Chapter 929: Warmth From Hometown

"Phantom Thief No. 1412, commonly known as Kaito Kid, has committed 134 crimes in total, 15 of which occurred abroad, in the United States, France, Germany and other places, and has traveled to 12 countries. A total of 152 gems have been stolen, with a total value of..."

Mouri Kogoro sat upright and listened to the police sitting here introducing the case, and took notes in a pretentious manner.

While writing, he paid attention to the boy sitting next to him with his peripheral vision.

Akechi Goro, who was still wearing the suit, sat upright like him, with an open notebook at hand. He also looked like he was taking notes seriously, but he looked closely at his pen tip...

"Hey..." Mouri Kogoro's eyebrows jumped and he lowered his voice, "This is not your class, don't be absent-minded here."

The tip of his pen moved quickly, and from time to time it would cross the entire page. That movement was not recording or introducing, but more like drawing.

He saw many kids scribbling in class, and Mouri Kogoro's eyebrows kept jumping.

Even though everyone knew that the Suzuki Group invited him to come, it was not so much that they expected him to make some contribution to guarding the treasure and catching Kaito Kid, but rather that it was to build momentum for this exhibition. A large part of the premium paid to Goro Akechi's commission was included in the advertising fee. It was still a bit...

Tang Ze raised his head, glanced in his direction, and moved his palm without saying a word, revealing what he was drawing.

The complex and layered patterns, coupled with exquisite craftsmanship and design, were exactly the target of Kaito Kid this time, the focus of the whole case, the egg of memories that originally belonged to the Tsar.

The PPT in front happened to play the picture of this collection, and the sketch in his hand was exactly the same as the painting in front.

Although he didn't know what the point of drawing this inexplicably was, Maori Kogoro was still shocked by his little show of skill.

It was also slacking off, but this was technical slacking off, and the nature was incomparable.

After a pause, he asked the question: "Why do you draw this? Kid has many collections that he likes. Although this egg of memories is precious, it is not the focus of the case."

The policeman who just took the microphone to introduce the situation has tried his best to exaggerate the preciousness of this collection, but from the point that the other party did not introduce the value in detail, it is just an insignificant supporting role in the brilliant resume of Kaito Kid.

Tang Ze pointed at his subordinate's painting and explained: "I think it is a little special. Kaito Kid, generally speaking, rarely chooses precious collections other than gems. Although there are precedents of artworks becoming targets, his targets are mostly gems. This egg of memories is not inlaid with expensive gems, but glass."

Considering the time when it was born, it was definitely an advanced and excellent craft at the time, but in modern times when glass has long been popular and played with, it does not seem so dazzling.

"Well, that being said, it's worth a lot." Maori Kogoro glanced at the number marked on the projector in front of him and raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, but since it has been gathering dust in the Suzuki family's warehouse for so many years, it must have a reason until Miss Suzuki Sonoko remembered it again in order to organize the exhibition." Tang Ze said as tactfully as possible.

This egg of memories was once a toy of Suzuki Sonoko when she was a child.

Using a collection worth hundreds of millions of yen as a toy is one aspect, and being thrown to a young daughter is another aspect. In other words, it is not very eye-catching among the dazzling collections of the Suzuki family.

"What you said makes some sense..." Maori Kogoro touched his chin, and when he was about to make a few more comments, Nakamori Ginzo in front of him had already passionately explained his reasoning about Kid's notice letter and temporarily gave the microphone to the person in charge.

"...This time, we will work together with the police in Osaka. In addition, at the request of the Suzuki Group, we will also invite the famous detectives Maori Kogoro and Akechi Goro to participate in the investigation..."

With this introduction, everyone in the conference room followed the direction of the official's finger and fell on Tang Ze and Maori Kogoro accurately.

Mainly the former.

After all, although Maori Kogoro was not familiar with their Investigation Section 2, he was a policeman and a detective who had confronted Kaito Kid. But Akechi Goro, who always appeared on TV and looked more like a star than a detective, could easily arouse the disgust of the police.

