Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

Lan Ke was unusually happy, but someone on the other side was a little unhappy.

The silver-haired girl, already wearing a hooded tracksuit, looked at the deserted street with a big '?' in her head. She then walked to a corner where no one would easily notice her, took out her phone and began searching for something. Just then, a camera captured Lan Ke stretching at the entrance of the Kujo Residence and then slowly walking towards the station.

Suddenly, she felt the '?' in her head turn into a '!'

Because she was worried about pursuers from Arasaka, she had been living in fear for almost a year, moving to a new place every once in a while. This time, she had only moved here for less than half a month. Frequent moves would also attract unnecessary attention, so when she felt that Lan Ke was a little suspicious, she did not move immediately, but instead monitored Lan Ke.

But the problem is that after a whole day of monitoring, there was basically no gain. I wanted to try it myself, but the other party did not play by the rules at all.

At this moment, she just felt like she was punching cotton.

In short, very unhappy!

"No! No! You absolutely cannot act rashly at a time like this. Furthermore, I need to gather more information to determine whether this is a disguise after our direct encounter or simply due to the unpredictable nature of high school boys these days..."

She, who always considered herself a smart person, took a deep breath to regulate her breathing while jogging back to her rental place.

But at this moment, the phone suddenly vibrated.

'Come alive, LK'

After looking at her phone, she put it back into her pocket as if nothing had happened.

But in reality, her pace quickened considerably. After all, to support her current lifestyle of moving around so frequently and staying as far away from ordinary people as possible, she often needed to spend more money than the average person, not to mention that a large amount of equipment could only be purchased on the black market at a premium...

I'm so tired, so alone

For this reason, she had to take some 'orders', such as using her powerful hacking skills to help steal information.

But when she saw the target this time, she frowned involuntarily.

"Baijiu Pharmaceutical...I don't think I've heard of this company?"

Somewhat puzzled, she began to search for relevant information on the Internet. The most common information was naturally various public information. Based on this information, the most appropriate description of this "Baijiu Pharmaceutical" was four words: no characteristics.

The reason for this evaluation is that although this pharmaceutical company is profitable, the profit is not much, which is a standard chicken rib. Even if it is not a negative asset, theoretically the controlling shareholder should take some measures, and regardless of the success or failure of these measures, at least they should have some impact on the turnover.

But the problem is that this company seems to have been forgotten by its owner and is running smoothly.

Not only that, they even give it a regular amount of money to carry out research and development, but after 30 years of research and development, there has been basically no results.

"Something's wrong. Something's very wrong..."

Such an unusual company instantly caught her attention.

She then began to search for relevant information on the Internet. It was obvious that she was assessing the danger level of this "mercenary mission".

Yes, she needed money, but the prerequisite was that she could live to spend it. It was precisely because she was walking in the gray area between black and white that she knew very well what tasks she could accept and what tasks she could not accept.

While the silver-haired girl codenamed 'LK' was collecting information on the Internet, in an office of the Arasaka Group, a middle-aged man stared at the communicator until he saw the words 'Target has issued a mission'. He couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

As a senior executive of Arasaka, theoretically he shouldn't pay attention to such a small matter, but the problem is that this matter has dragged on for almost a year, and his subordinates are no longer able to handle it. Not long ago, the ruler of the Arasaka Group, the nearly 100-year-old old man, actually took the initiative to ask about the "experiment" that the other party was involved in. It took him a lot of effort to remember this matter, and finally he had to deal with it personally.

Because his subordinates had failed in several rounds of capture, he also realized that perhaps the original "experiment" might not have been a complete failure. He didn't know how much it would cost to capture her relying solely on Arasaka's strength. After all, the goal of the "experimental project" that the other party participated in was to restrain Arasaka, who was now using "high-tech electronic equipment".

In the end, he chose to kill with a borrowed knife!

He had his subordinates instigate the head of a pharmaceutical company that was in economic competition with Baijiu Pharmaceutical and was desperate to post a task related to it on the dark web, and relied on Arasaka's technology to ensure that this task would not be intercepted by irrelevant parties, but would be taken over by the middleman of their target cooperation.

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As for whether the other party will accept this commission?

In reality, it didn't matter anymore. Accepting it was naturally the best option. If the other party stepped directly into the trap, the "mad dog" would be activated. They would absolutely wipe out anyone who tried to explore their intelligence at all costs.

If the call is not accepted, it must mean that the other party has noticed some clues, and will this process arouse the vigilance of the group of "mad dogs"?

It is very likely that they will. After all, although those guys are crazy, their abilities are unquestionable.

