Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 190 Jiang Gutian's Special Magic Show
On December 12, at noon, in Jianggutian District, Dongdu, a class in the first grade classroom of Jianggutian High School before the winter vacation...

During his lunch break, Kuroba Kaito was looking at the news on his tablet about "Kid's grand appearance" and "The Phantom Thief's great success" and he smiled proudly - this sixteen-year-old high school student was none other than "Phantom Thief Kid"!
In other words, the second generation of "Phantom Thief Kidd".

In order to find the legendary gem Pandora and solve the mystery of his father's disappearance, Kuroba Kaito kept "exploring" various gems, put on the battle robe of his father Kuroba Toichi, the first generation Kaito Kid, and inherited the name "Kaito Kid".

Therefore, it is wrong to focus on the "middle-aged man" when investigating Kaito Kid. Although the two Kaito Kids have similar styles, they are not the same person!

at this time……

Nakamori Aoko, who was already angry after watching the news on her phone, snatched the tablet from Kuroba Kaito and said, "What's there to admire about a thief like that? Kaito, are you an idiot? Thieves like that should be arrested!"

"Hahaha, Kidd is the best... Well, a magician as good as me is not someone your dad can catch!" Kaito said without any emotional intelligence.

That’s right, Nakamori Aoko, Kaito’s childhood sweetheart and the daughter of Nakamori Ginzo who is hunting down Kid.

Although Ginzo Nakamori has failed repeatedly, and basically every time he leads many mobile team members to "send deaths", but... the probability of "recovering lost items" is still very high!
Souji has tried to replace him with other people, but he still couldn't catch "Kid" and couldn't find the lost property, so Nakamori has always been in charge of Kid's case.

"That idiot with an overly self-conscious mind..." Nakamori Aoko said even more angrily, "And he even boasted that he would...he said he would steal the clock tower in front of the station!"

Before each crime, Kidd would send out a warning letter - this time his target was the clock tower of Ekoda Station.

"It's not necessarily bragging, is it?" Kaito said as a matter of course.

"But...that is..." Aoko said with a blush on her face.

Kaito took a sneak peek at this time, but pretended not to see anything...

"That's... the memories of the residents of Ekoda!" Aoko scolded with gritted teeth - after all, saying "That's the place where Kaito and I first met" seemed too... easy.

At this time, Aoko's friend, Momoi Keiko, heard this and said, "But I heard that the clock tower has been decided to be demolished... It seems that it will be placed in an amusement park somewhere. Everyone is saying that it would be better for Kid to steal it."

"That's not allowed!" Qingzi started to educate Huizi again.

During this time, another student, Koizumi Hongzi, whispered to Kuroba Kaito, "You'd better give up tonight's action."

Kaito was stunned when he heard that, and then immediately said: "Huh? You haven't given up yet? I've already told you, I'm not Kidd."

Although Kaito knew that this mysterious Hongzi must have seen through his identity, he would never admit it openly.

"When the 20,000th bell of the ancient tower rings, the demon of light descending from the east and the giant monster returning from the west will completely destroy the white sinners..." Hongzi said something incomprehensible.

"Is this some kind of divination again?" Kaito curled his lips when he heard that.

Although Kaito and Anko had clashed before when Kaito appeared as "Kid", Kaito also knew that Anko would dress fancy and use some special abilities...but!
As a scientific magician, Kaito always believed that Hongzi was also a "great magician", "hypnosis master" and "serious Cosplay enthusiast".

Even though he was hit by a spell that froze him, Kaito refused to believe in magic or witches, and thought that it was just "hypnosis."

Therefore, Kaito was even more dismissive of the idea of ​​"divination" - even though Hongzi could fly, pick up objects from a distance, and freeze him... he insisted that it was all magic and hypnosis. However, things like "predicting future events" were simply not something that could be explained by magic or hypnosis.

If it is said in another way, "predicting future destiny", Kaito can understand it - psychology + micro-expressions + language art can be used to tell fortunes...

"It's not divination, but revelation...the revelation I got from the devil Lucifer." Hong Zishen said.

"Lucifer or something is too..." Kaito was a little nervous because of her attitude, but he still didn't believe it in his heart.

……

Now that Kaito has sent out a notice, he certainly won’t stop because of some inexplicable “revelation”.

On the evening of December 12th...

Bai Shi visited the Bai Ma family and couldn't resist Mrs. Elisa's enthusiasm and stayed for dinner.

After forcing themselves to smile, Shiraishi and Ayako found a restaurant nearby and had another meal!
On the way home, we encountered a traffic jam near Jianguoda Station.

"Why is there a traffic jam at this time? Today is a weekday..." Bai Shi glanced at his watch. It was almost ten o'clock in the evening.

