Chapter 714 Mouri Kogoro: Am I looking for the Phantom Thief of Heart? Real or fake!
"Mr. Detective Mouri, do you have time now?"
Mouri Kogoro, who was in the mood for eating and was discussing the taste of the dish with Dr. Agasa with a piece of duck meat, replied. Looking over, I saw Tokiwa Mio's secretary Sawaguchi Chinami. She put away the expression on her face and became solemn: "Do you have anything to do with me?"
"Chairman, she seems to have something to ask. You." Sawaguchi Chinami reached out and gestured to the conference hall and bar in the smaller room on the other side of the venue.
For tonight’s event, Mio Tokiwa prepared a lot of things, so this small conference hall was temporarily used as a backstage lounge. Now, the only person there was the organizer Mio Tokiwa, who had temporarily disappeared.
"If it's the commission mentioned before, I think my rejection is already clear." Kogoro Mori put down his plate and frowned, "There are so many detectives in Tokyo, I don't think Sister Tokiwa is there enough to find me." "
It's not that he doesn't understand Mio Tokiwa's current mood, but as far as the results of his investigation are concerned, he can only express his helplessness.
"No, the chairman said, it's about tonight's banquet." Secretary Zeguchi shook his head quickly, "She said the situation was urgent and she couldn't find anyone else to discuss it. She didn't consider the previous matter. Zhou, but please be sure to listen to her request.”
Now that she has said it, if she asks her in such a low voice, if she refuses again, it means that she will completely fall out.
Mouri Kogoro had no choice but to put down his plate and straighten his appearance: "...Okay, I'll go with you."
"There's something wrong with Mio Tokiwa..." Dr. Agasa said vaguely while chewing the pieces of meat in his mouth, looking at Mouri Kogoro's back.
"The Phantom Thieves of the Heart may take action at any time, so she should be uneasy." Haibara Ai walked over from the other side of the dining table and replied softly, "The missing engineer is inseparable from the organization. I don’t really believe that the person in charge of her group really knows anything about it.”
The most suspicious thing about the short period of contact with Yuan Jiaming is that. It is said to be a technology developed in cooperation with Joban Group and other technical organizations.
The instrument that can intuitively calculate the changes in a person's future appearance is almost as if it was created specifically to find survivors who took APTX.
If the developer Jiaming Hara is not clean, it is even more unclear whether the Tokiwa Group, which invested in R&D and even production, will also be involved.
"I feel the same way." Conan, who noticed Mouri Kogoro's movements and came over, pushed up his glasses, "Rather than saying that Hara Jiaming colluded with the organization, it is more likely that the Joban Group colluded with the organization, and Hara Jiaming only realized it halfway. This is an attempt to leak or expose, so it has become the target of the organization."
"Do you think he is innocent?" Haihara Ai raised his eyebrows, "Maybe he has been exposed to Gin."
"I dare not say for sure, but looking at Mio Tokiwa's current state, he may not be involved that deeply." Conan said this and curled his lips, "And maybe the truth is, Jiami Hara I didn’t realize anything was wrong before, but after meeting Gin himself, I immediately realized that something was wrong with my collaborator.”
Should I say it, Gin exudes something very bad from the inside out. With his temperament, even if he didn't deliberately exert pressure, it would be easy to think that this guy might be someone from the Taoist community, or some kind of Sicilian gangster.
Yuan Jiaming is a pure and crispy programmer. He can maintain emotional stability after meeting Gin once. He is already mentally strong.
Haihara Ai imagined the scene, laughed out loud, and then shook his head: "It would be great if I had the opportunity to tell Gin what you said."
Still trying Conan, who found clues during his observation, couldn't help but turn his head and look up and down at Haibara Ai, who had a relaxed and natural expression: "Is it my imagination? I always feel that after that time at the dock, you are less and less afraid of mentioning those people. ”
Haihara Ai, who just arrived at the doctor’s house, is not like this.
Even if she later met Karasawa and had new friends and care, she was not bold enough to dare to question the power of the organization head-on. She still had doubts about whether Conan, Karasawa and others could resist the organization.
