I'm in Mihua, and all the ladies like me.

No one on the intercom responded, but the police lights roaring in the same direction on the ground and in the sky answered him well.

On the other side, the rooftop of the Cupido Hotel.

Serabel did not take out his flying knife immediately. Although the opponent appeared a bit suddenly, he did not show any hostility.

It can be said that this historic meeting was conducted quite peacefully...it's strange.

"I see. The voice sounds like that of a man. He is surprisingly young. He sounds about seventeen or eighteen years old, the same age."

Serabel took out the mobile phone from her pocket that said "Recording has been saved" on the screen, and shook it towards the magician who appeared in the moonlight.

"But there's one thing I'm curious about. Kaito Kidd's name officially became famous 20 years ago in France. If we calculate based on this time, have you been committing crimes since you were born?"

"Ahaha~ This is really a sharp question, but this is a secret, so please allow me to remain silent." The magician smiled in a refreshing boyish voice and gently shook his index finger, "Speaking of which, I look around you The kids don’t seem to be ordinary people.”

"Conan Edogawa is a detective." Conan smiled with a smile on his lips.

"Ooh~"

As if impressed by such a bold statement, the magician whistled frivolously.

"Compared to this, is it really okay if you don't run away?"

Conan said, turning back and looking in the direction of the Rice Krispies Museum.

I saw two helicopters with flashing police lights in the night sky getting closer and closer with the sound of howling wind. On the ground below, there was a long line of black and white panda-like police cars with sirens blaring and speeding through the congested traffic. The hotel is coming.

"escape?"

The magician seemed to faintly smile.

He didn't continue to explain anything. He took out a walkie-talkie for the Metropolitan Police Department that he got from somewhere behind his back. He coughed twice and cleared his throat, and then pressed the call button in front of the two detectives in front of him.

"Hey, I'm Chamu. Attention all units, Phantom Thief No. 1412 has now appeared on the rooftop of Cupido Hotel. Everyone go there immediately. I repeat, Phantom Thief No. 1412 has now appeared on the rooftop of Cupido Hotel. Everyone. Go immediately..."

What the hell! ?

Serabel's eyes suddenly opened wide when she heard this voice.

One thing to say, if it were someone else talking nonsense into the police walkie-talkie, he would most likely think there was something wrong with the other person's mind.

After all, it has never been that simple to pretend to be another person and speak. Even twins who look exactly the same will have slightly different timbres. Even if it is synthesized with AI, it requires countless runs of the sound source library to learn, and then after repeated It can only be done by adjusting the details.

However, even then, it can only imitate the voice, but not the tone of speaking.

But right now, the Kaitou Kidd not only did not use any equipment or any external assistance, he just spoke into the walkie-talkie and made the voice of Ochagi Jintaro.

From timbre to tone to tone, everything is exactly the same.

If I had to find a word to describe it, it would probably be - almost Tao.

After speaking on the intercom channel as Ochagi Jintaro, the magician switched his voice again to another male voice that Serabell had never heard before.

"This is Nakamori. The situation has been confirmed to be true. All teams from the ground units rushed to the rooftop of the Aipido Hotel immediately!"

The next moment these two commands were issued, the voices of the two people with fake identities rang out on the intercom.

"Wait, wait a minute! That's not me who's talking! It's not me. Don't be fooled!" This is Ochagi Shintaro.

"Damn it, everyone, calm down! Let's gather downstairs in the hotel first!" This is the Zhongsen Police Department.

They shouted urgently, but at this point no one could listen.

The strong wind caused by the helicopter propeller cutting the air at high speed has already reached the hotel rooftop. The air flow, which is many times stronger than the normal evening wind, makes the clothes of the three people fly.

Conan wanted to say something, but he no longer knew what to say.

The rooftop of the Cupido Hotel, where they are now, is also where Kidd himself is.

What on earth was this guy thinking when he brought all the police to his side on the police channel?

