The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"Refund the commission fee? Senior Maori, I don't quite understand what you mean. Is there something I didn't do well? As for the price, I also understand that you are now a well-known detective, even if you have additional requirements... "

"Miss Tokiwa, I think you understand what I mean." Mouri Kogoro interrupted Mio Tokiwa seriously, "There is no need to test, I really have no intention of taking the opportunity to blackmail you for a higher price. I'm here I have conducted a preliminary investigation in the past few days, and I have informed you of the conclusion. It is impossible to escape from the current predicament unscathed. "

Although Kogoro Mouri had no intention of fully assisting Mio Tokiwa in tripping Ogi Iwamatsu from the beginning, he still communicated the situation with Mio Tokiwa several times out of professionalism after accepting the commission.

First of all, many of Ohgi Iwamatsu's methods are illegal and illegal. This is a foregone conclusion. There is no need for detectives to be involved. Any ordinary person with simple social experience can detect that the money, power and interests gathered by this guy have long been transcended. The level of ordinary politicians.

But the question is, didn't Mio Tokiwa find Oki Isomatsu because of his ability and unscrupulousness in this area?

What she wants is a politician who will do anything to achieve the goal regardless of means. It is best to be greedy for money, lustful, easy to bribe, and can solve problems with krypton gold without spending additional network resources. At the beginning, she will find Omu Yansong to help promote These are all necessary conditions for skyscraper plans.

But as things progressed step by step, Oki Iwasatsu's appetite grew bigger and bigger, and he even set his sights directly on Mio Tokiwa himself, making her unable to resist and eager to get away.

Therefore, Mouri Kogoro also expressed euphemistically in previous communications that if you have to find out what happened to Oki Isomatsu, it would be impossible not to involve yourself.

"I also said that as long as I can find a suitable way to break the situation, even if I pay some appropriate price, I can accept it..." Mio Tokiwa took a deep breath and tried to control the trembling of his fingertips.

She is now standing on the 68th floor of Building B, looking through the large floor-to-ceiling windows of the room at the building opposite.

It was a building that she had worked hard to build for the benefit of the group.

This is her hard work and her current foundation. Standing in her current position, she seems to have a choice, but in fact she has no way out.

Earlier, the Tokiwa Group had no way out. She just tried her best to support the collapse of the building for a while.

But now, that bright red logo, which had been daubed on by someone unknown when, hung there so dazzlingly, indicating that her group, her building, and even herself had become the prey of others.

It would be a lie to say that I am not afraid, but if I feel fear now, it is already too late.

"Miss Tokiwa, I don't know what you are insisting on. The things printed on your building have already given you a lot of answers." Mouri Kogoro sighed and softened his tone slightly, "I can't say that I will fight with them. But because of my experience, I did have a lot of contact with those people. Since Representative Oki is indeed guilty, the Phantom Thieves will definitely use their own methods to make him pay, so you don’t have to worry too much.”

"But, but... in that case, our group's problem..." Mio Tokiwa's breathing quickened for a moment, and she quickly realized her gaffe and recovered, "Many of Representative Ohgi's industries are already highly related to us. , If he is really defeated because of this Phantom Thieves, a lot of losses will be completely irreparable. "

"Jiban-senpai..." Mouri Kogoro shook his head helplessly and did not answer her blunt explanation.

Everyone knows the real reason.

As the blue-haired boy said in the afternoon, no one can be sure that the target of the Phantom Thieves is really just a specific person. Maybe the entire banquet guests are within their hunting range.

The most likely outcome was not that Damu Yansong was defeated, but that they packed up and went to camp together.

"In short, I really can't do anything about Representative Oki's problem. With the intervention of the Phantom Thieves, he will soon no longer be a threat to you. Sorry, I will refund the upfront fee according to your payment method."

Mouri Kogoro calmed down and firmly expressed his refusal again. He no longer listened to Tokiwa Mio's eager persuasion on the other end of the phone and hung up the communication.

After saying all these words, Mouri Kogoro watched his daughter busily looking for materials and preparing to go to the bank to return Mio Tokiwa's deposit. Suddenly, he felt like he was in another world.

If he hadn't been half-dragged and half-dragged to comply with the strict regulations prepared by Eri's daughter and Karasawa, this deposit might have been in his hands just like the entrustment fees for large commissions in the past. He threw it into the card game table or the racetrack at will. When he discovered that the case was full of problems and was not as easy to handle as expected, he had spent all his deposit and had no time to escape.

It's hard to say whether this should be attributed to this painful supervision, but it feels good to have the right to refuse and not let the situation get out of control because of temporary desires. It makes him vaguely recall that he was still a child. When the police.

The work is busy, the salary is not generous, but it is fulfilling and promising, and the ambitious young self may not want to live such a messy life now.

Finding threads in this mess may not solve the whole mess, but it gives people a real sense of change and hope.

Is it really possible for people to enter a new stage when they reach middle age? He wasn't sure before, but now, he thinks it wouldn't be a bad idea to give it a try.

