Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

That's when the real trouble comes.

But no matter what, now that the matter has been dealt with, there is no need to think about it anymore.

With a very happy mood, Lan Ke returned to the entrance of the "Impression Space" and planned to ask his assistant to help him identify the newly acquired equipment.

However, when the other party used the 'execution chamber' to throw the 'knife' into the 'sea of ​​consciousness', Lan Ke couldn't help but mention the battle he had just had to the other party.

Of course, the emphasis is on making sufficient pre-war preparations to defeat the powerful enemy.

It is obvious that even though Lan Kona accidentally appeared at the crime scene, he still did not forget to highlight his introverted and reserved personality. His desire to express himself is also very strong. It's a pity that his identity as "Narakami Lan" requires him to keep a low profile as much as possible, and his identity as "The Phantom Thief of Hearts" has not yet found an opportunity to show off.

At times like this, his assistant is the only person he can talk to.

Tina seemed quite calm about this. She looked at her captain dancing with a smile on her face, as if she really found it very interesting. It was not until Lan Ke felt a little dry in the mouth and picked up the teacup beside him that Tina spoke slowly.

"Captain, did you forget to check your phone before going in?"

Check your phone?

Lan Ke, who was holding the teacup, was stunned for a moment, but he quickly realized what the other person was saying.

"ah?!!!"

Looking at Lan Ke who suddenly realized that his 'different-dimensional navigation' actually had a function to check the intensity of shadows in the 'shadow space' but forgot to use it and ended up bumping into the BOSS's face, Tina smiled even more brightly.

The fluffy tail swayed slightly behind it.

"By the way, Captain, your equipment has been taken care of~"

"Demon Sword Muramasa

Category: Weapons

Effect: ① Bloodthirst——The holder consumes 1% of HP per second and has a high probability of adding 'bleeding' status to the target

②Drink Blood————When hitting a target in the "bleeding" state, restore 5% of the attack's HP.

The pitch-black hilt and handle, the dark red blade and bright red markings, the long sword floating quietly in front of you from the 'Sea of ​​Consciousness' are worthy of their name. Even if you don't know its effect, just looking at its appearance will instinctively make adjectives like 'demon sword' pop up in your mind.

Coupled with the simple, crude and easy-to-use special effects, if Lan Ke had obtained such good equipment under normal circumstances, he would definitely be extremely happy. Unfortunately, Lan Ke was unable to be happy at this time because his state was broken by his assistant's "Word Bullet".

He felt as if he was stuck in a state of neither going up nor down.

Looking at his assistant who was curled up in a ball and yawning, Lan Ke had reason to suspect that the other party did it on purpose because he had woken it up in the middle of the night!

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While Lan Ke was battling wits and courage with his assistant, Busujima Saeko, who was lying on the tatami on the other side, slowly opened her eyes.

Looking at the familiar room in front of her, she was stunned for a moment. After all, the drowning feeling before was too desperate. She even felt like she was going to drown there.

But at this moment, she seemed to suddenly remember something, and hurriedly grabbed the wooden sword on the bedside and rushed out of the room.

As usual, she held the hilt of the sword with one hand, placed it at her waist and held her breath. The courtyard, which was already deserted, seemed to gradually calm down with her movements.

At this moment, a breeze blew, and several leaves fell. Just when they floated in front of Busujima Saeko, she suddenly opened her eyes, and her whole momentum instantly rose.

The naked eye of ordinary people couldn't even see what she did. They could only see that when she slowly brought the wooden sword held high above her back to her waist, the falling leaves had been cut in half.

Facts have proved that in the hands of true masters, even a wooden sword has enough lethality. It also proves that Busujima Saeko was not "swinging the sword" that night, but simply "venting violence."

But at this moment, she obviously couldn't care about these things. When she opened her eyes, she was thinking about only one thing.

Am I back to normal?

It's not that she has lost her will to fight. In fact, when she thinks of the experience of being subdued by the 'Phantom Thief of Heart' before, she still feels extremely unwilling and can't help but want to challenge the other party again, but this will to fight is more pure.

Busujima Saeko had a hunch that perhaps her stagnant swordsmanship might be changing.

But what is going on here?

Even before she fell into coma, she still felt very irritable.

Then she suddenly remembered the scene she saw in her 'dream'. It was a battle between a somewhat weird-looking self and the 'Phantom Thief of Heart', and in the end, the weird self was defeated.

At first, she simply thought it was an illusion. After all, whether it was the strange place or the somewhat weird self, they were obviously not things that could appear in the real world.

But if you think about it carefully, isn't there a rumor on the Internet that 'Ze Yuezhi was shot because the Phantom Thieves of Hearts stole his desires, causing him to surrender and then be assassinated by a big shot'?

However, because it is impossible to explain the abilities of the 'Phantom Thieves of Hearts' and how the 'big shots' knew about this in advance, this statement is often regarded as nonsense.

