Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

Lan Ke, who was already much taller than the average person, and the change in appearance caused by the 'Phantom Thief Suit' made him look very oppressive when he looked down at him.

It also made Lucy, who was originally ecstatic, suddenly hold her breath.

"The Phantom Thieves of Hearts only act out of desire and will not accept commissions from anyone else. I hope you will remember this..."

As Lan Ke spoke, he walked towards the door of the living room. He stopped at the door and bowed slightly towards her.

"Also, thank you very much for the information."

After saying that, Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou walked towards the attic with great familiarity.

Lucy used her mobile phone to retrieve the camera data and watched Lan Ke and Shirou Emiya open the door of the "wardrobe" and walk into it one by one. A big question mark popped up in her head.

It was not until two seconds later that she suddenly reacted and ran all the way to the attic.

"Wow~"

The wardrobe door was opened with an extremely exaggerated sound. Looking at the empty interior of the cabinet, Lucy fumbled around in the cabinet in disbelief, as if trying to find a possible mechanism. Unfortunately, she couldn't find any after searching for a long time.

"Crack~"

In the end, she sat directly in the attic.

Behind her was the wide-open door of the wardrobe. She hugged her knees and looked out the window. The moon was not visible due to the dark clouds, and only a few stars occasionally shone through the sky. She couldn't help muttering to herself.

"Was that just a dream? Or... was it real?"

A strong sense of unreality completely enveloped Lucy.

Just as Lucy was distracted, Emiya Shirou, who had already entered the 'cognitive world' on the other side, finally spoke.

"Leader, why did you just…"

Shirou Emiya didn't know how to start for a moment, but Lan Ke understood what the other party meant. It was obvious that the other party didn't want to use negative words to describe himself.

"The answer is simple: this 'head' cannot be opened."

As he spoke, Lan Ke patted the broken sofa beside him and motioned the other party to sit down and continue talking.

"I think you already understand how terrifying the power we possess is."

Shirou Emiya nodded at this. After all, they could completely change a person's heart without leaving any evidence or even contacting the person involved. There was no need to explain how terrifying this power was.

"As we do this more and more often, even if others can't guess how we did it, they should believe that we can indeed 'steal hearts'. So what do you think others will think?"

"want to?"

"That's right! Normal people would all want to have the same abilities. Then, at this time, we might be targeted by unknown enemies. No... maybe not just enemies, even ordinary people might want to use us, like dealing with an annoying leader or something. So, at this time, should we deal with them or not?"

What Lan Ke said is undoubtedly the situation that happened in the original work. As "Phantom Thief CH" is secretly manipulated by someone, is the target of the heart stealer really a bad person who must change his heart?

For example, Jotaro used to beat up his teacher, and coupled with his unsociable personality, if the school really voted for someone who needed to change their heart, he would most likely be on the list. So, does he really need to change his heart?

In addition, Jotaro also owns the "Hall". If he doesn't know the details, what should he choose?

Therefore, even if the results of such a vote are not affected by external factors, they are not necessarily correct.

Following Lan Ke's explanation, Emiya Shirou suddenly understood.

It is obvious that compared to Lan Ke, Emiya Shirou is much simpler. He enjoys the feeling of acting as a "partner of justice" now. At the same time, he does not need to think too much and only needs to follow Lan Ke's orders.

Naturally, he hadn't considered this issue.

When Lan Ke mentioned this incident, he realized that the biggest problem the "Phantom Thieves of Hearts" might not be the police, the enemies hidden in the dark, or the palace, but their own ever-expanding desires and their firm hearts that are not influenced by others.

"So, even though you suspected something was wrong with Arasaka, you didn't agree to what they said. Instead, you just told them, 'You're just providing information, but we'll decide how to proceed.'"

Listening to Emiya Shirou's question, Lan Ke nodded in affirmation.

"That's right. Even if we can't guarantee that we won't make mistakes, we must ensure that we have a clear conscience!"

This was also his answer when Josuke Higashikata asked him!

Lan Ke does not have the ability to be 100% fair, nor does he intend to be 100% fair.

