Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 62 Notice Letter

After finishing the call with his mother, Kaito turned on the computer and searched for news and videos related to Kudo Shinichi again.

Although he talked about his disdain for the profession of detectives, he did have a strong interest in this high school student detective who was destined to be with him at first glance.

Yesterday he just used the video to imitate the behavior of the other party. When he watched the content again today, he focused on the cases the other party participated in and his recent whereabouts.

When he concluded that Kudo Shinichi hadn't appeared on the news for several months, and he hadn't even seen this person as close as Xiaolan for a long time, he began to wonder if the other party was involved in some serious trouble Difficult to get out, or has encountered an accident.

If it was as I guessed, then my cousin must know something, so he asked me to help Kudo Shinichi out of the siege.

Although he is curious about the mystery in front of him, Kaito is not Conan's kind of fanatic who can't move his eyes when encountering a puzzle. He has to find out the truth.

It would be interesting to have the opportunity to find out the truth, but even if nothing was found out, it wasn't worth his troubles. He couldn't help being curious, at worst, he could just ask the cousin-in-law.

After thinking about this, Kaito felt that there was no more useful information on the Internet, so he closed the webpage and began to prepare for the next action plan as Kaitou Kidd...

……

"What? You passed by brother Shinichi in Shibuya? It's impossible..." Hearing Xiaolan talk about the experience of going to Shibuya with Sonoko today, Conan said it was impossible.

After all, the last time someone pretended to be him was obviously a purposeful act, so the other party wouldn't be walking on the road with his disguised face swaggering every day, it would be a bit of a serious illness.

Although Conan hasn't found anyone posing as him yet, he doesn't think that there will be people around his age, appearance and voice in the world, and he doesn't think there may be such an existence around him.

"It's absolutely true! And he dared to ignore me as if he didn't see me, isn't it too much?" Xiaolan said angrily.

Kogoro Mori on the side was drinking canned beer, listening to his daughter's nagging, he complained impatiently: "I think it's probably because that kid has had enough of you, so leave him alone."

"That's right, he's still walking with other girls, talking and laughing..." Hearing her father's shocking speech, Xiaolan immediately felt depressed, "No wonder I met him last week, but after reading it The movie just ran away, it turned out to be like this..."

"You must have identified the wrong person! Brother Shinichi is not that kind of person!" Conan hurriedly interrupted Xiaolan's wild thoughts, but was attacked by the other party's white eyes.

However, after hearing Xiaolan's description, Conan suspected that what Xiaolan saw might be someone who looked very similar to him, and he might not be able to see clearly when he was holding an umbrella on a rainy day. After all the bonuses, you will feel that you are seeing yourself.

Being questioned by Conan, although Xiaolan was a little upset, but after thinking about it carefully, it might be more likely that she was mistaken, so she lifted the subject and talked about Sonoko's entrustment.

"Phantom Thief No. 1412? Who is it? Just let me catch him." Mouri Kogoro asked at a loss when he heard the request relayed by Xiaolan.

"Actually, I don't know very well. According to Yuanzi, he is a big monster who targets art and jewelry from all over the world." Xiaolan carefully recalled Yuanzi's introduction about the other party, "Interpol has never caught him. , so he was assigned a secret number 1412..."

"Later, this number was leaked to the outside world, and the world will call him Phantom Thief No. 1412, but Japan seems to use other nicknames to call him."

"Since he's coming to steal the black star, it's fine to let the police do it, and I don't need it?" Mori Kogoro asked puzzled.

"Yonko wants to meet this strange thief No. 1412 directly. If he is caught by the police, he will be taken away directly. That's why I hope Dad can catch him..."

Afterwards, the father and daughter talked about the interpretation of the number for a while, and Xiaolan remembered that Yuanzi had given him a copy of the notice letter, took it out and put it on the table and said, "This is the letter that I can't understand at all. , like a code."

Hearing the word "signature", Conan, who was sleepy just now and was about to go to bed, suddenly felt relieved. He ran to the table in two or three steps, staring at the notice letter and thinking.

"April Fool's Day
when the moon separates the two

I will turn into a black star
ride the waves
Come
Phantom Thief"

Mori Kogoro read out the text on the notice letter, except for the clear message of April Fool's Day, April [-]st, everything else was at a loss.

Conan, on the other hand, after reading this paragraph back and forth several times, felt that he had encountered an interesting puzzle that had not been seen for a long time, and at the same time his competitive spirit was also aroused, and he was eager to try.

……

On the afternoon of March 3, Mori Kogoro brought Xiaolan and Conan to the Mihua Museum to participate in the protection of the world's largest black pearl "Black Star".

Seeing Shintaro Chagi from the Second Search Section of the Metropolitan Police Department brought the entire Second Search Section to the big battle here in charge of guarding, Mori Kogoro expressed this to the client this time, the chairman of the Suzuki Foundation Shiro Suzuki Doubts were raised.

However, the other party thinks that although the notice says tomorrow, Kaitou No. 1412 may also sneak in tonight, so they are on full alert from now on.

Although Conan on the side felt that there was nothing wrong with being careful, he still felt that the most important thing at present should be to decipher the code on the notice letter.

When he was puzzled, the police next to him, and Xiaolan and Yuanzi discussing the meal, suddenly gave him an idea to solve the problem.

So Conan ran to the window, used the position of the dial and the sun, locked on a building not far away, and smiled knowingly.

……

At 11 o'clock that night, taking advantage of Xiaolan's deep sleep, Conan got dressed and called Dr. Ali first, asking him to find the information of Kaitou No. 1412 in the criminal files collected by his father.

After that, he sneaked out of the Mori Detective Agency and went straight to the Kubato City Hotel alone, intending to meet the legendary Phantom Thief in person.

After traveling for more than an hour, Conan finally arrived at the rooftop of the Kubado City Hotel at 0:28 the next day, ready to welcome Kaitou 1412.

At this time, Dr. Ari got through Conan's mobile phone and told him the information he had investigated.

In Dr. Ali's narration, Conan learned that the strange thief first appeared 18 years ago, and then suddenly disappeared in the tenth year of his activity. It was not until recently that he resumed activities in Japan as the main area.

"There are too many adjectives for him from the outside world, but among those nicknames, there is one that is most recognized by most people, and that is the nickname given to him by a famous young novelist—Kid the Stranger !"

(End of this chapter)