The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

Following the sound, Tang Ze found his target this time.

—A chariot galloping mercilessly over the crumbling bricks and stones.

The extremely tall man in armor standing on the chariot noticed Tang Ze's arrival almost as soon as he ascended to the upper space. He swung the reins in his hand and turned in his direction.

Should we say that he is worthy of being Gin? Even an opponent like Binga who hates him as much as he dares not easily stigmatize his existence.

In this inverted pyramid with a very fragmented style, the cognitive Gin who was trapped in the center of the maze was supposed to be a monster with a bull's head and a human body like the Minotaur. However, what the Phantom Thieves finally found in the maze was more like a version with many of Theseus' settings stitched together.

He held a sharp sword in one hand and a spear in the other, and wore a fluttering cloak over his ferocious armor. Under his feet was a wooden chariot with painted patterns pulled by two horses. The only part that could still reflect his identity was the shape of the horns on the armor itself.

It must be said that this warrior form, which should have been very brave, is more like the Lich King than any legendary monster or hero of Athens under the influence of Gin's own sinister image.

In terms of combat power, he also has the style of the Lich King.

Almost at the moment of being locked, Tang Ze suddenly jumped up from his original position as if by reflex.

A spear almost grazed the sole of his shoe and pierced the place where he stood.

"Amazing..." Tang Ze sighed, adjusting his posture in mid-air, "As expected of you, Gin."

According to Tang Ze's prediction, each cognitive gin will be generated based on the hall owner's impression of gin, but what is filled inside is most likely the cognitive power of gin himself, which is injected into the hall.

In other words, Gin's cognition still exists in his core, and it is difficult for the owner of the hall to predict and control his behavior. He has his own consciousness.

After missing the attack, Gin simply raised his hand again, recalled the spear he had thrust out, aimed at Tang Ze in the air again, and threw the spear out again.

This time he didn't remain silent, but spoke with a bit of gloom: "Shut up! You broke in here to steal something that doesn't belong to you. You deserve to die."

His voice boomed and echoed in the square arena like thunder, extremely majestic and cold.

Tang Ze laughed when he heard him say that: "You are not even the master of this place, so don't judge me here. At best, you are just a jailer guarding things."

This version of Cognitive Gin, whose identity is mixed with many backgrounds of the Minotaur bull, is indeed used as a guard by the owner of the palace, Binga, and is comparable to Pisco who crowned himself king in the palace.

"Hmph, a self-righteous sacrifice." Cognitive Gin narrowed his eyes at being mocked by him, and this time raised the sword in his other hand.

The spear stuck in the wall made a sharp sound, and after being pulled out again, it followed Tang Ze's trajectory at an extremely fast speed.

Tang Ze did not take another shot to test the cognitive damage. He nimbly dodged the spear again and took out the Great God.

The buff was flashing on his body. Tang Ze raised his hand and fired tens of thousands of proverbs in the direction of Gin.

A violent airflow swept past in an instant, engulfing the tall chariot and the man standing on it.

Tang Ze clearly sensed that he had hit the opponent through the opponent's rapidly decreasing health bar, but he was still not careless. He swung his scarf again to hook the opposite wall, pulling his body across the field at high speed.

Sure enough, the moment the blood bar dropped, a big green word popped up, and Cognitive Gin stepped on the chariot and rushed out of the exploding air mass. Except for some cracks on the chariot, there was no sign of damage at all. Instead, the spear chasing Tang Ze flew faster.

"You call me a thief and say I'm a sacrifice. Have you been locked up in the maze for so long that you've developed a bit of mad cow disease?" Tang Ze, who was being chased and had to use his body skills constantly, did not forget to mock.

This kind of fragmented state is not the first time Tang Ze has encountered it.

He had also observed a similar phenomenon with Pisco's sentinel Gin, that is, there was a gap between Gin's impression of him and the impression that the master of the hall should have.

Considering Toru Amuro's situation, Tang Ze felt that this should be their own problem.

After all, this is not entirely a product of the hall itself, but is mixed with a lot of Gin's self-awareness.

