Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

As the 'culprit' who set off this storm, Lan Ke was not moved at all. He carefully avoided the patrol officers but encountered a new problem.

Unlike the initial reconnaissance when he and Emiya Shirou were still able to change clothes, now with the "warning letter", the alert value of the entire hall reached 100%. The entire hall instinctively rejected outsiders like Lan Ke, and the "Phantom Thief Suit" was forcibly summoned to protect Lan Ke.

Standing at the dividing line between the 'lower city' and the 'upper city', Lan Ke silently stared at the endless stream of vehicles and gradually came up with an idea.

He first found a car that looked very valuable and blocked the other party's way.

"Asshole! Are you looking for death?! You..."

As expected, facing Lan Ke who suddenly stopped him, the other party started cursing, but unfortunately he stopped abruptly before he could finish his curse.

Because the black muzzle of a gun was directly stuck in his mouth.

This immediately calmed him down.

His strong desire to survive made him raise his hands high to make himself look less threatening.

Lan Keji seemed to be indifferent and gestured for the other party to get out of the car. He kicked the other party away and then got into the car.

Unfortunately, before the other party could breathe a sigh of relief, a sharp scream came from his ears, and then he completely lost consciousness and turned into "cognitive fragments" and dissipated into nothingness.

It is obvious that compared to his usual "good guy" image, Lan Ke in the cognitive world is much more "decisive".

Everything happened just as Lan Ke had expected. When he drove the car he had "borrowed" from the roadside and followed the example of other car owners in showing the inspectors their "virtual documents" and registering, the other party urged Lan Ke to leave.

After all, this 'Night City' is more prosperous than imagined. Even if 'Arasaka' has taken control of the city, it does not have that many manpower, so the process has to be simplified.

Relying on the "borrowed" car, Lan Ke drove out of the checkpoint and headed towards the "Arasaka Tower" openly. He even had the leisure to observe the reactions of the "shadows" on the roadside.

Compared to the shadows in the lower city where they could only hide, the shadows in the upper city were slightly better. They still maintained their previous routine of action, but the increased number of guards and Arasaka security personnel on the roadside doubled their pressure.

Among such a crowd, Lan Ke stands out from the crowd.

The reason why this effect was achieved was all thanks to Lucy.

Although Lan Ke and his friends hurriedly retreated after stealing the "Desire Stone" last night because of the awakening of their "Personality Masks", Lucy helped Lan Ke, Shirou Emiya and herself create a "fake identity" before evacuating so that they could pass through various checkpoints smoothly.

With this advantage, even though the alert value reached 100%, Lan Ke was able to move around the city as easily as an ordinary citizen.

Looking at the guards who kept disappearing from his sight, Lan Ke once again felt that his decision to recruit Lucy was correct, otherwise he and Shirou Emiya would probably have to fight their way all the way from the entrance of the "Upper City" to the "Arasaka Tower".

Even though these ordinary enemies cannot pose much threat to them, they still need to spend a lot of time due to their lack of large-scale attack capabilities. Unfortunately, what they lack most at the moment is time.

After all, the time of the "concert" is limited, and neither the police nor Arasaka can wait indefinitely. What Lan Ke needs to do is to explore the way first and open up the passage to the top floor of "Arasaka Tower" for Shirou Emiya and Lucy.

"It's just like in a game where you could just rush through but have to sneak through to get the achievement..."

But even though he complained, Lan Ke's hands did not slow down at all.

This palace, which seems to represent the future world, has its own advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that even small monsters on the roadside can burst out with several times the strength as long as advanced prosthetics are used. However, the disadvantage is that this world is too dependent on technologies such as prosthetics, and the detection devices are mainly various types of "electronic reconnaissance equipment".

After all, people in this world have been implanted with chips since birth. When faced with this kind of detection equipment, other people can only try to shield the chips on their bodies, but "ordinary people" like Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou do not have this worry.

This also caused loopholes in the originally airtight monitoring network.

With the help of the "third eye", Lan Ke found a blind spot in the "Arasaka Tower" where there was only "electronic reconnaissance equipment". He directly avoided the crowd and invaded the "Arasaka Tower" in a swaggering manner.

