Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 798 Tang Ze: It’s true at first glance!
"Irish whiskey? Hmm, I seem to have heard of it. How about this, is this the news that Goro Akechi gave you?" When Haibara Ai returned to the doctor's house and heard such a question, she smoothed her hair at the temples with a normal expression.

She kept her head down while speaking and slowly untied her shoelaces so as not to be seen by Conan who was standing there with a serious expression.

"Yes, this is the information I exchanged for the antidote you took out. By the way, when did you develop the KA series antidote? I haven't received any information at all." Conan crossed his arms and said in a low voice, "Oh, yes, in fact, you gave my antidote to Tang Ze first instead of me..."

Why did you develop an antidote for tissue products without telling me?

Huh? You never told me before, so it's okay.

Haibara Ai heard a hint of sorrow in his tone, and before looking up she pressed the corners of her mouth to suppress the obvious smile.

"I gave the antidote to Tang Ze so that he could give it to you directly in case of any problem. The reason why I didn't want to tell you directly was because I was worried about giving you unnecessary hope. You really can't take too much of it. It's a laboratory preparation that has never been clinically tested. It's very dangerous." Huihara Ai tilted her head, pondered for a moment, and said carefully, "As for KA, the antidote development here has not been progressing well enough. I remembered the news that this drug was circulated privately, so I made some."

Although the incident involving Kumail was directed and acted by Tang Ze herself, her drug development is real.

With the information of Tang Ze's parents as a basis, and some early drug analysis from the public security department, her progress in developing the antidote was naturally very fast.

"As for Ireland, I roughly know that he is an adult male, and most likely not Japanese. But you also know that I have only limited contact with limited members of the organization. If you want more information, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to help." Haibara Ai shrugged and walked around Conan, whose CPU was a little slow to respond after a day of burning.

Conan followed her closely, his thoughts still lingering on the questions he had been thinking about for a long time: "If I knew his appearance, I could probably guess his identity. What a pity."

"That may not be a good thing. Your identity is as sensitive as ours. If you continue to investigate casually, Ireland may start to suspect you." Huiyuan Ai, who was putting on an apron, shook her head gently, "What is the purpose of their actions? Have you figured it out?"

"Part of our previous speculation was correct. One of the dead was a grassroots member of the organization. Because his identity was about to be exposed, he carried the undercover information he knew as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the organization, but was killed by the murderer. The murderer took the list, and Ireland came in undercover to find the list." Conan told the news he got from Goro Akechi, and then frowned, "Did you know about the situation of Goro Akechi before?"

"Which part are you asking about?" After placing the stool in front of the stove, Huihara Ai turned around and asked, "His identity, or the fact that he would agree to tell you some information in exchange for the antidote?"

"You knew it before." Putting his hands in his pockets, Conan watched her calmly start to fiddle with the kitchen utensils on the table. "Now that I think about it, you came to this street to find me, wasn't it just to talk about this?"

Although the doctor temporarily agreed to keep his identity secret from Haibara after being persuaded, which almost caused a wave of misunderstandings and blunders after Haibara transferred to the school, the doctor later explained to him why he took in the shrunken Miyano Shiho.

Therefore, Conan knew the key words she was muttering at the time, such as "Kudo Shinichi", "Karazawa", and "Run away".

Combined with the fact that she had already discovered that Goro Akechi had been a part of an organizational experiment, the whole story became clear.

"Almost. It's what you think." Haibara Ai paused, turned her fingertips that were reaching for the kitchen knife, and picked up the kitchen scissors.

It’s better not to use the kitchen knife. She was afraid that this guy would make some shocking guesses and she would not be able to control herself and chop off her hand.

Strictly speaking, I didn't lie.

After learning about his sister's death, he found Goro Akechi, and because he was worried about Karasawa's safety, he chose to seek help from Kudo Shinichi, the only person in a similar situation...

Considering that Tang Ze was most likely under someone's surveillance, her initial avoidance was very reasonable.

"Ah, if it hadn't been for what happened in Ireland, you wouldn't have told me at all, right?" Conan narrowed his eyes in a subtle mood, "You two brothers and sisters..."

