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

After all, he is a law-abiding citizen.

Minami Takayama played with it for a while, "It really is fake."

The burly kidnapper, who overheard the conversation, was clearly furious. He had actually been tricked by a fake gun!

The tall man glared at the big guy with a look of exasperation.

This guy was not only easily fooled, but he also fooled him in return.

If he had said anything on the phone, he wouldn't have ended up like this.

Kitagawa Taki ripped the tape off the tall man's mouth and asked, "Why did you kidnap Two-Mix? What's on this tape?"

The tall man stared at Kitagawa Taki with venomous eyes and said, "Do you think I'm a spineless coward like this idiot?"

Without saying a word, Kitagawa Taki delivered a powerful kick to the chest to this tough guy, whose eyes widened instantly.

Then he kicked the tall man in the face, and the tall man fell to the ground, his face covered in blood.

Shiina Nagano spoke up, "Sir, isn't this... a bit inappropriate?"

Minami Takayama retorted, "Nagino, you actually have the heart to sympathize with them?! They're planning to kill us after they get the tapes!"

Kitagawa Taki glanced at Nagano Shiina and said, "Since Mr. Nagano can't bear to watch, then please go out first."

Shiina Nagano walked out of the room with an embarrassed smile.

Then, Kitagawa Taki tore off the large piece of tape and asked, "What about you? Do you have anything to say?"

Seeing his companion's miserable state, the big guy didn't put up a fight and immediately confessed everything.

It turns out that the gunshots they made when they killed their comrades were used by Two-Mix to imitate the sound of fireworks in their song.

These two guys were afraid of being discovered by the police, so they wanted to destroy the cassette tape of the song, which is why they kidnapped Two-Mix.

After listening, Kitagawa Taki shook his head speechlessly; this thought process was truly incomprehensible.

Minami Takayama, the person involved, was speechless. No matter how hard she racked her brains, she never expected the reason to be like this.

……

Inspector Megure and Wataru Takagi arrived shortly afterward.

"Brother Kitagawa, what exactly is going on?"

When they received Kitagawa Taki's call, they were still following a group of children around in circles.

Kitagawa Taki suddenly said that the kidnappers had been caught and the hostages had been rescued, which left him a little confused.

Kitagawa Taki explained, "The kidnappers demanded that Ai deliver the tapes by herself while the others lead you around in circles."

"I see, thank you so much, Brother Kitagawa, for this!"

Inspector Megure warmly shook hands with Kitagawa Taki.

"No, no."

After exchanging pleasantries, Inspector Megure arranged for two police cars to take Kitagawa Taki and the others back to the Budokan, where the audience was still waiting.

As for the statement, it had to be postponed.

In the car.

Kitagawa Taki brought up last night's events again, asking, "Can we continue our previous topic now?"

Ai Haibara crossed her arms, closed her eyes to rest, and said, "No."

"Alright, let me guess." Kitagawa Taki leaned close to Haibara Ai's ear and whispered, "Do you have someone you like?"

Ai Haibara clenched her fists and said calmly, "No."

Kitagawa Taki earnestly advised, "Ai, tsundere girls are always the ones who lose! You can't learn from that!"

What kind of loser?

Although Ai Haibara doesn't understand this meme, the meaning of "loser dog" is easy to grasp.

She opened her eyes and glared at Kitagawa Taki: "I just sang a song."

Kitagawa Taki stroked his chin. "Oh, I see. You looked so downcast. I thought you'd broken up with your boyfriend."

Ai Haibara rolled her eyes at Taki Kitagawa, then turned to look at the scenery outside the window.

Although she appears calm on the outside, she is not like that on the inside.

She had initially thought that Kitagawa Taki hadn't noticed, but she felt a little disappointed.

But now, when Kitagawa Taki asked her, she didn't dare to admit it.

Because Kitagawa Taki is her brother-in-law, and she is still in the form of a child, it is unknown when she will return to normal.

This made her feel that there was a distance between her and him...

Time slipped by in Ai Haibara's complex emotions.

"Mr. Kitagawa, we've arrived," the policeman in the car said.

He had overheard some of their conversation and could only sigh at how precocious kids are these days.

Fortunately, the two didn't speak frankly, otherwise Kitagawa Taki would definitely have been handcuffed on the spot and sent directly to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Chapter 218 Long-lost brothers

"Romeo, Juliet, Victor, Bravo! Amidst the flying and intertwining of the 26 letters, I will go to retrieve that jewel of destiny. Kaito Kid, go!"

