The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"...Do you know him?"

Dao Xie Masahiko, who was about to make a sharp comment about Kyogoku's bad attitude, saw that the expressions of the others on the table were normal, so he could only swallow the complaints that came to his lips.

If you give a bad evaluation at this time, it will easily affect their impression of themselves.

Taoist Association Masahiko, whose purpose was to get close to them, changed to a cautious inquiry, and was ready to talk about other things after the inquiry was clear.

"Ah, he doesn't seem to be in a good mood today." Mao Lilan looked at Kyogoku Zhen's leaving figure and expressed something strange.

"He is the waiter in the hotel where we are staying." Suzuki Sonoko answered Doxie Masahiko, looking at the back with confused eyes, "I heard that he came back to help during the summer vacation. He seems to be the son of the hotel owner."

"You inquired very clearly." Mao Lilan glanced at Suzuki Sonoko's expression, "When did you ask? I didn't even pay attention yesterday."

Kyogoku really found them to inform them of Karasawa's situation, so the two girls who were immersed in worry naturally had no time to take care of these things.

"Karasawa told me." Suzuki Sonoko looked at Karasawa who had just exchanged a few words with Kyogoku, "You seem to be somewhat familiar with him."

"Oh? Yes, you know he is here to help today?" Mao Lilan also remembered to ask.

The focus of several people turned to Tang Ze, and Taoist Association Masahiko also turned his head, and legitimately observed Tang Ze's movements.

If this is a restaurant that the other party intends to guide, he will have to consider changing his positioning towards this person and change his thinking.

After all, when Karasawa said hello, he not only called out the person's name accurately, but also acted as if he knew why the other person was here. In that case, he would be playing away from home and would need to make some adjustments.

"I know, the owner of this place is the same as the Takuya Hotel where we are staying." Karasawa nodded, "It's not normal for Mr. Kyogoku to help anywhere. I asked the hotel staff yesterday. Don't look at Jing Mr. Ji seems to be taciturn, but he is still very enthusiastic. "

It's normal to appear here. This guy has been following Suzuki Sonoko for so long out of concern for Suzuki Sonoko. It's normal for him to go to a seafood restaurant closer to the beach.

"...Be vigilant." Conan, who was sipping his drink, couldn't stand it when he heard this. "I saw him staring at us yesterday."

Because of the obstruction of the lenses, it was difficult to see which one he was staring at, but as long as they appeared outside the guest room, they could see Kyogoku looking at them intently, which easily set off alarm bells in his heart.

Tangze touched the cute cat on his lap, smiled, and didn't answer.

Feeling that the topic was slipping away from him, Dao Xie Masahiko extracted key words from the conversation that he could intervene in, and quickly looked at Suzuki Sonoko with a smile: "Are you staying at the Takuya Hotel this time? That's a hotel away from where I'm staying. It’s very close. Do you want to go to a fancy restaurant on the beach together? I can drive along.”

Of course he had seen the Tile House Hotel, which was a Japanese-style hotel with a somewhat dated feel across the street from his hotel.

In his impression, this kind of house is much cheaper than ordinary hotels with uniform interior decoration requirements, which shows that these high school students are not from very wealthy families.

Sometimes, the money offensive is a bit too straightforward, but for little girls who have never seen the world, a luxurious life is naturally a breeding ground for romance and longing, and they can take advantage of this situation to create a melancholy wanderer image.

The rich and handsome man put the pestle there and waved his hand, "I will pay the bill." This scene is so oppressive.

Just in time, the next topic will be better brought out.

Conan, who was holding the soda drink, couldn't help but shrink back. Seeing Suzuki Sonoko's shining eyes, he had no choice but to get closer to Karasawa: "Hey, look at his expression."

Tang Ze waved his hand, as if to ward off flies that flew in front of him, but since he was sitting next to this person, he did not answer directly.

This face is filled with the complacency of "I'm so small, I can't win over you". Even with the blessing of looks, people can't help but sigh that it's too strong.

"Confidence is also a kind of virtue." Tang Ze whispered with high emotional intelligence.

