Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 300 The big fish takes the bait!

When he arrived at the museum, Bai Shi saw a few familiar faces again...

"Hahaha, I was so angry when I saw it that I tore it up. I'm really sorry." Shiro Suzuki said to Detective Mori with a silly smile.

"No, no, this thief is indeed too arrogant. But don't worry, with me, Kogoro Mori, here, I will make sure he never comes back, hahaha!" Kogoro Mori laughed so hard that his tongue almost popped out.

Shiraishi:……

Seeing this, Ayako explained in a low voice: "Sonoko also asked Xiaolan's father to help." She was afraid that Shiraishi would be unhappy when he saw the detective.

Of course, Shiraishi wasn't unhappy at all, he just was more careful when he stepped forward - he was afraid that he would step on Conan without noticing!

Soon, Shiraishi saw Xiaolan and Conan. Seeing Maori bragging, Xiaolan was so embarrassed that she wanted to use her toes to expand the basement of the museum...

It was clearly Friday afternoon, but Conan was there too - the school at Beihua Elementary School was dismissed too early!

In addition, the head of the Second Investigation Section, Chaki Shintaro, was also at the museum at this time.

In the Criminal Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, except for the chief of Section 1, who has the opportunity to join the non-professional and semi-professional groups because of the requirement of "front-line experience", the chiefs of other sections are mostly from the professional group, especially Section 2!
After all, the most representative of the "smart criminals" that Section 2 focuses on are not thieves like Kidd, but various job-related crimes...

"Except for the outside of the Rice Flower Museum, there is also a 100-meter section of the Diwujin River. Block it with nets!" Chamu ordered the mobile team members.

The Diwujin River, also known as the "Yellow Spring River of the Mihua people", is a river where corpses often float or sink in the water, and where people often fall to their deaths from falling off the steps of the embankment...

Behind the "Rice Flower Museum" is the "Diwujin River".

Chaki Shintaro obviously thought that what Kid meant by "riding the waves" was floating over from the Tsutsu River to get closer to the Rice Flower Museum.

However, Mao Li made another comment after hearing this: "Section Chief Chaki, I don't think that's right... When we mention waves, we will naturally think of the ocean.

"Tomorrow, Ms. Okino Yoko, who will hold a concert at the Beika Public Hall, represented the ocean during her time as a member of the group Earth Ladies. She will also sing her famous song Moon Girl at the concert.

"This is also the meaning of [The Moon Separated the Two], so Kaito Kid must have appeared from the direction of the Beika Public Hall after the concert, along with the crowd that left the concert!"

Shiraishi:……

"Xiao Hei, do you think that Kaito Kidd will go to the Beika Public Hall?" Ayako asked in a low voice.

"Probably not, Yoko Okino's male fans are generally... um." Shiraishi originally wanted to say that Yoko Okino's male fans are generally older.

After all, Yoko is already 22 years old. She was popular for a while when she debuted in an idol group in her early years. Later, after the idol group graduated, she became popular again recently. Her male fans are generally over 20 years old, while there are many younger female fans.

No matter how much I think about it, this is not Kuroba Kaito's cup of tea...

However, Shiraishi thought that Ayako didn't know Kid's true identity yet, so he didn't say anything further - because of his friendship with Hongko, Shiraishi would not go out of his way to expose Kuroba Kaito.

"That's right... Kaito Kid first appeared in Paris eighteen years ago. He should be at least forty years old now... He doesn't look like the type to chase after idols." Ayako figured out the answer herself at this point - Kaito Kid shouldn't be that young!

Although the argumentation process was diametrically opposed, the conclusion was the same, so Bai Shi did not correct it.

"Now that one is still..." Bai Shi looked at the black pearl in the glass cover on the exhibition stand and asked suggestively.

"Yeah, still." Ayako also nodded and said - a fake.

Shiraishi estimated that this had been on public display for a week, and it was impossible that Kidd had not been there before. This time, it was most likely just a warning to Kidd!
"Shiraishi, are you able to do this?" Tomoko came over and asked Shiraishi directly, "Have you figured out the confusing notice?"

Bai Shi secretly thought, "The tigress is coming!" At the same time, he calmly replied, "I have no idea. I'm not good at guessing riddles, but... as long as it's with me, no matter what it is, he can't steal it."

No matter how cleverly a riddle is made, he still needs to steal it himself.

As we all know, the best way to deal with the Riddler is to use "physical knowledge".

Shiraishi doesn't have any "special skills" in guessing riddles, and he's not interested in this kind of "little game between criminals and detectives."

but……

"How could I possibly leave it with you!" Tomoko glared at him.

Shiraishi:? ? ?
Tomoko immediately turned and left, leaving Shiraishi puzzled and asking Ayako, "Is Aunt Tomoko in such a bad mood lately?"

