The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"Well, may I ask, is this lady a tourist coming to participate in the fireworks display?"

"Ah? Uh, what can you do?"

"No, no, I just look familiar to you. You might be traveling with us. I wanted to ask if you need a ride..."

Tang Ze, who lowered his head to choose the ice cream, sighed secretly. Following Conan's increasingly fierce tugging on his trousers, he straightened up and looked at the speaker: "Sorry, we have to go shopping for a while longer. Thank you for your kindness. ”

The man who spoke looked at Tang Ze's face and the two girls standing very close to him, laughed twice, and left voluntarily.

Mao Lilan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stood behind Suzuki Sonoko, hiding herself deeper into the stall to avoid encountering more chats.

Suzuki Sonoko glanced at the retreating figures of the two people, and then looked at Karasawa who lowered his head to choose a flavor again. He silently raised the camera in his hand and captured two lovers sitting on the edge eating ice cream.

"Sure enough, my strategy is really meaningless." While filming, she said in a resentful tone, "After standing in the crowd, no one noticed me at all. It's really disgusting."

"Eh? Is it because Tang Ze is here?" Mao Lilan looked at Tang Ze's profile without realizing it, "If you have such a good boy with you, no one will dare to talk to you."

Yes, if Tang Ze were not here, there would probably be an endless stream of people talking to Xiao Lan...

Suzuki Sonoko angrily took the smoothie handed over by Karasawa, bit the spoon and stopped talking.

"Would you like to try a different style like last time? The red hair style last time suited you very well." Looking at Suzuki Sonoko sympathetically, Karasawa suggested kindly, "That way you will be more likely to turn heads than now. Right?"

And it can also avoid some situations where the appearance attracts ill will, whether it was last time or this time.

To be fair, Suzuki Sonoko is definitely not bad looking. Although she usually talks and acts carelessly, she is a wealthy daughter of a conglomerate after all, and she is not lacking in refinement or nobility.

It's just that Mao Lilan's appearance is indeed more in line with Japanese aesthetics than her. Her long black hair and soft and demure temperament are more likely to attract attention.

In this scene of getting to know each other based on first impression, Suzuki Sonoko standing next to her would indeed be easily ignored if her style was not strong enough.

"No, I said we are going to adopt a civilian strategy, so we must use the most daily state!" Suzuki Sonoko took a big mouthful of ice and shook her head stubbornly.

Tang Ze could see a bit of loneliness on her face and couldn't help but pat her head to express comfort.

Refusing to use deliberate techniques to gain attention, but still yearning for romantic encounters and love, being able to be noticed at a glance in a sea of ​​people, is really full of youthful troubles.

The moment Tang Ze patted her head, a strong gaze came from a certain direction.

Tang Ze paused, then naturally retracted his hand, and looked in the direction of his sight without any trace, but he could no longer find the source of his sight.

Tsk, this is a guy who only knows how to follow secretly, but doesn’t dare to come into contact with him openly...

"But I think Mr. Lan is right. If I'm here, I'm afraid many people will stay away. How about I go somewhere else first to give you some space?" Tangze said as he retracted his hand.

His teammates didn't know where they were yet, so he just left the team for a while to meet them.

"It's not necessary. Just have fun when you come out. Hey, the scenery in Izu is pretty good." Suzuki Sonoko shook her head, but couldn't help but dig the ice a little faster.

If I had known this, why would there be so many people here? I should have rented a car and found a resort to relax...

"Why don't we go back to the hotel to change into a yukata first? It's better to come out early so as not to miss a seat." Seeing that his friend was not in a good mood, Mao Lilan suggested.

Tang Ze lowered his head and looked at Conan, each picked up his own ice cream and stopped talking.

Even if Mao Lilan only wore a set of inconspicuous gray sweaters today, if they all put on the hotel's yukata and walked out, the chance encounter with Suzuki Sonoko would be even more ruined.

Just as Karasawa was about to propose splitting up again, a hand suddenly stretched out from the side and directly hooked his shoulder and slapped him twice: "Hey, isn't this Karasawa-kun? What a coincidence, you are also traveling in Izu?"

Tang Ze's movements stopped for a moment, and he turned to look at the person who was approaching him with a smile. He looked at the sunglasses on the other person's face and twitched the corners of his mouth twice.

