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Inspector Megure asked, "Mr. Keith, are you still insisting on not using our assistance to ensure the princess's safety?"

Keith said, "Having royal bodyguards is enough."

Takagi Wataru asked, "Is that really enough? Then why did this happen?"

"Brother Takagi!" Inspector Megure raised his hand to signal Takagi Wataru to watch his words.

Keith dismissed it: "We've already spoken to the princess beforehand, and she won't eat any of the food at the banquet."

Takagi Wataru added, "The person who planned to poison the princess claimed that he was hired, and that the person only said it was a laxative."

Kitagawa Taki asked, "What about the person who hired him?"

Takagi Wataru said, "He said he was a foreigner he had just met."

"Honestly, they'd do something like this for such a small amount of money," Inspector Megure said. "By the way, Kitagawa, how did you figure out the sommelier was up to something?"

Kitagawa Taki explained, "He looked flustered and acted suspiciously, keeping his eyes fixed on the wine in the princess's hand."

Actually, the most important reason was that he discovered the guy had a knife.

……

at the same time.

In the presidential suite.

Princess Mira took out photos of her mother and brother that she always carried with her, and tears streamed down her face. "Mother, I can't do it..."

A moment later, she took out a lighter from her bag and looked up at the smoke detector on the ceiling.

……

Banquet hall.

"The princess has run away?"

Sonoko's eyes widened.

Kitagawa Taki, who had just come out of the presidential suite, said, "That's right. She used a lighter to approach the smoke detector, distracted the bodyguards, and escaped from the other side of the presidential suite."

Akemi Miyano asked, "But why did the princess run away?"

Ai Haibara said, "Perhaps she's tired of her current life, or maybe the pressure is too much for her to bear..."

Conan pressed, "Brother Kitagawa, where is the princess? Is there any news?"

Kitagawa Taki glanced at Conan; the kid seemed quite concerned about this. "I heard the princess's bodyguards have already discovered her whereabouts and are about to bring her back."

Sonoko shook her head. "Poor princess."

Princess Mira's escape plan appears to be doomed.

The group stopped talking about the princess.

"Why hasn't Lan arrived yet!" Yuanzi said, glancing at the time.

Xiaolan's class was supposed to end at 7:00, and it's already 7:30. She should have arrived by now.

"Let me make a call and ask!"

Kitagawa Taki took out his phone.

After the call connected, Kitagawa Taki immediately asked where Ran was and why she hadn't arrived yet.

"What?" Kitagawa Taki asked in surprise upon hearing Ran's reply.

He wanted to ask something else, but the call had already been disconnected.

Everyone looked at Kitagawa Taki.

Kitagawa Taki said, "Ran has run into some trouble. I'll go check on her."

Because it concerned Ran, Kogoro Mouri asked with concern, "Brother Kitagawa?"

"Don't worry, Xiaolan is fine."

On the phone, Xiaolan said she was in the park with the princess.

……

Kitagawa Taki drove to the park, but didn't see the two of them.

I tried calling Xiaolan again, but the call wouldn't go through.

Kitagawa Taki wandered around the park again, thinking of asking someone, since the princess was wearing a gorgeous dress and should be quite eye-catching.

Then he saw Xiao Lan hopping and skipping around.

"Xiao Lan!"

Kitagawa Taki called out, but Ran didn't respond.

"Princess Mira!"

Ran subconsciously turned around and saw that it was not Ran at all, but Princess Mira dressed as Ran.

Princess Mira, seeing that it was the man who had stopped her from drinking at the banquet, thought he had come to arrest her.

She pointed in a direction and shouted, trying to distract Kitagawa Taki, then ran away.

But she couldn't keep up with Kitagawa Taki's speed at all; in less than a minute, Kitagawa Taki caught up with her.

Kitagawa Taki grabbed Mira's hand.

Mira screamed and tried to break free: "Let me go! I won't go back with you!"

Kitagawa Taki noticed the strange looks from passersby and explained, "Calm down, I'm not here to arrest you. Where's Ran?"

Mira was taken aback. "Who is Xiao Lan?"

Kitagawa Taki rubbed his forehead and said, "It's the girl you were just with."

Mira said, "Oh, she's wearing my clothes, she should be going back to the hotel now."

"what happened?"

Mira said, "She said she wanted to experience what it's like to be a princess, and she looks so much like me, so I swapped clothes with her and asked her to help me pretend to be me, so I could also experience what it's like to be a princess."

"Alright, can you let me go now?"

Kitagawa Taki then released Mira.

Mira rubbed her reddened wrist; Kitagawa Taki had used a little force when she tried to break free.

Mira glared at Kitagawa Taki, "I used to have a pretty good impression of you..."

I'm sorry.

Kitagawa Taki thought to himself, "Although this princess looks a lot like Ran, their personalities are completely different."

"I'm leaving now, don't follow me anymore!" Mira said, adopting the air of a princess. "Don't worry, I'll be back after the banquet ends."

Kitagawa Taki no longer believed that the princess would be so honest, and said with a smile, "Your Highness, we are in an unfamiliar place, where do you want to go? And do you have any yen on you?"

Mira's momentum immediately weakened, and she retorted stubbornly, "I don't need your help."

"Come with me, I can show you around Tokyo."

Then, Kitagawa Taki leaned closer to Mira and whispered, "Someone's got their eyes on you!"

Mira seemed unaccustomed to being so close to others and instinctively stepped back.

Chapter 194 Xiaolan: I'll only be a little while

Hearing Kitagawa Taki's words, Mira was reminded of what had just happened at the hotel.

Her heart tightened, and she couldn't help but move a little closer to Kitagawa Taki.

Kitagawa Taki wasn't exaggerating; he noticed that the woman in the hotel was watching him and Mira from a short distance away.

That woman must have come for Mira.

"Let's go!"

Kitagawa Taki took Mira's hand and walked towards his car.

Mira did not resist this time and silently followed Kitagawa Taki.

Who are you?

On the way, Mira couldn't help but ask.

Because Kitagawa Taki's attitude towards her was different from others. Although he addressed her as "Your Highness" repeatedly, he didn't show the same respect and distance as others.

"I forgot to mention, my name is Kitagawa Taki, and I'm just an ordinary citizen."

Mira curled her lip. "Ordinary citizens? I don't believe it!"

The two quickly got into the car.

Mira fastened her seatbelt and asked, "Where are you taking me?"

"Let's deal with the tail first!"

Kitagawa Taki started the car and drove towards the edge of the city.

"There's more than one person!"

Kitagawa Taki glanced in the rearview mirror and saw a black SUV following closely behind, and then a woman on a pink motorcycle.

"Looks like your identity swapping in the park got discovered!"

However, this put Kitagawa Taki at ease. In this way, those who wanted to harm Princess Mira would only target the real princess beside him, instead of Ran.

Kitagawa Taki reminded him, "Hold on tight!"

Mi stretched out her hand and grabbed the safety handrail.

Kitagawa Taki suddenly accelerated, and the off-road vehicle behind him also sped up to catch up.

"This is really going to be a high-speed race!"

Kitagawa Taki stepped on the gas again, gradually increasing the distance between himself and the cars behind him.

Perhaps fearing they might lose track of them, the people in the SUV stuck a rifle out of the window.