Ayako blushed slightly and said, "That... [Dark Star] has a different meaning to our family after all. Even if we... well, it's not good for us to let you keep it now."

Shiraishi:……

Bai Shi overlooked this fact!
[Dark Star] is not just an ordinary "heirloom" to the Suzuki family, it even has the meaning of "whoever holds it becomes the head of the family".

On the other hand, Chaki also fully considered Mori's suggestion and decided to allocate a part of the mobile team members and deploy them in the direction of the Beika Public Hall.

After Chamu arranged the mobile team, Shiraishi came over and said, "Section Chief Chamu, why are you here in person this time?"

"Nothing special... Because Mr. Jiroyoshi, the consultant of the Suzuki Group, was a senior who took good care of me when I was in college, so this time I came here at the request of Consultant Suzuki to encourage everyone." Chaki said as a matter of course.

The current head of Section 1, Shintaro Chaki, is considered to be doing relatively poorly in the professional group. Considering his age, he has basically no chance of becoming No.2 or No. in his class.

He had basically accepted this reality a long time ago. After all, although he was in the professional group, he did not graduate from the University of Tokyo, but from Waseda University, and had not been in the core circle from the beginning.

Chamu probably felt that he had no hope of getting promoted, so he wasn't afraid of any consequences this time...

Seeing that Chamu was still busy, Shiraishi did not bother him too much, but walked carefully to Xiaolan - ever since seeing Shiraishi, Xiaolan has been holding Conan's hand tightly.

Conan saw Shiraishi coming over and immediately seized the opportunity to say, "Sister Xiaolan! I need to go to the bathroom!"

"Then I'll accompany you until..." Xiaolan was about to send him out of the bathroom.

But Conan rushed to say: "Let Officer Shiraishi take me there!"

"Eh? This..." Xiaolan felt embarrassed when she heard that.

"It's okay, I just need to wash my hands too." Bai Shi said kindly.

"Thank you very much for your help." Xiaolan said politely.

Conan had already jumped up and grabbed Shiraishi's fingers, and couldn't wait to lead him aside...

"Conan, be careful, don't get stepped on... cough, don't slip." Xiaolan hurriedly warned.

After Conan dragged Shiraishi to an empty corridor, he was not in a hurry to go to the bathroom. Instead, he asked about something he was more concerned about: "How is it? Any news about those people?"

"It's not so easy to get discovered by those guys." Bai Shi rolled his eyes.

"Those people must have a base in Mihua! Can you please pay more attention to it?" Conan said impatiently.

Hearing this, Bai Shi picked him up and said, "Do you want to reconsider your tone?"

Conan paused when he heard this, and said in a weaker voice: "I... help each other! Didn't I also help the Beihua Police Department solve many cases? Last week, a diplomat died in Beihua, thanks to me..."

Indeed, sometimes if Conan appears at the crime scene, it will trigger "direct solution of the case". Recently, a relatively large case in Beika Town where Conan was present was the death of a diplomat.

Although three more bank robbers died due to internal strife or suicide out of fear of punishment, one of the murders occurred in Beika Town, but that case was quickly taken over by higher authorities and the Beika Police Department did not launch an investigation...

Fortunately, there is no need to start any conspiracy theories about the diplomat’s murder. It has nothing to do with international relations. He was killed by his own wife.

Just that day, Hattori Heiji came to Toudou and experienced the case with Conan...

During this period, Conan's body temporarily returned to its original state due to the "Laobaigan" and he completed the reasoning as Shinichi.

Of course, the fact that Kudo Shinichi was still alive could not be exposed, so naturally the detectives and the Beika Police Department present would reap all the credit.

"Actually, we didn't need you that time..." Bai Shi curled his lips when he heard that.

"Huh? You don't need me? Did you know that the detectives on duty fell in love with that widow at first sight? Fortunately, I found out that she was the murderer..." Conan said confidently at this time.

This is actually why Shiraishi feels that Conan is not needed at all.

Conan thought that Shiraishi was unconvinced and wanted to compete with him, so he asked casually: "Then let me test you... Do you understand Kidd's code?"

"I don't need to understand that kind of stuff." Bai Shi rolled his eyes and threw him down.

"Puchi, you're not good at secret codes, are you?" Conan chuckled at this time, as if celebrating that he finally won a game.

Shiraishi glanced at him and said, "First of all, this can't be considered a 'code', it can only be called a 'riddle'... Codes are used to encrypt communications between people, and Kidd's notice can only be considered a flirtation between him and the detective, at most a 'riddle'."

Conan: ...

When Conan heard what Shiraishi said, he felt unconvinced and a little shocked, but he couldn't say anything to refute it for a while.

