Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

"My classmates say that the 'Phantom Thief of Hearts' steals the 'hearts' of bad people and turns them over to good... Is that true?"

At first, he was answering Lan Ke's question, but as he spoke, it turned into a rhetorical question.

Looking at the girl's eyes that were flickering and full of expectation, Lan Ke squatted down unconsciously so that she could see the eyes on his mask clearly.

"That's right~"

Even Lan Ke himself didn't notice that his voice, which was originally a little low because of the mask, seemed to become gentle.

He didn't know if it was Lan Ke's own illusion, but he always felt that as he gave an affirmative answer, the "light" in the other person's eyes seemed to become brighter.

She couldn't help but confirm it again.

"really?"

And Lan Ke nodded again without getting tired of it.

"Really~"

It was only then that Illya showed a bright smile, but then she seemed to suddenly remember something and felt a little lost.

"But I don't have any 'reward' to ask 'Big Brother' for your help..."

It was obvious that although she looked young, she was already in fifth grade and had begun to understand "common sense", such as the need to pay for asking someone for help.

However, from Lan Ke's perspective, he found it very interesting, but in order to prevent the other party from having wild thoughts, he still had to take the initiative to speak.

"A Phantom Thief won't accept payment. Besides, I only steal the hearts of bad guys. Rather than the so-called 'reward,' I'm more concerned with whether the 'target' you're talking about, Illya, is actually worthy of my 'stealing'."

"Of course! They're so bad! So bad! Eh? Big brother, how did you know Illya's name? Oh! Is it because you can 'steal hearts', big brother?"

It is obvious that Illya hates the so-called "bad guys", but because of family reasons

Perhaps because of her good upbringing, the most unpleasant evaluation Illya can come up with seems to be "good or bad", but in Lan Ke's opinion, it is a little too cute.

But as the other party spoke, he seemed to realize that something was wrong.

It is obvious that Lan Ke said this on purpose.

In fact, although Lan Ke was not a talkative person before, he was definitely not as taciturn as he is now. The reason for this is simply because he believes that "too much talk will lead to mistakes", so he tries to speak less unless necessary, and the other times he speaks, he will think carefully before speaking.

The reason for saying this this time is to increase my mystery.

"It's a secret, so don't tell anyone else."

It is obvious that this mysterious and mysterious image is very attractive to children.

Looking at Lan Ke's outstretched finger, Illya also stretched out her little finger.

“Hmm~!!”

The excited Illya also stretched out her little finger and hooked it with Lan Ke's finger.

"It's cool~ but so warm~"

Looking at Illya with a bright smile on her face, Lan Ke couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth under the mask.

I have to say that the Illya in front of him is completely different from his impression. Although the Illya in the original book is also petite, she is extremely mature when dealing with serious matters, which also contrasts with how cute she is when she is playing pranks.

In contrast, although he was a little surprised by Illya, who had not experienced so much but still maintained her innocence, he couldn't help but think that "this might be better."

But then he remembered Illya's look of fear with a hint of pleading, and Lan Ke's anger rose in his heart.

Actually making such a lovely Illya sad!

I, the 'Phantom Thief of Hearts', must help out no matter what!!

But I need some 'little help' to help out.

"Since we've already made an appointment, Miss Illya, please tell me who this 'Phantom Thief of Hearts' is. This way, I can confirm whether he is truly a bad guy~"

"Ok!"

Speaking of this, Illya immediately stopped caring about anything else and began to tell Lan Ke the information she knew.

Unlike Emiya Shirou, who is relatively neutral and will actively mention even subjective speculations, the "information" mentioned by Illya can be completely understood as the other party's "personal opinion".

But it's basically the same as what Emiya Shirou said——two bad guys want to take away her sister Miyu!

The other party naturally didn't know whether Emiya Shirou had collected any information related to the two "bad guys", but he provided an extremely important clue.

"When those two people called your brother, did your brother run to the yard to answer the phone?"

"Ok!"

Illya was obviously a little disappointed when talking about this.

