Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

For a moment, the atmosphere at the scene became increasingly tense.

At the same time, Kudo Shinichi, who was surrounded by the fleeing crowd and was about to leave the hall, couldn't help but shout.

"wrong!"

Although he didn't know who the bird-beaked monster that appeared in the hall was, it was obvious that the other party's position just now was not the direction from which the bullet that killed Ze Yuezhi came.

The other party is not the murderer!

The real murderer is someone else!

Unfortunately, the crowd's screams of terror completely drowned out his voice...

Chapter 61: Burning Yoshiwara

The appearance of the "Phantom Thief" can be said to have pushed the already extremely tense atmosphere to a new high.

But in fact, Lan Ke, the person involved, was even more confused.

After stepping on 'Ze Yuezhi (Shadow)', Lan Ke dragged him to the cherry tree. At that time, Lan Ke was still thinking about how to take the tree away.

At this moment, the originally tall cherry tree turned into a ball of light and slowly fell into Lan Ke's palm.

At this time, 'Ze Yuezhi (Shadow)', who was originally held in Lan Ke's palm like a dead dog, resisted violently, but after being kicked by Lan Ke, he calmed down again, but his eyes gradually lost their luster.

Obviously, even though he has accepted his fate, the importance of the 'secret treasure' to him is still self-evident. It's a pity that the opponent has completely failed and has lost the ability to resist.

Soon, the light of the "light ball" gradually faded, and was replaced by a piece of cloth printed with bright red quietly floating in the air.

The other party’s secret treasure is... a piece of cloth?

It was really a situation that I didn't know how to complain about. At least Lan Ke couldn't guess what was going on for a while. Fortunately, as a person with a "hack", Lan Ke also had a way.

After putting it into the 'Backpack', new items unexpectedly appeared in the 'Important Items' column.

"The Lost Innocence

Category: Secret Treasure

Description: The 'human' who has taken away the purity of his beloved seems to have everything, but he has also lost his conscience as a 'human' and is falling into the abyss forever. After realizing that he can no longer redeem himself, the 'devil' also longs for 'salvation' in the abyss of desire, which will never come again.

Looking at the description of the 'secret treasure', Lan Ke's expression became uglier and uglier, and he even used his other hand to summon the 'Flame of Hell' to 'disinfect' his right hand.

Even though he knew that the 'secret treasure' in the impression space was essentially something reconstructed through 'consciousness' and not something from the real world, he still couldn't accept it psychologically.

So after the 'disinfection' was completed, Lan Ke no longer wasted time and turned to look at Ze Yuezhi's shadow.

As expected, with the 'secret treasure' taken away, 'Ze Yuezhi (Shadow)' who had tried to resist before completely turned into a walking corpse, just kept muttering 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry'.

There is no doubt that after losing his 'twisted desires', Ze Yuezhi, who has become a normal person, is constantly suffering from the torment of his inner conscience.

But Lan Ke had no mercy on him. After all, it was his own choice to go astray.

Now I am just paying the price for my original choice.

The '** Palace' was conquered, the 'Secret Treasure' and the 'Desire Stone' were all obtained, the 'evil man' also turned over a new leaf, and even Lan Ke's curiosity was satisfied.

Initially, Lan Ke suspected that the other party might be suffering from "sex addiction", but as he collected the "desire stone fragments", he gradually realized that the other party might have other mental illnesses. Now that he has obtained the "secret treasure", the last piece of the puzzle is finally complete.

The other person is likely to suffer from 'love frustration syndrome'.

The symptoms of "love frustration syndrome" generally understood by people should be inferiority and confusion, which may even lead to suicide in severe cases, or they may be obsessed with failed relationships and fall into unrequited love, and even constantly seek reconciliation, or simply resist the opposite sex, or even go to the other extreme of hating women.

At first glance, it seems that his behavior is different from Ze Yuezhi's current behavior, not to mention that the other party finally married his first love.

But in fact, the moment he used force, he could no longer look back, which means that his "first love", or the "love in his heart" was completely dead at that moment.

The more a person loses something, the more he longs for it.

The reason why Ze Yuezhi committed the "crime of adultery" was not only because of his rampant desire but also because of his twisted "love".

But it doesn't matter anymore. As the "secret treasure" was taken away by Lan Ke, the other party's twisted desire also disappeared, and everything came to a temporary end.

Without giving it any more thought, Lan Ke prepared to evacuate before the 'hall' collapsed due to the loss of its support of desire, but what he did not expect was——————

"boom!!!"

As if with a loud bang that split the world apart, the ground beneath his feet collapsed instantly, and Lan Ke immediately lost control of his body, but fortunately he reacted instantly.

"Angel!!!"

Almost at the same time that Lan Ke screamed, a body with flapping wings hugged Lan Ke's back, causing his falling body to suddenly stop.

