The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

"Good morning Tang Ze!"

"Morning, how was your vacation?"

"What else can I do? It's just the same as always..."

Hoshikawa Teru, who looked a little depressed, smiled lazily at Suzuki Sonoko, then skillfully entered a state of idleness, followed behind the two girls, and slowly walked towards Teitan High School.

Tang Ze watched the seemingly daydreaming substitute player walk away, and not very sympathetically wished him a good sleep at school today. Then he lowered his head, shook the newspaper in his hand, and with the coffee at hand, sorted out what he needed to do today.

The finishing touches over there can basically be handed over to Ireland and the Phantom Thieves, and since he has decided to participate in the variety show himself, Tang Ze feels that he can almost take charge of it himself.

This variety show called "Detective Koshien" was probably a fictional program created by someone in order to fulfill his or her own revenge. It used the name of Nichiuri TV and invited several high school detectives to go to an uninhabited island to participate in the so-called challenge.

But now that Tang Ze is here, things have changed a little.

Putting aside other things, the very least, is that such a variety show really exists now.

"Kil? You said you know Kiel's true identity?" After wiping his hands, Toru Amuro sat down opposite Tang Ze with a slightly strange expression.

For some reason, he always felt that this scene had happened at some point before, and had a vague anticipation of the news he might hear next.

Tang Ze is such a thoughtful person, so the intelligence he is willing to share is either difficult enough to force him to seek help from his peers, or he has already screened it and feels that it will not be a big deal to release it.

The last time Tang Ze took the initiative to talk to him about the code member was Curacao, so this time he mentioned Kiel, could it be...

"It's just some gossip, but it's probably Kiel himself." Tang Ze thought for a moment and said in a euphemistic way, "You know, before Pisco died, we did try to contact him."

Hearing what Tang Ze wanted to say, Amuro Toru raised his eyebrows.

Judging from the fact that Tang Ze was able to understand his life history clearly not long after arriving in Tokyo, once this group of heart thieves found a breakthrough, stealing information, changing minds, confusing enemies, etc. were almost a matter of course.

Unlike the younger generation like him who joined the organization a few years later, Pisco is a veteran of the organization...

"So, this is why you said you hope to have more contact with Nichiren TV? Is Kiel related to Nichiren TV?" Toru Amuro guessed tentatively.

Although Karasawa often shows off in front of various cameras as Goro Akechi, Toru Amuro can see that he has little interest in facing the camera. He is so active in accepting interviews and participating in programs mainly to construct the identities of Goro Akechi and Kumail, and to create the illusion that Kumail is busy with his own social identity while handling the organization's business, and is never on the job every day.

If he was really interested in this industry, he should have reported to Kisaragi Minemizu diligently and at a fixed time, just like he did when he played Kitagawa Yusuke, instead of pushing such tasks to Hoshikawa Teru, whose acting skills still need to be improved.

...Come to think of it, why does it feel like Xingchuan Hui is always in charge of tasks that Tang Ze doesn't want to touch? He's a professional garbage collector.

"She has some connection with Nichimi TV. I can give you a lowdown," Tang Ze folded the newspaper in his hand in half and cast a knowing look over the edge of his sunglasses, "She is most likely not a member of a serious organization."

Although he had expected this, Toru Amuro was still speechless when he heard it with his own ears: “…”

Zhu Fujingguang, who said he was here to make a connection, was actually curious about other things and was just stopping by to have breakfast: "..."

With his back to the two of them, Zhu Fu Jingguang tried to hold back, but in the end he couldn't help it. He slowly closed the magazine in his hand and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "How many? How many is this? Are they really that outrageous, or is it only the Japanese branch that is so exaggerated?"

Count, count carefully, all the information about the code-named members of the organization that he could now learn about.

Needless to say, he and Zero are old undercover agents, and judging by how hard Tang Ze is working, Zero might become the second-in-command in the future.