If you think about it carefully, the two of them basically never took the initiative to tell him about the organization. It was always when he made discoveries first and asked them, that they would reveal some information under various dangerous threats.

They all seemed to be afraid that if they told him something, it might cause bad consequences. He was really underestimated.

"Doesn't this incident prove the power of the organization?" Putting the cut vegetables aside, Huihara Ai didn't look back. "No matter if they are up-and-coming detectives, well-known stars, wealthy tycoons, or ordinary working people who just passed by you... If you hadn't discovered it yourself, if you hadn't heard the information, would you believe that they were members of the organization with another identity?"

She knew that Karasawa might have taken into account that the intensity of the organization's actions was still increasing step by step, and thought it necessary to let Kudo come into contact with more things that touched the essence, so he came up with so many tortuous routes and began to slowly send different signals to Conan, preparing for the showdown that would come sooner or later in the future.

But precisely because of this, she should give Kudo a stern warning, asking him to be careful and be mentally prepared.

"You have seen the shadow of the behemoth from the beginning and provoked trouble. Kudo, you have become a part of their huge plan."

Ever since he smelled the unusual dangerous atmosphere due to his chance encounter with Gin and tried to spy on the organization's private transactions, some things could no longer be undone.

This is not Kudo Shinichi's fault, nor is it anyone's fault. Rather, it is the legacy of the organization, a cancer that has been nurtured.

But since they have entered the game, they can only follow the rules and be cautious until they have gathered enough power.

"So you are also part of this plan? You, Karasawa, and that Akechi Goro." Hearing her serious tone, Conan simply asked directly, "In order to stabilize the organization, what did Akechi Goro take from Karasawa?"

If there was any doubt left after today's pointed conversation with Goro Akechi, it was this question.

According to Haibara Ai's hint and Goro Akechi's statement, Goro Akechi is the medium used by the organization to hold Karasawa hostage and kidnap him, and is also their eyes to monitor Karasawa.

Karasawa feels guilty towards this peer who was deeply harmed by his parents' research, just like how Haibara Ai feels towards Conan herself and other people who have been harmed by APTX.

If it weren't for the backup plan left by the Karasawa couple, which made it impossible for Goro Akechi to really hurt Karasawa, and if it weren't for Haibara Ai's antidote, which guaranteed the possibility for Goro Akechi to break free from the organization's control, this situation would have been over long ago.

What about Tang Ze? What on earth did he give to make the organization, this greedy giant that had long regarded their family as its own asset, temporarily stop and allow Tang Ze to maintain his current life?

Ai Huihara, who had known that this question would come, turned around and gave him a cold look. "Haven't you seen it before? Tang Ze paid the price." Ai Huihara said calmly, "You know the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, right?"

"Eh? You mean Joker? But, but..." Conan opened his eyes wide and wanted to refute something, but then he remembered the confrontation between Gin and Joker on the rooftop a long time ago, and his next words got stuck in his throat.

Yes, although Joker said very early on that they agreed with him on the organization's position, this only meant that they had the intention to fight against the organization.

However, there is a fundamental anomaly in Joker's active approach and expression of his thoughts in front of him.

——Since the power of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts is so incredible and is still growing stronger, why on earth would Joker seek the cooperation of a humble detective like him?
This internal logic has been reflected in this behavior.

The organization cannot grasp the power of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, but they already have the means to counter and control them.

Seeing the shock on his face, Huibara sneered, turned back and picked up the kitchen knife on the knife block.

"We have to speed up and seize the time, Kudo. It's not enough to just develop an antidote. We have to find out their details, take back all the research results from the organization one by one, and find out all the scum who used these results. Only then can we truly gain freedom."

She said this so softly, and the kitchen knife in her hand fell heavily.

With a "bang", he hit the chopping board and cut the thin slices of meat on it in half.

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"…I feel a little sorry for this unlucky detective."

Sitting in the operations room inside the Phantom Thieves, Kuroba Kaito clicked his tongue and put down the eavesdropping headphones in his hand.

