Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 67 Escape
Seeing Natsumi who suddenly rushed into the banquet hall and grabbed "Xiao Lan" by the wrist, everyone present including Conan was shocked.

The last second Conan saw "Xiao Lan"'s movement, and was about to rush up to stop him, but he didn't expect someone to control him one step faster than him.

When he saw who it was, Conan had no idea that it was the seemingly harmless Miss Natsumi.

At this moment, Kaito, whose wrist was firmly locked by his cousin, was even more horrified, and couldn't even maintain his poker face.

When he first heard that sentence, Kaito thought for a moment that the "big tengu" had appeared, and he was really shocked.

However, after finding out that it was his cousin Natsumi, he was relieved when he saw the pair of eyes on the other party's face that were not only devoid of murderous intent, but sparkled with happiness.

At first, he was worried that he might hurt the opponent with too much force, so Kaito tried to use a little strength to break free from the opponent, but he failed.

Then he tried to gradually increase his strength, but it was still in vain.Until now, he had tried his best in this state, but he couldn't shake Xia Mei's seemingly weak and boneless hand, which made him doubt his life.

Could it be that after I changed into a girl, even my strength became smaller?But it's not right, the person I pretended to be is a Kanto judo champion, so he should be stronger than me...

In fact, it's not that Kaito's strength is too weak, but that Xia Mei's current strength is indeed much greater than that of ordinary people.

Since Natsumi returned to Japan, she insisted on doing morning exercises with Ishino every day, and her physical fitness has been steadily improving.

Especially during the period after living together with Ishino, the two insisted on exercising every morning and evening. Ishino found that with his physical ability far beyond ordinary people, he felt a little bit unable to withstand the other party without using all his strength.

As the connection between the two becomes closer, it seems that there is an invisible force connecting them, making each other more and more compatible from physiology to psychology.

It is also because of this that Ishino asked Natsumi to catch the Kaitou Kid himself. After all, no matter how bad it is, it is impossible for Kaito to really do something that endangers his cousin.

However, Xia Mei is not very conscious of her own strength. After all, the only person she needs to use strength to contend with is Ishino, but she just feels that making desserts by herself is getting easier and easier.

At this moment, she was holding "Xiao Lan"'s hand. Although she knew that the other party was the Kaitou Kidd after disguise, but because of her excitement, she ignored the possibility that the other party might be an adult male, so she didn't feel that the other party's desperate struggle was strange .

"Miss Natsumi... what are you grabbing me for?" Kaito barely maintained his poker face, trying to get away with it.

"Hmph, Mr. Phantom Thief Kidd, you don't need to act anymore, we have found the real Xiaolan on the lifeboat!" Xia Mei said with a little satisfaction, the fatal blow to the target.

Hearing Natsumi's words, Mori Kogoro and Conan came to their senses and asked eagerly, "Is Xiaolan (sister) okay?"

"Don't worry, she should just fall into a coma, Jun Shi has already sent her to the infirmary." Saying that, Xia Mei turned her attention to Kidd the Phantom Thief again, "How about it, Mr. Phantom Thief, aren't you willing to take off your disguise and catch her without a fight? "

Even in the face of his cousin, it is impossible for Kaito to really admit defeat and show his true colors to everyone present.

"Oh, oh, I didn't expect so many policemen to be inferior to Ms. Xia Mei. You are the one who is truly worthy of the Black Star. I lost this time. I hope you will like the performance I brought tonight. Goodbye ..."

After finishing speaking, Kaito showed a sly smile on the corner of his mouth, and turned his head to look at Conan, then a flash bomb was thrown from his free hand, and a dazzling light burst out in front of him.

Natsumi was also taken aback by the opponent's sudden hand, subconsciously raised her hand to cover her eyes, but Kaito took the opportunity to break free and quickly fled the scene.

Conan, who was once deceived by Kidd's blindfold with a flash bomb, did not rush out of the banquet hall to chase him after the light faded. Instead, he quickly scanned the surroundings to see if there was any suspicious person who suddenly appeared and mixed in with them. among.

When he confirmed that there were no sudden extra people, he realized that he had been tricked by the other party again. Kidd did not repeat the same trick, but really escaped from the banquet hall.

At this time, everyone present also reacted one after another. Mori Kogoro was going to chase Kidd, but Natsumi stopped him: "Mr. Kidd came back and stole the real dark star."

"Really the black star? Isn't it the one on Mrs. Suzuki's body?" Mori Kogoro didn't hear what Suzuki Tomoko said to "Xiao Ran" before, so he thought that Kaitou Kidd had already succeeded.

"I think the real black star should be there!" At this moment, Conan suddenly pointed to the sugar carved Phoenix Emperor in the middle of the hall and said, "Uncle, look at the eyes of that Phoenix Emperor, don't they look like black pearls?" ah?"

"That's right, that's the real dark star." Tomoko Suzuki, who had almost recovered, walked to the center of the crowd, touched Conan's head beside him and smiled, "Conan-kun is really smart, you guessed it right oh."

"Actually, I just figured out the reminder that Auntie Tomoko said earlier." Conan was modest and began to express his reasoning, "I thought the reminder referred to the 'moon' and 'female' represented by pearls. , then the one who meets the requirements should be you, Auntie Tomoko."

"But after thinking about it carefully, you didn't say that the person who is most suitable for Black Pearl must be a certain person, so the person who is most suitable for the 'mysterious and noble' of Black Pearl is probably the Phoenix with the same characteristics!"

Although Xia Mei was secretly told the truth by Ishino before this, but seeing a child in Conan who could guess the truth based on a few hints, she also liked his cleverness, and praised him: "Mr. Shi often praised Conan for being smart. It's really amazing!"

Facing the continuous praise, Conan scratched his head in embarrassment and said cutely: "It's okay, actually it's because I learned a lot from Uncle Maori..."

Hearing Conan's words, Mori Kogoro, who had an ugly face because he was robbed of the limelight, suddenly softened his expression, and said from the side: "Hmph, you have a bit of talent for being a detective, but you are still far away. Don't be too proud."

……

While everyone in the venue was laughing and laughing because they successfully repelled the Kaitou Kidd, Kaito, who had just encountered Waterloo, was standing on the edge of the deck looking at the sea below in fear.

Since this operation has to be disguised as Xiaolan, there is no place to hide the paraglider on his body, so now he can only choose to swim to escape the cruise ship.

He is not afraid of water, with his water skills, it is not difficult to swim back at the current distance where the cruise ship is about to arrive at the port.

However, when he thought of the many things he feared most in the sea, he turned his calves around, so that he didn't even notice that there was a figure not far away passing through a dark deck passage, approaching him silently ...

(End of this chapter)