Obviously, although she didn't know what the other party had said to Shirou Emiya, her intuition told her that it would definitely not be a good thing, but Lan Ke's eyes lit up.

Got a phone number?

Although Lan Ke couldn't "follow the telephone line to hit someone", he might be able to use this to trick the opponent's location.

As long as you know the other party's identity, it will be much easier to dig out their name!

Seeing Lan Ke lowering his head in thought, Illya suddenly looked at Lan Ke with a little nervousness and a hint of expectation.

"Did Illya help you, Kaito-sama?"

Realizing that his indifference seemed to make Illya a little worried, Lan Ke hurriedly comforted her.

"You've helped a lot~ But I need Illya to help me with one more thing, so I can confirm whether they are 'bad guys'!"

"What?!"

Facing the somewhat impatient Illya, Lan Ke gave her the last clue.

"The phone numbers of those two 'bad guys'!"

Although Lan Ke did not explicitly say how he got the number, the smart Illya reacted instantly and nodded.

"Leave it to me! But how should I give it to you, 'Big Brother', after I find the number?"

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"It's easy, just post the number outside the window and I'll pick it up myself~"

"Hmm~!"

After hearing Lan Ke's words, Illya nodded enthusiastically.

Looking at the other person's innocent smile, Lan Ke felt a subtle sense of guilt, but fortunately, this feeling was fleeting. After all, he was also trying to help the brother and sister, wasn't he?

Just at this moment, Lan Ke heard footsteps. He didn't waste any more time and raised his index finger again.

"Alright! Leave it to me now. If they are truly bad people, they will 'repent' after a while, and your sister won't leave you, Illya. But remember..."

"Keep it a secret~!!"

Illya, who also raised her index finger, smiled brightly.

"That's right~ That's it!!"

At the same time, the footsteps became heavier and heavier. Illya hurriedly pushed Lan Ke's thigh to signal him to leave, and she trotted all the way to open the sliding door of the room.

"Onii-chan?"

Looking at Illya who poked her head out of the room, Emiya Shirou immediately breathed a sigh of relief and then smiled gently.

"What's wrong? Didn't you sleep well?"

"No, I just miss 'Dad' a little bit..."

As Illya spoke, she lowered her head. Emiya Shirou did not suspect anything, but just touched her head and comforted her.

"Don't worry, Dad will protect us and Miyu! Miyu will always be a member of the 'Emiya family'! I, your brother, will never let anyone take Miyu away from you!"

Shirou Emiya comforted Illya as usual, and Illya nodded sensibly. But what Shirou Emiya didn't know was that although Illya lowered her head at this time, her eyes were full of "hope" unlike usual.

"Kaito Big Brother will definitely take care of those 'bad guys'! Just like in 'Pretty Cure'!!"

Chapter 22: It’s a dead end whether you accept it or not!

Emiya Shirou was undoubtedly a vigilant person by nature. After holding his sister's hand and sending her back to the room and confirming that she was asleep, he returned to Emiya Kiritsugu's original room and operated the mechanism to open the dark room below.

He breathed a sigh of relief after glancing at the dark room which was no different from when he left.

"It seems that I've been a little overwhelmed recently because of Miyu's situation..."

Rubbing his brows, Shirou Emiya dragged his heavy feet back to the bedroom, while Lan Ke on the other side had already escaped into the 'cognitive world'.

But even so, Lan Ke still behaved very low-key. After all, the "cognitive world" does not mean safety. This can be seen from the fact that Lan Ke met the "Lion Lord" when he was "borrowing the road" before.

But the advantage is that at least he doesn't need to fight alone in the 'Impression Space', but his companions seem a bit noisy.

"What a delicious loli! As expected of you, my Lord! Ordinary people are simply not worthy of your attention..."

Lan Ke was almost immune to the dirty jokes that came out of the "Bicorn" from time to time, but this time he couldn't help but complain.

"You wouldn't eat people, would you?"

There is very little information about the 'Bicorn', and even Lan Ke couldn't find any detailed information on the Internet, so he couldn't help but ask.

