Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 578 Mao Li, What a Poor Detective...

Ever since he discovered that "Phantom Thief under the Moon" might be a double-layered painting, Kaito Kuroba discussed with Konosuke Terai to find a way to see what was painted underneath.

For the painter "Pickman" who created this painting, not only the phantom thief lady, but even Konosuke Terai, who knew Kuroba Pirates earlier than Kuroba Chikage, has never heard of it.

Therefore, Terai Konosuke was also very curious about the bottom of the painting.

A state-of-the-art X-ray scanner should be able to see the next layer of a painting.

At first, Kuroba Kaito asked Terai Konosuke to buy one in the market, intending to restore the lower layer of the painting in the simplest way.

It's not cooking, though, and the simplest methods are often the least effective.

Under the operation of two laymen, Kaito Kuroba and Konosuke Terai, X-ray scanning can only restore some relatively simple repetitive compositions.

For example: the moon.

Now Kaito Kuroba can determine the next level of Phantom Thief under the moon, and there is also a moon drawn in almost the same position.

Other parts, including the color of the paint, can't be seen clearly at all.

Professional problems should be solved by professionals, and Kaito Kuroba thought of the "mysterious friend" who asked Terai Konosuke, the scientist who often helped him DIY props.

However, Konosuke Terai said that his scientist friend had gone abroad and had no schedule.

And the Phantom Thief in this painting is Black Feather Pirate One wearing Phantom Thief Kidd's costume. Anyone with a little imagination can guess that Black Feather Pirate One is Phantom Thief Kidd.

If this scientist friend knows that most of the props he made are used for crimes, the cooperation will definitely fail, and he may even call the police.

"My friend has a strong sense of justice," Terai Konosuke commented.

This is indeed a challenge for Kuroba Kaito, not only to find professionals in the professional field, but also to find people who do not have a strong sense of justice.

In the middle of the two collections, Kaito Kuroba thought of the only candidate, the curator of the Medieval Art Museum, Matsumoto Ryohei.

Last time, although it was to prevent the gems from his own gem exhibition from being stolen, Matsumoto Ryohei still chose to make a deal with himself, the "Kidd Thief".

Of course, under the auspices of Qin Zhibo.

So this time, Kuroba Kaito still wants to ask Qin Zhibo to host, to see if this cooperation can be reached.

"I understand what you mean. You just want me to be a lobbyist and let Matsumoto scan this painting for you."

Kuroba Kaito nodded again and again, his eyes full of anticipation.

"Yes, you can, but I'm afraid you have to meet some of his conditions."

It's not that Qin Zhibo thinks that he doesn't have enough face to persuade Matsumoto Ryohei to help, but it's better for the two parties to get along on the premise of "win-win cooperation".

Kaito Kuroba also thought of this point, after all, this is related to the secret of Kaito Kidd's true identity, and it is better to have some interests tied into it.

With the binding of interests, it is equivalent to mastering the other party's secrets, which is only fair.

"I can help him steal something, as long as it doesn't go too far"

Stealing things is Kuroba Kaito's forte.

Although most things are returned after being played with for a few times, stealing some things that are not very conscientious is still acceptable.

In fact, the tradition of the Kuroba family is not to "return what is stolen", but to let the treasure flow to where it should go.

Sometimes the treasure will be returned to the owner, sometimes the treasure will be sent back to the museum of the lost country, and sometimes it will flow into Kuroba's own pocket.
Qin Zhibo thought for a while, and this condition was considered reasonable.

"Okay then, I will help you contact Matsumoto and see what he thinks"

"By the way, please read this letter."

Saying that, Qin Zhibo took out the envelope actually signed "KID" and handed it to Kuroba Kaito.

Kaito Kuroba took the letter paper and read it over and over again, with surprise and anger in his eyes.

"What the hell is this guy going to do? Why is he pretending to be me to send out invitations?"

"And this 'Twilight Mansion' happened to be the prey I had just spotted recently. Before I even made a move, he took the initiative to deliver it to my door."

Qin Zhibo took back the letter from Heiyu Kaito, re-examined it, and analyzed: "I may not be the only one who received this invitation letter."

"Look, the hot stamping font on the letter paper is a computer font, but the name on the envelope is handwritten with a brush."

"This shows that many copies of the same invitation were made, but the names on the envelopes of each invitation were different, so they were handwritten."

After listening to the analysis, Kuroba Kaito and Terai Konosuke felt that it made sense and nodded.

Kaito Kuroba followed Qin Zhibo's reasoning and analyzed: "If the contents of the invitation letters are all the same, then the beginning of the letter will be 'I admire your wisdom'."

"So, the other invited people are also detectives like you?"

Detective culture is very prevalent in this world, and the wisdom of detectives generally refers to other detectives.

"It's possible"

Qin Zhibo nodded, and unconsciously, the figure of a elementary school student appeared in his head.

