The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

Without Gin's further explanation, Tang Ze had already drawn his gun spontaneously, walked around to the other side of Gin, and took the initiative to walk forward.

Gin, who was about to tell them to encircle the enemy, stopped talking, raised his eyebrows with a little satisfaction, and said nothing more, which made Vodka's eyebrows twitch.

This guy Kumail is able to manage his identity very well and his social skills are indeed impeccable.

...which makes it even more apparent that some of his past anthropomorphic behaviors were intentional.

Tang Ze didn't bother to care about Vodka's feelings, he just silently quickened his pace.

He was not doing this to show off his workplace wisdom, he just knew exactly where Conan was.

Even if Gin came, he might not find Conan. It is very likely that, like the original development, he would ignore the cabinet where no adult could hide, allowing Conan to escape. But we always have to be prepared for the worst.

If you can cover your teammates, then do so.

Conan, hiding beside the locker, tried hard to control his breathing and watched the flashlight sweep past him. Even though he had been prepared, his heart still beat faster.

He did call for help, but there was no way his helpers could rush in to help him at this time.

Even if he sent out a distress signal, they could only hint at it indirectly and achieve a little harassment effect.

Conan lowered his body, took a deep breath, and walked to an open locker on the bottom shelf, then tiptoed in.

This locker is so narrow that even a child of seven or eight years old would have to curl up and sit in an awkward position to hide in it.

Conan struggled to adjust his posture, shrinking back as much as possible and sticking to the back wall of the locker. Then he reached out and slowly pulled the chain connecting the locker door backwards.

The cabinet door slowly closed, leaving only a small gap.

Conan sat in it, trying hard to control his movements and not make any sound, waiting in fear.

When Gin saw through the arrangement, he had already sent the agreed signal to the doctor, hoping that the doctor could understand his meaning from his brief signal.

If no evidence is found, it is impossible to catch them on the grounds of discovering illegal transactions. Calling the police at this time is just to attract the police and lure away the people arranged by the organization to facilitate self-rescue.

Now he can only rely on himself and... that gamble.

Several footsteps were circling the cabinet back and forth. Except for Vodka's heavy footsteps which were a little messy, the other two footsteps seemed neither hurried nor slow.

From far to near, accompanied by the occasional sound of cabinet doors opening and closing, the deserted station seemed particularly empty late at night.

Conan held his breath and paid attention to the movements outside. Soon, two of the footsteps turned back and stopped not far from the cabinet where he was hiding. It seemed that they had already circled the area.

"No one's here, brother."

"Same here."

"Brother Gin, could it be that the helpers Itakura Taku found have already left?"

Gin sneered and said nothing more.

Conan, who kept his mouth tightly shut and made no sound, could understand the meaning of his smile.

The station is now tightly surrounded by their personnel, and most of it has not yet been opened. Anyone who can escape from such an environment is definitely not an ordinary person.

But Gin didn't think that Itakura Taku could find someone of this level to help him deal with them.

"No, Gin-senpai."

Another set of footsteps approached.

The footsteps were very light and rhythmic. Just by listening to them, one could imagine the gait that Goro Akechi usually walked.

...This guy's physical skills and marksmanship are completely incompatible with his age. Is this really the result of being trained as a killer?

After confirming Goro Akechi's identity through multiple channels, Conan had already made similar guesses, but it was particularly sad to realize this so clearly at this moment.

"Rather than worrying about whether that person left, we should be more concerned about whether they left behind any eavesdropping or imaging equipment. They seem completely prepared, don't they?"

Along with these words, there was the sound of a cabinet door being opened which was very close to them.

Goro Akechi opened a cabinet just to Conan's right.

"There are so many doors in this place, it's so easy to hide something in the middle."

After saying this, the cabinet door was closed again.

Conan shrank a little deeper into the cabinet and felt that his hearing seemed to be enhanced in the darkness, and the tiny sounds became increasingly amplified in his ears.

The sound of the cabinet hinges turning, the door latches closing, the lock being twisted, and the striker of the lock core being pushed open...

Although he couldn't see the scene outside, Conan could tell from the sounds that Gin and Goro Akechi were constantly opening the cabinets in front of them and checking something.

"I know without you telling me that this is a place where you can't hide."

"So Gin-senpai also thinks what I said makes sense? Are you looking for eavesdropping devices or something?"

"No need to go to all that trouble. Don't you have any testing equipment with you?"

"There are pulse devices that can damage electronic devices, but I don't want to go through so much trouble to buy a new phone."

"Tsk..."

The two men were still talking while checking, but Conan's attention was completely focused on the sound of the lockers opening and closing.

There are 6 rows of cabinets here from top to bottom, and each cabinet has 10 columns.

According to their inspection frequency, it only takes about ten more seconds...

The flashlight light flashed through the gap between the cabinet doors in front of him.

The footsteps stopped outside the cabinet door, and he was only separated from it by a thin layer of iron door that was not completely closed.

"Click."

The sound was very close, coming from the cabinet above his head.

"It seems that the person has indeed escaped."

"Where is this kind of passage here..." Vodka retorted.

"Then I have to ask you. It was you who arranged the encirclement, wasn't it, Vodka-senpai?"

"Vodka, contact them."

Gin seemed to agree with Goro Akechi's words and gave orders directly.

Vodka muttered something vaguely, but soon the sounds of dialing and talking were heard. Obviously, he did not dare to disobey Gin's request.

The call was made, and the monotonous dial tone sounded repeatedly.

However, there was no sign of the call being connected.

The sound of the overhead cabinet being checked stopped, and the attention of the three people seemed to be drawn to the unanswered call.

"Something went wrong?" As Vodka repeatedly dialed the number, Akechi Goro asked cheerfully, "Could it be that the police are already here?"