Lei, no, he should be called Akai Shuichi, an old undercover agent. According to Tang Ze, if it weren't for his teammate Pig's excessive behavior, he might have dragged a few codename members into the water before defecting.

Ireland is not an undercover agent, but now he is Tang Ze's dog.

Curacao can't be considered an undercover agent, but Tangze has almost pried him into the corner.

Vermouth, forget it, let’s not talk about Vermouth, she’s almost been fooled out of her mind, she can even complete the settings for herself…

How should I put it? After all this, when he heard Tang Ze say this, Zhu Fu Jingguang fully understood what it meant to be speechless and really laugh.

"Well, in the public security's encrypted database, there is actually a list of names that we worked together to investigate." Upon hearing his childhood friend's question, Amuro Toru said tactfully, "It contains some members of the organization from various organizations that we have identified as undercover..."

"It sounds like this list is not short..." Zhu Fujingguang was quite shocked to find that the progress of intelligence work was in this direction after three years.

"Delete it." Tang Ze said succinctly, "Hurry up and delete it. You guys still keep this deadly stuff?"

Amuro Toru looked at Tang Ze helplessly: "After all, we are just the connection party. We must have a place to store and analyze the intelligence we bring back... In fact, the drug formulas you gave me, as well as some content about cognitive science, have also been encrypted with the same treatment..."

"I understand why you do this." Tang Ze waved his hand. "If you can't get any results back, it will be difficult to approve the funding later. I understand. But you can just fool around with this kind of thing. It's better to store it in the organization's database than in the public security database. At least the latter can be easily destroyed by Gin."

As long as it is destroyed, there will be no risk of leakage, right? Anyway, the data is given to the organization, they can't get it, and Gin will blow it up before they get it.

Don't ask, it's just based on experience.

"Anyway, I've already dealt with my data." Tang Ze said bluntly, "Why don't you tell me where the data is stored and I'll clear it out for you."

In case Rum suddenly gets a brain twitch and asks Curacao to steal some weird list...

Yuya Kazami is already very tired from working overtime as a clerk, so it’s better not to let him work hard to use his brain to fight against Curacao.

Amuro Toru rolled his eyes, but did not complain about Tang Ze's illegal operation of acting first and asking for permission later. He just waved his hand and said, "Don't go off topic. We were just talking about Kiel. Where did Kiel come from? Do you have any clues?"

What Tang Ze did was a bit unkind, but if he was honest with himself, he really had no way to refute it.

After getting the list of culprits snatched back from Ireland, I have to admit that Toru Amuro has been very impatient in cleaning up the problems within the Public Security Bureau recently, and at this time he really can't say dry and empty words like "The Public Security Bureau is also trustworthy."

At a time when Jing’s past affairs have not been completely resolved, the correct approach is to maintain a distrustful attitude.

"Her situation may be a little special."

Karasawa, maintaining the appearance of Goro Akechi, performed a very standard detective thinking gesture and put his black glove against his chin.

"For some reason, things went a little differently than I had expected. It's difficult to convince Kiel that our positions and organizations are different. She's on high alert right now, so I'll try to contact her first."

According to the normal rhythm of plot development, Rena Mizunashi should have been involved in the case and fell into a coma, thus becoming the eye of another storm. However, due to some butterfly effect, Conan and her intersection was very brief. Now she has no idea that her connection with the organization has been discovered. Conan is still in the stage of constantly trying to investigate her identity. Everything is in a delicate balance.

Tang Ze, who had either sent away or fooled every member of the organization he had come into contact with, was watching from the side and was somewhat itching to do something more.

"'She'? Is Gil a woman?" Amuro Toru thought for a few seconds and nodded, "Okay, if you are confident, then go ahead and give it a try. But you have to be prepared that the other party has already noticed your identity and is full of vigilance."

