The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

"In short, you won't be back in a short time, right?"

"Well, you know. I'm still busy investigating the case."

"Has your case not made much progress yet?"

"No, there has been some progress, so we need to pay more attention..."

Ran Mao Li hooked the phone cord, leaned against the office desk, and curled her lips.

That means the situation has not improved and must continue to be concealed, or even more emphasis must be placed on confidentiality.

This guy Shinichi...

"Well." Mao Lilan glanced at Mao Li Kogoro who was sitting on the sofa, and did not control the volume. "The temperature is still quite low recently, you should take care of yourself."

Conan casually replied: "You are the one. Don't sleep with your belly exposed at night. You will catch a cold."

"What nonsense are you talking about," Mao Lilan's eyes widened. "I even covered myself with a blanket when I slept. You...!"

Weren't we already careful not to sleep in the same room? How did Shinichi find out?

Conan looked at the sky helplessly.

You see them everywhere you look all day long. If someone sleeps so badly the next day that he doesn't dare to eat too much cold food, is it difficult to find out?

"You can't fool the detective. Now, take care of yourself."

Mao Lilan snorted softly, didn't answer, and hung up the phone.

Such a phone call means that Conan will be back soon. This is a communication to explain the next actions and plans before returning home.

"Don't be so sticky." Maori Kogoro, who was drinking a cup of tea in front of the TV, said indifferently, "Do you have a life-and-death relationship with that kid? And you're still saying 'take care of yourself'..."

"Dad! What's wrong with childhood friends caring about each other? Shinichi and I haven't seen each other for a long time!"

"'Childhood friend', right?" Maori Kogoro imitated his daughter's tone in a strange voice.

"It's so noisy!"

The father and daughter were bickering when there was a gentle knock on the office door.

"Um..." Amuro Toru smiled as he stood behind the half-open door and waved at them, "Did I disturb you?"

"No, no. Good afternoon, Mr. Amuro. Are you here to process Karasawa's travel application?" Mouri Ran quickly withdrew her hand that was about to pinch Mouri Kogoro's neck and stood very dignifiedly.

"Yes, I brought the signed documents. Just like last time, with someone as reliable as Mr. Mori accompanying me, the examiner should not object." Toru Amuro walked into the office and handed the stamped documents to Kogoro Mori.

Although Tang Ze's peculiarity has long been an open secret in various ways and from various angles, the shell of a juvenile delinquent still exists in him.

In theory, Tang Ze, a juvenile offender who is serving a protective observation period, only enjoys restricted freedom of residence.

Protective observation is a mechanism similar to probation that occurs to juvenile offenders. In order to spend this period safely, the person concerned cannot leave the area where he lives at will.

If Tang Ze had not been over 16 years old, he would not even be able to leave the guardianship. His freedom now is mainly due to his connections with the public security department.

If he and Amuro Toru still maintained the same mutual vigilance they had when they first met, then the fact that the Heart Thief lived in Beika Town and all his "victims" were within this range of activity would probably be discovered by law enforcement agencies soon...

"Okay, thank you for your help." Maori Kogoro took the application he handed over. "This kind of application is not easy to approve, right?"

"It's indeed difficult to apply in theory, but after Karasawa came to Tokyo, he did assist the police many times, and many police officers in the Metropolitan Police Department have a good impression of him. This is also the result of Karasawa's own hard work..." Amuro revealed a warm smile and gave a suggestive answer.

Generally speaking, it is not easy to apply in this way. If it is not an emergency matter, Tang Ze’s application will not be approved even if he applies.

What Amuro Toru meant was that the police knew about Tang Ze's situation and gave him some extra water...

It can’t be said to be a lie.

"Well, the reason this time is quite legitimate." Maori Kogoro glanced at the reason column "handling family affairs" on the application form and explained for Karasawa, "He really should go back to Kyoto."

No matter what the Osaka kid found out, he is not the kind of person who would act aimlessly.

Since he said he was confident that the case could be put back into the trial process, he must have some confidence in himself.

