Conan: The Phantom Heart Thief

Chapter 92: Chapter 94: Phantom Thieves in the Sweatshop



"Can you make a website? Can you make an app? If not, why don't you consider learning programming?"

Xingchuan Hui, who was wiping the table, trembled in his hand, and the rag he just wrung out fell back into the basin.

He took a deep breath, shook the water droplets from his hands, and turned back to look at Kazawa, who came in while wringing the rag again.

"Boss, what strange thoughts are you having again… Huh? What are you doing?"

"A new skin, how's this? Pretty handsome, right?" Kazawa stretched his arms and spun around to show off.

He really was handsome, especially now that he had white hair and red eyes, and his whole body was covered in only three colors: red, white, and black. It was very visually striking.

But this didn't stop Xingchuan Hui from covering his face and sighing. This leader with wild ideas must have done a lot of work during the short time he was away.

"Handsome, very handsome," he said perfunctorily. "Instead of standing there trying to look cool, can you come over and help tidy up the furniture?"

This villa would be their new base in the future. Before this, since Hoshikawa Teru was not going to stay, Kazawa just rented a long-term suite in the hotel for him. Teru would occasionally go back to the Tōkouchi family. Now the identity of "Tōkouchi Hayato" had completely been handed over to Kazawa, and Hoshikawa Teru had become a member of the Phantom Thieves. There was no reason for him to live in a hotel.

Kazawa brought forward the purchase plan and bought the single-family house next to the Kudo family.

Even though the house had been vacant for many years and was thoroughly cleaned by a housekeeping company, it was still hard to hide the old, decayed smell. Kazawa was not very satisfied with the soft furnishings, so he simply asked the seller to remove all the furniture.

With a wave of his hand, he asked Xingchuan Hui to rearrange the interior according to his preferences, and he would pay for it.

The result was that on the second day after moving in, Xingchuan Hui was still cleaning the house.

"Here I come," Kazawa sighed because he could find no one to discuss the aesthetics of vest design with. At least he didn't let Xingchuan Hui work alone.

He came over and unpacked the boxes of home appliances one by one, casually saying, "I see you bought a lot of big items. Do you have enough money?"

"That's enough," Xingchuan Hui also sighed. "Where did you come from, young master? Don't you have any idea about prices?"

Xingchuan Hui was now an illegal resident. Although Mingzhi's identity information could be used, to be safe, Kazawa still chose to give him a batch of gold coins and let him find a way to exchange them for cash.

Thinking of this, Xingchuan Hui wanted to complain. Did he know how much that was? Without considering the collectible nature of this batch of gold coins, each heavy gold coin weighed five or six grams, and gold itself was not cheap.

Moreover, these stolen treasures from the museum were antiques themselves. How could they be spent on furniture and appliances?

"I understand commodity prices well enough, I just don't understand your world of science. Your gold reserves could buy houses. Who would understand that?"

Kazawa could not respond to these complaints, so he changed the subject:

"So, what about that topic just now? Are you interested in learning programming?"

Karasawa missed the Moon Tarot from the original P5, by Yuki Mishima.

Although he was a nobody, he was quite good at making the Kaito channel bulletin board, which was an important way to support the progress of the Impression Space strategy and a key method for obtaining side quests.

Kazawa was now anxious about the progress of the strategy. He felt uneasy because he could not move forward. He really wanted to replicate the operation of monster CH and add a subway strategy target.

"What strange ideas do you have?" Xingchuan Hui shook his head while wiping the table. "I have never been exposed to programming and know nothing about it… If you really need it, I can learn it. But I can't guarantee if I can learn it or how long it will take."

He was not opposed to learning new things, and the purpose of his staying was to assist Kazawa. If Kazawa really needed help and could find no other options, he would naturally do his best.

But he was afraid it would take a long time to meet Kazawa's requirements if he started from scratch. Compared to Kazawa's terrifying learning ability, he was just an ordinary person and very self-aware of that.