"Although we did create some smokescreens regarding the identity issue, what I said is not true?" Across from him, Tang Ze, who was still dressed as Akechi Goro, shrugged and threw the gold nugget in his hand over. "The people from that organization are keeping an eye on us more and more. We have to hurry."

Kuroba Kaito made a disdainful expression, but his movement to catch the gold nugget was very accurate.

Really? You make it sound like it’s for the purpose of training others and promoting their growth. Why don’t I believe it?
The Phantom Thieves would not directly eavesdrop on Dr. Agasa's house - although Miyano Akemi has really considered doing so - but Haibara Ai, who has Noah on her phone, can be regarded as an eye for the Phantom Thieves. As long as Noah wants, it will be easy for him to know what is happening over there.

The electronic devices occupied by Noah are equivalent to Noah's eyes and ears. As he grows more and more in the Internet, this computing power will only be further enhanced.

The growth potential of strong artificial intelligence is extremely terrifying.

So, when Kuroba Kaito, who was kind enough to send the child home, stopped by the Phantom Thieves to pick up a recent package, he had the honor of hearing the live broadcast of the Phantom Thieves eavesdropping on their neighbors.

While satisfying his inner curiosity, Kuroba Kaito couldn't help but sigh again.

"You guys, don't you feel any pain in your heart for lying to a child like this?"

The conversation between these two fake kids sounded very serious. If it wasn't for the fact that he was the one who was dragged over as a tool to pose for photos in the morning, and the person sitting opposite him had such a familiar face, Kuroba Kaito almost believed it.

Of course, Kuroba Kaito knew that the Phantom Thieves were mainly fighting against the organization that killed Karasawa's parents, or rather, the Phantom Thieves had never concealed his intentions.

Kuroba Kaito, who actively collected X-alloys to find out the truth about his father's disappearance, was naturally opposed to that organization. Even if they had never confronted each other head-on, as long as they knew the target of Kaito Kid's action, the people of that organization would definitely not let him go, and Kuroba Kaito also acquiesced to his own behavior of standing on the side.

Although he had no idea what they were busy about, Kuroba Kaito, who was called over to help by Edogawa Conan using the excuse that he had made fun of him during the last school festival, almost couldn't hold back when he saw "Akechi Goro".

He has never had much contact with this detective, and he doesn't really care what these commercial private detectives are doing. As long as no one asks Goro Akechi to catch Kaito Kid, it has nothing to do with him.

But Kuroba Kaito has come to the Phantom Thieves so many times, he even has a group where he can communicate with the Phantom Thieves members, right?

Other people might be easily deceived by the change in appearance, but as a disguised person, could he not recognize the face of Xingchuan Teru?

Who else could it be that person with that sunny smile on Hoshikawa Teru's face that is completely different from Shade's?

Fortunately, his main task this morning was to sit there and pretend to move his mouth so that Kudo Shinichi could speak, otherwise it would have been a great test of his facial muscle control.

He didn't know whether Tang Ze was embarrassed or not, but his toes were really tired and he almost dug through the soles of his shoes.

I just sat there, calmly pretending to be my own enemy, and said to the detective in a serious manner, "I am Tang Ze's monitor, but also his protector." This kind of thing, Tang Ze, you have the nerve to say it, I am embarrassed to listen!

You guys from the Phantom Thieves of Hearts are really good at playing around...

"You have to admit that most of what you said is true." Tang Ze spread his hands and made an innocent expression. Maybe it was because of the wise suit that made him look particularly annoying.

His parents' research was taken away by the organization, right?
Isn't it true that Kumail maintains his daily balance by submitting this research?
The Phantom Thieves of Hearts cannot show up in front of the organization unless they are sure of a fight. Isn't that the truth? Look at the dead bodies in our room. Who can show them?
We must work hard to gather the strength of all parties, dig out the old coins of the organization first, cut off their retreat, and then we can eradicate the organization step by step. What's the problem?
How reasonable and correct it is. If you don’t believe it, just ask Vermouth to judge for you. Ask her if what I said makes sense!

"I'm such an honest person..." Tang Ze couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief when he thought of the logic he had prepared for the coops whose vision was blurred by the onion skins.

(End of this chapter)