Countless question marks linger in the heart of the high school detective.

At this moment, with a loud clang, the iron door of the rooftop was violently knocked open from the inside out.

Led by a police officer with a mustache, more than a dozen police officers from the Metropolitan Police Department rushed out instantly and lined up in an arc to both sides like bird wings to form a surrounding net.

"Don't move! You have no way to escape this time, Kaitou Kidd!"

The mustachioed officer took out his ID and said loudly. The voice seemed to be that of the Nakamori Police Department who had been impersonated on the walkie-talkie before.

"Hahaha, don't be so nervous. I'm not here to get anything this time. I'm just here to say hello." The magician smiled gracefully.

"Say hello?" Zhongsen Police Department obviously didn't believe it.

"Yes, I wrote it very clearly at the beginning of the notice, [April fool], which means Happy April Fools' Day~"

Although he said it was just a joke, the thief still raised his hands honestly. He was obviously a good man who would not suffer the immediate consequences.

Then he turned to Conan and Serabel on the other side.

"Yoshi~ Now that I've said hello, it's almost time for me to leave... By the way, let me tell you one last thing. If the Phantom Thief is a skilled and creative artist who steals treasures, the Detective is just a detective at best. He is a critic-like person who follows the Phantom Thieves and is at best a critic."

A nitpicking critic?

Just when Conan was still lost in thought because of this comment, Serabel suddenly noticed that the white cloak behind Kidd seemed to be ridged by something and turned into a huge glider. At the same time, something came from The cuffs of the other party's white suit slipped down.

Is that...a flash bomb? !

She realized what was going to happen next, but it was too late for Serabel to speak in detail, so she decisively raised her arms to shield her eyes.

The moment before the flash bomb hit the ground and the dazzling white light enveloped the entire rooftop, he threw a flying knife based on the position in his memory. ?

Chapter 53: Miss Phantom Thief is taking notes in a notebook

The dazzling white light lasted for several seconds before ending.

When the effects of the flash bombs wore off and the policemen regained their sight and opened their eyes, Kidd, who should have been in the center of their encirclement, had long disappeared.

There was silence on the rooftop full of people, except for the night wind.

"Kidd is gone!"

A young police officer who opened his eyes first said loudly.

Nakamori Ginzo was the second to open his eyes. He waved his hand to stop the panic of his subordinates. He quickly looked around and confirmed that he did not see anyone suspicious of Kidd before he calmly took out the walkie-talkie from his waist and spoke. Go to the channel.

"All members of the air team have received your response. Please immediately investigate the airspace near the top floor of the Cupido Hotel. Are there any suspicious flying objects?"

"...Report, report! Group A did not find any suspicious flying objects on the southwest side!"

"Report! No flying objects were found on the southeast side of Group B!"

"Report! There is none on the northwest side of Group C either!"

"Report! There is still no one on the northeast side of Group D!"

Four reports from the air team came in one after another, but without exception, nothing was found.

But how is it possible?

Nakamori Ginzo's face twitched slightly. He clearly saw the white glider unfolding behind Kidd just before the flash bomb exploded.

Could it be that it was just a pretense?In fact, Kidd took advantage of the few seconds they were blinded to rush down the stairs?

Impossible. The only entrance to the entire rooftop that leads to the downstairs is behind him. If someone passes by him at that time, he will definitely notice it...

Although he was thinking this, the Zhongmori Police Department still switched to the terrestrial channel.

"Team D and E! Did you see anyone running down below the stairs to the rooftop?"

"...Huh? No?"

The report soon came from the intercom again, and it was the voice of a police officer who sounded quite innocent and confused.

"We have been guarding down there. No one has come down since you guys from the police department went up."

"Yeah yeah……"

The echoes of police colleagues in the same group could also be heard faintly in the ambient sound.

As a result, the police officer's face twitched even more.

How is this possible? He neither walks in the air nor on the ground. Is it possible that Kidd can teleport away via Thunder God?

