The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

Lying on the ground, Ireland's vision was gradually becoming blurred. He vaguely heard his voice, rolled his eyes, and snorted, like a sneer.

Even though Kumail's bullet did not really hit him, he had been lying on the ground for a long time since he was hit by the sniper. The blood under his body had gradually lost its temperature, so it was difficult for him to give an accurate answer or show a precise expression.

Tang Ze saw his thoughts from this reluctant expression.

"Why, do you think I'm dreaming and fanciful?" Tang Ze squatted down and put himself back into Ireland's sight, "So you still want to live."

Facing the pair of golden eyes that flashed a bewitching light in the dimness, Ireland slightly pulled the muscles of his cheekbones twice.

Isn't this nonsense? What's the point of asking.

If you don't want to survive, if you are not a weed-like guy with a strong will to survive, how can you crawl out of the pile of dead bodies and get to where you are today?

Others may not understand this feeling, but Kumail, the illegitimate son of a powerful politician, who was thrown into the organization like waste, must have deeply experienced it.

The feeling of kneeling on the ground, fighting for food with wild dogs, and completely ignoring everything else in order to survive, abandoning all humanity...

But the current situation is not a question of whether he is willing or not, but there is no room for discussion at all.

The police have been attacked by him and fell down in a mess.

He has also exposed his true face in front of more than one person.

Not to mention the shrunken Kudo Shinichi, who witnessed the appearance of Akechi Goro with his own eyes, and watched Akechi Goro and Gin talk and shoot freely...

It is pure fantasy to want to survive under such a premise.

If the other party's expression was not too mocking and teasing, he would have thought that this was Kumail's revenge on him when he was dying.

"Just want to live." The golden light lit up again, Tang Ze raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

It was very deliberate and unnecessary, so the teammates who filed out from the other side looked at him with strange expressions, and the meaning of speechlessness was very obvious.

I know you want to cover up the relationship between everyone, but do you have to be so second-year?

Tang Ze received it completely, but they all hid their heads and faces, using masks and black clothes to cover their looks and features. Ireland, who was lying on the ground, couldn't notice it at all, so he just straightened his back and held it up.

Although they were speechless, they also knew the reason why Tang Ze did this, so they cooperated without hesitation and gave Tang Ze enough face.

Asai Narimi came forward to briefly check his wound, took out an injection, and neatly inserted it into his upper arm, and then quickly applied compression bandage.

When he finished the action and nodded, Xingchuan Hui came up, and he and him, one on the left and one on the right, neatly lifted Ireland's body, which had no resistance, from the ground.

After Ireland, the obstacle, was removed, Akemi Miyano and Kimie Shimabukuro stepped forward and quickly began to clean up the blood and bullet marks on the ground.

They were completely covered in black clothes and did not make much noise. In less than two minutes, most of the traces on the scene had been dealt with.

They looked like a professional team, very good and energetic!

Tang Ze, who felt that he was bluffing enough, nodded with satisfaction and turned around, leaving only a free and easy back in Ireland's sight.

"Leave it to you, I'll go deal with the police below first."

Hearing Tang Ze's tone that sounded very criminal, Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at his back with a smile.

It was really deliberate, this set of actions, but it was estimated that Ireland heard that there was indeed a bit of momentum in it.

So he cooperated without hesitation: "Please be careful, sir."

Tang Ze's footsteps paused for a moment, and he didn't know whether he was embarrassed or surprised by his acting speed.

But he still raised his hand in response, and then completely disappeared at the corner of the stairs.

Watching Tang Ze leave, Zhu Fu Jingguang squatted down again and flipped Ireland's eyelids.

Ireland, whose consciousness had already begun to fade, was still thinking stiffly in his mind, where did this group of people come from, and his eyelids felt a rough touch, and the next second, the flashlight hit his eyes.

"Obviously reacted to light. Not dead." The guy who was checking declared, "Take him back first."

With this light source, Ireland barely raised his head, and in a glimpse, he caught the only guy who didn't cover his face.

So before his consciousness completely disappeared, what was finally imprinted on his retina and mind was a somewhat familiar face and a code name that he subconsciously blurted out.

Scotland... Whiskey...

