Conan: The Heart Thief

"Lin Xiao, you want to persuade me to surrender myself. I understand, I will surrender myself."

"Rather than turning yourself in, I hope you can resolve the hatred in your heart. Look at your own heart. It is completely covered by hatred. The demon in your heart is about to be born."

"demon?"

Sachiko Katsuragi woke up as if from a dream and realized that she was indeed possessed by a demon.

"If you don't get rid of the demons in your heart, you will be led into a ditch by the demons, sinking deeper and deeper and unable to get out. Revenge alone cannot resolve hatred."

If all hatred could be resolved through revenge, there would be no endless cycle of revenge.

"You're right. It was to avenge Tsujimura Isao who took my mother away. Now that I've calmed down and thought about it, the only explanation for me doing such a ridiculous thing is that I was possessed by a demon." Katsuragi Sachiko smiled bitterly and explained everything. "As the Phantom Thief of Hearts, please help me."

"I can't help you, but I believe you can help yourself."

Considering that the devil in Katsuragi Sachiko's heart has not appeared yet, and that the bad guys whose hearts were stolen have become abnormal, Lin Xiao thinks it is better for Katsuragi Sachiko to save herself.

Lin Xiao came out of Katsuragi Sachiko's spiritual palace and returned to reality.

At this time, Mrs. Tsujimura, Katsuragi Sachiko's mother, had already admitted the crime in order to take the blame for her own daughter.

"Yes, I am the murderer."

"Mother, you didn't do anything wrong. You don't need to take the blame for me."

Sachiko Katsuragi denied Mrs. Tsujimura's confession.

As soon as these words were spoken, events took another shocking turn, the second time.

This time, not only Hattori Heiji was slapped in the face, but also Kudo Shinichi was slapped in the face.

"Katsuragi Sachiko, what are you talking about? Mrs. Tsujimura is the murderer!" Kudo Shinichi was anxious. Being a conceited man, he would not admit that his reasoning was wrong.

Lin Xiao interrupted Kudo Shinichi: "Kudo, don't you understand? Mrs. Tsujimura is not the murderer."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Kudo Shinichi was not only anxious, but also furious.

Mrs. Tsujimura was also very anxious. She felt guilty towards her daughter, so she tried to find a way to take the blame, but her daughter ended up committing suicide.

"Shut up, all of you. I am the murderer!" Katsuragi Anko emphasized again.

Lin Xiao agreed: "That's the fact. Do you need me to explain it?"

Everyone looked at Lin Xiao at the same time, expecting his reasoning.

Kudo Shinichi was even more horrified, gritting his teeth and saying, "Lin Xiao, tell me, my reasoning is flawless, where is the problem?"

"The diplomat was stabbed by the poison needle and died immediately. This shows that the poison the diplomat was poisoned with was a rare and highly toxic one. A very low dose can kill an adult. Moreover, the toxin has a paralyzing effect. This toxin, as far as I know, is pufferfish toxin. This toxin is a strictly controlled poison. As long as the toxin is traced to its source, it will not be difficult to find the murderer."

Inspector Megure slapped his forehead and realized, "Lin Xiao, you are right. The poison in the victim is so special. The biggest suspect is Katsuragi Sachiko, a student of Tokyo Medical College. It is entirely possible that she obtained the pufferfish toxin from the laboratory."

The Identification Division officers conducted a more detailed identification of the cause of death and found that the deceased was indeed poisoned by pufferfish toxin.

The police officer from the Identification Division said: "That's right. The diplomat's poisoning was initially diagnosed as pufferfish toxin."

Kudo Shinichi was slapped in the face and was speechless. Hattori Heiji also felt unbelievable. There are always people who are better than you. Kudo Shinichi actually lost to Lin Xiao.

At the same time, Xiaolan looked at Lin Xiao with her beautiful eyes full of brilliance.

"Lin Xiao was able to defeat Kudo Shinichi in reasoning. He is so amazing."

