Solving cases with Detective Conan's science? No, I'm a cultivator!

……

Night falls.

It's the same time as last night.

Kidd arrived as promised, appearing in the air on a hang glider.

Nakamori Ginzo stared intently at the Phantom Thief Kid in the air, "Damn Kid, I'm going to catch you today!"

As he spoke, Nakamori Ginzo rushed toward the booth.

Jirokichi Suzuki stopped him. "Wait a minute, Inspector Nakamori, this Kid is definitely a dummy, just like last night. He must still be in the crowd!"

As if to slap Suzuki Jirokichi in the face, Kidd landed straight down on the exhibition stand from the air.

A cheer erupted from the crowd.

Kidd put away the hang glider and casually put the Crimson Claw into his pocket.

"Now, please enjoy my performance just like you did last night!"

Jirokichi Suzuki shouted to his four bodyguards, "What are you all standing there for? Grab him!"

Four bodyguards quickly pounced on Kidd.

But it was too late. A burst of smoke erupted, and Kidd's figure disappeared.

……

upstairs.

Seeing that Kid had already put on his black cloak and started running, Kitagawa Taki said to the two of them, "Let's go! Let's go upstairs and wait for Kid."

The three of them went up to the top floor, where there were no other people except for a few people from the Nichiuri TV station.

Kitagawa Taki led the two to the corner where Kid had appeared the previous night.

Yuanzi pointed at the railing and asked, "What is this?"

There were two pulleys on the railing, and a steel wire was attached to the pulleys and extended downwards.

"That's how Kidd teleports."

Kitagawa Taki made a shushing gesture, pulled the two forward, and gestured for them to look down.

Just then, they saw Kidd, who was wearing a black cloak, shooting cards with a gun.

At this point, both of them understood Kidd's magic trick.

Just then, Conan, who had finally figured out Kid's method, also ran to the rooftop.

Seeing Kitagawa Taki and the other two looking down, he immediately understood that Kitagawa Taki had already seen through Kid's methods.

Damn it, he was a step too slow again.

Conan ran over to the group and looked down. Just as he had deduced, Kid was rapidly ascending into the air.

Ran then noticed Conan and asked in surprise, "Conan, what are you doing here?"

Conan scratched his head and said awkwardly, "Uh... I wanted to come to the rooftop to see Kaito Kid, but I didn't expect Ran-neechan and you guys to be here too."

Kitagawa Taki glanced at Conan out of the corner of his eye. There was no need to guess; the kid must have deduced Kid's magic trick before he came.

"Hey!" Kitagawa Taki called out to the crowd below.

Kidd was startled by the familiar voice, and when he looked up, he saw Kitagawa Taki's smiling face.

Chapter 168: We Will Definitely Take Back the Title

Upon seeing Kitagawa Taki, Kid immediately notified Terai Kinosuke through the communicator: "Quickly throw away the heavy objects!"

As instructed, Terai Kinosuke threw away the sandbags he was using to increase his weight.

In this way, Kidd stopped rising and stopped in mid-air, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Are you kidding me? Going up now would be like walking into a trap.

No wonder he didn't see Kitagawa Taki in the crowd; he was waiting for him here.

At that moment, Sonoko, Ran, and Conan also poked their heads out.

Seeing himself surrounded by so many people, he twitched his lips, feeling a bit like he was being made a fool of.

He prefers being in the spotlight to being observed from behind the scenes.

"You think this will solve everything?"

Witnessing Kid's actions, Kitagawa Taki grinned, grabbed the wire, and slowly pulled Kid up.

Kidd planted his feet on the wall, trying to increase friction, but he quickly realized it wasn't working and could only wave his hand and say:

"Stop, stop! Let's talk this out."

Kidd had no intention of using the hang glider to escape immediately; he was still wary of Kitagawa Taki's strange magic.

"Kidd, you don't know the three laws of magic, do you? How can you perform the same magic trick twice in a row?"

