Whose personality mask's power comes from the heroic spirit?

"Ah... the latest news just came out. Okumura Kunikazu died of heart failure." Haibara Ai suddenly added.

"I know." Edogawa Conan replied in a dark tone, "I was at the scene at that time."

After silently adding two more names to the three-choice list, Edogawa Conan let out a long sigh.

"It seems that the incident I discovered this time is no longer an ordinary murder case... but a supernatural incident of the same type as the Shibuya incident."

"...Indeed." Huiyuan Ai agreed, "Even if you use some special drugs, it will take some time for the drugs to take effect if you want to turn a normal person into a non-human."

"But from the information I've gathered, these victims of 'disability' often become like that in an instant."

"Moreover, most of them happened in public, without any perpetrators around."

"Kudo, I'm afraid you really caught a glimpse of the other side of the world."

Chapter 20: The Unforgiven Crime

"Turning people into cripples and killing people, is this the work of guys like Shido Masayoshi and Akechi Goro?" The members of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts gathered in Sakura Futaba's room.

"It's hard to say for sure." Taiyi shook his head and replied, "Although the possibility that they took action is as high as 90%, no one dares to say whether the people that Okumura Kuni and that guy offended have the means to enter the Impression Space and the Palace like us."

"That's possible." Shinjima nodded in agreement.

"If it was Shido Masayoshi who did it, then it means that the existence of Okumura Kuniwa has made him feel very uneasy." Amamiya Ren touched his chin and looked at Taichi, "Could it be that Okumura Kuniwa has some evidence of Shido Masayoshi's crime in his hands? After he found out, Shido Masayoshi decided to take the initiative."

"It's not impossible." Kitagawa Yusuke nodded in agreement.

"Hey! What I want to know more is why you all so naturally treat my room as a secret base!" Sakura Futaba hugged her pillow and glared at everyone present with dissatisfaction and questioned.

"Because when it comes to protecting our information security, Sakura's room is the safest place," Shinjima explained.

"It's not easy to reveal the reason why we gathered together." Kitagawa Yusuke added.

"Even if you praise me so much..." Sakura Futaba's complaints became much quieter.

"But it's a little too cramped." Sakamoto Ryuji suddenly said, "With so many of us squeezed together, the room is almost full."

"That's why I didn't inform Yukinoshita and Yuigahama this time." Taichi rubbed his eyes and replied.

It’s definitely not because he doesn’t know how to deal with Yukinoshita Yukino now.

"Get out!" Sakura Futaba glared at Sakamoto Ryuji who was beginning to complain about the size of his room, "If you think it's too small, go to the park! Idiot!"

"Everyone, please take a look at the homepage of the Phantom Thieves!" Shin Niijima suddenly stood up from Sakura Futaba's bed, stared at his phone and shouted, "Someone is suspecting that the sudden death of Kunikazu Okumura is related to the Phantom Thieves!"

“What!” Everyone present looked pale and took out their cell phones to check the Phantom Thieves’ homepage.

"Really?" Sakamoto Ryuji's face turned pale and he wanted to throw his phone away. "Why would such a thing be framed on us?"

"I investigated this ID." Sakura Futaba's index finger quickly swiped across it, "Half a month ago, the other party left the name 'Okumura Kuniwa' on the homepage, hoping that we can make Okumura Kuniwa change his mind."

"In other words, the other party mistakenly believed that Okumura Kuniwa's sudden heart failure was due to a flaw in our heart-changing process?" Kitagawa Yusuke instantly understood why the other party was so confident that the murderer was a member of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.

"You must be joking!" Sakamoto Ryuji's face turned red. "Let's not talk about the fact that we didn't do it. Let's talk about this guy. He clearly left Okumura Kunikazu's name on his homepage, hoping that he would change his mind and admit his mistakes. But now he starts to criticize our Phantom Thieves. Isn't this too much!"

"A lot of people liked and commented... and most of them supported this ID and criticized our Phantom Thieves." Shinjima's face gradually turned pale. "If we don't find a way to remove this dirty water, I'm afraid we will never be able to prove our innocence again."

"...There's no chance." Taichi shook his head and sighed, "If the murderer is Shido Masayoshi, he will definitely follow this trend and throw all the blame on the Phantom Thieves. He may also use his privileges to firmly pin this dirty water on us."

"Even if we find the owner of this ID and prove our innocence to him, netizens will think that we, the Phantom Thieves, changed his mind and made him make the 'wrong' decision."

"The most important thing is that most netizens don't care about the truth of whether the Phantom Thieves are the real culprits. They just follow the trend for fun and take advantage of the opportunity to add insult to injury for the Phantom Thieves, who have become a little too famous recently."