While the two of them were whispering here, Suzuki Sonoko had already shown a very useful smile of joy to Dao Xie Masahiko.

What kind of restaurant has she never seen?

As long as she wants, she can even send a few senior chefs home to cook and enjoy.

The main point of her happiness was the attentive invitation from the other party, which made her feel that she was valued.

But Dao Xie Masahiko, who thought he had a complete grasp of the other party's mentality, looked at her smiling face and just snorted contemptuously in his heart.

What a frivolous and shallow money-worshiping girl, her eyes lit up when she heard about the luxury restaurant.

It seems that as long as he further hints that his family is well off and he has no shortage of money, he can easily win.

Therefore, Tao Xie Masahiko was too lazy to continue describing and praising the store he mentioned, and fast forwarded directly to the real purpose: "You can bring your camera with you."

"Why, is the scenery over there nice?" Suzuki Sonoko asked curiously,

"You should have heard that something happened on the beach next to the restaurant more than a year ago." Daoxie Masahiko introduced what he really wanted to ask, "It was a murder. A man with long brown hair Passenger, the body was found there. His abdomen was stabbed all over, and his death seemed very tragic."

"Murder?" Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan asked in unison.

"Stabbed in the abdomen?" Conan's focus quickly switched.

Tang Ze, who had nothing to ask, thought about it, and in order to fit in, he also asked a question: "You also came to Izu a year ago..."

Daoxie Masahiko, who felt that his train of thought was interrupted for a moment, looked at the four people dimly.

How can he organize his words properly...

No wonder this boy came to bother him last night. It seems that he really likes to meddle in other people's business.

"Yes, I was also traveling in Izu a year ago. Anyway, when I was found, I scared a lot of people. There was blood all over the floor. Because I was killed suddenly on the way to the restaurant, there was no witness at all. It happened to rain heavily before I was found, and it hasn't been solved yet." Daoxie Masahiko stubbornly output what he needed to express.

"Mr. Daoxie, are you familiar with the police in Shizuoka Prefecture?" Conan asked with a strange look on his face, "Do you know their progress so clearly?"

This kind of news of death in a foreign land is definitely negative news for a tourist city. Under normal circumstances, the local police will not be willing to let such cases appear in the newspaper for a long time, which will affect the development of local tourism.

You are a college student and not even a local. How do you know whether the case has been solved?

Tang Ze looked at Conan with approval. He had a strong ability to grasp the key points.

It may be that the appearance of Adachi Toru yesterday made him completely enter the state of conversation analysis. Now he is not only good at grasping the key points, but also highly alert to strangers who participate in the chat. This time, maybe he can really lock on the other party faster.

He knows the reason why the case has not been solved? Of course, it is because he, the real murderer, has not been arrested!

After choking for two seconds, Mikyou Masahiko glanced at the little kid with a weak presence and reluctantly answered, "Oh, because it was a tragedy I encountered while traveling, I paid attention to the follow-up news, but I haven't seen the case solved yet."

"Frequent stabbings in the abdomen..." Tang Ze, who wanted to further make Mikyou Masahiko unhappy, folded his arms in a serious manner, "I have seen some profiles of similar cases. It seems that criminal psychology believes that multiple stabbings of the abdomen with sharp objects are a sexual action. This is likely to be a murder of passion, or a sex offender."

"There is such a saying... I think I heard you talk about it before." Mao Lilan was stunned and drank water a lot slower.

"Ah, because of the classic serial killer-related labels." Tang Ze waved his hand casually, "Childhood problems, antisocial personality, excessive bedwetting, cruelty to small animals, and then, what kind of functional disorder."

"Cough cough cough..." Mikyou Masahiko choked violently after taking a sip of beer.

Suzuki Sonoko exclaimed and covered the lower half of her face, her eyes wide open but curious and excited.

"Because that ability is not good, I use weapons instead, completing a kind of mental "invasion" to vent." Tang Ze smiled casually, noticing the sudden stiffness of Kyogoku Makoto's back as he wandered around and wasted time, "But this kind of psychology is more used in the United States, and may not be applicable here. After all, this is an empirical discipline."