"Secondly, if it's about cracking codes, I'm very good at it. After all, in secret transactions between violent organizations, codes are often used to communicate... But riddles won't work. I really have no interest in flirting with thieves." Shiraishi said as a matter of course.

Conan: ...

Bai Shi obviously doesn't care about the criticism from these "little detectives" that he is "not good at secret codes" - I don't know how many secret codes of illegal transactions I have cracked, and my record can be checked!

"Tsk... So you don't want to know what Kid meant? Hey, wait... what are you going to do?" Conan was still unconvinced, but Shiraishi actually turned around and left.

"What? What else can I do in the restroom..." Bai Shi said as he walked into the men's restroom of the museum. After seeing the urinal, he couldn't help but sigh. Then, Bai Shi had to take two steps back and projected in a parabola...

"This design is unreasonable... Why are there considerations for children's urinals, but no consideration of the situation where someone's 'water pipe' is taller than a normal urinal? Fortunately, mine is long enough..." Shiraishi muttered to himself.

If Shiraishi didn't step back, it would be difficult for him to use the urinal of normal height. However, after stepping back, he would often go beyond the range of the partition, which would be seen by people nearby and might indirectly hurt some people.

For example, now, Conan took a look and walked towards the squat toilet with inferiority complex.

……

"Huh? Conan, why are you so absent-minded?" Xiaolan asked Conan puzzledly when he came back from the bathroom.

"No, nothing..." Conan certainly had no way to explain.

At the same time, Conan also decided to make a comeback by solving the riddle...well, no, it should be by solving the code!
That night, Conan did not go to the Tsutsu River to guard, nor did he go to the Mika Public Hall, but came to the rooftop of the Haido Hotel...

Sure enough, Kidd arrived as promised, and judging from the height here and the distance from the Beika Museum, if Kidd wanted to get there, he only needed to unfold his paraglider and dive.

At this time, outside the Beika Museum, there were a large number of Kid's fans, most of whom were young women. As for the few men... Shiraishi always suspected that they were mixed in just to get sex!
……

"Section Chief Chaki! Someone is setting off fireworks in the southwest..."

"Section Chief! Unit 002 spotted Kidd on the rooftop of the Haido Hotel where the fireworks were set off!"

"What? Immediately..."

[I am Chaki. Kidd has appeared on the roof of the Haido Hotel. Everyone, gather at the Haido Hotel.]

[No! I am Chaki! That voice is fake! ]

[We must indeed go to the Beihu Hotel. Don’t let him escape…]

……

Shiraishi looked at the detectives and mobile team members who were searching the scene, and saw that they were in chaos. He knew in his heart that they might not be able to catch Kidd today.

Shiraishi even suspected that Kidd didn't even want to come to the scene...

Although Shiraishi also knew that the so-called "fireworks" should have been made by Conan, he seemed to have solved the riddle during the day. Perhaps this was the mutual admiration between riddle solvers... But Shiraishi did not go over. Anyway, the real [Dark Star] was still in the Suzuki family's safe, and the fake one in front of him was also under his protection.

Although the police even dispatched several helicopters, in the end, because the radio was hacked, the helicopter operators had no idea whose orders to follow!
After half a night of chaos...

Kidd once again successfully performed a magic trick in front of the police.

After playing a trick on everyone, he "disappeared" in public.

By the time Nakamori reacted and wanted to count the number of police officers around and verify their identities, it was already too late...

According to Hongzi, when a "magician" succeeds in unleashing supernatural powers during a performance, his supernatural powers will grow, depending on the effectiveness of the performance and the deceived audience.

Therefore, Kidd is also getting stronger...

But Shiraishi is not worried about Kidd!
Because among the possessors of supernatural powers, the "Magician" is the weakest in PVP, which means that PVE can bully ordinary people without supernatural powers.

After all the trouble, Nakamori only brought back a new notice - [On the Queen Serissabeth, I will retrieve the real Dark Star. ]

Originally, Chaki and Nakamori were worried that Kid would go to the Beika Museum after "disappearing", but after seeing the new notice, they both understood...

"It seems that Kidd doesn't want to enter the museum... President Suzuki, is the [Dark Star] exhibited here fake?" Nakamori confirmed with Suzuki Shiro.

Shi Lang, who rushed over, said somewhat embarrassedly: "It can't be said to be fake... This is indeed a genuine black pearl, but it's not the one my grandfather got."

Kidd is very sure that the legendary magic stone "Pandora" can only be one of the famous large gems in history, and it cannot be the black pearl that was only discovered in recent years!

Nakamori didn't dare to complain because the Suzuki family had not told him the truth before - after all, Kidd had just played a trick on them.

If the [Dark Star] really is here, wouldn't it have been lost?