Although he could accept some of his subordinates' shortcomings, such as the Bicorn's love of telling dirty jokes, and Pixie and Jack Frost's love of playing pranks, there were some bottom lines that he could not accept.

But to Lan Ke's surprise, the other party seemed to be even more excited than him.

"Of course not! This is exactly what I hate! LOLI is the world's treasure! How could you hurt LOLI?! That lust mixed with fear is as disgusting as adding pineapple to pizza!!"

Looking at the 'two-horned beast' who spoke with such certainty, Lan Ke didn't know how to complain for a moment, and finally just sighed.

"So you're from Italy, Bicorn?"

However, this topic seemed to open up the other party's chatterbox. The 'Bicorn' kept explaining its 'eating habits' to Lan Ke, such as it was a demon that fed on 'lust', and if there was no 'lust' in this world it would starve to death, so he would always be the most loyal friend of the LSPs.

But as it was speaking, it seemed to remember that it had already acknowledged its master, and quickly added, "Of course, I will only obey orders from my master now."

There is nothing wrong with showing loyalty, but considering the context, Lan Ke felt quite helpless.

He patted the other person's neck to signal him to speed up. Although he had already slept before, he still hoped to sleep a little longer since there was still time.

But simply traveling on the Bicorn was a bit boring, so Lan Ke took out his cell phone and opened the "Alternative Dimension Navigation" to try to confirm something.

"Sure enough, I didn't miss it before. There is indeed no Illya's Tarot."

Until now, Lan Ke still hasn't figured out what the conditions are for obtaining the "Tarot". It shouldn't just be that the relationship between the two parties is good enough, nor is it simply calling each other "companions" or "accomplices" verbally.

But after the doubt, he put it behind him.

After all, no matter why he appeared in this world, or whether he possessed the "extra-dimensional navigation" when Igor did not exist, there were many things he didn't know. The only thing he could do now was to move forward at his own pace while trying his best to collect relevant information.

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As for Illya this time?

Even if Shirou Emiya didn't exist, I would definitely help him if I met him. It has nothing to do with Tarot, I just want to do it!

Lan Ke rode at full speed all the way home to have a good sleep, while Tina, who was taking a nap on the bed in the captain's room, suddenly raised her head and pulled out the "Complete Book of Masks" from the side.

When they first met, Lan Ke was actually somewhat wary of Tina. After all, the "Velvet Room" in the original P5 was originally just a scam. However, after confirming that the other party could indeed manipulate his "Book of Masks", he trusted her more.

After all, the 'Book of Masks' is very special and can only be manipulated by 'assistants'. Even if the 'mastermind' is powerful, he can only influence it indirectly.

At this moment, a strange card was quietly floating in the center of the opened 'Book of Masks'.

This card was about the same size as a 'Tarot card', but strangely, there were no patterns on either side. However, for some unknown reason, it suddenly shone brightly, and Tina, who had been lying on the bed, unconsciously stood up straight.

It’s a pity that the light soon became weak again. Even though it was brighter than before, it still gave people a feeling of being neither good nor bad.

Seeing this, Tina, feeling quite helpless, lay down again and sighed.

"It seems that it's still not enough, my Captain..."

"Crack~"

Tina closed the "Book of Masks" with her tail and fell asleep in her favorite position again.

It was obvious that Lan Ke was indeed much busier than expected tonight, but the other party was almost the same. Not only did he need to wake Lan Ke up and couldn't go to bed directly, but after Lan Ke left, he also kept waiting for news from Lan Ke, just like a husband who suddenly worked overtime and waited for his wife to come home.

Now that the other party has finished his business, she can finally rest assured...

I don’t know if it was because the battle last night was too intense, but Lan Ke actually slept until 7 o’clock in the morning, which was a rare occasion. He glanced at his phone, instinctively tensed his muscles, and then quickly relaxed.

Forget it, I won’t go to ‘Impression Space’ today.

Thinking of this, Lan Ke lay on the bed for a while. It was not that he couldn't get up, but he simply wanted to enjoy this feeling.