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Chapter 617 Nakamori Ginzo, are you an undercover agent for the police, like Kaito Kid?

Just as the mysterious group's attention had completely shifted to the topic of the Phantom Thief Lady.

The real Lady Thief has already taken action.

Chikage Kuroba quietly appeared near the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall.

She was somewhat surprised by her son's popularity.

Regardless of his abilities as a phantom thief, Kaito Kuroba, the second-generation Phantom Thief Kid, is far more popular than the original Phantom Thief Kid, Toichi Kuroba.

Why is this?

Is it because times have changed?
Even though Kuroba Toichi and Kuroba Kaito were wearing the same clothes, their true identities could not be discerned even with a monocle.

Why is there such a big difference in popularity between the two?
"Oh My God."

"It seems Inspector Nakamori and the others have already taken action. So Kaito should have already entered the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall by now, right?"

Kuroba Chikage raised an eyebrow as she looked inside the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall.

Although she acknowledged Kaito Kuroba's abilities, she learned from Kijiro Terai that Kaito Kuroba was facing a serious problem this time.

After all, he was her eldest son.

When trouble comes at this time, how could she not lend a hand?

At this point, it's time to tackle the most difficult problem.

Kuroba Chikage recalled it in her mind.

Jirokichi Suzuki hired four guardians to protect the Amber Kirin and the Emerald Emperor at the Suzuki Foundation Exhibition Hall.

They are Makoto Kyogoku, Kazuyo Senma, Saguru Hakuba, and Chen En.

The three people in front each have their own unique skills.

The last one combines all the special skills of the previous three, making him the master of special skills.

Chen En is probably the most difficult guardian to deal with.

Since that's the case, she'll go directly to Chen En and hold off this most troublesome guardian, making it easier for Kaito to break through the defenses formed by the four guardians.

Kuroba Chikage made up her mind.

She immediately took action; at that very moment, Nakamori Ginzo was setting up the defenses.

Kaito Kuroba blended into the crowd.

His attention was entirely focused on how to infiltrate the heavily guarded Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall with the help of Ginzo Nakamori and the police officers under his command.

But suddenly I felt something was wrong.

He turned his head and glanced around.

After carefully looking around and finding nothing amiss, he refocused his attention on how to infiltrate the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall.

Yes, the problem is how to sneak into the interior of the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall.

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About twenty minutes ago.

Ginzo Nakamori arrived at the Suzuki Foundation Exhibition Hall with a group of officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Second Investigative Division.

They stormed through the group of reporters.

As the commander, Ginzo Nakamori spoke confidently in front of reporters, declaring that this time they would definitely bring Phantom Thief Kid to justice.

Then the accident happened.

Let alone bringing Phantom Thief Kid to justice.

Ginzo Nakamori and his group couldn't even get into the interior of the Suzuki Foundation's exhibition hall.

Because Jirokichi Suzuki didn't believe in Ginzo Nakamori's abilities, he suspected that the guy was actually an undercover agent for Kaito Kid.

Especially after he learned that Inspector Zenigata of Interpol and the famous Phantom Thief Lupin III were exchanging information.

Is this guy just using him to boost his performance?

Although he didn't care about these things, if possible, he still didn't want any unexpected obstacles to appear in his duel with Phantom Thief Kid.

Therefore, in front of everyone, Suzuki Jirokichi directly refused to let the officers from the Second Investigation Division in, stating that the Second Investigation Division was not part of the plan to deal with Kaito Kid.

Hear this.

Nakamori Ginzo immediately became popular.

Scholars can be killed but not humiliated.

You can say I have problems with my work ability, but you can't say I'm an undercover agent who infiltrated the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department like Kaito Kid.

And you shouldn't have said that in front of my daughter!
If you had said it in a secluded place, that would have been one thing, but to say it in front of my daughter is something I absolutely cannot accept!

It damages my shining image in my daughter's eyes!
Nakamori Ginzo then had a big argument with Suzuki Jirokichi, but there was nothing he could do, as Nakamori Ginzo was in the wrong.

The Phantom Thief Kid and Jirokichi Suzuki are a perfect match, one willing to hit and the other willing to be hit.

It was a mutual consent process.

What business is it of yours, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Inspector? Whether it's a theft or not is not up to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to decide, but up to Suzuki Jirokichi.

Suzuki Jirokichi was pushed to the limit.

They directly called it a theft, but that was just their public statement. In reality, it was a puzzle game between him and Kaito Kid.

Then it wouldn't be a problem to have Nakamori Ginzo lead his people out from the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall.

This left Kaito Kuroba, who later infiltrated the Second Investigation Division, speechless.

—No, what if Inspector Nakamori really was kicked out by Jirokichi Suzuki?

If I infiltrate this area, who will fill in for me?
There is no Inspector Nakamori.

How can I defeat the four guardians of the Suzuki Foundation Exhibition Hall? With my poker gun?
Kaito Kuroba, who had originally planned to remain hidden and infiltrate the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall with officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, had to step forward and use his exceptional emotional intelligence to defuse the crisis.

Although I still can't get into the inner area.

However, this avoided the headline news of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Second Investigative Division failing to reach an agreement with Jirokichi Suzuki and being directly kicked out by him.

Jirokichi Suzuki eventually allowed officers from the Second Investigation Division to operate outside the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall.

However, officers from the Second Investigation Division and staff of the Suzuki Foundation Exhibition Hall were not allowed to enter the interior areas of the Suzuki Foundation Exhibition Hall.

The reason is the suspicion that Phantom Thief Kid might have infiltrated among these people and entered the inner area together.

"I have to say, that old man was absolutely right."

Kaito Kuroba thought to himself.

There were actually only four people inside the entire Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall.

Makoto Kyogoku, Saguru Hakuba, Kazuyo Senma, Chen En — oh, there is no Chen En.

Chen En's task is to operate the robotic arm.

The control room for the robotic arm is not located inside the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall, but rather near the main control room of the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall.

Therefore, there were actually only three people in the inner area, and they were connected by communicators.

Furthermore, the control room of the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall would use the monitoring system every now and then to point out their coordinates and locations.

It was clearly impossible for only three people to sneak into the interior area of ​​the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall.

"Oh, it's really troublesome."

"We still need to solve the internal monitoring system of the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall, given Chen En's level of technical expertise."

"The meager electronic technology that Grandpa Terai and I have is definitely not enough."

"It's obviously impossible for Dr. Agasa, who once cooperated with us, to help us crack the internal monitoring system of the Suzuki Foundation Exhibition Hall."

"It seems there's only one way to do this."

Kaito Kuroba had an idea.

High-level hackers often use the most basic hacking methods to cripple all of their target's electronic programs in an instant.

I went and turned off the power.

One hundred.

(End of this chapter)