On the side, Kaito Kuroba showed a smile of "Oh, a certain type of ant" on his face, and said to himself: "Famous detectives are gathered together, even if it's not for the treasure, I'm very interested in going there."

Before Kuroba Kaito finished speaking, Terai Konosuke raised objections.

"I object!"

"Master, there are too many detectives there, once you are caught, how can I explain to Madam!"

"Don't worry." Kuroba Kaito waved his hands indifferently, and turned to look at Qin Zhibo's face with interest.

"I have a perfect identity as a cover. As long as I use Uncle Qin's face, no one will doubt me, right?"

Kuroba Kaito made a plaster cast of Qin Zhibo's face very early on, just for this day!
However, just when Hei Yu Kaito was complacent about his future, Qin Zhibo shook his finger sternly.

"No! No! No!"

"I want to go to the Twilight Pavilion myself, you should find another way."

"No. It's another 'face' for him."

"But I don't know which other detective has received the invitation letter?" Kaito Kuroba spread his hands and looked embarrassed.

Qin Zhibo smiled slightly, and comforted him, "I have a possible candidate in my mind, and I'll confirm it tomorrow."

At noon the next day, Qin Zhibo came out of the Maori Detective Agency and also got the information he wanted.

Sure enough, as Qin Zhibo guessed, Mori Kogoro also received the invitation letter.

All the reasoning is the same as what I and Kuroba Kaito guessed, and the rest of the invited people should also be detectives.

In this way, maybe there will be old faces showing up.
"Hey?"

"I found out clearly, Kogoro Mori has also received the invitation, and the three of them are going to go."

"Well, get ready."

After hanging up the phone, Kaito Kuroba happily started preparing the human skin mask.

In Kaito Kidd's secret base, Kaito Kuroba scanned the plaster heads one after another, and hesitated for a while between pretending to be Ran Mori or Kogoro Mori.

Mao Lilan played the role last time, it's a bit troublesome to be a girl
"It's up to you!"

Said, Kuroba Kaito carried out Nakamori Ginzo's plaster head.

After another two days, it finally came to the date marked on the invitation letter.

In order to save the fare and avoid unnecessary waste, Qin Zhibo decided to take the car of the Maoli family that day.

Mori Kogoro was a little dissatisfied with Qin Zhibo's behavior of taking advantage, and muttered in his mouth.

This made Qin Zhibo confirm that the current Mori Kogoro must be the deity.

But Mao Lilan thinks this is very good, we can be companions on the road, and we can chat together.

This time, there was a 200 million check from the host of the dinner party. Kogoro Mori didn't search for it, and directly rented an ideal car in his mind, the Toyota Crown.

The white Toyota Crown drove from morning to afternoon, from Tokyo to the suburbs, and changed drivers twice in the middle.

At dusk, when the sun was about to sink into the top of the mountain, the group finally arrived at the mountain where the Twilight Pavilion was located.

puff--

Suddenly, the sound of a tire explosion sounded, waking up the drowsy people in the car.

The car bumped up, Kogoro Mori quickly stabilized the steering wheel and parked the car on the side of the road.

Qin Zhibo and Mori Kogoro got out of the car to check at the same time, and found that the rear tire was blown.

However, Qin Zhibo looked more carefully, and saw an extremely sharp cut on the tire, and the playing cards dropped in the ditch not far away.

Qin Zhibo: "."

"It's unlucky enough."

Kogoro Mori reluctantly opened the trunk and looked inside, it was empty.

"There's no spare tire in the car, damn it!"

Mori Kogoro was so angry that he closed the trunk vigorously. At this moment, Conan sent another reminder.

"Uncle! There just happens to be a gas station in front of it!"

Under the instructions full of childlike innocence, Mori Kogoro excitedly showed a wise look in his eyes, and said happily: "This is the so-called another village! Hehe."

Mori Kogoro walked forward with his hands in his pockets, and Qin Zhibo quickly followed.

"I'll go take a look too."

When the two came to the gas station, there was only one young employee in the convenience store in the entire gas station.

"Hello, my car has a flat tire and needs to be repaired. Can you repair the tire here?"

The employee brother immediately raised his head and smiled to serve, "No problem! Don't look at me young, my tire repair skills are quite good."

The employee brother raised his head, just in time to meet Qin Zhibo's gaze, feeling a little guilty.

Because he is Kaito Kuroba who has been guarding here for a long time.

Knowing the departure time of the Maoli family from Qin Zhibo, and roughly estimating the time needed along the way, he chose to set up an ambush at the gas station here.

Just now, when I saw the white Toyota Crown coming from a distance, I first shot the rubber tires with a special poker gun, and then ran over to pretend to be a gas station employee while Mori Kogoro was checking the condition of the tires.

But at this moment, Qin Zhibo felt a little helpless looking at Hei Yu Kaidou's harmless face.

It turned out to be waiting here to start.
(End of this chapter)