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

Sonoko said to everyone, "Let me introduce you all. This is my father's secretary, Mr. Nishino Masato."

Masato Nishino bowed slightly and said with a smile, "Everyone, please get on the bus!"

He arrived in a Maybach van, large enough to seat everyone.

Several tens of minutes later, the group arrived at the Suzuki Museum of Modern Art.

The art museum was under heavy security at the time, with police officers everywhere and several helicopters circling overhead.

"The defenses here are really tight!" Kogoro Mori got out of the car, looked around, and exclaimed, "In my opinion, not even a fly could escape!"

"Of course, with Taki around, Kaito Kid will definitely have no chance of escaping!" Sonoko said smugly.

Just then, a voice came from behind them.

"That's not necessarily true. Didn't Phantom Thief Kid escape last time?"

Sonoko turned around to see who had said those discouraging words, only to find that it was an acquaintance—Hattori Heiji, whom she had met during the Blue Miracle Gem incident.

This time, however, he was accompanied by a young girl.

She had a high ponytail tied with a pink hairband, which made her look quite playful and cute.

The girl tugged at Hattori Heiji's clothes and whispered, "Are you an idiot? What are you saying that's so embarrassing!"

Hattori Heiji and the girl started arguing. "I'm just stating the facts."

Kogoro Mouri, who had never met Heiji Hattori before, asked, "Who is this kid? What's he doing here?"

Conan, with his hands behind his head, casually said, "Heiji Hattori, a high school detective, is the son of the Osaka Prefectural Police Chief."

"The son of the Osaka Prefectural Police Chief! No wonder."

Kogoro Mouri overheard this crucial information.

Ai Haibara watched the two arguing and whispered, "Is this Heiji Hattori who's been coming to you so many times? He doesn't seem to have much emotional intelligence!"

Kitagawa Taki smiled; Ai Haibara's sharp tongue was quite accurate.

Seeing that everyone was staring at her and Hattori Heiji, the girl interrupted Hattori Heiji, stepped forward, bowed slightly, and introduced herself: "Hello, I am Toyama Kazuha."

Kitagawa Taki hadn't noticed anything when Hattori Heiji was speaking, but now, listening to Toyama Kazuha, he suddenly found the Osaka accent quite cute.

After getting to know each other, everyone followed Masato Nishino to the chairman's office on the top floor of the art museum.

The decor here is extremely luxurious, with expensive carpets underfoot, dazzling chandeliers overhead, and two ancient Egyptian pharaoh guard statues displayed in the shop windows on either side.

There were also two police officers standing guard at the entrance.

Seeing everyone enter, Shiro Suzuki stood up and greeted them, "Mr. Mori, Mr. Kitagawa, thank you for coming all this way!"

Then he nodded to the others in greeting.

"Let me introduce you. This is Sirruov Chinnikov, First Secretary of the Russian Embassy."

A burly man in a suit stood up from the sofa and said, "Nice to meet you!"

"The gentleman next to me is Mr. Inui Shoichi, an art dealer."

The little old man sitting next to Sireuf stood up and nodded to everyone.

"This is Mr. Ryu Kanakawa, a freelance videographer who applied to come and photograph the treasure."

Han Chuanlong, holding a camera, greeted everyone.

"The last one is Pu Siqinglan, a scholar of the Romanov dynasty."

Pu Siqinglan is tall and beautiful with short gray hair. Her most eye-catching feature is her earrings, which look like two silver leaves covering her lower earlobes and look very nice together.

She actually greeted everyone in fluent Chinese: "Hello!"

“This young lady speaks very good Chinese!” Kitagawa Taki said in Chinese as well.

Pu Siqinglan was taken aback, clearly not expecting anyone to respond in Chinese. She laughed and said, "Not at all, Mr. Kitagawa's Chinese is much better than mine."

Xiao Lan and the others looked at Kitagawa Taki in surprise, as they had only just learned that Kitagawa Taki could speak Chinese.

When Kogoro Mouri saw the beautiful woman, he immediately went up to greet her warmly, leaving Aoran Urashi somewhat at a loss.

Seeing this, Ran quickly pulled Kogoro Mouri back.

Kogoro Mouri then stopped, coughed twice, and asked Shiro Suzuki, "Chairman Suzuki, what's their valuation of this Egg of Memories?"

Inui answered quickly, "Eight hundred million yen."

"Eight, eight hundred million??" Kogoro Mouri's mouth dropped open. He really didn't expect that such a "egg" would cost eight hundred million yen.

Inui looked at Suzuki Shiro and said, "If you're willing to sell, I can raise the price."

Kitagawa Taki found it amusing. Would the Suzuki Group be short of your little bit of money?

Sirius interjected, "Mr. Chairman, this is a Russian product. Rather than selling it to such a blind fellow, we should donate it to our Russian Art Museum."

Yeah, this guy's a freeloader.

Qian Jiangyi was somewhat annoyed: "You're saying I have no taste?"

"Interesting, very interesting!" Han Chuanlong filmed the two of them with his camera, and then nudged Pu Siqinglan, saying, "You're a researcher of the Romanov dynasty, you should want it more than anyone else, right?"

