The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

The suspension bridge has been broken, and everyone except the Escape King and Shadow Mage are now gathered in the house.

Therefore, the person knocking on the door can only be...

"Have they arrived?" Huang Yi, who was forced to end the topic, frowned and asked uncertainly.

He muttered a little bit. Just as he was about to mention the conflict between Shadow Mage and others, and the reason why he and the Escape King decided to hold a limited-scale offline gathering after discussing with him, the door was knocked at such an appropriate time, as if the person outside the door was deliberately knocking on the door. Just interrupt him.

It felt more or less like he was caught red-handed by someone for speaking ill of someone behind their back, and he couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

However, Tanaka Takakie, who was standing not far behind him, looked frightened.

Before she set out to come here, she came to the door and killed Xishan Wu, whose online name was Escape King. And she herself was the one who pretended to be the shadow mage and spoke. There was no way there was anyone who hadn't come to the appointment yet. …

Her feet seemed to be stuck, and she was frozen in place, not daring to move at all, but Huang Yi had already taken the initiative to step forward and open the door.

No matter who is outside the door, it's not a good idea to stay outside in this weather.

As the door opened, the cold air that had just been isolated broke in again. Along with the cold wind and snowflakes, the person who walked through the door was a guy wearing a cloak, covering himself tightly.

The visitor was standing in front of the door, his figure covered by a black cloak, like a shadow coming out of the night. It was impossible to tell the identity of the other person at a glance.

Tang Ze raised his eyebrows immediately.

Without Tarot, this man is not his teammate.

Now, in the snow outside this villa, is there anyone who has overcome the obstruction of his teammates and broke into the party venue?

The person standing at the door did not close the door immediately, but shook the snow on his cloak and said angrily: "The Shadow Mage said, 'This great magician will die, and it is all because of you'... Yes Bar?"

There was nothing wrong with his retelling, but it made Araki couldn't help but take a half step back.

On such a snowy night, in such a closed environment, when encountering such a weird guy, even the organizer himself, who had expected it, couldn't help but shudder at this time.

"You, you couldn't be... the Shadow Mage..."

The man in black stood silently in front of the door without saying a word. It wasn't until Huang Yi felt that his body was about to be soaked by the coldness of the wind and snow that he raised his arm.

There was a sound of flapping wings, and an agile, handsome falcon landed on his horizontal arm. It shook the snow off its feathers and looked at the stunned crowd in the room with dignity.

At this time, the uninvited guest slowly closed the door that kept pouring cold wind into the house, turned around, took off his cloak, and put a deerstalker hat on his head.

"Everyone, good evening." He put down his hand and revealed his young face. The young man first looked at the people in the room one by one with his penetrating eyes, and then smiled, "It's rude to come without saying anything, but the situation is urgent. I hope you will forgive me.”

He looked around the room again, focusing on Karasawa, Toru Amuro and others, before pulling out a pocket watch from his arms and looking at the time.

"I don't like to play such a role, but this time, I have to tell you a very unfortunate news. Mr. Nishiyama Wu, whose online name is 'Escape King', has been confirmed by the police this afternoon and died at home. Not only In this way, there was a message saying 'This is the first' left by someone who called himself the 'Shadow Mage' on his computer screen. The police investigation found that he was originally going to attend a gathering of magic enthusiasts. "

Closing his pocket watch, he moved his arm, moved the eagle standing there to his shoulder, and announced calmly: "Everyone, all of you are in danger now."

"W-what..."

"Mr. Nishiyama is dead?!"

His words were very shocking, and almost everyone in the room showed varying degrees of shock or panic.

Only Conan and Tang Ze frowned slightly and did not give too strong a reaction.

There were many people in the field who were in abnormal moods at this time. Conan's calmness came from the proficiency of the detective, so did Takesuki Doi's panic, and there was also surprise about the identity of the person who appeared. Toru Amuro's shock was a kind of The natural reaction to the over-the-top acting was not actually shocking, but rather a sense of relief that the other shoe had finally landed.

As for Tang Ze, if he hadn't been confused about the visitor, he might not have even frowned.

Tang Ze recognized the other party's identity almost as soon as he saw the face and attire.

With brown curly hair, brown-red eyes, a face that is also of mixed race, and an outfit that is highly similar to the image of Sherlock Holmes, this is a high school detective from the UK, Detective White Horse.

Theoretically, it's also from Kuroba Kaito's old enemy.

...I have to say that this swaggering colleague has quite a few old enemies.