He would be more inclined to turn to his family and friends for any problem.

But at least he promised that he would never regret any of his decisions!

Lan Ke's words undoubtedly made Shirou Emiya a little surprised, but then he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth slightly.

Do you have a clear conscience?

It was much simpler, and he really liked it more.

Looking at the changes in Shirou Emiya's expression, Lan Ke knew that he had achieved his goal.

Compared to the original work, Lan Ke is more important in the "Phantom Thieves of Hearts". After all, even Shirou Emiya needs his authorization to use the "Extra-Dimensional Navigation", but this does not mean that he likes to force others to obey his orders.

What he hopes to have are like-minded companions rather than puppets who obey his commands.

It is undoubtedly a happy thing that your companions can agree with your ideas.

However, Emiya Shirou recovered quickly.

"So, what should we do next?"

Chapter 23 'Ten Years Ago'

What should I do next?

It was simple, just to confirm whether what 'Lucy' said was true or not.

If it were an ordinary person, they would naturally start investigating Arasaka, but Lan Ke and the others had a simpler way.

"Let's go directly to the 'Impression Space' and ask her in person."

That's right, with the help of 'Another Dimension Navigation', Lan Ke not only confirmed that 'Arasaka Saburo' owned the 'Palace', but also confirmed that 'Lucy' owned the shadow!

And that's easy!

"Soul Chariot!!"

Emiya Shirou swung his helmet violently, and a burning motorcycle appeared beside him along with countless sparks.

Emiya Shirou, who had gradually become accustomed to the 'personality mask', sat on it without saying anything, and Lan Ke followed closely behind.

"Boom!!!"

With a roar, the 'Soul Chariot' turned into an arrow and drove straight towards the 'subway station'.

'Ni-chome' was not far from the subway station, and with Shirou Emiya's frantic driving style, they reached their destination in just a few minutes. However, when seeing the subway station platform, Lan Ke suddenly discovered that Shirou Emiya seemed... to have no intention of slowing down at all?

He even pulled up the front of the car suddenly when approaching the stairs!

and many more? !

What does the other party want to do? !

Under Lan Ke's shocked gaze, the front of the "Soul Chariot" raised up, then rushed directly onto the wall, and under Emiya Shirou's control, it drove directly to the top of the wall!

In a trail of flaming tire tracks, the 'Soul Chariot' drove directly through the gate and headed towards the underground level of the 'Impression Space'!

Emiya Shirou didn't stop the car until he reached a 'whirlpool'.

"Leader, we're here!"

Emiya Shirou took off his helmet and had a bright smile on his face, but Lan Ke had no intention of taking off the mask. He just looked at the other person through the mask with a slightly complicated look.

There is no doubt that Shirou Emiya completed his task brilliantly, but his violent driving style still made Lan Ke not know how to complain for a while, especially when he saw the other party's hearty smile. Lan Ke couldn't help but glance at the flaming tire marks that suddenly stopped at the top of the wall.

Judging from the other party's skilled appearance, maybe he did the same thing when he came here before.

"It seems that there is a 'beast' residing in Shirou's heart~"

However, apart from sighing, Lan Ke did not say much. After all, although 'speeding' is not very good, it is still the 'impression space' or 'cognitive world', and you can't hit 'people'. If you hit a monster, just treat it as a monster spawn. Having a way to vent at least will not 'turn evil' again, which is also a good thing.

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Thinking of this, Lan Ke didn't say much, but instead focused the other party's attention on the "business" again.

"Come in. The Phantom Thieves of Hearts have been too quiet lately. It's time for some movement."

After saying that, Lan Ke took the lead and walked towards the 'whirlpool', while Emiya Shirou followed closely behind.

But when the two of them walked in, the scenery before them made them stunned.

Outside the 'vortex' was a normal impression space, but inside the 'vortex' snowflakes suddenly began to blow.

"Is this... a palace?"

"It's not a palace yet, but it's almost there. If we're any later, this place might be 'spit out' by the 'Impression Space' and materialize into a 'palace'. But right now is a good opportunity for us."

