Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

Amuro Toru, who had no idea how many times he had watched the video, couldn't help but rub his brows.

Just like the previous 'victims of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts', no useful clues could be found, and without enough clues, even Toru Amuro could only get some superficial information.

For example, based on the other party's reaction, Amuro Toru suspected that Renren's hysterical appearance during the speech was most likely "in progress", that is, the Phantom Thief of Hearts was "stealing" his heart, so the other party reacted so strongly.

In contrast, after the other party was taken into the police station, he seemed to have completely lost all desires and kept repenting. He was also constantly reciting scriptures. It seemed that he really had a sense of enlightenment from the world.

This is where the problem lies. According to the other party's "disciples"... of course, it would be more appropriate to call them "accomplices" now. From their interrogation results, we can know that "Lianren" had a vague feeling of bad premonition when he went out today, so they specifically ordered that his "protection" should be stricter.

This also resulted in no one except those related to the 'Tachikawa Ryu' coming into contact with 'Ren Ren' during today's speech, and even the 'interactive' session that was a must in a normal speech was cancelled.

As for the other party's subsequent confession, which seemed like a collapse, he only touched the TV station's camera.

In the end, he was escorted by the police all the way and had no contact with strangers at all.

Could it be that——————the 'Phantom Thief of Hearts' had already succeeded in the morning?

If this 'heart-stealing' technique can be delayed, how do they confirm when it is triggered?

Toru Amuro couldn't help but fall into deep thought again.

But at this moment——————

"Mr. Amuro!"

A sloppy, thin middle-aged man with thick dark circles under his eyes pushed open the door of Amuro Toru's office.

"Kazami? How's it going?"

It turned out that this person was none other than Toru Amuro's subordinate, 'Kazemi Yuya'. It was a pity that this public security officer, who was of the same age as Toru Amuro, had a face full of 'fairy spirit' at the moment, and no trace of it could be seen.

What made him feel even more complicated was that he couldn't find any reason to complain. After all, he only needed to organize information in the office, while the other party not only had to investigate the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts' but also had to complete the tasks of the 'Black Organization'. They even had to work part-time to maintain their personalities and collect information.

Faced with such a roll-heavy leader, subordinates who don’t have rolls to roll with don’t even know how to complain.

So even though he was in a very awkward mood at the moment and wanted to just throw away the information and lie down on the ground to sleep, he still tried his best to make the report.

"So far, the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts' have sent out a total of seven notices. These 'targets' have nothing in common in terms of occupation, age, appearance, etc. The only thing they have in common is that they are all 'criminals'."

When Amuro Toru heard what Kazami Yuya said, his expression was not moved at all, which made Kazami Yuya feel helpless. His leader was still as "perfect" as ever and there was no flaw to be found.

But in fact, this is not surprising. After all, Toru Amuro is not a "partner of justice". As a public security officer, he cares more about "Neon's safety" than "justice". After all, he is a "national lover" who can frankly say "My lover is the country".

For him, the idea that 'the Phantom Thieves of Hearts are targeting criminals' would not waver in the slightest when dealing with these matters. The biggest benefit to him was probably just providing an extra clue when doing 'profiling'.

Seeing that Toru Amuro was unmoved, Yuya Kazami simply continued reporting.

"Although our people were unable to directly interrogate 'Lianren', according to the police interrogation records, this 'Lianren' seems to be connected to Ze Yuezhi. However, the police have no record of what the connection is."

No records?

This is all to deceive outsiders. The records are probably sealed by higher-ups.

"As expected, the Zeyuezhi incident hides more secrets."

From a certain perspective, Toru Amuro's intuition and reasoning ability are simply terrifying. Although he didn't know that the "Zawakoshi Incident" was sealed because it might involve a larger ZZ scandal, he guessed the secret of its existence.

While thinking about Toru Amuro, I walked to a huge whiteboard.

There is a huge interpersonal relationship map on it, and the first core is 'Ze Yuezhi'. At this time, he drew an arrow pointing to a new point 'Lianren'.

Yuya Kazami, an old subordinate of Toru Amuro, also hurriedly continued to speak.

"According to our investigation, Renren received several payments of unknown origin during the construction of Tachikawa-ryu..."

Large sums of money from unknown sources?

Could there be a connection with Ze Yuezhi?

