Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

"Master Arasaka Saburo, we still have a year left. I think the construction of the mikoshi can be improved a bit..."

Saburo Arasaka was not angry at Kurosawa's advice.

Because he knew very well that the other party said this not to protect 'Arasaka Yorinobu', but because the other party really thought it would be better for him.

But he didn't explain anything because it concerned his biggest secret.

The reason why 'Arasaka' has grown into the behemoth it is today is not only due to the accumulation of Saburo Arasaka in his youth and the cautious management he followed, but the fundamental reason for turning a company that was established for only a hundred years and has truly risen for less than 70 years into a behemoth is the 'special chip' he obtained in his youth.

After he came into contact with the chip, he gained a lot of knowledge that seemed like wild and unrealistic to him at the time.

It can be said that it was the knowledge brought by that special chip that enabled him to establish 'Arasaka Technologies', and he made a lot of money with it as the core, and then used this money to enter the real estate industry to make more money.

But unlike most people who do it for money, he used the money to give back to Arasaka Technology.

This decision was incomprehensible to many people at that time. After all, when there is an easier way to make money, why would one choose a method that continuously burns money, has lower returns, and seems to be far less cost-effective?

But the facts have proved that although both 'real estate' and 'banks' have helped 'Arasaka' earn countless money, 'Arasaka Technology' is the 'foundation' that helps Arasaka survive the storms.

But unfortunately, except for the first time he picked up the chip, he could no longer activate the chip.

The original purpose of Arasaka Technology was to analyze chips.

After decades of hard work, it was not until sixteen years ago that the initial data was finally cracked. Relying on this data, the 'prosthetic limbs' produced by Arasaka far surpassed their peers in terms of quality and cost-effectiveness.

Saburo Arasaka also invested more money in order to analyze the technology that he had only had a quick glimpse of for the first time - data soul!

By using special devices to make a person's memory into a special chip, it can be said that a person is "uploaded" into the online world.

Just input it into a suitable body, and the data in the chip will overwrite the original data and take over the matching body.

However, this requires the target to have a special device that can read the 'chip'.

This technology can be said to be extremely crazy, and most of the scientists involved in the project do not know that the original data of this technology comes from a special chip wreckage. Even those who know this news mostly think that this technology either comes from "super ancient civilization" or "alien technology."

But only Saburo Arasaka will never forget the day when the world seemed to be eroded in his youth, and then the chip fell in front of him from the void...

He didn't know whether it was "God", "Devil" or "Alien" who gave the chip to him, but in his opinion, he was the chosen one.

He is unique in this world!

He will become the master of this world and turn it into what he wants!

The biggest obstacle preventing him from realizing his dream is this body.

Therefore, the first technology he chose to develop was 'Data Soul'.

As long as he succeeds, his life will be extended indefinitely. With this technology, he will win over countless people and, with their help, gradually control the world! !

But precisely because of their past experiences, most people speculated whether the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts' were skilled in hypnosis or used special drugs. When he learned of the so-called 'warning letter', his first reaction was that perhaps the other party had also received a special 'gift' like himself.

Kurosawa didn't say he was dismissive of the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts', but he didn't care too much about it.

After all, in the eyes of the other party, very few people can enter and exit this "safe house". The last time it was opened was more than a month ago, when the "Phantom Thieves of Hearts" had not even debuted yet.

In other words, there are only 'Kurosawa' and 'Arasaka Saburo' here, and the two of them are directly affected by each other. No matter what the Phantom Thieves of Hearts do, they cannot affect the two people in this safe house.

After all, it's impossible that 'Kurosawa' himself is a member of the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts', or that Jun can change his heart in the void, right?

In this situation, it is safer to continue to close the 'safe house' than to summon Arasaka Yorinobu to the room in order to activate the 'Mikoshi Project'. At least there will be no danger of the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts' taking the opportunity to sneak into the safe house.

In the eyes of those who knew about the existence of the 'chip', this chip was the biggest secret of 'Arasaka', but Saburo Arasaka undoubtedly hid more about it, so even though he knew that his subordinates were doing it for his own good, he still spoke again without hesitation.

"I have a reason why I have to do this."

Saburo Arasaka knew that Kurosawa would never betray her, but for this absolutely loyal subordinate, she still didn't mind explaining it again...even if this explanation didn't have any substantial reason.

But Kurosawa heard the other party's determination from Saburo Arasaka's words, so he no longer insisted and nodded.

"I understand, Master Arasaka Saburo."

After saying this, he turned and walked towards a special instrument to start the final debugging.

It is obvious that Kurosawa is not responsible for calling Arasaka Yorinobu, he only needs to be responsible for the final "Mikoshi Plan".

