Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 66 I Caught You Again

After notifying the police on the ship, Conan returned to the banquet hall and explained what he found to Sonoko and Mrs. Tomoko.

Hearing that Phantom Thief Kidd was pretending to be her husband to sneak into the banquet, Tomoko Suzuki didn't show much surprise, and still looked confident, saying that with the presence of the police headed by Nakamori Ginzo, they would definitely be able to protect the Black Star.

However, Mouri Kogoro, who was entrusted to protect the Black Star, still finds it difficult to deal with Tomoko Suzuki's confident statement. After all, it is really difficult to respond effectively if one does not know which one is the real one.

Facing Kogoro Mori's request, Tomoko Suzuki gave a hint: "The reason why this black pearl captured my grandfather's heart 60 years ago is mainly because of the peacock green luster it retains, so I have entrusted it to a being most worthy of it."

"It should be a woman who is suitable to wear a real product?" Mori Kogoro asked tentatively.

Tomoko Suzuki was noncommittal when he heard the words, but just smiled and said: "I think a man as good as you is also a good match with Black Pearl, Mr. Mori."

Conan on the side heard the prompt and began to fall into thinking.According to what he observed just now, the black pearls worn by everyone were indistinguishable with the naked eye, and even the luster looked the same, as if they had been preserved for a long time.

Afterwards, Mori Kogoro chatted with some acquaintances for a while, only to find that Xiaolan had been away from Conan for a long time before, and began to worry.

Yuanzi heard that Xiao Lan hadn't come back yet, and felt that the other party was only acting out of his usual road-crazy attributes. If he couldn't find the way, he would ask the patrolling guards for help, so don't worry.

"Why don't we go out and help find it." Ishino, who heard the conversation here from a distance, led Natsumi towards Mori Kogoro, and suggested, "It happens that the two of us want to go outside to get some air. If we meet Bring her back to Xiaolan."

Hearing what Ishino said, Mori Kogoro didn't refuse, so he told the two that they don't need to go to Xiaolan deliberately, and if they see it, they will help her to come back early.

So Ishino took Xia Mei's hand and walked out of the banquet hall, preparing to go to the corridor and deck outside to relax.

"Shi Jun, are you worried about Xiaolan, are you worried that something will happen to her?" Xia Mei hadn't spoken before, but now she left the venue and expressed her doubts.

Although the two really didn't have any acquaintances in the banquet hall, so they felt a little bored staying there, but Shi Ye suddenly proposed to come out to get some air, and Xia Mei could still vaguely guess the other party's thoughts.

"Well, I do have this kind of worry." Ishino nodded to admit his thoughts, and explained, "Although the Kaitou Kidd has no record of hurting others before, it cannot be ruled out that Xiaolan broke his whereabouts and was controlled. .”

"It's okay if you're still inside the cabin, but if you're outside the cabin or on the deck, it might still be somewhat dangerous."

Xia Mei thought for a while, and nodded in agreement with Ishino's thoughts, and said: "It's not too late, then let's go along the corridor and look for it. Although I really want to say that it is faster for us to split up, because we may encounter that person at any time." Phantom Thief, we should act together."

Hearing Xia Mei's calm analysis, Ishino felt that his fiancée was much more reliable than some detectives, so he led the other party to the top floor and started searching from the top floor down.

The reason why Ishino took Natsumi out of the banquet hall was mainly to find Ran as soon as possible and prevent the innocent girl from blowing the sea breeze for too long, but at the same time, he also planned to let Kaito do whatever he wanted.

Because of his actions, the difficulty for Kaito to steal the Black Star has been greatly increased this time. If Kaito can successfully obtain the real black pearl with his own ability, Ishino does not intend to embarrass him. Anyway, Kaito will take the loot send it back.

If Kaito is still not hot enough, then Ishino will consider letting Natsumi enjoy the game of cat and mouse, and let Kaito act as a companion tool.

Although Ishino remembers that in the original plot, Kaito was very ungentlemanly to throw Xiaolan into a lifeboat and blow the sea breeze, but considering that Kaito had contacted Xiaolan last month, he was not sure about the other party. Will it become more sympathetic?

So Ishino and Natsumi searched very carefully, carefully checked almost every place where people could hide, and finally found the unconscious Xiaolan on a lifeboat on the side of the deck.

At this time, the lights of the Tokyo city in the distance can be seen from the boat. Ishino estimated that Kaito should have made a move, so he asked Natsumi to rush back to the venue and told Mori Kogoro that they found Xiao Ran, and he was responsible for sending Xiao Ran to the venue. Go to the infirmary on the ship.

Considering that this place is not far from the banquet hall, there should be no danger, Xia Mei agreed to Ishino's arrangement.

Before the two parted, Ishino put his face close to Xia Mei's ear and whispered a few words, Xia Mei's eyes lit up and she looked eager to try.

……

In fact, not long after Ishino and Natsumi left the venue, Kaito, disguised as Xiaolan, returned to the banquet hall from the direction of the bathroom.

In the banquet hall at this time, the guests were frightened by the successive explosions of black pearls and fell into chaos. Some of them took off the brooches they were wearing and threw them aside, trying to break open the door of the banquet hall and leave this dangerous room.

Under the crowd's pushing and rushing, the gate blocked by the guards was finally broken through. Under the surging crowd, Tomoko Suzuki fell to the ground in the chaos.

Seeing this situation, Sonoko and "Xiao Lan" hurriedly protected Suzuki Tomoko in the middle, and when the guests were almost gone, Suzuki Tomoko suddenly found that the brooch on her chest was gone, and shouted in surprise: "The Kaitou Kidd appeared! Already!!"

After a short period of panic, Tomoko Suzuki stood up with Sonoko's support, and shouted to Ginzo Nakamori, who was busy maintaining order: "Officer Nakamori, Kaitou Kidd must have been among the crowd who rushed into me just now, hurry up and catch him!" he!"

Seeing this, Ginzo Nakamori did not delay, and immediately led the rest of the police to chase after the guests who had fled the venue.

It's just that at this moment, seeing that Tomoko Suzuki was in shock, but not in a state of confusion, Kaito's heart skipped a beat, with a bad premonition, and he tentatively asked, "Auntie, could it be that the Black Star has already Was it stolen by Kaitou Kidd?!"

"Don't worry, Kaitou Kidd stole the fake one, he hasn't found the real one yet!" Tomoko Suzuki glanced at the center of the banquet hall quickly, exhaled and comforted everyone.

At the same time, Kaito and Conan keenly observed the direction that Tomoko Suzuki was looking at just now, and looked in that direction at this moment, and suddenly understood the truth.

Just as Kaito was about to step forward and move towards his goal, he suddenly found his wrist was grabbed by a slender jade hand.

The feeling of déjà vu made his whole body stiff, and goosebumps fell all over the floor, only to hear the words behind him that made him terrified.

"Catch, here, you... Mr. Phantom Thief Kidd."

(End of this chapter)