Phantom Thief of Heart in Conan

"I'm back...you're here again, Conan." As soon as he got home, Kurusu Akatsuki saw Conan, a little carrot, sitting leisurely in the living room, with an innocent smile on his face.

In the past week, this famous detective who has become smaller has always found various reasons to get into Dr. A Li's house. Considering his relationship with Dr. A Li, this is not surprising. But the problem is that every time he

Coming over when Akatsuki Kurusu was at home was like a specially chosen time.

Every time they met, this guy would test around the bush and his eyes would fly here and there, making Kurusu Akatsuki very irritated. Although under his deliberate guidance, Conan should be suspected by Mao Lilan in the near future.

, and he has no time to care about it from now on; but water far away cannot relieve the fire close by, at least he will definitely not be able to avoid this encounter today.

This guy is definitely doubting me. Kurusu Akira secretly complained that Conan's sensitivity really gave him a headache, especially now that he didn't know what the other party was doubting about him.

"Good evening, Conan." Kurusu Akatsuki hid her true thoughts in her heart and put on a smile in front of Conan.

He walked over and rubbed Conan's head into a messy shape in revenge, causing the latter to secretly roll his eyes.

"Why are you here so late? Have you had dinner?"

"No," Conan shook his head, "Uncle Maori had something to do and took Sister Xiaolan out. So I came to Dr. Ali to make a living!"

Strange, generally speaking, shouldn't you stick close to the backs of the Maori father and daughter? Why didn't you make a fuss to follow them today? It's really weird!

Kurusu Akatsuki increased his suspicion of Conan and paid more attention to his words and deeds, not wanting to expose any flaws in front of Conan. Facing such a top detective, it would be dangerous to make any unreasonable actions.

"You didn't make up your mind to come here for dinner from the beginning, right? But unfortunately, Dr. Agasa is not at home today, so I didn't prepare dinner. The only thing I can eat now is yesterday's leftovers." Kurusu Akira

As he spoke, he took out a small pot from the refrigerator, "There is only this little curry left. Do you want to keep it?"

"Well, it's okay!" Conan, who had already made up his mind to stay, cheered, "I'm not picky about food!"

"That's good, you sit in the living room and wait for a while!" Kurusu Akatsuki said and walked into the kitchen carrying the pot, finally getting rid of Conan's gaze that seemed to be pricking with needles.

While he was heating up the leftovers, he was thinking about tactics to deal with Conan.

In order to deal with this difficult kid, the top priority is to find out what the other party suspects about him. When Akatsuki Kurusu thought about it carefully, he found that there were very few doubts about himself that Conan could notice.

To say that the deepest secret buried in him is undoubtedly the identity of the Phantom Thief. But Akatsuki Kurusu is convinced that he did not leave many traces in his actions. Even Conan cannot connect him with the few clues that have been discovered so far.

Bar?

Just as he was thinking this, Conan's horrifying question came from outside the kitchen:

"Brother Kurusu, do you know the Phantom Thief that has been making a lot of noise in the newspapers recently?"

Kurusu Akatsuki was startled by this question, and even the hand holding the spoon trembled, but then he calmed down and said in a confused tone:

"Phantom Thief? I've only read about him in the newspaper. Why do you think I know such a person?"

While he was dealing with Conan's questions, he was reviewing his recent actions in his mind, thinking about where he had exposed himself.

Of course, this question was not asked casually by Conan. In fact, he did suspect that there was some connection between Akatsuki Kurusu and Phantom Thief.

However, Conan did not regard Xi Xiao as a suspect, but as a "victim".

"You know, Kurusu-nii." Conan's voice came from the living room again, "I know more about Phantom Thief than the news media!"

Kurusu Akatsuki had a secret warning sign in his heart. While he was serving the hot curry, he perked up his ears and focused all his attention on Conan's next words.

"The first warning letter sent by Phantom Thief was actually not published in the newspaper now. He had committed his first crime a week ago. And coincidentally, when the target in the warning letter repented, I

Uncle Maori and I happened to be at the scene and witnessed the whole process."

"The prisoner received the warning letter in the early morning, and by the evening he had completely changed his ways. It all happened so fast that it was so unexpected that it was impossible to deduce the Phantom Thief's modus operandi."

"The incident at Mihua Library this time is also very similar. According to the information I got from Uncle Maori, the target saw the warning letter in the morning and went to the police station to surrender in the afternoon. Of course, the news of the surrender has not been announced by the police.

So this is exclusive information, Kurusu-nii!"

"In short, in both cases, from the time the notice letter was sent to the target's repentance, it was extremely fast, and it can be seen that the two 'victims' sincerely repented, as if their desires were really stolen."

"Don't you think this situation is familiar, Kurusu-nii?"

At this time, Kurusu Akatsuki also heard the implication of Conan's message. He walked out of the kitchen with two portions of curry rice and placed the smaller portion in front of Conan.

Akatsuki Kurusu sat across from Conan, and he finally understood what Conan was testing these days. It turned out that he regarded himself as the "victim" of Phantom Thief.

"You mean, I am also a victim of the Phantom Thief?" Kurusu Akira pretended to be surprised, "But I haven't received any warning letters? Moreover, I only recently learned that there is such a Phantom Thief!"

"It's true that you haven't received a warning letter from Phantom Thief. But what if Phantom Thief actually doesn't need a warning letter to commit a crime?"

"In fact, in addition to the targets named in the two notice letters, there is another victim whose heart was stolen by the Phantom Thief. She did not receive the notice letter, but showed the same behavior as the other two victims

——You were still doing evil the day before, but you suddenly repented today.”

"In addition, the lady also has a certain connection with the target of the first notice letter - they have both stalked and harassed a certain lady. It is not difficult to draw the conclusion that these two people basically

They were targeted by the Phantom Thief at the same time."

"Perhaps due to unskilled techniques, the first repentant woman did not receive the notice letter, but the male victim immediately after him received the notice letter. If this inference is true, then after this woman

There may have been other victims who did not receive the warning letter before!"

"That's right!" The corners of Conan's mouth turned up, and he smiled like a hunter who saw the footprints of his prey, "Brother Kurusu, you may be the real first target of Phantom Thief!"