During this period, Lan Ke also left a mark. After Shirou Emiya "retreats", he will follow the mark left by Lan Ke and catch up.

While Lan Ke was clearing the way, Shirou Emiya and Lucy continued playing on the other side.

Although many people have noticed Lan Ke's disappearance, and even many have guessed that the missing 'Doctor' may have begun to steal the heart of 'Arasaka Saburo', the only problem is that the gap in their cognition makes it impossible for them to imagine how the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts' actually steal hearts.

This also made the atmosphere on the scene even more heated.

Many people are looking forward to the "Phantom Thieves of Hearts" being able to perform the process of "stealing hearts" for everyone!

On the other side, outside the rooftop gate, the police were urgently contacting people to bring the 'demolition tools', but at this moment -

"Get out of the way, leave this to us!"

With a somewhat overbearing voice, the nearly 2-meter-tall 'Adam Hammer' pushed aside the young policeman blocking his way and came directly to the door without even waiting for the police to react.

Although Kudo Shinichi felt that the tall man in front of him did not seem to be a good person, but looking at the work ID of "Arasaka Security Company" hanging on his chest, he knew that the two sides should be in the same camp for the time being, so he directly spoke up to remind him.

"I just tried it, and the lock can't be picked. It must be blocked on the other side, or there's something blocking it."

Adam Chongchui was stunned when he heard what Kudo Shinichi said, but then he showed a somewhat ferocious smile.

"Is that all? That's really... too simple!!"

As Adam hammered the door handle, he grabbed it with his mechanical hand, and then—

"Click~!"

"boom!!"

The door handle was pulled out directly, but he didn't care at all. He stretched his hand into the hole of the door handle with a slightly teasing expression.

"Yes, the door lock is indeed welded shut, but this move is only effective on ordinary people!!"

As Adam spoke, he put his hands against the side of the door and exerted force.

"boom!!"

With an extremely exaggerated sound, the entire metal door was removed.

And 'coincidentally', Tokyo TV and the live broadcast drone prepared by Lucy captured the entire scene.

Facing the camera, Adam Hammer appeared extremely calm. After all, he was in charge of a part of the work of 'Arasaka Security' and was a well-known figure. He had been interviewed countless times, so not only did he not care at all, he even put on a righteous expression.

"Surrender! The Phantom Thieves of Hearts!!"

As Adam Chongchui finished his words, the security team members who followed him also pointed their Tasers at the other party.

It's not that they don't have a legal gun license, but because they knew there would be a 'live broadcast', Adam Hammer specifically asked his subordinates to use Tasers first.

This shows that although Adam Hammer looks like a rough man, he is actually able to become the leader of "Arasaka Security" and he is not lacking in quick wit.

It’s a pity that Shirou Emiya refused to give in.

He took out two pistols from inside his leather jacket and pointed them at the Arasaka Security personnel.

The police station members who followed Arasaka security were stunned by the scene as soon as they came out, but fortunately they reacted quickly and also pulled out their guns and pointed them at Shirou Emiya.

For a moment, the three parties at the scene were completely deadlocked.

At the same time, because of the live broadcast, countless people saw this scene.

However, people's reactions were different, but the vast majority of people were just watching the show.

Although the original concert was not of interest to everyone, this scene has aroused the interest of many people.

But Lucy, who is the core of all these contradictions, is not afraid at all.

After all, she knew very well that she was not afraid of ordinary small-caliber weapons in her 'Phantom Thief Suit', so she could not help but not be shaken by the gun pointing at her, but instead looked intently at Adam's hammer.

"Long time no see, Adam Hammer."

Just one sentence made everyone realize that the female thief who called herself 'V' seemed to be familiar with the person who captured her.

What exactly happened in between?

The already surging desire to eat melons was further enhanced...

Chapter 67 The greatest rock musician of this century!

As soon as Lucy opened her mouth, Adam Hammer realized who was in front of him.

Isn’t it the test subject that escaped a few years ago?

But he didn't dare to speak, after all, Lucy's experiment was related to one of Arasaka's biggest secrets.

Even if it wasn't in public, he might have chosen to kill the witness immediately.

It's a pity that even though he didn't want to mention it, Lucy had no intention of letting the other party go, or Arasaka.

"What? Don't you want to have a good chat with me when we meet as old friends?"

