Conan: The Heart Thief

"Let me try..."

Suzuki Sonoko tried to abandon greed, regret, hatred, doubt, drowsiness... and fill her heart with love and compassion.

"LOVE—AND—PEACE."

Suzuki Sonoko shouted out the iconic phrase of hip-hop culture.

Summoned the personality mask - Guanyin.

The Secret Rite is the Lovers Tarot.

This Guanyin is not that Guanyin. She is a support-type demon who looks like a radar. She can only play a supporting role and has no combat ability.

After summoning the personality mask, Suzuki Sonoko's mind received a large amount of information and she immediately understood her current situation.

"I see... I know what to do now, Lin Jun. Next, I will assist you in defeating the demon in the Heart Palace."

Lin Xiao and Suzuki Sonoko were facing a heart palace that was in the style of a Russian castle, which was full of twists and turns and filled with various shadows.

However, with the assistance of Suzuki Sonoko, Lin Xiao easily found the hiding place of the palace demon.

"Who are you! Who allowed you to step into this place?"

In front of Lin Xiao and Suzuki Sonoko was a Slavic woman wearing a red cheongsam.

"It's really...Pusi Qinglan!"

Pu Siqinglan's identity as a historical researcher was forged, and his real identity was the internationally wanted criminal Shi Kaobing.

"Such a beautiful and gentle woman is actually an extremely dangerous person."

Suzuki Sonoko covered her mouth in surprise.

"Long-winded!"

A one-eyed elephant appeared behind Pu Siqinglan, and a beam of evil light emitted from the elephant's eye, blasting towards Suzuki Sonoko.

"Garden!"

Lin Xiao quickly put on the big country master personality mask.

Lin Xiao held the Ten-fist Sword in his hand, stood in front of Suzuki Sonoko and blocked the evil light.

"Shi Kaobing, you have done so many evil things. It is time to turn back."

Lin Xiao tried to persuade him, but of course he knew that Shi Kaobing would not listen to him, and it was just polite talk.

"die."

Pu Siqinglan and the demon behind her melted into one, turning into a one-eyed elephant. Her deformed appearance was as ugly as her heart. Her beautiful appearance disappeared, and her inner ugliness was exposed.

Suzuki Sonoko activated the ability of Guanyin's personality mask and passed the information of the other demon to Lin Xiao.

[Kilimekara: A giant monster recorded in Sri Lankan mythology.

It is said that the demon king, Po Xun, rode on this horse when he was trying to stop Sakyamuni from attaining liberation. It has a terrifying evil eye, and it is said that those who are stared at by the evil eye will encounter terrible disasters.

Lin Xiao held the Ten-fist Sword and possessed all the power of the Okuninushi. Facing the terrifying enemy, he had no time to think carefully and ran towards Kilimekara.

"Drink."

"Roar!"

Kilimekara roared like an elephant, and the powerful sound waves prevented Lin Xiao from getting close. Then, a cruel light flashed in its one eye, emitting evil light accompanied by destructive power.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao could only hold his sword horizontally to resist. A terrible evil force made him terrified and unable to resist.

"This demon is so strong!"

He felt very stressed. This woman was more evil than any villain he had ever encountered. The demon in the Heart Palace was extremely powerful. After the woman and the demon merged, the evilness was even greater.

Suddenly, a golden protective shield made up of hexagons enveloped Lin Xiao, blocking Kilimekara's attack.

"Lin Jun, I will fight alongside you."

A high-tech eye mask appeared in front of Sonoko's eyes, and all the information about the devil Kirimekara was stripped away by Sonoko's personality mask Guanyin.

"The enemy's weak point is his eyes. Attack his eyes."

"I see."

Lin Xiao swung the Ten Fist Sword and slashed out a golden sword energy.

Kilimekara's evil eye emitted a beam of light again, which collided with the sword energy, emitting a white light that flashed into tiny star fragments.

“Roar…” Kilimekara roared, and the Skor soldier that merged with it uttered vicious words, “I will kill both of you.”

Kilimekara no longer relied solely on the Evil Eye, but rushed forward to fight with Lin Xiao.

With the help of Suzuki Sonoko, Lin Xiao's confidence was doubled. He once again swung the Ten-fist Sword in his hand and started a fierce battle with Kilimekara.

Suzuki Sonoko's personality mask can not only provide intelligence support, but also provide direct BUFF assistance.

The optical bottle filled Lin Xiao with pure light, and Lin Xiao felt the power of justice, which became stronger and stronger. In the direct battle with Kilimekara, he gradually gained the upper hand. The two cooperated well and defeated Kilimekara's attacks again and again. Kilimekara began to seem powerless, and its attacks became weaker and weaker, and its defense became weaker and weaker.

"That's it, Scoob!"

Lin Xiao seized the opportunity and swung the Ten-Fist Sword in his hand, stabbing towards Kilimekara's evil eye.

"Ahhhh-"

The Scorbing screamed in agony, and Kilimekala let out a howl before turning into tiny pieces of shattered stars.

