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

In the quiet space, only Tomoko Suzuki sat behind the large solid wood desk, holding her forehead with one hand and remaining silent.

Mouri Kogoro, who had originally been given high hopes by her to find Kaito Kid, was squeezed out of the banquet hall by a crowd and accidentally fell and hit his head during the previous escape. He was now resting in the infirmary on the ship.

Daughter Sonoko got in touch and heard that her best friend had been replaced by Kidd, and that she was knocked unconscious and thrown into the lifeboat at the dock, so she rushed over to check the situation.

Such rare purity turned out to be a good thing for Suzuki Tomoko.

Her mood at the moment could no longer be simply described as "chaotic".

After all, if it happened tonight, anyone else would be in tears.

The consortium's [-]th anniversary dinner, which was supposed to be a grand celebration for the guests of honor, was interrupted, and the invited guests were also frightened by the so-called "exploding dark stars."

Well, although if the same thing happened to other small financial groups, it would probably be a disaster.

Not only did the guests at the banquet become embarrassed and lose face, but they were also messed up by a thief. Their credibility and support dropped. This was a mistake that Dogezaza could never undo ten thousand times, but it didn't matter.

For the Suzuki Consortium, which dominates half of Japan's financial industry, it is nothing.

Even if Kaito Kidd caught him off guard and overturned on the spot, this still could not shake the Suzuki Consortium's position as one of the best in Japan's financial world.

What's more, the other party is a target that even the criminal police organizations of various countries are helpless to deal with. It's nothing if her Suzuki Consortium turns over the car once.

The credibility will still be there, and the sustainability rate will not drop.

but--

Only the [Dark Star] is indeed gone.

Just like businessmen are usually a bit superstitious, Tomoko Suzuki is no exception.

Moreover, what Sonoko said is not an exaggeration at all. The rise of the Suzuki Consortium did indeed begin when Dark Star came to the Suzuki family 60 years ago.

Regardless of whether it is effective or not, this is a very important time anchor point.

Therefore, for Tomoko Suzuki, the serious punishment for the theft of Dark Stardust is no less serious than the money tree in front of her house being doused with boiling water by a competitor.

And it’s not just one tree, but a whole forest of fortune trees.

This is a situation even more serious than having an ancestral grave dug up. Even Suzuki Tomoko has never encountered it in her more than [-] years of ups and downs as the hostess of the Suzuki Foundation.

So not surprisingly, she became extremely anxious.

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department?

Forget it, you can't count on it.

Maori detective?

His head is bulging, and he is still lying in the infirmary.

Sanada Ichizo?

Well, let's pull it down. On the stage, there was a man who said he would never lose to Kaitou Kidd. However, he was overturned by a car at his home stadium and didn't even find out how he died.

It's quite funny to say that I have cleared so many capable experts, but in the end the only one I can count on... or pray for with a little bit of hope is actually a little guy from England who just came to Japan not long ago.

Of course, Tomoko Suzuki didn't have any expectations for Serabell at the beginning. Inviting the latter to this dinner was entirely based on her daughter's request, including the fact that the other party later deduced that the real Dark Star would be worn. She didn't feel anything when it was on her own.

But now, everything that I thought I could count on has given up. On the contrary, those who had no hope from the beginning are still working hard to recapture the Dark Star.

If that little guy can really take back the Dark Star, he will agree to Sonoko trying to date him... Suzuki Tomoko kept planting little flags in her heart.

Tee, Tee, Tee.

At this moment, there was a knock on the office door. Two seconds later, as the door handle was pressed, a secretary-looking man wearing glasses opened the door and walked into the office. He stopped at the door and bowed slightly.

"Madam, Mr. Mori and his daughter have woken up. According to the examination, they are all fine."

"I know, let them have a good rest."

Tomoko Suzuki waved her hand somewhat perfunctorily, and the man bowed and retreated.

After about a few minutes, the knock on the door rang again, and the man who came in was still the secretary-looking man who came before, bowing.

"Madam, most of the distinguished guests have returned to the banquet hall. You see..."

"I understand. I will come over in a moment and entertain them well. There is no need to mention what happened before."

"clear."

Waving to the secretary to retreat again, Tomoko Suzuki held her forehead again, took a deep breath, and let it out in a long breath.

