The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

Karasawa leaned against the wall at the corner and peered out at the road in front of Maru's house.

Neat gray figures lined both sides of the street. They lay silently on the ground and silently saluted the cage carried by several shadows in the road.

Shadows are monsters that exist in the cognitive world. Ordinary shadows will be attracted by the desires of the main body of the palace, showing some cognition and consciousness of the main body of the palace. Special shadows, such as the main body of the palace like Maru Denjiro, are The concrete expression of his distorted personality reflects the person's true heart and character.

In Ke Xue's world, there are countless murderers and dead people with moral corruption. It seems that just by using the cognitive world, Tang Ze can operate in a huge space.

The shadows kneeling on the ground in front of him, and the samurai carrying the cage, are the images of others in Marudenjiro's eyes.

The exquisite gold decoration on the cage is dazzling. It seems that in the eyes of this old man, he is probably still a big lord like a shogun.

It’s really ugly to look at but beautiful to think about.

Karasawa shook his head, did not enter that street, and looked for gaps along the outer streets of the Maru family buildings.

The shadow of Marudenjiro is definitely in that cage. It's a pity that Karasawa hasn't awakened his power yet. Otherwise, he could have considered violently kicking the door from the front and finishing the job for him.

...Speaking of which, if according to the original settings, if he wanted to awaken his abilities, would he have to be in a desperate situation, get emotional, etc?

As Tang Ze thought about it, his steps became lighter.

The more I think about it, the more I feel there is a pitfall. According to the development of the plot, he will eventually awaken his ability, so it is better to be careful.

The Maru family, transformed into the daimyo's mansion, became splendid and magnificent. The patrolling samurai shadows were patrolling in groups of three and two, and went around to the back of the mansion. Only then did Karasawa find a suitable location to climb over the wall and enter the courtyard.

While the previous group of warriors turned around and turned back, Tangze crept close to the courtyard wall, reached out and climbed up by grabbing the tiles.

Not knowing how many guards there were inside, Tangze did not rush over the wall and land on the ground. Instead, he climbed up to a nearby roof, bent down to the highest ridge, and carefully probed his head.

His caution was correct. The entire courtyard had a wide view and very few shelters. There were shadows standing at the door of every room in the mansion. There were even archer units high up in the main house, keeping an eye on the courtyard to keep it airtight.

If he had just turned in with a strong heart, he would have been caught red-handed by now.

Why can such a small yard have so much shadow? You are playing the role of a wolf!

Even though he was complaining in his heart, Tangze still acted like he was trying to sneak in. He lowered his body and moved along the roof towards the main house.

Twenty minutes later, Tangze, who successfully climbed onto the roof of the main house, chose a suitable angle and stretched his head to look at the courtyard in front of the house.

Thank God this is Japan. Even the Daming Mansion only has two courtyards.

If he were asked to climb the Forbidden City, he wouldn't be able to finish it until tomorrow night.

This house is the most heavily guarded. There is a sentry in front of the door, and there are long-range bows and arrows in the front attic. It is most likely that this is the palace where the secret treasures are kept, that is, the most precious things in the heart of the palace owner are kept, and it is also the place where desire originates.

Is it because Denjiro Maru is a bad guy? How come the core location was found in less than an hour?

Karasawa, who didn't even realize that he skipped classes in the entire hall based on his infiltration experience, pondered.

But it's a good thing that it's easy to find. The world of Conan is not like P5, which will give you enough time to conquer the palace. Maybe Denjiro Maru, who can't think of anything tomorrow, will call Kogoro Mouri to the door, and then he will be gone. That would be embarrassing.

Thinking about it this way, it doesn't matter if you don't have the ability to awaken for the time being. If you don't want to kick people in, you just need to go out and send a notice, and then come back tomorrow to find a way to steal the things, which can be regarded as achieving your goal.

It doesn't matter if it can be cracked without brute force. It's not authentic to kick out the monster thieves!

