Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 800 Ireland: Cold Hatred

"Hiss, what is that..." Ireland, who was walking cautiously in the corridor of Teitan High School at night with a flashlight, felt a chill on his neck. He looked around vigilantly for a moment, but didn't find anything. He withdrew his suspicious gaze towards the window and headed towards his destination again.

After working in the task force for three days, Ireland seemed to be walking on a planned path, but still walked into the dark night leading to the truth.

He began to doubt the identities of Kogoro Mori and Conan Edogawa.

This time, it was not that Kogoro Mori had any outrageous and unimaginable reasoning that aroused suspicion, but that Ireland simply developed a cold hatred towards Kogoro Mori.

There is no other reason, it’s just that it’s hard not to be miserable with colleagues who are so introverted.

How did Kogoro Maori perform? In fact, he did quite well.

Looks good like an old detective.

The reason why Kogoro Mouri and Toru Adachi were invited to join this task force is that the two have many years of background as criminal police, which is an important factor that cannot be ignored.

According to the information he had heard from various sources, Kogoro Mori was, in general, a middle-aged man who was decadent and not very active in life. He even had many bad habits and was greedy and lustful.

According to Ireland's assumptions, he thought he would see a detective who spoke without restraint, behaved in an unconventional and undisciplined manner, had sharp words, and had a smart and world-weary temperament.

——It’s okay not to be smart, but the first few items will always be similar.

Who would have thought that what he saw was a man who, though sleepy and not used to the daily routine, was more active than anyone else in following up on the case step by step, applying for investigation permits everywhere, contacting police officers in various places, actively compiling intelligence, and participating in the compilation and compilation of the notes of relevant personnel...

Overall, Kogoro Mouri is just like every diligent police officer of the First Investigation Division. He works in the attitude of solving cases which is what police officers are best at. There is no flash of wisdom, but his whole body is full of the air of working overtime.

The kind of curling that made this fake Irish policeman feel so miserable that he wanted to die.

The entire team is in meetings, investigating, and analyzing the case. As someone who brought money into the team, even if you can't provide sufficiently substantial opinions, at least you can't leave work earlier than others, right?
If it were just this, he could still barely sustain the intensity of the work and just play the role of a criminal policeman. With his ability to learn and imitate, he integrated into the role at a very fast speed and could already pretend that he really had experience as a police officer.

But the problem is, there is also Conan Edogawa who is smart beyond imagination.

Ireland had expected that there was something fishy about this kid. When he was following Kumail, he noticed this naughty kid who accidentally lived upstairs from Kumail.

The first thing he suspected was not whether it was Shinichi Kudo or not, but things related to Tang Ze Zhao.

What a coincidence, the timing is really too coincidental. Carefully tracing the experiences of Kogoro Mouri in recent months, Ireland discovered with his sharp eyes that Conan Edogawa and Akira Karasawa appeared on the Beika-cho commercial street on the same day. During the hard years when he was tracking Kumail and Bourbon, this overly showy first-grade kid had attracted Ireland's attention. So after temporarily becoming Toru Adachi, he began to pay attention to the kid's actions.

There was no other intention. He just had a beautiful wish that this child had some secret connection with Tang Zezhao, and then he could discover the existence of the impostor Kumail and become the culprit for Kumail and Bourbon's work.

However, after the actual contact, his questions not only did not decrease, but increased, so much so that he could not help but use his position to investigate the identity files of several people in the police, and then followed the clues to find the high school where Kumail was currently attending.

If his bold guess is true, then this child who seems unremarkable at first glance may very well become the real weapon to destroy all his enemies in one fell swoop.

With such anticipation, Ireland walked through the dark and somewhat eerie corridor in the moonlight and came to the warehouse of Teitan High School. He successfully found the large and small cardboard boxes piled on the shelves by the drama club.

There, all the props used in the drama rehearsal by Class 2-B, Kumail's class, at the last school festival were stored.

If the news revealed by the police about Kudo Shinichi causing a big commotion at the school festival was not false, then among these things...

