The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

Kuroda Heibei continued to observe the state of the photo carefully. When he was about to continue studying it, he saw the boy in the hood on the screen seemed to raise his head.

Almost the next second, this photo, along with all the videos or images related to Joker's appearance from other organizations and institutions associated with the Taiping Buoy, disappeared.

——The Phantom Thieves will not give them the opportunity to conduct targeted research. It is not a difficult task for Noah to monitor the mobile phones of everyone who has access to this video.

Kuroda Heibei watched the photo on his phone being deleted without caring at all about being seen. He put away his phone with a relatively calm expression.

It's not surprising, after all, they are a group of Phantom Thieves with ghostly intelligence capabilities.

As for what the Phantom Thieves are trying to do, not only him, but probably all the relevant departments in the world want to find out.

However, as one of the heads of relevant departments who knew about the existence of the organization, Kuroda Heibei knew a basic fact, that is, they were absolutely opposed to the organization, and generally speaking, their stance would be more inclined to protect ordinary people rather than create disasters.

It is enough to know this. At this stage, cooperating with them is the right choice.

On the other side of the ship, Conan felt a lot more relaxed after receiving confirmation from Shuichi Akai that the organization's submarine had been hit.

The submarine would stay at this depth to bombard Pacific buoys and to wait for Binga.

Even if Binga has good diving skills, it is impossible for him to always maintain a deep dive from the seawater outlet of the buoy. If he wants to enter the submarine quickly, he must of course meet with the submarine at a relatively shallow depth.

After Shuichi Akai's attack, he had reason to believe that even if the submarine did not suffer direct damage, it would definitely not dare to stay there any longer.

Binga did not return to the organization with the secret of his identity, and he seemed to be targeted by the Phantom Thieves again. I believe his friends there will help him solve this problem.

It's a good thing that all the issues have been resolved in stages.

As soon as he relaxed, all the chaotic noises on the ship flooded into his eardrums, and it was difficult for Conan to continue to ignore the noisy deck.

"Tang Ze, are you really okay?" Naomi sat next to Tang Ze, watching him drink the glucose water that replenished his energy bit by bit, her eyes burning, "You actually still have the strength to complete such a high-intensity fight with others, you are really worthy of being you..."

When she was pulled out of the sea by the rescue boat, she felt that she was breathing out more than breathing in. The pressure from the coercer, the anxiety about the direct threat to her family's safety, the fear of losing her personal freedom and facing the worst-case scenario at any time, all these pressures were about to crush her. If she relaxed a little, she would be so exhausted that she could hardly open her eyes.

If Naomi hadn't been still thinking about what the woman on the submarine said, that the Pacific buoy would become their target of attack, and worried about Tang Ze's safety as he returned to the buoy alone, Naomi would have fallen asleep unconscious by now.

It's not a pleasant feeling to be completely sleep deprived after a whole night.

Unexpectedly, Tang Ze not only returned to the buoy and delivered the message for them to evacuate, but also had the energy to confront the kidnapper himself and almost controlled him...

"If I had more strength and wasn't so weak, I should be able to keep him." Tang Ze sighed with pretended regret.

"This is clearly something the police should worry about. You've done it perfectly." Naomi emphasized, "Look at the wounds on your body. It must have been very difficult this time."

In addition to the direct cuts on Tang Ze's body, his clothes were also worn in many places, and there was even a scratch on his face.

That was a sharp weapon, and in such a small space, the fact that he only suffered such a minor injury showed that he had a strong ability to dodge. If someone else had gone there, they might have been killed there.

"I don't know where this guy has fled to now." Sato Miwako, who was sitting on the other side of Tang Ze to watch over him, heard this and turned her gaze back to the sea that seemed to be getting deeper and deeper with the night. "He actually committed a murder in Frankfurt..."

The missing Europol employee has not been found yet. If she is dead, then the man called Ochoa by Joker is an out-and-out murderer.

It is really unsettling that such a dangerous person could still survive.

"It was a gunshot that caused the injury." Shiratori Renzaburo corrected.

"Eh?" Sato Miwako raised her head. "Have you found that employee? Is she still alive? I heard there was a lot of bleeding at the scene..."

And this was the result of the woman who was shot, who had both physical strength and willpower. She was chased by the rider for a kilometer with the gunshot wound, bleeding all the way, and then fell into the river. Everyone was prepared for the worst...

"Yes, she's been found. It seems she lost consciousness after falling into the river and was swept downstream. She was found in the next city and taken to the hospital. We couldn't contact her because she lost consciousness for several days due to blood loss. After she woke up, she called the headquarters there."

"I see... That's a good thing..."

Hearing that no one actually died in this incident, Naomi completely relaxed.

Although I have implicated other people again, no irreversible consequences have occurred, which is a good thing.

"Rather than worrying about the case, the situation with the buoy is what's truly worrying." Shiratori turned to look at the young technical genius, noticing a heavy expression on her face. She couldn't help but remind him, "A project we've been working on for so long is just abandoned just like that..."

"They should be able to rebuild." Naomi pulled the blanket tighter around her and brought the warm glucose water to her lips. "Funding may be a little tight, but according to Mr. Makino, it should be able to be solved."

After all, Makino Yosuke is a talent in coordination. Although the funds are huge, the damage itself was caused by dangerous elements and is part of force majeure. She believes that if Makino Yosuke comes again, it will not be particularly difficult. At most, the management position of person in charge may not be given to him.

If Makino Yosuke still has the mood to rebuild.

"Oh, that's true. The fact that it triggered the attackers to mobilize submarines for an attack means the buoy is worth at least one submarine." Tang Ze nodded, a look of sudden enlightenment on his face. "Perhaps this is proof of the system's value. Congratulations, Miss Naomi."

