The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

"Well, the word 'formed' is not quite accurate. When I first started using this name, I was actually the only one in this so-called group."

Ignoring Toru Amuro who was coughing due to choking, Tang Ze picked up the teacup and rarely explained his own mental journey.

Although there are indeed many ideas behind using the name of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, when the case of Maruden Jiro occurred, he chose to directly use the Phantom Thieves to announce the existence of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts. In addition to considerations based on the original setting, there are also many plans of Karasawa himself.

He never explained this part to anyone else.

"This is partly due to the need for cognitive science. I think you have guessed it. The more people recognize and know about the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, the greater the role we can play. It is inevitable that the Phantom Thieves will exist. However, at that time, the only information I knew was that my case was related to the organization. My identity was very dangerous and I could be hunted down by the organization at any time. In order to avoid this passive possibility, I was prepared to abandon my identity."

The light-hearted words "abandoning one's identity" made Toru Amuro's eyebrows twitch.

The first thing he thought of was the gang that Tang Ze had basically verified, oh no, the team members.

Almost all of them, including Hoshikawa Teru and Miyano Akemi, and of course, his classmates in the police academy, are dead people who no longer exist in this society.

"Abandon your identity, such as accepting the FBI's witness protection program, or accepting our help at the time and faking your death to get away?" Amuro asked tentatively.

Tang Ze shook his head as he expected. "How is that possible? I know you have no ill intentions, but I know what my parents' research means. I can't let this power fall into the hands of the organization, but can I accept it falling into the hands of other institutions? I'm not such a naive guy."

The power of scientific research represents the progress of mankind. Supporting scientific research is supporting the development of mankind. This statement is generally correct, but when it comes to the practical level, human beings are different from each other. They have different nationalities, backgrounds, complex components and desires.

This cannot be blamed on Tang Ze for being too much of a conspiracy theorist. As an undercover policeman, doubting the whole world is the norm in his job.

"I intend to completely 'die' and exist entirely as a joker in the dark side of the world. The ideal situation is for the enemy to be in the light and for me to be in the dark."

Although his premonition came true, Toru Amuro did not feel relaxed. He just felt that he had frowned for too long today and his forehead was hurting from the frown.

It was not much different from his guess. Tang Ze's weird mental state was not manifested in his daily interactions with others because he focused on the parts that others could not see.

Let him think about it, when did the Phantom Thief of Heart start to act... Did Karasawa come to Tokyo for a week at that time...

As early as that time, Tang Ze had already made the plan to give up everything he had and completely hide in the darkness?

"There are many disadvantages to doing this, but I thought it was the best approach at the time. I could get rid of the organization's entanglement and think about the past from a completely independent perspective." Tang Ze shook his head, thinking back to how he felt alienated from the world at that time. "But after discovering some truths, I realized that my considerations were too naive. Coupled with some other influences, I gave up this plan."

What he said was the truth. The main reason why he never talked about this with anyone else was that, apart from Toru Amuro, who had been in contact with him since he came to Tokyo, it was difficult for others to understand the process of his psychological changes.

The setting of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts was proposed based on Tang Ze's understanding of the cognitive world, and also to test the organization's reaction, to confirm how much they have understood about the so-called cognitive science, and whether they would be alerted by his sudden appearance.

He had no plans to find teammates or have friends. He approached everyone, including Conan and other friends with whom he already had a very good relationship, only with a utilitarian mindset. After all, getting close to the main characters was the most convenient way to understand the main plot and the truth.

What has made everything possible today are the unexpected events that came from these helpers.

"Xingchuan's existence is an accident."

After realizing this identity and finding an opportunity to infiltrate the organization, Tang Ze changed his path and contacted Kidd, trying to become an undercover agent again by disguising himself.

"Shirley, Akai Shuichi, and Sister Mingmei were also accidents."