The surrounding environment seemed to have changed slightly, and some weird, noisy noises, like the noises of amusement park facilities, faintly came into his eardrums.

But Ireland was no longer able to observe these.

His head dropped completely.

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"The attacker is gone?!" Hearing this conclusion, Kyogoku frowned deeply, "Are we still too late?"

With his speed, it would have been no problem for him to reach the top floor and face the helicopter and the attacker who might be armed.

However, at the strong request of Conan, who was brought up by him at that time, Kyogoku Makoto weighed the pros and cons and accepted his statement. He asked Conan to evade and observe carefully, while Kyogoku Makoto changed his direction and tried to avoid the sight of the helicopter before going up.

This was indeed a bit dangerous, but the sharp-eyed Conan keenly saw the weapons equipped under the helicopter. The black barrel showed that it was not an ordinary civilian helicopter at all. It was very dangerous to be exposed to the opponent's attack range.

Therefore, he missed the opportunity to climb the railing and witness the scene. He only had time to throw some lethal weapons at the departing helicopter...

Thinking of this, he scratched his cheek a little embarrassedly: "Uh, what I threw down didn't break anything, right?"

There is a central garden near the East Metro Tower, which is also the direction where the helicopter left. The steel bars he threw out should not hit any buildings or pedestrians, but it was thrown from more than 200 meters away, and the power when it fell to the ground must be considerable.

Upon hearing this, Takagi Wataru, who was doing the inquiry, withdrew his worried look at the ambulance and looked at the young but strong high school student in silence.

"... Don't worry, no one was injured because of it." Thinking of the steel bar that was deeply embedded in the tree trunk and almost pierced the tree that two people hugged, Takagi Wataru couldn't help but press his forehead.

It was a good thing that no pedestrians were injured, but think about it, how can the department responsible for repairs and reporting losses write such nonsense as "throwing steel bars at an altitude of 200 meters to shoot down enemy helicopters" as the reason for the damage? He felt sad for them.

In Tokyo, it is not only difficult to be a policeman, but you will get beaten up for no reason when you come here on business. It seems that no job is easy...

Kyogoku breathed a sigh of relief and laughed sincerely: "Are all the police officers okay? I just saw that the criminal seems to have woken up."

Compared to facing well-trained police officers, ordinary people like Mizutani Kousuke can't stand it at all, so in the entire Touto Tower, the least injured victims were Mizutani Kousuke, who fainted after being thrown over the shoulder, and Motokami Kazuki, who fell under the anesthetic needle instead of the punch.

At this time, both of them were surrounded by police, and Motokami Kazuki was handcuffed and ready to be sent for questioning.

It is not known whether this guy was stimulated by Mizutani Kousuke's retort or was broken by Conan's sharp comments. In short, he was slumped in the back seat of the police car with a pale face, as if he had given up the defense.

"Nothing serious, the worst is probably a concussion. Mostly skin injuries." Takagi Shigeru had no intention of hiding anything from this enthusiastic and capable citizen who provided important clues and made efforts to subdue the attacker, and replied soothingly, "Don't worry, Kyogoku-san."

"That's good..."

"Well, let's get back to the previous question. I'll repeat what you wrote. You and Ms. Mao Lilan stayed in the Toudou Tower because of her child, and then you heard the police's notice to evacuate tourists, so you returned to the tower out of worry..."

The two continued to ask questions while Mizutani Kosuke, who was rubbing his shoulders on the flat bed in the ambulance, looked in their direction, lost in thought.

So at that time, he thought that the empty venue was actually so lively...

"Mr. Mizutani, Mr. Mizutani?"

"Sorry." He retracted his gaze and focused his attention on the police in front of him, "I was distracted just now. Do you have something to talk to me about? I thought I had to wait until I came back from the hospital to go to the police station to cooperate with the investigation..."

Although he was not the real murderer and had no intention of taking the blame for Ben Shanghe Shu, he was the only insider who had mastered the case before the detectives and the police investigated, and he had carried the crucial evidence with him for many days. Before the case was completely closed, he had to deal with the police for many days.

"Yes, but that's a matter for later." Sato Miwako nodded and smiled at him, "It's about Miss Shindo Sumire."

