The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

Even Naomi, who was obsessed with Miyano Shiho, didn't notice anything, so it was naturally impossible for Vodka and others to notice anything wrong.

The protests and cries of the bound Naomi were of no consequence. She could only watch the man leave the room, head lowered, sobbing silently.

At this moment, her mind kept replaying their conversation.

Could it be that after leaving the US, Shiho had been staying in Japan, saw a program she had previously participated in with Director Makino on TV, and then rushed to Hachijo Island to warn herself that she might be in danger?!

If that's the case, if that's the case... then, then the one who harmed her wasn't me...

While Naomi was in a daze, Rena Mizunashi, who took over the supervision, watched Vodka leave indifferently, sat down opposite her again, and started using the laptop.

After a while, the picture found in the USB drive was retrieved.

"According to our investigation, you were once classmates with the person on the sign. Have you resumed contact with her?"

Theoretically, now that Vodka was gone, he would have to more or less take over the main communication task, continuing to coerce and bribe Naomi Argento into promising to hand over the system, or agree to their demands, continue to develop and optimize the algorithm, and then hand it over to them.

Half out of curiosity and half for show, she asked to confirm the relationship between Naomi and Miyano Shiho.

With tears streaming down her cheeks, Naomi instinctively glanced at the screen, and then her expression suddenly froze.

This was not because the person in front of her was right, but because the photo shown was not the same as the one she put in the USB drive.

No, if you look closely, apart from a few details, the two photos are indeed the photos she was searching for at the time. The problem is, the order is reversed.

She clearly used a photo of Shiho Miyano when she grew up and searched for a little girl who looked very similar to Shiho. Why did this picture swap the photo source and the search result?

Naomi, who felt something was wrong, seemed to finally feel some courage. She cheered herself up a little and moved closer to take a closer look at the screen.

No, if you look closely, you will see that the pictures are not just swapped, but also have some "extra information" added.

She used candid photos of Shiho Miyano that were taken by other students in her university and circulated on SNS because of her mixed-race identity and reputation as a genius girl.

However, the picture was slightly expanded, not only capturing Miyano Shiho by the window, but also other tourists at several tables around.

...If she hadn't been the operator and knew too well the origin of this photo, she wouldn't have noticed anything.

Because this photo is obviously from more than four years ago, why is there such a new phone...

"What are you looking at?" Mizuno Rena looked at her without saying anything for a long time, and her tone became a little harsher.

Naomi raised her head from the computer, glanced at her, then silently lowered her head again to hide the expression on her face.

She thought she might understand what was going on.

No one knows better than her, an engineer specializing in developing artificial intelligence, the extent of the engines and algorithms she developed.

It was just a partial forgery of the picture. With the current computing power of the system, she was confident that she could edit not only static pictures but also dynamic surveillance videos to the point where they would be so realistic that her identity would not be discovered at all.

Although she didn't know how Shiho had done it, how she had exploited the system, and how she had secretly tampered with the images stored in the device she was carrying, she could now assert that this must have been a plan that Shiho herself had participated in...

So they won't succeed, they definitely won't.

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"You're so slow."

When Vodka, who was waiting at the coast in an SUV, picked up Binga, he heard Binga complain so rudely.

Vodka observed him just as critically.

To be honest, although Binga is not particularly tall, he is still a guy who looks like someone you can't mess with if you walk towards him.

However, compared with Gin, whose aura is already intimidating, this level is just asking for trouble.

Even with this, you still want to surpass Brother Gin?

"It takes some time to prepare to come up from below." Vodka secretly sneered in his heart, hiding his expression with his sunglasses, and said casually, "Get in the car, we have to be careful. Shirley may have other accomplices with her."

Binga slid into the passenger seat and glared at him. "Does this need further explanation? Could she have escaped from the organization's base alone?"

"No, what I mean is, if she just came here quietly by herself, this matter would be easy to resolve. But if she doesn't live alone, you'd better be careful and don't underestimate her." Vodka snorted, "You still have some finishing touches on your mission. Don't get stuck here and cause losses."

He was referring to the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.

They have not yet investigated Shirley's whereabouts, where she has been and what she has been doing these days. The only thing that is certain is that everything is related to the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.

Before Noah's Ark was lost, Shirley just hid here and there. Apart from cooperating with the Phantom Thieves of Hearts to play a trick on them once, she didn't do anything else.

However, not long after Noah's Ark was taken away by the Phantom Thieves, accidents began to happen in the organization's laboratory.

Vodka didn't say anything and Gin didn't ask, but he vaguely guessed that Brother Gin's idea was not much different from his own, and the main problem might be with Noah's Ark.

Those people spent time rebuilding the server for Noah's Ark. Once it was operational again, it probably leaked a lot of the organization's secrets. With Shirley, the traitor, helping and identifying the lab, finding it was easy.

To sum up, it is certain that Shirley is not only involved with the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, but also has a close relationship with them.

However, the abilities of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts are most likely closely related to the organization, which is a secret that requires authority. Binga, who has been away from the organization for several years, has more primitive intelligence and is not from the same faction, so Vodka has no reason to reveal everything.

Considering that he is still needed as an insider to continue threatening Naomi, just give him a few words of warning.

"I'm not careless about any task." Binga thought Vodka, Gin's assistant, was mocking him and retorted directly, "Rather than worrying about my problems, you should be more careful with your own heads."

After receiving their request to use the system to find Shirley's whereabouts, he not only called up the system to search for Miyano Shiho, but also searched for the two people who ran onto the ship today.

Both of them have huge identity issues.

