Something too terrifying happened, and the mysterious Phantom of the Strange Thief appeared silently, stealing Chikako Ikeda's heart in full view of the teaser letter, as written in the teaser letter. After the desire to run amok is eradicated, Chikako Ikeda, who has regained her sense of morality, burst into tears and felt ashamed of what she had done. The promising young scriptwriter thus fell to his knees and confessed, intending to tell the media about his crimes in person when he returned.

As for the others, they were also frightened by the contrast between her before and after, obviously not long ago, Chikako Ikeda was still looking like she was unrepentant, but after just a few dozen minutes, she suddenly repented?

All of a sudden, everyone took a few steps back, their eyes wandering around the villa, full of fear at the strange thief phantom that might be in the villa.

Even Conan was gripped by fear, he had never seen such a strange incident in all the time he had been a detective, how did the Phantom of the Thieves make her truly repent? Hypnosis? Brainwash? Mind control?

But before and after Yuko Ikezawa repented, nothing unusual happened, and no one had ever touched her, could it be that the Phantom of the Thief could rewrite other people's spirits just by looking at her or by a warning letter? This is ridiculous!

Conan racked his brains and couldn't come up with reasonable conjectures, the hypnotism and brainwashing he learned were far less magical than what he saw today, and the modus operandi of the Phantom of the Strange Thief was as unpredictable as himself, and it was really just a "phantom" of nothingness as his name.

So am I "chasing the wind"? Conan's face grimaced, as if he could hear the mockery of the Phantom of the Thief coming from the Void.

He finally had a chance to face the Phantom of the Thief, but he, a famous detective, didn't solve any riddles.

Moments later, the nearby police arrived belatedly and brought everyone involved in the incident back to the police station. This gathering, shrouded in the "phantom", came to an end with the sound of sirens and the bitter crying of Chikako Ikeda.

And the phantom of the strange thief who caused such a commotion had just withdrawn from the cognitive world and was recovering near the movie theater.

From beginning to end, Lai Qixiao never left Rice Flower Town, and he didn't even know where the villa where the garden party was. And the advance letter was also quietly put into the snack box before the garden set off.

It is basically impossible to rely on the general search idea of investigating the crime scene to catch the Phantom of the Strange Thief. Because in most cases, Lai Qixiao will not appear at the scene of the crime at all, and the clues he left in the real world are only the warning letter, and in terms of the warning letter, he always does not leak.

How can detectives and police officers who are unaware of the existence of the cognitive world catch the phantom of the thief wandering in another world? What they're doing now is, in the end, just chasing after the wind.

After resting for a few minutes, Lai Qixiao blended in with the moviegoers who had just finished watching the night show, and disappeared into the night without a sound.

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The next day was Sunday, and Lai Qixiao still didn't have much time to rest after dealing with the strange thief work. This morning he was going to help Dr. Asa test new inventions, and in the afternoon, he was going to work part-time at a café. However, he is full of energy and does not feel tired at all, but still enjoys such a busy life.

Laiqixiao followed Dr. Asasa and handed him the various tools according to his instructions. Dr. Asa is tweaking the turbine engine on his skateboard, and based on Lai's experience these days, there is still considerable room for improvement in this invention. Although Laiqixiao is now quite proficient in operating this skateboard, Conan, who is a child, is not, and his physical ability is not able to control this skateboard like an untamed wild horse.

"Ah Xiao, I heard Conan say that the two of you have been honest with each other?" In his spare time at work, Dr. Asa did not forget to care about the relationship between Conan and Lai Qixiao, "In that case, in front of you in the future, I will directly call him Shinichi!" ”

"Well, you won't have to worry about it in front of me in the future." Lai Qixiao nodded, "Of course, if there are outsiders, we still have to cooperate with that kid to act!" ”

"I understand. Oops, so I don't have to act in front of you. Dr. Asasa smiled happily, "Honestly, I'm not really good at that. ”

"You two have to get along well, although Shinichi occasionally has some stinky farts, he is actually a good person with a strong sense of justice. To be honest, I was really worried about him when he got smaller. Now that you know his identity, for some reason, my hanging heart can be regarded as a little relieved. ”

As he spoke, Dr. Asa handed a small badge to Lai Qixiao's hand.

"This is a communication device that I took the time to make, with an ultra-small radio mounted under the enclosure that can act as a walkie-talkie within a certain range. I did a total of three, one for you, me, and Shinichi, and you can contact each other with this when you are in danger. ”

"However, this is still a beta version and the communication range is limited. I'll try to develop a wider release later, so you can use it first! ”

Lai Qixiao took the badge from Dr. Asasa and had some doubts in his heart. Although the shell is different, this badge is clearly the prototype of the detective badge that Dr. Asasa later equipped the Junior Detective Corps. And according to Lai Qixiao's memory, the detective badge is equipped with a transmitter.

Although Dr. Asasa has not even developed the prisoner tracking glasses now, and this badge is only a beta version, and there is a high probability that there is no positioning device in it, Lai Qixiao, who is secretly operating as a strange thief phantom, is still vigilant.

"Thank you, Doctor." Lai Qixiao finally accepted the doctor's kindness, but he was cautious and had secretly kept an eye on it, so as not to expose the identity of the strange thief because of a small omission.

After tweaking the skateboard, Dr. Asa immersed himself in making another invention. This invention was also intended for Conan. He brought a batch of rubber-like tapes and asked Lai Qixiao to help test the stretch properties of this material.

"This material is one of my inventions, and as you can see, it has quite strong stretching properties!" Dr. Asa panted and explained to Laiqixiao, and he and Laiqixiao dragged one end of the strap and pulled it to both sides, "I'm going to use this to make a prop for Conan!" By the way, Ah Xiao, do you have any props you need? I can make it for you too! ”

"No need, Doctor! Rather than these amazing props, I'd like to learn some simple crafting techniques from you! Lai Qixiao stared at the material in his hand that could be stretched freely, and his eyes flashed with a sly brilliance.