Conan: "Although those files also contained information related to Jiang Xia, it was all from cases where Jiang Xia appeared alongside Uncle Mouri—clearly, compared to Jiang Xia, the person who stole the files was actually more interested in Uncle Mouri."
Professor Agasa felt his limbs turn cold as he listened. "In a sense, isn't 'Sleeping Kogoro' you?! If The Organization has really traced things back to Mouri Kogoro, then you..."
Conan felt weighed down as well, but no matter how heavy his heart was, he could only grit his teeth and keep moving forward.
He tried to sound optimistic. "We're all still alive and talking perfectly fine right now. Doesn't that mean things aren't all that bad yet?
"Even if the Black Organization suspects that 'Sleeping Kogoro' is connected to Kudo Shinichi, they'll only think that Kudo Shinichi is guiding Mouri Kogoro from behind the scenes, through phone calls or emails or something.
"If they follow that lead, they'll never reach the truth—because, strictly speaking, 'Kudo Shinichi' really is dead. The person behind Uncle Mouri is Conan now.
"Gin tried to kill me by feeding me APTX4869 before. That means The Organization doesn't actually know that this drug has a chance of shrinking people.
"If that's the case, they probably can't imagine that a dignified High School Detective would turn into a child. Under those circumstances, even if they comb through Uncle Mouri's communications, they definitely won't find me—the shrunken 'Kudo Shinichi.'"
He had meant those words to comfort the professor, but as he kept talking, Conan himself started to believe them a little.
Still, it only eased the pressure in his heart by the slightest amount, because there was something else that bothered him.
Conan frowned. "Compared to the theft itself, I think it's stranger that the mysterious person