When her childhood sweetheart was defeated by Lin Xiao, Xiaolan did not sympathize with him but was secretly delighted. After all, her childhood sweetheart always had a cocky attitude and acted like he was the best in the world. It was not a bad thing that someone could dampen her spirit.

Kudo Shinichi still refused to accept the defeat and would rather lose to Hattori Heiji than to Lin Xiao.

"Lin Xiao, can you tell me Miss Sachiko's motive for murder? Miss Sachiko, why did you want to kill your own father-in-law?"

"As for the motive for murder," Lin Xiao pulled out the photo from the frame on the table, "it should be in this photo, right?"

Hattori Heiji's eyes lit up, and he suddenly said, "Could it be that..."

"That's right, Miss Sachiko is Mrs. Tsujimura's daughter!"

"Is that a fake?" Inspector Megure stared at the photo in Lin Xiao's hand. He was stunned when he saw Mrs. Tsujimura from decades ago, whose only difference from Sachiko today was her hair color.

Takayoshi Tsujimura was devastated: "Sachiko, you call my mother "Mother Lady", not because my mother is your mother-in-law, but because my mother is really your mother."

"I'm sorry, brother, I lied to you." Sachiko Katsuragi bowed to Takayoshi Tsujimura and apologized.

Lin Xiao sighed softly: "Katsuragi Yukiko knew it, but she still approached him. Her purpose was probably revenge. She approached the diplomat through Yoshiki Tsujimura. She wanted revenge on the diplomat who killed her father and took away her mother!"

Mrs. Tsujimura covered her face and cried, "I thought Sachiko approached Takayoshi just to avenge me, an incompetent mother, until she poisoned my current husband... So, I tried to find a way to take the blame for my daughter, and deliberately designed this trap to lure the famous detective Maori Kogoro here."

Maori Kogoro was speechless. Not only was he completely useless, he was also reduced to a tool.

Chapter 25 An actor’s self-cultivation

Kudo Shinichi was very upset. In the idol secret room murder case, the criminal blew himself up and was slapped in the face, which was bad enough. Now in the diplomat secret room murder case, he was slapped in the face by Lin Xiao, and his self-esteem was seriously damaged.

Just when Kudo Shinichi was at his lowest point in life, his beloved childhood sweetheart not only did not comfort him, but also questioned where he had been and why he didn't even give her any contact information.

"Shinichi, you've been gone for so long, you should give me an explanation. Stop treating me like a fool and using excuses like handling an incident to evade me!"

Mao Lilan questioned Kudo Shinichi with a serious face. Kudo Shinichi had disappeared for such a long time and suddenly appeared. She had to seize the opportunity to interrogate him.

However... Kudo Shinichi didn't want to pay any attention to Mao Lilan at all, he was in a bad mood. And he had a premonition that he would turn back into Edogawa Conan, so he had to hide quickly.

"Xiaolan, I'm sorry, I can't do this right now..."

Kudo Shinichi had a bad feeling. If he didn't run away, he would be turned into a child in front of everyone.

"Shinichi, what's wrong with you? If you don't explain clearly, you can't leave!" However, Mao Lilan did not give Kudo Shinichi any chance to answer her perfunctorily, and even blocked his escape route.

"Xiaolan, give me a little more time and I will explain it to you clearly." There was no choice but for Kudo Shinichi to push Mouri Ran away and ran away.

"Stupid Shinichi!" Ran saw this and immediately chased after him, "Shinichi, don't even think about leaving me and running away this time!"

It's rare for Xiaolan to meet Shinichi again, so how could she let him go so easily? She still has a lot of questions that need Shinichi to answer!

The two of them were chasing each other, one in front and one behind, and no one knew where they ran to. Everyone was speechless. What was going on?

Maori Kogoro, in particular, had a very grim expression on his face: "What's so good about Kudo Shinichi? Why would Xiaolan have to humiliate herself like this? I really don't understand!"

Inspector Megure didn't pay attention to the two young men. Instead, he came to Lin Xiao and patted him on the shoulder.

