The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"There are so many people..." Maori Kogoro looked over and glimpsed the half-full, noisy conference room, and exhaled softly.

Since he stopped working in this line of work, he hasn't seen such a scene of police officers from all over the country gathering together for many years.

"There's no way, this case involves too many places. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Nagano, plus the deceased who just had an accident a few days ago, the crime scene alone involves police from several places, plus the hometowns of many victims..." Takagi Wataru, who was mainly responsible for introducing Maori Kogoro to others, shrugged with a wry smile.

Conan, who secretly listened in, made a look of realization.

This joint investigation meeting, as the name suggests, is for investigation.

If the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department does not take the lead in linking and coordinating resources, and the police from all over the country have to rely on themselves to integrate all the information, exchanges and visits, then this case will probably not be solved until next year.

To put it bluntly, because of the appearance of the fifth deceased and the clear characteristics of the interrelationship of several cases, the pressure on the police has been full, and they can't afford to feel sorry for the funds and other resources.

Conan caught a glimpse of Adachi Toru standing in the crowd with a paper cup of coffee, who was somewhat out of tune with the others. After thinking for a while, he stood up and sneaked over to him, ready to place a bug on Maori Kogoro.

It is necessary to understand the specific circumstances of this case, and if possible, it is best to provide some help to assist them in solving the case.

At the very least, no matter who provides the key clues for solving the case, this person cannot be Adachi Toru. He must think of a way to prevent this kind of dirty guy from climbing to a higher place.

Now that the case of Karasawa can reflect such a great resistance, if the person involved in the case climbs to a higher place, it will be even more difficult to solve it.

Karasawa and Mao Lilan, who noticed Conan's actions, blinked. No one pointed it out. They just turned their heads and looked at each other, pretending to be unaware of Conan's actions, and even started chatting.

"By the way, Adachi Toru came to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Your inspector didn't say anything this time, right?" Mao Lilan remembered the reason why Karasawa followed him and asked with concern, "Although he didn't resume his police identity, he is a consultant directly under the Metropolitan Police Department. Maybe he can also affect the situation on your side?"

The previous case in Izu was solved smoothly. Karasawa took the initiative to prevent further harm after encountering the murder scene.

Even if the person in charge of investigating the case is Adachi Toru, Tang Ze's behavior is impeccable and he is fully cooperating with the other party's work. I hope that Adachi Toru will not put any obstacles in Tang Ze's way this time...

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Tang Ze glanced in another direction along the corridor and quickly retracted his gaze. "Minors-related cases and work have a high priority. Mr. Adachi is just a consultant and it is difficult for him to intervene in my affairs."

In addition, Tang Ze's identity is sensitive and has extraordinary significance to the organization. Even if Ireland wants to find fault with Kumel, he dare not touch Tang Ze's identity.

Tang Ze came to the Metropolitan Police Department today to fulfill the task given by Vermouth and come to see Ireland's disguise. On the other hand, he sent the disguised identity of Morifushi Keimitsu to the Zero Team.

Furiya Rei has already started an investigation around Kihara River, but after all, they don't know enough about the real methods of the Phantom Thief of Hearts, and the information they provide may not meet the needs. Naturally, Tang Ze sent Morifushi Keimitsu, who is responsible for diplomatic work, over.

The office area of ​​the Zero Group itself is a confidential area that requires permission. It is difficult to enter and exit freely without Tang Ze's guidance. After all, the existence of Zhu Fu Jing Guang is a secret, even if his superficial identity is arranged by Furuya Ling.

The Metropolitan Police Department and the National Police Agency are two adjacent office buildings, which are very convenient.

In addition...

Tang Ze looked at the corner on the other side of the corridor.

There, a man with a mustache and a face that looks 70% to 80% similar to Zhu Fu Jing Guang was walking along, talking to his colleagues around him.

He turned his head again and looked at the glass partition door that he had just stood against for a long time.

The man with the hood turned his back to them, and seemed to have not noticed the situation here at all. He just stretched out his bandaged hand, silently pulled the edge of the hat, and lowered his head more deeply.