Upon hearing this, Pu Siqinglan revealed a look of resentment, "That's right, but I can't come up with 800 million yen!"

Kitagawa Taki's gaze swept across the faces of the group. He had already used his divine sense to check, and Kuroba Kaito was not there.

Now he scans every stranger with his divine sense to avoid making any mistakes.

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Suzuki Shiro stepped in and said, "Anyway, let's talk about the Egg of Memories another day, okay?"

As soon as Qian Jiang picked up his briefcase, he stood up and walked out, saying, "Then I'll take my leave today!"

The others followed suit.

After the group left, Kogoro Mouri complained, "President Suzuki, why are so many people eyeing the Egg of Memories?"

Shiro Suzuki smiled and said, "There's no way around it, this newly discovered 'egg' is of extraordinary significance."

At that moment, Masato Nishino walked in carrying an exquisite wooden box. "President, I've brought the Egg of Memories!"

Akemi Miyano asked expectantly, "Can we see that 'egg'?"

Sonoko laughed and said, "Miho-nee, don't get your hopes up too high. It doesn't look that great. I used to play with it as a toy when I was little!"

Kitagawa Taki gave Sonoko a thumbs up. Only Sonoko would dare to play with a toy worth 800 million yen.

Shiro Suzuki opened the wooden box, revealing the true form of the Egg of Memories.

Everyone crowded around to take a closer look at the "egg" worth 800 million yen.

It looks almost exactly the same as the photo Kitagawa Taki saw in the morning.

Conan asked, "Can this be opened?"

“You know a lot, kid!” Suzuki Shiro peeled back the shell of the Egg of Memories and said, “Inside is a model of the Nicholas Emperor’s family, made entirely of gold.”

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Inside the Egg of Memories are miniature statues of the Nicola Emperor family, crafted in gold.

"It also has an interesting mechanism!"

Shiro Suzuki took out a key, inserted it into the keyhole below, and turned it a few times like winding a toy.

The little figures inside suddenly came to life; Emperor Nicola was flipping through the book while his family members gathered around him.

Hattori Heiji said, "This thing is pretty interesting!"

It does look quite like a music box.

Xiaolan pointed to the lenses embedded in the upper part of the "eggshell" and asked, "Are those sparkling gems inside?"

Shiro Suzuki laughed and said, "No, it's just glass."

Conan voiced his doubts: "Isn't it strange that the treasure the emperor gave to the empress was made of glass?"

“It is said that Russia was facing financial difficulties when this Egg of Memory was being made,” Shiro Suzuki explained.

Hattori Heiji looked thoughtful and interjected, "More than that, I'm more concerned about Kid's advance notice. What does it mean when a clock without a second hand reaches the twelfth character?"

“Hmm.” Kazuha Toyama offered his guess, “I think it’s the twelfth character in the Japanese syllabary, し (si).”

Sonoko exclaimed excitedly, "Huh? That's four o'clock then?!"

"No, Kidd's code wouldn't be that simple."

Nakamori Ginzo and Chaki Shintaro walked in.

Nakamori Ginzo continued, "After discussing it, we also felt that Detective Mouri's reasoning this morning was too simplistic and not in line with Kid's usual style."

Kogoro Mouri, however, was enlightened by Kazuha Toyama's train of thought and confidently said, "I know! It's not the Japanese syllabary, but the English alphabet. The twelfth letter of the English alphabet is L, which is three dots!"

"As expected of a famous detective, truly remarkable!" Suzuki Shiro praised after hearing the story.

Kogoro Mouri let out a triumphant laugh: "Hahahaha!"

Kitagawa Taki shook his head helplessly. Although it sounded more reasonable, wasn't this just the same old thing in a new guise? It was just changing the Japanese syllabary to the English alphabet.

But after hearing this, Chaki Shintaro thought it made sense and said to Nakamori Ginzo, who was standing next to him, "That's right, three in the morning is still before dawn, which matches the 'Girl at Dawn'!"

Ginzo Nakamori also believes that since the "L" and the shape match the information of the clock, there should be no problem.

"Kaito Kid, just you wait! I'll definitely catch you this time!" Nakamori Ginzo clenched his fist.

Shiro Suzuki looked at the two men and asked, "Officers, are you ready with the protection plan for the day after tomorrow?"

Nakamori Ginzo said decisively, "I have prepared a comprehensive plan for Kid. I will transfer the Memory Egg so that he will never find it!"

Shiro Suzuki nodded.

At this moment, Kitagawa Taki interjected, "Officer Nakamori, I think it would be better if we made two preparations. I will keep the real Memory Egg, while you will transfer a fake Memory Egg to ensure everything goes smoothly."

As long as the Egg of Memories is in his hands, no matter how skilled Kaito Kuroba is at stealing, it will be useless.

But Nakamori Ginzo didn't want to give this opportunity to someone else, "But..."

Sonoko said, "Dad, Taki is right. The Egg of Memories is in Taki's hands, and he will never let Kaito Kid steal it!"

After hearing his daughter's words, Suzuki Shiro changed his mind and said, "Officer Nakamori, I think we should do as Kitagawa said! It's safer that way."