Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

The Phantom Thieves of Hearts had already caused a stir just the day after their appearance, but there was very little information available about them.

There was nothing there except the clothes the other person was wearing and the weapon he used was an electrified cane.

Whether it was the other party's method of committing the crime, or the things they stole...

The police knew nothing about this.

As for the two 'victims' of the two 'theft cases' claimed by the other party, neither of them is typical.

Among them, "Ze Yuezhi" was shot to death, and the confession and apology of "Ze Yueba" can be understood as "short-tailed survival" or "a change of conscience".

Therefore, although some police officers have raised the question of "whether the Phantom Thieves' so-called desire to steal is to make the suspect confess", due to insufficient evidence, it is only speculation.

Josuke Higashikata was completely dismissive of this. After all, he had aspired to be a policeman since he was a child and was an absolute materialist.

Is there anything in this world that can change a person's mind?

Yes, it existed. After all, the two cases that made him famous were the serial murder case in his hometown and the smashing of an O trafficking group. So he knew very well how the thing called 'Satan's Gift' could destroy a person's mind.

But even that kind of thing cannot change a person in a few days. It requires a continuous process. But now tell him that there is someone who can directly change a person's mind?

He absolutely doesn't believe it!

As for hypnosis?

Theoretically, it is possible, but the environment requirements are more stringent and it takes longer. Even so, it only exists in "theory".

But now his 'common sense' has suffered a very serious challenge.

One of them is the victim of the 'Zeyueshi Case'.

Some of the "victims" were indeed coerced or corrupted by him with money, but some of the "victims" still insisted that they were not harmed. Even experienced old detectives said that what these people said seemed to be true. What's more troublesome is that because they are all "victims", it is impossible to force them to be interrogated.

However, there are some patterns in this type of "special victim". The earliest one occurred more than a year ago, and there were no more before that.

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The second is the attitude of Ze Yuezhi himself.

According to his subordinates, Ze Yuezhi himself was dismissive of the so-called "Phantom Thief" on the day he was killed and could not see any flaws at all, but he began to cry and repent at night. This time may even be shorter because he seemed to be normal at the beginning of the banquet.

Of course, since the other party is already dead, it is not ruled out that he actually intended to take advantage of yesterday's opportunity to confess.

But I can't find any reason or trace.

The third is the weeping priest in front of him. According to Bishop Kotomine Risei, he was still blaming himself for his crimes just a few minutes ago.

"so troublesome……"

Higashikata Josuke cursed inwardly as he signaled his overtaking subordinates to restrain Watanabe Kazuya first.

But he rubbed his brows and continued thinking.

Although I don't know why the other party suddenly "confessed", if I separate this matter temporarily, I can deal with another matter first.

Firstly, according to Watanabe Kazuya, he had assisted Sawakoshi in his 'crime', so perhaps he could find out more information;

Secondly, if the first two targets of "stolen desire" were one dead and one inconspicuous, then the opponent was the most perfect "example".

This might help them catch the so-called 'Phantom Thief of Hearts'!

"Damn it, Phantom Thief! Don't let me catch you! You've actually left me no time to go home..."

While muttering to himself, Higashikata Josuke began to observe the scene carefully.

Although no useful clues were found at the scene yesterday according to the Second Investigation Team, he still did not intend to give up.

After all, investigating a case in reality is not about fanciful nonsense, but about piling up clues like building blocks and then finding the 'truth'.

"Come on, Kaito, let me see where your 'tail' is!"

Although Josuke Higashikata tried hard to find clues, it was a pity that all this was destined to be in vain.

A few minutes ago——————

After Lan Ke and Leticia parted ways at the church door, they took advantage of the crowd to enter the "safe zone" they had found in advance and entered the "cognitive world".

Enter the church through the 'cognitive world' and post the 'preview letter' prepared in advance.

Then he started to 'hurry at full speed'.

After all, according to his plan, tonight's 'time' would be tight.

