The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

Chapter 1067 Matsuda Jinpei: I'm really impressed

"Erenica, what are you doing? Now it's not just the looks, but even the name..."

The man next to the woman pulled her, but she gently pushed him away.

"I just want to catch that bastard, and this is our best chance." Erenika's eyebrows did not waver, she just untied the black robe on her body, completely no longer hiding her appearance, "I can't let this opportunity slip away because of personal concerns. For this possibility, Oleg has already paid a lot..."

Jinpei Matsuda approached and looked around at the two people. When he heard her say this, he waved his hand.

"I don't mean to interrupt you, but the Oleg you're talking about is the one with a big beard who looks like an Eastern European?"

"Have you seen him?" Erenika clenched her fingers. "He is my brother and one of our members."

"If you mean the guy who rashly ran to the Metropolitan Police Department and tried to find me, then I have indeed met him." Matsuda Jinpei shrugged, not paying attention to the gun pointed at his head from behind. "However, due to some special reasons, I cannot meet him directly, and I have entrusted it to a third party who has nothing to do with the police for the time being... You have your own concerns, and I have my own concerns."

Erenika frowned. "You mean, the man who died in the Pramya bomb wasn't Oleg?"

"Died from the bomb in Pramya?" Jinpei Matsuda repeated this somewhat awkward sentence, and after a few seconds, he suddenly understood.

Erenica is referring to Yoji Motobashi.

"Pramya has already started committing crimes in Japan, right? I can't contact him, so I can only consider the worst outcome. I hope what you said is true." As Erenica said this, the icy look on her face had melted a little. "Since you have met him, I don't think I need to introduce Pramya to you."

"Ah, yes, I did a little research. Pramiya is a well-known antisocial criminal, or terrorist, who uses specially made liquid bombs to commit crimes and has killed countless people." Matsuda Jinpei's eyes moved to the scar on her face, "It seems that you are also one of the victims."

"He took the lives of my family. My husband, my children..." Erenica did not deny his guess, but just said this, then raised her arm and pointed to a circle of empty water tanks.

Dozens of pumpkin heads, still wearing black robes, were standing upstairs and downstairs, looking at them silently under the light.

"... and everyone here. We have lost our families and loved ones to him. We are all victims." Erenikka raised her head, "and like-minded partners. We swear to make Pramya pay with blood."

Jinpei Matsuda glanced at several people without saying anything.

If he were in the past, he would not support this obvious desire for lynching of a criminal who was trapped in hatred and only desired revenge.

He would sympathize and deeply understand their pain, especially after he himself lost a close friend in the bombing.

But now, standing here in a completely different identity from the past, after truly looking directly into the deep inner selves of so many scums who harm others and feeling the dark side more intuitively, his mentality has subtly changed.

After all, revenge on Yoji Motobashi was his token of allegiance to the Phantom Thieves, and he didn't seem to be blaming them...

"To show our sincerity, I didn't hide any information. We have been tracking Pramya for many years and can provide you with all the known intelligence." Erenica puffed out her chest and put forward her request. "In exchange, I hope you can give me all the information about the bomb three years ago."

Jinpei Matsuda blinked, turned his head and observed the other people present.

Following Elenika's words, the other black-robed people around began to pick the pumpkins off their heads one after another.

After revealing their true identities, they suddenly changed from strange secret gathering participants to ordinary residents.

The faces behind the pumpkin include men, women, young and old. Some are very young, while others have weathered faces. They all look tired and pale. It is obvious that the cross-border travel and tracking, as well as the need to hide their tracks, have brought them a lot of pressure.

Standing on a high place, quietly lying on the ground, and using the telescopic function of his glasses to observe the scene, Conan understood everything.

No wonder, no wonder this group of people had no idea that Jinpei Matsuda had died in the line of duty and just came here directly.

They looked threatening, but their true identities were just a group of civilians immersed in anger and hatred. It took all their energy just to follow Pramya and understand all the cases. There was no way to investigate what a bomb disposal police officer from a foreign country had experienced.

"So, your brother came to me for the bomb disposal three years ago." Matsuda Jinpei nodded knowingly, "Why did he appear at the explosion site that time?"

"It was a trap." Erenikha did not hide anything and told the truth. "Pramya did not commit random crimes. He sometimes took paid tasks on the dark web. You know, the gangs in Eastern Europe are complicated and have no bottom line. Their dark web transactions include everything, including human trafficking, murder for hire, organ trading... It took us a long time to confirm Pramya's dark web account and gave him a commission through this channel."

"Commission him to come to Japan to carry out the bombing?" Matsuda Jinpei's eyebrows jumped. "Why choose Japan?"

"… Because we speculated at that time that Japan was likely the place where he settled or lived for a long time. His footprints of crimes radiated out from East Asia." Erenica understood the sarcasm in his words and answered without wavering, "I'm sorry about this, but among all the missions we sent out, this was the only one he accepted."

"Are you going to blow up that abandoned building?" Matsuda Jinpei recalled the original scene and shook his head, "You are the ones being tricked."

Pramya is an experienced bomber and no fool.

An abandoned building that is not even in the downtown area, such an attack would not have any impact at all.

Compared with those orders that wanted to use explosions to kill people, create chaos, and cause conflicts, this order specifically asked her to take it. She was like a star in the dark night, and it was almost written on her face that I was here to fish.

"Yes. We wanted to determine the location in advance, then ambush him and capture him... and you know the result." Erenika grinned awkwardly.

"And they were discovered in the end?" Jinpei Matsuda was not surprised at all.

"Yes. My brother was attacked in turn and trapped in the building. It was at that time that you saved his life, Officer Matsuda."

