Palace: Nishitama City Eden

"Who the culprit is... I do know. But why should I tell you?"

"Huh? But this culprit is committing crimes against me right now..."

"Whether they're targeting you or not, we have to handle it. Before you so self-consciously treat yourself like someone with connections, could you fulfill some of the obligations that come with that, like notifying us promptly when something happens?"

"Ahaha, I was just panicking for a moment..."

After parting ways with the Junior Detective Agency, Conan hurried toward Mori Kogoro's location, letting out an awkward laugh into his phone's microphone as he tried to soften Joker's tone on the other end.

"So you're asking me now because you want to find out the culprit's movements in advance?" Amid a light chuckle, Conan heard a distinct mechanical sound, as though something heavy had collided. "All the clues are right in front of you. Isn't it inappropriate to come to me to cheat?"

"All the clues are right in front of me..." Conan, whose attention had been fixed on the Phantom Thief Troupe's words—"we know who you are"—froze for a moment and couldn't help recalling every detail.

Hearing Conan's voice gradually sink into thoughtful silence, Tangze knew he had found a line of reasoning and laughed twice. "It seems you've discovered something. Then go ahead and see if you can find him before we announce the answer, Great Detective."

"You have quite a lot of faith in him." As Tangze hung up and lightly leaped down from the top of the gate, Asai Narumi stepped forward and caught the soft thing that fell alongside him. Looking down at it, she said, "...And in this one too."

The Siamese cat that had jumped down from over two meters up let herself be held in Asai Narumi's hands, blinked twice,