can win the karate championship or something..."

"Y-it should be no problem." Conan stuttered, feeling an indescribable phantom pain when he thought of Xiaolan going to the training camp in high spirits early in the morning, and he didn't know what kind of encouragement he was inspired by.

How should I put it, I have a feeling that if I don’t pay attention when talking to Xiaolan in the future, I may be forced to take leave again...

"Good morning, fellow citizens!! I am Beishou Shuhei!!"

The sound amplified by the loudspeaker echoed on the street, passed through the barrier of floor-to-ceiling glass, and was still transmitted extremely loudly into the coffee shop.

Mouri Kogoro and Conan, whose words were interrupted, turned to look and saw a van with a bust photo of a middle-aged man with a heroic appearance and a passionate face driving past the entrance of the coffee shop.

"The current situation of impetuous people and deteriorating public security situation has made our livable city too noisy!! I hope everyone will use your precious vote to make a choice. I highly appreciate Zhou Ping and he will definitely create a quiet city for everyone!!"

Is it true? I don’t believe it. You are not quiet at all now...

Mouri Kogoro watched speechlessly as the vehicles and the people sitting inside waving flyers passed by. He turned back and continued the topic: "Tedan High School also attaches great importance to the honor of students. If Xiaolan can get it this time, With a good ranking, the school will give special recognition, right? Then we can participate in the activities as family members..."

"The last time you went to Didan to participate in an event, a psychiatrist who was about to join the company died in Didan..."

"Hey, don't talk like I was the one who killed you, okay? No matter what, having honor is a good thing for the school!"

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The current mood of Cupido Arts High School is almost the same as what Mouri Kogoro described.

The plump principal squeezed the phone receiver in his hand, wiping the sweat from his forehead while trying his best to communicate socially with the other person.

"Oh, oh, did a student from our school win the first place in the Grand Prize? That's really amazing! K-Kitagawa Yusuke-kun? Uh, ah, yes, yes, I remember him. Of course I remember him. He is a very good person. An outstanding student, he seems to be the student representative of our class, yes, yes, he is an outstanding talent who regards art as the only direction in life..."

Oops, I don’t remember this student at all... But someone who can receive such an award should definitely not be an unknown ordinary student...

Could it be that this number one made a typo when writing about school? In order not to be embarrassed, should we find out which school he went to and find a way to persuade him to transfer his student status...