After taking a look at the collapsing world below, Lan Ke turned his head and looked at the "angel's" eyes covered by black cloth, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, if it weren't for the other party, neither 'Pixie' nor 'Male Nightmare' would be able to hold me back.

But then, Lan Ke's doubts grew even stronger, because everything before him was completely beyond his imagination.

Although in the original novel the palace would naturally collapse after the 'secret treasure' was stolen because the desire to support the palace also disappeared, this would take a certain amount of time, rather than being forcibly erased by something like now.

In fact, not only did the building beneath his feet collapse instantly, but a violent torrent of water gushed out from where the foundation should have been and continued to spread in all directions, as if trying to sweep the remains of the palace into the 'Sea of ​​Consciousness'.

The once brightly lit Yoshiwara was now engulfed in flames, as if recreating the tragedy in history in which no one survived.

Either die in the fire, or return to the sea of ​​consciousness.

That's right, Yoshiwara was destroyed and rebuilt several times. One of the times was due to a fire. The ruler at that time was worried that the courtesans would escape, so he simply locked the gate and burned almost all the courtesans in Yoshiwara to death. Only a very small number of courtesans who climbed over the wall and jumped into the river survived, and the vast majority were drowned.

But now is not the time to sigh.

At this time, the Sea of ​​Chaos was constantly expanding, and Lan Ke didn't know whether he could escape with the ability of the "Angel" before the violent water flow swallowed everything. Although his assistant did not tell him what would happen after falling into the "Sea of ​​Consciousness", it was definitely not a good thing.

Then there is only one choice left.

Although the 'palace' begins to collapse, its anchoring position does not change.

0--

Lan Ke took out his cell phone, and as expected, he couldn't leave. However, Lan Ke commanded the "angel" to take him flying in the air for a while according to his memory. As expected, he soon found the "safe zone". Lan Ke no longer hesitated and decisively chose to "leave the hall".

immediately------

“Pah~!!”

Accompanied by a muffled sound, Lan Ke looked at the pool of blood at his feet and a big question mark popped up in his head.

"?"

Originally, he thought that at most he would end up in the "venue". Although it was a bit scary to suddenly turn a living person into a living person, as long as no one took a picture of him appearing out of thin air, the most they would probably do was to suspect that he had used some special means to hide his figure.

But he never dreamed that he would end up at the crime scene, and even his thief suit was splattered with blood.

However, looking at the brain-damaged corpse on the ground, Lan Ke immediately realized that this was Ze Yuezhi's body! !

Finally, the answer to the strange changes before was finally revealed.

It turns out that because the owner of the "palace" was physically erased in the material world, the "palace" as a projection of the "material world" in the "spiritual world" collapsed in such an exaggerated way. After all, this is similar to the bottom person disappearing out of thin air when stacking people.

It’s a pity that even after knowing the reason, he couldn’t be happy at all.

After all, there is no way he can explain these things to others, so how do others see this?

'Ze Yuezhi' was shot in the head, and just a few seconds later, a man with a 'strange figure' fell from mid-air into the crime scene, even covered in blood.

As expected, before Lan Ke could speak, the man who looked like a bodyguard let out a sharp roar.

“Catch the murderer!!”

Facing the "metal piece" shot towards him, Lan Ke pulled out his scimitar without hesitation and shot it down. Only the other bodyguards surrounded him, while Lan Ke waved his long staff to pick up and push away the wires behind the metal piece.

But this is not the end. Although the Taser attack failed, as professional bodyguards, they immediately surrounded Lan Ke waving batons.

Lan Ke was not afraid of this. He held the stick in one hand and swung it with great force, knocking the stick out of the bodyguard's hand and hitting the opponent's shoulder directly. In an instant, the opponent felt his body numb and his feet went weak.

However, as a professional bodyguard, the other party still shouted loudly.

"Be careful! That's a stun gun!!"

However, Lan Ke did not continue to pursue them. After all, these bodyguards were just fulfilling their duties. It was enough to make them lose their ability to resist and stop him.

Lan Ke was thinking more about how to get out at this moment. Anyway, as long as he left everyone's sight, entered the "Impression Space", changed his clothes and ran out to a deserted place, everything would be OK.

But the problem is that there are so many people here now, how can he escape?

Lan Ke was thinking about how to escape, and the bodyguards were intimidated by the fighting power displayed by Lan Ke and did not dare to get closer for a while.

But soon the 'breaker' appeared.

Accompanied by a burst of dense footsteps, a group of police officers from the Second Investigation Division wearing bulletproof vests, holding explosion-proof shields and electric batons, as well as several plainclothes police officers from the First Investigation Division who were scouting nearby, pointed their guns at Lan Ke who was wearing a thief costume.

"Surrender! The murderer impersonating the 'Phantom Thief'!!"

At this time, the team leader Nakamori Ginzo stared at Lan Ke with anger on his face, and even Takagi Wataru, who was holding his arm from behind and seemed to want to say something, looked desperate.

