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

It was because he knew that the alliance of Tokyo's underground yakuza organizations was a makeshift operation, with both sides acting with the intention of betraying their allies.

Even with Batman quickly dispatched to various locations to deal with the Raven Society's previous all-out offensive, the Raven Society's previous full-scale offensive was still manageable.

It has still caused considerable and terrifying damage to organized crime groups in various regions.

Even when the East Star Society faced the Raven Society's fierce attack, they basically maintained a posture of fighting and retreating, or simply stalling for time to wait for Batman to arrive. The fact that those small gangster organizations were not completely crushed or routed in one fell swoop is already quite remarkable.

It's like a spring that has been compressed to its limit.

If you have enough strength, and you keep pressing down hard, you can break the spring and make it unable to bounce. But if you loosen your grip even slightly, the spring will bounce back up.

At that time, the force applied to the spring will be returned to the person.

The mastermind behind the Raven Society doesn't seem like someone that stupid.

However, when faced with Ye Caisan's opinion, Conan simply said in a low voice.

"I think they're preparing to coordinate with the Black Organization to attack the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, or they're preparing to raid the convoy that's transferring key witnesses to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department... Their target is still that Black Organization member known as Pisco within the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department."

Conan naturally has his own opinion on this.

He felt that the Ravens' and Black Organization's offensive posture had decreased significantly.

On one hand, Batman's truly devastating attack last night nearly wiped out members of several Raven Society branches. On the other hand, the mole, who may exist within the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, has already passed the message to Ireland.

Chen En had explicitly mentioned this to him before.

If it were Ireland, they would absolutely not ignore Pisk.

He is one of the few humanoid beings in the Black Organization who values ​​loyalty and righteousness.

If Pisco, who is essentially his father, is highly likely to be transferred to a place beyond rescue by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, or simply be secretly executed, he will definitely choose to step in to save him.

Chen En's proposed Pisco transfer plan hit Ireland's sore spot exactly.

That's why Conan has this opinion.

However, just as Conan and Ye Caisan were talking and speculating about the Raven Society and the Black Organization, Ai Haibara, who was sitting in front of the computer desk and looking at the screen of Noah's Ark with her chin in her hand, suddenly blurted out something out of the blue.

"In that case, it seems Ireland's demise is imminent."

Her words immediately caught the attention of Conan and Ye Caisan.

The two of them turned to look at Ai Haibara at the same time, not understanding why she would make such a judgment at this time, when Ireland should be at the height of its popularity.

In response, Ai Haibara simply held the cup in front of her with both hands, took a sip of milk, and then spoke.

"Because he showed a very clear personal inclination."

"This is something that is absolutely forbidden among the codenamed members of the Black Organization, or even among the level of the Black Organization in charge... I think if it were Gin, he might already be heading towards Tokyo."

"Unauthorized mobilization of organizational resources to do things that are not beneficial to the organization."

"For an organization, this is a capital offense in itself."

After all, even Calvados, who was Vermouth's loyal sycophant, secretly transferred to Tokyo to help without telling anyone, rather than openly mobilizing resources as a member of the Black Organization.

Ireland's actions were utterly suicidal.

This speculation immediately dampened the atmosphere inside the Bat Cave.

Ye Caisan frowned and asked.

"...Miss Haibara, I've wanted to ask this for a long time."

"How exactly does the Black Organization operate?"

"Codenamed members who expose the existence of the Black Organization will be executed; codenamed members who use the organization's resources to do things that are detrimental to the Black Organization will be executed; codenamed members suspected of betrayal will also be executed."

"Even codenamed members of the Black Organization who want to leave the Black Organization may be executed for the sake of secrecy."

"What exactly is the mindset of the codenamed members of the Black Organization when they work for them?"

He simply couldn't understand it.

After all, working for the Black Organization means getting no power, no fame, no profit, nothing at all, and you could be killed at any time by the Black Organization's action team, that is, Gin's group.

What are they after?

Ai Haibara remained silent for a moment before casually uttering a sentence.

"Perhaps they are unaware of their imprisonment while in jail."

It's like someone who's worked for a lot of unscrupulous companies, even if they later learn through other channels how bad those companies are.

In the end, they will most likely not realize how bad the unscrupulous company is to them because of sunk costs or because they have become accustomed to it, and instead become like the unscrupulous company's loyal dog.

It's quite tragic in every sense.

Just then, the hangar door next to them suddenly opened.

The Batplane had already landed at the landing site of the Bat Cave at some point.