Dokyo Masahiko's fingers on the handle of the glass tightened obviously, and it was obvious that he was very uneasy. I don't know if he was said to be right, or was slandered and so angry.

But facing these people, he couldn't show it, and it must be very uncomfortable.

It's right to be uncomfortable, and there will be more uncomfortable next.

"...Anyway, after that incident, there were rumors that she particularly liked that restaurant when she was alive, so she often goes there now." Michikyo Masahiko took a deep breath and firmly turned the topic back, "So in the photos taken in that restaurant, you often see a ghost with a ruptured abdomen and internal organs flowing out."

"Ah——" Ran Maoli, who was most afraid of such topics, immediately shrank her neck.

Conan squinted his eyes and looked at the inexplicably stiff smile on Michikyo Masahiko's face, and felt disdain in his heart.

Nonsense, what kind of bastard is scaring girls to tease them...

"So you want to verify this urban legend?" Suzuki Sonoko was shocked for a moment, and soon the channel turned to curiosity, "Then, try to shoot it?"

"No, no, no--" Mao Lilan hurriedly raised her hands and made a cross, looking completely panicked, "I can't eat at all like this!"

"Well, I don't think there is any need to be afraid of this." Tang Ze glanced at Daoxie Masahiko's face and said meaningfully, "Even if ghosts really exist, I think the reason why this poor woman refuses to reincarnate may not be because she likes the restaurant, but because the murderer has been to the restaurant, and she is waiting for the other party to come again so that she can take his life?"

"Why don't you be afraid!" Mao Lilan, who still felt a chill on her back, was almost screaming.

"The police failed to give her an explanation, so she did it herself. Isn't this actually quite good? If all the people who died unjustly in the world could become ghosts, do it themselves, and have enough food and clothing, detectives and police would have a lot less work to do." Tang Ze quoted a famous saying in an inappropriate way.

Hey, hey, hey, you almost wrote your support for lynching on your face, you guy...

Knowing that his friend's ideas are quite different from his own, Conan's mouth twitched, and he stretched out his hand to pull the corner of Tang Ze's clothes, trying to make him control a little.

As a result, he only pulled it for a while, and was pressed down by the cold and rough pad of meat.

Conan lowered his head and looked at the Siamese cat on Tang Ze's leg that stretched out its claws to prevent him from touching Tang Ze, and continued to withdraw his hand with a twitching mouth.

Why do all the cats in the Phantom Thieves seem to want to protect Karasawa? Inexplicably, they still keep their original intentions...

Yes, he was basically certain that this Siamese, who was a lot fatter and a bit mushy, was probably the nekko that Kitagawa Yusuke saved from Moritani Teiji's bomb.

Because its name is somewhat similar to a cat's speech, he tried to call it twice just now. Although it was ignored, Siamese's ears followed his call, and it was obvious that he could recognize his name.

How should I put it? The size and color of a Siamese can change randomly, so that it is difficult to recognize whether it is the same Siamese. Should we praise them for keeping pets in line with their philosophy?

"Then do you want to go take a photo?" Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help but get excited.

When Karasawa described it in a cool tone like telling a ghost story, she suddenly felt like watching a horror movie, which was inexplicably exciting.

Dao Xie Masahiko paused while flicking the cigarette ashes, and glanced at Tangze, who was smiling but didn't sound like he was joking. Instead, he was a little discouraged and reluctantly said: "Well, after all, that was a rumor a year ago. , even if there really is a ghost, she might have given up..."

Tang Ze, who was not going to let him go, shook his finger: "It's hard to say. I am an atheist, but I want to believe that there are ghosts in the world. If a person dies, consciousness can still remain in the world, and there is even talk of reincarnation or reincarnation. , that’s actually a very gratifying thing.”

Having said this, he naturally picked up the camera Suzuki Sonoko put on the table, pointed it directly at Doxie Masahiko and clicked the shutter.

The sharp flash flashed suddenly, and Dao Xie Masahiko couldn't help closing his eyes, showing a slightly ferocious expression for a moment.

