The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"In this regard, Akechi-kun is indeed better than many people." Hakuba Tan nodded in agreement, and his words were also full of teasing, "So, the representative of the East this time will be handed over to you? To be honest, I don't think I can represent the detective of the East."

Compared with his activities in the UK, his popularity and credibility in Japan are much worse in all aspects.

To be honest, he was also very surprised to receive an invitation to represent the high school detective of the East.

"Even if you think so, did you still accept the invitation from the program team?" Hattori Heiji frowned strangely, "I also think that the representative of the East should be Kudo, how could it be you."

He said this to Hakuba Tan, but he was always looking at Akechi Goro from the corner of his eye, as if he was afraid that the other party didn't understand who he was talking about.

"Of course I don't like this kind of thing. There is only one reason why I accepted the invitation." Bai Ba Tan looked at the camera on the table, crossed his hands, and leaned slightly, getting closer. "Of course it was a director of a certain program group who called my home directly and said that Kudo Shinichi was unwilling to appear on camera no matter what, saying that he had a case, and hoped that I could take over his responsibility and not let the East be humiliated..."

Several people silently looked at Akechi Goro first, and then looked at the camera on the table, the meaning of condemnation was self-evident.

Let's not talk about the fact that Bai Ba Tan was invited because Kudo Shinichi could not be invited, making it seem like he was a substitute - it's not that you can't do this, but at least don't say that - and then there were two famous detectives from the East, and they had to fight before the duel, etc., which would be unethical for anyone who heard about it.

"My nanny received the call and was heartbroken. She said to me with tears in her eyes, 'You must go and let the public know that there is a Hakuba Tan in the East!' So I had to accept the invitation. Of course, I still feel that I am not a suitable candidate for the East representative."

"That's for sure..." Hattori Heiji said, and began to stare at Akechi Goro again.

Because he accepted Amuro Toru's invitation, his contract was similar to that of Akechi Goro, and he couldn't say anything too directly to Akechi, so he had to stare at Hakuba Tan and make indirect accusations.

However, his indirect accusations didn't sound obvious at all, and there was not much difference from pointing at Akechi.

Tang Ze slowly put down the water cup and showed a gentle and helpless smile: "I don't think it's necessary to stick to a title. At most, Hakuba-kun can be regarded as an overseas guest."

"No, Hakuba Tan is just studying in the UK, he is at least a Japanese. As for you, I remember your nationality..." Koshimizu Nanatsuki narrowed his eyes and looked at Tang Ze teasingly.

Although she already knew the other party's true situation and the two sides were more or less partners who got along well, she would not let go of the jokes because of this, or rather, she dared to speak out more.

Tang Ze raised his cup towards her, drank silently, and acquiesced to her statement.

As a fake identity that came out of a crack in the stone, Akechi Goro needed more traces and records of life outside his own country in order to avoid being exposed. Naturally, he could not be a complete Japanese, and he was indeed given dual citizenship.

Conan silently held the cup and looked down at his teacup.

He had a premonition that the things he was asked to record at the beginning would probably come in handy. Now he didn't want to look up and look at them at all. He could only hold his breath and stare at the tea leaves in the cup.

Sure enough, when they said this, the headsets clipped on their ears for notifying and confirming the process came with the voices of their accompanying PDs reminding them of the process.

Soon, Rena Mizunoshi, dressed in a professional dress, walked through the large vegetation and strode into the studio while the camera was filming.

This studio, I don't know if it was designed this way deliberately, or if it simply requisitioned the scenery used in some TV series or movies, is a garden that looks real. She walked over with her head held high as if she was attending a banquet.

The people at the table quieted down and looked at the host who officially appeared, knowing that the program process had begun.

Rena Mizunoshi sat down in the empty seat in the direction of the main seat, greeted the fixed camera in a professional broadcasting tone, and spoke the opening remarks.

This speech was not spoken to the detectives at the table, but mainly to the audience in front of the camera, so not only did she say a long list of oral broadcasts about variety show specials, broadcast times, etc., but she also gave a close-up introduction to each detective.