Suddenly learning that he still had blood relatives alive and dying, Akai Shuichi was in imminent danger. The arrow was on the string and had to be shot, which forced Tang Ze to change his plan of action again and again.

"And, Mr. Amuro, you are also an accident."

The human power and the similarity as if it was fate that Tang Ze felt from Toru Amuro ultimately led him to take a path that his past self would never have chosen.

"Perhaps this is the true meaning of 'fate deviation'."

Tang Ze raised his head and looked into Amuro Toru's eyes, but Amuro Toru, who was being stared at by Tang Ze, had a feeling that Tang Ze was not looking at him.

Tang Ze seemed to be trying to see through his eyes, into something deeper and more distant.

"It's not your fate that has been shifted, but mine." Tang Ze said in a low voice, but very firmly, "You want me to choose the present and the future, Mr. Amuro, but I don't actually need to choose. Your presence already represents the future. I should probably be the one to say thank you."

Are these effects good or bad? Tang Ze cannot assert something that has not happened.

But he knew that if it wasn't so, he might not have saved Miyano Akemi, and she would have really passed away in the moonlight, and he would not have saved and accepted Hoshikawa Teru, and he would have most likely become a silent wronged soul with the death of Tsuchiguchi Shigehiko. The later members were even more so.

If he had not been thrown into this passive environment at the beginning and had not been involved in such troublesome things, according to Tang Ze's usual character, he would not have let down his guard so easily and pinned the success of his plan on others.

So this is what is called "fate deviation". What is really deviating from the track is not the future that has not yet happened to others, but Tang Ze himself.

The one who was changed was always Tangze himself, and the one who was affected was always Tangze himself. What he gave back to the world was nothing more than the power that the world exerted on him.

Right, Leon?

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"Well, I guess some misunderstandings have been resolved." Tang Ze collected his thoughts and picked up a photo. After identifying it for a while, he wrote a name at the bottom and handed it to Zhu Fu Jingguang who was busy sorting out documents. "I explained to him a little about my actions to avoid more misunderstandings. I feel that Mr. Amuro is still too worried."

Kenji Hagiwara couldn't help but cough twice, and looked at each other with his other two friends.

Really, was he describing the Rei Furuya they knew?

Although Furuya Rei does care about his friends and is good at reading people's minds, the things he "worries" about are usually not good things...

"I don't think he's the one who worries too much, but maybe Tang Ze was discovered by the undercover agent for some reason and was unwilling to speak out his true thoughts."

So, when Tang Ze finished sorting out the personnel list with them and stood up to go to the kitchen to find food, Miyano Akemi, who had been busy with work for half a day, suddenly said something.

"I think so too." Matsuda Jinpei rolled his eyes. "I was wondering why Zero suddenly sent me an email, asking about Tang Ze's recent condition and how long it had been since he had seen a psychologist..."

Maybe Tang Ze said something outrageous and scared Furuya Zero.

"You received it too?" Zhu Fu Jingguang raised his eyebrows without surprise, "It seems that Zero scared you a lot."

Because the identities of these three people are too special, not only does the organization have to keep it confidential, but even to the public security side, their apparent identities are also informants who have established a cooperative relationship with Rei Furiha in the organization's work. If it is not necessary, he will not discuss such private issues in a communication method such as email that can easily leave traces.

"It's possible that Zero noticed Tang Ze's special attitude towards drug dealers. I think Tang Ze's state is quite abnormal today." Matsuda Jinpei tilted his head, and nodded slowly while thinking back, confirming his point of view, "It doesn't look much different, but it's a bit too quiet."

"He's been playing with a butterfly knife." Zhu Fujingguang agreed. "He usually uses this action as a habit to strengthen Kumail's identity. But today he was still swinging the knife non-stop while sitting in the car."

"I haven't tried to contact that little detective at all." Miyano Akemi added, "Recently, Karasawa has been very fond of constantly reinforcing the hint that his identity is suspicious."

