The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

"Three, two, one——"

Tang Ze slowly opened his eyes as instructed, stared at the painting behind the desk for a while, then slowly turned his gaze towards Muharakawa.

Under the other party's slightly nervous gaze, Tang Ze blinked and sat up as if nothing had happened.

"Is your hypnosis treatment over?" Tang Ze rubbed his neck and smiled. "I do feel a little more relaxed."

Isn’t it true? It’s a wonderful thing to have fun without spending any money. It’s definitely relaxing.

"Well, it's over. Tang Ze, you are unexpectedly the type who is very receptive to psychological suggestion, and the effect is better than I thought." Kiharakawa looked at Tang Ze's expression carefully and responded with a gentle and tolerant smile.

His expression was soft and his tone was gentle, as if he was really discussing Tang Ze's treatment plan, but Tang Ze vaguely heard a hint of hidden meaning.

——Since you are Karasawa Ikawa's child and hold his most crucial research results, is it really reasonable that your secret can be discovered so easily? Or is this disguise also part of the protection mechanism designed by Karasawa Ikawa in advance?

Tang Ze raised his hand, rubbed his temple, and pretended to be distressed: "Really? I don't know. It may be because of coming to Tokyo. I always feel that in the past few months, my condition is much worse than before."

To people who don't know Tang Ze's situation, this sentence means that Tang Ze is not adapting to the change of city life, but to people who know the situation, it has another meaning.

Especially those who know the secrets behind Tang Ze Zhao's arrest.

Kiharakawa nodded thoughtfully and wrote something on a new page of notes.

Even though he couldn't see clearly what he wrote, Tang Ze had already anticipated his thoughts.

As expected, his next question directly asked about the case: "Well, so you didn't get any psychological counseling when you were detained for the case, and the same was true after the trial?"

This means that he is doubting that Tang Ze's original psychological defense has been attacked.

What is Occlumency? Is it really the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts?

Although Tang Ze was complaining in his heart, his performance on the surface was still impeccable. He pretended to be confused and recalled things. After a moment, he shook his head hesitantly.

"No, I don't think so. I don't remember any similar situation."

The wording he chose was vague. Compared to a definite denial, this time it contained many more doubts that he himself seemed unable to figure out.

This performance actually dispelled Kiharakawa's concerns. He nodded and picked up the pen again.

"That means there was a problem with your original processing procedure. I will file a complaint with the relevant department. They delayed your treatment, causing your mental state to deteriorate after arriving in Tokyo. This is a dereliction of duty." Without answering Tang Ze's confusion, he attributed it like the final word.

Tang Ze lowered his head and said nothing.

Kiharakawa was deliberately trying to divert his attention, not wanting him to recall his experience when he was arrested.

This person knows what might have happened in those two months and is trying to prevent Tang Ze from doubting his own memory.

"Okay, it's getting late, and the club activities are almost over." Looking up at the time, Kiharakawa sorted out the materials on his lap, and took the initiative to stand up to signal the end. "Although this treatment is not in-depth, I think it will be effective for you. Let's stop here for today, go to bed early at night, and try to maintain a regular schedule. Feel free to contact me if there are any changes."

"Okay, please."

Conan, who had been holding the door handle tightly for a while, let out a breath, loosened the handle that was almost warmed by himself, and quickly jumped behind the corner to avoid being discovered by Kiharakawa.

His earphones fed back a rustling sound, as if the bug was rubbing against some flat surface.

Then there was the sound of Karasawa thanking Kiharakawa again and saying goodbye, which was clearer and closer than the previous voice.

This indirectly confirmed Conan's guess. Tang Ze discovered the bug that Xiaolan had put for him and knew that he was eavesdropping on the treatment, so he accepted the treatment plan with an unknown safety factor without hesitation.

Not only that, he even took care of the cleanup work for Conan.

Xiaolan should have put the bug on the folder given to Kiharakawa or near the desk. I don't know how Karasawa took it away naturally.

Soon, with the sound of the door opening and closing, Tang Ze walked out of the consultation room, looked around, and headed towards the direction where Conan was hiding with a clear goal.

After confirming that Kiharakawa had no intention of leaving the room to follow, Conan stuck his head out, took the initiative to greet Karasawa, and walked out with him from a direction out of sight of Kiharakawa's office.

"Next time you need something like this, you can just tell me." Tang Ze handed the small sticker back to Conan, "Lan-san has tried hard, but it's still quite eye-catching."

With the help of Dr. Agasa's black technology, Conan's eavesdropping equipment has been upgraded to a very small micro device, which is less than one centimeter in size excluding the sticker.

Mao Lilan, who had no experience in this, hesitated for a long time and decided to use notebook stickers to combine it with the organized documents, use it as a page mark, and stick pink flowers on the edge of the paper.

There was nothing wrong with the form, but it was not in line with her past habit of organizing documents. Worried that Kiharakawa would realize something was wrong, Tang Ze took the opportunity to take her personal belongings to take the little flower away.

Conan squeezed the eavesdropping device in his hand and observed Tang Ze's expression for a while.

Since Tang Ze already knew that he had overheard Kiharakawa's hypnosis, he didn't have to worry about how to ask indirectly and could just ask directly.

