The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

Chapter 823: The Successor of Kisaragi

Hearing Kitagawa Yusuke say this, Shindo Sumire's expression became obviously nervous.

She clenched her hands in fear, and her expression suddenly became cautious. It seemed that the other party's evaluation was very important to her.

"Sorry, I shouldn't be so impatient." Shindo Sumire lowered her head, "There are actually many investigations that require my cooperation with the police. They insist on accompanying us on our trip. Did I cause you trouble?"

"It's okay. The police are here, which saves me a lot of trouble." Kitagawa Yusuke shook his head and supported Shindo Sumire, who wanted to bow and apologize. "I mean, teacher, he won't arrive until noon at the earliest. You can’t see much if you come so early.”

Shindo Sumire first made sure that there was indeed no embarrassment on his face, and then she breathed a sigh of relief, and the expression on her face suddenly cheered up: "How could it be possible? I can go to the outfield to visit the exhibition first. I heard that this exhibition Are you responsible for setting up the venue?”

"It's mainly the themes and concepts proposed by the teacher." Kitagawa Yusuke did not deny her words, and nodded slightly, "There are also other senior brothers and sisters who help."

"There is no need to be modest, Kitagawa-kun. Mr. Kisaragi will be proud of you for being able to create such a wonderful design for the first time you arrange an exhibition." Shindo Sumire's complimentary words continued one after another, "I have to arrange an exhibition again. You are also busy with your studies. I heard that you also contributed three new works to the exhibition? You are a diligent and hard-working genius that is beyond the reach of ordinary people."

The people standing on the edge, except for Conan who understood some of the situation, were all stunned when looking at this scene.

Shindo Sumire is said to be a cutting-edge painter, but she is actually 34 years old this year. However, when she stood in front of Kitagawa Yusuke, who was ten years younger than her, she acted so respectfully and reservedly, as if she was the junior.

"Did Yusuke-kun win some incredible award recently?" Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help but mutter to herself, "Why haven't I heard of it?"

Conan pushed up the glasses on his face, feeling like a mirror.

It's hard to say whether other people's compliments to Kitagawa Yusuke are true or false. Shindo Sumire must be very sincere, because in her eyes, Kitagawa Yusuke is more than just an ordinary painter.

In her eyes, Kitagawa Yusuke was like a superman on this thrilling Chinese Valentine's Day.

While studying in Tokyo, he was responsible for the layout of the art exhibition assigned by Kisaragi Hosui, as well as publicity and reception work. However, he was still able to rush to Hachioji City as fast as possible overnight as the opening day approached and take away the dangerous people. Shindo Sumire, after placing and protecting her, turned around and faked her death scene. Finally, she had to change her mind at the right time to change her mind to the real culprit to ensure the safety of this last survivor...

Even if he, as the Phantom Thief of the Heart, does not act alone, his companions must have done a lot of the work for him. This amazing mobility and efficiency are enough to shock people.

Shindo Sumire obviously appreciated this sentiment very much, so she insisted on coming even though the police were guarding her at the very first moment. If she really had any difficulties, it was probably because she couldn't find someone to communicate with in private. Take this opportunity to fully express the gratitude you really want to express...

"...You still have the next tasks to be busy with, so I won't bother you any more." Shindo Sumire finally finished her praise. Seeing the people waiting beside her, she took two steps back reluctantly, "You still have to pay attention. Body, Kitagawa-kun.”

Karasawa, who was wearing Kitagawa Yusuke's holster, took a deep breath, tensed his face, and nodded expressionlessly as an answer.

He knew what Sumire Shindo was talking about. Compared to the version of Kitagawa Yusuke she had seen a few days ago, the version played by Karasawa was naturally much slimmer.

He is not afraid of the problem of cheating. After all, the time that Zhufu Jingguang has been in contact with her is actually very short. Come to think of it, even if Shindo Sumire has doubts, she will naturally interpret it as hard work after thinking about his busy schedule these days. caused by multiple identities.