Kidd curled his lip; of course he knew the Thurston Three Principles.

Kitagawa Taki was referring to the second point—not performing the same magic trick twice for the same audience at the same time and place.

Because repeating the same magic trick will diminish the audience's viewing experience, thus shifting their attention to figuring out how to break the trick, increasing the risk of the trick being solved.

But today, he just wants to challenge himself and see if he can break that record.

It was only half a failure.

"Do you think they can break my magic?" Kidd pointed to the huge crowd below.

"So you were quite confident, huh?" Kitagawa Taki said, then changed the subject, "What about the Crimson Claw?"

“Here it is.” Kidd pulled a pair of crystal shoes from his pocket; they were none other than the Crimson Claw.

Kidd was quick to act, immediately tossing the Crimson Claw to Kitagawa Taki.

Anyway, the purple gemstone on it wasn't what he was looking for, and he intended to keep it anyway.

Kitagawa Taki caught the crimson claw and handed it to Sonoko, who was standing next to him.

Meanwhile, the crowd below began to stir because Kidd had not yet appeared.

"Where are the Kidds?"

"He showed up very quickly yesterday?!"

"Did he just run away?"

……

Hearing the murmurs below, Kidd ripped off the black cloak he was wearing and stood vertically against the wall.

Kidd's bright white clothes were quite conspicuous in the dark night.

Soon someone spotted Kidd in mid-air.

"It's Kaito Kid!"

"On the wall!"

All eyes were on this side of the building.

Jirokichi Suzuki and Ginzo Nakamori were no exception; the two of them led a large group of people and ran toward the building.

Kidd also noticed their movements.

Goodbye, everyone!

As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled out a gun and fired playing cards, knocking down the banner next to him and exposing Terai Kinosuke, who was disguised as a TV station employee, to everyone.

Then, Kid swung directly in front of Terai Kinosuke, untied the steel wire around his waist, grabbed Terai Kinosuke's hand, and opened the hang glider.

And so, he pulled Terai Kinosuke across the giant net.

Conan witnessed the entire interaction between Kitagawa Taki and Kid, and he felt that there was something fishy going on between the two, and that Kitagawa Taki seemed to have deliberately let Kid go.

Sonoko clicked her tongue in amazement: "Kaito Kid is really brave!"

It flew right past the net, and it looked very dangerous.

It was only then that Suzuki Jirokichi and his companion arrived at the rooftop.

Watching Kid's departing figure, Nakamori Ginzo roared in frustration, "Damn Kid! I'll catch you next time!"

"Crimson Claws!"

Jirokichi Suzuki saw what Sonoko was holding.

Sonoko returned the Crimson Claw to Jirokichi Suzuki. "Uncle, this is what Taki took back from Kaito Kid."

Jirokichi Suzuki breathed a sigh of relief; he had gone to great lengths to obtain this.

"By the way, how exactly did Kidd do that?"

Sonoko walked up to the wire device and excitedly explained, "Uncle, look at this wire. That's how Kid got up here. He had accomplices who helped him, wearing Nichiri TV uniforms."

Jirokichi Suzuki looked grim; he hadn't expected that even with his tight security, Kidd would still manage to slip through.

However, he would not give up so easily. He was determined to make the news of Suzuki Jirokichi defeating Kaito Kid appear on the front page of the newspaper to wash away the shame of having his front page stolen back then!

……

noon the next day.

Kitagawa Taki took the Miyano sisters to the Mouri Detective Agency for dinner.

This was a special invitation from Kogoro Mouri.

Xiaolan spent most of the morning working on this.

When Kitagawa Taki and his two companions arrived at the third floor of the detective agency, Ran, wearing an apron, was carrying a plate of food.

Ran quickly gestured to the group, "Taki, Miho-nee, Ai, please have a seat!"

"Ran, you've made so much food!" Miyano Akemi exclaimed, looking at the table full of delicious food.

Xiaolan smiled shyly, "I only know how to cook some simple home-style dishes."