Chapter 484 Conan: The Phantom Thief Who Leads Bad Children
"Ah, I'm a little tired..." Stretching, Noriko Ayashiro wiped the sweat from her face and looked at the time, " Is it already past three o'clock? Should I call Yumi? She has been sleeping for too long."
Although Horikoshi Yumi usually likes to act cheerful and outgoing, they all know in their hearts. Not so easy to get along with. If there is any group activity, if she is not notified, there will be many complaints later.
"It's up to her. I think she just doesn't want to talk to anyone today, and she talks in a weird way." Mouri Kogoro shook his head and said unhappily.
"Oh, no need to tell her to get up or anything." Kazushi Nakamichi, who was leaning against the wall with his arms folded, said, "Yumi is so angry when she wakes up. She hates sleeping the most. Being woken up.”
"That's the truth..." Ayashiro Noriko also hesitated, "She used to be embarrassed for a long time when she was woken up from her nap."
"If you don't wake her up now, When the fireworks festival begins, won't she still be scolded if she misses the opportunity to watch it?" Yukio Ayagi shrugged helplessly, "Let's go, let's go call her."
Several people responded one after another and slowly walked out of the billiard room one by one, heading towards Horikoshi Yumi's room.
Soon, they also discovered the fact that Horikoshi Yumi was missing.
Not only that...
"A pair of larger clogs, and a pair of smaller ones." The solemn-looking Mouri Kogoro picked up the two lonely pairs of shoes in the corridor and said seriously, "This hotel is in a remote location, and there should be no other guests except us. Then, these two pairs of shoes..."
"Tang Ze, and Conan, and them too!" Mao Lilan closed her mouth, shocked, took out her mobile phone and started calling the two people in turn. .
Over there, the participants of the class reunion also took turns dialing Horikoshi Yumi’s number.
After a long ringing tone, several calls were automatically hung up because no one answered.
"Yumi's mobile phone is not in the room." After rummaging around, Ayashiro and his wife had sweat on their faces, and their expressions became more and more uneasy, "But her other luggage is still there, her cosmetic bag, wallet, etc. No personal belongings were taken away.”
"What happened?" Nakamichi Kazushi looked around anxiously, looking at Mao Lilan who was anxious with tears in his eyes, and then at his old classmates who looked ugly, "Did someone take all three of them away?"
"... Let's look for it separately." Mouri Kogoro took a breath and suggested, "There are rice fields for one or two kilometers near this hotel, and the business district is further away. It takes nearly half an hour to walk. . None of them changed their clothes, and even their clogs were left here. There was no reason for them to go far away. Maybe they just went out for some reason and got lost."
Mao Lilan tightened her grip and was beaten hot by herself. phone, pursed his lips, and deliberately retorted, but he couldn't help but feel lucky.
I didn’t bring my mobile phone or wallet, and I didn’t even change my clothes. Tang Ze, who has a stable and reliable personality, would not take a kid like Conan to do such a risky thing.
But if they didn't leave on their own initiative, wouldn't it mean that something terrible happened to Tang Ze and Conan?
"Well, let's look around. If they're not in the hotel, they won't go too far." Several people looked at each other, exchanged glances, and agreed to the suggestion.
So soon, several people scattered in different directions, matching the calls, and looked for the three people in a deserted field.
As a result, half an hour later, when we agreed to meet on time, only five people came back.
"Where is Uncle Zhongdao?" Looking at Omura Jun who was supposed to act with him in astonishment, Mao Lilan's hands trembled slightly.
She couldn't help but think of the scary little game Karasawa told her and Suzuki Sonoko after playing it before.
A group of people ran into a suspicious building in a cheap location, and as night came, they disappeared one after another...
Unable to help wrapping the short feather fabric around her body, Mao Lilan took a step closer to her father, tightly He grabbed the clothes on his back.
"I, I don't know either..." Omura Jun's face turned pale, cold sweat crawled all over his face, "He said that he seemed to have seen someone in a certain direction and asked me to wait where I was. He went to see for himself, but after he ran away, I waited and waited, but no one came...I..."