"Do you still have any memory of what happened before? Did Dr. Kihara really hypnotize you?"

Based on the voice and language alone, Conan had no way of judging whether Karasawa had lied during the entire treatment, but from the conversation, it seemed that Kiharakawa had a way of judging.

Therefore, if Tang Ze really could not remember what he revealed to Kiharakawa under hypnosis, then he could only rely on guesswork and inference to understand the key process in which he did not see any specific actions and could not know what happened.

Tang Ze took the bug away on his own initiative and told Conan that he had discovered him eavesdropping, so that he could ask this question.

"Of course." Tang Ze blinked twice and patted Conan's head soothingly, "I am Tang Ze Ichikawa's son. He underestimated me and my father too much."

Conan first breathed a sigh of relief, then asked, "So did his hypnosis work?"

"It worked." Tang Ze looked at Conan's expression and answered affirmatively, "I was indeed hypnotized."

This is the truth. The debuff has not been completely removed yet and is still counting down.

Although Tang Ze was not actually affected by hypnosis and circumvented Kiharakawa's lie detector test with some cunning words, he did not want to cause any misjudgment to Conan and make the other party mistakenly believe that Kiharakawa was an ordinary person who posed no threat.

Karasawa was not affected simply because he was Karasawa, the strongest mask user. Even if that kind of hypnosis had many conditions for activation and was not arbitrary mental control, Kiharakawa's lethality to ordinary people must be enormous.

Conan has to be wary of this person.

Substituting this information into his memory and recalling everything he had just heard, Conan quickly glanced at Tangze's profile, and couldn't help but recall the words that Kiharakawa had repeated over and over again when he was excited.

"The end point of cognitive science..." Conan, who had witnessed this power more than once, looked tense. He couldn't help but reach out and grab Tang Ze's wrist, wishing he could pull him down and examine him carefully.

Did Karasawa demonstrate the same power in front of Kiharakawa that Joker showed him? In what way, and at what cost?

"Yes, the end of cognitive science." Tang Ze looked down at Conan and smiled, repeating the question he had asked him in the past, "Do you have any wishes, Conan?"

Feeling the huge amount of information from this short sentence, Conan's round eyes widened even wider, looking like an emoticon, which made Tang Ze couldn't help laughing.

This isn't the first time he's hinted at it, and it seems that because Conan has always assumed that he's being persecuted, he rarely thinks in that direction.

However, he has already laid the groundwork for his character, and it is time for Conan to realize that he is not an ordinary person.

"Are you thirsty? Do you want something to drink?" Tang Ze suddenly changed the subject and asked an unrelated question.

"Hmm?" Conan was stunned for a moment, not understanding why the topic changed so quickly, but he still responded instinctively, "I'm a little thirsty."

"Okay, then, how about coffee? You have always liked coffee." Tang Ze asked again as if chatting.

"Well, of course..."

Before Conan could figure out why the topic jumped so much, he felt Tang Ze, whose wrist he was holding, turn over his palm and grab his hand, which was now not even half the size of Tang Ze.

The next moment, the ice-cold can of coffee appeared directly in the palms of their clasped hands.

This was the first time that Tang Ze did not try to use the commuter bag as a cover, and took something out of the prop column in front of Conan.

Conan instinctively grabbed the can of coffee, looked at the can that looked like it had just been taken out of the refrigerator and before water droplets had condensed on the outer wall, and opened and closed his mouth silently a few times.

Many fragments flashed through his mind.

Tang Ze's commuter bag that looked like a treasure box. Tang Ze suddenly pulled out a large can of drink from his sleeve. Tang Ze smiled and said that he was also a magician, and suddenly produced a poker in his hand...

"you you--"

Pointing at himself, Tang Ze dropped the bomb lightly.

“The power of making your wishes come true.”

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"It's not good to lie to children like this."

The members of the Phantom Thieves who were sitting around the restaurant couldn't help but shake their heads after listening to their leader's important speech about deceiving innocent detectives.

If you count carefully on your fingers, when it comes to disguise, this small-time detective who appears to be Conan Edogawa but is actually Shinichi Kudo is the one who was deceived the most by Karasawa.

Other friends who did not have much connection with Karasawa's core actions, such as the Mori family, Suzuki Sonoko and others, only knew Karasawa and Joker, and at most one Kitagawa Yusuke. Even if they were also unaware, they were not deceived to a certain extent.

As for Conan, Conan knows every one of Tang Ze's aliases, even Joker's daily identity is a customized special alias, but he still hasn't had the chance to see through even one of his identities.

Even the Unjust Organization knows that Goro Akechi/Kumel is equivalent to the current Akira Karasawa. Conan is not even as good as the organization.

"I'm not lying." Tang Ze raised his eyebrows and showed a golden cherry blossom with three petals left. "Just tell me if I can make my wish come true!"

Karasawa needs to reveal to Kiharakawa and Conan that he has special abilities, but he cannot show any offensive power, otherwise it will contradict his image of being chased by the organization.

Therefore, he focused on showing only the part of himself that lacked the ability to attack but could arouse people's imagination.

That is the "wishes come true" wishing machine.

Although the act of "creating objects" is misleading, and Tang Ze's ability to fulfill other people's wishes is not manifested in this way, Tang Ze is indeed not lying in essence.