The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"Farewell party? It's too exaggerated. Besides...I'm not saying that I will never come back."

When Judy spoke, she looked in Tang Ze's direction intentionally or unintentionally.

Regardless of whether this plan is successful or not, as long as Tang Ze is still here and still playing his current role, it is impossible for her to be completely separated from these children.

After Akai Shuichi was exposed and evacuated, Karasawa almost took advantage of the chaos caused to the organization when Shuichi left, diverted Bourbon's attention, and successfully used a fake death to become a new undercover agent.

Although Karasawa has no connection with the FBI, with Shuichi coordinating, Karasawa can also be regarded as an undercover informant supported by their team.

When they resumed contact with Karasawa because of Thomas Sindora's case, the other party unceremoniously accepted their assistance and also made his position clear in disguise.

As long as Tangze's mission is not over, and as long as they continue to fight against the organization, there will naturally be plenty of opportunities for everyone to meet.

"It doesn't have to be a big party, right? Let's have a meal together and have fun." Suzuki Sonoko walked over with a smile, "Let's buy some juice and snacks and have a good night."

She encouraged her not only because she really liked Teacher Judy and wanted to get closer, but also because she couldn't help but want to explore the real reason why Judy left Japan.

No matter what the treasure map she was talking about was, if it was so important, it wouldn't leave no trace at all, right?

Anyway, Judy is a good teacher, and Suzuki Sonoko still wants to do something for her.

Judy lowered her brows, and after exchanging glances with Tangze, she had no choice but to agree: "Okay, that sounds pretty good. Aren't you going to call the others?"

Wow, can you actually visit Teacher Judy’s house? Suzuki Sonoko, who unexpectedly received approval for her proposal, became happy and waved her hand: "If there are more people, the teacher's residence won't be able to accommodate it, right? Of course, if the teacher wants to liven things up, then I..."

Judy shook her head.

It doesn't matter that Karasawa is a consistent collaborator. With him watching, there will be no problem with several underage children, whether they are detectives or female students.

But no matter how many people there are... it is the residence of the agents after all, and they have their own need to keep information confidential.

"No need, I don't have any other classmates I'm very familiar with. Speaking of which, I didn't seem to see that little boy with you, elementary school finished so late?"

"Conan, he is at Dr. Ali's place." Mao Lilan took the initiative to explain.

The guy was mysterious again, wondering what he was thinking about, but he took the initiative to speak, and Mao Lilan certainly had no reason to object.

I just hope that this guy can worry about his current situation and not put himself in danger again, which is worrying.

Suzuki Sonoko, who heard this news mentioned by her best friend for the first time, couldn't help but be stunned: "Hey, what, did the kid get into trouble with you?"

According to her understanding, Edogawa Conan is undoubtedly a little devil who is different from his peers.

Oh, maybe the same as elementary school kids in terms of being naughty and unruly.

When she said something different, she meant that this guy always got to know people with a big age difference, such as Tang Ze, or the handsome dark-skinned detective.

After being separated from his parents, the people he was most familiar with in Japan were probably the Mouri father and daughter and Karasawa who lived downstairs. This was the first time he saw him staying in someone else's house.

"How could it be? It's his classmate who stayed at Dr. Agasa's house, Karasawa's sister. She seemed to be feeling unwell after returning from Karuizawa. Conan said that elementary school was still on vacation, so he went over to take care of her." Maori Lan calmly came up with the words he had prepared in advance.

Tang Ze carefully observed her slightly nervous but generally calm facial expression and gave a more pertinent evaluation.

It's not a very good acting skill, but it is enough to cover a detective who lacks the awareness of concealment.

At this stage, this positioning is indeed suitable for Mao Lilan - on the premise of knowing the identity of Kudo Shinichi, but not having too much in-depth understanding of the existence of the organization, it is only clear that the true identity of the other party needs to be kept strictly confidential.

This is a safer choice for all of them.

"Sounds like an unexpected gentleman. That kid still has some merits." Suzuki Sonoko thought for a moment with a strange look on her face, nodded her cheek, and barely gave him a compliment.

It is really rare for a seven or eight-year-old boy to have such a sense of responsibility and help.

"Conan has always been a good boy..." Mao Lilan rolled her eyes and smiled gently.

As long as Conan's true identity and the situation he faces are replaced, many seemingly ignorant noises in the past have a clearer purpose. Thinking about it, it is difficult for Shinichi to do better.

This shouldn't be his fault.

——It’s like, even if the undercover agents stain their hands with blood just to delve deeper into the darkness, it’s the darkness’s fault, not their problem.

Judy put her hands in her coat pockets and listened with interest to the conversation between the two girls.

After hearing the end, she turned her head and gave Tang Ze an interesting look.

"The tone doesn't sound right." Judy whispered softly, "It seems that smart girls can always see through the illusion easily. I didn't expect that, I thought you would hide it more thoroughly."

Kudo Shinichi's current identity is the same as Miyano Shiho who escaped from the organization.

If his identity is discovered, Haibara Ai, a little girl who also behaves inappropriately for her age and whose life experience is a mystery, will easily come into the sight of others.

