Conan: The Heart Thief

Chapter 4 After school...

It was completely dark and the sky was dotted with stars.

Lin Xiao drove to the school where he could see the chimney, and then drove straight to the warehouse. Xiaolan and Conan, who were sitting in the back seat, got out of the car and followed Lin Xiao.

As the three of them were heading to the warehouse door, they saw a young man with a baseball bat driving them away under the starlight.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? Get out of here now."

He realized that his identity as a kidnapper had been exposed and decided to kill the three people in front of him.

The first to bear the brunt was Lin Xiao.

"Drink!"

The young man hit Lin Xiao with a baseball bat.

"Gio!"

Lin Xiao activated his personality mask skill Geo, and lightning struck from the sky, knocking the young man unconscious.

Xiaolan and Conan were confused. How could the young man suddenly be electrocuted and knocked unconscious? This was too ridiculous.

In short, the matter was resolved smoothly and Jingzi was successfully rescued.

The person who came up with this kidnapping was Jingzi. She wanted her father to take her out to play while he was on break at work. So she acted out this scene with the housekeeper, but she didn't expect to run into a real kidnapper.

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[After solving this crime, Lin Xiao received the personality mask Andras as a system reward.

Andras: One of the seventy-two demons commanded by King Solomon. He has a raven's head and an angelic body.

The exclusive ability is to release hatred. 】

After Lin Xiao obtained Andras, he was not in a hurry to combine it with Pixie. Pixie is a very useful personality mask. Even if it is not used in combat, it is particularly useful as an auxiliary.

Lying on the sofa at home, Lin Xiao felt a little bored, so he picked up his mobile phone and started playing the rubbish pay-to-win mobile game from Japan.

I accidentally spent 10,000 yen on in-game items, but it was given by the system, so I don't feel bad about it.

After putting down his phone, Lin Xiao suddenly realized that something was wrong.

"Oh no! The system gave me 1 million yen. It seems like a lot, but it's not. It's only 50,000 yuan in RMB. It's enough to support me in Tokyo for a year. I have to plan ahead!"

Lin Xiao suddenly looked bitter. He didn't expect that as a time traveler, he would also worry about money.

"I thought, I can make money with Persona.

But how to do it specifically? I couldn't figure it out for a while.

Forget it, I'll talk about it after I get more personality masks."

Lin Xiao calculated that the money was enough for the time being, so he didn't consider this problem for the time being, and things would work out when the time came.

Take a shower and go to bed, time has come to a new day.

Teitan High School, the whole day's classes are so boring that it is impossible to listen to the lectures seriously.

Lin Xiao, who was sitting in his seat, had nothing to do, and then an idea came to him.

"Why not, I'll be the plagiarist."

Lin Xiao remembered that before he traveled through time, there was a very popular light novel in Japan called "Chitose-san in the Marzipan Bottle". He happened to have read it, and if he wrote a novel based on the same plot, he should be able to make a lot of money.

Lin Xiao did what he said, and began to try to write the plot according to his memory, but found that it was not that simple. He only remembered the general outline of the plot, and it was very difficult to convert it into words. He could not just copy it fluently like other time travelers.

A day passed, and Lin Xiao hadn't produced many words. He felt that being a plagiarist was unreliable.

After school, Lin Xiao heard Xiaolan, who was sitting next to him, say, "Yuanzi, I read in the newspaper last night that there is a suit of armor that moves in the Medieval Art Museum... After the club is over, do you want to go and visit it together?"

Sonoko, who was sitting in the seat in front of Xiaolan, turned around and said, "It sounds interesting! Let's go and take a look. But we still have club activities."

"That's right."

After the club activities ended, it was very late and we had to go home.

Lin Xiao glanced at the two girls, thinking that nothing would happen today. He put his hands in his trouser pockets and prepared to go home to continue playing mobile games.

However, as soon as he stood up, he was stopped by Yuanzi.

"Lin Jun, wait a moment."

Suzuki Sonoko called Lin Xiao in a friendly manner.

"Hmm? What's up, Sonoko?"

"Would you like to go to the Medieval Art Museum with us?" Suzuki Sonoko gave Lin Xiao a look, asking him to come. "Xiaolan, I and you, will go together."

"Aren't you and Xiaolan going to participate in club activities?"

"It's okay to ask for leave." Suzuki Sonoko nudged Mao Lilan with her elbow, "Ran, we're going to the Medieval Art Museum today, so you can ask for leave from the club."

"Ahaha..." Xiaolan smiled without comment.