In addition, Zhu Fu Jing Guang, who had not seen his relatives for too long, still wanted to take a look at Zhu Fu Gao Ming's situation.

Even though they couldn't recognize each other, even though they couldn't tell each other the real situation, and could only look at each other from afar, seeing their brother who had been separated for many years still felt different, and Tang Ze could understand his feelings very well.

"Mr. Maori, why are you here? Aren't you here to attend the investigation meeting of the case today?" The Yokomizo brothers came to meet Takagi Wataru and others who were introducing Maori Kogoro to others. Yokomizo, who had a shaved head, looked Maori Kogoro up and down, showing a disapproving expression, "Did you run into another case and become an eyewitness?"

Everyone understood his implication, and they were just short of speaking out and asking why such a bunch of people were mixed into the internal meeting of the police.

"This is what Manager Matsumoto meant." Sato Miwako, who was in charge of the negotiations, explained, "This time, Manager Matsumoto believed that the case was more complicated and the time limit for solving the case was high, so he invited experts in this field to participate in the investigation as special consultants."

She raised her hand to show Kogoro Mori, who was wearing a special badge on his chest, and then turned her head to indicate Toru Adachi, who was wearing the same badge not far away, and used a rather euphemistic term to refer to these two special participants.

"Invite the detective who is always making a fuss in front of the media?" Shigeo Yokomizo, who had a short haircut, shrugged. It was obvious that he was not interested in Kogoro Mori, who was highly respected by the Metropolitan Police Department. His words were full of disgust for the detective's deep involvement in the case. "This is a major case involving many places. It is not appropriate to directly call the detective to attend the police meeting."

"It is precisely because of the special nature of the case that Manager Matsumoto took all factors into consideration and invited these two consultants..." Miwako Sato did not refute his sharp evaluation, but just said euphemistically, "You two should be very clear about the confidentiality."

In addition to considering Kogoro Mori's recent excellent performance, his and Toru Adachi's identities as former detectives also played an important role in deciding on such consultants.

If a person has no police background at all, even if he is an excellent detective, the Metropolitan Police Department will not consider letting him join the special task force directly.

"It's really embarrassing to ask for help from the detective before reaching any interim conclusion." Yokomizo Shigego shook his head, his expression still full of dissatisfaction.

"I also think that the Metropolitan Police Department is a little inconsiderate." Morobushi Takaaki, who came closer, took over the conversation, but his eyes were not looking at Maori Kogoro, but over the shoulders of several people, and looked at Adachi Toru, who never participated in social activities and therefore had a low sense of presence.

Compared with Maori Kogoro, who has become famous and frequently appeared in major media, this silent guy has a bigger problem.

Whether Maori Kogoro is suitable to participate in the meeting as a detective may be controversial, but as a well-known public figure, at least Maori Kogoro has a clean background, and the reason for leaving the police force does not involve personal ability or character flaws.

But this Adachi Toru is different.

How did the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department consider rehiring such a guy...

"Officer Moribushi, you are the one leading the team this time." Yokomizo Shigego looked at Moribushi Takaaki and took the initiative to say hello.

Generally speaking, in order to facilitate the coordination of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, local governments rarely allow real police officers to participate in such special task forces. After all, no one can predict how long they will need to stay in Tokyo because of the case. Solving the case is important, but it is not appropriate to affect the work situation here.

Moribushi Takaaki, that is a practical man with a brilliant record. No matter how you look at it, he is the backbone of the Nagano Prefectural Police Headquarters.

"Ah, it just so happens that I am on vacation recently for some reasons. The work at hand is not busy, so I just brought people here." Retracting his gaze from Adachi Toru, Moribushi Takaaki greeted a few people, put on a smile on his lips again, and introduced himself to Maori Kogoro and other people who were not familiar with him.

Tang Ze was originally watching Conan who had sneaked back after installing the bug. When he heard this, he could not help but look towards the direction of Moribushi Keimitsu.

It is easy to imagine that this is probably the sequelae of Moribushi Keimitsu's anonymous provocation to Furuya Rei.

