I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Chapter 616 Making a Game
"Did you see that?"

"Batman's fighting ability seems to be much higher than we expected. He's not an opponent you can easily deal with, is he?"

Inside the cave of a mysterious organization.

Spider, one of the codenamed assassins of the mysterious organization, stroked his chin and spoke directly to the salamander beside him.

"Hmph, we'll only know after the fight."

The salamander snorted and replied.

But despite saying that, he was also somewhat surprised by the speed and power that Batman had just displayed.

Such physical fitness exceeded his expectations.

This is based on the previous outcome of Batman's direct confrontation with the Bermuda Triangle.

Even the salamander had to admit at this moment that Batman's fighting ability did need to be reconsidered.

"But who exactly is the red-hooded man looking for?"

"He's killing his way through Tokyo. What's his target? Some enemy?"

Seeing that the salamander was still being stubborn, the spider next to him didn't bother to say anything more to him, but instead asked the Purple Witch curiously.

—They are now watching the red-hooded men's movement and movements.

As one of the Seven Witches.

The Purple Witch's magic is clearly quite comprehensive; now she has even directly used the magical medium on the red-hooded body to create a magical mirror.

Using this mirror, they can directly observe the current situation and experiences of the Red Hood.

This is why Spider-Man and others knew that Red Hood had fought Batman head-on.

However, the Purple Witch's attention was not on the red hood.

Her attention was mainly focused on the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall.

As for the red hood or whatever, it doesn't matter.

None of that matters.

If the salamander hadn't intended to keep this guy around, the Purple Witch wouldn't have even considered helping in the first place. Right now, she's only concerned about whether there are any magical fluctuations at the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall.

If magical fluctuations appear at the Suzuki Foundation, it means that the Crimson Witch and Phantom Thief Kid have a very close relationship.

Even in routine theft operations, the Crimson Witch would offer as much assistance as possible.

She can then re-plan her strategy for this commission based on the performance of the Crimson Witch.

And the amount of compensation received.

—If the difficulty increases, she will certainly demand more compensation.

If the Crimson Witch intervenes in her and the members of the mysterious organization's operation against Phantom Thief Kid, then she will have to personally confront the Crimson Witch.

The risks and difficulties have both increased, so it wouldn't be right not to add more money.

Under this premise, it doesn't matter if the person wearing the red hood is mistaken for a stray dog ​​and kicked to death.

Anyway, it won't deduct her pay, so why should she care?
Seeing that the Purple Witch didn't care at all.

The spider shook its head somewhat discouraged.

He shrugged and said helplessly.

"Really, isn't it time for Phantom Thief Kid to make his move yet?"

"There are still more than ten minutes until Phantom Thief Kid steals the treasure. Is there any need to focus all our attention on the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall?"

"The last time I fought against Phantom Thief Kid."

"That witch disguised as Phantom Thief Kid only used magic to escape after she encountered trouble."

"Even if she really wanted to help Kaito Kid, it would only be after Kaito Kid was in trouble. It's impossible for her to use magic before Kaito Kid even entered the scene, right?"

In dealing with the veteran Phantom Thief Kid.

Hearing this, the Purple Witch turned and stared at the spider for a while before speaking.

"These are not important."

“I don’t care, but if you keep bothering me, I’ll definitely send you flying like that guy.”

"Of course, you can pay more." "That way I can pretend you don't exist."

spider:?
You really are all about money, aren't you?

But that's fine too; a pure mercenary is much more reliable than any other relationship.

The spider shook its head.

Although he was not short of money, he was still troubled by what Hakuba Saguru had done to him before.

A significant portion of the money belonging to that original identity has been lost.

Although the amount of money left is quite large, it cannot be spent on such meaningless things for no reason.

So the spider shifted its position slightly.

He approached the salamander and asked in a low voice.

"Oh right, I haven't asked yet."

"Since your plan is to eliminate Batman along with Phantom Thief Kid, you must already have a plan, right?"

"Or do you already know where Phantom Thief Kid will be operating next?"

To this, the salamander simply said...

"I've investigated the Phantom Thief Kid case and discovered something very interesting."

"Phantom Thief Kid and Phantom Thief Lady appeared on the same day at different times —"

"The last appearance of Phantom Thief Lady was the first appearance of Phantom Thief Kid, and Phantom Thief Lady has never appeared since."

"There must be some kind of inevitable connection between Phantom Thief Kid and Phantom Thief Lady."

Their gaze fell upon the magic mirror.

A knowing look appeared in the salamander's eyes, and then it spoke.

"If I'm not wrong."

"Kaito Kid actually appeared as the successor of the Phantom Thief Lady, which shows that as long as the Phantom Thief Lady can be found."

"Then Phantom Thief Kid will definitely show up."

spider:?
Salamander team member, are you awake?

Even if what you said is true, Phantom Thief Lady and Phantom Thief Kid do have a master-disciple relationship or a successor relationship.

But here's the thing.

If we can't even find Kaito Kid, how could we possibly find the whereabouts of Kaito Lady, who is even harder to find than Kaito Kid?
If we can find the Phantom Thief Lady, why don't we just find out where Phantom Thief Kid is?

The spider had a look on its face that said, "Are you kidding me?"

But he noticed that the salamander remained expressionless, not like it was joking with him, so the spider became serious and asked.

"Since you dare to say that, then you must have found a way to deal with the Phantom Thief Lady?"

—Of course there are.

The salamander took a folded document out of its pocket and stuffed it directly into the spider's hand.

This action startled the spider.

Then the spider opened the folded document, examined its contents, and a look of surprise appeared in its eyes.

This is the investigation report regarding the last appearance of the Phantom Thief Lady.

The final item stolen by the Phantom Thief Lady was Ryoma's treasure, which was a treasure that Sakamoto Ryoma had owned during his lifetime.

However, almost all the treasures stolen by the Phantom Thief Lady were fakes.

According to the investigation report, this was intentional on the part of the Phantom Thief Lady, whose real purpose was to crack down on a group that forges cultural relics.

And this antique forgery ring...

"Is this the time you're going back to Japan to be active? A fake auction targeting high society?"

"That's what the spider said."

It seems this is the best bait to lure the Phantom Thief Lady out.

(End of this chapter)