The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

Although the facility was blown up, the fact that these people were employees of Interpol still exists, and the police still find it difficult to deal with these guys.

Fortunately, these people generally cooperated with their work. If there was any problem, it was probably that Naomi Argento, the person involved, was frightened and her memory could not provide them with any help.

"Don't be too stressed, Ms. Naomi." Sato Miwako keenly noticed that the young girl sitting opposite her had been distracted. She raised her hand to stop Takagi Wataru from asking more questions and capped the pen. "You've been through so much these past two days. It must be hard, right?"

As a kidnapped and threatened person, she has suffered quite a lot in the past two days.

This girl is only 19 years old, which is not even an adult in today's Japan. We should not put more pressure on her.

"I'm sorry, I really want to help more..." Naomi tried her best to smile, but she couldn't hide the paleness of her face. "I really don't know much about submarines, and I didn't have a chance to see them myself during the two times I was transported. I'm sorry to disappoint you."

"This isn't your fault, Ms. Naomi. I might need to see you again in the next few days to fill in some details. Get some rest."

Naomi nodded, stood up from across the table, walked past the other people who were also being questioned by the police, walked through the hotel restaurant that the police had temporarily requisitioned as a place for conversation, and walked into the elevator.

It wasn't until she walked out of the elevator that she finally relaxed. She took out her cell phone to confirm her room number, searched room by room in the corridor, and soon stood in front of a door.

Ai Haibara, who was staring expressionlessly at the translucent colloid in her hand, heard the doorbell, threw the things away, stood up and opened the door.

"Shi--ahem, I mean, Ai. Good morning."

Looking at this familiar little face, Naomi smiled instinctively, and her expression softened instantly.

After the brief shock ended, Naomi, who had already anticipated the reunion through the test system, quickly entered a state of high spirits.

No matter what Shiho has been through, and whether her current appearance is the work of the kidnappers, it is still so happy to see this cute little face again.

When Shiho was little, she was so cute and pretty...

Huibara Ai, who was often brutally abused when her sister made a similar expression, took a half step back cautiously: "Good morning, come in. The police didn't ask you any more questions, did they?"

"No, I said I was too nervous and could only remember a few basic features of the kidnappers. They let me go after asking me a few questions." Naomi walked quickly into the room, and the smile on her face became even brighter. "I still have to thank Tang Zejun."

Regarding the details of the kidnapping case, Naomi lost consciousness throughout the entire process of being transported onto the submarine. When she claimed that she could not remember the process and could not provide more details about the criminal, Karasawa's testimony provided strong support.

He was captured by a man named Binga and another kidnapper. He regained consciousness quickly, but was suppressed for attempting to resist. He had close contact with the kidnappers and observed the situation inside the submarine...

Taking all factors into consideration, the kidnapped person, Karasawa, is much more important than Naomi in terms of intelligence. In addition, the trust relationship established through long-term contact and cooperation, the police's focus quickly shifted to Karasawa.

This really helped because Naomi wasn't a very good liar.

"Thank you for your hard work. You can tell from my expression that we are not dealing with ordinary people." Haibara Ai sat back at the table and continued to fiddle with the colloid. "I came to you because I hope you can think carefully about the work ahead."

Is the cross-age recognition system, a facial recognition system that is very efficient in finding people, really necessary for the police?

If it is really necessary to that extent, the person responsible for building it should not be the ICPO which has no law enforcement power, but it should be fought over by police forces in various countries.

Rather than playing a substantive role, it is more like a window deliberately showcasing cooperation in cutting-edge Internet technologies, facilitating funding applications and requests for allocations from member states, but the threat it poses is somewhat excessive.

And Haibara Ai really couldn't ignore the dangerous signal behind this.

"Your situation is also quite dangerous, you know that, Naomi?" Haibara Ai paid some attention to the girl sitting next to the coffee table.