Matsuda Jinpei waved his hands, not caring about her gratitude. "I didn't save him for any reason. It's more important to avoid causing trouble because of this poor plan than to thank me. If I hadn't shown up, the explosion would have been huge, and innocent residents would have been involved."

This is the part where he disagrees with blood revenge.

When ordinary people, who are driven by emotions, have insufficient investigative means, and lack the ability to grasp the situation, seek revenge, it is easy to cause greater harm and tragedy.

Patient and powerful Avengers are also extremely rare, and require very high personal qualities.

Just look at the Phantom Thieves. What kind of people are these guys who can successfully take revenge...

"...In short, you are the only person on record who has successfully touched Pramya's bomb and preserved the complete structure of the bomb." As if embarrassed by his ridicule, Erenikha avoided the topic, "Pramya is a very cautious criminal. Any base that has been used for a long time will be burned down by him in time to eliminate the evidence. It is also because of this that the police of various countries have not found any clues related to him so far. But as long as you can provide sufficient information, we can judge where he may have committed the crime based on the nature and installation method of the bomb, and we will have a chance to catch him..."

"It's an ideal plan. It has no flaws except that it won't succeed." Jinpei Matsuda commented bluntly.

Elenika's eyebrows twitched violently.

"Why do you say that? Is his bomb very special?"

"I had expected Pramya." Matsuda Jinpei ignored the gun behind his head, crossed his arms, and said in a cold tone, "You should ask the police for help. I'm not saying this because I'm a policeman, but because you have too little information. You can't be much ahead of Pramya. How can you outrun an experienced criminal?"

"You want to persuade us to call the police? That's impossible." Elenika's face turned cold again. "If the police can play a sufficient role and really take this demon seriously, our organization will not exist at all."

"There is really no need for it to exist." Matsuda Jinpei's tone was even colder than hers. "Do you really know the strength required for revenge? It's not about the 'determination to die', 'the will and courage to never give up' and other irrelevant things... Of course, I don't mean to question your willpower, but I really don't think you can succeed."

"What are you talking about, you bastard—!"

The man holding the gun behind his head was obviously angered by his light words. He took a step forward and pressed the gun against the back of Matsuda Jinpei's head.

Jinpei Matsuda's head was tilted by the muzzle of his gun, but he still looked calm and fearless.

He didn't use any negotiation skills - even if he knew how to calm this group of people down and how to get the message out, he was just telling the truth.

"You did not choose the method under the sun, that is, to seek help from official forces. You wanted to use your own power to fight against a demon who has killed countless people. But since you have chosen the dark method, if you want to defeat the darkness, you need to go deeper than the darkness."

Jinpei Matsuda kept his head slightly tilted as the gun was pressed against him, and stared straight into Erenica's ice-blue eyes without wavering.

"You are not smarter, more cunning, and more evil than the bad guys. How can you outrun the person you want to avenge in the field of crime? He has killed so many people, and I tremble when you point a gun at me. Even if he kneels in front of you and waits for his death, would you dare to shoot? You regard yourself as a victim, acquiesce to your own weakness, and believe that your actions are absolutely just and legitimate. Naturally, your plans are hesitant and you can't do anything well."

When Matsuda Jinpei said this, a pair of eyes that also appeared cold and icy blue under the light flashed before his eyes.

He woke up very late and had missed many of the past events of the other members of the Phantom Thieves, but from what others said, he had already pieced together Tang Ze's ups and downs since he was framed by the organization.

After knowing this, he rarely questioned Tang Ze's decisions anymore.

He believed that after Hagi knew what Tang Ze had done, he would agree with his ideas.

If you don't achieve that, how can you say to the deep darkness that you will crush it?

"So, of course I know the structure of the bomb. I remember the structure of all the bombs I dismantled, and I even have some guesses about their formulas. The smell and form of chemical reagents can always be traced..." Matsuda Jinpei paused at this point, and then said directly, "But why should I give it to you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, two people rushed up from behind him, angrily grabbed his arms, pressed their guns harder against the back of his head, and almost knocked him down.

"I'm not negotiating with you." Elenika's eyebrows became sharp. "You have no choice, Officer Matsuda."

She tilted her head to signal, and the man next to her immediately pulled out a gun and pointed it directly at Chiba Kazunobu who was sitting on the chair.

"Don't you care about Officer Chiba's safety?"

"This matter is beyond your ability. It is not your place to intervene. Even if I tell you now, what's the use? Even if Pramiya has installed the bomb, can you still find it——"

"Uh-huh……?"

As Matsuda Jinpei yelled, Chiba Kazunobu, who was sitting on a chair with his head down, blinked and slowly woke up.

He raised his head drowsily, his vision was stung by the spotlight above his head. He squinted his eyes and finally saw the scene in front of him clearly.

He immediately saw the restrained Jinpei Matsuda, and was stunned, muttering to himself: "Eh? Officer Matsuda, why do I see... am I already dead?"

Erenikha caught his soft words, turned her head sharply, and glared at Chiba and Shin: "What do you mean?"

"I, I mean... Yeah!"

Just as Chiba Kazunobu was about to blurt out that Matsuda Jinpei had already died in battle, a tiny anesthetic needle accurately hit the side of his neck, causing him to faint again without a sound.

Conan on the rooftop touched his watch and broke into a cold sweat.

If Chiba Kazunobu pointed this out with just one word...the situation would be hopeless.

His momentum was interrupted. He realized who had made the move and couldn't help but twitch his mouth: "..."

He understood the logic, but this scene was so full of people trying to prevent Chiba and Shin from disturbing their good show that they simply gave people the feeling of being knocked down. It was really laughable.

Really, Conan and Karasawa are really similar...