It should be said that the pessimism in Hui Yuan Ai is highly related to her life experience. Even though she has become smaller and unexpectedly has an unprecedentedly fulfilling and safe life, this faint sadness and uneasiness still exist. Always wrapped around her.
However, since when did Haiyuan Ai's mentality gradually change, and when he suddenly came back to his senses, it became even more strange?
"Maybe." Tucking her hanging hair behind her ears, Haiyuan Ai rolled her eyes, "Maybe I just suddenly discovered... whether it's you, me, or Tang Ze, Even gin and the others..."
She put her hands in her pockets, and the trace compounds she extracted were now placed in a small plastic bag and attached to her trouser pocket.
When the blood sample belonging to Belmode fell into her hands, the blood collection tube that Kudo held in her hand and heated made her unable to help but feel that the blood inside was still warm, as if she had just returned from the blood collection tube. Illusions flowing from the human body.
"Weak or strong, failure or success, we are still human beings. If the skin is cut, red blood will still flow out. There is nothing to be afraid of."
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“Hey——”
“Huh? Big brother?” Vodka, who was constantly observing the scene with a high-power telescope, heard a strange noise behind him and turned his head hurriedly.
Gin held an unlit cigarette in his mouth, looked down at the metal lighter that slipped from his hand, and frowned.
Seeing this, Vodka breathed a sigh of relief.
I thought something was wrong. It was because my hand slipped when I was lighting a cigarette. My elder brother's expression made it look like something was wrong.
Maybe I have been a topkiller who has been pursuing perfection for a long time, and the eldest brother may have a little baggage in front of his subordinates.
Vodka did not dare to express his inner thoughts. He just pretended to turn a blind eye and stepped over the lighter that fell into the dust. He used his own lighter to light a cigarette for Gin.
Gin said nothing and accepted Vodka's habitual flattery, but his eyes still stayed on the lighter.
It wasn't a matter of whether the cigarette was lit or not, or even a matter of slippery hands, but looking at the ugly silver lighter covered with dust, a subtle sense of loss of control made him particularly irritated.
So Gin directly picked up the prepared sniper from the box and installed the accessories with a solemn expression.
"Brother, didn't you say you want to wait and see the situation?" Vodka watched Gin walk towards the prepared sniper position and asked quickly, "What changes have been made to the plan?"
"Use The same applies to looking at the sight." Smoke flowed from the corner of his mouth, and Gin searched the windows of the Twin Towers one by one. Senhan's anger came from his words, "There is nothing to hesitate. Just kill.”
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“Save me, senior, I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die——”
"Mio-senpai, calm down..."
"I'm calm, I'm not talking about anything emotional right now!" Mio Tokiwa widened his bloodshot eyes, and first said angrily Staring at the overwhelmed Mouri Kogoro, within a few seconds, his expression turned to an obvious pleading, "Help me... You are so deeply bound to those members of the Phantom Thieves, you will definitely be able to contact them. "Yes, right?"
"How is it possible..." Mouri Kogoro was helpless and speechless, understanding that Tokiwa Mio was in a hurry and sought medical treatment.
I couldn’t find a reconciliation with the Phantom Thief, so I found the detective’s door all the way. As long as Mio Tokiwa’s mental state was still normal, he should know that even if he really knew the Phantom Thief of the Heart, he would never be able to reconcile with him at this time. Outsiders speak frankly about this.
What's more, he really doesn't know him.
Naturally, Mio Tokiwa, who was in despair, could not accept his rejection.
"No, this is impossible! I have studied their related reports. Every time, and I mean every time, when the case is related to you, the timing of the Phantom Thieves' actions will become very coincidental. , It’s like you are cooperating!”
She raised her hand, wanting to grab her hair to express her collapse, but when she saw herself in the makeup mirror, who was dressing up and getting ready to go on stage, she just couldn’t. Can put down the palm.
She is not herself now, or in other words, since she started acting as the heir of the Joban Group, she has never represented herself, and she is not qualified to vent her emotions at this time.
"Any caring person will confirm that you must be connected with the Phantom Thieves of the Heart. In some cases, they will even consider your role in the case and will not publicly announce what they have done..."
