I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

The guardian knight of Beika Town will definitely find the person causing trouble near the signal base station as soon as possible, and then take them away along with the invaluable Vesbania ore.

The global communication outage continued until Batman defused the bomb.

That means this thing has nothing to do with Vesbania ore.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."

"You've all guessed wrong."

The classic three-part laugh of a rich young lady echoed through the secret base.

Kaito Kuroba and Kinosuke Terai, unfazed, turned to look at the direction from which the sound came.

Only Kuroba Chikage was still somewhat unaccustomed to this.

Then, Koizumi Akako appeared in sight and spoke earnestly.

"This is a product of magic."

"We must use magic to defeat magic!"

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"There is no way to explain the full-channel communication outage that occurred in the Jianggutian area tonight using conventional thinking."

"Of course, you might say that a certain ore could achieve a similar effect, but I must tell you, that's absolutely impossible."

"Kaito Kuroba, didn't you notice that I didn't offer any help when you were dueling with Shinichi Kudo in the core area?"

Koizumi Akako said.

Hearing what Koizumi Akako said.

Kaito Kuroba recalled his previous experience inside the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall and nodded slightly, indicating that this was indeed the case.

Then, his IQ of 400 immediately made him realize what Koizumi Akako meant.

He looked somewhat surprised and said.

"Hongzi, you're not saying that the communication you established with me using magic has also been cut off, are you?"

Communication established using magic?

Upon hearing this...

A hint of surprise appeared in Chikage Kuroba's eyes, even though she had heard from Akako Koizumi that she would use magic to help Kaito Kuroba.

But she never expected that the help Koizumi Akako provided would be so intimate.

Could it be that this child is actually...?

Do you also like Kaito? Just like Aoko?

Koizumi Akako had no idea what Kuroba Chikage was thinking; otherwise, she would likely have transformed into a steam princess or burst into loud laughter to brush it off.

She simply closed her fan and spoke earnestly.

Yes, that's exactly what you think.

"I originally planned to use magic to directly affect the mechanism door in the core area of ​​the Suzuki Foundation exhibition hall and see if I could open it directly."

"However, at that time, a very large magical fluctuation occurred in the Ekoda area, which caused my remote spellcasting to be interrupted and I could not continue."

"At that time, I directly performed divination on the enormous magical influence enveloping the Ekoda area, and it turned out that the source was actually..."

"Ares".

Ares? The Greek god of war?

Kaito Kuroba was taken aback.

What does it mean?

Are you suggesting that the gods of Greek mythology are sore losers that they've started casting curses themselves? Isn't that a bit too damaging to the image of the gods?

It's as if you can see Kaito Kuroba's confusion.

Koizumi Akako sighed and explained.

“You could immediately guess what it was when I mentioned it as a metaphor before.”

"Why do you think I'm referring to that god when I say it's a metaphor? The answer is, of course, not that Ares is actually casting a spell."

Kaito Kuroba nodded slightly.

I knew it! It couldn't possibly be that outrageous; even Ares has appeared.

Why not mention Athena?

If you had told me about Athena, maybe I could have gone with you to find the Saints.

He asked.

"Then, what is the source of magic?"

Then, Koizumi Akako answered seriously.

"The magic originates from Mars."

"You know, right? Ares is both the god of war and the god of Mars."

Kaito Kuroba: ?

You might as well tell me it's Ares.

Mars? Are you kidding me?

How could magical fluctuations come from Mars? Are there aliens on Mars? Even if there are aliens, they wouldn't be casting spells on the Ekoda area, would they?

Kaito Kuroba gave him a disapproving look.

Regarding Koizumi Akako's words.

He didn't believe it at all.

You're making me believe that Martians can use magic, and that they can use magic to deal with someone in a department store in the Ekoda area?

You might as well say they use magic to create crop circles on Earth; at least more people believe that.

"Miss Hongzi."

"This is your black tea. I suggest you put down the flower-shaped fan you're holding before drinking the tea, otherwise the tea leaves may splash onto the fan."

Terai Kinosuke brought over a cup of black tea.

In response, Koizumi Akako instinctively put aside the flower and butterfly fan she had brought, then accepted the teacup with both hands, displaying the etiquette of a noble family.

She took a sip of black tea and said.

"all in all."

"That magic was probably aimed at someone inside the Ekoda Department Store, but I can't be sure who that person is."

"Therefore, this matter will be left to you, the famous phantom thief, to investigate. I think you should be able to handle this without breaking a sweat."

……What's the meaning?

Are you asking me to steal CCTV footage from Ekoda Department Store, or to steal an investigation report from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department?

Kaito Kuroba's face darkened.

I am a phantom thief.

I'm not a thief, much less the kind of thief who would steal data from official institutions.

That's an insult to my profession.

Kaito Kuroba shook his head without hesitation.

He said it seriously.

"You should go find someone more authoritative."

"I mean, you should talk to Batman."

As a master thief, he has professional ethics and does not steal internal information from official institutions.

But Batman didn't.

Although Kaito Kuroba didn't know whether Chen En had installed all sorts of mysterious little programs inside the official agency's database.

However, for Batman...

It's best not to assume he didn't do it.

It's better to assume he did indeed prepare for this, and then think about it from that premise.

It's hard to imagine Batman not eavesdropping.

Koizumi Akako: ?

Kuroba Chikage: ?

Why are you making it sound like Batman is the ruthless thief who steals things by any means necessary?

But that's all.

Koizumi Akako had to admit that Kuroba Kaito's idea did make sense.

This famous thief may not be able to be found.

However, if this information is given to Batman, Batman will definitely be able to find out who this person is.

Therefore, Koizumi Akako pondered for a moment.

She took out her phone, dialed Chen En's number, and then pressed the speakerphone button.

Soon, Chen En's voice came from the other end of the phone, the Batman speaking in a low voice.

"I have things to do now."

"If you have any questions for me, please ask as soon as possible. I don't have much time for this."