Ai Haibara listened quietly to Tangze's description. After a long while, she rested her chin on her hand and summarized simply, "So your idea is that the massacre at Twilight Manor forty years ago caused a similar phenomenon, which sparked the organization's interest in the Cognitive World. And that was why they became so convinced that the Cognitive World existed?"
"Yes." Tangze nodded, studying the expression on his sister's face. "There's something wrong with the Karasuma Group. You know that, Shiho."
Tangze had no way of knowing whether the organization's Boss was Renya Karasuma, whether the Boss was still Renya Karasuma, or whether the person's identity had changed after Drug A took effect. He had never been exposed to the organization's innermost secrets. But both he and Shiho Miyano could confirm one thing: the Karasuma family was inextricably linked to the organization.
After all, his and Ai Haibara's parents had both accepted offers from the Karasuma Group and joined one of its pharmaceutical companies, only to fall under the organization's control. Karasuma Pharmaceuticals was undoubtedly one of the shells the organization's research division used to operate in society.
Why had the organization suddenly embraced Tang Ze Yichuan's seemingly fantastical theoretical system, even going so far as to build half of its research paths around his work? His father himself had never entered any Cognitive World.
"Unless they witnessed the Cognitive World firsthand through some other channel and discovered that it existed, I can't think of any other answer." Tangze pointed at the towering building outside the window again. "That's why I want to verify it. There are many differences, but this is the closest situation we've found so far to that bloody night."
"And bringing that deduction maniac along is also to test this theory?" Ai Haibara looked at Noah,