But at this moment, she vaguely felt that the connection between the two was not real.

Before, she was full of murderous intent, but also full of self-destructive tendencies. Seeing the brutal fight, her only feeling was that she would have no regrets even if she died, as long as she could see such a wonderful duel.

But at this moment, she simply hoped that she could fight with both sides.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but put the knife back to her waist again.

In order to suppress the murderous intent in her heart, she hasn't swung her sword for several days. Now she just feels itchy all over.

"Whoo~"

In the empty courtyard, the sound of air being cut by the swinging of wooden swords could be heard.

The black-haired girl in a yukata had beads of sweat on her forehead and collarbone from swinging the sword, but she didn't care about it at all as she hadn't swung the sword so hard for several days. After tying her hair into a ponytail so that it would not interfere with her, she began to swing the wooden sword in her hand again with great interest.

At this moment, she seemed to have returned to the time when she first came into contact with kendo as a child.

It doesn't matter what else, I just enjoy the pleasure of swinging the sword.

The Busujima family's house is very big. The front half is a dojo, and the back half is where Busujima Saeko and her father live. However, as the family population has dwindled, the house is obviously a bit empty for two people to live in. But the good news is that no matter what Busujima Saeko does in her own yard, her father cannot notice.

It's a pity that Lan Ke, who was in the "impression space" on the other side, didn't know about this, otherwise he might have been happier than Busujima Saeko.

This was not only because of Busujima Saeko's help to him, he sincerely hoped that she could return to normal, but also because Busujima Saeko's return to normal once again proved one of his guesses.

Although what he did was no different from what the protagonists did in the original work, their starting points were completely different.

The protagonists of the original novel wanted to "punish those adults who did not receive the punishment they deserved for various reasons."

But Lan Ke's goal is to "take away the disease in people's hearts, so as to achieve the goal of curing the entire society."

If a person is 'terminally ill', like Ze Yuezhi and the previous targets, the 'disease' has become a part of their life, and they cannot return to normal even after it is eliminated.

But on the other hand, if the "lesion" can be eliminated when it is still relatively small, does it mean that Lan Ke can prevent more tragedies from happening?

For example, Makoto who did not follow the "good ship line", and Saeko Busujima at this time.

But it was obvious that these things had to be confirmed later. At this time, Lan Ke, who had changed into the Phantom Thief costume again, was sitting on the 'Bicorn' and heading towards the 'subway station' of the 'port area'.

I have to say that Lan Ke was very surprised when he found out that Shirou Emiya's home was actually in Minato Ward. After all, this is one of the districts in Tokyo with the most expensive land prices. Even the land in the marginal areas is very expensive, not to mention traditional Japanese buildings with a backyard like Shirou Emiya's home.

Although the "two-horned beast" ridden by Lan Ke originally wanted to say something, seeing that Lan Ke was not in a good mood, he wisely chose to keep silent in the end.

It was obvious that Lan Ke knew that his assistant was actually reminding him in his own way, but when he thought that he was actually being educated by a cat, Lan Ke always felt a little depressed.

It seems like we should speed up the process of making custom nurse uniforms for them!

The only good news was that although it was a bit strange to customize a nurse uniform for a cat, money talks, and after he offered a reward in a special forum, someone soon accepted the order.

Although the comments below the post are a bit subtle, such as "?" and "Brother, you are so weird", as long as you don't read them, they are as good as nothing!

Having adjusted his mood in this way, Lan Ke once again set his sights on his second target for the night...

Chapter 20 'Let me show you a big treasure!'

The best time for Lan Ke to get together with his assistant is 2 a.m., which is when people are most tired. Generally speaking, few people are awake except those who are cultivating immortals and office workers.

In Lan Ke's opinion, the same should be true for the Emiya family. After all, although Emiya Shirou was nicknamed "working warrior" by his classmates, Lan Ke knew that he rarely worked night shifts. He basically finished before 7 o'clock in the evening and rushed home to have dinner with his two younger sisters. After dinner, he would accompany his two younger sisters until they were tired of playing, and then he would start studying.

These were all said by Shirou Emiya himself during a casual chat.

According to him, although he worked hard, he did not forget the reason for his work. If he neglected his sister for the sake of work, it would be putting the cart before the horse.

As for studying, besides his serious nature, he also hopes to be admitted to the best culinary school in Japan, Totsuki Gakuen.

It is a special academy with junior high school, high school and university, backed by the "Yuanyue Group". It is a world-renowned cooking school that has graduated countless outstanding chefs.

In fact, Emiya Shirou had already received an admission letter from Totsuki Academy, but because his father passed away and Totsuki Academy was a boarding school, he had no choice but to give up.

In his opinion, once he graduates from high school and his two younger sisters enter junior high school, he will have more time to pursue his "dream".

From a certain perspective, this is one of the reasons why Shirou Emiya often helps various clubs or teachers in school, in addition to his helpful nature.

