The establishment of the Time Travelers Alliance began in the first year of Conan

Chapter 128: Phantom Thieves Are Always More Suitable for Gems (Additional Chapter )

So, when everyone started preparing to deal with Kaito Kid, Conan quietly slipped into the control room at the front of the train.

"Uncle driver, do you know which system on this train is related to the stations it passes through? It's in every car and can be easily destroyed all at once? It would be best if it were related to the power system or the timing system."

The train conductor didn't notice at all that Conan's question was definitely not something a first-grade child could ask.

He just felt that the child in front of him was very smart and knew so much knowledge at such a young age.

So he laughed heartily twice and answered Conan's question very happily.

"You're the kid who suspected there was a bomb on the train, right? I didn't expect you to be such a train enthusiast at such a young age!"

The conductor tried to convince Conan from a scientific perspective the little boy in front of him who always believed that there was a bomb hidden in the train.

"But no matter which system on this train is it, it's absolutely impossible to destroy it, especially the system you mentioned that can be connected to every car."

"Because whether it's the power system that accelerates the train, the announcement system related to the arrival time, or the deceleration system when braking, the main switch for their operation is all here!"

The conductor leaned sideways, revealing several buttons on a dashboard on his right.

The indicator lights above were all green. Above the dashboard, a large red button protected by a glass cover had a row of small words on it that was very eye-catching:

Emergency stop.

"If the bomb you're talking about really exists, kid, then destroying the devices in a single carriage would be impossible!"

"Because, as I said, all the electronic control signals on this train are sent from the locomotive. If the bomb is really hidden in the entire train system as you said, then there is no way it could bypass the main control room!"

"And I just checked it, hahaha! Everything is normal!"

This news finally made Conan feel relieved.

Finally heard some good news.

It seems that the bomb was really as the two men said, and they did not really modify the method of the bomb explosion in advance.

Then what he had to do next was to let Uncle Maori deduce the possibility of the three pointers and persuade Uncle Jirokichi to bring all three pointers into the carriage.

……

To the waiter who handed the notice letter to Suzuki Jirokichi.

Kuroba Kaito watched helplessly as the acquisition mission assigned to Hongzi completely failed.

As he watched from the corner of his eye, the little kid named Conan kicked the drunken Kogoro Maori fiercely the moment he stood up.

Then, the "sleeping detective" who was hypnotized by Conan began his own reasoning in front of everyone around him.

Except for himself, no one cared that Kogoro's voice, which had just been drunken, suddenly became steady and convincing.

"...So, the true needle lies between the compass, the clock, and the jewel! If you want to prevent Kaito Kid from escaping, Mr. Suzuki, I think you'd better bring all three...those three targets pointing to Kaito Kid into the carriage."

"Mr. Suzuki, let me make a bet with you. Anyway, I will sit here and wait for the final result."

"I believe the gem in your hand is definitely not what Kaito Kidd is after, because the last sentence of the preview letter has already made it clear. The most direct answer must be a lie!"

"Okay! Just do as he says!"

"Zhengyan, I want you to contact the auction house immediately and buy those two items before the first auction starts. And send them to the carriage now!"

Suzuki Jirokichi was immediately provoked by Mori Kogoro.

But, this is strange.

No one questioned how this drunk man could come up with such a long and coherent chain of reasoning.

No one doubted why Kogoro knew information that he shouldn't have known from his perspective - after all, this detective who got drunk as soon as he got in the car had no interest in buying anything and naturally had never looked at the auction list of the auction house.

Kogoro Mori had no reason to know that the seventh item in the second auction was the pointer called "The Pursuit of the Ama".

No one even went up to check on Kogoro Mouri.

No one asked or cared about his self-limiting words, "I'm just going to sit here for the rest of my life."

Even Xiaolan, who has already "broken the setting" to a certain extent, does not have any doubts about her father and Conan who just disappeared.

Except for Kuroba Kaito who was disguised as a waiter, he sighed in his heart.

"Is this what a 'detective' world means?"

Everything that had just been presented to him, and the "meaning of being a detective" that had just been revealed, made Kuroba Kaito feel even colder.

It was as strange as if there was a three-way fierce battle in the center of a battlefield, and suddenly the next second everyone dropped their swords and raised their trumpets to celebrate the festival.

After all, since entering the VIP car, Kaito's attention has been mostly on Conan.

Therefore, the moment he saw Kudo Shinichi "hypnotizing" Kogoro Mori, he immediately began to recite the "spell" given to him in the plan in his mind.

"This is just Hongzi's magic, this is just magic..."

——This is why Lin Sheng must make Hongzi and Kidd’s timeline escape from the control of the dual timeline.

For a character whose background is filled with certain "magical" elements, to a certain extent, as long as you regard everything around Conan as "magic".

Then the neglect effect brought about by "reasoning" obviously cannot coexist with the "magic" element at the same time.

"Plus, the timeline of both of you should logically exist in the new timeline that doesn't 'exist' yet, as long as you don't get involved in His drama or make Him aware of your abnormality."

"You should be able to maintain your 'normality'."

——Fortunately, this actually worked.

And now the pointer that can truly be recognized by Conan has finally appeared.

"Sure enough, the information mentioned in the plan is correct. The real indicator will only appear after the 'deduction process'."

"That way, all the other options on the train don't matter."

Kaito recalled the notice letter he had written himself.

Can we only say that he is truly worthy of being a famous detective?

Kaito didn't know if he was finally influenced by Conan. He now really felt that each of these three might be a pointer.

"However, the most crucial part of this operation is to hand the pointer to Conan. In that case..."

Kuroba Kaito, no, Kaito Kid decided to change his target and steal the gem called "Twilight Wedge".

However, this decision made Kidd smile bitterly inwardly.

As expected, it was just as predicted in Plan A-11-c.

The contents of the plans he had seen surfaced in Kaito's mind.

"Considering that even if the individual named Kaito Kidd leaves the dual timeline, there's a greater than 50% chance that his 'personality effect' or 'character inertia' will still remain in effect..."

"Also, the reason for the independence of its timeline structure is completely different from that of the individual named 'Dr. Agasa'. It is an attempt initiated by the Alliance. Therefore, its psychological and behavioral patterns, or the resulting environmental effects, are predicted to be..."

——As expected, the name Kaito Kidd is inseparable from gems.

(End of this chapter)