After searching in the cardboard box for a long time, Ireland, who was dressed in black knight costume, finally found the prop sword and a smug smile on his face.

Then his smug smile froze at the corners of his mouth the next second.

Buried underneath several stacked costumes were a few photos of the drama club rehearsing, as well as group photos taken before and after the school festival. Judging from the angle of the photos, they were most likely taken by the school's news agency or something like that.

Although for some reason the photo was not taken away and used by the photographer, and was instead used as filler in a cardboard box like waste, the content on it is unmistakable.

"Four, four Kudo Shinichi?!"

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"Hmm? Why did you think of calling me? Is there something wrong with Ireland? Um, is there something wrong with you?"

After receiving an unexpected call from Kumail, Vermouth put away the darts in his hand, feeling a little confused.

According to her understanding, Kumail would forcefully ask Ireland to use the identity that he and Bourbon had handled. Ireland must have offended Kumail badly in some way.

Sneaking into the Metropolitan Police Department is not an easy task. In fact, since the incident that needs to be dealt with is actually a mistake made by Ireland, Ireland's situation is actually quite dangerous.

Especially after Ireland arrived in Tokyo after receiving the mission, the first thing he did was not to confirm his mission information and deal with the problems that needed to be solved in time, but to contact Pisco, and even threatened Kumail and made trouble with Bourbon...

Normally, no one would care about these operations.

As members of an organization, it is normal for them to have their own personalities and not be very obedient.

Please, this is a criminal organization with all kinds of people. If they could really enforce the rules and make everyone obey, why would those people join the organization? Wouldn't it be better to join the army?

But Ireland just doesn't do things right.

There was a high probability that he was just unlucky, and his efficiency in finding people lagged behind that of the murderous serial killer. But no one would accept this explanation at this time, and all the previous procrastination and intrigue were mistakes.

At this critical juncture, Kumail handed Bourbon's carefully crafted pawn to Ireland as a suitable topic. One can't expect that this guy with a strong sense of revenge will suddenly show his love for his colleague and help Ireland, right?

When Vermouth received this news, she already had some guesses in her heart, knowing that what she was holding in her hand might be an Irish death warrant.

But she nodded and accepted Kumail's request, and cooperated with him to push Ireland to the center of the stage.

Things have their priorities, and people have their closeness and distance. Kumail, who has the upper hand over each other, is her most solid ally in the organization.

"Look at what you said, as if I was deliberately messing with Ireland." Tang Ze sneered into the microphone, "A new face who can reasonably approach everyone, and Maori Kogoro as a cover, isn't this a perfect identity and introduction? If he can't play it well, it only shows that he is incompetent."

"Yes, yes, I was just making groundless assumptions." Vermouth followed up on his words and asked again, "So, since nothing happened in Ireland, why did you call here?"

"I want to ask, who is responsible for the aftermath of this mission in Ireland. Is it you?" Tang Ze did not keep him in suspense and asked directly. "Yeah, about the same." Belmode smiled and confirmed this statement in a vague tone.

To put it nicely, she is responsible for aftermath; to put it bluntly, she is just the supervisor responsible for monitoring and inspection.

Some of Ireland's actions have angered the Rum faction, and it has come into direct conflict with Kummell. Coupled with his undisguised dissatisfaction with gin, Ireland is now on the brink of danger.

If he makes any mistake during the mission, such as his identity being discovered by the police or revealing information that should not be revealed, the trigger for his death may be sounded at any time.

I have to admit that Ireland's intuition is actually very sharp. Without Pisco's connections as a protection umbrella, his status is actually not far from cannon fodder that can be abandoned at will.

"Would you please abandon him for me, Lady Complice?"

Vermouth on the other end of the phone was slightly stunned.

It was not only because of Kumail's frank statement, which revealed his hostility and murderous intent and directly asked her to betray someone, but also because of the other party's tone.

When he said this, Kumail's voice was even softer than the tone he usually used on TV. The English with a slight accent was very touching, just like...

"Stop learning blindly from Bourbon, Kumail." Vermouth shook her head in disapproval.