"Brother Lin Xiao, you are really good. I was right about you. From now on, you will be a high school detective certified by the Metropolitan Police Department!"

"what?"

Lin Xiao felt very confused. His system was a phantom thief system, not a detective system. Was there something wrong? Hey!

"Brother Lin Xiao, please don't refuse. You have proven that your reasoning ability is not inferior to that of Brother Kudo. Therefore, the Metropolitan Police Department certifies you as a new high school student detective."

Feeling the trusting gaze of Inspector Megure, Lin Xiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Considering that... if he became a high school detective, he would be able to skip classes at will like Kudo Shinichi without being expelled, which seemed pretty good.

"Uh. Okay... Officer Megure."

Inspector Megure nodded with satisfaction, and left with his subordinates and Katsuraki Sachiko, who was wearing a silver bracelet.

The incident has been resolved, and it’s time for Lin Xiao to go back.

Hattori Heiji acted very familiar and walked up to Lin Xiao and hooked his hands around him.

Lin Xiao reflexively pushed Hattori Heiji away: "Hattori Heiji, what do you want to do?"

"Ah?" Hattori Heiji didn't understand why Lin Xiao reacted so strongly. "Lin Xiao, I just want to make friends with you. I like being friends with high school detectives like you who have top-notch reasoning skills."

"Just making friends?" Lin Xiao looked at Hattori Heiji warily.

"Aha. Of course, we may also develop into a relationship of competitors who are both friends and enemies. Besides, today you defeated me and Kudo Shinichi with your reasoning. You have become my, Hattori Heiji's, nemesis. You are not allowed to run away like Kudo Shinichi did!" Hattori Heiji was talking completely to himself. He had the same personality as Kudo Shinichi, which made Lin Xiao very upset.

"I advise you to give up, you can't beat me." Lin Xiao thought to himself that he had a system plug-in and knew the plot in advance. Hattori Heiji had no chance of beating him, and the reasoning competition was meaningless.

"You guy!" Seeing Lin Xiao's disdainful expression, Hattori Heiji's competitive spirit was aroused.

"Lin Xiao, if you don't agree, I will pester you and won't leave."

Hattori Heiji was like a dog-skin plaster. Not only did he make friends with Lin Xiao, but he also made Lin Xiao so disgusted that he had no choice but to agree.

"Mr. Lin, we will be good brothers from now on." Hattori Heiji took out his cell phone and exchanged phone numbers with Lin Xiao.

the other side……

Kudo Shinichi, who was chased all the way by Mao Li Ran, ran back to the Kudo family.

Yukiko Kudo, who was bored watching TV at home, was shocked to see her son running back home and found that he had returned to normal.

"Xiao Xin, how did you change back again? It's amazing!"

"Mom, later, you must find a way to help me hide it from Mao Lilan. I can't hold on any longer..."

After saying that, Kudo Shinichi transformed himself into a living person in front of Kudo Yukiko.

The quick transformation from Kudo Shinichi to Edogawa Conan really made Kudo Yukiko break out in a cold sweat.

"This, this, this...Xiao Xin, you are really amazing."

Yukiko Kudo's mouth opened wide into an O shape.

Edogawa Conan crawled out of the ill-fitting clothes and ran upstairs with his naked buttocks, wearing the ill-fitting clothes.

At the same time, Xiaolan's voice came from outside the door.

"Shinichi, open the door for me, I know you're home, stop hiding!"

With a "click", the door opened.

"I say, Shinichi...ah? Why is it Aunt Yukiko?"

"Oh. Long time no see, Xiaolan. My husband and I recently returned to Tokyo from New York."

Yukiko remained calm, showing the self-cultivation of an actor.

"Um...Is Shinichi home?"

"Shinichi...he's been busy with a case lately and hasn't been home yet."

"But... I just saw..."

"If you don't believe it, Xiaolan, you can come in."

Yukiko invited Xiaolan in directly.

Xiaolan looked around and didn't see Kudo Shinichi.

"Aunt Yukiko, is it true that Shinichi didn't go home?"