The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"Is it enough to sign here? No need to add some complimentary words or something?"

"No, no need, this is fine..."

When Conan approached the agreed place, he saw Akechi Goro sitting under a parasol being surrounded by two girls asking for autographs.

Akechi Goro, who had a thick stack of information books in his hand, was obviously very busy, so he looked up helplessly.

But facing the two girls' shining eyes full of expectation, he still showed a kind smile, reached out and took the photo from the girl's hand, and wrote a line of elegant handwriting.

"Thank you for your support. However, if you are still a student, don't spend too much money on these meaningless places." He handed back the photo in his hand and looked at the school nameplates on the girls' chests, as if they were doing their duty. Like a responsible idol, the voice reminds gently.

"I know, I won't cause trouble to Mr. Mingzhi." The girl's fingertips were trembling slightly after getting the signed photo, and she could see that she was very excited. "I, I will find a way to go to the office more often to take care of your business. of!"

Akechi Goro looked like he was amused by her, and smiled brightly: "Miss, it is not a good thing to have the opportunity to take care of my business. You know, I no longer accept ordinary commissions. Don't do it for unnecessary things. If you want to support me if you hurt yourself, I will participate in a new variety show next week.”

"I know, please keep going!"

Not sure whether it was because of what he said or because of his smile, the girl suddenly turned red. After holding her schoolbag and bowing vigorously, she ran away without looking back.

"Ah, don't skip class and come to the TV station. I will remember to check." He yelled at the girl's running back. He wisely shook his head and opened the document in his hand again to review.

Conan, who stood aside and watched the whole process, curled his lips.

Does this guy really lack normal emotional circuitry, as Karasawa said? He has never seen anyone who is more pretentious than this guy.

When in front of the public and outsiders, doesn’t he know how to be a perfect idol that no one can fault?

Subtle as it may be, Conan still used some strength in his hand and tugged on the person he was holding, indicating that it was time for him to go over and say hello to Akechi.

Kuroba Kaito, who was wearing a hood that hid his entire face, rolled his eyelids, controlled his expression at least, walked over with the elementary school student in his hand, and sat across from Goro Akechi.

Since we had agreed to talk to Goro Akechi, and the matter we wanted to talk about was important to the organization's secrets, it was of course impossible for Conan to actually use his identity as a primary school student to come together.

Although in theory it was the safest choice to ask Karasawa to go with him, after all, it was a matter involving the organization. He was also worried that if Goro Akechi revealed any inappropriate news in his words, it might affect Karasawa, so he thought twice about it. , he still chose the identity of "Kudo Shinichi".

Another famous high school student detective in Tokyo, Wang Bu Jian Wang, who is also a detective and has never met, wants to meet Goro Akechi and talk about some profound topics, which is more reasonable and safer.

So he chose to contact Kuroba Kaito, a friend who could fool even Xiaolan in a short time with a little disguise, and use his own identity to have a positive conversation.

Hearing the sound of the chair opposite the table being pulled away, Goro Akechi raised his eyes slightly, glanced at Kuroba Kaito, who was hiding his head and tail, then squinted at Conan who was wearing a mask, and raised his eyebrows: "Why? , is it a popular trend to use a child as a mascot or assistant when working as a detective in Tokyo? Thank you for reminding me, I will pay attention when I have time. "

The number of contacts was not many, and Conan felt that the other party would not be able to recognize his identity. His eyebrows jumped twice.

What he said was clearly pointing out the relationship between Conan and Mouri Kogoro, so he was mocking Kudo Shinichi, who had contacted him.

Did he really see something, or did he just want to ridicule...?

After saying this unfriendly preface, Goro Akechi lowered his head again, as if he didn't care what they would say next, and asked in a nonchalant manner: "Tell me, why are you looking for me?" ? Let’s make a deal first, even for Tang Ze’s sake, I won’t give you a discount.”

Conan's eyebrows jumped hard again.

Akechi Goro, due to his extremely high exposure on TV and the popularity brought by his appearance, the commission fee is already higher than that of Moori Kogoro.

It's hard to say how good his business capabilities are, but Toru Amuro's business venture will definitely make a lot of money.

Kuroba Kaito glanced sympathetically at Conan, who had a stiff expression.

He doesn't know whether this hapless little detective can convince Goro Akechi with words this time. Now it seems that the other party has temporarily gained the upper hand.

It has to be said that in this kind of rhetorical confrontation, the unqualified ones do have the upper hand.

After flipping the switch in his hand, Kudo Shinichi's voice came from his hood: "Hello, this is the first time we meet. I am Kudo Shinichi, a detective. Although I have never been in contact with him in the past, I guess you should listen. Having said my name, I don’t need to introduce myself.”

"Of course I have. After careful calculation, I think I should thank you more. Without the foundation you laid, people of our age who want to become private detectives will face great obstacles." Goro Akechi clicked. He nodded, his attitude still a little perfunctory, "But you haven't appeared for so long, and there are rumors outside that you are dead."

Having said this, he finally raised his head and looked at the young man sitting opposite him, grinning.

