Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 1100 Their respective plans

"Move, we must move!" As soon as they stood still in the room, Judy immediately emphasized her opinion in a very intense tone, "The organization can no longer hide what's happening here with Rena Mizunoshi. Even if we spend more effort to protect her, it's meaningless. We will only become prey to be surrounded! This is very passive, and it's different from our original plan!"

After all, they were playing away here and had not gone through the official procedures. Apart from their own people, they couldn't even find any firepower from foreign aid.

However, this is the organization's base camp, and the resources the organization can call on are not what they can predict. The enemy is in the dark, and I am in the light. Judy cannot ignore the danger of the situation.

not to mention……

Looking at Akai Shuichi's calm profile, Judy gritted her teeth slightly.

If he were to face the organization head-on in such a hurry, Akai Shuichi would definitely not choose a conservative and gentle strategy. He would definitely be someone who would put his own safety aside...

"This is very difficult." James gave his conclusion as soon as he opened his mouth. "We are very lucky to find Beihu Central Hospital."

They had to cooperate with them in concealing patient information and acquiesce to some of their actions in the hospital. The only reason they could do this was that the director of the Haido Central Hospital was once rescued by Akai Shuichi after being involved in certain incidents. This was completely based on personal trust and gratitude.

Again, this is not their territory and they are not qualified to be picky about the existing resources.

"If we stay in the hospital, we can still maintain a certain degree of control over the situation. If we really choose to move, we will be sitting ducks." Akai Shuichi leaned against the wall and replied, "The people responsible for monitoring the area outside the hospital reported that they have seen some suspicious figures wandering around. From now on, we may be discovered when we enter and leave the hospital."

"Are they acting so quickly?" Judy inevitably revealed a look of fear on her face.

It had only been half a day since Rikumichi Kusuda's death, and only three or four days since Rena Mizunashi lost contact with the organization.

Even though the purpose of their action this time was to help Rena Mizunoshi, a special stalker with a special identity, to reestablish contact and to attract some key figures at the same time, confronting the other party so quickly still exceeded her expectations.

"Do you want to communicate with the hospital? This hospital has been in business for so long, the director must be able to provide some solutions..."

"No, we can't do that." Akai Shuichi stopped James who wanted to open the door and go out. "At the current level, it can be explained that we have bribed some medical staff with money or other means. But if they take the initiative to help us, or even use the facilities or systems in the hospital to provide us with convenience, in the eyes of the organization, this hospital will become one of our bases here..."

When they leave, the staff of this hospital, especially the director with whom he has a close relationship, will definitely be purged and murdered.

And they will definitely leave here.

"On the other hand, if there is no unusual movement on the part of the hospital in this case, then we can distance ourselves from the FBI. We cannot implicate other innocent people."

"...What you said makes sense. Perhaps this is the only way to ensure their safety." James exhaled and released his hand that was grabbing the door handle.

"But if they are ignorant and the organization wants to take violent action, the patients here..."

"In addition to Mizunashi Reina, Curacao is also in the hospital now. The principle of the organization has always been to hide identities and traces. Attacking a large hospital is something that can easily attract attention."

"I still think you are always too optimistic about the situation..."

Akai Shuichi watched the two of them discussing anxiously, tugged at the brim of his knitted hat, and did not disturb them.

This is the first time for them to confront the organization head-on with such a shortage of manpower. In the past, their game with the organization took place more at the information level. They are not the type who are good at facing conflicts head-on, so it is completely understandable that they would have emotions.

After both of them had nothing more to say and fell into silent thought, Akai Shuichi stood up straight.

"Look at it from a bright side. We are not completely passive now. We are prepared for what is about to happen. Isn't this a good time to wait for an opportunity? If we give the guy who came to test us a head-on blow, we will surely be able to lure out the person behind it."

"That's the only way to think about it." James nodded, "We can't lose our composure."

"Oh, if only we could stop Kusuda Rikudo in time and control him in time." Judy lowered her head with some self-blame, "We were still not careful enough."

