I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

What does it mean that Lu Ban III sends you a message every time he takes action?

When did he ever get impersonated by Batman? Has Batman ever even met Lupin III? How come he knew nothing about this? Isn't this considered inflating your sales figures?

Ginjiro Toyama was completely bewildered by all this. He took a sip of tea and then asked cautiously.

You're saying it could cause big problems?

"Cooperation in the investigation is definitely not a problem, but I'd like to ask what kind of big problems it will cause? That relates to how much police force we can currently allocate to help you investigate Lupin III's whereabouts."

"As you know, we are currently investigating the serial murder case that occurred in Osaka Prefecture."

"Even Chief Hattori, who is also the head of the Osaka Police Headquarters, has personally taken action. And if they can't reach an agreement with that councilor this time, they may have to allocate most of their police force to protect him and prevent another vicious murder."

"You know, if some things are set in precedent, the negative impact on the city can be immeasurable."

After all, the people at the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters aren't into catching phantom thieves.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Lupin III and Kaito Kid haven't been to Osaka Prefecture many times.

Faced with Ginjiro Toyama's doubts, Koichi Zenigata naturally understood why he would say that. Therefore, the inspector from the International Criminal Police Organization stroked his chin before speaking in a low voice.

"Do you remember exactly how I left the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and joined Interpol?"

This rather legendary police officer mentioned this incident.

Ginjiro Toyama's mind flashed back to the major news stories he had seen on television, and he nodded with some doubt before speaking.

"Are you referring to the matter concerning Cagliostro City?"

This matter was of great importance, and it caused a sensation around the world as soon as it was broadcast.

Although Cagliostro was just a small country in Europe.

However, the usurper possessed considerable power, with counterfeit currency circulating worldwide and inextricable connections to numerous politicians within Japan.

Koichi Zenigata noticed this matter after he came to Cagliostro to investigate Lupin III.

However, when he wanted to continue the investigation, he was ordered to stop by the higher-ups at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and was asked to immediately abandon the operation and return to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to report for duty.

As a result, Koichi Zenigata completely ignored the instructions from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's top brass.

Under the pretext of arresting Lupin III, he led fully armed police officers into the wedding of the King of Cagliostro, and together with Fujiko Mine, exposed all the dark truths to the world.

This directly led to the complete collapse of the Kingdom of Cagliostro's power after the death of its king, leaving no possibility of a comeback.

However, this incident also led to Koichi Zenigata's resignation from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. After all, this matter involved the interests of many Japanese politicians, and if he had remained in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, he would have been subject to constraints at every turn.

It's not impossible that there might even be a life-threatening situation.

That's why he joined the International Criminal Court and became a special police inspector tasked with capturing Lupin III.

Now that Zenigata Koichi is bringing up the old story of the Kingdom of Cagliostro again, is he trying to say something?

To this, Shinichi Zenigata simply said in a low voice.

"This matter certainly won't involve that much."

"After all, this is in Japan, unlike the United States or those small European countries, where there are all sorts of arms dealers and criminal gangs with all kinds of firearms. However, this incident is very similar to that one, I mean Lupin III's side."

"Lupin III did not inform me of his last operation in Cagliostro."

"After the investigation, I learned that Lupin III had been attacked by the King of Cagliostro before that, which caused him to fall into the sea and almost die. He forced himself to go to the final duel while suffering from a high fever and injuries, and had no time to contact me."

"This time, it's most likely that something went wrong on Lupin III's side, and he couldn't contact me."

"Besides, this kid always manages to get involved in all sorts of serious trouble. So since there's a problem on his end, I think it's necessary to investigate it thoroughly."

Upon hearing this, Ginjiro Toyama immediately became respectful.

It's no wonder he's the legendary thief Lupin III, who's been famous for over a decade.

With a casual move, he achieved something that someone with less experience like Kaito Kid could never reach in a lifetime.

Under normal circumstances, as Zenigata Koichi said, even if Lupin III really caused some major problems in Japan, it was impossible for a major event like the Kingdom of Cagliostro to actually occur.

But who can say for sure about these kinds of events?

In Tokyo, attackers and criminals with all sorts of strange and grotesque appearances are frequently appearing.

Even Batman, that thing that's not even human, is spinning like a top. Even if you took one-tenth of the intensity of Tokyo and put it in Osaka Prefecture, without Batman's help, the Osaka auxiliary police would probably have a hard time dealing with it.

Therefore, it seems necessary for Lupin III to find it in advance, as Zenigata Koichi suggested.

We in Osaka Prefecture want to have the same status as Tokyo, the de facto capital, not the same level of security!

"Don't worry, just tell us if there's anything we can do to help, and we'll do our best."

"I speak seriously," said Ginjiro Toyama.

However, neither Ginjiro Toyama nor Koichi Zenigata knew that their entire conversation had been overheard by Chen En, because when Kazuha Toyama entered the conference room to find Ginjiro Toyama earlier, he had casually placed a listening device on Kazuha Toyama.

The listening device naturally fell off and landed beside Toyama Kazuha after she entered the conference room.

Because of its tiny size, it went unnoticed by Koichi Zenigata and Ginjiro Toyama, and thus continued to collect their conversation and send it back.