In Conan's eyes, that smile looked like a wild beast showing its fangs.

Unable to leave the conversation to the other party, Conan took a deep breath, quickly adjusted his breathing, and began to say in a calm tone: "You seem to be very dissatisfied with me. Why? I don't think I have offended you in the past. . Or are you unhappy because I discovered the connection between you and Tang Ze?"

His "friendship" with Karasawa is very subtle in itself.

If the experiences Tangze said were true, the scene when the two of them first met was definitely not a pleasant one.

One is the child of the experimenter, the center of the entire experiment and the most important subject to be treated, and the other is a human experiment victim who was abandoned by his father and given to the organization as consumables. The two of them are actually in completely different positions. superior.

But because of the influence of experiments and drugs, his trust in Tang Ze came from the bottom of his heart.

It was as if Karasawa had caused the sequelae of this painful experiment, and he had shackles artificially created for him. It was not surprising that Akechi Goro felt threatened when he discovered this, and then became aggressive. .

In response, Goro Akechi sneered.

"You seem to have made a mistake, this, 'senior'." Holding his chin, Goro Akechi hid the sarcastic curve of his mouth under the cover of his gloves, "No matter how you imagine the situation between the two of us, I said, Tang Ze is my friend, a true friend. Don’t think of yourself as Tang Ze’s savior and think that I am a danger that needs to be isolated.”

"Aren't you? Let's be honest. You and the group of people who hurt him have basically the same background. You are not a good person who can be trusted." Conan said directly.

Regardless of the information that Karasawa proactively provided, Kudo Shinichi was openly a detective who accepted Karasawa's commission and was investigating his case, so even if he said some shocking words, there would be no problem.

Relying on this layer of identity concealment, Conan bluntly revealed the fact that Goro Akechi might be related to the organization.

Regardless of whether he is alienated from his father because he was thrown into the organization by Shigehiko Shigehiko and used as an experiment, he cannot deny the fact that like Miyano Shiho, his parents were already members of the organization when he was born.

Did Miyano Shiho join the organization on his own initiative? No, after his talent was discovered, he was completely regarded as a member of the organization, or in other words, the property of the organization.

When she tried to resist this fate and break away from the organization's control, she was regarded as a traitor and was hunted mercilessly.

What a ridiculous definition, traitor, as if she had a choice in the past.

"Why, this is why you found me, because you think I am in a group with those people, that I will hurt Tang Ze, and that my purpose was not pure from the beginning?"

At this point, Akechi seemed amused and bent his back with a smile.

There was no haze in that smile, it was as if he was genuinely happy, which finally gave Conan some solid feeling that there might be something wrong with this guy's brain circuitry.

"Stop being funny. He knows my past and my current situation. He understands me better than you think." Akechi Goro, who stopped laughing, straightened his back again, looked back at Conan calmly, and threw gave a shocking answer, "If there is really any risk of needing to be quarantined, it is you who should have died, 'Kudo Shinichi'. If you don't let me come, if it were anyone else, do you think Karasawa Can he survive until now? He should have died a few days after arriving in Tokyo."

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"Is this news from Ireland, big brother, big brother?"

After receiving the email, he habitually opened the vodka after checking and turned around. Just as he was about to organize and summarize the content to Gin, he saw Gin frowning and staring in a certain direction outside the window, not hearing what he said at all. look.

Vodka sighed secretly in his heart, knowing that Gin probably didn't hear it because of the noise, but he didn't dare to call out anymore, fearing that if Gin didn't hold back, he would sacrifice himself to the flag first.

Since the organization's undercover list disappeared with the death of the carrier, Ireland, who was responsible for the matter, was left in the dark, and Gin, who was responsible for wiping people's butts everywhere, also lost nothing.

Ireland has infiltrated the investigation team. It is necessary to get the list back before the police find out. However, the organization cannot put all the eggs in one basket. It must also be prepared to deal with the aftermath in case it is still exposed. Prepare.

Therefore, Gin recently drove around Tokyo, collecting a prepared silence list and preparing to act according to the situation.

Once news of Ireland's failure came, he set off to detonate and send those recorded undercover agents to the west.

From Vodka's point of view, for the eldest brother, maybe Ireland's failure is a good thing. The eldest brother really needs to explode something to ease his mood.

But now, Gin, which had just planted an explosive, was blocked in a block with a lot of traffic. Noisy people and advertisements everywhere were poured into the car. The sound insulation of this classic car could not suppress it at all. live.

Vodka knew how to read the air and kept quiet, then followed Gin's line of sight and saw Kumail's bright smile.

...It's really brilliant, like a smile with eight teeth, the vodka of the smile makes me feel a little nauseous.

Especially when he thought of the hellish things Kumail had done not long ago in order to get Adachi Tohru, a grassroots member, back to Tokyo, such as the selfie standing outside the ICU, he couldn't restrain the feeling of losing his appetite. .

