Conan: Above all force, there is truth!

"Yes, yes..."

"This must be Uncle's strategy for capturing Phantom Thief Kid. Let's pretend we didn't see them and continue enjoying the story!"

Upon hearing this, Xiaolan covered her face and nodded helplessly.

Chapter 230 Some are cunning, some are slippery

the other side

Conan, who was also in the audience, had no intention of appreciating the stage play. He was using the telescope function of his glasses to keep an eye on the every move of "Shinichi Kudo" in front of him.

Under Conan's watchful gaze, "Shinichi Kudo" suddenly smiled and waved at him.

Sensing something was wrong, Conan immediately jumped off his seat and, while carefully observing Kaito Kid's movements, slowly moved toward him.

Seeing Kaito Kid walk out of the theater lobby, Conan changed from walking to running and followed closely behind.

Shortly after running off the elevator, Conan bumped into a slightly overweight security guard in a brown uniform at the corner.

After a smooth somersault, Conan landed on all fours and pushed himself up.

Seeing this, the guard immediately bent down and said, "Little brother, are you alright? You're in danger!"

"I'm fine! Compared to that, Uncle, did you see what happened just now...?"

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Before Conan could finish speaking, a young man, also dressed in a guard uniform, walked over with his hands behind his back.

Upon seeing the young man, the slightly overweight guard waved his hand and said, "It's nothing. This little boy just suddenly ran out from around the corner, bumped into me, and fell down."

The young man smiled and looked at Conan: "Are you alright, little brother?"

After carefully observing the young guard in front of him, Conan finally noticed something was amiss. A slight smile played on his lips: "I'm fine~ But big brother, your baton is so cool! It's just a bit long though~"

Under Conan's childlike tone, the slightly chubby guard looked down and compared his baton with the young guard's, and said in surprise, "Indeed, your baton is quite long."

"Ah, after all, there are many different types of batons..." The young guard picked up the baton at his waist and slowly began to try to explain.

"Is that so?" Conan's eyes suddenly reflected a white light.

He abandoned his childish tone and said seriously, "Length under 60 centimeters, diameter under 3 centimeters, weight under 320 grams... Each prefectural public safety commission has strict regulations for batons, right? Isn't your baton a little too long?"

After hearing Conan's words, a strange smile appeared on the young guard's face.

Seeing this, Conan also revealed a strange smile.

Seeing the two smiling at each other, the slightly chubby guard standing to the side was a little confused.

What are they laughing at? Are police batons really that funny?

After the two laughed for a while, the young guard smiled and raised the baton in his hand: "The reason this baton is so long is because it's not a baton at all..."

At this point, the young guard raised his right hand and pressed down on the head of the baton with his palm.

"Bah!"

The moment he pressed it, the baton suddenly emitted a blinding white light, and Conan and the slightly chubby guard instinctively covered their eyes.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the young guard immediately dropped his baton and sprinted towards the elevator in the distance. Then he smiled and waved to Conan behind him.

Seeing the elevator doors already closed, Conan gritted his teeth in frustration, quickly walked to the side, and waited for the elevator next to him to come down.

At the same moment, the young security guard inside the elevator revealed a joyful expression.

"No wonder Takeda likes to tease him; it's really funny~"

five minutes later

Based on his deductions, Conan climbed to the top of the building.

At this moment, the young guard stood on the helicopter platform on the rooftop with his hands in his pockets.

Upon seeing the guard, Conan took a few breaths, put his hands in his pockets, and slowly walked towards him: "Shouldn't this game be over by now, Phantom Thief Kid!"

Upon realizing that Conan had finally caught up, Kaito Kid tore off his disguise, revealing himself in a pristine white outfit before Conan.

"Great detective, playing hide-and-seek with you is really fun!"

"Really? You can only talk big now!" After saying that, Conan squatted down and turned on the switch on his shoe.

After understanding Conan's intentions, Kaito Kid immediately pulled out his "poker gun" and kept firing to distract Conan.

A few seconds later, Conan was finally cornered against the railing.

Seeing this, Kaito Kid raised his gun, ready to let Conan go. This building is very tall; if someone fell from the railing, it would be terrible.

Unexpectedly, Conan across from him suddenly smiled and licked his lips right in front of him.

Upon seeing Conan's "little trick," Kaito Kid immediately shuddered and aimed his gun at Conan's head.

"Whoosh!"

"boom"

A playing card struck the railing behind Conan's head with a crisp sound.

Having dodged the shot, Conan confidently placed one hand on the "soccer belt," turned sideways, and prepared to punish the phantom thief with a soccer ball.