"Damn it! Damn it!" Ryuji Sakamoto angrily hit his thigh with his fists.

"Is it impossible to cleanse it now?" Shinjima Makoto frowned and looked at Taichi and asked.

"There is definitely no shortage of conspiracy theorists in the world, and there is no shortage of people who are wary of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts and have ill intentions towards them, so it's best not to have such naive ideas as wanting to wash this dirty water away."

"Even if someone suggests a way to clear the Phantom Thieves of the wrongful charges, it's most likely a trap to lure out the Phantom Thieves of Heart."

"Everyone, from now on, the Phantom Thieves of Hearts will become a group of evil forces that most people will hate. Please be mentally prepared."

"Why is this happening..." Sakura Shuangye lowered his head in frustration.

"Just like Taichi said, everyone, if you hear or see comments criticizing the Phantom Thieves in the future, please be sure to control your emotions." Amamiya Ren, who had been wrongly accused by Shido Zhengyi, agreed with Taichi's opinion, "It's best to turn a blind eye."

"Len, you'd better persuade the guy who maintains this homepage." Taichi looked at Amamiya Ren and reminded him, "If he is socially dead again for speaking for the Phantom Thieves, the situation may become worse."

"However, the announcement that needs to be made still needs to be made."

"No need to say too much, just make it clear that Kunikazu Okumura is not on the Phantom Thieves' list of change of heart."

“Don’t make it a precondition that everyone will believe what we say, otherwise it will only cause your mentality to collapse.”

"Everyone, if nothing unexpected happens, the war between us and the Lion Boy Justice Faction may begin soon."

"Please suspend all commissions on the homepage. We will focus on conquering the Hall of the Lion Boy Justice Faction next."

Taiyi looked around at everyone present and reminded them.

Just then, Taiyi's cell phone suddenly rang.

The caller ID shows Yukinoshita Yukino.

"I've seen it." The cold voice of Yukino Yukinoshita came from the microphone, "The Phantom Thieves are now framed as murderers. Do you have any countermeasures?"

"No." Taichi replied, "It is impossible to restore the reputation of the Phantom Thieves."

"Was it Shido Masayoshi who did it?" asked Yukinoshita Yukino.

"It's not clear yet, but it's likely that he did something to Okumura Kunikazu... As for the trend on the website, although it may not have been started by him, he definitely had strong support in fueling it." Taichi explained, "Yukinoshita, can I ask you to go to Yukinoshita Haruno's palace and ask her for help? From now on, the Phantom Thieves of Hearts may be busy."

Chapter 21 This is cyberbullying

"Hiss--Huh--" After exhaling a breath, Toru Amuro's eyes appeared exceptionally bright in the darkness.

Ever since he started investigating Shido Masayoshi in cooperation with Vermouth, this undercover agent sent by the Japanese Public Security Bureau into the organization has broadened his horizons.

This 'supernatural force' that is completely different from the organization, but is definitely no less harmful than the organization, has surfaced.

Through this, Toru Amuro also came across the homepage of a "Phantom Thieves of Hearts".

Regardless of whether the Phantom Thieves of Hearts did good or bad things, after all, the Japanese Public Security Bureau did far more bad things than good things in some aspects.

But the power wielded by the Phantom Thieves of Heart made him extremely fearful.

What’s even more terrifying is that Shitong Zhengyi seems to have mastered the same power.

Kunikazu Okumura is the person he is connected with in this regard.

After finding out about Kunikazu Okumura's situation, Toru Amuro also made a secret request to his immediate superior, trying to control Kunikazu Okumura through improper means.

As a result, no one knew who leaked this information, but Kunikazu Okumura died suddenly the day after he came into contact with the Japanese public security.

That's right, Toru Amuro concluded that the person who did it was not the Phantom Thieves of Hearts that were criticized on the homepage, but Shido Masayoshi who possessed the same power.

But even the Japanese police did not dare to launch a routine investigation on Shido Masayoshi without having certain evidence at hand.

After all, he is a cabinet member who has the hope of becoming the Prime Minister of Japan when the term changes.

Even within the Public Security Department, there are many high-ranking officials who support him.

As a result, Toru Amuro was afraid to report a lot of information to his superiors.

The power of Shido Justice's faction is so strong that even Amuro Toru feels tired.

Now, the only colleague in the entire Public Security Bureau whom he can trust in the Shido Justice case is Fengjian.

"The Phantom Thieves of Hearts... let me see if you have the potential to become my informant." Amuro Toru looked at the line of "self-defense" from the Phantom Thieves that was specially marked at the top of the homepage, and his eyes gradually became profound.

……

Meanwhile, at the Okumura family.

Okumura Haru had a gloomy expression after reading the Phantom Thieves' "Defense Statement" several times.