It was precisely because he recognized it that he was particularly confused.

When did this guy come back, and how did he get involved in this case? In theory, he should be focused on the one Kid and have no interest in ordinary security cases? Could it be that he had discovered Kuroba Kaito's identity and even tracked him to such a wilderness?

The White Horse Detective immediately captured Conan and Tangze whose reactions seemed a bit dull.

His sight passed over the too short elementary school student and locked onto Tang Ze's face.

Hakuba Tan smiled and raised his hands to make a downward motion: "Everyone, calm down. One of you has been killed. Even if the criminal is not among you, there is a high probability that he is lurking nearby. Instead of panicking, I think you should first figure out the situation and each other's identities to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."

His tone was not aggressive, but his eyes were always fixed on Tang Ze. Obviously, his words were targeted.

Kuroba Kaito, who was watching the development of the situation, jumped fiercely, and had guessed the purpose of Hakuba Tan.

This high school detective who threatened to catch Kaito Kid had a clear purpose of returning to China. Tang Ze, who came with him, was not on the original party list, and his height and gender were consistent with Hakuba Tan's speculation, which seemed to be suspicious.

"No, compared to this kind of thing, who are you?" Kuroba Kaito rolled his eyes, "You suddenly came here and said some inexplicable words. How did you get the news? Are you a policeman?"

When he spoke at this time, he meant to excuse Tang Ze, but also had genuine annoyance.

He hadn't found out the news yet, but unexpected people appeared one after another. The nature of this party had changed from him coming to see the situation out of interest and need to a complete trouble.

It would definitely be a troublesome thing if Hakuba Tan suspected him, but if Hakuba Tan didn't suspect him and turned to suspect Tang Ze and Amuro Toru, even if he knew that Tang Ze had many ways to solve the problem and might even be able to trick Hakuba Tan in turn, but when he thought that he owed Tang Ze another favor, he felt that some things really didn't need others to do it for him.

"Of course I'm not a policeman. My name is Hakuba Tan, and I'm a detective." Hakuba Tan responded to his challenge with a confident smile, "You may not know me, but it doesn't matter, you just need to know that I'm the son of the Superintendent of Police Hakuba."

Unlike a rebellious teenager like Hattori Heiji who is keen to prove himself and relies on his father's influence, as a self-proclaimed excellent Hakuba Tan, who grew up with elite education, family and connections have never been something that needs to be covered up. When necessary, they will only become auxiliary and nourishment.

Just like now.

As soon as he said this, everyone couldn't help but show a convinced expression.

The son of the Superintendent of Police is also a detective, so it's not surprising that he knows the police's investigation.

"I don't think you need to reject my proposal." Putting the pocket watch into his pocket, Hakuba Tan casually threw his cloak that blocked the wind and snow on the hanger at the door. "The road here is cut off. It's snowing heavily now. Even with a helicopter, visibility is very low. You won't be able to wait for rescue before sunrise tomorrow. If you don't figure out the situation, the problem may not be solved. What do you think?"

"... Visibility is very low, and rescue can't get in." After repeating this sentence, Amuro Toru realized something and twitched his mouth, "So, Mr. Hakuba, how did you get here? What's your purpose? Do you suspect that the murderer is hiding among us?"

Matsuda has been squatting near the suspension bridge until the bridge was destroyed by humans.

If the other party came by normal means, it would definitely attract Matsuda's attention. There is no reason for a wild Hakuba Tan to suddenly appear at this time.

"Ah, I ziplined down directly from the helicopter." Pressing down the brim of his hat, Hakuba Tan looked modest, "As for the purpose... I'm sorry, although I will accept some commissions from the police, this case is actually just a coincidence, and it just happened to overlap with the target of my investigation."

"I am indeed here to find someone, but..." He raised his hand and his fingertips passed through the people with different expressions in the room, "I suspect that one of you is the target I am trying to hunt, Kaito Kid."

"Huh?!"

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"It's really a mess..."

Standing on the terrace on the second floor, Kuroba Kaito looked down at the few people who walked out of the door together, and patted his forehead helplessly.

Hakuba Tan's statement was too scary, and he was young, so Arayoshi was still a little unable to accept the reality.

So before the formal organization of the conversation, he decided to take Hamano Toshiya, who had a little technical background, Amuro Toru, who claimed to be a communications worker, and his helpers to personally check the status of the telephone lines and suspension bridges while the snow was not so heavy that they could not go out.