Chapter 1179 I'll handle it

...It's that country of Cagliostro again.

Chen En was not unfamiliar with this term.

When Makoto Kyogoku and Lupin III's group were hacked from the Okinawa Islands to the outskirts of Tokyo by that axe-wielding killer, he fought against the killer. Afterwards, Koichi Zenigata told him the truth about the Kingdom of Cagliostro.

Otherwise, he might have directly confronted Lupin III.

Given the severely injured state of Lupin III and Daisuke Jigen, and the exhausted state of Goemon Ishikawa, if he were to actually make a move, he might be able to send the entire Lupin III trio to prison at once, a feat unprecedented in history.

But that's all.

At that time, Fujiko Mine was watching from the side, and the ace mercenary named King was probably also spying.

There are probably other people around Lupin III waiting to be rescued, or they have some hidden tricks up their sleeves. At most, we can only capture them, but we can't do anything else, and it will make them enemies of Lupin III.

At that time, Lupin III will probably come to Tokyo every few days to steal all sorts of things, keeping everyone busy like spinning tops.

"...Is it really similar to the situation in the Kingdom of Cagliostro back then?"

"If Lupin III didn't have the opportunity to contact Zenigata Koichi, it doesn't necessarily mean that there's something wrong with Lupin III himself. It's also possible that someone else simply prevented Lupin III from making contact."

Chen En mentally reviewed what he had just heard, his fingers lightly tapping the side of his coffee cup.

This situation is rare, but it has happened before.

This situation occurred in the Lupin III x Detective Conan crossover movie.

Those were terrorists who escaped from the Kingdom of Vesbania.

They staged a real kidnapping of Fujiko Mine, using her to blackmail Lupin III into impersonating Kaito Kid to steal specific gems, thus testing Lupin III's abilities.

Lupin III did not contact Koichi Zenigata during that episode, but instead moved around in the form of Kaito Kid from beginning to end.

If this situation is similar to that one...

It's not impossible that someone like Fujiko Mine, or someone who kidnapped Fujiko Mine, or someone connected to Lupin III, would ask Lupin III to steal the jewels quietly.

Or rather, this is simply a prequel to the movie that took place in Osaka Prefecture.

The group from the Kingdom of Vesbania was targeting Vesbania ore in Tokyo, so it's not impossible that they, like Chen En, would also be eyeing the wooden puppet birds of the Flying Dragon Warriors that can be powered without electricity.

After all, according to the normal plot development, Lupin III would not have encountered Batman.

In other words, when Lupin III and his group were chased to the outskirts of Tokyo by the Axe-wielding Killer, it was probably Ishikawa Goemon who arrived in time to severely injure the Axe-wielding Killer, ending the battle.

Therefore, it is impossible for Lupin III and Koichi Zenigata's communication channel to be stolen.

If Lupin III's communication channel with Koichi Zenigata had not been hacked, Zenigata would not have been misled into staying in Tokyo for an extended period before leaving.

In this way, it is highly likely that, just like in the movie, Koichi Zenigata was completely unaware that Kaito Kid was Lupin III in disguise, and only went to the corresponding city to confront Lupin III when he learned that Lupin III was contacting him under his own identity.

Chen En gently stroked his chin with his fingers, marveling at the wonder of cause and effect.

As a time traveler, every action he takes triggers a butterfly effect, causing the originally clear plot to change in an unbelievable way.

We can only hope that these changes are for the better, and not for the worse.

All he needs to do next is wait for Noah's Ark to obtain the investigation plan devised by Ginjiro Toyama and Koichi Zenigata, and then go to find Lu Ban III according to their investigation plan.

Besides that, we just need to wait for the investigation results from Koizumi Akako and the Osaka branch of the Suzuki Foundation...

"We've already received the files."

At that moment, Toyama Kazuha's voice came.

When Ginjiro Toyama had something to say to Yuki Zenigata, the conversation between the father and daughter was surprisingly brief.

First, Kazuha Toyama said that Heiji Hattori suspected Yusuke Sakata was the murderer. Then, Ginjiro Toyama said that he would ask Heiji Hattori about this matter first, and he had not yet seen what Heizo Hattori thought.

After sending a message to inquire about Hattori Heizo's attitude, he promptly wrote a note to Toyama Kazuha.

The entire process took no more than three minutes, and Kazuha Toyama left nothing behind in the conference room.

Except for a listening device.

"Mr. Chen En, could you please take a look at this file and see if there are any problems?"

She walked over carrying the file and asked Chen En some serious questions.

Hearing this, Ran Mouri asked in surprise.

"Why not just send it to Mr. Hattori?"

"After all, it was Mr. Hattori who suspected that Sakata Yusuke might be the murderer, not Mr. Chen En. Mr. Chen En said that he had no intention of interfering in the case at all."

However, Toyama Kazuha simply opened the file folder and spoke without looking up.

"It's too late to send it now, isn't it?"

“Dad just told me that Heiji hasn’t arrived at Uncle Heizo’s place yet, but by the time we drive there, Uncle Heizo’s place will probably have already moved on to the next stage.”

"I'm not quite sure which files to send, so of course I need Mr. Chen En to take a look."

There's nothing wrong with that statement.