"He still looks a little tired. Well, he can definitely handle this level of work intensity."

"Anyway, something is very wrong..."

Several people were murmuring to each other for a while, but when Tang Ze walked back to the operations room, everyone seemed to be fine again.

"Will this list be sent directly to the person in charge of Team Zero?" Zhu Fujingguang gestured at the contents that had already been sorted out.

"Let's send it out tomorrow morning and see how efficient Ireland is." Tang Ze casually tapped his phone, "There's no need to put those who can't survive tonight on the priority list."

The pace has almost reached the stage of closing the net. The primary goal now is to capture as many of these people as possible before they scatter like birds and beasts. Sorting out the structural relationships and determining who are the core and senior leaders will be the next step. There is no need to waste police force on dead bodies at this stage.

"How are we going to deal with the police investigation? Noah has already dealt with the surveillance video, but the two of us left behind fake identities that won't stand up to investigation and will be easily exposed." Asai Narimi raised his hand.

"It doesn't matter. Just let them misunderstand that you are sent by other forces. This is the effect I want to create." Tang Ze glanced at Matsuda Jinpei, "It's the same if they misunderstand Adachi Toru's identity."

The "criminal network" that he and Toru Amuro painstakingly created, although the criminal facts were false, the network was real.

It would be more realistic if we appropriately discarded a part of it and pretended that he was beaten by the police. After all, it was the organization that was being acted out and the thugs were injured. What was there for him to be afraid of?

"Um, that," Xingchuan Hui looked around and raised his hand uncertainly, "The variety show invitation has been sent. What should I do with this..."

As soon as this topic with a completely different style was brought up, everyone's attention was focused on Xingchuan Hui.

"Variety show invitation? What variety show?" Tang Ze found it quite interesting. "Inviting Akechi Goro? Didn't I say that this part is entirely up to you? If you want to go, go. If you don't want to go, forget it."

Xingchuan Hui looked back with a look that contained a hint of death.

Really? But he clearly doesn't want to go to any of them...

"It's to invite Akechi Goro, but the situation is a little different. It was mentioned last time in that villa that someone wanted to invite Hakuba and Akechi Goro at the same time to have a detective showdown or something..."

"It sounds like something Nichimi TV would do." Karasawa said pertinently, "Only Akechi Goro and Hakuba Tani were invited? So targeted? They are very brave."

Thanks to Karasawa's diligent idol business performance, and the cooperation with the public security department and Rum's unremitting efforts to improve performance, Goro Akechi's current fame on the Internet cannot be underestimated.

It is hard to say whether the ratings will be good or not for Karasawa with this kind of gimmick that is full of slander, but the TV station will really be severely criticized by Goro Akechi's fans.

"They are probably worried about this, so they organized a, uh, larger detective showdown." Hoshikawa Teru, who was a little stuck, scratched his head and took out his phone to reconfirm the invitation he received. "In addition to Akechi Goro and Hakuba Tan, it seems that several other high school detectives will be invited, such as Hattori Heiji and Kudo Shinichi..."

"Then they are really brave." Tang Ze repeated it, but this time his starting point was different.

It is easy to invite Hattori Heiji. Although Hattori will be persuaded by Kudo Shinichi's reasoning, he is indeed a competitive guy by nature. After all, he is participating in competitive sports, and he will take the bait immediately if you provoke him a little.

But inviting Kudo Shinichi...

If this really happens, someone will be in trouble. Although Gin is a formatted bionic man, other people in the organization are not.

After thinking about the lineup, Tang Ze touched his chin and asked thoughtfully: "Wait a minute, the name of this program is not called 'Detective Koshien' or something like that?"

"Indeed. Have you seen the message?" Hoshikawa Teru nodded after flipping through the invitation email.

"Ahaha, they are really brave..." Tang Ze raised his eyebrows and said meaningfully, "Okay, reply and accept the invitation. You don't have to come this time, I'll go."