This system can be simply translated as Naomi using artificial intelligence technology to hand over her master-level anthropological identification skills to machines for judgment, thereby completing a more efficient and standardized process.

In other words, this system is an automaton created by Naomi by condensing her knowledge. Whatever it can do, Naomi can also do it.

In the task of finding Miyano Shiho herself, those networked police cameras actually mainly played the role of reading a large amount of data at high speed. If Haibara Ai had stood in front of Naomi earlier, she would definitely have recognized her.

Once the organization realizes this, it is unlikely that they will allow Naomi to act freely. The threat she poses to those who take APTX and Silver Bullet is too great.

When Naomi heard this, a bright smile appeared on her face: "Call me again?"

"Eh?"

"Call me again, please?"

Haibara Ai was stunned for a moment as she had never expected her to answer like this. However, when she saw the wet, pleading look that Naomi showed afterwards, Haibara Ai, who always responded to soft words and not to harsh ones, could not help but turn her head away.

"...Naomi-chan."

"Oh my!" Naomi suddenly jumped up. "That's it, it's great! Wow, it's so great to be able to see Shiho as a child!"

Naomi has an indelible regret that she was unable to stand by Miyano Shiho and fight against the malice and alienation with her because of her momentary cowardice.

Time cannot be reversed, and now they have all grown up. Naomi thought she would never have the chance to make up for this regret, but she never expected that there would be a day when she would dream back to the past.

"Shiho, you're so cute. When I saw Tang Zejun, I couldn't help but think, what a cute child you must be now. Turns out you're countless times cuter than I expected..." Naomi, unable to hold back any longer, held her face in her hands and began to babble incoherently.

She wanted to say this when she saw Shiho lip-syncing to her yesterday, but for the safety of Shiho and Tang Zejun, she couldn't show that she knew her in front of other people. She was really depressed after holding it in all night!

Shiho, with her round face and baby fat, was even cuter than she remembered. If Shiho hadn't been obviously wary and resistant, she really wanted to go up and hold this nostalgic little face in her hands and give it a few pinches.

"Hey, Naomi!" Haibara Ai was obviously furious, "Are you listening to me?"

"Ah, that angry tone too!"

"Hey!"

Before Haibara Ai really blushed, Naomi finally calmed down, coughed twice seriously, and sat up straight again.

"I understand what you mean. To be precise, I wasn't completely out of their sight in the first place." Naomi pointed to the USB pendant around her neck, with only the lid left. "It's my fault this time. If I hadn't hidden it properly, you wouldn't have been affected."

Of course, she was aware of the problem that Haibara Ai mentioned.

If Tang Ze had not appeared in time and persuaded her to use words to deal with that group of people and protect the safety of herself and her family, she would definitely have chosen to sternly reject the other party's request for cooperation.

She is not a fool. The cross-age recognition system that has been implemented poses a threat to them. Doesn't she, an expert who can distinguish the age changes in facial features with the naked eye, pose a threat herself?

Agreeing to cooperate with this group of people is tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger. Putting aside her noble beliefs in upholding justice, after weighing the pros and cons, she would never agree to them.

It would be wiser to stay away from this group of people to protect yourself, but things are different now.

Now, Shiho needs her.

"I will take responsibility and help you solve the problem." Naomi said seriously, "You, um, to be more precise, you all also need my help, right?"

Naomi, who had never lived in Japan, didn't know much about the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, but the night back on shore was enough for her to gather intelligence.

It was also this process that made Naomi clearly realize that the main person to be protected by this group of people who would intervene in this incident was probably Miyano Shiho.

The test data on the USB drive was the search results of a system she had built herself. Who knew what it looked like better than her? It definitely couldn't be the image the man in black had shown her.

The USB flash drive she carried with her was read by another computer and showed completely different data. It was most likely tampered with. Who else had the technical ability to do so?