Even the Suzuki Consortium cannot be too negligent about a banquet of this magnitude. But after all, people's hearts are fleshy. The most important family heirloom was stolen and there was no news. She was asked to return to the banquet and pretend that nothing happened and continue to host it. How is it possible to do a banquet?

Tomoko Suzuki became increasingly irritable and even thought, "It would be better if this party was not held."

click...

There was no knock on the door, and the door handle of the quiet office was pressed again from the outside.

This was a very impolite move. Even with Tomoko Suzuki's restraint, she couldn't help but get a little angry at this time without raising her head.

"Didn't I tell you, Nishino, I'll be here in a moment."

When the words fell, there was no respectful voice from the secretary. The person outside the door opened the door without hesitation and walked in, making a lazy voice with few emotional fluctuations.

"If it's the glasses guy, when I came here just now, I saw him walking towards the banquet hall."

"Eh?"

The completely unique voice of a young man made Tomoko Suzuki, who was almost bent over her desk, suddenly raise her head and look at a certain trainee detective who had just walked in at the door of the office.

"You... Kaitou Kidd..."

"Ran."

The two words simple and unpretentious highlight a concise and comprehensive statement.

At the same time, Tomoko Suzuki's heart sank to the bottom for a moment.

But then Serabel added.

"But the Dark Star was brought back."

"……Eh?"

Before Suzuki Tomoko could react, a round black ball was thrown in the air, and she subconsciously reached out to catch it.

Under the light, what fell into the palm of the hand was a black pearl that was not very eye-catching in appearance, and its luster was not very shining, and could even be said to be a little dull.

But there is no doubt that this is the Suzuki Consortium's greatest treasure - the Dark Star.

"how do you……"

Tomoko Suzuki asked subconsciously.

But before she finished speaking, Serabel took out an Alpine original lollipop from her body at lightning speed, opened it, threw it into her mouth and shrugged.

"Well, let's just call it a last resort. After all, I promised that I would help you, Mrs. Suzuki, guard the Black Pearl. But since I failed to guard it, I have no choice but to take it back."

"It doesn't matter...no, I should say..."

The restlessness, like the mood on the eve of a volcanic eruption, calmed down the moment the fingertips touched the pearl.

Suzuki Tomoko solemnly wiped the Dark Star gently and put it back on her chest. She rarely showed a heartfelt smile, got up and walked around the desk and bowed deeply.

"I'm extremely grateful. Thank you very much."

"Well……"

Serabel was talking about being loyal to others, but she was thinking about another thing in her heart.

Next, it’s Yukiko’s side. ?

Chapter 67 "It's OK Now" (Third Update)

Although Kidd was not captured in the end, fortunately, the Dark Star was finally taken back. Moreover, apart from a big bump on the head of Mouri Kogoro, there were no substantial casualties, so overall It can be considered a happy ending.

As for the previous guest riot in the banquet hall, everyone tacitly agreed not to mention it again.

Just like the rules for joining the student union of a dragon-slaying university, not only do they have to happily run naked on the highway at [-] o'clock in the morning, but there will also be brothers from the student union on both sides to greet them and click the shutter fiercely.

It's embarrassing, but because everyone has done it, it's not embarrassing.

Everyone has done it, which means that no one has done it. If someone mentions it recklessly, he will be attacked by a group and detained on the spot.

So, two hours after the storm subsided, the Sally Beth docked at Yokohama Port on time at nine o'clock in the evening.

Since the Suzuki Foundation did not arrange any more activities, they naturally went back to their respective homes to wash up and go to bed early.

Serabel had no so-called social awareness at all. After the cruise ship docked, she planned to leave directly like other guests, but Sera Masumi grabbed her.

The reason is - Renyuanzi classmates invited us to come, and we have to say goodbye before leaving.

Then we waited for a full 10 minutes, until almost all the guests had disembarked and walked away. Sonoko and his mother Tomoko Suzuki, who had been busy seeing off the guests and greeting them, finally freed up.

At this time, the boarding port of the cruise ship was already quite deserted. The slightly salty cold wind blew by, making the air slightly chilly.

Sera Mazumi, who had been waiting aside for a long time while holding Sera Bell, once again picked up the yawning latter and walked over and waved.