The ID that made the statement that "the Phantom Thieves are the murderers" was Okumura Haru.

Just as Kitagawa Yusuke speculated, she criticized the Phantom Thieves because she felt that the Phantom Thieves accidentally killed her father.

But the fact that so many people later agreed with her criticism made her gradually become radical and determined that the murderer was the main culprit of the Phantom Thieves.

But after so many hours, the Phantom Thieves had not made any movement except for publishing a self-defense statement, which made her doubt her own speculation.

Not to mention whether the Phantom Thieves are the real murderers, I have already put the label of murderer on the Phantom Thieves. Don’t they intend to make me change my mind and delete my previous remarks?

Taking a look at the camera that was still working, cold sweat began to appear on Okumura Haru's forehead.

"Could it be that I really misunderstood the Phantom Thieves of Hearts? They weren't the ones who killed my father?"

Inadvertently scrolling through the pages, Okumura Haru's eyes stopped at the news related to the 'Disability Incident'.

After hesitating for a moment, Okumura Haru reached out and clicked it.

……

Late at night, the previous post criticizing the Phantom Thieves of Hearts was suddenly deleted, and replaced by a sincere apology letter.

The content of the apology statement was very rigorous and sincere to the Phantom Thieves, and they also posted a few news reports about the "disabled incident", indicating that they were still narrow-minded and regarded the Phantom Thieves as the murderers without any solid evidence.

No one cared at first.

Except for a few night owls, everyone read the apology letter word by word and clicked the "like" button.

Until a certain point, the number of dislikes increased, and even conspiracy theories that the owner of the conspiracy post had been forcibly changed by the Phantom Thieves began to spread under the post.

Netizens on the homepage are becoming more and more distrustful of the Phantom Thieves.

"It's hard to say that Shitong Zhengyi didn't do anything about this." Looking at the number of 'dislikes' below the post, which was already dozens of times the number of 'likes', Taiyi couldn't help but shook his head and sighed.

"Not only that, some of them are from other forces." Aix's voice rang out in the room, "The existence of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts has attracted the attention and fear of many forces."

"After all, the identity of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts is a mystery, their style of action and motives are a mystery, and they are not under anyone's jurisdiction. It is normal for them to be feared by others."

"Those who have achieved success and fame all have some guilty consciences."

"Rather, it's strange that such a large-scale rebellion against the Phantom Thieves of Hearts happened so late."

"Perhaps it's because they lack someone to lead the charge." Mordred yawned and said, "The first bird to stick its head out gets shot. The Heart Thief Map is still intimidating, so those forces are holding back and not taking action first."

"However, if I were an uninformed person, and saw this ID suddenly delete the comment and reissue an apology letter in the middle of the night, I would also think that there must be something fishy going on with the Phantom Thieves."

"Aix, could you please check who this ID belongs to?" Taiyi asked.

"We've found out." Axe's tone was a little strange. "The other party didn't have those messy ideas. They simply thought that the person who did it might really be the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, so they made those criticisms before."

"The owner of the ID is Okumura Haru, the daughter of Okumura Kunikazu."

"Then why did she suddenly change her mind, delete the comment and then apologize?" Taiyi asked.

"Well, the details are unknown," Axe replied, "but I checked her previous browsing history and found that before she published her apology letter, she was looking for news related to the 'Disabled Person Incident'."

"I see. Did you realize that besides the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, there is a second force with this kind of power?" Taichi pinched his nose and murmured, "He is an honest child, but he has repeatedly pushed the Phantom Thieves to the forefront."

"Wow, these comments are too much." Mordred pouted and sighed as he read the comments on his phone. "If those little brats saw this, they would probably cry."

"Still can't think of a solution?" Mordred looked at Taiyi and asked.

"There is no effective solution to this kind of thing." Taichi shook his head and sighed, "Except for Okumura Haru, I guess few people care about the truth. Apart from the various forces that fanned the flames, most netizens are just enjoying this feast of criticism against the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts' that is participated in by the whole nation."

Chapter 22 Hayasaka Ai: Is this person reliable?

Storms on the Internet arise quickly and recede quickly.

Yesterday, the atmosphere was still fierce and the entire network was criticizing the Phantom Thieves.

He suddenly disappeared the next day.

Except for the occasional raindrops, there was no other disturbance.

Not long after, Hayasaka Ai called.

"Don't be fooled by the fact that there seem to be a lot of people paying attention to this matter. In fact, most of them are paid trolls hired by certain forces."

“After those who try to take advantage of the situation are driven out, the ones who remain are the real traffic to this homepage.”

"The young lady has already issued a warning to all forces on behalf of the Shinomiya family. Although there are certainly some who will not heed the warning and act on their own, the Shinomiya family has made its position clear."