According to Karasawa's convoluted style, she thought that he would protect this secret forever for Edogawa Conan.

Even if it wasn't for that cool boy, he still needed to protect the Miyano sisters.

"Well, I just feel that sometimes we should have more trust in children... Forget it if you don't understand. Suspicion is an occupational disease of agents. I understand." Tang Ze smiled back.

The current version of Mao Lilan is Mao Lilan who has slowly grown in another direction under the influence of Tang Ze and Conan. Tang Ze will never doubt her loyalty to her friends.

Rather, in the original plot, it was precisely because of the lack of this tacit understanding that Mao Lilan was always kept in the dark and lacked a correct understanding of Conan and his own situation.

Pushing them step by step to the present, Tang Ze thinks that he has done a good job.

Well, by the way, the skills she gave are really useful.

Judy saw that this person had made so many insurances for his identity, and had to go through any intelligence dealings with them himself to make sure that the information would not be leaked or contaminated. It was like a guy who had grown up with suspicion and was talking so brazenly here. Veins popped out silently on his forehead.

"...Forget it for others. I feel a little angry when you say that."

"Calm down, calm down, hey, if you twist my arm again I'm going to scream? Be careful if I say bad things about you to Brother Xiuyi... Hey, even my waist!"

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"You called me here specially, but you ended up being stuck in the laboratory and couldn't come out. This guy Haiyuan..."

Conan sat on the railing on the second floor platform of the doctor's house, looking through the large floor-to-ceiling windows at the lush green plants outside the house, and couldn't help but complain.

"She is not feeling well and has a cold. You don't know that. It may be because the temperature has changed too much." Dr. A Li scratched his bald head and answered according to Haibara Ai's statement.

Dr. Ali was vaguely aware of what these children were planning, but knowing that his acting skills were not up to par, he did not inquire into the details of the plan.

If he knows too much, he might spill the beans out of nervousness. It's better not to ask more questions and just believe whatever they say.

"Hey, she wants to tell me about the organization, but she doesn't want to explain it too clearly. She is really a tangled person." Conan complained sincerely.

Regarding that plan, Haiyuan and Tang Ze explained it clearly to him. He gave some optimization plans in details, but overall they didn't object to it.

Although he had no expectations that this would successfully capture members of the organization, since this was an opportunity to get closer to the organization and understand it better, he had no objection.

That being said, he still didn't quite understand Haihara Ai's thoughts.

"She has such a personality. Xiao Ai just has a lot of worries and is not trying to trick you on purpose." Dr. A Li advised.

"So, he is really a troubled guy." Conan sighed, "He is so afraid that he will be like this, and he still pretends that he is fine."

All the conditions for luring the snake out of its hole have been met, and it is no longer time to hesitate and shrink.

The opportunity to seize the devil's tail is fleeting, and he won't miss it easily!

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Sitting in front of the computer screen and silently watching the surveillance footage, Haihara Ai circled the coffee cup next to the counter in his hand and stroked the warm cup, silently.

On the screen, electronic eyes from multiple cameras were broadcasting the situation in another laboratory dozens of meters away in real time.

The white eggs, which are constantly emitting soft spots of light, are placed in a glass container and are floating slowly.

If in the dark night, this light is enough to illuminate the room, and in the field of view of a specialized detector, its light is even brighter than now.

She didn't know what Tang Ze had done, but she only knew that the egg might "hatch" at any time, revealing the most incredible miracle in the world before her eyes.

"Noah." Putting his legs away and curling up in the computer chair, Haihara Ai called to the empty laboratory.

"I'm here, what can I do?" The next second, Noah's voice came from the speaker.

Due to the differences in their respective research fields, when Haibara Ai proposed that she wanted an independent laboratory, Dr. Ali had no intention of objecting.

It would be too difficult for a doctor in biology to just use his invention laboratory to develop drugs.

Without saying a word, Dr. Ali freed up the storage room where he had stored useful and useless inventions and gave it to Haibara Ai to use. He almost never asked her how she was doing this.

After receiving the overt and covert sponsorship from Karasawa, although the equipment and other aspects were far inferior to the one in the Phantom Thieves' stronghold, it was already a decent small laboratory.

Of course, the polished commander Haibara Ai, who had no assistants, also entrusted the machines in this laboratory to Noah.

This place has now naturally become an extension of Noah's "limbs". All the electronic equipment installed by Belmod, disguised as a new wise man, has not escaped Noah's perception.

When sitting here, she would feel the same relaxation as when she was in the stronghold, so now that the plan officially started, she felt anxious and couldn't help but stay here longer.

"The reaction of this egg is getting more and more violent. Have the shielding facilities over there been taken care of?" Haihara Ai asked as if he was looking for something to say.

This isn't the first time she's asked this question.

With so many people with cognitive abilities protecting her, she certainly wasn't worried about the safety of that laboratory. She repeatedly spoke to confirm. In the final analysis, it was more to relieve her own anxiety.

She could not restrain the shivers that crawled up her neck as she imagined getting up close to Belmode.

"It's taken care of." Noah replied calmly without getting tired of it, "Don't worry, our shielding process is very complete. With Kidd here, the X-alloy tubes are enough. If not, we will continue to ask him for more."

