The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"The house was set on fire, and the owner is missing...other than that, there are no other clues. To be honest, Brother Maori, I think if you can't solve this case by reasoning, I want the Search Class to allocate more manpower to this case. This case is very difficult.”

Mumu Shisan, who rushed to the scene, came to such an unoptimistic conclusion after conducting a preliminary on-site investigation.

"Because this case will not be treated as a homicide?" Mouri Kogoro frowned, looking at Yuan Jiaming's burned house, and he knew in his heart that what Megure Thirteen said was the truth.

He once served in the Investigation Division and knew very well that cases such as fires and disappearances received far less police resources and attention than homicide cases. Even more serious arson cases received less attention than serial arson cases. It is also difficult to deliver it to more elite team members.

There are more than 200 people in the search section, more than half of whom work in homicide-related teams, and the total number of people who specialize in handling arson cases is less than 30.

If Mouri Kogoro and others were not so familiar with Megure Thirteen and made the call reflexively, the current situation of the case would not have alarmed Megure Thirteen at all.

"Currently, although you claim that this is a case of home invasion violence that escalated into homicide, as far as the scene is concerned, there is no evidence that the owner may have died." Mumu Shisan pushed up his hat, equally embarrassed.

The public security in Tokyo is like this, and without detectives relying on reasoning to quickly advance the case, the limited manpower of the search department alone, let alone processing the backlog of files, will be exhausted when discovering cases.

The police in various countries have similar methods of handling criminal cases. Apart from technical methods, they have to visit door to door and follow clues one by one. This is why the detectives are pointing fingers at the police all day long, but everyone has a good temper. He said he didn't mind, so much so that Shinichi Kudo developed the title "Savior of the Japanese Police", which almost bluntly stated the incompetence of the police.

The resources and attention received by murder cases are incomparable with ordinary criminal cases. After current investigation, it is impossible to say what happened in this apartment.

"When we entered, we did see a message similar to a threatening letter..."

"The head of the household is a software engineer from a large company. It's not surprising that their industry is threatened by some peers." Megure Shisan patted Mouri Kogoro on the shoulder, "I understand your feelings, Moori brother, but just now the forensic department Colleagues sent back a message that there were no signs of prying off the door lock. Although a fire broke out, the damage area was not large and was mainly concentrated around electronic equipment. No signs of fighting were found at the scene. Currently, there is no support for the owner. Evidence of being victimized or kidnapped by arsonists.”

"In other words, the criminal's methods are very professional and he is an extremely skilled guy." Conan, who was holding his chin, took over his words and said in a deep voice.

It was only by chance that he learned the codename Kumail, but in subsequent confrontations, he began to gradually gain more weight in this codename.

"The traces were processed very well. According to the content of the threatening letter we saw when we came in, the victim was probably tricked into opening the door under coercion and inducement. No fingerprints or even footprints can be found..." Conan went further. Next, my mood became heavier and heavier.

This level of anti-reconnaissance awareness can no longer be summed up by a simple plan. It is like an exam. How can there be students who don’t want to get a perfect score? But those who fail don’t want to pass or get 100? ? Of course it’s because it can’t be done. It takes a guy with talent, training, and a little bit of luck to consistently get perfect scores.

The last similar criminal he saw was Gin.

In other words, this is probably the organization's usual way of committing crimes - simple, crude and direct. The less contact there is with the scene, the less evidence will be left behind, and it is easy to hide one's existence.

"The possibility you mentioned also exists. I really want to believe you, but I can't find it. The investigation of this case may only be transferred to the Arson Crime Investigation Department." He picked up the manual and the notes on it, indicating that he was helpless.

After entering a professional arson investigation, the direction of investigation and detection ideas are different from their violent crime investigation. It would be too difficult to pay attention and investigate it as a murder case again.

"Police Department!" While several people were talking, Shiratori Rensaburo quickly came over and glanced at the people on the detective's side. After thinking about it, he seemed to have nothing to avoid against Mouri Kogoro, so he did not lower his voice. " The news of the Phantom Thieves."

"Where?" Mumu Shisan nodded, his face showing no trace of shock or shake.

The activities of the Phantom Thieves of the Heart have relieved the pressure on Search Division 1 to a certain extent, but have increased their workload to another extent.

The current Search Class 1 doesn’t even have the space to occasionally make fun of Kaitou Kidd for Class 2 – everyone is a policeman chasing the Phantom Thief to eat exhaust fumes. At least Kaitou Kidd won’t be so active, and Class 2 still has the energy to take a vacation to recuperate. Rui, isn’t it?

"Nishitama City Twin Towers." Shiratori Rensaburo said this place name that was familiar to everyone, and his expression was inevitably weird.

Moori Kogoro and Conan, whose attention was still wandering around the scene, looked over when the familiar place name appeared.

"Oh, over there, it seems that the opening ceremony of the group is going to be held this weekend?" Touching his round chin, Mu Mu Shisan thought of the news that he had paid attention to recently, and suddenly realized, "That's not surprising. I received the notice letter. Who is it?”