The Ayancheng couple looked at each other and couldn't help but hold each other's hands tightly. They were also nervously next to each other.
Three people were missing. I went out to look for a long time and found another one...
"Should we consider calling the police?" Mao Lilan leaned behind Maori Kogoro and suggested in a low voice, "If you go missing in this location, it will still be very dangerous if you don't find it in time..."
"But Since there is no one else nearby, how did they..."
"There are other people!" Jun Omura, who had always looked unhappy, raised his voice and interrupted their discussion, "It's in this hotel. , there is someone else!”
Everyone’s eyes turned around and looked at him critically.
"I, I just left the billiard room to go to the bathroom. When I passed by the hall... I saw, I saw..." Omura Jun swallowed, glanced at Mouri Kogoro uneasily, and gritted his teeth. Going on, "I saw a man with white hair standing by the window on the second floor, looking down at me with a very unkind look. Seeing that I had spotted him, he sneered at me and disappeared quickly. in the window.”
"White hair?" Mouri Kogoro frowned, "A very old person? Why didn't you say anything just now?"
"No, he looks very young..." Hesitated again and again, and faced other questions. With people's scrutinizing eyes, Omura Jun finally fumbled for something from his sleeve pocket and handed it to them.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, Mouri Kogoro felt a sense of familiarity.
This dense paper, this slightly uneven ink trace...
"Preview letter of the Phantom Thieves of the Heart?" He said this in a strange voice, and Mouri Kogoro said The paper was turned over.
Fortunately among the misfortunes, this is not a heart-stealing message to Jun Omura or something like that. The Phantom Thieves don't seem to be here to add fuel to their already complicated situation.
However, the situation does not seem to be much better, because the current situation of 9 people losing 4 may have been caused by this group of Phantom Thieves.
"Dear travelers of the "Benkei" Hotel:
The special program we have prepared for you will be officially staged soon.
Please come to the hotel at 3 p.m. 40 minutes, come to the lobby on time to watch and provide your valuable suggestions for this new program
Thanks for taking the time to do this, it's greatly appreciated. "
Moori Kogoro's brows trembled when he saw this weird invitation letter. He didn't quite understand what new tricks these Phantom Thieves were playing.
Ever since he became a somewhat famous detective, these guys who came out of nowhere have become active around him, which is very annoying.
He is not the only famous detective in Tokyo. Do you have to keep an eye on him?
However, the focus of the letter is not here, but on the final "invitation list".
"There are no names of Karasawa, Conan, Uncle Nakamichi and Aunt Horikoshi." Mao Lilan frowned and looked at the last five names, a little relieved, "It seems that several of them were recruited by the Phantom Thieves. "
Although these people of the Phantom Thieves of the Heart are mysterious and seem to have many secret methods and purposes, they will never affect innocent people. In several exchanges, not only did they not hurt anyone, they also helped others in distress many times.
If they had taken away Karasawa and Conan, there should not be any serious consequences.
Mao Lilan was relieved, but the hearts of others were hanging even higher.
Will be targeted by the Phantom Thieves of Heart, doesn’t that mean these people...
They were staring at the invitation letter, and while their thoughts were wandering, a string of soft music came from the tea room on the first floor, which immediately attracted their attention.
On the TV screen that turned on automatically, the bright red Phantom Thieves logo danced gently amidst the melodious and brisk piano sound.
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“Hiss——” Conan, who touched the back of his neck and climbed up in pain, looked around and felt slightly speechless, “This is Are you moving us into the game, Noah’s Ark?”
The same position that Horikoshi Yumi was taken to before, he is now in the same position. Among the rooms and rooms. He did not try in vain to open the door or open the window. He knew clearly that he had probably entered the game.
"I'm sorry, Kudo." A robot boy in a metallic suit appeared in front of him the next moment, tilted his head, and smiled slyly, "If you are allowed to move freely, I'm afraid it will interfere with our next steps. One-step plan. Who made you discover it so quickly, Detective?"