What's more, Tang Ze is the last person left in his family, and he should handle his family affairs himself.

Amuro Toru nodded in agreement. "I understand, Detective Maori. I'll trouble you to take good care of Karasawa. I believe he's not a bad kid. It would be great if this misunderstanding could be resolved."

Anyway, for the organization, the real Tang Zezhao is gone, and the current Tang Zezhao is just a shell that Kumail uses to conceal his identity.

The reason why he was asked to continue living according to his original trajectory was that he hoped to make a living by using the name Tang Zezhao.

Ikawa Karasawa's influence will not disappear directly because of his death. In addition to being pioneering scholars in cutting-edge fields, the Karasawa couple are also masters of surgery themselves. Karasawa Akira must have attracted the attention of interested people.

That being said, Amuro Toru knew in his heart that another reason for doing so was that it was too troublesome.

In order to plot against Tang Ze and to quietly take possession of all possible inheritance from the Tang Ze family, the organization made many arrangements.

It was just that Kumail wanted to use this identity as an excuse. There was no reason for the organization to sacrifice these allocated resources. At that time, he was "not worthy".

Now, when Bourbon and Kumail have reached high enough positions, if Kumail expresses that he does not want this identity to be too restricted and wants to be more free, the organization has no reason to refuse.

In other words, since the participant Calvados is dead, Vermouth has withdrawn her aggressiveness, and Rum does not dare to refuse.

Not to mention completely clearing his name, the reasons for bringing out the obvious doubts in the case and re-examining them are legitimate enough.

Thinking of this, Toru Amuro couldn't help but pull the corners of his mouth again, and the smile on his face became a little brighter.

As a public security official, Rei Furuya could intervene in many judicial proceedings, often participating in and manipulating legal transactions for the sake of intelligence. However, faced with such an obvious case of miscarriage of justice, he had to consider the reaction of the perpetrators and the potential involvement of other forces. Furthermore, the distance between Tokyo and Kyoto meant that his jurisdiction was polar opposites. Beyond the investigation itself, he had no other way to intervene directly...

What a ridiculous thing.

"Misunderstanding? Humph, maybe it's not just a misunderstanding..." Kogoro Mouri shook his head, took out his mobile phone to book Tang Ze's ticket, and a rare deep look appeared on his face.

If something happens completely in the dark, there will definitely be considerable resistance to exposing it to the light of day.

Fortunately, the Osaka boy is the son of a high-ranking police officer. If it were someone else, they would have encountered much greater resistance if they wanted to expose this drama.

"I understand. However, you are a very influential detective, so I need you to pay more attention to this aspect..."

"I will. Tang Ze's problem can't be dragged on forever."

Mao Lilan took a few steps back and looked at the two of them maintaining social etiquette and talking in a cryptic manner. She lowered her head and looked at the emails received on her mobile phone.

...Well, that guy rarely lied, and maybe there really was some progress on the case he was handling.

Many people, openly and secretly, were busy with Tang Ze's affairs.

Except for the person himself, who seemed to have forgotten to be informed.

"Hey, overturning the verdict?" Tang Ze, who had just returned from camping with his children and teammates, looked at the ticket placed in front of him and pointed at himself, "Me?"

Hey, it’s only been a “few months”, it’s still far from the ending, right?

How can you overturn someone's verdict if they haven't completed the one-year protective observation period? That goes against the basic regulations.

"Yeah. What's wrong? Is it fun to be mistaken for a criminal?" Maori Kogoro said unhappily. "Besides, there's no guarantee that the case can be overturned. Don't be so optimistic."

If it was an easy problem to solve, Hattori Heiji should be able to solve it for him single-handedly.

It has been delayed until now and Tang Ze himself is still needed to cooperate, which means that the resistance encountered is indeed not small.

Kogoro Mori felt that one should not be blindly optimistic about everything, and just treat it as a preliminary shot that could allow the case to enter the retrial stage.

"Honestly, I'm used to it." Tang Ze shrugged. "There's nothing wrong with my life now."

It seems a bit miserable that he has a big house but has to live in a cafe, but when he asks himself, this living condition is really good.