The current police force is also very concerned about the Internet consultation related to the Phantom Thieves of the Heart. There are specialized technical personnel who will provide regular feedback. Looking at the comprehensive data, it does not mean that the Phantom Thieves of the Heart will not handle cases of ordinary people, but they will be used by them. Those who took it out for publicity and further expanded its influence were various wealthy nobles or social elites.

Since the company that built the skyscraper wants to hold a party where celebrities gather to build momentum for its company, then attracting the Phantom Thief of the Heart is also an inevitable risk that needs to be taken.

"This is the police department where the problem lies." Shiratori Rensaburo sighed with a headache, "We don't know yet."

"Huh?" Mumu Shisan raised his eyebrows.

"You'll know when you go to the site and see it."

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"this is……!"

Standing in the square in front of the Twin Towers, Mu Mu Thirteen looked up at the tall buildings reaching into the sky above, and was amazed.

"Maybe it's some kind of special paint that can't be seen from inside the building, like one-way mirror paint." Shiratori Rensaburo, who was following him, explained, "Even the Joban Group, the company to which the building belongs, has no We found out that we first received a report from a residential area closer to here and notified them before they discovered it.”

"So, this time the Phantom Thieves are targeting the entire group itself?"

"Why are you following here again..." When he turned around and saw Mouri Kogoro and others chasing after him, Mugu Shisan was helpless.

But he quickly looked away.

This guy Mouri Kogoro is not only constantly bringing overtime pressure on them with murders, but the Phantom Thieves of the Heart probably came to the stage with his debut. Even if he doesn't bring him here now, he will really come back later. To investigate and deal with it, we still need to call him here.

The detective can come as he pleases, and he can't stop him.

"There seems to be no such precedent in the past." Conan raised his head and looked up at the graffiti on the building, directly ignoring the question of how the Phantom Thieves painted the exterior walls of homes at a height of fifty or sixty floors.

He had personally seen Joker disappear after jumping from a height of tens of meters above the ground. Now that he was told that this guy might be able to fly, he wouldn't be particularly surprised.

After looking at the logo carefully for a moment, Conan watched it licking the towering buildings like a living flame in the sun. He thought of something and turned his head to look at the city facing the logo.

After writing a simple map in his mind and calculating the angles in his mind, Conan felt a sense of enlightenment.

Yes, this is the direction facing the observation elevator, which is where Ruyue Fengshui's mansion is located.

Kitagawa Yusuke followed the teacher and saw with his own eyes the hypocritical face of Mio Tokiwa, and met the smug architect and the fat-bellied congressman. He really felt the unfair treatment suffered by the teacher, and the Phantom Thieves of the Heart targeted him. Tokiwa Mio's banquet is almost an inevitable result.

And this graffiti, which is so flamboyant that it is destined to be seen by most of Tokyo due to the height of the Twin Towers, is probably the comfort that Kitagawa Yusuke gave to the teacher.

"This is trouble." Memu Shisan took the incomplete guest list compiled by Shiratori based on news reports and publicity, and pressed his forehead.

They are all guys who are difficult to deal with. The level of fatigue is higher when dealing with one case involving them than ten murder cases. During this period, they are always accompanied by constant supervision and interference from their superiors.

He suddenly felt that rather than encountering the Phantom Thieves' announcement, it might be better if what happened was a real murder. This would not only narrow the scope, but also make it easier for the people involved to cooperate.

"Since graffiti is painted directly on the building, Megure Police Department, I think we can start from the group itself." Mouri Kogoro looked up seriously at the huge Phantom Thieves logo, which looked like a torch standing on the spot. Gao Lou said bluntly, "If it was just for a certain individual, or to exaggerate, for the Sunday banquet, they could wait until the banquet started and then display it unexpectedly. Why spend so much energy and painstaking efforts to put the logo on Shown here."

This is very simple reasoning logic.

Since they all have the ability to directly draw their logo in such a difficult position without anyone noticing, it is even easier for the Phantom Thieves to make a stunning appearance at the banquet. There must be a reason for choosing such a method.

So, is the most likely target really Tsukiwa-senpai herself?

fair enough.

Mouri Kogoro exhaled and slowly loosened his hands in his pockets.

If they really take a step ahead of themselves, expose Mio Tokiwa's crime, and let her change her ways from the bottom of her heart...

It can be regarded as a solution that has the best of both worlds.

"It may also be due to the construction of the building itself." Real-life architecture enthusiast Shiratori Rensaburo said firmly, "This super high-rise skyscraper can be built in such a fast time. There are many hidden secrets."

Not talking about the impact of super high-rise buildings on the urban landscape, just to facilitate the approval of the building plan, directly bribed officials to tamper with the law, etc., it sounds like the Phantom Thieves would like it.

"Shall we directly use the reason of the Phantom Thieves of Heart to ask the relevant personnel to cooperate with the investigation?" Megure Thirteen nodded, confirming their views, but couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous about the scene that was about to happen.

The police must use the excuse that they may be targets of the Phantom Thieves to contact the villains who are potential targets of the Phantom Thieves and justify protecting them...

