The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"Mr. Detective Mori, do you have time now?"

Kogoro Mori, who was enjoying his meal while holding a piece of duck meat and discussing the taste of the dish with Dr. Agasa, turned around and saw that it was Mio Tokiwa's secretary, Chi Nami Sawaguchi. He put away the expression on his face and became solemn: "What do you want from me?"

"Chairman, she seems to want to ask you something." Chimami Sawaguchi reached out and gestured to the conference hall and bar in the smaller room on the other side of the venue.

Mio Tokiwa prepared a lot for tonight's event, so this small conference hall was temporarily used as a backstage lounge. Now, the only person there is the organizer Mio Tokiwa, who has temporarily disappeared.

"If it's the commission mentioned before, I think my rejection is already clear." Kogoro Mori put down his plate and frowned, "There are so many detectives in Tokyo, I don't think Sister Tokiwa is there enough to find me." The situation?"

It's not that he doesn't understand Mio Tokiwa's current mood, but as far as the results of his investigation are concerned, he can only express his helplessness.

"No, the chairman said, it's about tonight's banquet." Secretary Sawaguchi shook his head quickly, "She said the situation was urgent and she couldn't find anyone else to discuss it. She didn't think carefully about the previous matter, but please do it. Listen to her request."

Now that the words have come to this, asking in such a low voice, if you refuse again, it means that you will completely fall out.

Mouri Kogoro had no choice but to put down his dinner plate and straighten his appearance: "...Okay, I'll go with you."

"There's something wrong with Mio Tokiwa..." Dr. Agasa said vaguely while chewing the pieces of meat in his mouth, looking at the back of Kogoro Mouri.

"The Phantom Thieves of the Heart may take action at any time, so she should be uneasy." Haibara Ai walked over from the other side of the dining table and replied softly, "The missing engineer has an inseparable relationship with the organization. To say that she The leader of this group really knows nothing, I don’t really believe it.”

In the short period of contact with Hara Jiaming, the most suspicious thing is the technology claimed to be developed by the Joban Group in cooperation with other technical organizations.

The instrument that can intuitively calculate the changes in a person's future appearance seems to have been created specifically to find survivors who took APTX.

If the developer, Jiaming Hara, is not clean, it is even more unclear whether the Tokiwa Group, which invested in R\u0026D and even production, will also be involved.

"I feel the same way." Conan, who noticed Mouri Kogoro's movements and came over, pushed up his glasses, "Rather than saying that Hara Jiaming colluded with the organization, it is more likely that the Joban Group colluded with the organization, and Hara Jiaming only realized it halfway. This, in an attempt to leak or expose, has therefore become a target of the organization.”

"Do you think he is innocent?" Hui Yuan Ai raised an eyebrow, "Maybe he has been exposed to gin."

"I dare not say for sure, but looking at Mio Tokiwa's current state, he may not be involved that deeply." Conan said this and curled his lips, "And maybe the truth is that Hara Jiaming didn't realize anything was wrong before. , after meeting Gin himself, he immediately realized that something was wrong with his collaborator.”

Needless to say, Gin exudes a temperament that is not easy to mess with from the inside out. Even if he does not deliberately exert pressure, it is easy to think that this guy may be a Taoist, or someone from Sicily. Gangster Brother or something like that.

Yuan Jiaming is a pure and crispy programmer. He can maintain emotional stability after meeting Gin once. This is already a strong psychological quality.

Haihara Ai imagined the scene, burst out laughing, and then shook his head: "It would be great if I had the chance to tell Gin what you said."

Conan, who was still trying to find clues in his observations, couldn't help turning his head and looking up and down at Haibara Ai, who had a relaxed and natural expression: "Is it my imagination? I always feel that after that time at the dock, you are less and less afraid of mentioning Those people.”

Haihara Ai, who had just arrived at the doctor's house, was not like this.

Even though she later recognized Karasawa and had new friends and care, she was not bold enough to question the power of the organization head-on. She still had doubts about whether Conan, Karasawa and others could resist the organization.