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"……Um?"

"What's wrong? Has the situation changed?" Toru Amuro, who was skillfully checking the circuit and stuffing new things in the middle, keenly caught the slightly surprised movement coming from the other end of the call and confirmed it aloud.

"Nothing, I saw something strange. When did you find a part-time job as a plumber, Mr. Amuro." Karasawa waved his hand and dismissed the rank up interface that suddenly popped up.

Forget it, it wasn't the first time that his coop had a sudden enlightenment for no apparent reason. For someone as big as Mouri Kogoro, if he suddenly thought of something, he didn't have to report it to him.

"I've been doing it for a long time. It's a job that doesn't require full-time work. With a little exposure, you can get a part-time job casually."

"Well, it's indeed quite convenient."

"I want to confirm with you how the installation is progressing over there. Do you need me to continue to go to the upper level to check?"

"The explosives on the 66th floor have been installed. In the case of Building B, a direct break of the contact bridge may affect the evacuation of the crowd. After seeking advice from consultants, I plan to readjust the detonation sequence, so I will only install it for the time being. The key tipping point below the 40th floor.”

"...It feels really weird to hear you call him a consultant."

"Shouldn't this be a very common practice? To exchange information or technology with criminals who have been jailed. This is called a 'plea bargain,' right?"

Toru Amuro, who was buried in a pipe line, couldn't hold back anymore when he heard this.

"Where did you hear it and just use it here?" He was wearing headphones and making phone calls. He didn't even have the chance to stare at the phone this time. He could only roll his eyes silently. "The plea deal happened before the trial. , and we are unlikely to do this here. At best, this can only be recorded as a positive performance in cooperating with the official to reduce the sentence.”

"Oh, yes, it seems that it is used more in the United States. Please understand, senior, I am Akechi Goro now." Karasawa didn't care and answered lightly.

"You're just pretending to be American, but you're not really American!"

Toru Amuro's emotions were fully conveyed to Karasawa through his raised volume and tone, making Karasawa couldn't help but take away his phone a little.

"Oh, it doesn't make any difference...Okay, okay, I have to work, no more chatting."

There is really no difference. Tangze's cores are produced in neither country. To this day, Tangze still uses Chinese when talking to himself.

——By the way, Karasawa and Leon spoke in Chinese and Japanese together, which sounded very strange. Only they could have a smooth conversation. This is why Karasawa never doubted Leon's position from the beginning. one.

After hanging up the phone, Tang Ze readjusted the smile on his face, put away his phone, and walked out of the subway station with his suitcase.

As he walked, he held his mobile phone and paid attention to the marks left by Noah on the navigation of the mobile phone.

A red dot marked as a hostile target flashed gently on the map.

[Joker: Ireland is still following me, right? 】

[Ark: Well, not far or close, but still following. If his previous inference was correct, he would probably send the address to Belmode soon. 】

[Joker: Okay, keep monitoring him and don’t alert him. 】

After exiting the chat page, Karasawa walked through the intersection leading to 2-chome and made an extra show of checking the surroundings before walking into the community.

Standing in the distance, Ireland, who had never walked into the streets of Ni-chome, watched his every move through the binoculars. After seeing Goro Akechi, who had carefully checked the surroundings in the camera, walked into one of the houses, he lowered his head and circled it on the map. a location.

He had tried to track Bourbon and Kumail before, but found nothing. Instead, he was caught by Kumail during the tracking process, and in turn suffered a lot. Ireland had already given up on looking for flaws in these two people. route.

It’s not that it’s completely impossible. There is no guy in the world who does things perfectly. But compared to Gin who does things simply and neatly, but has too many tasks to do, it is inevitable that there will be omissions. Looking for a conspirator’s braid is really too cost-effective. Low.

If it hadn't been for Belmod's strong request, and his subsequent tasks would require help from people who were proficient in disguise, he would never pinch his nose and start this painful job again.

However, after several days of chasing the erratic Kumail at all costs, Ireland really found such a suspicious place.

After drawing the circle on the map, Ireland picked up his camera and took a picture of the marks on the map and the route instructions he had drawn in the past few days. He also used a telephoto lens to take a picture of the direction of the block, and packed them all into the mailbox. , clicked the send button.

After pressing the button, he moved his joints and felt relieved.

He walked 40,000 steps in Tokyo city every day. During this period, he had to worry about tracking, stay focused at all times, and be careful not to be discovered by Kumail. He really felt very tired.

But looking at Kumail walking around with a big gun all day long, he deeply suspected that the training and experiments Kumail received in the organization may be to transform super soldiers or something.

Considering Kumail's slender figure and Ireland's own muscular body, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this conjecture might be quite reliable.

Oh, maybe Bourbon has also been transformed, or that's what this group of energetic perverts are like.

Fortunately, this mission had little to do with Ireland. He just needed to gather a little intelligence.

Strictly speaking, if the person who is determined to dig out the inside story is Ireland himself, this is still a tricky thing.