Some entertainment program seemed to be being prepared in front of the main house. Tables and blankets were set up in the courtyard. Shadows of samurai kept coming in and out carrying plates, arranging them one by one on the tables.

Tangze looked intently and saw that the plates were filled with gold and silver. Stacks of banknotes were piled up in neat triangles, and there were piles of gold sand and pearls in small mounds. It would dazzle anyone at a glance.

It's quite fitting for a loan shark to have this kind of demeanor.

While Karasawa was pondering, looking left and right at the structure of the house, and gauging a suitable theft route, the warriors below all turned their heads and saluted in the direction of the door.

Tang Ze immediately retracted his head and pressed against the side wall, peeping with only one eye.

Maru Denjiro is back.

Tangze saw the true form of the palace master for the first time. Marudenjiro, who was over fifty years old, wore a Nara dress with a gorgeous dan pattern and a crown, and swayed in the door surrounded by a group of samurai.

He walked behind the table and sat down, grabbed a few jewels from the golden cup and plate to play with, and shouted casually: "Where are the new servants? Bring them all."

The kneeling warriors responded loudly, and soon, several shackled men were strung together by chains and stumbled in.

These people are not shadows, they all have clear faces.

Tangze could distinguish among them the man he bumped into that afternoon. His slender face and two beards were easily identifiable.

It seems that they are all borrowers of Maru Denjiro.

These are not real people, but the cognitive existence created by the palace owner in the palace due to his own cognition. Like NPCs modeled after real people, they can give feedback to the palace owner’s thoughts about this person.

In Maru Denjiro's eyes, everyone who obviously owed him money was his prisoner and slave.

These people were pulled to kneel on the ground in front of the table. The shadow warriors holding trays stood beside the people who fell on the ground, waiting for Maru Denjiro to review them one by one.

Maru Denjiro walked to the first tray, picked up the necklace in the tray, threw it, and said contemptuously: "You are too young. You can only provide so little collateral at your age. You Such a scumbag is really a waste of social resources, let’s cut off his hand as punishment.”

After saying that, he put the necklace directly into his sleeve, and kicked away the frantically struggling old man next to him. The samurai next to him immediately slashed at the old man's hands with a sword.

In the background of the old man's shrill screams, Marudenjiro Shishiran walked towards the next person.

"It's a worthless handicraft. Are you blind? Use it as a mortgage for 1 million yen? I don't think you need these eyes at all!"

"Huh? Are you trying to trick me by fooling me with this kind of rubbish? You go and chop off his head and put it on a tray, then you can stake his life on it!"

"You can use a broken knife as a family heirloom. You are really a poor pariah. I will sell the knife and give it as your interest."

The originally pristine courtyard quickly turned into a bloody execution ground. Some of the victims fell to the ground without making a sound, and some screamed and rolled in pain while holding their stumps, which made people feel deeply uncomfortable.

"What a picture of hell... can a moneylender have such a bloody heart?" Even though he knew that these were not real human beings, but puppets fabricated based on the memory of the palace owner, the cruel scene made Tang Ze frown deeply.

Now Maru Denjiro should be a rich man with a rich family. It seems that apart from making money, the purpose of these low-level methods of embezzling collateral is to see people struggling in pain and kneeling in front of them to pray.

He is such a pervert, no wonder he can make a fortune.

"I can't find any valuable collateral. Are all the police such poor people?" Another trash talk from Marudenjiro came. Tangze looked at the person in front of him and his heart shrank.

The tall man was wearing a police uniform, sitting on the ground in embarrassment. The shadow of the warrior beside him did not have a tray in his hand, but was holding a tied little girl.

The pushed man had shackles on his hands and struggled a few times but could not sit up. His right leg and trousers were empty.

"Forget it, for the sake of your daughter's good looks, just accept it reluctantly." In Maru Denjiro's tone, this person's collateral is like the little girl, "Anyway, she is already a waste who can't stand up. , I’ll grant it to you. Cut off his other leg as well.”

Tangze's temples bulged and he grabbed the roof tile at hand.