Makino Yosuke only looks weak. He is a radical innovator in project development. If he did not have strong connections with the Japanese police, he would not allow unrelated personnel to break into his territory, not to mention that he directly witnessed the disappearance of the core engineer and even investigated with the Japanese police who rushed over.

Anyway, we have already used the backdoor to search, so adding two targets is a piece of cake.

After thinking about it, Binga felt that this might be a good way for him to solve the hidden danger of Gin. He did not tell others the result immediately, but planned to capture these two people after catching Shirley.

The young man who caused him a great sense of crisis was named Tang Zezhao.

The name sounded familiar. Binga recalled the information he had for a long time and vaguely remembered that a scientist couple who had been in the organization for many years had the surname Tangze.

Perhaps the part of this child that made him feel both uncomfortable and familiar was due to this reason.

The current task is to kidnap Binga, who replaced the purchase. He knows very well how the organization will deal with the scientists he wants to cooperate with. To be precise, he has been doing this for more than half of the past ten years in the organization, even when he was undercover in Europe.

The first step is, of course, to make tentative contact.

The politics and systems in the academic circle are much simpler than those in other circles. In order to continue to exchange theories and for further communication, those top researchers who publish papers will attach their contact information after the papers.

With just a few emails, you can tentatively understand the other party's ideas about commercial use or further development.

The second step is to consider the solution.

Win them over, bribe them with benefits, offer high-paying jobs or carry out cooperative projects in the name of a certain laboratory. If these fail to impress the other party, then consider how to go further based on the priority and progress of scientific research.

The third step is to capture the person or eliminate him directly.

Researchers like Naomi who can attract the attention of the organization's top management are extremely valuable. If this level of technology cannot be obtained, depending on the degree of threat, they will be infiltrated and swallowed up, or physically eliminated to prevent it from falling into the hands of others.

In short, the scientists who can survive the organization's process to the end either have their personal freedom controlled by the organization, or have become deep cooperative partners. After all, those who do not cooperate are dead.

Therefore, in Binga's eyes, the identities of these organizational scientists are no different from those of organizational members.

Regardless of whether they are willing or not, at this point, it is impossible for them to sever ties with the organization. Their children, like Shirley, will be deeply bound to the organization and are destined to learn many of the organization's secrets.

Binga boldly guessed that this young man named Tang Zezhao might have learned the identities of certain code-named members of an organization through his parents and followed him, which is why he behaved so abnormally.

As for the confrontation on the Pacific buoy and the reason why he wanted to kidnap the person, it was because he discovered that the encryption level of this guy named Tang Ze Zhao in the database was unexpectedly high, and he couldn't find out anything. At the same time, there was an ongoing case under his name, and the encryption level of the case was even higher than that of his information.

If Binga didn't know his background, he would have thought he was the son of a high-ranking Japanese police officer.

Binga felt that there was something fishy going on here. Considering that there were very few codenamed members who knew his hidden identity, if his identity was leaked, even within the organization, it would be a big problem. He felt that there was reason to capture this person as well.

It would be best if the leaker is from Gin's side, but if not, it would also be nice to have a few of Rum's subordinates of the same level.

Of course, if the leaker is Rum himself, then just pretend he didn't say anything.

As for the other kid, that's pretty interesting...

Thinking of this, Binga raised his lip and couldn't help but provoke him with words: "I haven't been to Japan for several years. I heard that Gin is working hard on the target again?"

Vodka, who was driving, was calling Chianti. He looked at Binga strangely when he heard this.

What are you talking about? Aren't these Gin's powers and main responsibilities? If not dealing with the target, what else can he deal with? This is complete nonsense.

Sensing the other party's unfriendly gaze, Binga raised his eyebrows and increased his aggressiveness. "Then his promotion speed will probably be even faster. I just don't know, if there is any mistake in the execution of your mission, how will he, the guy responsible for the cleanup, deal with it himself?"

For example, the target who should have been confirmed dead by him became a child running into Interpol territory.

Binga started again.

Vodka rolled his eyes, thinking he was still provoking him.

Vodka felt deeply that Binga was purely lucky to be valued by Rum.

He wants to climb up the ladder, but he doesn't seriously study workplace management strategies. He has been around for so many years and has only risen step by step by relying on the methods of his dead colleagues. How can this be called wanting to climb up? Isn't this just a matter of who has a longer life?

He doesn't flatter or fawn, and he always speaks in this tone. He is Rum, and he doesn't like to keep such a confidant in front of him. No wonder he was thrown out undercover. Out of sight, out of mind.

"Thank you for your concern. We have been doing well in the past few years."

Vodka, considering that he needed another person immediately, tried hard to swallow the provocation of "You will never be able to finish the tasks that big brother has handled in your lifetime" and directly contacted Chianti.

Hey, if the other people didn't want to do this kind of hard work and refused to come when asked, he wouldn't want to find Binga. It's troublesome.

"Chianti, have you locked on to your target?"

"The floor is confirmed, but the room number is unknown." Chianti, who was lying on the treetop, said impatiently, "I saw her in three rooms, but I'm not sure which one is her room number. This woman is so troublesome."

Vodka wasn't surprised by her feedback.

A cunning rabbit has three burrows. Everyone knows that she is going to come into contact with the organization. There is no reason for Shirley not to pay attention to the security of her personal information. It is normal for her to create confusion.

"Then let's go to all three rooms. Binga..."

"Well, leave it to me." Binga climbed out of the passenger seat, looked up at the hotel window, and curled his lips. "By the way, this is the only high-end hotel on this island now, right?"

So, whether it is Karasawa Akira or Kudo Shinichi, the most likely place for them to stay is here?