"Huh? There are still police officers checking? Is there some big case?" Shiraishi then discovered that there was a surprise inspection ahead.

Ayako, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked at her phone and said, "Ah! Is it because of this? The thief named Kid announced that he will steal at Ekoda Station tonight."

Bai Shi finally reacted after hearing this.

Because Shiraishi is not a police officer in Souji, he has never paid much attention to the "Kid" case.

Moreover, since Shiraishi took office as the head of the Beika Police Department, Kid has never committed a crime in Beika Town... "Ekoda..." Shiraishi muttered to himself at this time.

If Shiraishi remembers correctly, Kid's real identity should be a high school student named Kuro something from something high school in Ekoda District - he can't remember the details, but he is the childhood sweetheart of Inspector Nakamori's daughter.

Because of this, Kidd did not commit crimes in Jianggutian very often.

after all……

Rabbits don't eat grass beside their nests!
If you always keep an eye on Jiang Gutian Huohuo, the probability of being discovered will increase.

Kidd's crime range is mainly in Dongdu, and radiates across the country!

With the information that Shiraishi still remembers, it shouldn't be difficult to find out who Kidd is, but...

Shiraishi has no interest in catching Kidd. He is just a "Phantom Thief". Not to mention that the stolen things will be returned, what is more important is... those that are not returned still require the "Phantom Thief" to take action.

If we have to talk about subjective initiative, the only reason that made Shiraishi want to catch Kidd is probably because he wanted to "help his colleague get back his face."

But Bai Shi doesn't have much of this mentality...

Of course, the premise is that Kidd does not come to Shiraishi's jurisdiction to cause trouble, otherwise Shiraishi will have sufficient subjective initiative!

"By the way, Ayako, you also like magic shows, right? Come on, let's go and take a look!" Shiraishi suddenly said.

The Suzuki family is all interested in magic. Ayako had previously invited Shiraishi to watch a magic show together, and... Shiraishi also wanted to see Kid's methods.

Shiraishi said as he parked the car in an alley nearby and walked out with Ayako.

Ayako was stunned at first, then... accepted it with pleasure.

After all, besides the fact that it was “free of charge”, it was Shiraishi who took the initiative to invite her to watch the magic show!
Police officer Jiang Gutian, who was conducting a spot check, noticed a car that was "sneaky" and turned onto a small road when he saw the spot check. He immediately paid attention and two patrol officers quickly rushed over...

As a result, at the entrance of the alley, I bumped into Bai Shi who was walking out!
"Sorry... um..."

Under the cover of night, Jiang Gutian's patrol officers looked up at the "meat wall", but they only saw a big head with sharp eyes lowered and staring at them. The two police officers were so scared that they almost drew their guns.

"What's going on ahead?" Bai Shi asked directly.

"There's nothing unusual... No! Who are you... Ahem... I mean... Please show me your driver's license..." The patrolman questioned in a panic.

Shiraishi does come to Jianggutian District less often...

After all, this place is not far from Xiaguan (where the government agencies are located), there are no offices of violent organizations, and no violent organizations come here.

"Don't be nervous, colleague." Shiraishi said and showed his police ID.

When the other party saw "Mihua", he didn't think much of it, thinking that he was from another local police station. However, upon closer inspection, he found that his position and rank were actually "Director" and "Senior Superintendent", and he immediately stood at attention and saluted.

"Ah...Officer Shiraishi, look! The front is taken over by the Second Investigation Section and the Mobile Force, and they are on alert!" the patrolman immediately reported.

Although there is no jurisdiction relationship between the two, since there is no conflict between Shiraishi and Ekota Police Station, the police rank of "Superintendent" is placed here, and there is at least some respect.

"Well, you guys keep going, I'll go take a look ahead." Shiraishi said, leading Ayako towards the station.

There were only spot checks on passing vehicles and there was no martial law in the station square.

There were already a lot of Kidd's fans around, holding signs and glow sticks to cheer for Kidd, it really looked like a magic show!
"There are so many people..." Ayako sighed as she looked at the crowd.

Because it was just a chance encounter, Shiraishi arrived too late and there was no seat in the front row.

For a magic show that sells tickets, it's easy for Ayako to sit in the front, but for a magic show that doesn't sell tickets, there's nothing Ayako can do, but...

Bai Shi has a solution!
"what……"

The next moment, Ayako suddenly felt her body lighten. Shiraishi lifted her up and put her on his right shoulder...

At the same time, the people around Shiraishi naturally made room for them, allowing Ayako, who already had a very high sightline, to have a better view.

Shiraishi sighed in his heart: The residents of Jianggutian are of high quality!
Not only did they voluntarily give up their seats, but even the people behind Bai Shi who were blocked tightly, just left silently...

I really hope that the residents of Beika Town can be so peaceful.

(End of this chapter)