It should be said that the pessimism in Hui Yuan Ai is highly related to her life experience. Even though she has become smaller and unexpectedly has an unprecedentedly fulfilling and safe life, this faint sadness and uneasiness will always linger around her.

However, since when did Haiyuan Ai's mentality gradually change, and when he suddenly came back to his senses, it became even more strange?

"Maybe." Tucking her hanging hair behind her ears, Haiyuan Ai rolled her eyes, "Maybe I just suddenly discovered... you, me, Tang Ze, even Gin and the others... good……"

She put her hands in her pockets, and the trace amounts of compounds she extracted were now placed in a small plastic bag and attached to her trouser pocket.

When the blood sample belonging to Belmode fell into her hands, the blood collection tube that Kudo held in his hand and heated made her unable to help but have the illusion that the blood inside was still warm, as if it had just flowed out of the human body.

"Weak or strong, failed or successful, we are still human beings. If we cut the skin, the blood will still flow out. There is nothing to be afraid of."

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"bass--"

"Huh? Brother?" Vodka, who was constantly observing the scene with a high-power telescope, heard a strange noise behind him and turned his head hurriedly.

Gin held an unlit cigarette in his mouth, looked down at the metal lighter that slipped from his hand, and frowned.

Vodka breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

I thought something was wrong. It was because my hand slipped when I was lighting a cigarette. My elder brother's expression made it look like something was wrong.

Maybe he has been pursuing the perfection of being a top killer for a long time, and the eldest brother may have a little baggage in front of his subordinates.

Vodka didn't dare to express his inner thoughts, so he just pretended to turn a blind eye and stepped directly over the lighter that fell into the dust, using his own lighter to light a cigarette for Gin.

Gin said nothing and accepted Vodka's habitual flattery, but his eyes still stayed on the lighter.

It wasn't a matter of whether the cigarette was lit or not, or even a matter of slippery hands, but looking at the ugly silver lighter covered with dust, a subtle sense of loss of control made him particularly irritated.

So Gin directly picked up the prepared sniper from the box and installed the accessories with a solemn expression.

"Brother, didn't you say you need to wait and see the situation?" Vodka saw Gin walking towards the prepared sniper position and asked quickly, "What's the change in the plan?"

"The same goes for looking with a crosshair." Smoke flowed out from the corner of his mouth. Gin searched the windows of the Twin Towers one by one through the scope. Senhan's anger came out from his words, "There is nothing to hesitate. , kill if you have to.”

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"Help me, senior, I don't want to die, I don't want to die——!"

"Mio-senpai, please calm down..."

"I'm calm, I'm not talking about anything emotional right now!" Mio Tokiwa widened his bloodshot eyes. First he glared angrily at the overwhelmed Mouri Kogoro. After a few seconds, his expression changed. Turning to the obvious plea, "Help me... You are so deeply bound to those members of the Phantom Thieves, you must be able to contact them, right?"

"How is it possible..." Mouri Kogoro was helpless and speechless, understanding that Tokiwa Mio was in a hurry and sought medical treatment.

He tried to find a way to reconcile with the Phantom Thief but couldn't find it, so he found the detective's door all the way. As long as Mio Tokiwa's mental state was still normal, he should know that even if he really knew the Phantom Thief of the Heart, he would never admit it to outsiders at this time.

What's more, he really doesn't know him.

The desperate Tokiwa Mio naturally could not accept his rejection.

"No, this is impossible! I have studied their related reports. Every time, and I mean every time, when the case is related to you, the timing of the Phantom Thieves' actions will become very coincidental, as if you are fighting Cooperate the same!”

She raised her hand, wanting to grab her hair to vent her collapse, but when she caught a glimpse of herself in the dressing mirror, her makeup ready and ready to go on stage, she could only put her hand down.

She is not herself now, or in other words, since she started acting as the heir of the Joban Group, she has never represented herself, and she is not qualified to vent her emotions at this time.

"Anyone who cares will confirm that you must be connected with the Phantom Thieves of the Heart. In some cases, they will even consider your role in the case and will not publicly publicize what they have done..."

