"I'm back...... Here you go again, Conan. As soon as I got home, I came to Qixiao and saw Conan, the little radish head, sitting leisurely in the living room, with an innocent smile on his face.

In the past week, the diminutive detective has been looking for all sorts of excuses to drill into Dr. Asasa's house. Given his relationship with Dr. Asasa, this is not surprising. But the problem is that every time he comes to Qixiao's house, it seems that he has specially chosen the time.

Every time they meet, this guy will turn around and test him, his eyes flying everywhere, making Lai Qixiao irritable. Although under his deliberate guidance, Conan should be suspected from Maolilan in the near future, and there will be no time to think about anything else; But far water can't dissolve the near fire, at least he can't avoid this encounter today.

This guy is definitely suspicious of me. Lai Qixiao secretly complained, Conan's acuity was really a headache for him, especially now that he didn't know what the other party was suspicious of him.

"Good evening, Conan." Lai Qixiao hid his true thoughts in his heart and put on a smiling face in front of Conan.

He paced over and retaliated by crumpling Conan's head into a mess, causing the latter to roll his eyes secretly.

"Why are you here at such a late hour? Have you had dinner? ”

"No," Conan shook his head, "Uncle Maori has something to do for the time being, and he went out with Sister Xiaolan." That's why I'm going to Dr. Asasa to eat! ”

Strange, shouldn't you stick tightly behind the butts of Maori fathers and daughters in general? Why didn't you make a fuss today? Sure enough, it's weird!

Lai Qixiao aggravated his suspicion of Conan, paid more attention to his words and deeds, and didn't want to show any flaws in front of Conan. In the face of such a top detective, it is dangerous to make any unreasonable move.

"You shouldn't have made up your mind to come here in the first place, right? Unfortunately, Dr. Asa wasn't at home today, so I didn't prepare dinner. The only thing I can eat now is yesterday's leftovers. Lai Qixiao said as he took out a small pot from the refrigerator, "There is only this little curry left, do you want to stay?" ”

"Well, it's okay!" Conan, who had already made up his mind to stay, excitedly said, "I'm not a picky eater!" ”

"That's good, you can sit in the living room and wait for a while!" After saying that, Lai Qixiao walked into the kitchen with the pot, and finally got rid of Conan's pinprick-like gaze.

He heats up the leftovers while thinking about tactics for dealing with Conan.

In order to deal with this difficult imp, it is imperative to find out what the other person is suspecting about him. Lai Qixiao thought about it carefully, and found that there were very few doubts on his body that could be noticed by Conan.

If you want to say the deepest secret buried in him, it is undoubtedly the identity of the Phantom of the Strange Thief. But Lai Qixiao is sure that he didn't leave many traces in his actions, even Conan, he can't be connected to him from the little clues that have been unearthed now, right?

Just as he was thinking this, Conan's terrifying question came from outside the kitchen:

"Brother Laiqi, do you know the phantom of the strange thief that has been in the newspaper recently?"

Lai Qixiao was taken aback by this question, and even the hand holding the spoon trembled, but then he calmed down and said in a confused tone:

"Phantom of the Thief? I've only seen him in the newspapers, so why do you think I'll know someone like that? ”

While he was dealing with Conan's question, he was looking at his recent actions in his mind, thinking about where he had shown his feet.

Of course, this question was not asked by Conan casually, in fact, he did suspect that there was some kind of connection between Laiqixiao and the Phantom of the Strange Thief.

However, Conan did not treat Qi Xiao as a suspect, but regarded him as a "victim".

"You know what, Brother Laiqi." Conan's voice drifted from the living room again, "I know more about the Phantom of the Thieves than the news media!" ”

Lai Qixiao secretly had an alarm in his heart, and while he served the hot curry, he pricked up his ears and focused all his attention on Conan's next words.

"The Phantom of the Strange Thieves' first warning letter wasn't actually published in the newspapers now, he had started his first crime a week ago. Coincidentally, Uncle Maori and I happened to be there when the target repentance on the teaser letter was there and witnessed the whole process. ”

"The prisoner received the warning letter in the early hours of the morning, and by the evening he had changed his ways, and it all happened so quickly that it was impossible to deduce the modus operandi of the Phantom of the Thief."

"And this incident at the Rice Flower Library is very similar, according to the information I got from Uncle Maori, the goal is to see the warning letter in the morning, and then go to the police station in the afternoon to turn myself in. Of course, the news of the surrender has not yet been announced by the police, so this is exclusive information, Brother Laiqi! ”

"In short, both incidents were extremely swift from the time the letter was sent to the target's repentance, and it can be seen that both 'victims' were genuinely repentant, as if their desires had really been stolen."

"Don't you think this situation is familiar, Brother Laiqi?"

At this time, Lai Qixiao also heard Conan's voice, and he walked out of the kitchen with two servings of curry rice, and placed the smaller one in front of Conan.

Lai Qixiao sat opposite Conan, and he finally understood what Conan was testing these days. It turned out that he regarded himself as a "victim" of the Phantom of the Strange Thief.

"You mean, I'm also a victim of the Phantom of the Thieves?" Lai Qixiao pretended to be surprised, "But I haven't received any advance letters?" And I only recently learned that there was such a strange thief! ”

"It's true that you haven't received a teaser letter from Phantom of the Thief. But what if the Phantom of the Strange Thief doesn't need a notice letter at all to commit the crime? ”

In fact, in addition to the targets indicated in the two teaser letters, there is also a victim who has had his heart stolen by the Phantom of the Thief. She did not receive the notice letter, but she showed the same behavior as the other two victims - she had been doing evil the day before, and she suddenly repented today. ”

In addition to this, the woman also had a connection to the target of the first notice letter - they both stalked and harassed a certain woman. It is not difficult to come to the conclusion that these two people were basically targeted by the Phantom of the Monster Thief at the same time. ”

Perhaps because of the lack of skill, the first woman who repented did not receive the warning letter, and the male victim who followed him did. If this inference is true, then there may have been other victims before this woman who did not receive the advance letter! ”

"That's right!" The corners of Conan's mouth turned up, and he smiled like a hunter who had seen the footprints of his prey, "Brother Laiqi, you may be the real first target of the Phantom of the Strange Thieves!" ”