Chen En pushed open the cabin door and climbed out of the cockpit of the Batplane. His gaze fell on the people in front of him. Then, he pulled out a cup of coffee from somewhere, took a sip, and sat down in the computer chair as usual.

Then he asked in a rather relaxed voice.

What are you talking about?

"Has anything unexpected happened in Tokyo today? For example, have the five high-ranking officers of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, who could potentially be replaced by Ireland, shown any unusual behavior?"

His words left everyone looking at each other in bewilderment.

Conan then spoke.

"As usual, neither I nor Hakuba Saguru felt anything unusual."

"The two high-ranking officials who are supposed to be slacking off are still slacking off as always, the one who is supposed to be giving orders is still giving orders as always, and the two who are supposed to be watching from the sidelines are still going against the grain as always."

"If someone is being impersonated, then the impersonation technique is probably not that advanced."

Chen En took a sip of coffee, his eyes narrowing slightly.

It seems he'll have to go check again tonight.

Chapter 1244 Every Family Has Its Own Troubles

In the blink of an eye, Chen En, who had just returned to the Bat Cave, set off again.

Watching the figure, now dressed in the familiar Batsuit, disappear into the Batcave in the Batmobile, Conan and Ye Caisan were at a loss for words as to how to evaluate this extraordinary person who came and went like the wind.

"...I must say, Young Master Chen En is really good at managing his time."

"After a busy day, I just got back to the Bat Cave, checked the backlog of surveillance footage from today, and then went out to observe the high-ranking officials of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division."

"Does this mean he really doesn't need to sleep or rest?"

Although we already have a fairly clear understanding of Chen En's work and rest schedule.

But Ye Caisan couldn't help but complain from the side.

He's been working as a butler at Chen En Manor for quite some time now.

However, as far as he knew, Chen En spent very little time resting in the manor. If he didn't know that Chen En was human, he might have thought that this guy was some kind of monster.

In a sense, this might be the effect he wanted to achieve.

After all, in the comics, Batman's grotesque appearance was created to instill fear in others.

“I asked him that question before.”

"But you can probably guess his answer to me."

Conan, somewhat helplessly, took a sip of his coffee with both hands, then coughed twice to clear his throat, and deliberately lowered his voice to say something.

"Because I'm Batman!"

Ye Caisan: ?

That's a truly Batman-esque answer.

It would be great if that person didn't use that answer for every question.

Ye Caisan originally wanted to discuss matters related to Tokyo's underworld organized crime groups with Chen En again. However, given how fast Chen En was moving, he couldn't very well use the communicator to harass him while he was speeding.

Therefore, they had no choice but to wait until Chen En returned to the Bat Cave before discussing the matter with him.

He couldn't help but complain to himself.

“You young people are full of energy and it doesn’t matter if you don’t sleep every day, but how can an old man like me endure such a long period of sleeplessness?”

"You're just wasting your life like an old man, aren't you?"

As for what Chen En did in Osaka Prefecture today that led him back to Tokyo at this hour...

They didn't need to ask Chen En about this.

You'll know if you just look at the news.

The Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters just announced in its evening news that the cordoned-off area designated from noon to evening today is actually the warning zone for the stolen items mentioned in the pre-announcement letter from Phantom Thief Lupin III.

This operation was carried out jointly by the Osaka Police Headquarters and Inspector Zenigata of the International Criminal Police Organization.

What surprised them even more was that the Osaka Police Headquarters and the International Criminal Police actually succeeded in preventing Lupin III from taking what he wanted.

As is well known, the capabilities of the Osaka Police Headquarters, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and the International Criminal Court are all roughly the same when it comes to dealing with these legendary thieves.

Inspector Zenigata's joint efforts with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to capture Lupin III have yielded little success.

Can they stop it by teaming up with Hattori, the head of the Osaka Police Headquarters?

It's obvious that Chen En was secretly helping, but the Osaka Police Headquarters or the International Criminal Court didn't discover it, so it wasn't published.

As for Chen En's ability to stop Lupin III's actions for a short time...

Neither Conan, nor Ye Caisan, nor Ai Haibara had any doubts about this.

Although the real world is not as full of supernatural disasters as the DC comic world, major and serious incidents affecting thousands or tens of thousands of people occur frequently.

Chen En always managed to prevent major and serious incidents from escalating into major, disastrous consequences, and he never failed.

Previously, he even helped Lupin III and his crew defeat a powerful enemy that they were unable to handle.