"Impossible. They're all experts from our operations department. If they were just ordinary policemen... could it be that some special unit has been dispatched, or..."

"Calm down." Gin interrupted Vodka's panicked voice. "No matter how that man escaped, he couldn't have escaped without backup. You're here to arrest people, not to start a conflict. It's normal for people outside to avoid the police."

Even if the police came, it was impossible for them to engage in direct conflict just to find a programmer who refused to deliver on time.

Rather than encountering an accident, it is more likely that someone will leave directly to avoid trouble because someone has arrived.

"So what should we do now? Just leave?" As if deliberately trying to stir up their emotions, Akechi Goro's voice joined in at the right time.

"Click."

The overhead cabinet doors were closed again.

Conan listened to the noise outside the cabinet door and pursed his lips.

If the other party continues to open the cabinet, the next one will be the one he is in.

"Let's leave first and check the situation outside." Gin made a quick decision, "Contact the team to prepare for evacuation."

No matter what the situation was, it was a fact that they had their share of struggles with each other tonight, but neither of them gained anything.

Now, their original goal, that is, the software key handed over by Itakura Taku, has been obtained. The situation is still unclear, and leaving as soon as possible is the best option.

Conan, who was staring at the gap in the cabinet door, soon noticed that the gap was slowly widening.

Someone grabbed the handle of the cabinet door and was opening it...

"But we haven't finished checking this area yet, Senior. Someone took advantage of a loophole..."

As the cabinet door was opened inch by inch, the sound became clearer and clearer.

Conan retracted his feet again, remained calm, and stared at the direction of the cabinet door.

Goro Akechi's smiling face also appeared in front of Conan inch by inch.

"...But, it's not very good."

There is no escape, no avoidance.

At this time, Conan did not make any movement, but his expression became completely calm.

Outside the cabinet door, Goro Akechi was half-crouching in front of the cabinet, his eyes glowing faintly in the darkness.

His eyes completely met Conan's rapidly blinking eyes behind the glasses.

"Who knows, someone might be watching us?" Looking directly into Conan's eyes, Tang Ze curled the corners of his mouth, his voice flat.

He stretched out his hand towards the cabinet, and his palm wrapped in a black glove reached into the cabinet.

Under Conan's gaze, he pressed on the top of the cabinet.

Gin quickly glanced in his direction.

Just like he had just checked every cabinet, Akechi Goro was reaching out and touching the walls of the cabinet, as if to check if there was any small device like a transmitter.

Gin didn't feel anything about it.

Many people in the task force may not be skilled in this job, but as a detective who has been involved in too many similar things and works with Bourbon, the intelligence worker who is keen on eavesdropping, all day long, Kumail is really very skilled.

So Gin made his decision just as quickly.

"I leave this to you, Kumail. Don't miss any clues. If you can discover the identity of that person, tell me immediately."

Hearing this name, Conan blinked twice quickly and stared at Goro Akechi again, who had clearly seen him but was still pretending to check the empty cabinets.

Yes, he was gambling.

Or to put it more exaggeratedly, he was forcing the other party.

When this happens, when Conan is about to be exposed to the organization's sight, what will Goro Akechi choose?

In fact, the other party has already answered the question once with actual actions.

In order to protect their current lives, to protect too many deadly secrets, and for each other's safety, even if someone is as dangerous as Goro Akechi or Kumail, Conan will not be exposed.

If he didn't want to save him, if he wanted to give up on him, then Goro Akechi would have had no need to hide his existence at the Toudou Tower.

At that time, Ireland was about to die, and Conan, who knew that there was a problem with his identity, was standing by.

Without doing anything, Goro Akechi can naturally expose Conan to Gin.

But Goro Akechi didn't.

The other party chose to stand up, take the blame for Ireland's death, and erase Conan's existence from the entire situation.

Until the very end, neither the police nor the organization realized that there was a third person on the top of the tower on that dangerous night.

So Conan knew that even if Gin was just one step away, as long as the situation was not hopeless, Akechi Goro would definitely try his best to hide his existence and would not let Gin discover that it was such a child who threatened the organization's information security.

What Conan is really betting on is not whether the other party will help him, but...

Tang Ze looked at Conan's expression without wavering, and the smile on his lips did not change.

Rather than considering whether Goro Akechi will save him, Conan is more focused on finding flaws in his identity.

As Goro Akechi, he has a glamorous identity and receives so much praise and admiration from people.

Even if he eliminated Yotsui Reika in front of so many witnesses, a top detective like Conan could not find any fault in him.

Goro Akechi is a tough opponent, not because of his identity, but because there is no one who can confirm his identity and find evidence of his guilt.

In other words, Conan must have realized that Kumail is Goro Akechi and Goro Akechi is Kumail.

There are very few people who fit this identity. If he doesn't suspect Goro Akechi, who else can he suspect?

But Conan has no evidence, and he is unlikely to admit it voluntarily. He cannot break this window paper, and some issues will never have a chance to move forward.

Conan was forcing him to admit that he was Kumail.

How could Tang Ze not know what Conan was doing?

But, as I said before, he, Tang Ze, has never been afraid of this.

Tang Ze lowered his eyes and stared at Conan's face, as if he saw nothing, and stretched out his hand...

...A little bit of offset print left by the person who installed the cabinet was torn off from the inner wall of the cabinet on the side of Conan's face.

"Yes." Tang Ze responded in a very calm voice, "I know what to do. Leave it to me, Gin-senpai. I will take care of this, don't worry."

"Yeah. Vodka, go up and take a look."

"Yes……"

"Don't waste time. Leave this matter to Kumail. Even if the police come, he will be able to deal with it. But you, be careful. Lately, people have been asking about the organization. If it happens again..."

"Yes, yes, big brother..."