The Black Organization was involved in the Zeyuezhi incident...

Could it be that——————Lianren is actually a member of the organization?

"Crack~"

The marker slammed heavily on the whiteboard, and he turned to look at Yuya Kazami with a serious expression.

"Trace this money! It might have been paid by the 'Organization'! Maybe we can find the 'Tentacles' of the 'Organization' that we don't know about!"

Faced with Amuro Toru's instructions, although Kazami Yuya was a little surprised, he still saluted suddenly.

"Yes!!"

Chapter 54 New...Tarot?

"Ahhh~!"

Vodka, who walked into the safe house with the information, sneezed violently, which made Gin, who was sitting in front of the computer, look at him.

Of course, this is not because the leader cares about the health of his subordinates. Gin is simply worried that the other party will pass on the cold to him or affect his work because of the illness.

The Black Organization doesn't have fixed sick leave or annual leave every year.

Facing his elder brother's 'death stare', Vodka smiled gently.

"Brother, this monk is quite powerful. He actually won over so many people. If he can be developed into an informant in advance, it seems to be quite good for us. It's a pity that he was caught."

"Whoo~"

Faced with his colleagues or subordinates trying to change the subject, Gin took a deep puff of his cigarette and then slowly exhaled.

"Don't be ridiculous. This guy does have a lot of connections, but they're too chaotic. Our 'organization' does need intelligence agents, but we don't need troublesome guys like this. They'll probably be silenced in no time. The reward is simply not proportional to the effort... Okay, enough nonsense. How's the investigation going on with that earlier incident?"

As the head of the Black Organization's action team, Gin can be considered one of the top brass, so he is very clear about the organization's requirements for developing informants. It's just that he unconsciously remembered a period of time in the past when he developed informants without any regard for the consequences, and then many people "got into trouble", causing him to frantically silence them and not being able to put out the fire in time. In the end, the "organization" attracted the attention of many national intelligence departments.

It was also during that period that "rats" began to try to enter the organization.

"Tsk~"

Thinking of his job of catching mice, he made a sound of dissatisfaction.

However, this obviously caused Vodka to misunderstand. He thought that he had said something stupid and made his elder brother unhappy, so he hurriedly answered the other party's question.

"According to the organization's programmers, 'Baijiu Pharmaceutical's' data was attacked by a cyberattack. However, because all important data was stored on a disconnected 'intranet', the attackers were unable to obtain any useful intelligence. Judging from their methods, they appear to be hackers who specialize in stealing and reselling data from commercial companies."

Listening to his younger brother's report, Gin sneered with disdain.

"Did the 'wild mouse' who was obsessed with money get into the 'honey pot' we prepared for the 'mole'? Oh, it's his bad luck."

After saying that, Gin used the cigarette in his mouth to light the information handed to him by Vodka and threw it into the ashtray full of cigarette butts.

He watched the information burn out with a sneer before he put the cigarette butt in his mouth into the ashtray.

"Let's go! Let's see which little mouse is the lucky one!"

As Gin spoke, he skillfully threw the ashtray into the trash bag beside him, and signaled Vodka with his eyes to follow him with the trash bag.

This is certainly not a habit of his to throw away trash casually;

He would never let anything containing his biological information fall into the hands of others, even if they were from the same organization.

Vodka, who had long been accustomed to his elder brother's strange behavior, hurriedly followed after receiving the other party's eye hint, but when he saw the ashtray, he couldn't help but think of the information of the "lucky little mouse".

Judging from the method, the other party's technology is very good. If it weren't for the organized programmers monitoring this "trap" 24 hours a day, we might have been fooled by the other party.

In addition to being a 'driver', Vodka, who is also a 'jack of all trades', is very aware of how good the other party's skills are. It's a pity that the other party's way of contacting the organization is not very good, otherwise he might be able to absorb him into the 'technical team'.

It's a pity that the other party stepped into the trap set up to investigate "insiders". Even if it's just in case, his eldest brother will not let the other party go.

"Pity……"

After muttering to himself, Vodka grabbed the garbage bag and followed Gin out of "White Dove Pharmaceuticals".

At this time, neither Vodka nor Gin realized that the "organization" seemed to have taken the blame for someone this time, but considering what the organization had done, it seemed that those few blames were not a big deal.