While thinking about him, I started the 'system' and looked at the names lined up on the 'task list'.

That's right, the goal is to expand desires to the point where shadows appear in the "impression space", but not to the point where a "palace" is formed.

These lists were obtained by Lan Ke from 'Ze Yue Ba'.

But there are fewer names than Lan Ke expected.

It's not that these people are the only ones involved in Ze Yuezhi's crimes, but only these people's twisted desires have expanded to form a "shadow". According to Lan Ke's evaluation, the others are "not even good enough to be bad guys."

This is also the reason why Lan Ke is not afraid to show his true identity.

After all, 'Watanabe Kazuya' was neither the first target to have his heart changed tonight nor the one with the most special status in the heart changed. As for his appearance at the scene?

There will be so many people whose hearts will be changed later, and there are too many people on the scene. I am not even the first one to appear at the scene.

In this case, I seem to be "ordinary".

This is Lan Ke’s plan.

While "cleaning the lesion", it also "hides itself".

The best way to hide yourself, besides making yourself inconspicuous, is to make everyone the same.

However, in order to complete this plan, it is necessary to utilize the peculiarities of the 'cognitive world'.

First, Lan Ke would appear in the subway station and make the store clerks in the subway station remember him by shopping. Then he would directly enter the "Impression Space" and begin to use the special features of the "Impression Space" to quickly travel back and forth between various areas to distribute notice letters.

By then, the Tokyo police should receive a series of calls for help, right?

At this time, Lan Ke will begin to "change his heart". Due to the particularity of the impression space, the time it takes for these targets to complete their change of heart will not differ too much, thus giving people the impression that "the Phantom Thieves of Hearts stole the desires of several targets almost at the same time."

And because each target is located in different areas of Tokyo, common sense suggests that it is impossible for anyone to control time so precisely, whether using 'drugs' or 'hypnosis'.

When the heart-stealing was almost complete, Lan Ke also successfully left the "Rice Flower Station", completing the "impossible crime" in the physical sense.

After all, even if the police suspected that the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts' could change a person's mind, they could not understand this 'criminal method' that transcended space.

As the Phantom Thieves of Hearts continue to change their minds, the number of suspects will increase.

At this time, who would pay attention to an "ordinary high school student"?

Lan Ke could even use this method to eliminate suspicion on himself in advance.

Kudo Shinichi made the inference last night that there was an accomplice of the gunman at the scene. In this case, he himself is a suspect.

Since you are going to be investigated, why not choose a time that you can control?

Of course, this method cannot be used too often. After all, if the same person's name appears multiple times at the crime scene, the police, unless they are stupid, will focus on detecting him.

Complete the 'stealing heart' and eliminate the suspicion, Lan Ke's goal tonight is to kill two birds with one stone! !

In order to complete his plan, Lan Ke also had to seek some "help".

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"My Lord, how do you feel?"

Feeling the whistling wind, Lan Ke smiled very happily. After all, in order to fight the BOSS last night, the personality masks he chose were all strong in combat or had special abilities, so he could not consider the issue of "transportation" at all.

The final result was that due to an "accident", they had to rely entirely on manpower to run.

"Not bad, please, Bicorn."

Lan Ke, sitting on the back of the Bicorn, patted its neck and thanked it, but unlike Pixie who would climb up the pole, the Bicorn not only did not show any joy, but instead behaved extremely humblely.

"It is our honor to be able to walk on your behalf, my lord."

In response to this, Lan Ke actually wanted to say, "I still prefer your previous rebellious look," but considering that the other party was indeed very well-behaved after being regained, Lan Ke didn't say anything more.

Suspected of being drunk, the order was abandoned for a long time

But Lan Ke is still a little curious——————

"You're not the kind of demon who would easily succumb to violence, are you?"

I don’t know if it was Lan Ke’s illusion, but as he asked the question, the “two-horned beast” under his crotch seemed to speed up by two points.

