Kuroda Hyoe continued studying the photo carefully. Just as he was about to examine it further, he saw the hooded youth on the screen seem to lift his head.
Almost the next second, that photo vanished, along with every video or image related to Joker's appearance among all organizations and institutions connected to Pacific Buoy.
—The Phantom Thief Troupe would not give them an opportunity for targeted analysis. Monitoring the phones of everyone who could access that footage was no difficult task for Noah.
Kuroda Hyoe watched the image on his phone delete itself without the slightest concern for being seen. He put away his phone, his expression remaining fairly calm.
It was hardly surprising. This was the Phantom Thief Troupe, with its ghostlike intelligence-gathering capabilities.
It was not only him; probably every relevant department in the world wanted to figure out exactly what the Phantom Thief Troupe was trying to do.
However, as one of the heads of a department aware of the Organization's existence, Kuroda Hyoe knew one fundamental fact: they stood in absolute opposition to the Organization. Overall, their position leaned more toward protecting ordinary people than causing disasters.
Knowing that was enough. At this stage, cooperating with them was the right choice.
On the other side of the ship, Conan felt considerably more relaxed after confirming with Shuichi Akai that the Organization's submarine had been hit.
The submarine had remained at that depth in order to bombard Pacific Buoy and wait for Binga.
Even if Binga was a capable diver, it would have been impossible for him to keep diving at the depth of the buoy's seawater outlet all the way through. To board the submarine quickly, he naturally needed to meet it at a relatively shallow depth.
After Shuichi Akai's attack, Conan had every reason