The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

Chapter 1128: Improvisation without Lines

Of course, children cannot participate in the communication between members of the shady organization.

So when the group of kids got off the Ferris wheel excitedly, they could only see Curacao and Tangze standing side by side at the exit waiting for them with smiles on their faces.

Yoshida Ayumi was stunned for a moment when she unexpectedly saw Curacao showing a relaxed and faint smile, but soon she became happy.

"Sister Sonya looks much better. Doesn't your headache go away?"

"Much better, nothing serious." Curacao shook his head lightly, not going into details, and consciously changed the subject. "I was only in pain for a short while on the Ferris wheel. Maybe it's because of the nice weather, I feel much better after resting."

Yoshida Ayumi felt a little apologetic and took her hand. "People with headaches will feel uncomfortable if they climb to high places. It's our fault..."

"It doesn't matter anymore." Curacao waved the ticket in his hand and offered, "Next time there's a chance, I'll ride the Ferris wheel with you guys again."

The entrances on both sides of the Ferris wheel are different, so the tickets are checked separately. Now Curacao has only one side of the ticket stub torn off, and the other side is still intact.

"Are you really okay?" Kojima Motota, who had witnessed how bad Curacao's condition was, was still in shock. "If you feel unwell, go to the hospital as soon as possible..."

"Well, I'll consider it." Curacao shook the braids hanging on her shoulders back, no longer showing the stress and resistance at the beginning.

The children looked at each other and smiled.

"Has my sister started to recover her memory?"

"I remember a little bit, a little bit."

"Oh, so sister, can you contact your family or friends now?"

"It's a bit difficult. I seem to have lost my phone. Maybe I encountered some unexpected situation."

"Do we still have to call the police then?"

"Maybe. I'll consider it. Don't worry, I'm an adult. I won't be left without a place to go..."

Curacao held their hands and was led by them to the next destination.

Conan, with a solemn expression still on his face, did not follow. Instead, he made a gesture and slowly moved to Tang Ze's side with Haibara Ai.

"Her code name is 'Curacao'." Conan's tone was not relaxed at all. "Do you know anything about this code name, Haibara?"

After learning this information, Conan naturally sent an inquiry email to Shuichi Akai.

However, Akai Shuichi has just gotten rid of his original identity, and his new identity still has many problems that need to be solved. I guess he is too busy at the moment, so I haven't replied to him yet.

After observing Curacao for a while, Conan decided that the situation was not yet urgent, so he chose to remain in place and inquire about other information first.

Having prepared herself mentally, Ai Haibara glared at Tang Ze with a reproachful look and took a deep breath before speaking.

Although they were unable to coordinate their statements in advance, Haibara Ai, who knew Karasawa's nature well, had already guessed a rough idea through the information that Karasawa had previously revealed to Conan, so she spoke without even a pause.

"I don't know this person, and I don't even have any impression of this code name. But I roughly know who the 'someone' she's talking about is."

After hearing the familiar first half of the sentence, Conan was prepared not to ask anything, but when he saw that Haibara Ai was inclined to reveal the substantive content, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Curaçao, let's call her that for now. She said that because she saw the APTX formula, someone discovered her and held a grudge against her. This person has been using the name 'she', so this should be Vermouth."

When this code name was mentioned, thanks to having witnessed so many of Tang Ze's outrageous actions, Haibara Ai's reaction was much calmer than before. She no longer lost control of her emotions, but her fingers couldn't help but pinch the decoration on her sleeve.

"Vermouth's hatred for the experiment is undeniable. Her persistent hatred for me stems from this. Curacao accidentally saw the formula. Regardless of whether it was serious enough to kill her, Vermouth would only want to magnify the problem as much as possible. She would not want Curacao to survive. So the person who was dissatisfied with her and decided to execute her must be Vermouth."

"...Is it because Vermouth has undergone experiments?" Conan asked back in the same calm voice.

After so much time, with surprises and shocks coming from all sides, it is difficult to deceive yourself into thinking that your organization’s research is insignificant.

