After that, Haibara stayed depressed for several days before finally recovering. But Fang Zheng felt it was completely meaningless. Look at Akemi—so what if she knew her world had been created? She still ate when she should eat and slept when she should sleep. Your understanding of the world would not change anything except yourself.
For example, humanity once believed they lived upon a vast, boundless land. Later, they discovered they lived on a planet, and that planet was merely one of several planets in the solar system. The solar system was merely part of the Milky Way Galaxy, and the Milky Way Galaxy was merely one part of the universe. And the universe humanity observed was actually only... So, you see, it was an endlessly nested process.
In truth, the unknown would always exceed the known. Objective omniscience and omnipotence did not exist, just as wealth and strength could only be compared relatively. Humanity's view of a god's omniscience and omnipotence was essentially no different from an elementary school student seeing a college student casually solve a problem they had agonized over without success.
It was simply a difference in levels.
So long as one adjusted one's mindset and did what one was supposed to do, that was enough.
Just like now, Fang Zheng had once again arrived at the scene of an operation to capture Phantom Thief Kid.
Except this time, he and Inspector Nakamori had failed to reach an agreement again.
The reason was simple: the two sides had once more clashed over whether weapons should be used against Kaito Kid.
Perhaps Inspector Nakamori had pursued Kid for so long that he had developed a sense of mutual appreciation for him. He repeatedly stressed that Phantom Thief Kid had only ever stolen things and never killed anyone.