"What you said is too exaggerated." Mouri Kogoro quickly passed through several suspicious candidates in front of his eyes, and then sighed, "It just happens. Many things are just coincidence. I still don't understand the reason why they chose me. I don’t even know how many of them there are, why they would do this.”
This seems to be a shirk, but Mouri Kogoro couldn’t give any other reasonable explanation for a while.
There are so many things in this world that are just coincidences. For example, my daughter can easily win the first prize in any lottery. For example, when I go out, I always encounter strange cases...
If you want him to find a logic for everything, then he should not be a detective, but a sociologist or a philosopher.
After all, there is always a problem between him and the world. He can't be the one with the problem, right?
"Including how they take care of your mood, when the target is your old classmate, they show you their 'committing process' specifically?! You are the current target of the Phantom Thieves!" Tokiwa Mio even broke her voice in the second half of her sentence.
When she got to know these people out of fear because of the threat from the Phantom Thieves, she was extremely devastated to discover that the disaster in front of her might have been caused by herself.
Why did she suddenly think of a college senior she had not contacted for more than ten years and whom she had no contact with, and asked him to be a detective? !
"I'm begging you, senior, it can't be tonight, it definitely can't be tonight..." Mio Tokiwa adjusted her breathing and resumed her low profile, "Tonight is a big deal for me. It means a lot, even to those people. I will die. If I am changed by the Phantom Thieves in public and tell secrets that I shouldn’t tell, I will die!”
Mouri Kogoro let her hold his arm, and he probably understood what she was breaking down about.
In short, she has some immoral private activities that involve very big things. Once the Phantom Thieves let her speak out in public tonight, her life may be directly endangered.
Mouri Kogoro frowned tightly.
Sad for his misfortune, angry for his inability to fight. Those who seek skin from tigers often don’t wake up from the huge benefits until they are about to die in the tiger’s mouth.
What's the use of regretting it now.
However, facing Mio Tokiwa who was almost hysterical, Kogoro Mouri looked into her eyes and could only try to calm the atmosphere: "Okay, I know what you mean. I will try my best."
Mio Tokiwa He looks like he won't let anyone leave unless he agrees, so for now, he can only fool him.
Seeing that he was relieved, Mio Tokiwa let out a big breath, as if he had found a life-saving straw, and fell back to the sofa without any strength.
She was in a panic and suffered for several days in fear and panic. The disappearance of Yuan Jiaming and the returned invitations were like reminders, reminding her of her fate every moment. Not long ago.
No matter what Mouri Kogoro said now was true or false, she could only choose to believe him, because if she didn't, she would have the only path to complete collapse.
"Chairman, it's time to take the stage..." Chinami Sawaguchi, who was standing in the direction of the door, heard the prompt in her earphones, approached cautiously, and reminded Mio Tokiwa.
"I understand. Give me five minutes." Mio Tokiwa took a deep breath, quickly pulled out a bottle of eye drops from the table, and dropped it into his scarlet eyes.
The bloodshot eyes that covered the whites of her eyes disappeared quickly and almost at a speed that was visible to the naked eye, making Kogoro Mouri frown.
Anyone who knows a little bit about cosmeceutical tricks can guess what she is doing. She is directly using eye drops with epinephrine added to force the blood vessels to constrict and quickly recover.
No matter what she is doing, it is natural for her to be where she is now with her character and fierceness.
"I'll take my leave first." Mouri Kogoro seized the opportunity and got away quickly.
"What I just mentioned..."
"I'll give it a try. I can't promise you anything. After all, you know, my words don't count for this kind of thing. "
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"As you know, my words don't count for this kind of thing." Toru Amuro shook his head and looked towards the pale ceiling light of the safe passage. The man in front of him smiled apologetically.
His manners are very decent. The dedicated working emperor has lived up to the waiter uniform he is wearing at this time from beginning to end. His attitude is polite and his words are gentle and respectful.
However, this gesture in the eyes of the man opposite made him even more frightened.
