Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

He didn't hear the sound of the cabinet door opening or closing, or the balcony door opening or closing.

But even so, he still turned around slowly with a smile on his face, and his pupils suddenly shrank when he saw the "bird-beaked weirdo" sitting on the chair with his legs crossed, one hand holding an M500 facing his vest, and the other hand holding a black booklet.

But even with a gun pointed at his heart, he still smiled.

"Are you the legendary 'Phantom Thief of Hearts'?"

Looking at that smile that was exactly the same as the one in the 'hall', Lan Ke almost couldn't help but put the muzzle of the gun directly into the other person's mouth, but he had something else he wanted to ask, so he had to give up for the time being.

"Yes, what advice do you have?"

Although Lan Ke is not a good speaker, he also learned some speaking skills when studying "Psychology", such as taking the initiative in speaking through "questions", answering questions by asking questions, etc.

Now, Lan Ke used this technique on 'Father Pucci'.

The other party didn't seem to expect Lan Ke to be so difficult to deal with. His brows twitched slightly, but he was not shaken by it. Instead, he just shook his head.

"I'm not worthy of your advice, but as far as I know, the 'Phantom Thief of Hearts' claims to be an 'organization' whose purpose is to steal the twisted desires of their targets. I wonder why you would seek out a 'harmless priest' like me?"

Hearing Father Pucci say that he was "harmless", Lan Ke almost couldn't help laughing out loud. After all, even without mentioning the stereotype caused by "memory", the other party's behavior of using the "relic remains" to guide Busujima Saeko's bloodthirsty desires could not be called "harmless".

However, Father Pucci's words brought up another question for Lan Ke.

After leaving the "hall", Lan Ke immediately rode his "Bicorn" towards the "villa". After all, now that he knew of the existence of "Father Pucci", Lan Ke could not ignore him.

After leaving the 'cognitive world', he also tried to use 'extra-dimensional navigation' to lock onto Father Pucci.

But the strange thing is that the 'Different Dimension Navigation' can't even lock onto the other party's palace, or maybe the other party doesn't even have a palace?!

In Lan Ke's opinion, attempting to use the 'relic debris' to drive Busujima Saeko crazy undoubtedly proved that she had embarked on the 'path of villainy'. But how could such a person not have a 'temple'?!

Is it that the other person's heart is not twisted, or is the twisted heart blocked or protected by something?

This is what Lan Ke wants to know right now.

As he spoke, Lan Ke took out a pendant from his arms.

"Wow~"

The silver pendant fell from Lan Ke's fingertips and swayed slowly in the air as he moved.

But Father Pucci's pupils shrank slightly.

Because the 'cross pendant' that Lan Ke was holding in his hand at this time looked very familiar to him.

This was exactly the gift he had given to 'Bujima Saeko' not long ago.

So why did it appear in Lan Ke's hands at this time?

The answer is obvious. It is obvious that the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts' discovered the pendant and recovered it.

However, this indirectly confirmed one of his guesses.

As expected, the so-called 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts' are of the same kind as him!

Everyone is collecting 'holy relics'!

It’s a pity that looking at the black muzzle of the gun in front of us, it is obvious that the two sides cannot coexist peacefully.

Just like him, 'Z', and Emiya Kiritsugu back then.

Thinking of this, his smile became even brighter.

Since the 'Book of Prophecy' has fallen into the hands of the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts', there is no point for him to stay here any longer.

So------

"Mr. Kaito... I admire your efforts to eliminate the 'evil' of this world."

Father Pucci was speaking to Lan Ke in a strange voice, similar to a choir chant, and Lan Ke's face under the mask couldn't help but twitch slightly.

It was obvious that he didn't like the tone, but what surprised him was that the other party seemed to be very serious when he said it.

But before he could think any further, the other party spoke again.

"But you are still too narrow-minded. The world is facing challenges that are more severe than you can imagine."

The more 'Father Pucci' spoke, the tighter Lan Ke's brows furrowed, because what the other party said was actually correct.

According to Lan Ke's knowledge, whether it is "God" or "Demon", they are actually trying to influence the "material world" through the "cognitive world", thereby controlling humans to strengthen themselves and ultimately eliminate their opponents.

But the question is, why does 'Father Pucci' know all this?

According to his assistant, no one except himself has the authority to enter the "cognitive world", let alone the "Velvet Room".

Looking at the silent Lan Ke, Father Pucci couldn't help but smile.

Sure enough, he guessed right.

In his opinion, since Lan Ke chose to become a masked hero after obtaining the "holy relic", he must be a person with a strong sense of justice.

Then he would never interrupt himself easily even if he didn't know whether what he said was true or false.

Ⅰ澪弌⒉２叭⒊○⑼/

What's more, what he said was the 'truth'.

Perhaps this 'sense of justice' is exactly what he can take advantage of.

Of course, the most important thing right now is to leave here.

After all, he didn't want to start a war with Lan Ke in such a place. It would not be worth it for him.

Thinking of this, he spoke again.

"I've abandoned that hypocritical 'God' and chosen to serve the 'God' who told me the truth. If you, the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts', truly intend to protect this world, why not come and help us instead of doing something like this..."

"Click~"

Facing Father Pucci, whose voice unconsciously became higher, Lan Ke directly pointed the 'M500' at the other's head, and then showed a disdainful smile.

"So you're trying to tell me that by giving this crazy pendant to someone else, you're also saving the world?"

Even though Lan Ke was wearing a mask at this time, the sarcasm in his voice was still extremely obvious.

Father Pucci remained unmoved by this.

"Of course, this is a necessary sacrifice!!"