The whole thing is very outrageous, and it always feels like the Phantom Thieves of Hearts took away the painting style.

"Don't worry, I have experience in this kind of thing." Mouri Kogoro shrugged, "If we really hit the Phantom Thieves' target, believe me, they will be more anxious than you."

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Ruyue Fengshui, who was judged by Conan to be the main cause of the logo, was sitting in his studio with a very speechless expression.

He looked at the disgusting scene outside the floor-to-ceiling window, looked at the domineering patterns that seemed to be really starting to burn up, and couldn't help but shake his head.

He never expected that the mark left by the Phantom Thieves on Kitagawa Yusuke's painting was not entirely a provocation, but a warning of a crime.

Taking out the piece that Kitagawa Yusuke had dragged out as an exercise for his unstable mental state, he took it out again and placed it on the easel in front of him. Kasugetsu Minesui covered the warm-changing color block with his palm, letting the color hidden underneath The logo appeared again, and then the scene and the scene were compared.

I can’t say that there is no relationship, I can only say that they are exactly the same, even the position and height ratio of the logo are not much different.

Even at this moment, Mount Fuji is surrounded by clouds and mist in the background, giving the entire sky a gentle gray-blue color. It is exactly the same as the state painted by Kitagawa Yusuke in the picture.

Looking at the prophecy-like painting in his hand, Ruyue Fengshui sighed, then slowly took it out of the pile of practice paintings and hung it on the empty hook on the side.

Art is not a castle in the air suspended in the secular world, unstained by dust. It has always been the shadow of reality shining into the spirit, a projection of life and civilization, a sublimation and abstraction, and the power of the human heart that has been condensed and interpreted again.

Without spending too much energy on practice, with the emergence of this logo, I officially have the qualifications to become an art and deserve his respect.

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Back at the Metropolitan Police Hall, Mumu Thirteen sat directly in front of the conference table and looked around at everyone present.

I was actually mentally prepared when I invited them, but when I sat here and prepared to start the discussion, an indescribable and ridiculous feeling still came to my mind.

How weird, the next topic to discuss...

"Everyone, I've made a special trip here. I came here for nothing else. There are traces of the Phantom Thieves of the Heart on the outer wall of the Twin Towers skyscraper. You guys should have seen it. We are investigating the TOKIWA Group, which is The club where Ms. Tokiwa Mio serves as the chairman has checked the outsiders who have been in and out of the building in the past few days since it was opened, and found that you are on the visitor list. "

Up to this point, the topic was normal and could be interpreted as a routine police inspection.

But what happened next was so strange that Mumu Shisan had to take a deep breath in advance to prepare.

"Considering that you are the only people on the list who are related to the cases caused by the Phantom Thieves, I specially invite you to come here today to help us understand what happened after you entered the Twin Buildings."

After saying that, Megure Thirteen's condemning eyes couldn't help but drift towards Moori Kogoro.

You said you have nothing to do, why do you have to drag your whole family to visit someone else's place? He had to call the primary school students together.

Since Kogoro Mori is generally considered to be the main platform for the development of the Phantom Thieves' premise, other people who have interpersonal relationships with him have more or less been connected to the events of the Phantom Thieves of Heart.

Even the elementary school students were there. They were even rescued by the Phantom Thief of Heart after breaking up the robbers' search for stolen goods.

With the exception of Kitagawa Yusuke, everyone present was related to Mouri Kogoro, and Kitagawa Yusuke could not be said to have nothing to do with Mouri Kogoro.

When Megure Thirteen's glance naturally rested on Kitagawa Yusuke, Conan's gaze also looked in the same direction.

This is so true, isn’t it someone related to the Phantom Thieves?

You see, the Phantom Thieves have a member who acts as an ambassador to foreign countries.

Conan looked at Kitagawa Yusuke who put on his washed-out school uniform again and took out a notebook in a serious manner. He felt that he really had an internal odor.

"After entering the building, who have you come into contact with who may be targets? In recent days, Ms. Mio Tokiwa has been inviting celebrities and elites to visit alone. If they are all investigated, we will be under great pressure." Mu Shisan explained the purpose of today's inquiry.

In theory, the dispatch of the Phantom Thieves would be a good thing for the detectives who are chased by violent crimes. Except that they may have to work overtime and do more paperwork, the pressure will only be greatly reduced.

However, the Phantom Thieves' announcement this time was too public. It was so public that if they didn't seize the time and take action, they would probably face pressure from all parties.

What a bunch of guys who don't give people any peace of mind and are always trying to create new hot topics in their own way.

"Someone who can be a target..." Suzuki Sonoko reluctantly moved her gaze away from Kitagawa Yusuke, mainly on his face. She thought about Officer Megure's question for a moment and blurted out, "That drunk uncle. Is he a congressman? That guy really has his greed for money written all over his face."

Putting aside the issue of xinxing, Mio Tokiwa is still a well-maintained beauty even though she is over 30 years old. This is an objective fact.

When Oki Iwamatsu came closer, it was as if he was licking Tokiwa Mio directly with his eyes obscenely, which made people feel extremely uncomfortable.