The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Conan had a hint of excited smile on his face.

Professor Agasa was somewhat surprised: "What, you want to see him! Shinichi, do you already know where he is?"

Conan's face was full of confidence: "Yes, I already know what his code means."

"Then why didn't you notify the police?"

"Because I want to see this legendary phantom thief with my own eyes! I want to see what this thief who sent out threatening letters and caused such a huge uproar looks like!"

"Okay, Shinichi, then you must be careful!" Professor Agasa said before hanging up the phone and getting up to help Shinichi organize the documents at his home.

As night fell, Conan ran across the street toward the Beika City Hotel.

……

"Huh?! Sir, how did you know that notorious thief would appear on the rooftop of the Beika Municipal Hotel tonight?!"

At Aragaki Yu's house, the little tengu took a small package from Aragaki Yu and looked at him with a puzzled expression, asking a question.

Yuu Aragaki took out his phone, opened the coded message in the threatening letter sent by Kid in his photo album, and explained: "When the moon separates the two people, those two people refer to the artificial satellite and the sun. The moon separating the two people means that the moon is between the artificial satellite and the sun, causing a lunar eclipse. So the time he appears is between 12:30 am and 4:00 am when BS broadcasting is interrupted. That's right, this is also the abbreviation for BLACK STAR!"

Then, Yuu Aragaki picked up the map spread out to the side, paused for a moment, and continued, "With the invitation of the waves, the waves in this sentence refer to the radio waves, which means that Kaito Kid will appear from the direction of the BS radio waves."

Seeing the little tengu's enlightened expression, Aragaki Yu continued, "The radio waves transmitted by BS are emitted from 45 degrees south to west, and also propagate far away from the horizon at a direction of 42.5 degrees. In that case, judging from the Beika Museum, only the Beika Municipal Hotel fits this description!"

"So that's how it is!" Little Tengu nodded repeatedly, clutching a package almost the size of his own body.

"Little Tengu, you understood all of that?!"

The little tengu's seemingly learned expression actually made Aragaki Yu somewhat insecure.

He could hardly believe that his little dog was actually a top student who could understand even this.

Aragaki Yuna was able to deduce these things by relying on his memories from his previous life and the deductions he made after spending an afternoon comparing various materials.

Could it be that I really learned nothing from "dogs" during my compulsory education?

"I don't understand at all! I just think what you said is great, Master!" The little tengu showed a matter-of-fact expression.

Aragaki Yu:......

"Ha ha……"

At this moment, Aragaki Yu fully understood. He didn't know if he had learned anything from "dogs," but his explanation, which he had just spent so much time explaining, was definitely like playing the piano for "dogs."

……

Panting, Conan looked at the tall building in front of him—the Beika Municipal Hotel—and finally revealed a meaningful smile.

Without having time to rest, Conan rushed into the hotel and headed straight for the top floor.

However, Conan, whose mind was full of Kid, did not notice that the hotel lobby and the corners outside the door were filled with a large number of serious-looking, cautious sentries.

They looked somewhat surprised as the child suddenly ran into the restaurant and headed straight for the top of the building.

In a car parked in the alley outside, the driver, seeing this scene, nervously asked the person in the back seat, "Team leader! There's a child; he's run upstairs in the restaurant. What should we do?"

The man in the back seat, a pipe dangling from his lips, gazed at the rooftop of the Beika City Hotel and said calmly, “It’s alright, don’t worry about him. We just need to focus on that phantom thief. No matter how skilled he is, he can’t possibly disguise himself as a child.”

……

Once on the top floor, Conan immediately took out the fireworks he had prepared in advance from his bag and placed them on the ground, quietly waiting for Kid's arrival.

They planned to use this to distract the police when the phantom thief appeared.

Just then, Conan's cell phone suddenly rang.

"Hey?"

"Shinichi, I've found the information you requested! I looked through the files your father collected and discovered that Phantom Thief 1412 really is a person whose whereabouts are unpredictable."

On the phone, Dr. Agasa began to recount the intelligence he had gathered: "He first appeared in Paris eighteen years ago, but ten years later, he disappeared without a trace. Some even said he was dead. But eight years later, he has been resurrected, and it is said that he is now mainly active in Japan."

Listening to Professor Agasa's words, Conan couldn't help but mutter, "His first crime was eighteen years ago? He should be quite old by now, right?"

"Well, there are countless descriptions of him from the outside world, such as the Lu Ban of the Heisei era, the magician under the moonlight... but he is best known by a common name."

"Common name?"

"That's right, it's a young novelist who simplified the name of the master thief 1412, who manipulates police from various countries, into a common name..."

"—Phantom Thief Kid!"

Just as the professor was speaking, an elegant and graceful white figure slowly descended from mid-air and landed in front of Conan.

Chapter 124 April Fools' Day

Under the silent night, he quietly descended before Conan, his white cloak fluttering in the wind, his eyes seeming to see through everything, revealing a fearless smile.

"Hello? Conan, are you listening?"

Conan immediately hung up the call with Professor Agasa and watched as the guy in white, hands in his pockets, slowly walked towards him.

[Wearing a cloak and a top hat, without making a single unnecessary movement, his face, obscured by his monocle and the backlighting, appeared surprisingly young—perhaps in his thirties? Or twenties? Or even younger.]

"Hey! Little brother, what are you doing here?"

He watched as Conan lit the prepared fireworks, but he didn't make any extra movements, just smiled and greeted Conan.

huh~

boom!

