Conan: The Heart Thief

Chapter 9 Xiaolan climbed onto Lin Xiao's bed

After learning about what happened to Chikako, the three women were filled with a mixture of fear and anger.

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't proposed to hold this class reunion, none of this would have happened..." Suzuki Ayako's words were filled with self-blame. As she spoke, she covered her cheeks and sobbed softly.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao couldn't help but reach out his hand and gently put it on Ayako's shoulder, trying to comfort her: "Ms. Suzuki, please don't blame yourself like this. Chikako's misfortune is not your fault. The real culprit is the bandage weirdo. He is a cruel murderer."

Suzuki Sonoko deeply agreed with Lin Xiao's words, and she quickly echoed: "Sister, you really don't need to blame yourself."

Mao Lilan was full of worries: "What should we do if that weirdo attacks us again?"

Facing this question, Ota Katsu seemed a little indifferent: "As long as we keep the door closed, he won't be able to get in. After all, Chikako is still hanging out so late, it's her own fault. Anyway, don't think too much and go to bed early."

Ota Masaru's nonchalant remarks made Kakutani extremely angry: "Ota, how could you say such a thing?"

Ota Katsu didn't care: "I'm just telling the truth."

With Sonoko's comfort, Suzuki Ayako gradually calmed down. She suggested: "It's getting late now, let's check the doors and windows again, and then go to rest. When it's dawn, the police should arrive..."

Then, everyone took action, closing the windows and locking the doors.

Yuanzi carefully locked the entrance door: "Okay, there is no problem with the entrance, and now we only have to check our rooms..."

After the inspection, everyone went back to their rooms.

Xiaolan was lying on the bed. Although she was alone in the room with a man, she only felt fear in her heart and did not feel shy at all.

She even couldn't help but climb onto Lin Xiao's bed.

"Xiaolan, you..."

"I'm sorry, Lin Jun, I'm scared."

"Ok."

Lin Xiao gave up his seat and slept in the same quilt with Xiaolan, the fresh fragrance of the young girl filled his nose.

At this moment, Lin Xiao felt that if he continued, he would make the same mistake that every man would make. He had no choice but to show Liu Xiahui's virtue of not being tempted by a woman's lap and get up in time.

"What's wrong, Lin Jun?"

"Uh... let's do this. Xiaolan, you sleep and I'll watch over you..."

"How can this be? Aren't you going to sleep?"

"We take turns keeping watch."

"good idea!"

Xiaolan went to bed first, and Lin Xiao sat by the bed watching over her.

Soon, Xiaolan fell asleep, sleeping soundly like a little pig.

"Xiaolan is so cute. She is so charming even when she is sleeping."

After Xiaolan fell asleep, Lin Xiao did not continue to guard Xiaolan, but lay on another bed and pretended to be asleep. He knew that the bandaged man would come and attack Xiaolan, and he was ready to catch a criminal in the act.

Time passed bit by bit until there was movement outside the glass door of the room's balcony.

A strange man wearing a black cloak, wrapped in bandages and holding an axe, entered the room.

The weirdo's target was Xiaolan. He completely ignored Lin Xiao, raised his axe high, and chopped down towards Xiaolan. ...

Lin Xiao suddenly jumped up, dodged, and pulled the monster down from behind.

The strange man hit the air with his axe and fell to the ground.

"Bang" sound!

Xiaolan was startled when she heard the noise, and saw Lin Xiao and the strange man wrestling on the ground.

"ah!"

Seeing this, Xiaolan became brave, picked up a chair, and smashed it hard on the monster's head.

The weirdo fainted instantly.

"Lin Xiao, how are you?"

"I'm fine?"

"That's good."

"Is this guy a human or a ghost?"

"Of course it's a human."

Lin Xiao smiled, turned on the light, and prepared to reveal the true identity of the weirdo.

The next moment, he found himself in a dungeon.

"Where is this place?"

It was not Lin Xiao who raised this question, although he also had this question.

"Hmm? Xiaolan, you're here too?"

"Of course I am. I'm always with you, right?"

Xiaolan looks innocent.

Lin Xiao's mind changed and he asked what was going on with the system.

"System, what is going on? Where is this strange place?"

