The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan.

Chapter 1100 Their respective plans

"Move, we must move!" Judy emphasized her opinion fiercely as soon as she took her place in the room. "The organization can no longer hide Rena Mizunashi's presence here. No matter how much effort we put into protecting her, it's meaningless. We'll just become prey! This is very passive and different from our original plan!"

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

However, this is the organization's headquarters, and the resources they can mobilize are completely unpredictable. The enemy is in the dark, and we are in the light. The danger of the situation is too much for Judy to ignore.

not to mention……

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

If he were to confront the organization head-on so hastily, Akai Shuichi would definitely not choose a conservative and gentle strategy. He would definitely not care about his own safety...

"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 condone some of their actions in the hospital. The only reason they could do this was that the director of Haido Central Hospital was once rescued by Akai Shuichi after being involved in certain things. This was completely based on personal trust and gratitude.

Again, this is not their territory, and they have no right 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 leave, we'll be sitting ducks," Akai Shuichi replied, leaning against the wall. "The people monitoring the area outside the hospital have reported seeing some suspicious figures lingering nearby. From now on, we might be discovered every time we enter or leave the hospital."

"They act so quickly?" Judy's face inevitably revealed a look of fear.

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

Even though the purpose of their action this time was to help Rena Mizunoshi, a special spies, to re-establish contact and to attract some key figures, confronting the other party so quickly was beyond her expectations.

"Should we talk to the hospital? This hospital has been operating for so long, the director must be able to offer some solutions..."

"No, we can't do that." Akai Shuichi stopped James from opening the door and leaving. "At this point, it could be explained as us bribed some of the medical staff with money or other means. But if they proactively offer us help, or even use the hospital's facilities or systems to facilitate us, then in the eyes of the organization, this hospital will become one of our bases here..."

Once 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 nothing unusual happens on the hospital's part in this situation, then we can distance ourselves from the FBI. We can't 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 completely clueless, if the organization decides to resort to violence, the patients here..."

"Besides Mizunashi Reina, Curacao is also in the hospital. The organization's principle has always been to conceal their identities and traces. Attacking a large hospital would easily attract attention."

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

Shuichi Akai 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 directly, 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 this way. We're not completely passive right now. We're prepared for what's coming. Isn't this a good time to wait for an opportunity? If we strike a blow against the guy who came to test us, we'll probably be able to draw 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 Rikudichi in time and control him." Judy lowered her head with some remorse, "We weren't careful enough."

"It makes no difference," Akai Shuichi replied calmly. "Gin has already rushed back to Japan. Even if the Kusuda Rikumichi incident hadn't happened, he would have followed the order of suspicion and used his own methods to test the waters tomorrow. There's no point in running away. Now, at least both sides are on the same starting line."

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

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

So this 72 hours means that Gin temporarily left 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 obscure, 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 choose his code name as "Joker"? A true wildcard would not be afraid of facing any confrontation.

The Joker, who he had high expectations for, was currently 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 coming, but the atmosphere was much more relaxed than over there.

Except for Tang Ze who was writing and drawing, not knowing what he was thinking about, 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 peers 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 university tea party, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

He didn't know why, but watching this scene, he had a feeling that they had helped the squad leader return to the human world after going through so much hardship, as if it was just for a moment like this to ensure there were 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.

"Hasn't everything we need to do been completed?" Zhu Fushiguri shrugged, not revealing the fact that he had just fired a shot that had astonished Akai Shuichi that afternoon. His face was filled with a look of normalcy. "The organization's official operation hasn't even begun yet."

As he spoke, he raised his chin to indicate the "formal action" while sitting on the hospital bed.

Tang Ze, who reported the intelligence to Gin, will definitely play a very important role in the next operation. Their only task is to help Tang Ze complete the mission.

"Have those targets been eliminated by Gin? So quickly?" Matsuda Jinpei was 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 the Bourbon forces and scouting the hospital diligently and responsibly.

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

"After all, the list after processing isn't that long." Thinking of the list he had given some advice on, Zhu Fushigami couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth, "And Gin wasn't the only one handling it."

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

It is 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 Shuichi Akai. That would be an absolute shame for him.

"That's a really vicious move, you guys." Matsuda Jinpei shook his head and sighed, "Isn't this completely match-fixing?"

This fake list, created by Scotland, who had come into 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 complex structure due to his special identity and the assistance of Noah's Ark, is of considerable importance.

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

Either they were truly 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 them rather than let them go.

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

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

"Yeah, an opportunity to disregard authority and kill as many people as possible is so useful for eliminating dissidents. If we can think of it, there's no reason why Rum can't think of it." Tang Ze sighed, "He didn't write Bourbon directly into it, which is very sensible."

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

As for who is on the list, of course, Rum has the final say.

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 he could guess at first glance were 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 not be confident that he could control his expression.

"If he really did that, then 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 fighting within the organization, the people who passed on 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 free up his hands to deal with the problems of Curacao and Kiel." Tang Ze climbed down from the hospital bed. "I can probably guess what they're going to do. It's nothing more than using some means to force the FBI out of the hospital."

It's like when you can't find someone, you just set fire to the mountain to force the other person 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 as today. I tell you, Gin lacks everything except explosives."

"what?"

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

"..."

In the ward on the other side, 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. We'll take turns keeping watch at night. You should also rest early. It's also crucial to conserve your energy. I'm going to go out for some fresh air."

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

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 ward door, Akai Shuichi let out a breath.

Whether it's feelings or status, when faced with the next problems, 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.

Walking 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're still so punctual." Akai Shuichi turned his head and looked at the newcomer, "Sometimes I even wonder if you really have a clock in your head."

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

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

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

"Are we both okay?"