As fireworks burst into a dazzling display above the Beika City Hotel, Conan looked at him and replied, "I'm setting off fireworks!"

Meanwhile, the little tengu, who was watching the show from mid-air, almost fell to the ground while trying to avoid the fireworks that suddenly flew towards it. In its panic, it barely managed to regain its balance and patted its chest, sighing, "What's wrong with this brat? Why does he set off fireworks without warning!"

Conan pointed his finger at a helicopter flying towards them in the distance and said in a childlike voice, "Hey!? Look, it's a helicopter! They seem to have noticed us!"

Kaito Kid glanced at Conan beside him with slight surprise and said softly, "Little brother, it seems you're not an ordinary child."

"My name is Edogawa Conan, and I am a detective!"

Upon hearing Kaito Kid's question, Conan suddenly turned to face Kid, abandoning his feigned childish tone, and confidently replied.

"Oh~ Oh," Phantom Thief Kid smiled slightly.

"Are you sure you want to stay here? Mr. Kaito Kid, if you don't run away soon, the helicopter will be here!" Conan warned Kid while secretly activating his wristwatch tranquilizer gun behind his back, preparing to ambush Kid from behind as he fled in panic.

However, Kaito Kid remained calm and composed, resting his chin on his hand and looking at Conan with a half-smile.

Then, something surprising happened. Kid suddenly reached into his pocket and pulled out a walkie-talkie, then spoke in the voice of Chaki Shintaro: "Ahem... This is Inspector Chaki. We've spotted Kaito Kid on the roof of the Beika Municipal Hotel! All vehicles patrolling Beika and Beika Town, as well as the helicopter units flying overhead, are on high alert! Assemble at the Beika Municipal Hotel immediately!"

"Huh!?" Both the fact that Kaito Kid could imitate other people's voices without using any tools and the words he said shocked Conan.

At that moment, Chaki Shintaro, who was listening to the voice coming from the radio, paused for a moment, then roared in fury, "Wait! This isn't me! This is a trap set by Phantom Thief Kid! All helicopters and vehicles, get back! Don't fall for Phantom Thief Kid's diversionary tactic..."

Before Chaki Shintaro could finish speaking, a voice from the helicopter's radio interrupted his thoughts: "This is helicopter number one. We have arrived above the Beika Municipal Hotel and spotted a figure resembling Kaito Kid!"

"What?!" Chaki Shintaro was completely confused.

"It seems that the source we just discovered is indeed the Phantom Thief Kid himself!" The voice came through the radio on the helicopter again.

"Hey! It's me, Officer Nakamori. Attention all personnel on guard at the Beika Municipal Hotel, Kaito Kid is on the roof! Everyone, surround him immediately!" To Conan's astonishment, Kaito Kid spoke in a police officer's voice that Conan had never heard before.

"Damn it!" The real Inspector Nakamori, along with his subordinates, hurriedly ran towards the roof.

"What exactly is he trying to do!?" Conan's pupils contracted as he watched Kid's baffling actions.

Under the searchlight of the helicopter hovering in mid-air, Kid looked at Conan, who was completely bewildered, and said mockingly, "Well, are you satisfied now, little detective!"

boom!

As the door on the roof was kicked open, a police officer rushed out of the stairwell with his subordinates.

"Don't move! Surrender, Kidd!"

Facing the gun pointed at him by the officer, Kidd showed no sign of panic. Instead, he greeted him cheerfully, "Oh, it's Officer Nakamori! Hello!"

"Hmph! Stop with the nonsense!" Inspector Nakamori aimed his gun at Phantom Thief Kid, cautiously taking two steps closer to him, and said, "I've already deciphered your notification letter! Actually, you knew perfectly well that we had a police network covering this place. We suspected you would use a grappling hook to fly over from the sky, so we checked everyone in the hotel and even had people guarding the entrance. However, we didn't expect you to take such a roundabout route from the Tokyo Tower to get here! But give up on that black pearl, because you have nowhere to escape now!"

Conan stared in shock at Inspector Nakamori in front of him. He hadn't expected that not everyone in the police force was an idiot!

Kaito Kid, however, had an expression of complete control on his face and said casually, "The reason I came here to visit you all is just to do a rehearsal, because I have no intention of stealing that pearl this time."

"What?" Inspector Nakamori was somewhat confused by Kaito Kid's behavior.

"Hmph." Phantom Thief Kid chuckled softly, explaining to everyone, "Didn't I make it very clear at the very beginning of that notification letter?"

As Kaito Kid opened his hang glider, he continued, "April Fool's Day, of course it's fake!"

"Don't let him get away!" Noticing Kidd's movements, Inspector Nakamori immediately ordered his men to rush forward.

However, a flashbang slipped out of Kaito Kid's sleeve.

In the blinding light, Phantom Thief Kid spoke again: "Little brother! Let me tell you, if a phantom thief is a highly skilled and creative artist who steals treasures, then a detective is just someone who follows behind the phantom thief, nitpicking and at best a critic! Hahahaha!"

With a puff of smoke, when everyone regained their sight, Kidd had already disappeared on the rooftop.

Only a notice remained, slowly drifting down from mid-air.

[The Sallybeth will depart from Yokohama Port on April 19th. I'm going to have that genuine Dark Star Pearl on board! Kaito Kid enters.]

Chapter 125 A Gift for Phantom Thief Kid