The strength of the sentinels extracted from Gin cannot be ignored. They need to recognize Gin to save their lives, but they subconsciously feel fear and rejection of Gin. In the end, who can be blamed if the sentinels themselves cannot effectively protect the safety of the hall master?

Look at Binga, he did remember to hide the secret treasure in the maze protected by Gin, but the maze itself was built to trap the Minotaur. When the Phantom Thieves used their special powers to steal things and ran away without any moral integrity, Gin could do nothing but drive furiously in this collapsing world.

"You are nothing but a poor imitation, a blind and powerless fool." As if in response to his ridicule, Gin's gaze turned to Tang Ze again, "What I call you is my business, it will not change your nature."

Tang Ze frowned at his sarcasm.

A low-quality imitation is easier to explain, and so is a thief.

It is not difficult to see from the first reaction and response of the people in the organization to Joker that, from the perspective of the organization, this mask that appeared out of thin air was something they did not quite understand. They attributed it to him being an experimental subject who had stolen Karasawa Ikawa's research and escaped the control of the organization.

But the adjective "blind and powerless"...

Tang Ze, who has a good memory, still remembers that when he first met Cognitive Gin in the Pisco Hall, the other party also used this description.

Simply understanding it as the Joker's mask always covering his eyes with an eye patch doesn't seem to make sense, as anyone with a discerning eye can see that his eye patch doesn't block his vision at all.

So what is the origin of this name...

Thoughts flooded his mind, and he fought without hesitation. Tens of thousands of proverbs followed Gin's trajectory accurately and blasted him, not forgetting to increase his own hit rate and reduce the opponent's healing amount.

He was chased all over the field by Gin's spear, and Gin was chased all over the field by the great god's attack. For a moment, the situation was weirdly deadlocked.

Tang Ze kept adjusting his position while dodging, and after several dangerous dodges, he finally found the gap he needed.

He simply called out, "Shade!"

A white shadow fell directly from the sky and instantly got into the shadow of Gin's chariot. When Tang Ze swung the hook over, it accurately grabbed the front end of the hook and fixed it on the edge of the chariot.

By the time Gin, whose attention was always on Tang Ze, reacted, Tang Ze had already used the force of this moment to accelerate and catapult himself, rushing directly towards Gin.

Are you stupid? I’m not here to solo with you in the middle lane this time. I have teammates!

"You!" When Gin turned his head and wanted to stab Hoshikawa Teru with a sword, Hoshikawa Teru had completely disappeared into his shadow. He dodged flexibly and turned behind Gin, and stabbed Gin's back with the kunai in his hand.

Although the noise alone was not enough to break the enemy's armor, his attack was very ineffective to Cognitive Gin, and the insult was strong enough.

The entire venue, which was already collapsing, began to tremble when Gin roared angrily.

Tang Ze, who was pulled over, grabbed Hoshikawa Teru's arm before he had the strength to attack again, and with a twist, he flipped over and fell behind Gin's chariot.

The next second, the spear flew faster and faster, chasing his footsteps and stabbing directly at Gin himself, piercing through the heavy metal armor and making a teeth-grinding sound.

A sharp edge pierced through Gin's chest.

Tang Ze, who had been in a high-explosive state, was slightly out of breath. He hooked the edge of the chariot, looked at the trickle of blood slowly flowing down the tip of the spear, and smiled provocatively at Gin.

"Tit for tat."

He still hasn't forgotten the last time Gin stabbed him through the heart and nailed him to the wall, forcing him to leave the hall and his wound could not heal.

If the Cognitive Gin in front of him, whose identity is mixed, is really stitched together with the part of Theseus, then the weapon of this hero who killed the Minotaur bull in mythology is of course a weapon against the Minotaur, and is a perfect attack that can break through his disguise.

Gin stared at the rather arrogant Tang Ze, and his eyes under the helmet mask slowly lit up with golden light.

He ignored the spear stuck in his body, raised his hand, and slowly took off his helmet.

Tang Ze knew that this was the signal that he was about to release his true form and enter the second stage.

