Chapter 17: The Phantom of the Strange Thief
The letter...... Very suspicious!
Conan, who noticed something suspicious, immediately jumped off the couch. While everyone was still concerned about the entanglement between Yoko Okino and Akiyoshi Fujie, he quietly ran to the door and picked up the letter from the ground.
He took the letter from the open envelope and read it carefully. It didn't take long for him to find out that it was a love letter from Akiyoshi Fujie to Yoko Okino.
When did this letter arrive? Who was the first to take it apart? Yoko Okino? No, the person who opened this letter could definitely not be Yoko Okino! Because before today, she didn't know that the stalker who was pestering her was Akiyoshi Fujie.
So could the person who opened the letter be Yoko Okino's agent? It's not like, he loves Yoko Okino quite much, and when he finds out about this letter, he will definitely go to Fujie Akiyoshi in private to settle accounts.
Who would that be? Could it be the intrusion of the prisoner?
At this time, Mori Kogoro was already aware of Conan's movement. With nothing to do, he stood up and wanted to see what the hell the imp was messing around. As a result, when I went, I saw Conan holding Yoko Okino's letter and immersing himself in reading.
"Hey, you little ghost!" Mori Kogoro slammed his fist on his head without saying anything, waking up Conan, who was immersed in thought, "How can you just open someone else's letter!" Apologize to Yoko-sama! ”
"Daddy!" Although Xiaolan couldn't bear to watch Conan being beaten, she also felt that Conan did something wrong this time, so she didn't stop her father again.
"No!" Conan defended himself by clutching his head, "This letter was opened before I even read it!" ”
"My letter?" Yoko Okino also walked over, "I have the impression that I haven't received any letters except for those threatening letters and candid photos recently?" ”
She picked up the envelope in Conan's hand and found that she was indeed unimpressed.
"Ah, I'm sorry! I sent this letter yesterday. Fujie Akiyoshi hurriedly explained, "Around yesterday afternoon, I secretly slipped the letter through the crack in the door while there was no one here. Please forgive me for such a sneaky behavior! ”
"Yesterday afternoon?" At this time, Mori Kogoro also sensed the suspicion. He took the letter from Conan's hand and read the gloomy words on it, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that there must be something strange in it.
"Mr. Fujie, may I ask if you really sent this letter yesterday afternoon?"
"Yes, what's the problem?"
"When was this letter written?"
"It was written the night before."
"That's weird, then!" Mori Kogoro looked at Fujie Akiyoshi in front of him with a sharp gaze, "I read it roughly, and this letter is obviously full of your emotions, and I can also see a lot of extreme thoughts. Since you said that you wrote this letter the day before yesterday and sent it yesterday afternoon, doesn't that mean that you have not given up your love for Miss Yoko until at least yesterday afternoon? Why did you come over and apologize tonight? ”
"Could it be that the obsession that lasted for so long suddenly figured it out in just one night?"
Fujie Akiyoshi was speechless when asked. Feeling the suspicious eyes of the people around him, he blushed for a moment, and eagerly defended himself:
"But I did come to apologize from the bottom of my heart! I have truly repented! Actually, this morning, I met a strange thief who helped me mend my ways! ”
"Strange thieves?"
"That's right, Monster Thief!" Fujie Akiyoshi hurriedly took out the teaser letter from his pocket that had not yet had time to destroy it, and handed it to everyone to see.
"Wicked man who indulges his own twisted lust, Mr. Akiyoshi Fujie, in order to satisfy your own selfish love, you do not think about others at all. He even does not hesitate to trample on the law and interfere with the normal life of others. ”
"I have decided that I will make you confess all your mistakes and uproot your selfish desires before you do irreparable sin."
"Thief of the Heart - Phantom, See"
Mori Kogoro read out the contents of the teaser letter word for word, and Conan, who was next to him, held his chin and fell into a deeper mystery.
"Phantom of the Thief? I have never heard of such a strange thief. Mori Kogoro then asked, "Mr. Fujie, what kind of person is this Phantom of the Strange Thieves?" ”
“…… I do not know. Actually, I didn't meet him either, and I tore this advance letter from Miss Okino's door in the morning. ”
"You haven't met him, and then after reading this teaser letter, you have changed your mind and repented? It's not normal to think about it! ”
"But that's the way it is! I'm really not lying! Fujie Akiyoshi shouted anxiously, "I don't know how he did it, but the Phantom of the Strange Thieves really took away my twisted desires and made me realize what crazy things I had done, just as the teaser letter said!" ”
"Take your desires away or something...... It can't be some kind of hypnosis, right? Maori Kogoro opened his mind, "But can hypnosis really be performed by a simple letter?" Or is that thief using hypnosis to make you forget what he looks like? ”
Conan watched as things unfolded. By observing Akiyoshi Fujie's facial expressions, Conan chooses to believe that Akiyoshi Fujie is not lying. But on the other hand, Conan didn't want to believe that there were any strange thieves in this world who could steal other people's desires.
Is it really hypnosis or brainwashing, as Uncle Maori said? But is there really such a miraculous and effective hypnotism in the world?
Phantom of the Thief......
"That's right, big sister!" Conan suddenly ran to Yoko Okino's skirt and looked up at her and asked, "Haven't you read this letter before?" ”
"yes, because I moved out of this apartment yesterday afternoon and didn't get a chance to receive this letter."
"That's weird, who opened this letter?"
Hearing Conan's words, Maori was shocked, and quickly turned around and grabbed Fujie Akiyoshi's shoulder and yelled at him:
"Hey, Mr. Fujie! Are you sure the envelope was sealed when you delivered the letter? ”
"It's sealed, I'm sure no one opened the letter at the time."
"Then the agent, Mr. Yamagishi, you haven't opened this letter either, have you?"
"No," the agent nodded, "I haven't been to this apartment since I helped Yoko move last night." ”
"That's weird!" Mori Kogoro looked at the opened envelope, his brows locked together in confusion, "Since you haven't touched this letter before, who was the first to open the envelope?" ”
"Miss Yoko, when did the criminal you mentioned earlier come to apologize to you?"
"Also yesterday afternoon. It was in front of this house that she apologized to me, and we left together. ”
"In other words, the prisoner apologized to you before Mr. Fujie sent the letter. Then the letter could not have been opened by him. ”
"So, after Mr. Fujie left yesterday afternoon, another person entered this room, and it was he who opened the envelope and read the contents!"
"And this person is very likely to be what the teaser letter said, the Phantom of the Strange Thief!"