"Of course! What I hate most is violence!! Because violence destroys everything in the world!! How can such behavior compare to the joy and sweetness brought by sexual intercourse between men and women?!"

Listening to the words of the two-horned beast, Lan Ke had a vague bad premonition.

This 'two-horned beast' usually looks taciturn and a bit aloof, but unexpectedly he's actually quite reserved?

And you're reserved and coquettish, but with your personality and attitude, doesn't that mean...

"My Lord! I sense a surge of desire from you that is even stronger than before!! So, even if it's just to continue savoring this sweet scent, I will go through fire and water for you!!"

Although it is indeed a happy thing for subordinates to show their loyalty, the reason for their loyalty makes Lan Ke hesitate to speak.

What does this mean?

He's like a humanoid self-propelled artillery piece!

This is definitely not him!!

"This is most likely the aura of the 'secret treasure'. I'll leave it with you temporarily after we're done today."

Lan Ke tried to struggle again, but the two-horned beast under Lan Ke's crotch suddenly had its eyes lit up and looked very excited.

"Thank you, my Lord, for your gift! The sourness and the hysterical desire it exudes are indeed incredibly delicious, but its purity is too low. Compared to you, my Lord..."

Bicorns are different from unicorns, and can even be said to be completely opposite.

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Unicorns only allow pure girls to ride them, while two-horned beasts prefer women with strong desires, and in some myths they even eat such people.

However, facing the other party's heartfelt praise, Lan Ke's eyebrows twitched and he had to interrupt it forcibly.

"Let's talk later. I need to think about something."

"Oh……"

Lan Ke used a lot of effort to suppress the word "shut up", and although the two-horned beast obeyed obediently, for some reason its voice was still muffled as if it was a little aggrieved.

It was obvious that he couldn't understand why Lan Ke rejected his "praise"?

However, in order to win Lan Ke's favor, it still worked hard to speed up its pace.

Lan Ke rode the "two-horned beast" and galloped all the way in the impression space.

Because the targets are basically concentrated in the underground 1L of the "Impression Space·Subway", the monsters here can basically no longer pose a threat to Lan Ke, and of course the experience and rewards provided are also getting less and less, otherwise Lan Ke would not be so anxious to open the "second floor".

Soon, the 'shadows' of the four targets on the first floor were defeated, and Lan Ke also arrived at the intersection leading to the second floor.

In the original work, the passage connecting each floor is a simple "elevator", and according to the progress of the game, you can continue to go to lower floors.

But the one in front of Lan Ke was obviously different.

First of all, Lan Ke had been to the place where it was before, but there was no sign of the "entrance" at all when he came last time. Even after Lan Ke conquered the palace of "Ze Yuezhi", it did not appear immediately. It was not until this morning when he solved the shadow of "Ze Yueba" and apologized to the other party that the name of "The Phantom Thieves of Hearts" was known to countless people for the first time, and the passage to the "second floor" was opened... No, it would be more appropriate to say that it appeared.

Although it was also an elevator, it was not functioning properly at all, so Lan Ke had to walk down by himself.

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The architectural style of the second floor is not much different from that of the first floor, with the same dilapidated water pipes, dim lights and cold concrete walls.

The only difference is that there are no longer as many puddles on the second floor as on the first floor.

However, Lan Ke did not continue to wander around, after all, he had more important work to do today!

Lan Ke "speed-passed" all kinds of shadows along the way, while on the other side, Josuke Higashikata was pressing his phone with an unhappy look on his face.

According to the previous agreement, the people from Investigation Section 2 should take over.

It wasn't that he wanted to hand the job over to Investigation Section 2, but because he and his subordinates were better at field work and naturally not as good as 'professionals' in searching for traces.

For this reason, he had to call to urge them.

But Ginzo Nakamori seemed to be even more irritable than him.

"Our people? Wait a minute!! That damn thief is doing it again!"

Higashikata Josuke raised his eyebrows when he heard what Nakamori Ginzo said. Could it be that the "Phantom Thief of Hearts" has more than one target today?