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

Chapter 688 Batman? It must be fake news!
"How's the plan going?"

"This time, we must make Phantom Thief Kid, who interfered with our plans eighteen years ago, pay the price!"

On the ferry to Tokyo.

The chairman of the multinational trading group and the leader of the illegal trading organization, Chairman Kawazu, are issuing orders.

His purpose in returning to China this time was simple and clear.

One purpose was to pave the way for the subsequent exhibition of counterfeit cultural relics, and the other was to make Kaito Kid pay the price.

Looking at the turbulent waves ahead.

Chairman Kawazu couldn't help but recall that night eighteen years ago, his first meeting with Phantom Thief Kid and his last meeting with Phantom Thief Lady.

The Phantom Thief Lady is a shameful thief.

Despite engaging in illegal activities such as theft himself, he meddles and criticizes others for forging and auctioning cultural relics and for smuggling cultural relics.

His plans were always ruined by the repeated theft of his treasures.

As a result, Chairman Kawazu had an extremely bad impression of the Phantom Thief Lady, and even went so far as to set a trap to kill her.

And that operation was almost a success.

Lady Phantom Thief was led into a deadly situation by his plan and was about to be shot to death, but at this moment, Phantom Thief Kid intervened.

The guy descended from the sky, rescued the Phantom Thief Lady with a hang glider, and disappeared before their eyes.

At that time, Kaito Kid had not yet officially debuted, so even if Chairman Kawazu intended to take revenge, he had no way of finding out who that person was.

It wasn't until later that he learned the magician who rescued the Phantom Thief Lady was actually Phantom Thief Kid.

Afterwards, Chairman Kawazu held a grudge.

He had been trying to get revenge on Kaito Kid to vent his anger, but Kaito Kid unfortunately died first.

That guy remained silent for a full ten years.

He made his comeback this year, becoming a famous phantom thief active in Tokyo.

Chairman Kawazu should have been able to return to Japan long ago to teach Kaito Kid a lesson, but he has been too busy lately, like a period of frequent accidents.

I've been putting it off until now, and only now can I finally free up my hands.

"That despicable Phantom Thief Kid."

"You saved the life of the Phantom Thief Lady back then, so you must repay the debt she owed!"

"I demand your life!"

Chairman Kawazu said through gritted teeth.

He considered himself a prominent figure in international crime, and believed that personally leading a team back to Tokyo to kill Kaito Kid would be a piece of cake.

After killing Phantom Thief Kid.

Then have his student, Tarumi Inohiko, hold a Ryoma exhibition and auction to lure out that damned Phantom Thief Lady and take her down with him!
"Boss, it will be a few more days before Tarumi Inohiko arrives in Tokyo."

"Are these few days enough for us to find out Kaito Kid's identity and take him down?"

One of the members of the international criminal organization said with some concern in his ear.

His concerns were not unfounded.

For so many years, so many talented people have failed to uncover the true identity of Phantom Thief Kid.

It's unrealistic to expect this group to cram at the last minute and uncover the person's true identity in just a few days, let alone take down Phantom Thief Kid.

As far as they know.

There are quite a few organizations that want to kill Phantom Thief Kid, the most notorious of which is that international assassin organization—

Some people called that assassin organization a mysterious organization, but even the mysterious organization failed.

Their personnel quality is not as good as the mysterious organization. They are better at making money and doing business than the mysterious organization, but in terms of combat power?

Hard to say.

"Industry specializing in surgery."

"The mysterious organization is just a bunch of murderous brutes. What do they know about phantom thieves? We were able to corner Lady Phantom Thief, so we can corner Kid Phantom Thief too. Believe in yourselves!"

"Chairman Kawazu said confidently. At this point, he suddenly remembered that he had seen on the news before he set off that Kaito Kid was going to make a move that night."

This time, the thief stole a big, fat sheep...

Ah no, it's the jewel of Suzuki Jirokichi, the advisor of the Suzuki Foundation. If nothing unexpected happens, Kaito Kid's operation will surely succeed easily.

I imagine the top news tonight will be about the deeds of Phantom Thief Kid.

Let's use a headline news item to confirm whether Kaito Kid is still active in Tokyo!

If this guy gets arrested by the Tokyo police tonight, then they can pack up and go do business somewhere else.

He said.

"Bring me the radio!"

"I want to see just how impressive Kaito Kid is in today's Tokyo headlines!"

"How powerful he is tonight, how miserable his death will be once we reach Tokyo!"

Chairman Kawazu spoke.

The younger brother next to him immediately went to find a radio for him, and soon brought it over, placed it next to him, adjusted the channel, and pressed the listen button.

Soon, accompanied by a buzzing sound.

The voice of a Japanese radio host came through the late-night radio station; he sounded quite professional.

"This is Rena Mizunashi, the late-night radio host from Nichiri TV. I will now be reporting tonight's top news stories in Tokyo."

It must be news of Phantom Thief Kid's resounding victory, right? Let me hear what happened!

Chairman Kawazu pricked up his ears.

The other henchmen lowered their heads attentively, waiting for the radio to announce information about Kaito Kid.

After all, this trip to Tokyo will mean a direct confrontation with Kaito Kid, so I need to know a bit about him.

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.

"Tonight's headline news is..."

Chairman Kawazu narrowed his eyes.

The next moment, the late-night radio host named Rena Mizunashi spoke.

"...Batman once again thwarted a terrorist plot to blow up Tokyo."

"He saved 12 million citizens of Tokyo from disaster and arrested more than 200 criminals tonight!"

"Let us express our heartfelt gratitude to the Night Knights of Beika Town!"

"Thank you, Superman."

Chairman Kawazu: ?
Henchmen of numerous transnational crime syndicates: ?

Why are you thanking Superman when Batman is saving Tokyo?
No, that's not the key point...

The key question is, why is there Batman in Tokyo? Did they stay up too late tonight and are still sleepy? Or are they hallucinating?

"Are you kidding me? Batman?"

"Is this really a late-night radio station in Tokyo, and not some comedy station? If Batman is in it, he should be in Gotham City, not Tokyo."

Chairman Kawazu's face darkened.

He thought it must be fake news.

It's strange that the radio station broadcast a fake news story late at night instead of the real news that Kaito Kid stormed the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall and stole two precious gems.

"Hmph, fake news, unscrupulous media."

"You actually thought you could fool me? When I get to Tokyo, the first thing I'll do is ambush you at the Tokyo Tower!"

"If you're so capable, send that Batman to the East Tower and take us all down!"

Chairman Kawazu said angrily.

(End of this chapter)