Hey, hey, I said this state is close to yours, but I don’t mean that you can be confident enough to do cosplay by changing a wig and sunglasses...

Fortunately, you still remembered to cover your face, otherwise you wouldn't be able to fool even Conan...

Conan is already the bottom line for our team to lose. If he can see through it, we might as well stop playing!

There was a burst of silent complaints in his heart, but Tang Ze still took the role dutifully.

His expression quickly turned to shock, his hand trembled twice as the other person slapped him, and the spoon in his hand fell back into the paper bowl of ice cream.

Conan, who noticed his movement, turned his gaze. He originally wanted to observe the new guy carefully, but now he couldn't help but take a closer look at Tang Ze's expression.

Tang Ze did recognize this person who suddenly appeared. The expression on his face was closer to being at a loss than to being surprised, even a little panicked.

Obviously, Tang Ze did not expect this person's appearance at all, and was very resistant to him.

"Yes, it's you, Mr. Adachi..." Karasawa turned around, as if blocking his view of the others, but in fact, while turning around, he elbowed Matsuda Jinpei.

The character biography says that this person is usually very carefree, but in private his heart is full of black mud, but you are going too sinister, so please put down the smile on your face!

"Ahem," Jinpei Matsuda, who was hurt by his ruthless elbow, rubbed his ribs. He managed to control his sinister smile a little and entered into a normal chatting state, "Long time no see. Oh, I heard you went to Tokyo? Are you traveling to Izu?”

"...Yes." Karasawa distractedly used his heel to push Conan back, who was about to probe for observation, and replied in a low voice.

Matsuda's face now only has some simple makeup changes done with Shimabukuro Kimie's help. He hasn't finished shaping his face for Toru Adachi's ID photo yet, so I can't let you look too carefully.

The observation was interrupted again by Karasawa. In order to prevent him from getting close to him again and attracting his attention, Conan had to retreat to Maori Lan.

Beyond the blockage of Tang Ze's body, he could only see the casual posture of the short-haired man standing opposite him, and his words that seemed to have meaning no matter how he heard them.

"Oh, isn't it a pretty good life? I also met such a cute girl. That puts me at ease. With your personality, I thought you would be bullied if you went to live alone in Tokyo."

"Please worry, I'll be fine by myself."

"I can agree that you leave Tokyo and travel on your own. The Metropolitan Police Department has found a good prosecutor for you. He takes good care of you."

"..."

"Why this expression? Did I not take good care of you enough before and made you dissatisfied? I'm really sorry. I am often said to be a careless person."

"How could that be? Thank you for taking care of me before, Officer Adachi."

"Hahaha, don't call me that. I'm no longer a policeman. However, we might have a chance to meet you again in Tokyo in the future."

As the two of them talked, the man known as Adachi once again put his arm around Karasawa's shoulder and patted him. He firmly held down Karasawa's attempt to block him again, and showed a gentle smile to the three stunned people. smile.

"It's a rare encounter here. I'll have a chat with Karasawa-kun. Would you mind lending him to me for a while, lovely ladies?"

The three people who noticed the strange atmosphere between them looked at each other, and then all looked in Tang Ze's direction.

Tangze, who lowered his gaze and stared at his toes, didn't give them any response. He just nodded slightly to express that he had no objection.

Although they thought there was something strange about this Adachi, none of the parties involved objected, and they had no reason to stop him. They could only watch the man drag Karasawa and leave arm in arm.

"Who is that person? I thought I heard Tang Ze call him police officer just now?" Mao Lilan frowned, recalled hard for a moment, and shook his head hesitantly, "I haven't seen him before, he shouldn't be a Tokyo detective, right?"

Nor the Tokyo police.

Conan, who was silent, added in his mind.

In the case of Futo Kyosuke, it seems that it was because of the activities of selling illegal drugs that Fudo Kyosuke secretly carried out. In addition to the search section responsible for investigating the murder, the case also involved police officers from the National Police Agency.

None of them had the same characteristics as this person, and Conan was very confident in his memory.

"He said he no longer serves as a police officer. What does that mean?" Suzuki Sonoko also had no time to worry about the issue of whether to strike up a conversation or not. She held her chin in thought.

"He's not a police officer from the First Search Division, and he doesn't seem to be from Tokyo either..." Mao Lilan thought for a moment, looked down at Conan who was bowed in thought, and shook his head slightly, "Forget it, wait until Karasawa comes back and ask again. Him."