Kitagawa Taki put down Kid's advance notice.

Xiaolan explained, "My dad thinks Kidd will show up at the Romeo and Juliet theater, and then, while the audience is cheering, he'll dress up as Napoleon and steal the jewels."

Kitagawa Taki didn't even understand, and asked, "Napoleon?"

Xiao Lan said, "Yes, the client, Ms. Maki, will be performing in the stage play 'Josephine' at the newly opened Cosmic Theater in Xiliu. Josephine was Napoleon's first wife. Romeo and Juliet will also be performed on this stage."

Kitagawa Taki finally understood, but Kogoro Mouri's reasoning was clearly wrong.

Although it has many connections to Kidd's letter of authorization, it has no connection to the 26 letters of the alphabet.

Remeo, Juliet, Victor, and Bravo together only have 22 letters.

However, solving the mystery in the letter of entrustment is not very important to Kitagawa Taki.

All I need to know is that Kidd will appear.

So, Kitagawa Taki asked, "Ran, when will Josephine be performed?"

"Tonight!" Xiaolan said, taking out several tickets. "These are theater tickets. Miss Mu Shuli gave my dad a lot of tickets, so we can go together."

"it is good."

Kitagawa Taki accepted the theater tickets, determined to leave Kid with a lasting memory this time.

"Taki, I'll head back now."

After saying goodbye to Ran, Kitagawa Taki saw Ai Haibara looking at Kaito Kid's letter of request, so he asked, "What's wrong? Ai, do you have any clues?"

Ai Haibara put down the letter of authorization and said, "The 26 letters should refer to the communication codes in radio communication. Remeo, Juliet, Victor, and Bravo are four of the voice codes used in aircraft radio communication."

After listening to Ai Haibara's explanation, Taki Kitagawa pondered and said, "So, does that mean Kid will make his move on the plane?"

Ai Haibara said, "It's almost certain, but it's not impossible that he'll come to the performance tonight."

"Who cares? We can all see the drama anyway."

Kaito Kid loves to pull these kinds of tricks.

……

in the afternoon.

Cosmic Theater.

The group was led to Maki's dressing room by Maki's assistant.

Maki was getting her makeup done. She gestured for the makeup artist, Sakai Natsuki, to stop for a moment, and then greeted everyone, saying, "Welcome."

Kogoro Mouri said, "Excuse me."

"And who is this?" Maki Juri's eyes lit up when she saw Kitagawa Taki.

Humans are visual creatures; men like to look at beautiful women, and women naturally like to look at handsome men.

Kogoro Mouri introduced, "This is Taki Kitagawa, and Miss Juri. Kitagawa is the real nemesis of Phantom Thief Kid. Basically, when he's around, Kid has a hard time getting away with anything!"

Maki smiled and said, "Then we'll have to rely on Mr. Kitagawa!"

Kitagawa Taki had no idea when he had become Kid's nemesis, and simply nodded.

Just then, a familiar voice came from outside.

"Have all the people arrived?"

The visitor was none other than Nakamori Ginzo, who was never absent.

"Mr. Kitagawa, Mr. Mori!"

“So it’s Officer Nakamori. Ms. Juri said the police would assist, so I knew it was you.” Kogoro Mouri stepped forward and shook hands with Ginzo Nakamori.

"I will definitely take down Kaito Kid!" Nakamori Ginzo said firmly.

"Oh, right, I also brought an extra helper this time. Although I kept telling Inspector Megure that I didn't need one, I couldn't refuse, so I had to bring him along."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than someone appeared at the doorway, a person no one expected to see.

It was none other than Shinichi Kudo, who had disappeared for a long time.

The most shocked person was Conan, whose account was hacked right in front of him. It goes without saying who the hacker was.

"You dare show your face again, kid?"

The one who reacted the most was Kogoro Mouri, who went straight up and grabbed "Shinichi Kudo" by the collar.

Kogoro Mouri has never forgotten that Ran was put in danger because of Shinichi Kudo.

Shinichi Kudo didn't understand the situation. According to the information he found, shouldn't Kogoro Mouri be the father of Shinichi Kudo's childhood friend Ran Mouri?

Why does he look like he's about to beat him up?