The miraculous phenomena that happened to him, as well as to Haibara Ai, Karasawa, Joker and others, all showed that the organization's research was truly creative and beyond the ordinary development of scientific medicine.

Conan, who had close contact with her, of course knew that Vermouth's youthful condition was not something that could be achieved through medical beauty or plastic surgery. The abundant collagen would be ruthlessly taken away by the years. Medical means could at most make a person look as young as possible, but it would definitely be difficult to compare with when she was in her teens or twenties.

But Vermouth's youth seems to remain unchanged.

Considering the research area, it is not difficult to guess where that ageless face came from.

"Yeah." Haibara Ai responded to the question with a short syllable.

Conan nodded slowly and didn't ask any further questions.

Haibara Ai, who has already obtained Vermouth's blood sample, is definitely more qualified than anyone else to answer.

"Knowing this information, you can understand who Curacao is working for. There are only a few people in the entire organization who have the power to save those whom Vermouth wants to kill." Haibara Ai did not continue the topic and said, "Gin may have the ability to do so, but unless he receives an order, Gin will not get involved in such trouble."

Anyone who can command Gin can definitely command Vermouth. There is no need to go to such lengths to let Gin go and rescue people on his behalf. That would only lead to inefficiency and failure to save the people.

Gin wouldn't take the initiative to do that, so it's not him.

"That, sir, could certainly have achieved the same effect, but he couldn't possibly have paid attention to Curacao, who hadn't even made a significant contribution at that time. If she had received this level of attention, she wouldn't have been so easily disposed of by Vermouth. There's only one answer."

It was rare to hear Haibara Ai reveal the structure of the organization to him so directly. Conan's eyes widened a little and he tried hard to remember every word Haibara Ai said.

There is a boss in the organization, and Conan knows that he is most likely the person that Vermouth tried to send an email with her mobile phone.

But for this reason, Conan, who was warned by Haibara Ai not to play this card easily unless he was absolutely sure, knew that this secret must be kept firmly in his hand and must never be used unless it was a critical moment.

The problem of the organization may not be solved by eliminating a single individual.

A criminal group with influence all over the world and control of many industries and resources has been able to hide in the shadows for so many years. It is hard to say to what extent beheading it will cause a blow to it, but it will definitely alert the enemy and leave countless hidden dangers for its complete eradication.

However, Conan has no way of knowing the information about Vermouth and the member that Haibara Ai is about to reveal, which is also very crucial.

"Rum." Haibara Ai's lips moved, emphasizing the simple and powerful syllables. "He's the second-in-command of the organization in a sense, a codename member who controls the organization's main intelligence channels. If it were him, it would be normal for him to codename Curacao or stop Vermouth."

"The second-in-command of the organization, Rum..." After repeating the code name, Conan's expression was much more excited than when he got off the Ferris wheel.

A code name he had never heard of before, but considering how common this wine was, Conan vaguely felt its importance.

If you think about it this way, the intelligence on Curacao is extremely important.

"I chose to call him 'he' because most people tend to think Rum is a man." Haibara Ai, who had already decided how much information to reveal, said in a more relaxed tone than at the beginning. "There are many different opinions about whether this person is a man or a woman, and what his characteristics are. Not only me, but even most of the code members working in intelligence are confused. There are many rumors about Rum. Some say that the code name Rum has been changed and the current user is a young and handsome mixed-race man. Others say it is a very weak-looking woman. There are even rumors that he may be a very feminine man whose gender is difficult to distinguish..."

Following them secretly, Tang Ze heard this and took a deep breath quietly, so as not to laugh out loud and disturb the intelligence workers who were in a good mood.

Boy, this adjective...

He knew that these smokescreens existed for the purpose of concealing something, but Rum's ability to fabricate characters was a little too weak.

Don’t these three options correspond to the three subordinates under Rum who have a relatively close relationship with him?

The first two are self-explanatory, one is Bourbon and the other is Curacao. The last option is probably referring to Binga, which is hiding somewhere...