As for Lan Ke, who was the fuse of everything, he was completely unaware of this.

After changing Lian Ren's heart, he decisively chose to return to the Velvet.

It was obvious that Lan Ke was planning to share with his assistant his joy about inviting people to join the "Phantom Thieves Group".

But what he never expected was that when he arrived on the "Velvet", his lovely assistant did not come to pick him up as usual. He even called out to him several times but there was no response. This was undoubtedly a very strange thing.

With strong curiosity, Lan Ke first went to the 'cockpit', but there was no one inside. Then Lan Ke turned and went to the 'captain's room', and this time he finally saw the other party.

But the words he was about to say hello were instantly stuck in his throat.

Because he saw his lovely cat lying on his bed, while the "Book of Masks" that she usually carried on her back or stepped on as a footstool was now floating silently in front of him.

Not only that, there were two glowing cards floating quietly above the spread-out 'Book of Masks'.

I don’t know if it’s Lan Ke’s illusion, but I always feel that it is a bit like his own "Tarot".

But the problem is, shouldn’t Tarot be a concrete representation of his ties with others?

Why can his assistant summon something that looks like a 'Tarot'? You have to know that even if the other party is really his 'assistant', it is just a special existence born from himself, not himself. Theoretically, he should not be able to control the 'Tarot', right?

Just when Lan Ke was stunned and at a loss, Tina, who seemed to be holding some special ceremony on the other side, couldn't help but turn around.

"Captain, what are you doing standing at the door? Why don't you come in?"

For some reason, his assistant's tone at this moment sounded as if he had been waiting for you for a long time, which made Lan Ke wonder if he had forgotten something.

But he still walked over instinctively, and it was only then that he finally saw the two glowing cards that looked like 'Tarot' cards.

Although it looks very similar to a 'Tarot', it does not have any patterns or icons on it.

"What's this?"

In response to Lan Ke's question, Tina did not keep the question in suspense as she did in the past. Instead, she wagged her tail and whispered the answer.

"It's your Tarot~"

"Isn't the latest Tarot card I got the word 'Tower'? What's with this... strange Tarot card?"

Facing the somewhat stunned Lan Ke, Tina's wagging tail suddenly stopped, and she stared straight at Lan Ke. Her serious look even made Lan Ke instinctively ignore her usual coquettish and cute appearance.

"Captain, please think about it carefully..."

Chapter 55: Tarot has always existed but has been ignored!

Although his assistant would occasionally crack jokes, he would never mess around when it came to serious matters. Now that the other party said that he had 'overlooked a tarot card', it was definitely not a lie.

But it seems that Tarot has appeared in the people who have a good relationship with me, so who is the new Tarot?

Lan Ke looked at his assistant with some confusion, as if hoping that the other party could give some hints.

It’s a pity that the other party just smiled and didn’t say anything.

But at this moment, Lan Ke suddenly widened his eyes.

Wait, could it be——————

"Wow~"

Along with the sound of crashing waves, the two cards floating above the 'Book of Masks' suddenly shone brightly and gradually merged until they finally turned into one card and slowly floated down into his palm.

The back was still the standard 'back of the tarot', but the front was a pattern that surprised him a little.

A winged figure had his chest pierced by a spear, but he still tried to stretch out his right hand forward.

As he moved, the wings on his back gradually fell off, and at the same time, several hands stretched out in front of him, as if ready to grab the figure.

Looking at the pattern on the Tarot card, Lan Ke pursed his lips and said nothing.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt a heaviness on his shoulder. Turning his head, he saw that his assistant had jumped onto his shoulder at some point.

"Captain, you should have realized this, right? You are no longer alone. Through your own efforts, you have gained your own 'bonds'. These Tarot cards are the best proof of this. So, you no longer need to be afraid. We... will protect you."

Tina's voice was very soft and gentle at this time, as if she was whispering in his ear.

Lan Ke opened his mouth but didn't know what to say for a moment.

He wanted to say that he was not afraid, but when he remembered his instinctive resistance and vigilance when he came into contact with strangers before, he knew that his assistant was not talking nonsense.

He was afraid, he was afraid that his sincerity would be ruined.

He resisted contact with other people.

He was afraid of warmth like a child burned by fire.

So he chose to block his heart.

As long as I don’t give my true heart, I won’t get hurt, right?