To this end, he not only worked part-time in several famous restaurants in Tokyo, but also in some Totsuki graduates, in order to hone his skills while working.

Facts have proved that he is indeed talented. He works hard and has good luck. The bosses he meets are very generous to him. They not only try their best to arrange his working hours, but also give him guidance frequently.

I have thought about it and I am praying for you

Shirou Emiya's schedule is almost always packed every day, so after he finishes his work in the evening, he goes to bed early. After all, he still needs to get up the next morning to prepare lunch boxes for his family and help prepare food in the kitchen of a restaurant.

So Lan Ke specifically chose a time when Shirou Emiya would not be awake under normal circumstances.

It was obvious that although he intended to help Emiya Shirou, he did not intend to let him know.

Just as Lan Ke had expected, the streets were empty late at night except for the occasional patrolman passing by. The dim lights and the pitch-black houses made the area look like the filming location of a horror movie.

The bird-beaked monster that suddenly walked out from the closed door made the already weird scene run wildly in some strange direction.

Lan Ke, who was completely unaware of the situation, looked at the "luxury house" in front of him with some curiosity.

Although he didn't feel there was anything wrong with living alone in a bachelor apartment at first, after all, he spent most of his time in the hospital's duty room. His skills were not just based on talent, but countless times of practice and actual combat were the cornerstone of everything.

So when he first lived in the attic of Jotaro Kujo's house, he was a little uncomfortable. After all, although the attic sounds a bit cramped, it is actually a huge space with more than 20 square meters of usable space. Even if there are beds, desks, bookshelves, wardrobes, computer desks, storage racks... and other things, it is still a bit empty.

But Lan Ke suddenly discovered that even Jotaro Kujo's house was much worse than Shirou Emiya's.

The empty space behind the gate seemed to be a parking lot, but there was only a bicycle parked there. There were a lot of evergreen plants such as bamboo and pine trees planted around it. The main body of the house was in the standard Japanese ancient architectural style. Two sliding doors, each of which was almost as wide as Lan Ke's outstretched arm, stood upright in front of Lan Ke.

Even though Lan Ke didn't know much about land prices, he seemed to feel the aura of the rich coming towards him.

While silently sighing, "Shirou is really amazing. He works so hard even though he is so rich," Lan Ke quietly walked around the side of the house to the courtyard at the back and then opened his "third eye" to search for possible clues.

However, during this period, Lan Ke deliberately avoided the two rooms where people were staying.

It is obvious that the people living inside should be Shirou Emiya and his two sisters.

It's amazing, Lan Ke was wearing standard long boots in his 'Phantom Thief Suit', but when he stepped on the wooden board, there was no sound at all. I don't know if it was because they were well maintained, or if it was simply the special effect of the 'Phantom Thief Suit'.

Soon Lan Ke noticed something strange.

That is, no one lives in the 'main house' of this big house.

Considering what Shirou Emiya had said before, Lan Ke suspected that this should be where 'Emiya Kiritsugu' lived during his lifetime.

Then he used his 'third eye' to scan around, and sure enough, bright spots appeared on the ground and walls.

However, when Lan Ke was about to open it directly, his hand paused because he suddenly remembered something.

This kind of 'dark room' was definitely not made by Emiya Shirou, so the only person who could have made it is 'Emiya Kiritsugu'. Even in this world where special abilities don't exist, would the famous 'Magician Killer' not make any preparations?

Just in case, Lan Ke took out the 'Extra-Dimensional Navigation' and prepared to try it directly from the 'Consciousness World'.

However, what Lan Ke didn't know was that after he activated the "other-dimensional navigation", the door of the room was suddenly opened.

"Onii-chan?"

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Illya rubbed her eyes and looked at the empty room with a puzzled expression.

She drank too much juice before going to bed and seemed to hear a strange noise on her way to the bathroom alone in the middle of the night, so she couldn't help but take a look, but as she saw, there was nothing there.

This feeling might sound a little scary, but Illya didn't seem to care.

Because she knew that even if 'Dad' came back, he would not hurt her, because 'Dad' was the best 'Dad' in the world...

Without thinking any more, she unconsciously quickened her pace and rushed to the toilet.

On the other side, Lan Ke looked at the house in front of him, which was almost the same as the outside world, except that it was a little dilapidated. He also skillfully followed the guidance of his "third eye" to pull open the painting on the wall and operate.

When the operation was completed, the light spots on the wall disappeared, but no sound was heard.

“Is this a success or a failure?”

Lan Ke, somewhat confused, lifted up the tatami, and then saw that the wooden board that should have been normal had disappeared, replaced by a pitch-black hole.

"It seems the absence of the warning sound is intended to conceal the existence of the 'dark room'..."

While sighing, Lan Ke walked into the cave.

The passage wasn't long, but soon his eyes lit up, because at the deepest part of this not-so-deep cave was actually a 'treasure chest'?!