Even though he lives in a mezzanine loft, he still has an independent bathroom. It's a single room, and although the ceiling height of the house is a little low, the space is still spacious.

Not to mention that he can also enjoy free meals at the cafe, use the kitchen freely, and even go to eat with his upstairs neighbor. He is freer in his movements and his life is extremely fulfilling.

And considering his multiple fake identities, he now has more than one channel for reimbursement of living expenses, even including the FBI - even though Shuichi Akai is now faking his death, Judy, who has a premonition that something might be wrong, has not stopped contacting him - he feels that he is being well taken care of by himself.

To be honest, really, to be honest, this life is more like a human life than that of most college students. Tang Ze really doesn't feel that he has been treated unfairly.

"If you like your current life, you can transfer here openly after those things are cancelled. It happens that your student record is already here, so it won't be difficult to complete the transfer. There's no need to be looked down upon like this." Kogoro Mouri shook his head, thinking that this naughty kid underestimated the warmth and coldness of human nature.

Those of them who knew Tang Ze would not treat him as an alien. They just felt that he was treated unfairly and wanted to compensate him in other ways, but others would not think so.

It's like seeing someone with tattoos on the street. In theory, the person is not necessarily a bad person. Tattoos may even be a beautification method to cover up surgical scars. Appearance discrimination is even more politically incorrect. You cannot directly convict someone based on their appearance.

However, people with tattoos are definitely more likely to have problems than those without tattoos. As strangers, we must take these factors into consideration and try to avoid suspicion as much as possible.

"That's all prejudice from people who don't understand. And those who develop prejudices because of this aren't people I need to care about or get to know from the beginning." Tang Ze refuted reasonably, "So it doesn't matter."

"How can you really not care? You still want to study hard and live a good life in the future, right? You can't let your life be unnecessarily stained." Mao Lilan shook her head vigorously, "I know you don't lack friends, and I don't expect you to have many more friends because of this. But you can't let your life be tainted by this, right?"

She admired Tang Ze's open-mindedness. No, it should be said that most people who knew him must admire Tang Ze's open-mindedness.

Faced with such difficulties, few people can stand up and continue to move forward. The opportunity before Tang Ze can be said to be entirely the result of Tang Ze's own efforts.

If he hadn't worked hard and been kind, there would have been no possibility for him to meet Conan, Hattori, and become friends with them.

If he had not actively participated in the events he encountered in daily life, even Sonoko, who had a natural liking for him because of his appearance, would not have been able to become close to him so quickly.

It seems that he has received a lot of favor and support, but all of this favor and support were won by Tang Ze himself.

Mao Lilan, who has known Tang Ze for some time, knows very well that Tang Ze is not the type who is keen on socializing.

If he was keen on socializing, not to mention everyone in the class, most of them could become good friends with Tang Ze because of his charismatic manners and conversation, but Tang Ze did not do that.

Therefore, Mao Lilan guessed that Tang Ze always had a "purpose" in his interactions with these people.

As he just said, he is looking for people who will not be intimidated by the tattoos on the other person and will not keep their distance first. They are always "friends he thinks are worth making friends with."

This is certainly Tang Ze's hard work, and Tang Ze deserves such a result.

So, since the people who caused Tang Ze to be forced to bear those crimes are the same people who caused trouble for Shinichi, why should we let them succeed?

Even a little bit is fine, we must fight back against those dark things and not let Shinichi and Hattori's efforts down.

"...Since even Xiaolan said so, alright."

Tang Ze looked at the ticket that was pushed in front of him, sighed secretly, and took it.

He could understand the actions of the Mori father and daughter. He guessed that this was another milestone of success achieved by Hattori Heiji, and he couldn't wait to let Tang Ze give it a try.

That’s right, any normal person would have been anxious a long time ago, but he is not anxious, which makes him seem abnormal.

Just think of it as a way to reassure those friends who don’t know him well enough.

But is it really okay for them to just go to Kyoto? Has Kogoro Mouri received another commission that sounds familiar?