I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Chapter 102 The Detective with Data Processing Abilities Comparable to a Computer

In front of everyone, Hakuba Saguru revealed this shocking truth.

Immediately, the group of people instinctively turned to look at Kaito Kuroba.

Kaito Kuroba felt his mind explode with a buzzing sound.

—Hey buddy, this is our first time meeting today, and you've already opened my box?
How did you find out my real identity?

Could it be that Batman set me up?
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Kaito Kid is clearly a man over forty years old, he could never be Kaito!"

Inspector Nakamori was the first to react.

He stood by Kaito Kuroba without hesitation.

He said loudly,

"Hakuba Saguru, don't think you can frame people just because you're the son of the Superintendent General of Police!"

"Let me tell you, I, Nakamori Ginzo, have been chasing Kaito Kid for so many years, I can never be wrong about people! Kaito grew up right under my nose, do you think I don't know whether he is Kaito Kid or not?"

Nakamori Aoko, who was standing next to her, quickly chimed in.

"Yes, Kaito could never be Kaito Kid!"

"Otherwise, how could Kaito not be angry at all if I talked badly about Kaito Kid every day?"

Kaito Kuroba fell silent.

That's because I have a poker face that can keep my expression straight, okay?

Hakuba Saguru raised an eyebrow at this.

he said,
"Inspector Nakamori, what's the significance of your knowledge of Phantom Thief Kid?"

Hakuba Saguru's tone was arrogant.

Conan, standing nearby, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

This Sherlock Holmes cosplayer is even more arrogant in his reasoning than the real Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era.

"What did you say?"

Nakamori Ginzo's eyes widened.

He couldn't believe that Hakuba Saguru would say such a thing so openly in front of him!

Hakuba Saguru continued without hesitation,

"You've been chasing after Phantom Thief Kid for over twenty years, do you know his gender? Do you know his age?"

Have you ever seen what kind of face is hidden behind his monocle?

Have you checked all those random props he left behind?

“You have no right to speak without conducting an investigation. I invited you here simply to have Kaito Kuroba come to the scene as well. I don’t need your guidance on how to solve the case.”

These words were incredibly hurtful.

Nakamori Ginzo's expression changed repeatedly.

He couldn't stand it any longer.

Lies are irrelevant; the truth is the sharpest weapon.

Every word Hakuba Saguru said was like a dagger to his heart, because he genuinely hadn't found any of the things Hakuba Saguru mentioned. He had simply earned his position through years of experience chasing after Kaito Kid.

"...Didn't you just say he was that brat Kudo?"

Somewhat bewildered by the situation, Kogoro Mouri quietly approached Ran Mouri.

He asked in a low voice, and then said,
"If I remember correctly, that brat Kudo and Kaito Kid appeared at the same time."

"It was the time when Kaito Kid claimed to be stealing time. He rode in a police helicopter to arrest Kaito Kid, and that scene was even broadcast live on TV. How could Kaito Kid possibly be that brat Kudo?"

Hearing this, Ran Mouri nodded, somewhat bewildered.

Oh, that seems to be true.

She just remembered that there seems to be such a thing.

Conan, who was standing nearby, breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

Well, although the way he solved the problem was unique, at least the problem was solved. Conan's eyes sharpened.

So, now we need to focus on whether Kaito Kuroba is actually Kaito Kid.

"If you are so convinced that Kaito Kuroba is not Kaito Kid."

"Let's make a bet then."

Hakuba Saguru teased the falcon perched on his shoulder.

Then he said definitively,
"If on the day of the operation, Kaito Kuroba remained within your or my sight until Phantom Thief Kid appeared without disappearing, then it means that Kaito Kuroba is not Phantom Thief Kid."

"Conversely, if Phantom Thief Kid doesn't appear at the agreed time..."

Hakuba Saguru smiled.

He did not continue.

However, Nakamori Aoko and the others already knew what Hakuba Saguru really meant.

—If Kaito Kid doesn't appear, then it means that Kaito Kuroba is indeed Kaito Kid.

Otherwise, both should be able to appear simultaneously, rather than one appearing and the other disappearing.

Conan put his hands into his pockets.

He was very curious about what gave Hakuba Saguru the confidence to say that Kaito Kid was actually Kaito Kuroba.

Judging from their expressions, it seems that Hakuba Saguru and Kuroba Kaito are meeting for the first time.

Can you tell that Kaito Kuroba is Kaito Kid just by meeting him?
Conan didn't believe it.

Both being top-ranking high school detectives, if Shinichi Kudo couldn't do it, then Hakuba Saguru certainly couldn't either, unless Hakuba Saguru possessed some information that Shinichi didn't know.

—And that is indeed the case.

For Hakuba Saguru, capturing Kaito Kid was just a side effect of his job.

Despite media coverage.

Hakuba Saguru claims that he refused the invitation from the London Joint Police Service to return to Tokyo in order to capture Kaito Kid, but this is not actually the case; Kaito Kid is just a gimmick.

His real purpose was to capture an extremely dangerous criminal who was skilled in illusion.

The world's top assassin, a illusionist who uses animals as his namesake, Spider!
He has even confirmed that the spider's true identity is the world's greatest illusionist, Günter von Goldberg II!

If it weren't for the need to alert the thief, Hakuba Saguru wouldn't even have been interested in capturing Kaito Kid, a thief who only operates in Japan.

However, since he was already there, it wouldn't hurt for him to capture Kaito Kid as well.

During the heist of the Dark Star by Phantom Thief Kid on the Queen Cerissa.

Kaito Kid has clearly disguised himself as Ran Mouri, the woman standing next to Kogoro Mouri, and the clothes he used for the disguise have been sealed away by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department as evidence.

Hakuba Saguru used the clothes to find a hair that had been overlooked.

He extracted the DNA from this hair, had the research institute confirm the age of the hair's owner, and then, based on that age, obtained the DNA data of all currently enrolled high school students in Japan at once.

It only took one night.

Hakuba Saguru managed to find Kuroba Kaito.

That's why he has dark circles under his eyes today.

The eyes can lie.

Your ears can lie.

But technology doesn't, DNA doesn't; whatever the test results are, that's what they are.

If Kaito Kuroba weren't Kaito Kid.

So why would Kaito Kuroba's DNA be found in the clothes worn by Phantom Thief Kid? Kaito Kuroba wasn't a guest on the Queen Celeste, so this shouldn't have happened under any circumstances!
“6月4日晚上8点0分0秒，我期待怪盗基德的最后一舞。”

Hakuba Saguru revealed a confident smile.

Instantly, Kaito Kuroba's heart sank to the bottom.

This is troublesome.

We have to find another way.

(End of this chapter)