"Huh?" Hui Yuan Ai was stunned when he heard the second half of the sentence for the first time.

This doesn't sound like the cooperative relationship that Tang Ze mentioned at all. It's basically coercing the other party to hand over things...

"Don't worry, Miss Shiho." Noah's voice was still brisk, "That short detective has been waiting upstairs for so long, you should cooperate. If there is anything wrong, I will help you intercept it."

Knowing in advance the bugs installed by Bellmode, and then selectively giving out the information they wanted her to know, was the first step in the plan.

This was the most important step to get Belmode to take the bait. Even though he knew there would be no problems, Karasawa still made some extra preparations.

Noah, the big killer, is one of them.

"I know." Putting his lips against the rim of the cup, Haihara Ai continued to stare at the surveillance screen and said softly.

What she stared at was not only the miracle brought by Tang Ze, but also the pair of hands standing in the darkness, silently supporting her.

Her own safety is not only related to the safety of her relatives, she also has more secrets that need to be protected, and more people that need to be protected.

She was not alone, not anymore.

"I'm ready."

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"Is it convenient for you to make dinner by yourself? If you don't buy groceries, just go to the cafe downstairs and have something to eat, Dad."

Suzuki Sonoko, who was holding her chin, watched Mao Lilan hang up the phone and complained: "Listening to what you said, it doesn't sound like you are reporting a child to your family for sleeping out. It's just like a mother who has worked overtime and can't go home to explain to an elementary school student. …”

"Basically, it's almost the same." Karasawa put down the empty can in his hand, "Now Uncle Mouri's card is in the hands of Mr. Lan, and he has less cash than Conan every day. It's almost like a student who can't be independent."

"So we can only eat in the cafe downstairs because we don't have money to go anywhere else?" Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help but gasped, "You guys are pretty cruel too."

"If you give me too much, I'm afraid he will use it to buy alcohol and cigarettes." Tang Ze shrugged, "Let's take a closer look. I don't think it will be effective in less than a year."

What Tang Ze said was very vicious, but it was a pity that no one else present could notice it.

Suzuki Sonoko thought for a while and felt that one year was reasonable, so she nodded: "Okay, that makes sense. I think some middle-aged uncles lack self-discipline, maybe it's been too long since they were students. Being under supervision for a year , maybe we can really get back to the rhythm of life."

"It's already very good," Maori Lan explained for Maori Kogoro, "Now dad can cook for himself. Before, he could only be allowed to go to the cafe."

"You are such a lousy man." Suzuki Sonoko complained rudely, and glanced at Judy who was lying on the table muttering something, "...it's not much better here. You only have an average drinking capacity, so don't say anything." It was my suggestion that you drink juice and I drink. As a result, the protagonist of the farewell party fell asleep drunk."

Hey, thanks to her chatting just now, she still felt a little sore in her nose, and wanted to say something sensational. When she turned her head, Judy almost fell asleep and was talking in her sleep.

"Don't say that. Being able to sleep peacefully in front of us means that Teacher Judy is very relaxed. She has not had much energy in the past two days, so it is good to have a chance to sleep." Mao Lilan picked up the beer that was about to fall to the ground. Jar, stood up from the table.

"Huh? Where are you going, Xiaolan." Seeing her turning around and walking towards the outside of the living room, Suzuki Sonoko asked.

"I'm going to the bathroom." Mao Lilan waved her hand, ready to wash her face briefly.

Tangze, who had opened a new can of soda, paused slightly when he heard this, looked at her back as she stood up, and pressed the corners of her mouth with a fisted hand.

I almost forgot that he had left some surprises for Mao Lilan before.

I don’t know if Judy noticed it or cleared out the wonderful easter eggs he added.

Considering that Shuichi Akai, who he added as a bribe, took a photo, maybe not, Karasawa guessed.

Not knowing what would happen next, Mao Lilan walked through the hallway without any precautions and opened the bathroom door.

Judy's high-end apartment is spacious, has very clear functional areas, and is decorated in a simple and warm style, which is a style that Mao Lilan likes and envies very much.

By the way, do teachers at Didan High School have such high salaries? She thought that only senior managers who were involved in big projects could afford to live in this kind of apartment.

Regardless of this, Judy almost told her that she was crying. Now she felt that her eyes were still a little swollen, so she had better rinse them.

Washing her hands with the lotion beside Judy's sink, Mao Lilan patted her face with her wet hands, raised her head, and carefully looked at her condition in the mirror.

Well, the circles under my eyes are a little red. If I wipe them with cold water...

As she looked at it, her eyes were drawn to a small corner exposed on the edge of the mirror.

What is this, and is it stained by something?

Tentatively raising his hand and touching it, Mao Lilan quickly realized what this small corner was.

The paper has a special touch, it is reflective, but it feels a little dull to the touch.

Postcards, or photo paper? Why does it appear here.

After frowning and thinking for a moment, she tried to pull out the thing bit by bit.

Just as she expected, it was a small Polaroid.

She looked closely at the scene in the photo and couldn't help being surprised.

"Karasawa, is there still Akechi? H-how is this possible...?"