"Is there already a wish in progress...?"
Asai Narumi's suggestion was a little unexpected, but on second thought, it seemed like a surprisingly plausible line of reasoning.
Tangze held control over the wish-making mechanism himself, so the others had few chances to test it. Still, based on their experience so far, it clearly was not an ability he could use whenever he wanted.
If Tangze had actually triggered similar conditions when he first came into contact with a Desire Stone, then no matter what wish he wanted to make now, it probably would not succeed.
"That's strange. If that's the case, wouldn't Tangze himself realize it?" Matsuda Jinpei pondered. "A lot of his plans were designed around his own abilities. That doesn't make sense..."
Given his identity, there probably was no one in the world who understood the Cognitive World and cognitive abilities better than Tangze.
"That's hard to say..." Hirotsugu Morofushi glanced in Tangze's direction.
Having finished unloading their supplies, Tangze was now sitting on the picnic blanket Professor Agasa had spread out, helping the children arrange the barbecue equipment.
This kind of camping grill was not particularly dangerous, but it still was not safe to let a group of elementary school children operate it. Naturally, the cooking fell to Tangze.
"Good thing you came along." Ai Haibara rested her chin on her hand and watched the sparks drift through the air.
Tangze placed the prepared ingredients onto a plate and spared a glance for his sister. "What do you mean by that?"
"If you hadn't come, I don't think Professor Agasa could handle this." Ai Haibara shrugged. "Then it would end up becoming my job again."
Not only that, Tangze, who had been secretly following them, would get to enjoy good food and drink with the Phantom Thief