Conan: I don't do anything? If I really do it, you won't be happy.

Chapter 142 Hui Jie's Stirring Up the Fire

As the search team continued their search, the predicted time was fast approaching.

"Excuse me, what's going on here?" Natsumi Kosaka asked, her voice filled with confusion, as she spoke from behind Shiro Suzuki.

She had just arrived in the vicinity when she was brought here by several men who claimed to be Suzuki family bodyguards. She also found that everyone was in the yard, looking at the Suzuki family house with grim expressions.

Thinking about the horror movies she had watched in the past, Natsumi Kosaka had a bad feeling.

Could it be that Chairman Suzuki's house is haunted?
But Natsumi Kosaka quickly shook her head, rejecting her own idea. How could there really be ghosts? She was just scaring herself.

Hearing everyone discussing where Kid was, Natsumi Kosaka breathed a sigh of relief; at least it wasn't a ghost.

So she naturally joined in the conversation: "Could it be that they hid in some secret passage or something?"

"A secret passage?" Suzuki Shiro frowned as he looked at Kosaka Natsumi. Before he could ask how she knew about the secret passage in his house, he heard her continue:
“My great-grandfather also loved these kinds of mechanisms and secret passages, and he helped the Russian royal family build many similar places!”

"So I wondered, could the Suzuki family have something similar?"

Upon hearing this, Tomoko Suzuki stepped forward and nodded, saying, "That's right, the Suzuki family does have a secret passage that connects to a villa area around our house."

"This is to prepare for the possibility that one day a group of terrorists might come and attack us."

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure looked up at the sky, then glanced at the grass on the ground, but didn't look at the people who were talking.

"Hahaha." Seeing the slightly awkward atmosphere, Suzuki Shiro quickly stepped forward and asked, "Speaking of which, Miss Natsumi, you called me not long ago saying you had something you wanted to discuss with me and Detective Mouri. Can you tell me now?"

Natsumi Kosaka nodded, frowning as she recalled what her butler had told her not long ago: "My butler, Mr. Kuranosuke Sawabe, has been thinking about how Kid once called himself the 'magician of the end of the century' in his announcement letter these days."

“And coincidentally, my great-grandfather, Kiichi Kosaka, was also known as the ‘magician of the end of the century,’ so I wondered if there was any connection between them.”

"Could it be some kind of master and apprentice relationship?" Kogoro Mouri boldly guessed. "After all, Mr. Kiichi passed away nine years ago, and Kid also disappeared eight years ago, only recently making a comeback. The timing is very close, isn't it?"

Shiro Suzuki nodded, a look of sudden realization on his face, and said, "I see. I heard that Kid would return the stolen treasures to their original owners."

Nakamori Ginzo also slammed his fist down, saying with some surprise, "So, Kid heard that Miss Natsumi's grandmother had passed away, so he's planning to send the Egg of Memory back to his teacher!"

"I knew it! Kidd's targets were jewels before, but this time he's stealing an egg full of glass!"

Although Nakamori Ginzo did not intend to give up on capturing Kid, he was still very gratified to learn that Kid was doing something good.

Upon hearing that Kid's purpose might be to steal the Egg of Memories for her, Natsumi Kosaka hurriedly looked at Shiro Suzuki, shook her head, and said, "I'm sorry, I don't know who Kid is. In my memory, I should have never seen that person before."

Shiro Suzuki smiled kindly and said, "It's alright. On the contrary, I'm very grateful for the ideas you provided."

He waved his hand magnanimously and said arrogantly, "This is between us and Kid, and has nothing to do with you. I can promise that if that phantom thief can really steal the Egg of Memories from me and hand it over to you, I will not pursue the matter!" After thinking for a moment, he added, "Of course, we may need to borrow it again later, since the exhibition we promised in Osaka has not yet been completed."

"I am deeply grateful." Natsumi Kosaka looked at Shiro Suzuki's smile, bowed respectfully, and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Meanwhile, Kidd, completely unaware that he had gained a teacher, glanced at his watch and realized that time was almost up. Looking at the lax defense around him, he shook his head and prepared to take action.

Most of the officers in the First Investigative Division didn't actually harbor much hostility towards Kid, because to them, who had seen many murders, Kid, who didn't kill, was already considered a law-abiding citizen, and some of them were even his fans.

More importantly, during the days when Kidd was on duty, the frequency of cases miraculously decreased, so their attitude seemed more like they were just going through the motions.

Although in Huijie's eyes this was the same as his usual hard work, after all, he looked around and looked at this and that, but in the end he found nothing and could only rely on outside help to solve the problem.

After leaving the room, Teruyuki and Ai returned to Sonoko's room together, only to find that she had finally remembered to call Makoto Kyogoku. Unfortunately, Makoto Kyogoku had already boarded the Ririhana plane and was expected to arrive soon.

Upon hearing this news, Sonoko was somewhat pleased, but then inadvertently revealed that Kaito Kid had come to her house.

But he didn't say much, only covering his mouth when he mentioned that Kidd was at his house.

Since she had already decided to have nothing to do with Kid anymore, there was no need for Kyogoku Makoto to know about it, and then she hung up the phone.

However, her tendency to mention it briefly but then quickly fall silent soon caught Kyogoku Makoto's attention.

"Kid? Who is that?" After hanging up the phone, Makoto Kyogoku narrowed his eyes. He could tell that Sonoko's attitude had changed significantly when she mentioned that this person was at her house.

Sonoko's strange attitude, coupled with the fact that this person could openly visit the Suzuki family, made him somewhat anxious.

So he sent a message to one of the few people he knew well.

'Who is that guy named Kid? Why is Sonoko's attitude towards him so obviously strange? And how come he can openly go to the Suzuki house?'

As Huijie looked at the three questions from Makoto Kyogoku on his phone, a smile crept onto his lips as he thought of the exhausting training plan Makoto had devised for him.

On one side is Kid, and on the other is Makoto Kyogoku. They're both acquaintances. It's a tough choice!
Hui Jie then replied truthfully, saying:

"Kid is a famous magician, and he has some connection with Sonoko's uncle, Jirokichi Suzuki;"

"Sonoko-nee really admires him. Knowing you were coming, she was very anxious to find him, as if she wanted to say something to him;"

"Kidd showed up uninvited today and only sent his invitation later, but everyone is already used to him like this."

(End of this chapter)