"Next-step plan..." Although he knew that the pain on his neck was probably just a simulated digital signal, Conan couldn't help but think. After rubbing it for a few more times, I caught something from his words, "Are you still planning to bring in other Uncle Maori's classmates?"
Because he listened to Noah's Ark demolishing Horikoshi. Yumi's whole process, during their conversation, had already speculated on the situation that might have been discovered in this hotel.
Nakamichi Kazushi, the bald Chiba Prefecture detective, has the deepest emotional entanglement with Horikoshi Yumi. His blind date and preparation for marriage without telling Horikoshi Yumi completely detonated the landmine between them, and the conflict escalated to Today, he had already developed murderous intentions towards Yumi Horikoshi.
This should be the reason why the members of the Phantom Thieves showed up today and put on this special show.
“You don’t think that because of Horikoshi Yumi’s request, we will really ‘change his mind’ for Nakamichi Kazushi and force him to give up his original life plan?” Noah tilted his head and said with He glanced at Conan in surprise, "You have such a bad idea of us, Kudo-kun."
"Then, are you lying when you promised Horikoshi Yumi so easily?" The eyebrows twitched. , Conan glanced at Noah's Ark.
Artificial intelligence has been taught how to deceive humans, and even how to deceive customers... What on earth are you teaching an innocent ten-year-old computer, guys from the Phantom Thieves!
“You’ll find out later.” Noah smiled and rolled his eyes, raising a finger mysteriously and waving it, “There’s a special surprise!”
Conan looked at his expression and shook his head. He turned back inadvertently and continued to look at the Japanese room. Then he was startled when he remembered something: "...Where is Karaze?"
"He is in another room. "Here." Another familiar young voice came, and Conan was stunned. He turned around and saw the white-haired thief walking straight through the wall and walking into the room, "Good afternoon, little detective. Don't worry about us." It’s impossible to hurt Tangze, but there are some things that you can’t let him know about, right?”
I know in my heart that what joker said is basically true, and Conan won’t really worry about them hurting their friends. , just sighed with a little regret, and sat down on the tatami cross-legged: "I didn't have any intention of hiding it from Karasawa. I thought we would have the opportunity to sit down and communicate together."
At present, no one except himself knows that he is connected with the Phantom Thief of Heart.
In Conan's understanding, Karasawa must not know about the existence of the Phantom Thieves. Otherwise, when he was on the verge of losing his horse last time, he should have gone to Joker to bring in reinforcements instead of suddenly pulling out a black man. Yu Kaito.
After all, Joker lives next door to him, how convenient it is.
This is not only a good opportunity to explain the situation to Karasawa, but also an opportunity for joker to communicate with Karasawa head-on. It seems that not only is there no need to hide the Phantom Thieves from Karasawa, but if Karasawa sees it with his own eyes, he might be able to take the opportunity to figure out what happened to Joker...
"Thank you for your concern. Come on, little detective." Tang Ze responded to the friend's concern with a pun, "Here comes a sofa."
It's true that tatami can be used for sitting on the floor, but Tang Ze. I still prefer a bean bag sofa that has a certain amount of support and is very soft and snug.
This is all his own territory, there is no need to make do with it, Karasawa commanded Noah unceremoniously.
Noah, who had fully explored Karasawa's soft furnishing preferences at the No. 22 base, waved his hand and created a wide bean bag that was exactly the same as the sofa in their villa, even the colorful pillows on it were restored.
After thanking him, Tang Ze deftly slumped down on the sofa and made a "please" gesture to Conan: "As for what we are going to do...you should see for yourself."
< br>As his words ended, the entire wall on the side of the room suddenly flashed twice, showing a picture, like a huge screen that spread across the entire wall.
The picture faces a simple, utility room-like cabin.
The windows of the unoccupied cabin were closed, but from the cracks in the damaged wood, it was not difficult to guess the weather outside. This probably happened in the afternoon.
