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

"Miss Chikage, you don't need to worry about this!" Kaito Kuroba said with a dark face.

Seeing Kaito Kuroba's appearance, Chikage Kuroba let out a hearty laugh, then asked with a curious look, "Is he really that powerful? Does he really know magic?"

"Really." Kaito Kuroba managed to utter two words.

"That's all, I'm hanging up now!"

After saying that, he tried to hang up the phone.

"Wait a moment!"

Kuroba Chikage loudly stopped Kuroba Kaito, then said in a mocking tone, "Kaito, do you want your mother to come back and help you deal with him?"

Kaito Kuroba exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? You're not working anymore?"

Kuroba Chikage said nonchalantly, "Just quit your job. It's not like you can't find a job in China."

"Forget it, you'd better not bother with it."

Kaito Kuroba waved his hand, not giving Chikage Kuroba a chance to speak again, and hung up the phone directly.

Chapter 258 No comment

The following morning.

Kitagawa Taki was on the second floor reading a briefing sent by Busujima Kiriko. The Mud Sankai was expanding into Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures surrounding Tokyo, and its development momentum was good.

Importantly, his income is also steadily increasing.

Bang bang~

"Go!" Kitagawa Taki said without even looking up.

It wasn't until the person walked up to the desk that he realized it was actually Kaito Kuroba.

Kaito Kuroba wasn't wearing his Kid suit; instead, he was dressed in casual clothes, with a baseball cap on his head and bandages wrapped around his arm that were quite noticeable.

"Oh, what a rare guest!" Kitagawa Taki was slightly surprised.

This is the first time Kaito Kuroba has come to him under his true identity.

Kitagawa Taki glanced at Kuroba Kaito's injured arm and asked, "What happened?"

Kaito Kuroba pulled up a chair and sat opposite Taki Kitagawa, saying solemnly, "Last night, I was attacked when I left the Suzuki Grand Museum."

Upon hearing this, Kitagawa Taki raised an eyebrow, waiting for Kuroba Kaito to continue.

"There are two men in black, and there should be another sniper as well."

Sniper?

Among the snipers in the Black Organization, Kitagawa Taki only remembers Gin, Chianti, and Korn, and there's another one who seems to be Vermouth's sycophant, but he can't remember her name.

"So you really do know them!"

Kaito Kuroba kept a close eye on Taki Kitagawa's changing expression.

Kitagawa Taki smiled slightly. "I do know them, otherwise I wouldn't have reminded you."

Kaito Kuroba asked urgently, "Who exactly are they?"

Kitagawa Taki, however, remained calm and composed. "They've all come knocking on our door. You really didn't know at all?"

Upon hearing Kitagawa Taki's question, Kuroba Kaito shook his head and said, "I absolutely did not steal anything from them, and I have no recollection of them."

If Kitagawa Taki knew that Kuroba Kaito had taken the blame for him, he would probably laugh himself silly on the spot.

"I see." Seeing that Kuroba Kaito seemed to really not know anything, Kitagawa Taki asked, "Tell me the characteristics of the two men in black you saw last night."

Kaito Kuroba slowly said, "One of them was burly and wore sunglasses, and the other had long silver hair. The car they were driving was very special; it was a Porsche 356A."

Gin himself has taken action!

Kitagawa Taki was curious about how Kuroba Kaito had escaped, so he asked, "How did you get away from them?"

Kaito Kuroba pursed his lips. Kitagawa Taki made it sound like he was in a terrible predicament, although it did seem to be true to some extent.

He then recounted everything that had happened the previous night.

"Female traffic police officer?"

Upon hearing Kuroba Kaito mention that two female traffic police officers had stopped Gin and his companion, Kitagawa Taki's expression turned strange. He immediately thought of Miyamoto Yumi and Miike Naeko.

Yumi Miyamoto is the kind of person who dares to stop anyone's car and give them a ticket.

"That's how it is, so who exactly are they?" Kaito Kuroba pressed.

Kitagawa Taki gathered his thoughts, quickly changed his expression, and said with a serious look:

"They come from a transnational criminal organization. The members all wear black and are ruthless and wicked. They use the names of alcoholic beverages as code names, so the organization is called—the Distillery!"

"Wine... a winery?"

Kaito Kuroba's lips twitched. From Kitagawa Taki's earlier description, it seemed like a very powerful organization, but the moment the name "Blacksmith" came out, the tone changed.

"Don't underestimate them. This organization has been established for at least half a century, and its influence extends all over the world. It secretly controls many key figures in various fields in various countries."

They also have connections with underground arms dealers and possess a wide variety of large-scale weaponry.