At the same time, Arasaka Yorinobu, who was guarding the lower floor of the "safe house", also received a communication from Arasaka Saburo.

But it was precisely because of this that he frowned unconsciously.

Although the 'safe house' on the top floor has a fast passage, only 'Arasaka Saburo' has the authority to activate this passage. Apart from that, everyone else can only go to the main entrance of the 'safe house' from another special staircase, even Arasaka Yorinobu is no exception.

Arasaka Yorinobu had extremely complicated feelings towards his 'father'.

But intellectually speaking, his judgment was the same as Kurosawa's. In his opinion, the "safe house" was absolutely safe. At this special moment, it would be safer to close the door than to summon himself there.

But he wasn't going to refuse.

One reason was that as the other party's child, he had no right to reject this old man who had controlled the entire consortium for decades and still had countless supporters even though he was now in seclusion behind the scenes;

Besides, he also hoped that the Phantom Thieves of Hearts would use this as a breakthrough point.

So he accepted the request without much hesitation.

But he encountered an unexpected trouble.

"President Lai Xuan, are you leaving?"

When Ginzo Nakamori noticed that Arasaka Yorinobu was about to leave, he decisively called out to him to stop. When he learned from Arasaka Yorinobu that this was an order from 'Arasaka Saburo', he frowned even more.

As an ordinary person who doesn't know too many secrets, his judgment is the same as everyone else's.

In his opinion, this might be a flaw.

"Could this be a plot by the Phantom Thieves of Hearts? Two Phantom Thieves are already missing, so it's possible they're just trying to divert attention."

Ginzo Nakamori, who had been deceived countless times by Kaito Kid using other people's voices, instinctively felt that something was wrong.

Arasaka Yorinobu did not explain much about this.

"My father and I... have a special device that connects us. Even the hacker 'V' from the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts' couldn't forge it."

Nakamori Ginzo naturally denied this, and the situation became stalemate for a while...

Chapter 76: 'Fatherly Love and Son's Filial Piety'

Although theoretically Arasaka Yorinobu has almost 100% autonomy within the "Arasaka Building", the problem is that this time it involves not only the "Phantom Thieves of Hearts", but also high-level figures such as the police and parliamentarians. Even if Arasaka Yorinobu thinks that Nakamori Ginzo is making a big deal out of nothing, he can do nothing about it.

Finally, after negotiating with the other party, he decided to have the police's "professionals" escort him to the upper floor, and then Ginzo Nakamori would escort him alone into the "safe house", while he himself would guard outside the door.

Although Nakamori Ginzo is a bit stubborn, Arasaka Yorinobu doesn't dislike such a serious and responsible person.

In order not to waste time, Arasaka Yorinobu led everyone directly towards the stairs, and Utsumi Toshio, the deputy commander, also took over the command here.

As for Josuke Higashikata?

The man who was theoretically the third in command was currently on guard on the rooftop of the Arasaka Building.

After all, the Phantom Thieves of Hearts had invaded from the rooftop more than once before. Coupled with the Phantom Thieves of Hearts' incredible mobility, the rooftop, which was a dead end for ordinary people, seemed no different from a normal path to them.

However, because he was about to leave, he had to say hello to the 'guests' or 'helpers' he had invited over.

After all, the other party came to help, and as a half-master, it would be really rude of me to leave him here.

The female swordsman holding the "sword" did not say much about this, but just signaled the other party to do as he pleased. Seeing this, Arasaka Yorinobu did not say anything more.

According to the original plan, Nakamori Ginzo stopped outside the safe house and carefully observed the surrounding area before nodding to Arasaka Yorinobu and turning his back to express that he was not interested in spying on Arasaka's secrets.

"Pfft~"

Accompanied by a slightly strange sound, the door of the "safe house" was opened. Nakamori Ginzo turned around and watched the other party enter the house and continued to observe the surroundings cautiously.

Because the subordinates stayed inside the passage, this not-so-short passage seemed quite quiet... so quiet that Nakamori Ginzo felt a little scared.

"Ding~ding~"

But at this moment, a slightly urgent ringtone made Nakamori Ginzo frown suddenly.

It's an emergency communication!

"what happened?"

"Inspector! The 'Phantom Thief of Hearts V' is missing!"

There was almost no delay. Almost the moment the call was connected, the person on the other end described the current situation in the simplest words. Nakamori Ginzo was not too surprised by this. After all, all "Phantom Thieves" were like this.

From the very beginning when he was chasing the 'Phantom Thief', to now, most of his energy has been focused on the 'Phantom Thief's target', because he knows that if he simply chases the Phantom Thief, he is likely to be diverted and attacked in the west.