"No, please don't! Things can still turn around. Nothing has happened yet?! The Phantom Thieves and the Phantom Thieves may only be targeting that bitch Tokiwa Mio..."
"Belittling your collaborators at this time will only make you more despicable, Mr. Oki." Toru Amuro shook his head with regret, interrupting the man's indiscriminate attack, "I also said, What I say doesn’t count. What you say next will determine your fate tonight.”
“What else do you want me to say? I’ve told you everything I can! Haven't you already arrested the person named Hara Jiaki?" Oki Iwasatsu scratched the few hairs on his head, and his attitude was even more hysterical than Mio Tokiwa's.
Toru Amuro still smiled, and his face even revealed a subtle compassion that was moved by empathy: "Because of this, I gave you a little room for communication. If it were anyone else, you should have said that when you entered the door. He fell to the ground. "
"I, I..." Damu Yansong's facial features were distorted, and he was hysterical for a moment, and finally lowered his hands as if giving up.
I drank the poisonous wine with great pride. Now it is too late to blame it for being poisonous.
"I hope that after today, you can stop monitoring my home..."
"Then it depends on your sincerity, Mr. Omu. Let's talk about your cooperation with us. Among them, are there any technical talents like Mr. Yuan Jiaming? You actually didn’t recommend him to us until he wanted to leave because he didn’t understand the actual cooperation. The people above were very dissatisfied..."
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Five minutes later, the dull-eyed Oki Iwamatsu walked out of the stairwell with a blank look in his eyes, as if his body had been washed by sweat. Only then did Amuro Toru put away his bourbon pretense, no. He clicked his tongue happily.
"Isn't he very cooperative? He honestly vomited so much information. You have deceived so much information, and you are not happy, Mr. Amuro."
Wearing Karasawa, who was wearing wooden clogs, came up from the stairs below and teased Toru Amuro, who looked unhappy.
Of course he sneaked in as Bourbon, and he was indeed performing Bourbon's mission, but Bourbon's mission did not include the so-called investigation partners at all, but to blow them up into the sky together. .
This high-profile PUA was prepared by Toru Amuro, about the waste utilization of the targets of the Phantom Thieves.
If they are converted by the Phantom Thieves and do not survive, then they have been poisoned by the organization. If they survive, they will naturally fall into the hands of the police, and in case, they are not among the targets of reform. , after the fraud came out, it entered the previous if loop...
Everything you cheat now is in vain, and you can deceive everyone. Toru Amuro, who came to the scene tonight, is mainly talking about a person with a lot of money. There are no jujubes to hit three poles, the more work you do, the more you will get.
Tang Ze didn’t expect that he even got angry after having sex for free.
"The more he knows, the more bad I feel." Toru Amuro was not complacent about the information gathered in front of him, but was actually very angry, "Such a congressman with no personal ability has caused so many Destruction, the organization is so easy to do, and a lot of them can be copied easily.”
Find a politician who has rich network resources, is greedy enough, and is full of human weaknesses, lure him with generous rewards before he has fully gained power, and then use the resources of the organization to push him higher...
They have similar odors and complement each other. In just a few years, the organization has concocted countless worms like Damu Yansong that are deeply embedded in the system, and easily controls the political arena.
"Isn't this something that has been foreseen a long time ago? If resources fall into the hands of bastards, the world will become like this." Taking advantage of his current height advantage, Karasawa patted Toru Amuro on the shoulder. .
Only when he was Kitagawa Yusuke, his height was so outstanding.
Then Toru Amuro shook him down with a hint of disgust.
"Stop watching the fun here. Come here, isn't Mr. Kisaragi looking for you?" Toru Amuro looked sideways at Tang Ze.
Of course he knew about the problem of Kitagawa Yusuke's false identity. He even said that he, a public security officer, had done it for others by pinching his nose without telling others.
It can only be said that Tang Ze can do such a thing as being able to dominate the art world by being silent and suddenly assuming such an identity. All he needs is to have all the documents required.
"He has no time to care about me now. He is an addict and is hiding in his room drawing with a pen." Tang Ze shrugged.
Their artists are like this, how could I understand it?
(End of this chapter)