"Police, police department! There is a piece of paper!"

Just when Nakamori Ginsan's blood pressure was about to spike, the sharp-eyed police officer on the side bent down in time, picked up a small note that had fallen from the ground and held it against him.

"Paper?"

The police officer frowned.

He is not a fool. On the rooftop of a hotel in a small area with a panoramic view of the mountains, it is not normal to see notes floating down from the sky.

As a result, I took a closer look and saw a line of small words written on it.

[On April [-]th, the Sallybeth, hosting the Suzuki Foundation's [-]th anniversary banquet, will set sail from Yokohama Port. The star on board is the real dark star. I'm going to make a reservation. Enter Kaitou Kid.]

At the end, a hand-drawn Q-version emoticon of a grinning grin was hand-drawn.

……

There is no doubt that Kaitou Kidd has run away. No matter how much Ginzo Nakamori tries, it will be useless.

So when the time came to 10 minutes later, as the police team closed up and left, the helicopters above the Aipido Hotel building also lined up and left, and the police cars surrounding the road below also began to leave in an orderly manner.

Serabel and Conan came to the lobby on the first floor of the hotel.

"April NO. 19, that is, more than half a month later..."

After struggling for a long time at night, the high school detective not only failed to catch Kidd, but also failed to get any information at all, he sighed silently.

He glanced sideways at Serabel beside him, who had put his hands in his pockets since he was on the rooftop.

"Then do you plan to go then?"

"I don't know." Serabel shrugged, "To put it bluntly, it depends on whether the lady in the garden invites me. If she invites me, I will go. If not, it won't matter even if I want to go."

"Then don't worry, she will definitely invite you." Conan complained.

"I'll see you on the ship then," Serabel said.

Stepping out of the hotel door, all the police cars from the Metropolitan Police Department had left the street. The slightly cold evening wind blew in front of him, and Conan's steps were stagnant.

"that……"

"Ok?"

"Look, it's already so late now, right? It's not safe for me as a child to go back alone, so why don't you get a room here? Can I just stay there for the night?"

"Don't even think about it."

Serabel sternly rejected the former's idea of ​​eating shit.

He did know what Conan was thinking. It was just laziness. Regardless of the fact that it was already late at night, just walking back to Mikka Town from Cupido Town would take a lot of time.

The reason why I didn't feel tired when I walked over was because I still had some hope in my heart. Now that Kidd has seen it, although it can be regarded as a failure, in short, after the goal is achieved, I feel relieved. Now, when I look back and see how far we still have to go on the way back...it's torture.

Besides, it is indeed not too early now, and I am so tired and sweaty after walking back and dare not take a shower, and if I run into Kogoro Moori or Xiaolan who get up at night, I guess a scolding will be inevitable by then.

In contrast, if you stay here for one night and go back tomorrow morning, no one will be suspicious if you make an excuse and say that you got up early in the morning and went for a run.

But Serabel, who has seen through everything, will not give him this chance.

Conan tried to launch a child offensive: "Huh? Why? I'm just staying for one night. I won't disturb you too much~"

Serabel ignored it completely: "Oyster, I booked a single room."

"What's wrong with the single rooms? They're all men anyway..."

As if he thought of something, Conan stopped talking and took a small step back calmly.

"Wait a minute, maybe as a British person you also..."

"First of all, I don't believe in religion, let alone a priest." Serabel rolled her eyes, "Secondly, if it doesn't work, it doesn't work. Don't think that I don't know what you look like. If you want to sleep, go home and sleep. If you don't have money, I can take a taxi. I'll lend it to you, just remember to pay it back with your pocket money."

"...Forget it then."

After seriously thinking about the possibility of a seven-year-old kid taking a taxi in the middle of the night, Conan was decisively discouraged.

Forget it, let's just walk back honestly. At worst, just be careful not to be discovered.

After hesitating for a moment, Conan waved his hand.