"That 'kid' is called Noah's Ark, right?" Naomi tilted her head, tentatively confirming, "He's the one who hacked into the system and tampered with the data on the ship, right? I can help. I'm pretty good at this."

Although she studied artificial intelligence-related technologies only for electronic office work and to further complete the system she wanted to build, she is ultimately a genius in the computer field.

There was a reason why she knew Miyano Shiho when she was a child. They were classmates in the same gifted class, which was why they had such a few years of intersection.

Although she is not as good as Hiroki Sawada, who was able to do development at the age of 10, she is definitely a top expert in this field.

"Your brain works better than I thought." Huiyuan Ai raised her eyebrows. "You react very quickly."

"Thank you for your trust, too." Naomi's voice softened as she looked at her lively expression. "Actually, you didn't have to keep this from me. But that's a risky option. If I get carried away, I might reveal your secret to the police."

"I believe you won't do that." Huiyuan Ai's tone was calm, but her words were very firm. "Tang Ze believes it too."

After Tang Ze's personal confirmation, Naomi Argento was a trustworthy person, at least when facing Miyano Shiho.

No one knows better than Karasawa how far Naomi can go to protect Miyano Shiho, the person who changed her life.

If so many accidents and interventions had not happened, and the organization's threats against Naomi had worked, she would definitely continue to lay mines in the subsequent cooperation and do many things insincerely to cover up Miyano Shiho.

An engineer who dares to go to another country to work at the age of fifteen or sixteen, her willpower is stronger than many people imagine.

Even after she actually shot her father, she cried and broke down, but she still didn't give in, right?

Not to mention that she discovered the problem with Haibara Ai during the test, but kept her mouth shut for so long and didn't tell anyone a word. Except for putting her photo in a USB flash drive and hanging it on her chest, which was a bit perverted, it eventually caused suspicion from the organization. There was no problem with the confidentiality of the information.

This is the technical talent that the Phantom Thieves really need. It is much more convenient than relying on squeezing out shadows in the subway or picking up people from the public security's secret prison.

We can't always let Noah iterate by himself, right? He eats grass and produces milk, which is a bit too much.

"Thank you." Even though she was in a bad state after all the trouble, Naomi's face turned visibly red after hearing what Haibara Ai said.

Nothing is more exciting than hearing Shiho Miyano herself affirm the 19-year-old.

This is the person she has been longing for for more than ten years. He can be said to be a life mentor and idol. Standing next to her, talking and laughing with her, and being close to her has been Naomi's dream for many years.

It’s such an exciting feeling to have a dream come true.

"It's true that the Phantom Thief of Hearts can fulfill people's dreams, isn't it?"

Seeing her obvious emotional state, Huiyuan Ai couldn't help but hold her forehead: "Don't say that, it will make some people proud."

To Conan and others, Karasawa, as a hostage, showed his subjective initiative, ran away without telling anyone, and saved another hostage. To the police, Karasawa was a perfect victim who could not be faulted. Even to the organization, Karasawa completed the core task of persuading and controlling Naomi Argento. Half an hour was equivalent to Binga's five years.

After all these operations, Tang Ze made a lot of money and even gained everyone's favor. He is indeed very capable and capable, but if you ask Haibara Ai to evaluate him, it is still too much.

But we can't encourage him too much, otherwise he will just do more tricks next time.

Seeing her childish face showing such an adult expression, Naomi couldn't help but curl her eyes: "Hahaha, that's great. Well, what about those men in black..."

"Leave that to us. As for you, is the next task okay?"

The Pacific buoy collapsed, but ICPO does not seem to be abandoning this project in the short term.

As the most critical technical manager of this project, Naomi should have moved with the project to the new work site and started reconstruction work.

"It's okay." Shaking her head, Naomi smiled calmly, "I quit. Being frightened by being kidnapped is a good excuse, isn't it? I told them that I've been too tense these past few years and need some time to relax. I'm unemployed now, and you have to take responsibility and not let me starve to death, boss."