Kitagawa Taki went to great lengths to portray the Black Organization as a terrifying entity.

The effect was obvious; Kaito Kuroba had long since abandoned his contempt. This "drinkhouse" seemed to be far more powerful than any of the mysterious organizations he had encountered before!

Kaito Kuroba asked curiously, "How do you know so much?"

Kitagawa Taki shrugged. "No comment."

Since it concerns Miyano Akemi and Haibara Ai, Kitagawa Taki certainly wouldn't tell Kuroba Kaito.

Kaito Kuroba gritted his teeth; he knew Taki Kitagawa wouldn't tell him so easily.

Unfortunately, he couldn't offer anything to move Kitagawa Taki, neither soft nor hard tactics worked, and he had no way to win Kitagawa Taki over.

Unwilling to give up, Kaito Kuroba asked again, "What about the identities of those two men in black?"

"No comment." Kitagawa Taki repeated the same answer.

Kaito Kuroba was in a real bind. Investigating that mysterious organization was already enough to give him a headache, and now an even more terrifying brewery had suddenly appeared.

The key issue is that he has no idea what he did to offend the other party. Could it be because he was too high-profile?

Kitagawa Taki added, "I've told you so much already. The rest is up to you to investigate! Don't forget to come find me when you find out anything. Maybe we can exchange information."

Kaito Kuroba's eye twitched. It seemed that Taki Kitagawa didn't know much either. He wanted him to do hard labor, but Kaito had no other choice.

"Although I don't know why they're targeting you, you'd better be careful. Falling into their hands is much worse than being locked up in prison."

"I understand." After saying that, Kaito Kuroba got up to leave, then turned back to thank Taki Kitagawa: "Thank you."

Although Kitagawa Taki didn't tell him everything, he did point him in the direction of the investigation.

……

Kaito Kuroba walked down the stairs, only to run into Conan at the door. He pulled his hat down and quickly walked away.

He knew he looked a lot like Shinichi Kudo, but he didn't want Conan to recognize him.

Conan stared at Kaito Kuroba's retreating figure, wondering why he felt that the man looked strangely familiar.

Shaking his head, Conan stepped onto the stairs. He had figured things out in the past two days, and he had come to Kitagawa Taki today to confront him.

He didn't knock; he just pushed the door open.

When Kitagawa Taki heard the noise, he thought it was Kuroba Kaito returning, but when he looked up, he realized it was Conan.

He asked with a smile, "Little Conan, did you come to see me for something?"

Upon hearing Kitagawa Taki's address, Conan frowned and said, "There's no one else here, and I'm not a kid."

After a pause, Conan continued, "Today I want to talk to you about Ran."

Kitagawa Taki's smile faded, and he asked, "Tell me about Ran? In what capacity are you speaking?"

Conan replied matter-of-factly, "Of course, it's under the identity of Shinichi Kudo!"

Kitagawa Taki shook his head and said, "What is your relationship with Ran, Shinichi Kudo? You don't need to tell me about my relationship with Ran."

Kitagawa Taki felt he had been quite polite in his words.

He and Ran are deeply in love, so who gave Shinichi Kudo the right to interfere?

Chapter 259 Kaito, you're no good!

Conan's gaze froze for a moment, then he came to his senses and exclaimed excitedly, "Ran and I are friends!"

"Hehe, and then what?"

Upon hearing the word "friend," Kitagawa Taki smiled, eager to hear what Conan had to say.

Conan took a deep breath, stared at Kitagawa Taki, and slowly said, "If you dare to do anything to hurt Ran, I will never let you get away with it!"

Kitagawa Taki rolled his eyes; he had no idea where Conan got the audacity to say such things.

Conan ignored Kitagawa Taki's attitude and continued, "I'll be moving back to my own home in the next couple of days."

This was a decision he made after careful consideration. He admitted that Fujimine Yukiko was right; no matter how much he did for Ran, Ran would never know that it was Shinichi Kudo who did it.

Moreover, now that Ran and Kitagawa Taki are together, staying at the agency would only cause him more trouble.

Since Fujimine Yukiko was in Japan, he had a suitable reason to go home and stay there.

"Oh?" Kitagawa Taki looked at Conan with considerable surprise.

Conan actually got the hang of it this time.

"That's it." Conan said, then turned and left on his own.

……

After Conan left, Kitagawa Taki took out his phone and called Vermouth, wanting to ask her about Kaito Kid and what she might know.

"Hey, why are you calling me all of a sudden?" Vermouth's languid voice came from the other end of the phone.

Kitagawa Taki laughed and said, "Can't I miss you?"