Looking at Lucy who remained calm in the face of several guns, Adam Hammer's expression became more and more ugly.

It's not just because it might affect his work, but also because he really hates Lucy's attitude at the moment.

Everyone has their own desires, just like Lan Ke hopes to have a large harem, Shirou Emiya hopes that his family can live in peace, and Lucy hopes to avenge her "father".

Adam Hammer also has his own desires - he hopes to climb higher than others!

This desire is related to his life. He had an unfortunate family when he was young and he indulged in depravity when he was young. Joining the Navy SEALs was probably the only bright spot in his life. Unfortunately, even the brutal USA army could not tolerate his existence.

Eventually, he became a mercenary thanks to his good skills, and was recruited by Arasaka.

Fed up, he was the most cooperative among those who underwent the 'transformation surgery', and could even be said to be the only one who actively requested more transformation.

It's a pity that even so, his desire is still not enough to give birth to a "palace".

After all, although he has a clear desire to "climb up", unfortunately that's all he wants, because he seems to have long been tired of being controlled by "Arasaka". He just wants to be "Arasaka's" vicious dog, expecting the other party to reward him with some leftovers.

At this time, Lucy's every move may affect his future life, so he is naturally cautious.

until—

"Do you need me to remind you? For example, my last name..."

Adam Heavy Hammer's expression was extremely ugly, Arasaka Yoriyuki had a stern face and no one knew what he was thinking, while Arasaka Saburo, the master of 'Arasaka' who was unable to move freely due to his age, leaned on a specially made bed and looked at the huge projection in front of him with a gloomy expression.

But in contrast, countless people from the police suddenly widened their eyes.

Their first reaction was - Impossible!

After all, how could a "Phantom Thief" reveal his identity?

But even though their reason told them that it was impossible, everyone unconsciously looked at Lucy with expectation.

Even the dullest person could see that Lucy and Adam Hammer had enough personal grudges. Maybe because of the personal grudge, the other party said it out loud in a fit of rage.

Lucy, completely unaware, or perhaps unconcerned, about how many people were paying attention to her, puffed out her chest with pride.

"Silverhand! My last name is—Silverhand!"

"shut up!!!"

Adam Hammer's angry roar even made the radio a little harsh, but everyone's eyes widened with excitement. After all, judging from Adam Hammer's reaction, he not only recognized the thief who called himself 'V', but also knew his true identity.

But Lucy didn't care about his reaction at all. At this moment, her mind involuntarily emerged with the little things they had experienced together a few years ago.

Although he already has white hair on his temples, he still takes care of himself clumsily.

He always said "it doesn't matter", but in the end he gave himself the last push with his life.

She had thought about her relationship with Johnny Silverhand countless times.

Friends? Travelers? Mentor and apprentice?

It was not until the other party gave her his surname in the final flame that she finally figured it out.

That last call was swallowed by the flames. Lucy didn't know whether the other party heard it, but she remembered that the other party sent her away with a smile on his face.

And now she is going to tell the whole world with all her strength!

"Johnny Silverhand! The greatest rock musician of this century! The man who lived out the 'rock spirit' with his life! He's—my father!!"

As she spoke, she showed an expression of disdain without concealing it.

It’s a pity that no one can see clearly because of the mask.

Everyone only saw that after hearing a name from Lucy's mouth, Adam Hammer rushed towards Lucy like a madman.

Everyone who saw this scene felt their hearts in their throats.

At this time, the gun in Shirou Emiya's hand was still pointing at Adam's hammer.

Once he opens fire, there will inevitably be a chaotic gunfight.

But to everyone's surprise, not only was Shirou Emiya completely unmoved, even Lucy seemed extremely calm.

When she saw Adam's hammer rushing towards her, she sneered.

"Instead of running away, you're coming towards me?"

"It seems that you have been blinded by anger and have forgotten what I am best at."

Following Lucy's words, Adam, who finally realized that something was wrong, instinctively wanted to slow down. However, although his body had undergone some modifications, it could only be considered an 'enhanced prosthesis' in this world, not a 'prosthetic body'. It did not have those messy functions at all, and it was too late to slow down.

Lucy raised her little finger, index finger and thumb towards Adam's hammer.