Soon, the door of the cabin creaked, and a figure walked into the cabin, with his back facing the door, as if waiting for something.
That was Yumi Horikoshi wearing a yukata and bare feet.
Before Conan could ask a question, within a few seconds, another figure entered the room.
"Yumi, why are you here?" Looking at the silent woman with her back turned, Nakamichi Kazushi narrowed his eyes and couldn't help but observe the environment they were in.
The hotel they chose was surrounded by farmhouses, and no one could be seen after walking for a kilometer or two. As long as he was not seen by other old classmates who were traveling with him, his actions could be said to be very covert.
It was precisely because of this that he chose to attack Yumi Horikoshi at this party. This was his most likely chance of getting away with it.
And at this moment...
Horikoshi Yumi didn't know why she came to a place like this. She was already alone. The environment of this small house was messy and complicated, and it seemed that no one had visited it for a long time.
As long as Horikoshi Yumi is subdued, whether he kills her here or simply hides her and throws her to a more remote place, that will be a more perfect solution than his original plan.
After meeting her classmates, she suffered an emotional breakdown and disappeared. These were her own choices and actions, and he did not exert any influence on them.
Just make her disappearance a reality.
So when he gently called Horikoshi Yumi's name and slowly approached the woman, the fierce light in his eyes could not be concealed at all, and the ferocious expression of determination was like that of an evil ghost.
He rushed forward, grabbing the woman's neck with both hands, preparing to subdue her, or even break her neck directly.
However, this time, he missed everything.
The surrounding environment changed, and a dazzling vortex spread, swallowing up the entire cabin. The next second, a pure white space appeared in front of Nakamichi Kazushi.
"As expected of a murderer who is determined to kill." Two palms clapped together, creating a round of applause with the resonance of metal collision. Noah stood in an empty white space and looked at Nakamichi Kazushi with a smile, "It's wonderful. What about the action, Mr. Nakamichi?”
Surprised and panicked, Nakamichi and Zhi stumbled a few times, took a few steps back in panic, and looked at him standing a few meters away in shock. The little human boy's first reaction was to raise his hand and slap himself.
"Pfft." Amused by his decisive slap in the face, Noah clapped his hands a few more times, "It's really wonderful. Should I say that you are worthy of being a criminal policeman? You have amazing decision-making and execution. "
"...Where is this place?" The burning pain on his face reminded him that he was not hallucinating, or that he was not dreaming. "Who are you? !”
“Well, what should I say?” Noah tapped his cheek, made two metallic sounds, and snapped his fingers.
Soon, the video of Nakamichi Kazushi following Horikoshi Yumi into the house and attacking him suddenly appeared in mid-air and started to play automatically.
The scene ended abruptly at the moment when he strangled the woman's neck. However, this realistic image was enough to make Nakamichi and Shimu's eyes split open.
Although this video is not real and is probably just an illusion created by the other party to fool him, but coupled with the fact that Horikoshi Yumi is missing, it is enough to make him the well-deserved first suspect.
Coupled with his relationship with Yumi Horikoshi...his handle is already in the hands of the other party.
“It’s good that you are willing to listen to me.” Noah nodded, “Have you ever heard of the ‘Phantom Thieves of the Heart’?”
When things got to this point, Nakamichi Kazushi, who had already been pinched by the Phantom Thieves, naturally followed in the footsteps of Horikoshi Yumi. The whole process of peeling skin, drawing cakes, and signing a contract was smooth, natural, sincere, and very rhythmic. .
Even the two or three meters long user agreement at the end, which cannot be finished and will be automatically confirmed in 10 seconds, is exactly the same.
Conan’s facial features were flying in front of the screen: “…”
Even if Noah’s Ark is not human and should not be treated with human ethics, his mind is indeed only human. is ten years old, right? ! What are you teaching children, joker!
Double the monthly ticket power, please give me a monthly ticket——
(End of this chapter)