Tang Ze knew that according to the editing techniques used in serious variety shows, the introductions they just made would be edited after each introduction to create some program effects. The reason why they were allowed to sit here to get familiar with it first was mainly because ordinary people were more likely to say something explosive in a relaxed state before entering the formal process, which was good for the effect of making the film.

After the introductions of several people at the table were completed, Mizunashi Rena changed her tone, as if she was joining their topic normally, and continued with their previous discussion.

"Regarding the question of the representative of the Eastern Detective... To be honest, we were also very conflicted during the invitation stage. On the one hand, Mingzhi has done a good job in the past few months and has a good reputation. He is indeed worthy of the title of a famous detective. On the other hand, Hakuba Tan is also a very good high school detective, and just before the invitation of the program, he has officially transferred back to China. More importantly, the once nationally famous high school detective Kudo Shinichi has not appeared for several months... We have also been troubled by the selection for a long time."

The expressions of the several people at the table were different, but no one responded. They knew that the repetitive words said by Mizunashi Rena were partly for the convenience of post-editing, and some content that was easier to add seemed to be naturally added to the dialogue.

The next part is probably the highlight.

Sure enough, after briefly introducing the current situation, Rena Mizuno curved her eyes, showed a sly smile, and clapped her hands: "However, after our unremitting efforts, we successfully invited Kudo-kun, who has not appeared for a long time. Because of the case, he cannot return to Japan to participate in the program for the time being, so we decided to use another way to determine the representative of the East."

When she finished speaking, a piece of content was played in everyone's headset.

It was the voice of Shinichi Kudo, which half of the people at the table were familiar with.

"Hello everyone, I am Shinichi Kudo. I am honored to receive the invitation from the program team. I also want to represent the East, but the case on my hand really makes me unable to split my time, but everyone seems to have a disagreement on who can replace me."

Hakuba Tan and Karasawa both looked at the smiling Rena Mizuno, and had a premonition of what was to come.

"I think it's really unfair to let me, a person who is not here, be the representative. But if the participants of the show cannot represent the detectives of the East, this competition will lose its meaning. So, I will participate in another way. My duel with you has officially started just now."

Conan, who also had earphones in his ears, had a twitching brow. He squeezed the cup in his hand with all his strength to restrain the desire to shout.

Although he said all these words correctly, both the wording and the order were obviously very different from what he officially recorded.

This section sounds like a formal self-introduction and a voice recorded in cooperation with the program team. In fact, it was a call in which he repeatedly refused the invitation of the program, and then gave in under the strong request of the program team, saying that he could not be present but could provide some help, plus the voice recording he officially sent over, and was carefully edited.

The original words he sent were clearly expressing that he could not be present, but the program team insisted that if he was absent, the competition would not be so fair and complete, so he was willing to participate in the program process as an off-site guest at a fixed point.

As a result, wasn't it recorded from the moment the call was connected? It's really unethical, is this the editing of variety shows...

Waiting for the voice to be played, Rena Mizunashi put down her hand and officially announced: "Yes, just as Kudo-kun said, his competition with you has officially begun. This time, all the "cases" designed by the program team were participated in and designed by Kudo-kun, creating difficulties for you."

Putting down the cup, Conan's eyes couldn't stop twitching, and he almost couldn't control himself and protested loudly.

Who said that, who said this? !

Good fellow, he said that before the recording of a variety show, the production team would honestly reveal their process and script to the guests who would not be present at all, and even called it a pretext, so that he could complete the decryption remotely first, do some supplementary recordings at an appropriate time, participate in the show in an off-site way, and comment on other people's performance and answers, as if he were a judge. In the end, isn't this a completely different way? !

They completely packaged two sets of rhetoric, which not only created contradictions and highlights, but also deceived the off-site guests to give the required recordings according to the plan they designed while concealing the truth...

Should we say that it is worthy of Nichimi TV...