When Mizutani Kosuke heard the name, he sat up immediately.

Regarding the first six murders, Motokami and Shu basically confessed everything, except for Shindo Sumire, whose body was missing. He not only denied it, but also insisted that it was Mizutani Kousuke, who knew about it, who killed people, and he was the one who was framed in this matter.

Mizutani Kousuke was not angry about his frame-up, but was puzzled.

At this point, Motokami and Shu have admitted to six premeditated murders, and there is no need to lie about this matter. He insisted so much, which means that he really didn't kill Shindo Sumire.

Then who did this? Was it the fake policeman who knocked him down for no reason?

"Twenty minutes ago, Ms. Shindou Sumire contacted us through the police." Sato Miwako couldn't help but hold her forehead to support herself to finish the slightly absurd content, "She is not dead, and she said that she was taken away and protected by, uh, members of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts on the night of the incident."

"... Phantom Thieves of Hearts?" Mizutani Kosuke, who had never expected to hear this term from the police, was stunned for a moment and repeated in confusion, "You mean, they faked her death to protect Shindou Sumire?"

He is not a fool, and Motokami Kazuki is even less so.

The other party would think that Shindou Sumire was dead and the plan was complete, and they came to him to take the final step of exoneration. They must have confirmed that Shindou Sumire had died as planned.

For the experienced Motokami Kazuki to have such a misunderstanding, there must be some story.

"That's about right." Thinking of the bloodstain in the park and the colleagues in the forensic department who had to lose a lot of hair and write a lot of self-reviews for this, Sato Miwako sympathized for a few seconds, but her expression softened. "Anyway, she's still alive and well, that's good."

"Did she say why the Phantom Thieves did this?" Mizutani Kousuke asked curiously.

"Oh, she said that the Phantom Thieves told her that only by deceiving the murderer and making everyone believe that she is dead, the murderer will not lose control and continue the plan step by step and expose it to everyone..." Sato Miwako repeated it and shrugged, "Who knows, anyway, that's what she said."

Shindo Sumire refused to explain who took her away. When asked again, she said that she didn't remember the other person's appearance. In short, she was determined to keep the secret.

Faced with this victim who failed to protect well, the police had no position to interrogate, so there was nothing they could do to her, so they just let it go.

"Is that so..." Mizutani Kousuke nodded suddenly, "It's good, my brother has caused enough tragedies and sins. So, they are also..."

In a disguised way, it protected Mizutani Kousuke himself...

Shindo Sumire's fake death successfully calmed Motokami Kazuki's emotions, and because he regarded Mizutani Kousuke as an accomplice, he would let down his guard tonight and come to the Toudou Tower to keep the appointment as originally agreed.

Otherwise, according to Motokami Kazuki's crazy state, he might go completely crazy because of Shindo Sumire's disappearance, and he might even find me and stab me to death...

In any case, the Phantom Thieves have protected everyone to the greatest extent.

"It's a good thing that Miss Shindo is not dead, but it is an unchangeable fact that Mr. Motokami killed six people." Sato Miwako emphasized.

We can't let Mizutani Hirosuke, the biggest breakthrough, feel sympathy for Motokami Kazuki at this time, and the subsequent investigation and evidence collection work still needs his cooperation.

"Yes, he is after all-" Mizutani Hirosuke was stunned halfway through his words, and slowly widened his eyes.

Killing six people...

"You should not hesitate to consider people with the greatest malice. That was the murderer who killed six people. Stabbed with one hand, killed with one knife."

So, even Conan, the assistant of Detective Mori who came to look for people, thought that Shindou Sumire was dead, so why did Tang Ze know that his brother was just...

"What's wrong, Mizutani?" Seeing that he suddenly stopped talking, Sato Miwako observed him nervously, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

This is their next important source of evidence and clues, and it is not okay to break anything.

"...No, nothing." Mizutani Kousuke touched the shoulder bag on his knees.

A hard cylinder passed through the cloth bag and pressed clearly on his fingertips.

He was silent for a moment, curved his eyes, and smiled at the puzzled Sato Miwako.

"Just remembering that Miss Shindou Sumire is still fine, I can't help but feel a little happy."

...He seemed to understand Shindou Sumire's thoughts.