"Shade, defend." Tang Ze reminded his teammate who was being pulled by him, released his hands that were clinging to the chariot, and then swung the grappling rope again to quickly increase the altitude.

No matter what form Bankai Gin takes, facing him at close range is not a good option.

After keeping some distance, Tang Ze not only focused his attention on the venue, but also began to observe his surroundings vigilantly.

The place where they were fighting now was the center of the maze after several circles of maze walls had collapsed.

According to the markings on his map, the upper level of the entire inverted pyramid maze is a very complex but extremely regular square maze.

Cognitive Gin and the original secret treasure were trapped in the center of the maze. When the secret treasure was swept away by Hoshikawa Teru, Asai Narumi and Hagiwara Kenji's shoot-and-run process, perhaps realizing that his existence would soon collapse along with the palace, Cognitive Gin went into a rampage, knocking down several layers of the surrounding maze walls and expanding the diameter of the venue to three times its original size.

And now, as the cognitive being on the chariot took off its helmet, the walls of the maze began to collapse from the inside out, layer by layer, like fallen dominoes.

The insignificant light in the venue can only illuminate a circle in the center. As the outer wall expands infinitely outward, the end of the sight soon falls into darkness.

Then came the star-like blue lights, which lit up one after another, like countless eyes peering at them from the darkness.

"Enemy?" Xingchuan Hui, who was holding the end of his scarf tightly, first raised his weapon reflexively, but when he found that he could not detect any information from the outside, he asked back uncertainly.

"Server." Tang Ze said confidently, "Don't forget, these are all computer rooms."

Although the blue lights kept flickering and it was impossible to observe their complete arrangement, Tang Ze realized after observing for a few seconds that their arrangement was very regular.

Rather than the starry sky or anything else, it is more like the work indicator light flashing in the computer room.

"Could it be that this is Gin's second form..." Hoshikawa Teru became alert after realizing something.

"Yeah, look at that animated monitor downstairs." Tang Ze sighed faintly, "Don't be so uncomplicated in a place like this."

The true form of the palace master is a cybernetic human, so there is no reason why the guard should be of pure mythological style.

So, maybe this time they will be facing a Detroit-style situation, with endless clones or something.

"You're still in the mood to joke around, run!"

Xingchuan Hui let go of his hand and immediately rushed towards the entrance where they came in. He did not forget to grab Tang Ze's arm and pulled him to speed up his pace.

The sound of thousands of horses galloping has been heard from all directions, and the dark blue outline is approaching the light source, about to show its ferocious and hideous side.

One cognitive Gin is already dying, so what can he do against the endless tank Gin?

"It's okay." Tang Ze didn't seem to be in a hurry. While being dragged by Xingchuan Teru, he still had enough energy to stare at Gin who was still standing in the center of the field. "According to my understanding of the game, the first wave is usually a barrage of attacks, so you have to hide somewhere. And I guess there won't be many opportunities to fight."

"what are you talking about?"

"I mean, Bing Speed ​​downstairs is no longer working."

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After passing the news of Karasawa's appearance and the information of retreat to the people in the control room, Conan hurried to the maintenance elevator leading to the lower floor with the equally anxious Maori father and daughter and several police officers from the Investigation Section.

Trusting Tang Ze's fighting ability is one thing, but allowing him to be alone in a room with a criminal who is not weak in violence is another.

"The elevator is only a few square meters..." Sato Miwako said anxiously as she ran quickly, "There's not even a shred of room for maneuver. This guy, Karasawa, is really messing around..."

She hadn't forgotten that this man had thrown a dagger at Xiaolan when he escaped. Who knew if he had any other weapons or guns?!

Even if it's to protect Conan, doing this is too risky!

Thinking of this, she turned her head and glared at Makino Yosuke who was being dragged around.

Or maybe this group of people can't do their job well and drag down innocent people who are just passing by and traveling. What a shame!

If Tang Ze had not appeared, it would be Conan who would have to face the criminal head-on, and the situation would only be worse.

"Hurry up and open the door!" She dragged Makino Yosuke to the panel on the side of the elevator in an unpleasant tone. "It's locked from the inside. We don't have permission to open it!"