It can be said that as long as the other party knows about this mission, they don’t even need to accept it. Just knowing it means that the other party has encountered an opponent who is even crazier than Arasaka.

As for himself?

Or the Arasaka Group?

He is completely out of the matter. After all, the person who issued the task has no connection with Arasaka. He himself was induced and the task was "actively" issued by the "information cocoon", and the work he handled has nothing to do with Arasaka.

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No matter how you look at it, it's foolproof!

He felt even happier after confirming that there were no mistakes.

"It seems that even though I'm a bit older, my abilities haven't declined..."

As he sighed, he took out his cell phone, and when the call was connected, a bright smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

"Is Master Lianren here? Meditating? Oh!! Don't bother the master. It's my fault. I've been feeling a bit restless lately. I wonder if your temple has held any 'dharma assemblies' recently..."

After learning that the 'dharma assembly' would be held a week later, the gray-haired man hung up the phone with satisfaction and kept exclaiming in amazement.

He naturally didn't believe in the so-called "Tachikawa Style". After all, if he really believed it, he would definitely go to hell for what he had done. So what was there to believe in?

But he still joined the 'Tachikawa Ryu' just for the so-called 'dharma assembly'.

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Here we have to mention the particularity of the "Tachikawa School". Unlike general Buddhism, the Tachikawa School believes that sexual desire will not hinder practice, but can help believers comprehend the "mystery of life" and enter the "Pure Land of Bliss" in a tricky way.

Therefore, their Dharma assemblies are also different from ordinary Dharma assemblies. They usually organize believers and followers to "participate in the great way together."

Of course, this kind of thing may be tempting to ordinary people, but it is nothing to the other party who are high-ranking officials of Arasaka. After all, they are rich and powerful and look down on this kind of activity. The real key lies in the special nature of the "ceremony".

All participants seemed to be truly "comprehending", and their desire and strength in that area would increase accordingly. Even people of his age seemed to have become 20 years younger in an instant.

Of course, as a member of the 'Arasaka Group', Fang Duyu was also very concerned about his physical safety. Not only did he not eat anything during the participation, he also had a special check-up afterwards. After learning that there was no problem with his body, he truly integrated into it.

According to the doctor's judgment, this situation is not necessarily due to the effect of the drug, but may also be a "psychological effect", which can also be understood as a kind of "psychotherapy".

But he didn't care. No matter how it was done, as long as it could make him return to his youth, he was willing to do it...

Chapter 23 Something is wrong! Something is very wrong!

Lan Ke tries hard to change this increasingly distorted world in his own way, but unfortunately the impact he can make is very limited with his current strength.

Even though a butterfly flapping its wings could potentially trigger a hurricane on the other side of the world, it can't do that, at least not right now.

For Lan Ke, he did not go to the "Impression Space" to kill monsters for the first time in a long time. Instead, he planned to take the tram to school like an ordinary high school student.

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But when he arrived at the subway station and looked at the surging crowd, he thought for two seconds and walked silently towards the toilet.

He just borrowed the road, it doesn't count as spawning monsters!

Then he met a 'treasure demon'...

The final result was that Lan Ke arrived at school breathlessly just a few minutes before class, but to his surprise, he happened to meet Busujima Saeko.

The moment their eyes met, Lan Ke instinctively stopped. Then, he didn't know if it was his illusion, but he felt that Busujima Saeko seemed to be smiling?

This description doesn't seem to be accurate. After all, Busujima Saeko always has a smile on her face. But Lan Ke always feels that the smile in her eyes seems a little different, as if it is more...natural?

Just when Lan Ke was stunned, Busujima Saeko invited Lan Ke first.

"Ming-senior, aren't you going to come in? If you keep delaying, you'll be late~"

Although Busujima Saeko's smile was as gentle as ever, Lan Ke, who always felt something was wrong, couldn't help but think of the crazy Busujima Saeko last night, and almost instinctively wanted to take a step back.

Lan Ke was not the only one who arrived at school on time. Many people looked at Lan Ke with strange eyes. After all, Busujima Saeko was not only a discipline committee member, but also a famous kendo girl in the school. Even if they were not familiar with her, they had heard of her name. She could be said to be the white moonlight in the hearts of countless boys.

After all, who doesn’t like a JK who is good at both literature and martial arts, has a perfect figure, a pretty face and a good family background?

So they couldn't understand Lan Ke's strange reaction at all.

Lan Ke finally realized that he seemed to have overreacted, and he apologized while tidying up his school uniform.

"Sorry, Senior, I was almost late today..."

"Trains are sometimes late, so I can't be late anymore~"

Although it was said to be "education", because Busujima Saeko's tone was not serious, Lan Ke felt that this should be considered a "reward" instead, right?