What's going on? Are you planning to throw one out as bait if the investigation finds you out, and use your subordinates as fuel bags to make nests, right?

Conan, who didn't feel that Tang Ze was nervous, just raised his hand and made a thinking gesture.

"The images described in these intelligence reports are so different. This is unreasonable. Generally, a person with an unknown identity will always have a vague image in the description..."

"Yes, so many people speculate that this might be a rumor deliberately created by Rum in order to confuse the real information. I can't say for sure who he is. Maybe I have actually seen him in the organization, but I can't recognize him." Huiyuan Ai confirmed Conan's thoughts and began to tell the truth, "However, there is a message in these rumors that is very credible."

Having said that, Haibara Ai quickly glanced at Tang Ze.

Regarding this information, the person who can best verify its authenticity is actually Tang Ze. His current identity in the organization is definitely inseparable from Rum.

After confirming that the black ball she had given to Tang Ze had been put away, she boldly continued to explain, "Rum has lost one eye due to some kind of injury, and uses a prosthetic eye."

Conan was stunned for a moment, and immediately thought of Curacao's unusual white eye.

If that wasn't her natural eye, but a prosthetic one...

"Curaçao can't be Rum. We've all seen her CT scans. There might be some eye disease, but it's a real eye, and her vision isn't impaired." Haibara Ai guessed Conan's thoughts, shook her head, and clarified, "Even in places with the most advanced medical technology, it's impossible to create an artificial eye that's exactly like a normal eye, with normal vision, and can't be detected by medical examinations."

Conan, who had quickly turned the corner himself, nodded.

Curacao's eyes only look abnormal in shape. From her walking, sitting and lying down that day, it is not difficult to see that her eyesight is not only fine, but in some aspects may even be better than that of ordinary people.

"Well, so, your point is that Curacao is a subordinate of the codenamed member named Rum," Conan concluded. "The eyes are just some kind of coincidence?"

"Who knows? We share the same suffering." Haibara Ai curled the corners of her mouth, obviously thinking that what she said was a joke.

The second-in-command of an organization would have compassion and empathy, or be a bit humorous towards the lower-level members of the organization.

Tang Ze, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said, "It's possible that he's blind himself, so he can't stand seeing people who aren't blind, and is collecting patients of similar types?"

Feeling that the atmosphere was broken, Conan and Haibara Ai twitched their lips, turned their heads and looked at Tang Ze speechlessly.

"Just kidding." Tang Ze curled his eyes, "But this might also be true. If there's more than one person with prosthetic eyes, then even if this information gets known, it'll still be hard to pin it down to him, right?"

"Hey..." Huibara Ai, too lazy to argue with Tang Ze, retracted her gaze. "Having said so much, in short, it's very difficult to find Rum. Even if he stood in front of me, I might not recognize him. Be careful of people with artificial eyes, Edogawa."

"Also be careful of people with abnormal vision or mixed-race people." Tang Ze, not worried about being attacked, lied. "The intelligence is unclear, so for now, we can only label these characteristics as dangerous, right?"

"Ah-"

Several meters away from them, Curacao, who was being dragged by the children in front, couldn't help but sneeze.

"Ah-"

After getting out of the car and closing the door casually, Toru Amuro rubbed his nose and frowned as he looked at the flowers and plants beside the open-air parking lot outside the Toudou Aquarium.

It's not pollen season yet, why does my nose feel so itchy...

"A handsome mixed-race man?" Conan felt a sea of ​​people suddenly appear in front of him. He pursed his lips and didn't know where to start.

With such a general characteristic, it would be too difficult to be vigilant every time you encounter one...

"Also, since Rum's primary responsibilities are all related to intelligence, the NOC list you investigated earlier, or the corrupt police officer you're looking for in connection with the Karasawa case, are likely inextricably linked to Rum." Haibara Ai suddenly added, "'Kumair' is definitely part of this department as well."

Tang Ze sensed from these words that his sister was unhappy about being dragged into this impromptu role without any lines, and wanted to put some pressure on himself: "..."