"Yusuke-kun!" Seeing Shindo Sumire leaving with a few waiting police officers, Suzuki Sonoko, who had been holding back for a while, immediately pounced on her, "Long time no see!"

Facing the leering look from Kyogoku Makoto behind her, Karasawa took half a step back silently and held Suzuki Sonoko's arm before she could touch her: "Be careful where you step. The infield did not consider tourists. There is a traffic problem, the ground is not easy to walk on.”

He was standing just below the steps of Mount Fuji where Hosui Kisaragi displayed his works. The ground was made of pure white materials without any shadows to imitate natural rock textures, and the uneven rock textures were carved here. Ladies wearing high heels walked here. It's going to be very tough.

Of course, when the infield is officially opened, the isolation line will be put up here, and it is not an area prepared for tourists.

Although Shindo Sumire may have indeed misunderstood part of how busy he has been recently, considering his true workload, it is not a misunderstanding.

Tang Ze was indeed involved in a large part of the design work of this venue. When he was too busy to supervise the work, he even paid some extra money and asked Kidd to come over to help him take a look at the situation and give him a hand.

Today's venue has gathered the inspiration of several disciples of Kisaragi Hosui, Karasawa himself, and Kaitou Kidd. It is indeed the most well-designed and stunning venue in Tokyo in recent times.

The kind that is comprehensive and guarantees that there will be no explosions or any strange thief incidents.

"It may have been a long time since we last seen each other. How are you doing lately?" He turned his head again, looked at the others, and greeted politely.

Mao Lilan wanted to smile back and say that she was fine too, but after thinking about what she had experienced since the last goodbye, she couldn't say "everything is fine".

After hesitating for a moment, she chose to answer the question with a question: "You seem to be in good condition, Kitagawa-kun. Living with Mr. Kisaragi, you won't have enough to eat this time, right?"

Knowing Kitagawa Yusuke's speaking style, she chose to make a small joke, because she knew that this question might be a little offensive to others, but here in Kitagawa, the topic of cooking is what the other party cares about most.

What she didn't expect was that after listening to her question, Kitagawa Yusuke didn't answer immediately, and unexpectedly fell into deep thought.

"What, what, haven't you been with him recently?" Mao Lilan was surprised, "Is it Mr. Ruyue...?"

Is it possible that he mentioned some inappropriate topic in a casual joke? What are their conflicts?

But even the media is saying that Kitagawa Yusuke not only studied with Kisaragi Hosui, but also lived directly with him in the single-family house on the hill. Not only is he regarded as the most important disciple, he may even directly succeed his teacher. The extent of the legacy...

"Oh, that's not the case. I was thinking about the last time I had a meal..." Tang Ze said seriously, "Then I found that I couldn't remember."

"Eh?" Suzuki Sonoko was stunned, "Have you not eaten for a long time?"

"There's nothing I can do about it. When this kid is focused on what he's doing, he won't be able to think about eating."

With the sound of crutches hitting the ground, Ruyue Fengshui, who was striding like a meteor, led several people over, raised his hand, and slapped Tang Ze on the head.

"I told you to remember to eat well." He was quite annoyed when he spoke, and it seemed that he wanted to raise his crutch and just hit him, "That is to say, the media hasn't even entered the scene yet, and your lies have spread, and the media doesn't know what to do. What kind of rumors are you making?”

"Teacher, you're here so early." Tang Ze did not dodge Ruyue Fengshui's movements. Instead, he supported his arm with his backhand to prevent the old man from losing his balance because he stretched out his hand to hit him. "I told you to leave it to me." good."

"I don't dare to let you stand in front of the camera and talk nonsense." Ruyue Fengshui snorted, with a look of disgust on his face, but his hands followed his movements and accepted his support, obviously very worried Used.

Several people who had learned a lot about this hard-spoken and soft-hearted old man exchanged looks, not surprised.