The preparation for the emergency transfer of Moribushi Takaaki must not be as simple as carrying him away directly. If the two people had not met quickly enough, Moribushi Takaaki would have been carried out of the border.

Although it was later proved to be a false alarm, the normal work order of Nagano Prefecture must have been affected.

Tang Ze, who had been intentionally or unintentionally scanning Ireland, thought of this, took out his mobile phone, typed in Ireland's email address and sent a few words.

The iconic features on the faces of the two Moribu brothers are too similar. If Moribushi Takaaki had not grown some beards, which somewhat changed the first impression of his appearance, the facial features of the two would be more overlapping, and it would be easy to expose the gang in a single encounter.

... Think about how outrageous it is. Why would you choose someone who still has relatives alive and who might be caught as an undercover agent? Can the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department really do it?

In addition to personal ability and character, the fact that Tang Ze was selected so smoothly in his previous life is also very important because he no longer has close relatives alive.

Forget it, they were able to send a pair of childhood friends to the same place to be undercover by accident. No matter how outrageous it is, it doesn't seem strange.

Tang Ze complained in his heart, but the speed of sending emails in his hand was not slow at all.

He promised Zhu Fu Jingguang to attract Ireland's attention. Now is the time to stop Ireland from paying more attention to Zhu Fu Gaoming.

So Ireland, who just turned around to look at the new police, seemed to hear the notification sound of his mobile phone and frowned.

At this moment, he was lurking among a group of policemen. Who was so tactless to send an email to his organization's number at this time.

He was complaining in his heart, but worried about the instructions from the organization, Ireland still took out his mobile phone from the inner pocket of his clothes.

After just one glance, his eyes jumped violently.

This was an email address he was not familiar with, and it was definitely not from a member he contacted frequently.

Just the title at the beginning made Ireland's face completely gloomy.

[Ireland, so you are Ireland.

Thank you for your care during our last meeting, haha.

But you are really poor at playing a completely unfamiliar role, so don't waste the identity we found for you with great difficulty,]

Hey, hey, Kumail, you are just being so outspoken because you think you are surrounded by police and there is no chance of trouble.

What do you mean his acting skills are worrying? That was clearly the identity information provided by Kumail and his gang.

Ireland crossed the crowd and glared at Tang Ze, who was playing with his phone, and thus received a vigilant sidelong glance from several people in the search class.

Sato Miwako frowned even more, stretched out her hand to pull Takagi Wataru's sleeves, and said directly in a dissatisfied whisper: "There are so many people here, and they dare to threaten Tang Ze so bluntly. Sure enough, Conan said that he threatened Tang Ze with many things in private. It is not a lie. You should pay more attention later and don't let him find a chance to get close to Tang Ze."

Takagi Wataru turned his head and happened to catch Ireland's fierce gaze that he didn't have time to retract. His heart also thumped and he nodded secretly.

Be careful not to let him get in touch with Tang Ze.

If minors can be threatened and attacked by others in the Metropolitan Police Department building, these policemen should just quit their jobs.

"Everyone, how is the communication going?" Megure Jusan, who came over with Shiratori Renzaburo, clapped his hands, attracting the attention of the whole audience, "Can we start the meeting? Here are some basic materials that need to be communicated with you first."

"Okay, sorry."

"Thank you for your hard work."

The police gathered in the corridor stopped talking, took the distributed materials from Megure Jusan, and filed into the meeting room.

As the doors in front and behind the meeting room closed, the entire corridor became completely quiet.

After mocking Ireland, Tang Ze, who had secured a revenge, put away his phone as if nothing had happened, and directly stretched out his hand to pull Conan's arm.

Although Noah was there, it was easy to hear the content of the meeting clearly, and even if he didn't listen, Tang Ze knew what they were going to discuss.

But this was already watching the detective put up the eavesdropping device, and if he didn't get a wave, it would be so embarrassing when he discussed the case later.

"Headphones, give me one." Tang Ze blatantly made the sound of eavesdropping.