Kumail, didn’t you feel the Ripper’s joy when he stabbed Tomas Sindora to death, and started to like this technique? Alas……

Gin's mood is not incomprehensible. After all, he had just contacted him in the morning about the situation in Ireland. Kumail, who was relying on his eldest brother to not follow the radio signal to hit people, jumped in the face and made the organization more and more frustrated. Now I saw a magnified version of several hundred inches, and the elder brother didn't take out his gun and hit him directly, so he had good concentration.

Seriously, can you think of a way to create some pressure on Bourbon and tell him not to let Kumail appear on variety shows? Seeing him in the middle of the day feels like he's seen a ghost.

Outside the window, this talk show-like talk variety show happened to be playing the part where the host was talking to Goro Akechi.

The screen was completely close-up on Goro Akechi's face, and only the host's voice could be heard.

"Akechi-kun is completely the most popular among the new generation of detectives. In several online polls, you even surpassed many celebrities. Now that you are so popular, do you feel troubled by this?"

Goro Akechi tilted his head and made a distressed expression. The range of the expression was just right, and his face was flawless under the close-up lens.

"There are indeed some. After all, I am a detective, not a real star. My main job is to investigate and solve cases. I have encountered fans who refuse to give up harassment no matter how hard I explain and persuade them. How should I put it? I didn’t use bad means, but to be honest, no matter how cute you are, finding my email and sending me more than 100 text messages in an hour is still too much.”

The host on the opposite side exclaimed in surprise, and then asked: "Hey, this kind of thing is really difficult for celebrities, so does the detective have any special method? How did you handle it in the end? Call the police. "

"Ah, there is indeed a little trick." Goro Akechi rolled his eyes and smiled evilly, "I went to Phantom Thief CH to register their names."

"Eh?!"

"It's quite effective. Thank you Phantom Thief."

Mechanical canned laughter was added to the background sound, and the subtitles of the variety show were also well-timed with explanations - "Akechi Goro: The most famous Phantom Thieves of the Heart publicly rebelled."

Isn't this basically mocking the Phantom Thieves as a group of people who can only solve small problems like bastard meals?

The corners of Vodka's mouth twitched fiercely.

He usually talks so sarcastically, is it really possible to implement the plan of the organization? What is wrong with the guys in the Phantom Thieves? Can they believe that Goro Akechi really wants to surrender?

After looking at Gin's face, Vodka chose to swallow the complaints that reached his lips, turned around and continued to follow the slowly moving vehicle in front, pretending that he was deaf.

Really, Bourbon, please don't let him out, okay? He's afraid that one day his eldest brother will be ridiculed by Kumail again, and he will explode in anger...

Among so many experimental subjects, only Kumel has successfully awakened his power. If he dies at the hands of his elder brother, it will be difficult for things to end...

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While being led by Kuroba Kaito towards home, Conan's mind was still replaying the previous conversation with Akechi Goro.

As expected of someone who has been in the organization for so long, Haihara Ai's sense of smell is indeed sharp enough.

According to her, the organization has been monitoring Karasawa for eighteen years, and now it has finally managed to get him from Kyoto to Tokyo, leaving him in an isolated and helpless position. Of course, it is impossible to let him go at this time and let the previous All efforts are in vain.

But now, to be able to maintain such a stable daily life, it must be that the organization has gotten what it wants from Tangze, and it has been temporarily stabilized to save Tangze's life in order to maximize his value.

Akechi Goro's words further support this point.

"It's so cunning to arrange for someone like Goro Akechi to get close to Karasawa." Conan took a deep breath and looked up at the clear sky above his head, "Karasawa simply cannot refuse a request from a friend."

If it was a tough method and torture, maybe Tang Ze would be able to resist it with his tenacity.

But if the research results in his hand are related to the life of his friend, and the identity of his friend is Akechi, a guy who has been deeply entrenched because of his father and has been destined to be unable to escape the organization since birth, maybe Karasawa will really Hence the compromise.

If Tang Ze's parents hadn't left Tang Ze with such an opportunity to counterattack due to some unforeseen circumstances, it would have been a question whether Tang Ze could have kept the things in his hands.

Akechi Goro's arrogant declaration was mostly true.

If someone else had been the monitor, Tang Ze would probably not be alive now.

Akechi Goro's only meaning to the organization is to be a tool used to morally kidnap Karasawa, but his loyalty is actually questionable, so he will not hesitate to accept the deal of exchanging antidote for intelligence...

Tsk, although I still feel that there is something wrong somewhere, but now I can only follow this route and try to maintain this balance.

"The guy who sneaked in, codenamed Irish Whiskey?" Conan, who was led back to Ni-chome without realizing it, pinched his chin and fell into thought.

Kuroba Kaito, who had been a tool for posing for photos for the whole morning, glanced at the detective who was thinking hard and shook his head with sympathy.

It's over, this unlucky little Kudo, I'm afraid he has been completely fooled.

Then he glanced at the silent house next door with a condemning look.

I say, you, the Phantom Thieves of Heart, are you really taking all the desires you stole from the bad guys and eating them yourself?

Although there is nothing wrong with being a thief who is a little cunning, your hearts are too dirty...