As the target, the Suzuki Group, considering their background and position, was one thing to point fingers at them, but it was another thing to find such a young boy who was just here to advertise and create popularity to interfere in the investigation...

Tang Ze met their gazes, smiled calmly and waved his hand, and at the same time felt a little emotional.

It's a pity that the main mission of his Phantom Thieves Group has little to do with money, otherwise everyone here would be the enemy chasing after them.

Thinking about it this way, it's quite interesting. Tang Ze's smile became even brighter.

I don't know if they were disgusted by this business smile, many policemen quickly turned their heads, and Maori Kogoro, who was under a lot of pressure, breathed a sigh of relief.

"The main goal of our mission this time is to protect the treasure and prevent Phantom Thief Kid from getting it, even if we can't catch the criminal..."

Before the person in charge finished speaking, Nakamori Ginzo, who came over, had already grabbed the microphone, pointed forward, and gestured vigorously.

"How can you say such a morale-damaging thing! We will never let him escape!" Nakamori Ginzo waved his hand vigorously, "Treasures and the like are put in second place. Did you hear clearly? Bet on the dignity and honor of being a police officer, and you must bring this thief to justice!"

This time, the police who had been sitting upright with expressionless faces stood up one after another, and responded loudly to his passionate speech.

As one of the only two people still sitting in the audience, Maori Kogoro shrank his neck back.

Although he knew that this matter would definitely be troublesome, seeing such a scene, he once again realized that the matter was more difficult than he thought.

"Very spirited..." Tang Ze smiled softly, and with a flick of his finger, he sent this recording through Noah without any hindrance to Kuroba Kaito.

Of course, the police meeting was not allowed to record the mobile phone casually, but when had Noah ever been afraid of the signal jammer?

"Ah, so, my opponent this time is you?" Kuroba Kaito on the other end of the phone snorted softly, "Interesting..."

"The Suzuki family gave a lot of money, and it's definitely not bad as an appearance fee. Just think of it as cooperating with me." Tang Ze pointed to the front, signaling his teammates to bring their things, and then calmly replied, "Besides, the publicity effect is really good, isn't it?"

"Publicity effect..." Kuroba Kaito grabbed a handful of hair, "Appearance fee, and publicity effect, you guy, are you addicted to playing a star?"

"Just think of it as helping a friend." Tang Ze raised the cup in his hand, "The exhibition supervised by Sonoko himself can't be too boring, right? It's good to liven up the atmosphere. And, it won't hurt you, right?"

The fact that Kaito Kid would target the Egg of Memories has little to do with his main "theft" mission.

He acts as a phantom thief, always wanting to follow his father's footsteps, find out the truth about his father's disappearance, and try to find the purpose of those who caused his father's disappearance from the vast gems.

The Egg of Memory has nothing to do with his goal, which is relatively rare. Kidd learned the touching story behind the collection and planned to rob the rich and help the poor.

... From this perspective, this guy and the Phantom Thieves of Heart are actually quite compatible.

"... You know it again?" Kuroba Kaito's eyebrows jumped, "Sometimes I think you guys are really annoying."

It's not appropriate to call a phantom thief a mystic, but obviously, in Kuroba Kaito's phantom thief aesthetics, coming and going without a trace, like a ghost shuttling in the moonlight, is an important part.

Tang Ze pointed out the truth at the first sight, and the guy who violently broke the situation by opening the box directly after greeting for the second time seemed to exist just to make things difficult for him...

"I'm so sorry, I got away with it again. This is how our Heart Thief is." Tang Ze laughed twice, "I promise, I will have a wonderful fake match when I meet you head-on."

"Ha... Don't talk like I need you to let me win... Your own identity problem is bigger than mine, right?"

"That's mutual... If you think so, there is an insider, if you are hit by Conan head-on again this time, it will be convenient for you to retreat, right? And do you think that if you make such a big noise, Hakuba will really not come to trouble you?"

