Phantom Thief of Heart in Conan

"You have a good hand, Brother Mouri!" After Kogoro Mouri finished expressing his reasoning, Officer Megure beside him couldn't help but raise his thumbs quietly, "You are surprisingly reliable today!"

In response to Officer Megure's praise, Mouri Kogoro just nodded slightly, and did not get carried away as usual. Officer Megure was a little confused at first, but when he noticed the serious look of Mouri sitting upright, he felt

I immediately understood seven or eight points.

"I see, you are still so afraid of Chief Odagiri!" Officer Megure whispered, "Haven't you been resigned for many years?"

"Ahem, don't talk nonsense. This is out of respect for the commander!"

Regardless of respect or fear, this meeting must continue. The two conjectures made by Kogoro Mouri are quite incredible, but considering that this incident is bizarre, this reasoning also has certain reference value.

"Detective Mori's reasoning makes sense. The prisoner may have had contact with the victim before the warning letter was sent." Odagiri Toshiro confirmed part of Mori Kogoro's reasoning, which also relieved the nervous latter.

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"Search Section 1 continues to investigate the victim's recent social activities! Be careful to obtain more information from sources other than the victim! What we are facing is a target who may possess brainwashing technology. From the victim who has had his heart stolen,

The possibility of getting clues from the person is extremely slim!”

"The key question at the moment is how exactly does Phantom Thief brainwash his victims? Are his brainwashing targets limited to victims? Will he use this technology to take advantage of others to help him complete his 'heart stealing'?"

"Nakamori," Odagiri Toshiro suddenly called Nakamori Ginzo, "you have been dealing with Kaito Kid for so many years. You must have your own experience with the psychology of prisoners who call themselves Kaitos. Tell me about your feelings about Kaitos.

The Phantom’s view!”

"Yes!" Nakamori Ginzo did not dare to neglect, and quickly combined the thoughts in his mind with his experience and organized them into words:

"From the current point of view, the purpose of Phantom Thief's actions is to uphold justice and make people repent. I think that if he really considers himself a messenger of justice as shown, Phantom Thief should not brainwash ordinary people."

"Based on my experience in dealing with Kaito Kid, most of these Kaito characters have their own standards of action and will not violate them easily. Just like every time Kid steals a gem, he will return it after a while."

"However, I also have my own doubts about this incident. That is about the three warning letters sent by Phantom Thief."

"What puzzles me is not the way he sent the warning letter, but his motive for sending the warning letter." Nakamori Ginzo explained to his colleagues present, "Let's take Kaitou Kidd as an example. For him, stealing gems is

It’s an act, more like a performance.”

"With Kidd's ability, if he didn't send a warning letter to alert the owner of the gem, then he could easily steal the gem. But Kaitou Kidd never does this. For him, stealing is a necessity

A well-prepared performance. Although I hate to say this, I think in the eyes of Kaitou Kidd, we police officers are acting as supporting characters on the stage, used to set off his gorgeous performance."

"In order to attract the audience, Kaitou Kidd would send out a notice letter. But why would he send out a notice letter for Phantom Thief? He committed crimes three times very quickly and never showed up. At present, it seems that he does not like to be like Kidd

Show your face."

"I also noticed one thing. Except for the second letter, the three warning letters sent by Phantom Thief appeared directly in front of the victim. Moreover, the target criminals were all written on the warning letters.

The crime he committed, just imagine, faced with such a warning letter, the victim would definitely not let it spread."

"If you think about it this way, Phantom Thief's warning letter is contrary to Kidd's 'invitation letter'-style warning. It is a more private warning that is targeted at the victim personally. Such a warning letter is difficult to detect before the victim repentes.

It spread. And by the time it spread, Phantom Thief had already completed his crime."

"The notice letter itself must have meaning. If Phantom Thief really doesn't like to appear in public, then he must have other purposes for sending the notice letter. But I'm sorry, I can't find a reasonable explanation at the moment."

"Perhaps he just wants to provoke the police?" Mouri Kogoro continued to reason, following Nakamori Ginzo's train of thought, "Think about it, a phantom thief who calls himself a messenger of justice must not have a good impression of the police!"

"When the prisoner repents and pleads guilty, this notice letter will be spread to the public due to the media or the prisoner himself. This may cause the public to form the impression that 'phantom thieves are more reliable than the police', which will seriously damage the credibility of the police!

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"Perhaps this is the real purpose of his warning letter?"

Another period of discussion followed, but most of the reasoning drawn in this meeting lacked the support of valid evidence. At the end, Odagiri Toshiro summarized the meeting and gave such an order to his subordinates

:

Try to keep the information related to Phantom Thief confidential as much as possible to avoid stirring up social unrest and preventing copycat cases. The cases involving Tsugawa Hideharu can no longer be kept secret, so they will be allowed to be reported by the media for the time being. However, the incident of Fujie Akiyoshi cannot be leaked. As for the case

Chikako Ikeda, who has a deep relationship with the entertainment industry, has repented and will definitely publicly apologize to the news media, but in her apology, she should try not to mention information about Phantom Thief.

Afterwards, the Phantom Thief incident will be jointly investigated by the Investigation Section 1 and Section 2, and the specific persons in charge are Officer Megure and Officer Nakamori, two experienced police officers.

Officer Megure was troubled by various murder cases, while Nakamori Ginzo was focused on Kaitou Kid. Both of them were somewhat reluctant to accept this sudden heavy burden.

If anyone was really happy this time, it was Kogoro Mouri who stole the spotlight at the meeting.

"Oh, two police officers! If you have any clues about the Phantom Thief, please be sure to consult me, Kogoro Mori! I will do my best to help you uncover his mask! Hahahaha!"

Looking at Kogoro Mouri who was getting carried away as soon as he left the conference room, the two police officers cursed in their hearts in unison:

This second-hand guy!