"It makes no difference." Akai Shuichi replied calmly, "Gin has already rushed back to Japan. Even if there was no Kusuda Rikumichi incident, he would have followed the order of suspicion and used his own methods to test it tomorrow. There is no point in running away. Now, at least both sides are standing on a similar starting line."

Conan, who had been pretending not to exist and hiding in the corner listening to their argument, was stunned and raised his head.

According to Shuichi Akai's so-called "reliable source", Gin will not have time to deal with Rena Mizunashi's matter within at least 72 hours.

So this 72 hours means that Gin temporarily leaves the country for some reason?

"...You sound so confident." Judy turned her head and glanced at Akai Shuichi's expression.

With James and so many other FBI agents here, not to mention Conan, her words were very cryptic, but it was more or less clear who Shuichi Akai was referring to.

"Well. We haven't played our cards yet." Akai Shuichi smiled.

The most interesting thing is that this guy, no matter which side's perspective he stands on, may be regarded as the "ace"...

Is this why he dared to use the code name "joker"? A true all-rounder would not be afraid of facing any confrontation.

The Joker, who he had high expectations for, was now sitting cross-legged on the hospital bed in the corridor on the other side.

Just like the ward where the FBI was staying, the room on his side was also crowded with many people, but the atmosphere was much more relaxed than over there.

Except for Tang Ze who was writing and drawing, thinking about something, everyone else was quite relaxed.

Hoshikawa Teru bit the pen and looked at the laptop in front of him with a bitter and resentful expression. He typed on the keyboard and whispered something to Noah. Asai Narumi, who had been busy in the hospital all day, was wrapped in a white coat and curled up on the accompanying bed and fell asleep. Miyano Akemi and Shimabukuro Kimie were holding some cosmetics in their hands and seemed to be discussing some technical issues.

The most outrageous thing was that several of his classmates were sitting in a circle around the coffee table and had already started playing cards.

As soon as Jinpei Matsuda opened the door of the suite and saw the scene that looked like a college tea party, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

For some reason, he had a feeling watching this scene that they had helped the squad leader to return to the human world after going through so much hardship, as if it was just for a time like this when there would be no shortage of people to play cards with...

"You guys are too relaxed. Don't you have anything else to do?" He rolled his eyes and sat next to Hagiwara Kenji, but he also consciously picked up the pile of cards and helped them sort out the discarded cards that had already been played.

"Hasn't everything been done?" Zhu Fu Jingguang shrugged. He didn't look like he had just fired a shot that was enough to shock Akai Shuichi that afternoon. He looked very accustomed to it. "The official action of the organization has not yet begun."

As he spoke, he raised his chin to indicate the "official action" sitting on the bed. Tang Ze, who reported the intelligence to Gin, would definitely play a very important role in the next action. Their only task was to help Tang Ze complete the mission.

"Have those targets been eliminated by Gin? So quickly?" Jinpei Matsuda couldn't help but be surprised when he understood what he meant.

After all, Matsuda Jinpei is still a member of an organization. Although he has not done anything big, he has been cooperating with Hoshikawa Teru in the past two days, acting as a henchman of Bourbon and scouting the hospital diligently and responsibly.

He is not like Xingchuan Teru, who can use his abilities to run around freely, so naturally his speed in receiving information is slower.

"After all, the list after processing is not long." Thinking of the list that he had given some suggestions, Zhu Fujingguang couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, "and Gin is not the only one who is processing it."

Compared to the overwhelmed FBI, their plan was implemented a little too smoothly.

It's impossible for Gin to deal with all the "undercover agents" scattered around the world personally.

In that case, even if Gin could kill them, it would take too long on the road, and it would be inappropriate to let them escape if something unexpected happened.

Gin cannot tolerate the emergence of a second example like Akai Shuichi. That would be an absolute shame for him.

"This is a really vicious move, you guys." Matsuda Jinpei shook his head and sighed, "Isn't this a completely fake match?"

This fake list, created by Scotland, who once had contact with many special figures in the organization, Bourbon, who now has extensive connections in the organization, and Kumail, who has some understanding of the organization's intricate structure due to his special identity and the help of Noah's Ark, is of considerable importance.