How can I not despair? The Second Investigation Division mainly deals with "high-intelligence crimes", and thieves are naturally their target. As for the First Investigation Division where Takagi Shigeru is located, it mainly deals with serious crimes, which naturally include murder cases.

When the "warning letter" appeared, the Second Investigation Section went all out and set up a network directly around the "Zawakoshi Building". However, what Ginzo Nakamori did not expect was that Zawakoshi refused his request to move in, on the grounds that he was worried that the police would affect the mood of the guests, and he had prepared sufficient security.

Nakamori Ginzo had no choice but to set up a net under the building and handed a walkie-talkie to the leader of the bodyguards arranged by Ze Yuezhi.

But no one expected that the original "Phantom Thief Case" would take a sharp turn for the worse a few minutes ago.

This time, Ze Yuezhi, who was the "target of the phantom thief", actually died?

Nakamori Ginzo's first reaction was that what the "so-called Phantom Thief" said about "cutting off the cycle of sin" couldn't it be that he meant destroying Ze Yuezhi on a physical level?

Theoretically, the task at this time was handed over to the police officer from the "Investigation Section 1" who was stationed nearby in plain clothes because he suspected that Ze Yuezhi was the one investigating the "Female Serial Victim Case" before.

But Nakamori Ginzo, who felt that the word "Phantom Thief" was being trampled upon, was furious and could not wait for the support of the First Investigation Section, and rushed forward directly with the officers of the Second Investigation Section.

However, after learning that 'Ze Yuezhi' was shot dead, he did not relax his vigilance and specially asked his subordinates to change into bulletproof vests and explosion-proof shields.

These specially customized blast shields can even withstand close-range fire from small-caliber firearms.

Compared to the furious Ginzo Nakamori, one can imagine Takagi Wataru's despair.

As a member of the 'Investigation Section 1', he had his job snatched away by the 'Investigation Section 2' when it should have been handed over to him. He would definitely be scolded when he returned, but fortunately he also knew that the current case was more important, so he could only look at Nakamori Ginzo with despair but had no intention of stopping him.

But Lan Ke calmed down.

He stood up straight, supporting himself with his left hand, while his right hand was hidden behind his back.

"I don't deny my identity as a 'criminal'. After all, I took some things without the owner's invitation. However, I won't take on the responsibility for a crime that doesn't belong to me..."

Lan Ke said this as he slowly backed away.

However, Lan Ke's words caught the attention of another person present.

"You mean to say that you didn't kill President Zeyue?"

Everyone looked at Kudo Shinichi, who appeared out of nowhere, with surprise, as if wondering why there was an "unrelated person" at the scene.

However, Lan Ke, who had noticed Kudo Shinichi a long time ago, was not surprised at all. Instead, he turned his head to look at the other party.

"Of course, as a Phantom Thief, I only take action against those I'm interested in. As for the reason why President Zeyue was murdered? Isn't that the job of the police and detectives? I believe that even though I'm a Phantom Thief, you will clear my name, right?"

After saying this, Lan Ke took a special look at Kudo Shinichi.

Even through the mask, Kudo Shinichi seemed to notice Lan Ke's strange look, but he was interrupted before he could speak.

"What does this mean?!"

As Lan Ke and Kudo Shinichi communicated, Nakamori Ginzo also reacted. He frowned and looked at Takagi Wataru beside him, and then noticed the other party's flickering eyes.

It was obvious that although Takagi Wataru came up with them, he didn't mention a word about the case they were investigating.

When he found that he couldn't get the answer he wanted, he could only look at Lan Ke, but he never expected that Lan Ke would raise a finger.

"Please ask Ms. Zeyue about the details. I believe that President Zeyue's actions cannot be completely hidden from Ms. Zeyue, right?"

As Lan Ke finished speaking, Ze Yueba, with tears on her face, instantly became the focus of everyone. She bit her lip and said nothing, but many people had already realized something.

Under normal circumstances, Ze Yueba would have denied it directly. After all, no matter whether it was true or not, she had to deny it for the sake of the "Ze Yue Group". However, before Ze Yuezhi was "shot in the head", he "self-destructed", and the information revealed in it was enough for the police to investigate him.

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It can be said that exposure is only a matter of time, but as the second-in-command of the consortium, she was not directly involved after all. As long as she denies that she has ever been involved, she can at least protect herself.

Of course, at her age now, she no longer cares about being caught. What she is worried about is her son.

The news that Ze Yuezhi finally revealed was enough to create a huge wave, and the Ze Yue Group must be the center of this vortex. Only by protecting herself can she have a chance to protect the group and hand it over to her son.

Of course, in order to maintain the foundation, "cutting flesh" is unavoidable, but now there is no other choice...

And just when everyone's attention was drawn to it, Lan Ke suddenly raised his hand and threw something in the direction of everyone.