"So, you came all this way just to ask me that?"
After listening to Conan's question, Tangze scooped up the last bit of ice cream left at the bottom of his cup.
"What the organization used my parents' research for, and what happened to the victims of those experiments?"
"Yes. You said before that the organization used medical equipment developed from your parents' research to implant psychological suggestions. In other words, they had something like a 'brainwashing' process, right? What else was there?" Conan nodded solemnly.
Tangze was the closest person Conan could find to the truth behind the organization's experiments.
Haibara might know something as well, but asking her would be no different from asking Tangze directly. She certainly would not hide anything from Tangze.
What Conan was truly curious about was what had happened to Akechi Goro.
Tangze used his silver spoon to hide the corners of his mouth, which he could not stop from rising, and held himself together for a moment.
It was not strange that Conan would ask.
To Conan, the source of the Mask Users' power was probably inseparable from the organization.
Joker had never directly admitted where his power came from. He had only vaguely explained it as a product of Cognitive Science research, while Gin had mocked Joker to his face, saying he was nothing without the organization.
Clearly, in Gin's understanding, this Cognitive Science power that Joker had suddenly acquired had to be derived from the Tang Ze couple's research and tied to experiments involving special alloys.
A power that had slipped free of the organization's control, one that could affect personality and the mind without obstruction just like the Cognitive Science they had envisioned—in Gin's eyes, such an existence truly was a "thief," just like Joker's identity. It had stolen