"You! Threat, this is a naked threat! Hey, Tang Ze, hey, don't pretend not to hear it again--"

After hanging up the phone, Xingchuan Hui, who had been hesitating for a long time, finally found a gap and approached secretly.

He pointed to the computer that was being carried to the RV by his teammates, and said hesitantly: "You said that you would travel with me as my identity, so you must be saying..."

"What's wrong, isn't Goro Akechi your identity?" Tang Ze showed a very artificial expression of surprise, "It's a rare opportunity to travel with the famous predecessor Mr. Maori, you are very happy, right?"

"I'm happy..." Hoshikawa Teru patted his head, at least he swallowed the words that almost blurted out.

He carefully recalled Goro Akechi's past interactions with Conan and others, and really couldn't refute it.

Generally speaking, Tang Ze used Goro Akechi to face them, there were some situations where it was inconvenient to use his own identity. Either the case involved the organization, or there was a rigid demand for some personality settings for Goro Akechi's identity. It was indeed a rare situation to travel together in a serious manner.

"Don't worry, I don't expect you to do anything special this time. Just have fun." Tang Ze patted his shoulder, "Relax."

"...What about Rena Mizuno? Are you just going to ignore it?" Hoshikawa Teru glanced outside, his expression hard to describe.

He suddenly rushed over and gave Rena Mizuno a critical hit, and when the other party was about to make an extreme move due to stress reaction, he turned around and told her his true position, and then before she could digest this huge amount of information, he threw her into the hands of Akai Shuichi and Amuro Toru...

Thinking about her recent experience, he felt a little sympathetic to Rena Mizuno.

"It's not my turn to manage it yet." Tang Ze spread his hands and said pertinently, "With my identity here, if I really participate in their conversation and game, it will make everyone uncomfortable. Let the undercovers solve their conversations by themselves. I will come back after they have talked it out. I am not influential, and I don't want to cause any misunderstandings for them. It would be inappropriate to put too much pressure on the partners." Zhu Fu Jingguang, who was passing by, heard it and his feet almost stuck to the ground.

...What did he just hear? Tang Ze said that he was not influential, and he also said that he didn't want to put pressure on others?

Listen, what nonsense is this?

"It's really strange to hear such lines from your mouth." He couldn't help but complain.

"I'm so sorry, our wild undercovers are like this." Tang Ze's face did not change at all, and he nodded calmly.

This trip to Osaka was to join in the fun of Kaito Kidd on one hand, and to leave space for several forces on the other hand.

Tang Ze's identity is involved with all parties. He is very suitable as a broker, but when they really sit down to talk, he will be an obstacle that has a significant impact on the cooperation plan.

In terms of emotion and reason, no matter who it is, seeing Tang Ze present, they must take Tang Ze's thoughts into consideration and slow down the pace of negotiations. Even when Tang Ze expresses a clear inclination and stands, each of them may also take his opinions into consideration and make appropriate concessions.

It is precisely because he understands the influence of his identity that he wants to take the opportunity to go out for a stroll and let them talk about it first. He just needs to be a listener and executor.

As for the result of their discussion, whether it is to reproduce the explosion duel at Haido Town Hospital or to come up with something bigger and newer, Tang Ze expressed his respect and blessing, and hoped that Gin would be fine.

"Okay..." Xingchuan Hui supported his forehead and sighed, "Just assume that you really think so..."

Forget it, it's up to Tang Ze.

Explaining here and there, it seems that he can oppose Tang Ze's decision.

"Relax, this is an interesting journey." Tang Ze narrowed his eyes, with a subtle light flashing in his eyes.

Watching the excitement of Kuroba Kaito and preventing him from causing too much trouble is one aspect, and Tang Ze is really curious about the situation of a certain fake Chinese.

His name is Pu Siqinglan, born in the Jiangnan water town, but he doesn't look like a Chinese with black hair and black eyes, right? Then I have to give my ethnic minority compatriots some warm warmth from my hometown, right?