The young man on the other end of the phone stopped pretending to be nice and booed: "...You are too unromantic. Forget it, what's your answer?"

"It's not that I can't do this, but, why?" Vermouth raised her eyebrows and asked further.

Tang Ze slightly raised his eyelids.

This woman had obviously already chosen her side, but now she was still testing the waters with some vague words. She was completely trying her best to find a way out for herself.

Being able to use this delicate position to act like an aloof manager in the organization, Vermouth does have a philosophy of survival.

"He suspects your cool guy. How about that reason?" Tang Ze leaned back on the soft bean bag sofa and said lightly.

Vermouth on the other end of the line let out a very noticeable breathing sound.

Tang Ze didn't say anything else, waiting silently for Vermouth's follow-up response.

If they want to attack Ireland, they will not be able to get past Vermouth and Gin, the two persons in charge who are closely following the mission.

As long as Vermouth is given some time, she will naturally come up with a reasonable path in her mind.

After joining the task force, it is not surprising that Ireland would notice the identity problem of Edogawa Conan because of the hostility towards Kumail and the fact that Kogoro Mori is now competing with him. I believe that Vermouth will figure it out soon.

After another moment of silence, Vermouth's hoarse voice came from the other end of the communication.

"As you wish, Mister Complice."

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Hearing the busy tone in his ears, Gin hung up the phone expressionlessly with a very grim look on his face.

It was late at night, and after he finished his work, he finally found time to contact his colleagues. However, they either didn't answer the phone or their lines were busy, as if they had collectively agreed to stand him up.

Especially Kumail and Vermouth...

Thinking about the unorganized and undisciplined makeshift colleagues, Gin's expression was quite cold and hard, so much so that when Ireland finally answered the phone, the voice that came through the airwaves was like ice that could not be melted.

Ireland squinted at his phone.

Although Gin always has this attitude when talking to everyone, he spoke particularly coldly tonight.

Could it be that he was aware of my actions and realized the threat I might pose to him, so he had murderous intentions?

Ireland, who was trying to guess Gin's thoughts, answered in a rather impolite tone.

"Do I need to report to you if I turn off my phone for an hour or two to charge it? It's common to be inconvenient to answer the phone during undercover investigations." Ireland answered confidently.

He was telling the pure truth.

Perhaps due to Toru Adachi's not-so-clean identity and the confrontation caused by the paratroopers, his situation in the investigation team is extremely difficult. The demands to turn off mobile phones and turn on airplane mode during meetings have continued to this day.

He has been targeted so much that he doesn't even think of paying attention to Gin.

This is how you sneak into the police headquarters to do this kind of thing. What, are you not convinced?
If you are not convinced, why don't you do it?
"I hope you really have a good reason." Gin snorted coldly, not buying into Ireland's statement at all. "Have you got any information about the murderer? Don't blame me for not reminding you, you're playing with your own life."

The problem could have been solved by finding the root of the problem in time and silencing a marginal character, but as the serial murders evolved, it became a major case that attracted the attention of the police and society. If this matter was not handled properly, Ireland would naturally be killed by him.

Just like that useless old man in Pisco.

"Of course I know what I'm doing. You should worry more about yourself than me." Ireland retorted rudely, "Are you so confident that there are no problems with the missions and goals you have handled? If I were you, I wouldn't keep saying things like 'People I've killed are not worth remembering' just for show."

Please, if Kudo Shinichi was really not dead, Gin, you, the most famous killer in an organization, would have fallen into the gutter because of an ordinary high school student.

Ridiculous, really ridiculous.

Unless he is told one day that Kumail did not kill Tang Ze Zhao at all, and that the other party escaped and became a hostile force, he cannot think of anything more ridiculous than this mistake.

Thinking of this, Ireland angrily hammered the table, causing the messy papers and horseshoe mirror on the table to tremble.

Damn, where on earth did all these Kudo Shinichi cosplay enthusiasts come from! He was almost blinded by all the fingerprint matching he had been doing all night.

I repeat, he is only here to play a policeman, not to learn how to be a policeman! Damn it, damn it!
(End of this chapter)