"Oh, forget it…" Kazawa closed his third eye vision, and his eyes changed from red back to normal blue. He began to remove the makeup on his face.

"It's just an idea. I'd better work harder to bring a programmer back. Maybe that will be faster."

"That sounds like someone involved in human trafficking," Xingchuan Hui shook his head.

Kazawa's tone was often strange, and Xingchuan Hui was somewhat used to it.

"If you are serious, it seems to be the same," Kazawa thought. "You are a real illegal resident, and you are a minor. The new members who are expected to join will most likely lose their social identity…"

If nothing unexpected happened, the next person to join the team should be his cousin Miyano Akemi.

Goodness, the whole group was unregistered, and only the leader had an ID card…

What a sweatshop.

Shaking off these weird thoughts, Kazawa shook his hair that had turned back to brown and said, "That sounds too weird. Forget it, I'll go back to the café first."

"Go ahead, call me if you need anything."

Having experienced many disguises, Xingchuan Hui was not surprised. In fact, he now had a complete set of Kazawa's suits in his hand, convenient for modification when needed. He was no longer amazed by this magical technology.

"Oh, right…"

"Hmm?"

"Remember to take me to the café after you finish your homework."

"…"

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"Luckily, Kazawa, you didn't come with us," Mao Lilan said depressedly as she sat in a café drinking afternoon tea.

"It turns out we should keep some distance from idols. How can I listen to Rex's songs in the future?"

After that, when they released a new single, whenever she heard the metallic voice of Tatsuya Kimura, the first thing she thought of was him crying, holding his agent's legs, and refusing to let go… No matter how beautiful the song was, Ran Mouri could no longer stand it.

"In other words, their guitarist likes the lead singer, but the lead singer likes the manager. The manager was a friend from an underground band before. Because of her inferiority complex and ordinary looks, she had plastic surgery and gave up singing to become his manager. As a result, the lead singer thought she was hurting him and denying their past relationship, so he spoke ill of her for years… As expected of people in a band, their relationships are complicated," Kazawa said pertinently.

"He has had affairs with many singers and actors, but he is actually a crying little boy who never grew up…" Suzuki Sonoko crossed him off her list of handsome men with a heavy heart. "So disappointing."

"I think you just think he's handsome, so you have a weird filter," Conan rolled his eyes openly.

"Even elementary school students think he's childish, Mr. Tatsuya…" Ran Mouri sighed.

Suzuki Sonoko saw Kazawa's interested face and was glad her invitation failed this time.

If it weren't for Kimura Tatsumi sliding to his knees and grabbing Terahara Mari to apologize before the song even started, the celebration party would have turned into a murder case again…

Nothing happened to Tatsuya Kimura, and nothing happened to Mari Terahara who revealed her murder plan. The two who talked it out seemed likely to continue their relationship. The disbandment plan of "Rex" was also shelved.

It was a happy ending, but Conan had little interest in the entanglements of these infatuated men and resentful women.

After listening to their story told to Kazawa, he changed the subject.

"What about your plan to return to Kyoto?" Conan asked with concern. "You have already spent a lot of time on this."

He didn't know how many ups and downs happened in the past days and thought Kazawa was busy with travel plans.

"It didn't work," Kazawa sighed dramatically. "The police officer is actually quite easy to talk to, but… you know, he thinks it's not safe for me to go back to Kyoto now. It's a pity I can't go with you. I wanted to introduce you to Kyoto's attractions and take you around."

In a few days, Kogoro Mouri would bring his family to attend a classmate's wedding, and the awesome Gin was online.

But Kazawa's plan had taken effect, and now in Gin's eyes, he was not Kazawa Akira but Kumail.

If the bomb didn't explode after being placed, and Gin found out it was Kazawa's companions who tried to stop him… he would probably be blamed.

With this in mind, Kazawa decided to use onion skins this time.

Joker had a grudge against the organization, so it was reasonable for him to openly stop Gin from bombing people, right?


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