"Then let's go back to the hotel early and change into our yukata before Karasawa can find us."

"Okay, I'll send Tangze an email and tell him to meet him back at the hotel later..."

While the two girls were muttering, Conan had already taken out the mobile phone in his pocket and was typing quickly to edit the email.

He was not a Tokyoite, nor a Tokyo policeman, nor a criminal police officer from other counties they had encountered before.

So, where is the police officer that Tangze might know?

[Hattori, do you know the policeman named Adachi? Or is there any information related to the Karaze case you investigated?

I suspect Karasawa met the police he had contact with during his interrogation in Kyoto. 】

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The dark-skinned man following them not far away looked at the girls who seemed to have decided to go back to the hotel immediately, and then looked at Tang Ze who was being taken away by the man in the black suit. After hesitating again and again, he turned around and followed in the direction Tang Ze left. past.

This place is not far from the hotel. Since the two of them will go back quickly to shower and change clothes, there should be no danger for the time being.

The girl named Mao Lilan should be Suzuki Sonoko's friend who knows karate. If the two of them are together, there will probably be no problem with their safety.

As for this boy named Karasawa, his behavior seems to be very close to Suzuki Sonoko, as if he is a classmate of the two of them.

Now that he was so sneaky and escaping from the team with an adult, it was necessary to find out what his plan was.

He didn't intentionally target the boys who were close to Suzuki Sonoko, he was also thinking about their safety!

Convincing himself in this way, Kyogoku quickly turned in a different direction, nimbly passed through the crowd, and quietly followed Karasawa in the direction he left.

He didn't dare to follow too closely, fearing that he would attract the attention of the two people in front of him. He just kept a distance and tried his best to hear their conversation.

In front, Tang Ze, who had finally successfully left the team, rolled his eyelids at Matsuda Jinpei.

"Didn't I say that I would find a chance to find you? Why did you come directly here?" Tang Ze observed the hairline of the wig for a moment and said unhappily.

Fortunately, Shimabukuro Kimie's skills are also strong and her foundation is solid. Although she can't reach the magical level of Kid and others in terms of disguise, it's not difficult for her to just change a person's facial features and make him look a little different from his original self. Otherwise, if she officially appears in the identity of Adachi Toru, it will be easy to be exposed in front of Conan and others.

This is a semi-public vest, and everyone has to wear it. It's not easy for Amuro Toru to prepare this identity, so it can't be wasted.

"Isn't this just the right thing?" Matsuda Jinpei shrugged, "I'm going back to Tokyo with you guys anyway, so it's okay to show up in front of them earlier."

"Hmm? Did you find out something?" Karasawa frowned with awareness.

If there was no need to find him to communicate, and he was just waiting for Karasawa to come to meet him in the car, Matsuda Jinpei would definitely be able to keep his composure.

"When I got off the car to buy lunch, I heard the owner of the stall say that there was a serial murder case nearby." Matsuda Jinpei frowned, his expression became more serious, "It has not been solved yet. I asked around for information, and I think..."

"Hush." ​​Karasawa, who was about to say something, caught a wheat-skinned figure approaching secretly in his peripheral vision, and immediately interrupted Matsuda Jinpei's words, changed his tone, and said in an angry voice, "Mr. Toru, you know my situation..."

When Kyogoku Makoto, who successfully passed several people with his flexible body, approached Karasawa, he heard Karasawa's voice at one ear.

"…You were fired from the police station because of your own fault. It's not my fault."

"Really? I told you to be obedient and not to tell others things you shouldn't. Do you think you were wronged, or do you think that finding a high school detective whose father is a high-ranking official in the police force will make the Kyoto police bow their heads?"

Tang Ze took a deep breath and did not answer, as if he wanted to use silence to fight against the other party's aggressiveness.

"But it doesn't matter. Without his "help", how could I have the opportunity to be rehired back to Tokyo? I have to thank you for helping me, Tang Ze."

"You..."

"It's you, Tang Ze. I'm very curious, will there be a university willing to accept a high school student convicted of intentional injury?"

Kyogoku Makoto couldn't help but widen his eyes behind the lenses after clearly capturing the words "intentional injury".

Intentional injury? Is this person called Tang Ze? But isn't he a classmate of Suzuki Sonoko?

This, does Suzuki Sonoko know about this...