The destruction of the buoy is certainly heartbreaking, but if you think about it from another perspective, isn't this also a recognition of their abilities?

Although it has been infiltrated like a sieve, although the whole thing has a chain reaction caused by unavoidable security risks, and although their technical strength in firewalls and other aspects is questionable, but in the final analysis, the other side has mobilized a submarine that is not registered at all.

That at least shows that their value is higher than hiding military-grade submarines, right?

As long as you change your mindset, this will be a great way to add value to the project. Why worry about reconstruction problems?

"Congratulations to Mr. Makino." Naomi didn't pick up on Tang Ze's words and corrected him, "I might consider not participating in this project anymore."

"Ah? Are you going to quit the project?" The staff sitting near them were listening to their conversation with their ears perked up, and turned their heads in surprise when they heard what they said.

For this project, Naomi has put in no less effort than Yosuke Makino, and her technology is the core competitiveness that distinguishes the entire system from ordinary facial recognition technology.

Without her father's strong support and her technical assistance, an administrative official like Makino Yosuke alone would not be able to run such a large business.

The system is indeed basically complete now, but if Naomi quits, the difficulty of rebuilding it will increase exponentially...

"After what I've been through, I feel like I need to carefully consider the safety of myself and my family." Naomi replied with a helpless smile. "My father wasn't sniped, thanks to those Phantom Thieves. He was really close to being killed."

Of course, even if the Phantom Thieves had not taken action, because she had given in at that time, the vicious criminals would not have continued to attack for the sake of cooperation. However, according to the strategy discussed with Tang Ze at the beginning, this issue did not need to be made public.

For her own future safety and the safety of her parents and relatives, she would not reveal any relevant information until she was sure that they would not be threatened again, so as to at least calm those people down.

"Indeed, this is too dangerous. But it would be a shame if you were to withdraw, Miss Naomi." Recalling the thrilling and dramatic scene, Sato Miwako understood her concerns but still expressed regret. "This way, those people's goal of influencing the establishment of the system has been achieved in disguise."

They don't want the buoy to exist, they don't want the system to work successfully, and they are definitely a group of desperate people who will be threatened by this system.

Now, if Naomi really stops participating in the reconstruction project because of the attack, they will have achieved their goal.

"You misunderstood, Officer. What I meant was that I don't plan to directly participate in the project. Mainly because this experience has made me feel that I'm not really suited to being a manager. I'm still more suited to being a pure researcher." Naomi corrected Sato and reiterated, "But this is my hard work after all. I will continue to authorize it to ICPO and provide remote technical support. Um, I'm talking about the purely technical aspects."

If Makino Yosuke is still the one leading this project, Naomi has reason to believe that he must have developed a psychological trauma about the word "remote work", and it would be difficult for him to be counted as a formal employee working remotely.

"That's a good choice," Sato Miwako nodded appreciatively. "You won't be threatened, and you can still pursue your ideals..."

And judging from the infiltration status of their project, Naomi Argento is indeed not suitable to be a manager. Perhaps, as she said, being a pure technical worker is a more appropriate choice.

Naomi smiled and didn't refute her statement.

No, the ideals she placed on this system have been fulfilled. As for wanting to eliminate crime, eliminate racial conflicts and barriers through a system, she has given up such naive ideas.

She knew that Reinhardt's targeting of her was due to both gender-based discrimination and conflicts of interest due to her nationality, and she could not deny the suspicions that came with her mixed-race face.

It is naive to expect that building a Tower of Babel can solve something that cannot even be solved inside the buoy.

This is a difficult goal that requires a lifetime of struggle. It is too difficult to just want everyone to understand that no matter what race or nationality, after removing the superficial appearance, there is no essential difference between human beings.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look in Tang Ze's direction.

Rather than trusting the ICPO, she would rather trust someone who could stand up for her, someone she wasn't very familiar with, in a time of crisis...

After she moved her eyes over, she realized that while several people were preaching, Tang Ze, whose wounds had been treated, had fallen asleep curled up in a blanket without her knowing when.

After closing his eyes, his mixed-race face, which had many similarities with her, made him look younger than his actual age, making people reluctant to disturb his rest.

As she was feeling emotional, she saw a small hand reaching out, carefully looking over Tang Ze's wounded hands, and then pulling the blanket a little tighter for him.

"You're a real worry." Haibara Ai confirmed that Tang Ze's injury was indeed very minor and could be cured with just a little medicine, so she finally felt relieved. She turned her head and saw Naomi staring at her blankly.

When she met those familiar eyes, Naomi felt her heart suddenly tighten.

She was already familiar with this face through the camera and video, but when she met him face to face, it awakened her memories of the past.

Those memories with a hint of gray belong to childhood, and the memory that has never faded with time, that childish but calm face, as if all emotions are buried in it, and will never be moved by anything.

"Shiho..." Naomi couldn't help but murmur.

They look alike, so alike. The more I look at them, the more they look alike. They are simply cast in the same mold as Shiho when we first met.

If it weren't for her age, which was so unlikely, she would have suspected that she was Shiho's daughter.

No, rather than such offensive speculation...

Looking at her face carefully, Naomi instinctively used her knowledge of anthropology to analyze the skeleton of the little girl in front of her. The more she observed, the more her heart beat.

The test results she gave at that time were not wrong, absolutely not wrong. The results output by the cross-age recognition system were accurate.

Shiho, this is Shiho!

After looking around and making sure that no one was staring in that direction, Haibara Ai, with a stern face, smiled at Naomi, then raised her finger and tapped her lips, signaling her not to say anything more, and made a mouth shape.

——Long time no see, Naomi-chan.