“This is the Palace of the Soul!”

"What do you mean?"

“People possessed by demons can pull the Phantom Thieves and Phantom Thief Idols closer to their own Soul Palace. Only by defeating the main demon of the Soul Palace can they leave the Soul Palace.

Conversely, Phantom Thieves and Phantom Thief Idols can also actively enter the mind palace possessed by demons.

The way to enter the palace of the soul, release the heart-stealing trailer. "

"Heart-stealing preview?"

"It means publishing a sneak preview letter."

"I still don't quite understand?"

"Don't think too much about it. You just need to make a card of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts and distribute it before stealing hearts."

"Uh...I know."

"Also, there is one more thing I want to remind you. The time in the Heart Palace is not equal to real time. No matter how long the Phantom Thief and the Phantom Thief Idol are in the Heart Palace, real time is only a moment."

Chapter 10 Holding hands with Xiaolan

"Where is this?" Xiaolan looked around blankly. This didn't seem like the normal world. If Lin Xiao hadn't been with her, she would have been scared to death.

"This is the spiritual palace of the bandaged monster." Lin Xiao has a general understanding of the current environment through the system's explanation.

"What do you mean?" Xiaolan was very confused.

"Well... it means that we have entered the mind of the bandaged man. Here, we will know everything about him."

"But...why?"

Xiaolan was still confused, her two big watery eyes were very charming.

To be honest, Lin Xiao didn't quite understand it either. He would just take it one step at a time.

"As long as we defeat the demon in the Mind Palace, we can leave here."

Having said that, Lin Xiao grabbed Xiaolan's hand and held their fingers tightly.

This small action gave Xiaolan enough sense of security.

"Yes--"

Next, Lin Xiao and Xiao Lan explored the dungeon-like maze and encountered many demons. These demons were quite weak and were not real demons, but projections of demons. Lin Xiao controlled the demons in the persona masks and easily solved them.

The two explored the dungeon methodically until——

"That person is Takahashi Ryoichi... Why is he here too!?"

Xiaolan pointed at a man in an abstract execution room in surprise, and that man was none other than Takahashi Ryoichi.

Takahashi Ryoichi was naked and was attacking a girl. Seeing this scene, Lin Xiao couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

"Is this what Takahashi Ryoichi is thinking? It's so ugly."

"Takahashi Ryoichi, what is he doing?"

Xiaolan held Lin Xiao's hand even tighter.

"Everything here is just the embodiment of Takahashi Ryoichi's inner thoughts. Therefore, you don't have to take it too seriously." Lin Xiao said so. He couldn't say that Takahashi Ryoichi was...

"Is this the embodiment of Takahashi Ryoichi's inner world? How could Takahashi Ryoichi be such a person? He is completely different from my impression of him." Xiaolan couldn't believe it. Her impression of Takahashi Ryoichi was still that of a honest fat man.

"You can know a person's face but not his heart."

The noise made by the two people was noticed by Takahashi Ryoichi.

Takahashi Ryoichi turned his head suddenly and stopped moving, staring at Lin Xiao and Xiaolan with his eyes rolling.

"who are you?"

Takahashi Ryoichi's movements and expressions were so frightening that Xiaolan screamed "Ah" and was so frightened that she couldn't answer. Lin Xiao, on the other hand, remained calm.

"Mr. Takahashi Ryoichi, please think carefully. We just met, have you forgotten it?"

After hearing this, Takahashi Ryoichi really started to think about it seriously.

Suddenly, he slapped his forehead and said, "Oh. I remember now, you two are friends of Ayako's sister, Lin Xiao and Mao Lilan, am I right?"

Lin Xiao nodded and showed an elegant smile: "Mr. Takahashi Ryoichi, you are so smart, you got it right."

Takahashi Ryoichi grinned strangely: "That's what I said."

"Oh, you are really Takahashi Ryoichi!" Xiaolan was surprised to learn that the other person was really Takahashi Ryoichi. "So you are not fat. I was wondering why I always felt that there was something wrong with you!"

"No, I'm fat." Takahashi Ryoichi defended himself.

"But, your belly..." Xiaolan pointed at Takahashi Ryoichi's flat belly.