It covers a former MI6 agent who has been turned by the organization and two foreign intelligence officers in similar situations, three or four unlucky guys who were deceived by undercover agents and still don't know that Rye Whiskey has defected, and five code-named members who were identified by Bourbon as having low status but important roles. This is a list that these people have no way of defending themselves.

Either they were really undercover agents in the past, and whether they are double agents now is entirely up to their own judgment, or they have come into contact with undercover agents whose identities are indeed shady. Even if there are a few legitimate codename members among them who seem to have no problems no matter how they are investigated, Gin, who already trusts them, will definitely choose to kill the innocent rather than let them go.

"How can it be considered vicious?" Tang Ze put away his pen after finishing writing, raised his head and cried out in injustice, "The real vicious one is Rum. He even added something to it."

"Ah? The list he gave to Gin is longer than the one you gave?" Jinpei Matsuda really widened his eyes this time.

"Yes, an opportunity to ignore authority and kill as many people as possible is so useful for eliminating dissidents. We can think of it, so there is no reason why Rum can't think of it." Tang Ze said with emotion, "He didn't write Bourbon directly into it, which is very rational."

Curacao, who received the list, has lost contact and his life or death is unknown. He did not leave any verifiable information or intelligence to the organization.

Of course, Rum alone has the final say on who is on the list.

Even if Gin had guessed some of his intentions, he was too lazy to screen his list one by one. The most he could do was to pick out a few guys who could be guessed at first glance to be at odds with Rum, and do a little investigation, and that would be considered rigorous.

Fortunately, Rum did not add bourbon, otherwise the play would be so funny that Tang Ze would lose confidence in his ability to control his expression.

"If he really did that, it means that the organization went to the Japanese Public Security Bureau's database and took a fake list, removing the Japanese Public Security Bureau's undercover agents, but because of factional struggles within the organization, the people who passed through the list were added back in." Zhu Fushi Jingguang's mouth curled up as well, "That's a bit too much."

"Anyway, Gin has finished dealing with the list, so he can now deal with the problems of Curacao and Kiel." Tang Ze climbed down from the bed, "I can roughly guess what they are going to do. It's nothing more than using some means to force the FBI out of the hospital."

This is just like when you can't find someone, you just set fire to the mountain to force the other party to show up. Gin's tactics are basically based on this idea.

"You two may be very busy tomorrow." Before walking out of the ward, Tang Ze reached out and patted Matsuda Jinpei's shoulder.

"What do you mean?"

"Same meaning as today. I tell you, Gin lacks everything except explosives."

"what?"

"But with you and Hagiwara-senpai here, I'm sure it'll be okay. Okay, I'll go meet up with them over there. Come on, big brother who's quick at defusing bombs."

"..."

In the other ward, Shuichi Akai looked down at the time on his mobile phone and shook the cigarette box in his hand.

"I agree with your plan. Let's set up tomorrow like this. You will take turns to keep alert at night. You should also go to bed early. It is also important to conserve your energy. I'm going to go out for some fresh air."

Judy turned her head as if she had sensed something and looked at Akai Shuichi's back.

For some reason, she felt a subtle palpitation, as if the person in front of her was going to a very dangerous place if he turned around.

"show--!"

"I'm fine, I just want to calm down. Don't worry."

After closing the door of the ward, Akai Shuichi let out a breath.

Be it feelings or status, facing the next problems to be faced, those things can be discussed later.

He has to consider not only his own ideas, but also those who have taken greater risks to assist him.

Going up to the rooftop, he lit a cigarette after a long time and waited quietly for a moment.

As his cell phone beeped slightly on time, the rooftop door behind him was quickly pushed open and then closed silently.

"You are still so punctual." Akai Shuichi turned his head and looked at the person who came. "Sometimes I even doubt whether you really have a clock in your head."

The white-haired boy showed an obvious smile on the half of his face that was not covered by the eye mask.

"Didn't you already know this very well during the last 'competition', Brother Shuichi?"

"Just to come on stage and play rock-paper-scissors with me for ten minutes? You're surprisingly childish in this regard."

"Are we both okay?"

(End of this chapter)