After all, the 'Shadow' in this state is rather special. Its strength is weaker than that of the average 'Hall Master', and its drops are also weaker, but fortunately, it does not require complicated decryption or running maps, so its efficiency is actually higher.

And more importantly,

"The Phantom Thieves of Hearts? What's up with you guys?"

From the midst of the snowstorm, 'Lucy (Shadow)' slowly emerged.

That's right, they don't need to spend time looking for the owner of this place!

But the other party's next words made Shirou Emiya instinctively enter a fighting state.

"Or is this the secret of your 'change of heart'?"

The importance of 'changing one's heart' to the Phantom Thieves of Hearts is self-evident. Lan Ke has emphasized more than once that the matter of 'cognitive world' must never be known to people outside the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts'. After all, after experiencing the 'Witch's Cult', Shirou Emiya can fully imagine what kind of crazy things those ambitious people can do in order to enter this world!

However, Lan Ke directly reached out to stop Shirou Emiya.

Although helping the other party to 'change their heart' or 'kill an elite monster' was indeed one of their goals tonight, intelligence was more important. If the other party was able to communicate, it would be natural to find out the intelligence first before talking about other things.

"Who knows?"

While responding to Lucy (Shadow), Lan Ke walked towards her.

"There's just something I forgot to ask, so I wanted to confirm it."

At this moment, Lan Ke looked as natural as if he had seen the "shadow" in front of him instead of "Lucy". But the strange thing was that the other party actually directly responded to Lan Ke's words.

"whats the matter?"

"How much do you know about Arasaka? If you could give us more information, we might be able to save a lot of time~"

In response to Lan Ke's question, Lucy nodded without hesitation after listening to Lan Ke's words.

"no problem."

"From what I know, even though Arasaka Saburo is now nearly a hundred years old, he still holds onto control of Arasaka. He's like a power monster, completely distrusting even his own offspring. He only trusts himself."

"Arasaka Saburo currently has five children: three sons and two daughters. His eldest son and daughter have passed away, and his second son is now over 70 and in worse shape than his father. As for his youngest daughter and son, they are in charge of some aspects of the Arasaka Group."

I don’t know if it’s Lan Ke’s illusion, but I always feel that the ‘Lucy (shadow)’ in front of me seems to be calmer than the ‘Lucy’ he met outside. I don’t know if the other party is hiding her abilities or what.

However, the other party's words surprised Lan Ke a little.

Although he found out about 'Arasaka Saburo' through the Internet, perhaps because of Japan's so-called 'Privacy Protection Law', even the private information of public figures cannot be arbitrarily inquired unless they actively disclose it. Therefore, although Lan Ke found out about 'Arasaka Saburo', he did not know anything about his family members.

I was originally planning to go back and think of a solution, but I didn't expect to get the information here.

However, that 'Arasaka Saburo' was really good at living. He actually outlasted his eldest son to death, and there were even signs that he would outlast his second son as well.

That’s pretty impressive.

"So who is in charge of the laboratory where 'you' are?"

"Arasaka Saburo! That man wouldn't let something so important fall into the hands of anyone else, not even his own offspring."

Lucy (Shadow)'s voice was as cold as ever, but Lan Ke seemed to have a better understanding of the so-called "monster of power" from those few words.

But at this moment, Lan Ke suddenly raised a question that seemed to have nothing to do with the previous one.

"So what do you think Arasaka Saburo views his territory as?"

That's right, Lan Ke hopes to find clues to 'navigation' from 'Lucy (Shadow)'.

This time, 'Lucy (Shadow)' did not answer immediately. Instead, she thought for a while and gave a term that was somewhat unfamiliar to Lan Ke.

"Arasaka Tower."

"what is that?"

"The Arasaka Group planned to build this 'new headquarters' ten years ago, but due to its enormous size, it was still under review. However, it was approved just two years ago, and construction is currently underway. Some Arasaka insiders are calling it the 'culmination of Saburo Arasaka's ambition.'"

As she spoke, Lucy stretched out her right hand, and then saw a light blue 3D model appear in her palm.