"What you said is too exaggerated." Mouri Kogoro quickly passed through several suspicious candidates in front of his eyes, and then sighed, "It just happens. Many things are just coincidence. I still don't understand the reason why they chose me. I don’t even know how many of them there are and why they would do this.”

There is a suspicion of evasion in saying this, but Mouri Kogoro couldn't give any other reasonable explanation for a while.

There are so many things in this world that are just coincidences. For example, my daughter can easily win the first prize in any lottery. For example, when I go out, I always encounter strange cases...

If you want him to find a logic for everything, then he should not be a detective, but a sociologist or a philosopher.

After all, there is always something wrong with him or the world.

He can't be the one with the problem, right?

"Including how they take care of you, when the target is your old classmate, why did they show you their 'committing process' specifically for you?! You are the current target of the Phantom Thieves!" Tokiwa Mio said the second half The sentence even has some broken sounds.

When she got to know these people out of fear because of the threat from the Phantom Thieves, she was extremely devastated to discover that the disaster in front of her might have been caused by herself.

Why did she suddenly think of a college senior whom she had not contacted for more than ten years and whom she could not get along with, and asked him to be a detective? !

"I'm begging you, senior, it can't be tonight, it definitely can't be tonight..." Mio Tokiwa adjusted her breathing and resumed her low profile, "Tonight is of great significance to me, and to those people That's right. I will die. If I am changed by the Phantom Thieves in public and tell secrets that I shouldn't tell, I will die!"

Mouri Kogoro let her hold his arm, and he probably understood what she was breaking down about.

In short, she has some immoral private activities that involve very big things. If the Phantom Thieves let her speak out in public tonight, it may directly endanger her life.

Mouri Kogoro frowned tightly.

Sad for his misfortune, angry for his inability to fight. Those who seek skin from tigers often don’t wake up from the huge benefits until they are about to die in the tiger’s mouth.

What's the use of regretting it now.

However, facing the almost hysterical Tokiwa Mio, Mouri Kogoro looked into her eyes and could only try to calm the atmosphere: "Okay, I know what you mean. I will try my best."

Mio Tokiwa looked like he wouldn't let anyone leave unless he agreed. For the current plan, he could only fool him.

Seeing that he was relieved, Mio Tokiwa let out a big breath, and fell back on the sofa as if he had found a life-saving straw.

She was in shock and uncertainty, suffering in fear and panic for several days. The disappearance of Yuan Jiaming and the returned invitations were like reminders, reminding her that her life was not long.

Regardless of whether what Mouri Kogoro said now was true or false, she could only choose to believe him, because if she didn't, she would have the only path to complete collapse.

"Chairman, it's time to take the stage..." Chinami Sawaguchi, who was standing in the direction of the door, heard the prompt in her earphones, approached cautiously, and reminded Mio Tokiwa.

"I understand. Give me five minutes." Mio Tokiwa took a deep breath, quickly pulled out a bottle of eye drops from the table, and dropped it into his scarlet eyes.

The bloodshot eyes that covered the whites of her eyes disappeared quickly, almost visible to the naked eye, and Mouri Kogoro couldn't help but frown.

Anyone who knows a little bit about the tricks of cosmeceuticals can guess what she is doing. She is directly using eye drops with epinephrine added to force the blood vessels to constrict and quickly restore her condition.

Regardless of what she is doing, it is natural for her to be in her current position with her character and ruthlessness.

"I'll take my leave first." Mouri Kogoro seized the opportunity and got away quickly.

"What I just mentioned..."

"I'll give it a try. I can't promise you anything. After all, you know, my words don't count for this kind of thing."

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"As you know, my words don't count for this kind of thing." Toru Amuro shook his head and smiled apologetically at the man in front of him through the pale overhead light of the emergency passage.

His manners were very decent. The dedicated working emperor lived up to the waiter uniform he was wearing from beginning to end. He was polite and spoke softly and respectfully.

However, this behavior in the eyes of the man opposite made him even more frightened.

"No, please don't! Things can still turn around. Nothing has happened yet?! The Phantom Thieves and the Phantom Thieves may only be targeting that bitch Tokiwa Mio..."