No matter how unforgiving Kisaragi Minesui said, he actually valued Kitagawa Yusuke very much, and everyone could see this.

Just by looking at the few men and women following Ruyue Fengshui who seemed to be his disciples, he left him behind and didn't even make a special trip to introduce them to others.

"When you came to the exhibition hall the day before yesterday, didn't I ask you to have dinner with your senior brother and the others?"

"Oh, I was busy checking the position of the spotlight and didn't pay attention to the time."

"Tsk, it sounds like I'm squeezing you."

"It's my fault. It's always hard for me to pay attention to other problems when I'm concentrating on doing things..."

"Where's Minetaro? Why didn't he urge you to eat well?"

"Senior Brother Minetaro has been busy displaying the cards."

"You're not going to call him when he's busy? How come such a big man looks like he's going to starve to death..."

The master and disciple were bickering, but Conan noticed that Ruyue Fengshui looked at the other disciples behind him with an expression that was not at all kind. After thinking about it for a moment, he heard the subtext of his words.

It seems that although there are many classmates in the school, Kitagawa Yusuke, who was favored by Kisaragi Minesui, was naturally ostracized by others because he was too favored by the teacher. In addition, because of his angry mouth, he could not get the favor. It is reasonable for senior brothers and senior sisters to take care of them.

Karasawa comforted Kisaragi Hosui, knowing in his heart that this really couldn't be blamed on his fellow sect's narrow-mindedness. The main reason was that Kitagawa Yusuke's radio wave properties were so useful.

When Karasawa himself acted in this identity, he couldn't help but feel a kind of arrogant happiness because he could express his feelings. If it was Kuroba Kaito, it would only get worse.

You know, Kuroba Kaito is usually a brat who is on par with Kudo Shinichi. When he is Kidd, he is even more provocative, jumpy, taunting and pulling off all at once. He is a talkative phantom thief who talks a lot.

With the two of them working together, and the objective fact that Kitagawa Yusuke is indeed very popular, his group of senior brothers and sisters did not get angry and commit any new murders during the days of setting up the exhibition, which shows that they have good self-cultivation.

After scolding Huai for a while, Ruyue Fengshui calmed down after receiving Tang Ze's promise that he would have a good meal when meeting his guests at noon.

He reached back, took a box from the hands of the disciple who was following him and handed it to Tang Ze.

The box was heavy and had a slight chill in it. Tang Ze, who had some guesses, opened it and saw that it was indeed another piece of clothing.

Ever since Kisaragi Hoisui said that he is more suitable for kimono, and when he occasionally needs someone else to wear his skin, kimono can indeed cover up the differences in body shapes. But in any formal occasion where Kitagawa Yusuke needs to appear, Karasawa will remember to wear a kimono. , today is no exception.

Tang Ze's kimono is definitely not shabby. It was bought for him by Kisaragi Minemi and Miyano Akemi. The value may not be lower than many luxury dresses, but the green kimono jacket on his body can only be eclipsed by the one in his hand.

This is a sky-blue haori. You can see the golden pattern on the folded corners without unfolding it.

When it is shaken open, the sleeves and hem of the neat fabric are painted with dyes of Mount Fuji. Just by looking at the artistic conception and brushstrokes of the pattern, you can guess who did it.

Conan and others standing next to Kitagawa Yusuke widened their eyes.

Even if we don't consider the origin of this dress, it is self-evident that Kisaragi Minemi, who is famous for painting Mount Fuji, personally gave such a set of clothes and brought it with him.

"This is not a master and a disciple. This is already treating him as his own child." Kyogoku Makoto, who is least familiar with Kitagawa Yusuke, couldn't help but sigh.

"Thank you, teacher." Tang Ze did not refuse this meaningful robe, and simply took off his kimono jacket and put on this long haori.

He spent so much effort on organizing the exhibition because he knew that Ruzuki Fengshui's exhibition was actually for him.