"As long as they can successfully crack them, then who should be the strongest detective in the east, and how the results of your competition with him will be, you will surely get an answer." Mizunashi Rena, who did not receive the resentful gaze of the elementary school students at all, continued to explain, as if it was true, "How do you feel about this format?"

"If it is to crack the puzzle left by Kudo, then I am still a little interested." When Hattori Heiji spoke, he spent all his strength not to stare at Conan sitting next to him, but he was a little bit gnashing his teeth when answering.

What? He tricked himself into coming to Tokyo to participate in the show. After all this time, this guy is also one of the people who participated in the scriptwriting.

You're really tight-lipped, Kudo...

"Indeed, it was that detective who arranged it, so the nature is a little different." Tokatsu Junya gestured and made a confident expression, "To be honest, I'm a little curious about the puzzle designed by such a famous detective."

"Yeah, if you had said that when you invited me, maybe I would have agreed faster."

"It turned out that it wasn't a competition between famous detectives at all, it was clearly 'Kudo Shinichi VS high school student detective'."

The people at the table were caught up in a heated atmosphere, and even the real planner Nanatsuki Koshimizu also expressed his curiosity after a moment of hesitation, and kept looking at Goro Akechi and Rena Mizunashi with obscure eyes.

When she heard the news, she, the instigator, was equally confused.

After this planning project was handed over to Goro Akechi from her, it was already a project that was completely handed over to Nippon TV Station for operation. In addition to promising her that she would invite specific people and design around her as she requested. Apart from arranging the cases and puzzles at the scene according to her plan, the other parts were not handled by her.

Or is this part also used to confuse the real culprit? In order to make the other party reveal their flaws while they relax their vigilance?

It was indeed a program planner to some extent, but Karasawa, who also did not receive the notice, looked subtly in the direction of Rena Mizuna.

How to put it, he had thought that "Kiel" became a TV host because of the organization's requirements.

After all, television is such a sensitive place. Many times, some assassination or espionage tasks are carried out by media people who have easy access to people from all walks of life. It is indeed much more convenient than other professions, and it is not easy to arouse alert.

Now look at it, maybe Shui Wulian wanted to do this himself.

Although this operation was intended to irritate Kumel, at first glance he looked like an old media person.

"Okay everyone, before the show officially starts, please put on the clothes that match your identity as 'Detective Koshien', please!" Reina Mizuno clapped her hands, signaling the end of the recording process.

After sitting there and waiting for a while, allowing the staff to arrange for them to complete some close-up reshoots, a group of people were finally taken out of the video studio and returned to the dressing room to touch up their makeup and change clothes.

"The so-called clothes that suit your status are school uniforms..." Conan sat on the makeup chair next to him, watching Hattori Heiji walk out of the dressing room, and curled his lips, "I'm really not used to seeing you dressed like this."

"I don't wear school uniforms except when I go to school or have formal ceremonies." Hattori Heiji adjusted his black school uniform and glanced sideways at him, "It's not like everyone is like you and wears the same uniform wherever you go. The school uniform is over. After all, who would wear a school uniform for nothing? They are all photographed in school uniform."

"Hey, it's not that I like to wear school uniforms. It's because when cases happen, I'm usually still in school, or on the way to and from school, so I usually wear school uniforms when I rush there, okay!" Conan hugged him He raised his arm in dissatisfied protest, "I'm obviously just like Tangze. I wear my own clothes when I'm not in school."

Hearing him mention Karasawa, Hattori Heiji became even more angry: "It's embarrassing to say that you even persuaded Karasawa to lobby me... When did you become such a despicable guy, Kudo..."

"I already said that the program team is the one who makes the decision! At most, I know the situation of the puzzle a little in advance, and it's all in the form of text and pictures!"

Hattori Heiji raised his palms to express his refusal to communicate with him: "In short, you and I will have a hostile relationship from now on. No matter what happens, you are not allowed to talk to me!"

"Huh? You guy..."