"It's very hard, Sonoko-san."

Eh?

Xun Sheng turned his eyes. Yuanzi, who thought Serabel and the others had already gone ahead and was still a little depressed, turned around and saw that the former had not left but was just waiting by the side. He couldn't help but feel happy again.

"Sera-san, you haven't left yet, that's great~ Let's go together then!"

As she said that, she was going to get to the other side of Serabel and get off the boat together.

Shi Liang was stunned for a moment.

"Sonoko-san, are you going to get off the boat too?"

"……what?"

Unexpectedly, he would receive such an answer. A question mark appeared on Yuanzi's forehead, and he couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.

"What do you mean, we have to get off the ship too. Of course my mother and I have to get off the ship too. Although the Sally Beth belongs to our family, there is no way I can go home on such a big cruise ship."

"That's right..."

"That's right. Come on, let's go. Our car is waiting down there. While there is still some distance to go, Sera-kun, please tell me how you got the Dark Star back from Kidd. Yes."

Fortunately, the Suzuki family was generous enough and made the boarding ladder spacious enough that even if three people were walking in parallel, it wouldn't seem crowded at all.

In this way, Sera Masumi, Sera Bell, and Sonoko walked down the stairs side by side, one on the left, one on the right, and one in the middle. Sera Bell was in charge of speaking, while Sera Masumi and Sonoko listened attentively.

Tomoko Suzuki followed him from beginning to end, looking straight ahead with a faint smile on his lips and saying nothing.

"To put it simply, it is still a process of elimination. Those exploding black pearls were undoubtedly manipulated by Kidd, and her purpose of doing this was naturally to cause enough chaos at the scene to increase the chance of success. .”

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, you will find that after the explosion of the black pearls caused the commotion, Miss Mori was the first person to rush to the side of Mrs. Suzuki who was knocked down. Although I personally don't think Miss Mori would do anything like this. It's something like stealing, but if it's Kaitou Kid pretending to be Miss Mori, then maybe that's the case."

"Of course, the most important point, I don't know if you have noticed, is that the last deck of playing cards was dropped to the ground during Mr. Sanada's performance. If Kidd's cards were already mixed in at that time, in the You would definitely have discovered it when you were picking it up, but in fact, you didn’t. It wasn’t until Kidd pretended to be Xiaolan that she reached out to pick up the cards.”

"The principle of this technique is not complicated. To put it bluntly, when she reached out her hand, there was actually a card with a notice written on it hidden in her hand, so what she picked up was not the card in the deck, but the card in her hand. The cards are already hidden. In fact, many card magic tricks also rely on this technique to achieve performance effects."

"If only one of these two doubtful points is found, it can be said to be a coincidence, but if there are two, it can only be said to be conclusive."

Although it was completely different from the actual situation, with the ability to work backwards through the results, Serabel still forcibly made up a quite reasonable statement, which made Miss Yuanzi's eyes pop with stars.

The boarding ladder was not long, and by the time they finished speaking, the four of them had just returned to the ground.

The police lights at Yokohama Port are doomed to be blaring tonight, and not far away, the Suzuki Consortium's limousines are waiting quietly in the dusk.

As if something suddenly occurred to her, Sonoko suddenly turned around and curled her lips and said, "Speaking of mom, it's a good thing Sera-kun is here this time, otherwise the Dark Star might really have been stolen."

"You have to tell your uncle Jirokichi about this." Suzuki Tomoko coughed lightly.

"Well...it seems to be the same."

Thinking of his arrogant uncle who spent all day trying to catch Kidd with all kinds of jewelry in order to add the most glory to his life, Yuanzi suddenly felt that his mother was nothing.

After all, the Dark Star is a treasure that has witnessed the rise of the Suzuki Consortium and has extraordinary symbolic significance. It has to appear at the [-]th anniversary dinner, which is somewhat force majeure.

As for her uncle, he was the one who became more courageous and climbed to the top with every setback in the true sense. He was like Kidd's flat-headed brother.

"Okay, it's getting late, it's almost time for us to leave."

Taking her daughter's wrist, Suzuki Tomoko returned to her ladylike posture, gracefully bowed slightly and smiled.

"Then, if there is a chance next time, I will have to trouble you then."