Kumail's identity is a secret, but the main confidentiality is the key point that "Kumel is now living in the place of Tang Ze Akira", which is the most fatal part of his identity for the organization. Then there is the question that "Kumel's real name is Tsukumi Hayato, and he is one of the best survivors of the organization's human experiments."

On the contrary, the superficial fact that he is Goro Akechi is actually known to many code members due to Kumail's activeness.

There's nothing we can do, Tang Ze's way of playing is too cheating.

He plays multiple roles by himself and has set up the Phantom Thieves as his logistics, constantly improving his versatility. It is impossible for a normal person to think of his identity in other ways. Goro Akechi's schedule alone is busy enough.

Tang Ze has put a lot of effort into this identity. When it is inconvenient for him to be active, he lets Xingchuan Hui go out and wander around. When the organization needs his ability as a killer, many targets will be intercepted by the Zero Group and disguised as another one. Now, his team even has a genuine former code member like Zhu Fu Jingguang, so it is no problem for him to act as a substitute or a sniper for a while.

The effect of feedback to the organization is that this guy plays the role of Tang Zezhao, goes to school and comes home on time every day, and then has to manage his detective career, come and go to show his face for others, and maybe he has to perform in variety shows at night, and who knows who has to kill someone late at night...

A normal person would be exhausted to maintain this schedule. The organization would trust his identity, so we can't blame the organization for being stupid.

Kumail seems to be almost becoming a dedicated pioneer. It is not clear whether the organization believes Amuro Toru, but Gin probably really believes it. The frequency of arresting Tang Ze is so low that it can be ignored.

...Of course, it is also possible that Tang Ze appears on TV too frequently, to the point of being annoying, and Gin just doesn't want to see him.

"Don't worry, the reasons this time are absolutely sufficient." Tang Ze snapped his fingers, "I will remember to call a few more detectives to divert attention."

So, when Conan came back from school after a day of tiring classes and ran into Karasawa who was also coming back from school, he unexpectedly ran into Goro Akechi who was leaving, and then heard such a strange invitation.

"Huh? A variety show that invites detectives to compete? How can there be such a boring idea?" Conan rolled his eyes, looking disdainful. "Is solving a case a skill that can be demonstrated in front of the camera? Only a guy like Akechi would like this kind of occasion."

Although variety shows can indeed showcase a detective's personal abilities, such as designing some reasoning games, or testing IQ and criminal investigation skills, if he really has to choose, he will choose to kill his brain cells in a real case.

The value of a detective has nothing to do with social evaluation. Only when a case is solved can the value of a detective be proven. At least, that's what Conan believes.

"The production team not only invited you, but also Hattori, saying that they hope he can represent the high school detectives in the west and show his personal ability and style." Tang Ze kindly reminded, "If you don't go... the person who goes may be replaced by Akechi."

In the past, Kudo Shinichi was a famous detective in Tokyo, but with his disappearance, although many people still remember him, the camera has forgotten him.

The media lens that chases hot topics is the coldest. Even though Kudo Shinichi assisted in solving various cases in the past and did make an indelible contribution to improving Tokyo’s public security, who made him disappear?

If it is not limited to the age range of high school students, then there might be a chance to include Kogoro Mori. But if a qualifier is added, it is hard to say who will become the representative of the Eastern Detective.

"It may not be him. Haven't there been other detectives with similar personalities recently?" Conan curled his lips, still not wanting to get involved. "Hakuba's appearance and resume are also excellent."

"Indeed. So they added a small step to the original plan." Tang Ze reminded warmly, "That is, before the detectives from all sides compete to find the strongest one, they first determine who will be the representative of the Eastern Detectives."

"...Huh?" Conan's brows twitched when he sensed something was going on.

This topic is very different from the high school detective showdown. If they just invited another person to be the so-called famous detective of the East, it wouldn't matter whether he went or not. But if they added a budget competition...

"If you don't go, you will be represented by Mingzhi." Tang Ze firmly added fuel to the fire in a gentle tone.