Judging from Kumail's cautious look and the way this little pervert speaks and behaves, it would take a lot of preparation to break into the safe house or secret place he left for himself.

However, anyway, he only provides information. How to find a way to get in is Belmode's business, so there is really no pressure at all in Ireland.

After closing his notebook and completing his mission, Ireland easily put away his equipment, climbed off the rooftop, and walked away in the opposite direction to Kumail's position.

Unlike Ireland, which had thrown away the blame and was relieved, after walking out of the port, Belmode clicked on the email. Before he could confirm the text content, the picture caught his attention.

The photo shows a regular single-family residential area. The extremely large area of ​​​​each household fully illustrates the middle-class and above attributes of the community.

This is a place that Belmode is very familiar with.

Holding the phone, she frowned and fell into thinking and confusion.

"Is this the house next door to cool guy's house? Why did Kumail choose this place as a safe house..."

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"Ms. Tokiwa Mio insisted on holding the banquet on the weekend. We repeatedly persuaded her to consider postponement, but she didn't listen at all."

"Well, she may have some other concerns." Mouri Kogoro looked at Megure Thirteen and Shiratori Rensaburo sitting on the sofa opposite, shook his head, and did not transfer his investigation results out of care for his old acquaintance. Speak out completely.

As the only daughter of the Joban Group's generation, Mio Joban is the heir apparent in everyone's eyes. The Joban Group, which has been involved in the field of computer software early, has a brighter future. It is about to develop into a larger-scale multinational enterprise. .

But after actual contact, even though Mouri Kogoro had no business sense, he still smelled a dangerous atmosphere.

Mio Tokiwa is so actively establishing subsidiaries and promoting the construction of skyscrapers at all costs. It is probably because there are problems with the management of Tokiwa Group. Mio Tokiwa is racking his brains to use various methods after discovering this. , increasing the confidence of investors and the market in the Tokiwa Group.

Why did it develop to this point? Mouri Kogoro didn't know, but one thing he was sure of.

Tokiwa Mio has already made a desperate move, and she will never give up this opportunity.

"Not only that, after we visited twice, she handed this to us instead." Megure Thirteen took out an envelope from the inner pocket of his clothes and handed it to Mouri Kogoro.

After opening it, Mouri Kogoro couldn't help but raise his eyebrows at the contents inside.

"Is this an invitation to the banquet?" Mao Lilan, who came over to look at it, was very surprised when she saw several rows of names written on it. "Not only are you invited, dad, but everyone else's names are also included..."

She managed funds for Kogoro Mouri, and she was responsible for refunding Mio Tokiwa's commission fee. She did not expect that her father's school girl was surprisingly a very easy-going person.

She thought that for this reason, Mio Tokiwa would never invite them again.

"Ah? Are we even there?" Conan, who was still sorting out the Phantom Thieves' targets while holding his diary in his hand, couldn't help but be stunned.

He naturally knows the movements of Maori Kogoro, and besides Maori Lan's thoughts, he thinks more.

I don’t even know if they have cleaned up the Phantom Thieves’ logo. Judging from their attitude, it’s clear that they are going to do something special at the opening ceremony banquet.

Leaving aside the problem of the rigid relationship between Mouri Kogoro and Tokiwa Mio, if too many outsiders were really invited to come over, it would be embarrassing and it would be embarrassing for Dafa.

Thinking of the grand occasion when the residents of Moon Shadow Island broke through the threshold of the police station, and then thinking of the scene where many particularly tough-talking guys vomited black mud all over the floor...

Mio Tokiwa is quite brave...

"Really, I don't understand what she is thinking." Mumu Shisan held up his hat, puzzled.

To say that Mio Tokiwa is really upright and not afraid of the shadow, and he has no regrets, so he turned a blind eye to the threat of the Phantom Thieves. Looking back on the other party's performance when they came to visit, Mio Tokiwa's state was obviously not right.

They dare not face the challenge of the Phantom Thieves head-on. They have not even issued an official statement to the media in the past few days, allowing the rumors to ferment, but they refuse to cancel the banquet, as if the threat of the banquet is more terrifying than the Phantom Thieves' declaration of change of heart. .

I don't understand what these capitalists think.

"I'm afraid it's because canceling the banquet at this time will completely break the positive momentum she has worked so hard to create these days." Mouri Kogoro read the invitation letter over and over again and guessed.

In addition to Mouri Kogoro, this invitation also included everyone who entered the building with him on the day of the visit.

Perhaps Tokiwa Mio's target was not herself, but Suzuki Sonoko, who seemed to have been added inadvertently.

"Bluffing will not increase the real chance of winning." Mumu Shisan shook his head in disapproval.

Mouri Kogoro was noncommittal: "Maybe if it is delayed for a while, they will have a chance to dispose of the shares and get out of it. Who knows."

Tokiwa Mio may have more unspeakable concerns, but since he is unwilling to say it to this extent, he can only express his wish for happiness.