He watched Karasawa cover his eyes with the camera, only showing the corners of his mouth with a meaningful smile, and rubbing his back molars twice, almost revealing an inappropriately ferocious expression in front of Suzuki Sonoko.

This flash of light reminded him of the embarrassment he felt last night when he was at the height of his emotions and was interrupted by a sudden flash of light, and then found that he had been caught.

Did this boy actually see his face last night, but he was testing his own reaction due to some reasons, such as uncertainty or lack of evidence?

Sure enough, we can't keep them anymore. When we find the right opportunity, we should kill all four of them one by one.

Karasawa's somewhat unexpected behavior suddenly attracted the attention of everyone at the table, including Kyogoku Makoto, who approached with the fried noodles they ordered.

"This will prove that there is a set of rules in the world that are higher than reality and can judge loyalty and evil, good and evil, and distinguish right from wrong. This will make me look forward to this world more."

Karasawa put down the camera, tilted his head, and no longer looked at the face of Tao Xie Masahiko whose expression was changing.

"Perhaps the deceased has found the murderer and is standing beside him without saying a word, looking for an opportunity for revenge? It may sound a bit scary, but if this can comfort the spirit of the deceased in heaven, I think it is quite good. It’s not that I won’t report it, the time has not yet come.”

No one is more qualified to take up the guillotine of trial than the dead victim himself, or so Tang Ze thinks.

"Meow~" The cat lying quietly on Tang Ze's lap meowed in time, as if agreeing with his point of view.

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"In the end, we decided to change the place for dinner." Mao Lilan sat in the front hall of the hotel and sighed softly, "I didn't expect Mr. Taoist Association to be more courageous than me. After listening to Tang Ze's words, I decided to Changed itinerary.”

"Not necessarily. Maybe it's because the price of the luxury restaurant is too high. He calculated that he would take four people there, and he couldn't afford it." Suzuki Sonoko didn't seem to be affected at all, and shrugged easily. shrug.

She didn't care whether her boyfriend was rich or not. After all, she was already rich enough and didn't need to find someone with a prominent family background to show her identity. Her parents had always followed the two sisters. I'm happy, just do what you like. Suzuki Sonoko is very relaxed and insensitive in this regard.

"Doesn't this sound even worse..." Conan twitched the corner of his mouth twice and straightened his expression slightly, "I feel that Brother Karasawa mainly wants to express his dissatisfaction with Mr. Dao Xie."

Not long after lunch, Karasawa said that he was going to contact the lady who had left the cat with him, so he left the team. The few of them made a new appointment with Taoist Association Masahiko for the dinner place in the evening, set a meeting time, and went back first. Came to the hotel.

So now they have a chance to discuss what happened at the previous dinner table behind their backs.

"Hey, is it possible?" Suzuki Sonoko held her face in her hands and thought about it, feeling confused.

Really? Although Karasawa seemed to be a little emotionally disturbed when he suddenly picked up the camera to take pictures, the smile at the corner of his mouth did not change. Is that considered aggressive?

"I feel a little bit too. I guess he is not satisfied with Mr. Dao Xie threatening us with things like murder." Mao Lilan hugged her knees and guessed, "There are indeed boys who have this kind of routine."

"First I'll tell you about a very luxurious restaurant, and then I'll tell you a bunch of urban legends that exist or not. It will scare you so much that you don't dare to go there. If you're really scared, you'll probably have to say 'Don't worry, I'll protect you'." You're like..." Conan rolled his eyes, "It's all a routine."

"Well, okay..." Suzuki Sonoko thought about it, and felt that she couldn't refute it, so she simply stopped thinking about this issue. "I think we should worry about Tang Ze's psychological problems. When he said those words at noon, he didn't seem to be joking. He doesn't seem to have gotten over the impact of those things at all. After all, his parents are like this, and his case is..."

Tang Ze, whose parents are both dead and he himself is wrongly accused, said that he hopes that there will be fairer judgments in the afterlife, and it would be best if the dead can stay in the world. It is somewhat sad.

"I really hope that he can fight these emotions sooner..."

Kyogoku Makoto, who was standing at the bar, couldn't help but pause in wiping the table.