Others don't know, but Kuroba Kaito knows very well that Hakuba Tan will not speak without a purpose, and what he said must be true.

When the few people return to the villa, everyone will start playing Werewolf, and he has to hurry up to reinforce his disguise...

At this time, the shortcomings of disguising as a fat man are exposed. There is so much work to do that he has to find a colleague with good skills to assist...

"Why don't you take the opportunity to drink a sip?" Tang Ze, who was tidying up his clothes and stuffing more cotton, whispered.

"Ah?" Kuroba Kaito retracted his gaze, not understanding what he meant by this sentence.

The Japanese expression of chaos, "mitcha bitter tea", does describe the meaning of "stirring a mess" similar to the Chinese, but it is also a bit inconsistent with the logic of taking a bite. Few people can connect with Tang Ze's joke.

Tang Ze had no intention of explaining, but just pointed in the direction of the window: "What's going on with Hakuba Detective. That guy is also one of the detectives chasing after you? I remember that he was not active in Japan, why did he suddenly come back?"

"Isn't this the embodiment of the charm of the Phantom Thief?" Kuroba Kaito quickly wiped off the traces on the edge of the mask, said with a bitter smile, and then glanced at Tang Ze with a condemning look, "I think you are responsible for this matter."

"What does it have to do with me? What you said is a bit unreasonable." Tang Ze pointed at himself innocently, rubbed the cotton wool on his fingertips into strands, and tied a small knot on the padding under Kuroba Kaito's clothes, "Our Heart Phantom Thief is a criminal case, and yours is a civil case. Hakuba Detective will not pay attention to us, right?"

In this world, the real enemy of the Heart Phantom Thief should be the winery, or those villain organizations that had many conflicts with Kuroba Tou before he disappeared, and it is not the turn of the detective.

Everyone's positions are fundamentally similar, but there are differences in concepts due to different methods. You say that there may be a civil war of ideological differences like the Avengers or the Justice League, but it is a bit exaggerated to chase after them.

"He really has no interest in the Phantom Thief of Hearts. The question is, why do you want to come up with a setting like "a genius high school student detective who returned from studying abroad"?" When it comes to this, Kuroba Kaito's eyebrows jump wildly, "Hakuba Tan is not inactive in China. Hearing the name of Akechi Goro too much, he is of course not convinced."

Tang Ze thought seriously for a moment and found that he really couldn't refute it.

After careful calculation, except that Hakuba Tan's style is more similar to the other high school detectives and more flamboyant, his setting is really similar to that of Akechi Goro.

The same age, the same mixed-race background of studying abroad, also have excellent appearance and pretentious style of solving cases, even the hair color is quite similar.

As for the fact that Hakuba Tan comes from a high-ranking police official family, others may not know, but people in the police and political circles are more or less aware of Goro Akechi's background. Even if they don't know his relationship with Shigehiko Tsuchiguchi, they have heard that Goro Akechi's father is also a politician.

In terms of hardware conditions alone, the two of them can really be compared, and it is completely expected that someone will pull them down.

Kuroba Kaito pinched his eyebrows and fitted the fake skin more closely to his face: "Your data has been too high recently, and it is related to the Toudou Tower incident... Now even many policemen have begun to say similar things."

With the continued activities of the two, this matter has become more and more popular. It is said that some media are ready to set up a game for the two of them and make some gimmicks for the ultimate showdown.

With the support of family background and excellent personal ability, Hakuba Tan is at an age of high spirits, how can he bear such stimulation.

"This is not something I can control." Tang Ze's expression became more and more innocent. "Some people are building momentum for Goro Akechi. I don't want that either."

If Goro Akechi wants to have a deeper intersection with the Phantom Thieves in the future, first of all, Goro Akechi's voice must be loud enough to attract the attention of the Phantom Thieves and attract them to contact him.

For similar reasons, Rum has recently been using his resources to frantically pull resources for Kumer, and the funding for him and Bourbon has been loosened a lot. Tang Ze definitely has no reason to refuse such a thing.

"But in the end, Hakuba Tan transferred to my school?!" Kuroba Kaito gritted his teeth, "It's obviously your fault. Why is it that I'm unlucky and he can't go to Teitan?"

"Then what should I do? Why don't you go to school overnight to steal his student files..."

"Hey! That's not confessing yourself!"

"Okay, calm down. It's just a detective. It's easy to solve. Don't worry. If he really catches you, I'll take care of the prison van."

"Can you think of me better?!"