Seeing the increasingly excited 'Father Pucci', Lan Ke pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"In that case, then I'll sacrifice you first!!"

It was obvious that Lan Ke had had enough of the other party's nonsense.

"Zi la!!"

Accompanied by the sound of thunder, a flash of lightning shot straight towards the opponent's chest...

Chapter 102 What we pursue————

“Sizzle~!”

"boom!!"

"stop!!"

The sound of thunder bursting out of the chest almost simultaneously with the sound of the room door being pushed open.

When Josuke Higashikata and Shinichi Kudo opened the door, they saw Lan Ke standing in the corner of the room and pulling the trigger at "Father Pucci". The "Father Pucci" who was shot fell back and shattered the glass in the room.

“Crack~!!”

Accompanied by the sound of breaking glass, the other person fell straight out of the window.

"!!"

Kudo Shinichi and Higashikata Josuke rushed to the window almost at the same time.

At this moment, both of them looked extremely nervous, one because they were worried about seeing a 'corpse', and the other because they were worried about the 'Phantom Thief of Hearts'.

That's right, both of them were worried about the 'Phantom Thief of Hearts'.

Josuke Higashikata simply felt that the 'Phantom Thief of Hearts' might not be a real bad guy, and there might be areas where they could cooperate. As for Shinichi Kudo, he had a vague feeling that the 'Phantom Thief of Hearts' actions were strange.

His intuition told him that the people who called themselves the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts' were probably not just bad guys.

So they were all worried that the 'Doctor' would go astray completely because of killing people and would never be able to turn back.

But when they leaned over to the window, they saw that the 'Father Pucci' who should have been shot before was now standing downstairs, gently adjusting his clothes. When he noticed the gazes from upstairs, he even had the time to smile at them.

Seeing this scene, Josuke Higashikata almost instinctively took out the walkie-talkie.

"Target, Caucasian priest with darker skin, free shooting allowed!"

After arranging the work in the simplest words, Josuke Higashikata looked at Lan Ke with an extremely dangerous look.

Unfortunately, before he could open his mouth, Lan Ke, who was wearing a mask, spoke first with his voice hoarse and low because of the mask.

"That guy won't die so easily, or rather..."

"If that guy could die so easily, it might save a lot of trouble."

Lan Ke paused deliberately, obviously to better emphasize what he was going to say next.

Josuke Higashikata, who had already ordered most of his subordinates to pursue "Father Pucci", frowned deeper and deeper after hearing what Lan Ke said. After all, anyone who was not stupid could hear the hidden meaning in Lan Ke's words.

And from what he said, it seemed like he already knew that the shot wouldn't kill him?

Because of his identity, there are some things that Josuke Higashikata cannot say.

But Kudo Shinichi obviously didn't have so many concerns, and spoke directly after hearing Lan Ke's words.

"You mean you knew your shot couldn't kill the other man?"

Does Lan Ke know?

Of course the answer was no. After all, although he didn't intend to let the other party dirty his hands, he planned to keep him and hand him over to the police.

So, can Lan Ke see through things or predict the future?

Of course not. In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, the headphones are covered by the mask.

Shirou Emiya was on guard and aiming at a distance of about 400 meters from the villa, and naturally saw the scene of "Father Pucci" falling.

Just because Lan Ke didn't give the order, he didn't shoot directly, and when the opponent had already landed, he lost the best sniping opportunity because of the cover.

Lan Ke, who also knew about this matter, did not mention asking Shirou Emiya to take action after receiving the report.

After all, although Lan Ke had a 'simulated O' in his hand, the bullets fired were 'lightning bullets' strengthened by the 'electric shock ring'. Although it was unlikely to be fatal as Lan Ke deliberately avoided the vital points, its penetrating power was not weak at all.

【乾寻】８⒈四乆0③ ⒎㈨/

But according to Emiya Shirou's report, the other party seemed to be fine.

Lan Ke deduced that the other party not only possessed the 'holy relic', but was also able to use the power of the 'holy relic' in the 'material world'.

Simple sniping may not necessarily kill the opponent.

In this case, it is better to temporarily conceal Shirou Emiya's "sniper" ability and use it when needed.

But even so, Lan Ke did not intend to let 'Father Pucci' get away so easily.

The reason why he took the initiative to talk to Josuke Higashikata and Shinichi Kudo was because he had confidence in their abilities and hoped that they could cause some trouble to each other... Of course, it was also because he had a good relationship with the two and reminded them to pay attention to each other.

So when he heard Kudo Shinichi's question, he did not avoid it.

"If that guy was so easy to deal with, we might have been caught long ago."

"!!!"

Neither Kudo Shinichi nor Higashikata Josuke were stupid. They thought of a possibility almost at the same time. What they didn't know was that looking at the changing expressions of the two, the expression on Lan Ke's mask was extremely bright.

After all, Lan Ke's words were also a smokescreen.

He was not sure whether 'Father Pucci' would be caught, but with the 'smoke bomb' he dropped, even if the other party was caught later and confessed his situation, the 'police' would at most suspect that Lan Ke possessed some special 'holy relic', rather than considering that he could directly enter the 'cognitive world'.

As for keeping the existence of the 'holy relic' secret?

Indeed, Lan Ke would not make it known to everyone, but according to 'Father Pucci', there should be more than one 'holy relic' in this world, so it is not unacceptable to let those who need to know know about their existence.

However, this also means that Lan Ke and his team have one more thing to do.

That is to recover these 'holy relics'.

After all, the power of these "holy relics" is too terrifying. They may affect people even without being noticed. For example, a "wreckage" almost induced the "murderer" in Saeko Busujima's heart.