"But what exactly does he want to do? Just to send this notice letter?" Shiro Suzuki muttered in confusion.

"It should be because... to make Uncle Shiro embarrassed and make it difficult for him to give up the party on the Queen Cesarethor." Shiraishi answered Shiro's doubts.

Sure enough, at this time, not only the police picked up this one, but a large number of "onlookers" also found the copied notice letter!
Although not everyone can attend the party on the "Queen Cesarebella", this does not affect the "onlookers" outside who are excited about their idols.

"Eh? I..."

Shi Lang was about to say that he was not that concerned about face...

"Don't worry! Dear, the anniversary party will of course not be cancelled!" Tomoko came over and said with a smile while putting her arm around Shirou's arm.

I don't know if it was because he saw Tomoko's smile, or because his arm was pinched and hurt, but Shirou's face tightened and he said, "That's good!"

"Eh? President Suzuki, but..." Nakamori was also helpless. President Suzuki was so concerned about his reputation that he refused to cancel the party on the cruise ship.

Cha Mu stopped him at this time and said, "Okay, Inspector Nakamori, now that things have come to this, we police officers will cooperate with the ship's security!"

"Section Chief, but..." Nakamori still felt very dangerous.

"No buts..." Chamu pulled him aside and said, "In addition to exhibiting the [Dark Star], the party on the ship will also be a commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Suzuki Group! Those who can attend are all well-known people from all walks of life, and you must not act rashly...

"And if we dissuade the Suzuki Group from suspending the party because we are afraid of Kidd, where will the face of our Metropolitan Police Department be?"

Nakamori then quietly retorted: "It is because the participants will be all big shots, so I am worried that if Kidd succeeds..."

"That's up to you!" Cha Mu said, patting his shoulder.

Nakamori:? ? ?
Nakamori was stunned at first, then showed a "touched" expression.

"I didn't expect that you, Section Chief, trust me so much... Don't worry! I will never let you down!" Nakamori vowed.

Chamu:......

"Yeah, okay." Chamu encouraged without looking at him.

Chamu couldn't say at this time - I don't believe you can stop Kidd, I just believe... even if Kidd really succeeds, he will return the gem later!

Moreover, several times before, the money was returned through Nakamori.

At this time, Tomoko also pulled Shiro aside.

"Honey, I have a great idea..." Tomoko said, with a dangerous light in her eyes, which made Shirou laugh awkwardly.

……

Shiraishi confirmed with Ayako, "The Queen Serissabeth will depart from Yokobin Port at 4pm tomorrow, right?"

"That's right. We'll depart from Yokobin at four o'clock and arrive at Toudou Port at seven o'clock. The whole journey will take three hours." Ayako nodded.

"It's really bold to commit a crime in the isolated ocean." Bai Shi sighed.

During these three hours, Kidd had nowhere to run!
Of course, it's not that easy to catch him...

After all, Queen Cesarebella is not a small boat, but a large cruise ship that can serve thousands of guests at the same time.

More importantly, most of the guests invited to attend the Suzuki Group's anniversary celebration are either rich or noble, including congressmen, lawyers... So even though it is true that they are on a ship isolated from the outside world, many means of forced search are not applicable!

"Xiao Hei, you will come too, right? It's already this late, why don't we..." Ayako said, preparing to invite Shiraishi to her house to rest, after all, it was already late at night.

"Also... um? Wait a minute..." Bai Shi was about to agree, but at this moment, his cell phone vibrated.

After taking a look, Bai Shi couldn't help but change his expression, and then said: "Forget it, I have something to deal with, let's meet directly in Hengbin."

Since Kidd has already sent out a notice, given his personality, it is impossible for him to take action in advance...

"Eh? Is... there a case?" Seeing this, Ayako couldn't help but ask worriedly.

"No, nothing. Something happened at a friend's house, so I just went over to take a look." Bai Shi shook his head.

After hearing what Shiraishi said, Ayako finally breathed a sigh of relief. Otherwise, she was afraid that Shiraishi would not be able to spare the time later...

After leaving the Beika Museum, Shiraishi did not walk too far and drove straight to Beika-cho 2-chome - yes, his destination was the Kudo family!
Just now, the surveillance camera installed by Bai Shi sounded an alarm again...

A month later, someone sneaked into Kudo's house again.

While driving, Shiraishi stared at his phone screen and ignored traffic rules - fortunately, at this time, Yumi was not summoned...

When they arrived near Kudo's house, Shiraishi first parked the car in a hidden alley.

On the surveillance screen, Shiraishi has already seen the "big fish"!
In addition to the same "men in black" configuration as last time, this time there was also a woman in a white coat and short brown hair entering...

(End of this chapter)