As a result, Lin Xiao and Mao Li Ran were forcibly dragged over by Suzuki Sonoko.

When they arrived at the art museum, Suzuki Sonoko took the lead and bought three tickets. Lin Xiao and Mao Li Ran did not refuse, as there was no need to be polite to rich friends.

The three of them walked into the art museum, which was equivalent to booking the entire place. It was such a large art museum with only the three of them, and it was very deserted.

Xiaolan visited various art museum collections with great interest, while Suzuki Sonoko and Lin Xiao chatted casually.

At this moment, an old man's harsh voice was heard.

"Kubota, what are you doing? You must wear gloves when handling your work. I have reminded you several times, but you ignored my words, didn't you?"

"Oh, sorry..."

The man named Kubota bowed repeatedly.

"You don't have to do it. Iijima, I'll leave this to you!"

The old man refused to give in.

"Yes, Director." Iijima put down his work and took over Kubota's job. ...

"Damn it." Kubota looked quite unhappy.

At the same time, an obese middle-aged man walked into the art gallery.

"Hey, Director Ochiai, haven't you cleaned up your junk yet?"

"True boss!"

Director Ochiai bowed and scraped to Boss Manaka in a submissive manner.

"This place will be closed in ten days. During this period of time, please clean up all the junk." Boss Manaka said sarcastically and ignored Director Ochiai.

Director Ochiai kept his head down and his face turned very ugly.

There were not many people in the art gallery, and everyone in the museum heard the conversation between the few people.

"Director, may I ask... Is the art museum about to disappear?"

Xiaolan asked Director Ochiai with concern.

"Yes, the previous boss had to sell the art gallery to Mr. Manaka because his company went bankrupt."

Iijima on the side also added with dissatisfaction: "It was originally agreed that Mr. Manaka would continue to run the art museum after purchasing it. Who knew that after purchasing the art museum, he immediately said that he wanted to convert it into a hotel. It's too much!"

"Bang!"

Suddenly, Keita on the other side made a noise again and threw a Western armor helmet on the cart to the ground.

The commotion Keita made also attracted the attention of the boss Manaka who immediately revealed his sneer again: "You must be Keita, right? I've heard rumors about you. Hurry up and get the money. Hahaha."

Boss Manaka's face is full of provocation, which is undoubtedly a way to die in the world of Detective Conan.

After this little episode, it was almost time for the three of them to go back.

Mao Lilan suddenly remembered: "Oh, right, we haven't seen the moving armor yet!"

Suzuki Sonoko responded: "Yes. I almost forgot the purpose of coming to the Nakadashi Museum this time."

Suzuki Sonoko was so busy chatting with Lin Xiao that she didn't even look at the art collection.

Lin Xiao yawned and continued to accompany the two girls.

Then, the three of them came to an exhibition hall called "Between Hell", and there was a "No Entry" sign at the entrance.

"Aleh, no entry allowed?"

Mao Lilan opened the brochure in her hand and said, "It's really strange. There should be another room in front."

Yuanzi smiled and said, "Never mind, let's go in and take a look. The moving armor must be inside."

Xiaolan hesitated: "But... it feels terrible."

Yuanzi said, "What is there to be afraid of? Isn't Lin Jun right beside us?"

Yuanzi deliberately asked: "Lin Jun, if we encounter danger, will you protect Xiaolan and me?"

Lin Xiao replied without hesitation: "Yes."

Sonoko and Xiaolan instantly took a liking to Lin Xiao. If Shinichi had answered the question, he would definitely be too embarrassed to give a vague answer.

When the three entered the Hell Hall, they were shocked by the scenery inside.

Inside the hall, a man in an old-fashioned iron armor was holding a big sword and stabbing it into the heart of the boss Manaka. He grabbed the opponent's collar with one hand, lifted and pushed hard, and nailed the man weighing more than 100 pounds to the wall like a chicken.

"What's this--"

"Ahhh-"

Yuanzi and Xiaolan were so frightened that they couldn't even stand. The two girls grabbed Lin Xiao's arm to prevent themselves from falling down.

The man in iron armor turned around, revealing a pair of sinister eyes, and looked at Lin Xiao.

Iron Armor thought he could scare Lin Xiao and then take the opportunity to escape.

Unexpectedly, Lin Xiao stood motionless at the door of the only passage, staring at him, clearly not wanting him to escape.

"This student really doesn't know how to live or die! If that's the case--"

The man in iron armor raised the sword again, pointed it at Lin Xiao, and threatened him to get out of the way.