But one thing is certain, that is, the other party is in a very good mood today.

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"Is it because the 'shadow' has disappeared?"

He was thinking about the reason for the other party's change in his heart, but Lan Ke acted as if he knew nothing.

"I'll pay attention next time!"

"Then hurry back to class and don't be late!"

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Although Busujima Saeko seemed to be about to say something, the teacher who came to 'close the door' had already arrived at this moment, and Busujima Saeko didn't say anything more.

However, when Lan Ke "fled", he did not notice that Busujima Saeko was actually staring at his back.

Although Lan Ke had asked Fujimura Taiga for the "solution to the moves" before, Busujima Saeko didn't take it too seriously. After all, Lan Ke's clumsy movements at the time showed that he was not very good at it and he simply memorized the moves. So she accepted Lan Ke's statement that "the moves came from a certain game." After all, she had never played games and couldn't verify this statement.

She then put the idea behind her until last night.

Perhaps because of the 'dream', everything became blurry when she woke up, but she remembered one thing, that was the fatal knife swung by the person who looked like her and the clean and neat sword collision of the 'Phantom Thief of Heart'.

Obviously, everything else has become blurred, but the moment when the two collided is the only thing she still cannot forget.

At first she just thought of it as a 'dream'. After all, she had just been defeated by the 'Phantom Thief of Hearts' the night before, so it didn't seem strange that she would have a similar dream.

But when she found that her bloodthirsty desire seemed to have disappeared, she began to suspect another thing.

Perhaps the Phantom Thieves of Hearts have already visited her?

But new doubts also arise accordingly.

Because she was defeated by the 'Phantom Thief of Heart', she used her limited mobile phone skills to search for a lot of information related to it, and one of the items mentioned was that 'targets targeted by the Phantom Thief of Heart will receive a 'warning letter''.

But she didn't receive it.

Is it because I am special that the 'Phantom Thief of Hearts' did not send me a notice; or is it because of some other reason?

If before she simply wanted to find the 'Phantom Thief of Hearts' and challenge him, then from that moment on she became curious about him.

Is everything I see really just an illusion?

The only person who can answer her question is the other person!

But the prerequisite is to be able to see each other.

Obviously, the other party would not show up for no reason. So far, the "Phantom Thieves of Hearts" have publicly announced six targets for "stealing hearts", but only the first time did the other party seem to show up because of an "accident", and the five subsequent times were just "warning letters" left by the other party.

Some even suspected that the other party deliberately showed up for the first time in order to alert the police to the possible existence of the "assassin" in order to prove his "innocence".

It seems strange at first glance. A "phantom thief" actually wants to prove his innocence?

But in reality, most of the Phantom Thieves are like this.

In addition, he was indeed cleared of suspicion in the end, which is why people are so suspicious.

So, apart from "finding the other party at the scene where the Phantom Thieves of Hearts steal hearts", the only way is to "find the true body of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts". Unfortunately, the latter is more difficult than the former. Even to this day, no one can be sure how many people there are in the "Phantom Thieves of Hearts", but the mainstream saying is "at least four people". After all, the "Phantom Thieves of Hearts" once distributed "warning letters" to four people at once in a short period of time, and completed the "stealing of hearts" almost at the same time.

Busujima Saeko doesn't think she is better at finding people than the police, but she feels that she has her own advantages. After all, she may be the very few people who have had direct contact with the other party.

But even though she knew it, her obsession with finding the Phantom Thief of Hearts and challenging him still made her instinctively observe everyone around her.

And Lan Ke was naturally also one of her suspects.

But she soon shook her head. After all, unlike others, she had personally taught Lan Ke swordsmanship and even applied medicine to Lan Ke. She thought she had a good understanding of Lan Ke's strength. Maybe one day the other party would be able to surpass her, but at least not now!

Without giving it any more thought, she silently quickened her pace and rushed towards the classroom. It was obvious to her that as a member of the Discipline Committee, she could not take the lead in violating discipline!

This also proves that Lan Ke's caution is meaningful.

Although Lan Ke still couldn't understand the so-called 'understanding each other through the sword', Lan Ke, who had been taught by the opponent himself, was also worried that the opponent would see his flaws, so Lan Ke basically did not use any moves when fighting with him before, and in the end he directly suppressed him with pure strength.

This also helped Lan Ke avoid Saeko Busujima's first round of suspicion.

Lan Ke, who was unaware of all this at the time, had already rushed back to the classroom. Almost two minutes later, the bell rang and the history teacher walked into the classroom holding a textbook.

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"Classmates, please turn to page 62. Today we're going to talk about the Amakusa Uprising..."