Lin Xiao turned the broken stars into personality masks and took them for himself. Kilimekara, who symbolized the evil intentions of the Scorbing, became one of Lin Xiao's many personality masks.

Shi Kaobing's evil intentions disappeared, her conscience was awakened, and she knelt on the ground, confessing her crimes.

"I was wrong."

Shi Kaobing burst into tears: "I have committed too many crimes. I will suffer in hell in my next life. When I am reborn in the future, I will choose to be a good person."

bang bang bang...

The palace of heart began to collapse, and rocks kept falling.

Suzuki Sonoko turned around and looked at Lin Xiao: "What should we do now?"

"It's over. We have to get out of here before the palace collapses!"

As he said that, Lin Xiao grabbed Suzuki Sonoko's hand and took her away before the palace collapsed...

Chapter 86 Money Ability

The next day, Shi Kaoping surrendered himself to the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters and returned the Egg of Memories.

Lin Xiao took the Suzuki family's cruise ship and returned to Tokyo with Suzuki Sonoko.

Lin Xiao returned to school and found that Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan had become more taciturn. He didn't know if it was his illusion...

During holidays in Japan, various shrines hold festivals, and the Beika Shrine is no exception.

After school, the three agreed to go home, change into their uniforms, and attend the festival together.

Originally, Lin Xiao should have put on a yukata to attend, but he didn't have the money to spare. He just changed into ordinary casual clothes and went straight there.

As it was getting dark, Lin Xiao and Xiaolan came to the Beika Shrine together. Sonoko had already arrived and was waiting for them.

As for why Conan didn't come, it was because Xiaolan deliberately didn't allow Conan to come.

Ever since Lin Xiao transferred to another school, Xiaolan returned to the life of a normal high school girl. She couldn't play with first-grade elementary school students at all and only felt annoyed.

“Knock, knock, knock…”

Inside the Beika Shrine, the sound of wooden clogs can be heard.

There were colorful stalls everywhere, emitting a variety of smells. The girls walking around were also wearing brightly colored clothes, which complemented the candy apples and yo-yos floating on the water. Children were running around wearing masks and wielding toy swords, while adults were watching them with beer in one hand and a gentler expression than usual.

Xiaolan and Sonoko were both dressed in yukatas and wore a pair of wooden clogs on their bare feet.

Xiaolan wore a white yukata with delicate light blue and indigo hollyhocks, and matched the overall tone with a belt that looked like the night. Her medium-length black hair was tied up with a hairpin, revealing her slender neck. In addition, I don't know if she was wearing lipstick or lip balm, but her elegant smiling lips looked a little rosy.

Sonoko wore a light pink yukata, the fabric was as thin as a cicada's wing, and it was embroidered with delicate cherry blossom patterns. The cut of the yukata was just right, highlighting her graceful figure while maintaining her dignity and elegance. Her hair was no longer tied up with a headband, but was simply pinned to the side with a delicate hairpin, making her look more playful and lively.

Girls look different when they dress up carefully.

"Hi! Yuanzi!" Xiaolan trotted and waved to Yuanzi.

"You're here just now." Yuanzi was a little depressed. They were a quarter of an hour later than the agreed time.

"Because Conan insisted on following her, Xiaolan took some effort to get rid of Conan." Lin Xiao explained.

"We're just out here to have fun, I don't want to take a child with me. If Conan also wants to attend the festival, he can ask Professor Agasa to take him. Why does he have to stick to me?" Xiaolan pouted. She didn't understand why Conan always stuck to her. She really didn't feel like taking a child with her everywhere.

"That's right. Conan is a little brat, a smart kid. With him around, things always develop in strange directions..."

After saying that, Yuanzi took two or three steps back and looked at Lin Xiao's whole body carefully.

"What are you looking at?" Lin Xiao asked.

"Mr. Lin, why are you still dressed as usual... I was looking forward to it..." Yuanzi complained, feeling that Lin Xiao was really destroying the unified style of the three of them.

"Uh...sorry."

Lin Xiao scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. He was really poor, and Japanese yukatas were not cheap. As for the protagonist of Persona, he worked part-time after school every day, and he was even more unwilling to be a hard-working worker. He would only consider working part-time when all his money was used up and he had no other choice.

"I almost forgot that Lin Xiao lives alone." Yuanzi knocked his head, "Lin Jun, there's no need to apologize. I don't mean to blame you."

As soon as Yuanzi finished speaking, she found that Xiaolan was staring at her.

"What's wrong? Xiaolan, why are you staring at me?"

"Ah... Sonoko, it seems like you've become more beautiful recently!"

"Xiaolan, is this true?"

"Yeah...it's true."

"Hehe...the harder you work, the luckier you will be."

“It’s the money power.”

Lin Xiao couldn't help but complain that a woman with money couldn't possibly be ugly. The modern beauty industry was so developed, and the Japanese head-changing technique was no joke, not to mention that Yuanzi had a good foundation.

"Money power? Indeed..."

Suzuki Sonoko also did not deny that in modern society, there are few things that cannot be solved with money.