Now his teacher wanted him to dress up and appear in front of people in the most high-profile manner, and he had no reason to refuse.

"Well, it looks a bit good." Ruzuki Fengshui looked up and down for a while, and patted Tang Ze twice with satisfaction, "Okay, it's rare to invite some friends to come and play, don't leave them hanging there."

"Teacher..."

"My legs and feet are fine, so many people are following, I don't need you to serve. Go play, I'll go around by myself and take a closer look at what you have done with the old man's swan song."

Ruzuki Fengshui refused his following, and left with others in a hurry, as if he had come to give him clothes.

"Your teacher really values ​​you." Mao Lilan looked at Ruzuki Fengshui's brisk back with some envy.

She did learn a lot, but the most she could say was that she was not slow in learning and could persist. She had no genius talent and had never enjoyed such unconditional favoritism from her teacher.

"It's more than just respect. Xiaolan, you don't know that people in the industry are saying that Mr. Kisaragi may have written a will and is ready to hand over all his belongings to him. They are starting to call him 'Kisaragi's successor.'" Suzuki Sonoko half joked and half sighed, "This is not something that is easy to get."

The master's partiality is both a benefit and a pressure.

Kitagawa Yusuke, who was lifted to this position by Kisaragi Mine, will definitely be subject to more scrutiny and attention in his future creative path. If he can't withstand this love, the backlash will definitely be great.

Tang Ze raised his eyebrows and nodded at her calmly: "The media is so well-informed now? It's really strange, why haven't they discovered my past yet?"

"Yeah, the media are all...huh?" Suzuki Sonoko, who subconsciously echoed, realized what she heard belatedly and let out a strange cry, "Ah? This, this is true?"

She was just joking, she believed that the media were just joking!

"Well, the teacher asked me to accompany him to find a lawyer, and wanted to leave his land, paintings and movables to me." Tang Ze nodded, "He hopes that I can concentrate on my studies and not let external things affect my studies."

On the surface, it is about studying, but in fact it is about Kitagawa Yusuke's affairs as the Phantom Thief of Hearts.

Ruzuki Fengshui, who has no children and has only loved Mount Fuji all his life, hopes to protect the future of his disciples as much as possible. It may be a bit exaggerated to the outside world, but for him who has never formed a family and does not know how to get along with his children and nephews, this is the best solution he can come up with.

Several people were shocked by this shocking news and looked at his calm expression, not realizing what he was saying at all. They were speechless for a while.

They now understand why Ruzuki Fengshui's disciples ignored him.

"So, Miss Maori, if you change your mind about the model, you can contact me at any time." Tang Ze, who felt that the scene was a bit stiff, thought about it and decided to liven up the atmosphere, "Now I can offer a suitable invitation price, and the teacher will not object."

"What model..." Maori Ran asked blankly, and finally remembered this matter halfway through her words.

Oh, yes, when Kitagawa first met her, he asked her if she was willing to be a nude model or something...

"No, no, no, impossible!" Mao Lilan's face flushed and she waved her hands vigorously, "Don't mention it!"

"Hey, are you worried that I have other ideas? I just simply appreciate beauty and think you are the most suitable woman I have ever seen..."

"No, that's not the problem!"

"Are you worried about personal safety? I don't mind having other people present to ensure your safety. You can bring other people to supervise, such as Ms. Suzuki, or this kid here..."

"That's even worse!"

Kiratsuki Mine Water, who had already walked a long way, heard the rumbling echo of the backstage, shook his head helplessly, and paused his crutches twice.

"This kid, he designed the backstage himself, doesn't he know that what he says over there will be amplified? Oh, forget it..."

Not wanting to bother with the unruly kid, he walked towards the VIP channel and followed the list he had prepared in advance. He put on a stern face and showed the usual pride of Master Kisaragi. He held his head high and greeted the guests who arrived one after another.

"Mr. Shitara, Mrs. Shitara... Oh, this is Mr. Yuga..."

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