--"ah!"

Just then, due to losing his balance, Conan accidentally twisted his left ankle and rolled off the building from under the railing.

Stunned, Kaito Kid immediately deployed his hang glider and jumped off the building in an attempt to rescue Conan.

Unexpectedly, just as he flew up to Conan, Conan opened the watch case and fired a tranquilizer dart at him.

After narrowly avoiding the tranquilizer dart, Kaito Kuroba felt like cursing.

"XXX! I came to save you out of kindness, and you actually used a tranquilizer dart on me?!"

Seeing that the tranquilizer dart had missed Kaito Kid, Conan twisted his body in mid-air, pulled the tabs on both sides of his backpack, and a yellow parachute instantly unfolded from the bag.

The two engaged in a fierce chase in the air.

……

half an hour later

Longye and Xiaolan walked out of the hall arm in arm.

"It's been so long since I've seen such a breathtaking theatrical performance!"

"Indeed, both the performance and the music were perfectly matched~ By the way, what do you want to eat tonight?"

"I heard there's a really good ramen shop nearby, Tatsuno, shall we go try it?"

Before Longye could nod, a furious shout came from the depths of the corridor.

"—Didn't you say that Phantom Thief Kid would dress up as Napoleon?!"

"That thief probably knew I figured out his plan and didn't dare come back, right? Hahaha!!!"

The familiar laughter made Longye and Xiaolan roll their eyes, and the two immediately walked towards the source of the sound.

Inside Ms. Maki's dressing room, Inspector Nakamori was glaring angrily at Kogoro Mouri, who was laughing loudly in front of him.

"Hey! I assigned these men based on your reasoning, and we arrested the wrong person?! How am I supposed to explain this to my subordinates?!"

"Tch~ Anyway, we protected the gem well, didn't we? It's because of our existence that Phantom Thief Kid didn't steal that gem!"

Seeing the two of them rubbing their hands together, ready for a fierce battle, Longye and Xiaolan sighed helplessly.

Kogoro Mouri and Inspector Nakamori heard the two sighing, and immediately stopped arguing, turned to look at Ryunosuke and the other man, and spoke at the same time.

"How did you get here?" X2

Looking at the two of them, who seemed to be in perfect sync, Longye shrugged: "Come on, the way you two are 'communicating' is so loud, the whole corridor can hear you..."

Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri immediately coughed lightly, "W-re is that so? Hahaha, listen to me! Even Kaito Kid was scared away by my deductions, the work of a famous detective!"

Longye: "..."

Xiaolan: "..."

Zhongshan Police Department: "..."

Seeing Kogoro Mouri's increasingly exaggerated laughter, the three exchanged glances and shook their heads helplessly.

Chapter 231 Someone got arrested because they slipped.

Seeing that Ryūno and the others didn't react, Mōri Kōgor chuckled a few times and then stopped.

Seemingly trying to deflect the awkwardness, he scratched his head and glanced around: "By the way, where's Conan? Didn't that kid come with you?"

After saying that, Kogoro Mouri paused, stunned. Come to think of it, it seemed like he hadn't seen Conan in a long time.

Upon hearing this, the group exchanged glances and immediately began searching for Conan.

— "Ding ding ding"

Just then, the phone in Kogoro Mouri's pocket rang.

"Hello, this is Kogoro Mouri... What?! Say that again?!"

Seeing his gritted teeth after receiving the call, everyone couldn't help but wonder about the content of the call.

A moment later, Kogoro Mouri hung up the phone, his eyes blazing with fury: "It was a call from a station employee. That brat is at the station now; the staff spotted him on the roof of the train!!"

Nakamori Police Department: "???"

After a while, everyone present looked puzzled after hearing Kogoro Mouri's explanation.

Why is Conan...on the roof of the train?!

With these questions in mind, Kogoro Mouri, along with Tatsuno and Ran, took a taxi to the station where Conan was being "detained".

At this moment, Conan is sitting in the station's staff office with the train conductor.

Upon seeing the three of them, Conan broke out in a cold sweat.

He originally wanted to run down the train as soon as it stopped, but he had twisted his left ankle on the roof earlier. It was painful and swollen, and he couldn't put any weight on it.

Finally, as he slowly climbed off the train, he was caught by a train conductor...

Seeing Kogoro Mouri's intense anger, Conan forced a childlike smile, trying to fool him: "Uncle, Uncle. Hehe, I accidentally..."

Before Conan could finish speaking, Kogoro Mouri quickly walked up to Conan and patted his head hard with his right fist.