"The live broadcast outside suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by the notice letter previously issued by the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts'. Furthermore, the signal from the 'TV Tokyo' live helicopter also suddenly disappeared. It seems that the camera is broken."

When he heard the signal suddenly disappear, Nakamori Ginzo's heart jumped. After all, he had encountered a similar situation before. If he remembered correctly, it was called EMP, right? It was a special attack that could indiscriminately destroy all electronic equipment. The helicopter was likely to lose control and crash.

But my subordinates didn't say anything, so does that mean the Phantom Thieves of Hearts used other means?

"Have the backup officers reached the top floor of that building?"

"They are on their way. We have lost contact with the rooftop."

The situation reported by his subordinates made Nakamori Ginzo frown deeper and deeper. His intuition told him that the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts' should have already started to act.

It is undoubtedly very strange that the members of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts disappear one after another.

After all, although they had caused quite a stir, it had little to do with their own purpose. Yet, the "warning letter" was hanging there in large letters, as if to tell everyone that this was not over yet.

So it can be confirmed that the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts' are planning something 'big'.

Nakamori Ginzo's expression became more and more serious, but Arasaka Yorinobu didn't think too much about it.

At this time, he had already walked into the special safe house on the top floor of the 'Arasaka Building', which had been gradually renovated several years ago.

Looking at the various machines working in front of him, Arasaka Yorinobu felt both strange and familiar.

It felt unfamiliar because he hadn't been here for several years, but it felt familiar because he was one of the people in charge of its construction.

However, despite his sighs, he still walked straight inside. After walking for a while, he finally saw a large mechanical bed that was out of tune with the equipment in the room and a middle-aged man in a kimono standing silently beside it.

The man with the surname Kurosawa who even abandoned his own name was familiar with Arasaka Yorinobu, so after the two nodded as a greeting, he looked at the old man on the bed with great respect.

"Father, I'm here."

Facing the respectful Arasaka Yorinobu, Arasaka Saburo, who was lying on his back on the bed, did not speak, but his voice came from all directions.

"Lai Xuan, do you still remember what I asked you at graduation?"

Although it was a familiar voice, the voice did not come from the front, but from all directions, which made Arasaka Yorinobu feel a little strange and creepy. However, when faced with his father's question, Arasaka Yorinobu did not avoid it, but answered without thinking.

"Father, you asked me what plans I had for the future."

Although Arasaka Yorinobu is now regarded as the only and best successor of Arasaka Saburo, more than 20 years ago, Arasaka Saburo's eldest son was still alive, and his second son was not as busy as he is now. At that time, Arasaka Saburo was not regarded as the "successor of Arasaka".

Therefore, neither he nor others have any expectations of him. He can choose the life he wants, whether he is dissolute or does whatever he wants, and almost no one can stop him.

But since he was born, he has witnessed the continuous expansion of the huge consortium "Arasaka" and his choice is -

"I hope to join the 'Arasaka Group' and make Arasaka even greater."

Saburo Arasaka also let him hide his identity and enter a small company under Arasaka to take charge of the management. In the end, he continued to move up step by step with outstanding performance, and only after he entered "Arasaka Technology Corporation" did everyone know his true identity.

To this day, his determination remains as strong as ever.

But the difference is that Arasaka Yorinobu has gradually realized that Arasaka Saburo seems to no longer be suitable for today's era. He hopes to give "Arasaka" a new life in his own way!

Arasaka Yorinobu's eyes were as determined as ever, but then came Arasaka Saburo's voice.

"My thoughts haven't changed either. I hope you can choose the life you want..."

Saburo Arasaka's words surprised Yorinobu Arasaka. After all, there was a huge age difference between his father and himself, and his father's health had not been very good. The two sides did not communicate very often, and the influence of his father on Yorinobu Arasaka was actually not that great as the impression he made on ordinary employees.

Majestic and extremely powerful.

At this time, Arasaka Yorinobu was caught off guard by his father's long-lost caring words.

Unfortunately, before he could continue to be moved, the other party's next words made him shudder.

"After all, this is where your life ends."

"?!"

Arasaka Yorinobu's eyes widened instantly, but before he could react, his consciousness went dark.

"Clap~"

Arasaka Yorinobu's slightly heavy body fell directly into the arms of Kurosawa, who had been waiting for a long time.

The other party carried Arasaka Yorinobu to an operating table next to Arasaka Saburo and lifted his hair to reveal a special interface that was exactly the same as the one on the back of Lucy's head.

This is a special interface created by Arasaka using brain-computer interface technology.