"Belittling your collaborators at this time will only make you appear more despicable, Mr. Oki." Toru Amuro shook his head with regret, interrupting the man's indiscriminate attack, "I also said that what I say does not count. What you say next will determine your fate tonight.”

"What else do you want me to say? I've already told you everything I can tell you! That one, Yuan Jiaming, haven't you already arrested him?" Omu Yansong scratched his head, which was not much. Her hair was rooted, and her attitude was even more hysterical than Mio Tokiwa's.

Amuro Toru still smiled, and his face even revealed a subtle compassion that was moved by empathy: "Because of this, I gave you a little room for communication. If it were anyone else, you should have said that when you entered the door. Fell to the ground."

"I, I..." Damu Yansong's facial features were twisted into one piece, and he was hysterical for a moment, and finally lowered his hands as if giving up.

I drank the poisonous wine complacently, and now it is too late to blame it for being poisonous.

"I hope that after today, you can stop monitoring my home..."

"Then it depends on your sincerity, Mr. Omu. Tell me, in your cooperation with us, are there any technical talents like Mr. Hara Jiaming? You actually didn't wait until he wanted to run away because he didn't understand the actual cooperation. They didn't even recommend him to us, and the people above are very dissatisfied..."

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Five minutes later, the dull-eyed Oki Iwamatsu walked out of the stairwell as if his body had been washed with sweat. His eyes were blank and he walked out of the stairwell. Only then did Toru Amuro put away his bourbon pretense and clicked his tongue in displeasure.

"Isn't he very cooperative? He honestly vomited so much information. You have deceived so much information, and you are not happy, Mr. Amuro."

Karasawa, who was wearing wooden clogs, came up from the stairs below and teased Toru Amuro, who looked unhappy.

Of course he sneaked in as Bourbon, and he was indeed performing Bourbon's mission, but Bourbon's mission did not include the so-called investigation partners at all, but to blow them up into the sky together.

This high-profile PUA was prepared by Toru Amuro, about the waste utilization of the targets of the Phantom Thieves.

If they are converted by the Phantom Thieves and do not survive, then they have been poisoned by the organization. If they survive, they will naturally fall into the hands of the police. And if they are not among the targets of the change of heart and are cheated out, they will also Entering the previous if loop...

Nowadays, no matter how much you swindle, you will get nothing. If you can deceive someone, you will get one. Toru Amuro, who came to the scene tonight, mainly plays three-pole games with dates but no dates. The more work, the more reward.

Tang Ze didn't expect that he even got angry when he was having sex for free.

"The more he knew, the more bad I felt." Toru Amuro was not complacent about the intelligence gathered in front of him. Instead, he was very angry. "Such a congressman with no personal ability has caused so much damage. The organization has done an incredible job. It’s so easy and you can easily copy a lot of them.”

Find a politician who has rich network resources, is greedy enough, and is full of human weaknesses, lure him with generous rewards before he has fully gained power, and then use the resources of the organization to push him higher...

They have similar odors and complement each other. It only took a few years for the organization to concoct countless worms like Damu Yansong that were deeply embedded in the system, and easily controlled the political arena.

"Isn't this something that has been foreseen a long time ago? If resources fall into the hands of bastards, the world will become like this." Taking advantage of his current height advantage, Karasawa patted Toru Amuro on the shoulder.

Only when he was Kitagawa Yusuke, his height was so outstanding.

Then Amuro Toru shook it off with a bit of disgust.

"Stop watching the fun here. Come here, isn't Mr. Kisaragi looking for you?" Toru Amuro looked sideways at Tang Ze.

Of course he knew about the problem of Kitagawa Yusuke's false identity. He even said that he, the police officer, had done it for others by pinching his nose without telling others.

It can only be said that Tang Ze can do this thing by being silent and suddenly assuming such an identity, and only needs to have all the documents to be able to dominate the art world.

"He has no time to care about me now. He is an addict and is hiding in his room drawing with a pen." Tang Ze shrugged.

Their artists are like this, how could I understand it?