I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

Serabelle went over and said hello: "Hey, have you already talked to the police?"

"I've already said that, but Inspector Chaki said we need to discuss it further. If we tell it rashly, it's likely to cause panic." Conan nodded. "By the way, Mrs. Suzuki..."

"Don't worry, not yet."

Serabelle held the back of her head with both hands, with the word "kai bai" written in capital letters above her head.

"It doesn't matter. The Metropolitan Police Department will send someone to tell her later anyway. She will know sooner or later. It doesn't matter."

"Hello..."

Conan was so upset that he thought to himself, "Can you touch me a little more?"

On the other hand, Uncle Maori had not yet gotten drunk and still retained a trace of consciousness.

He turned around with his glass in hand and then asked a rather constructive question.

"Huh? Speaking of which, where did Lan go?"

"Oh, it seems like Sister Xiaolan went to the bathroom just now..." Conan turned around and explained when he heard the voice.

"Go to the bathroom?" Maori Kogoro had a question mark above his head, "Does it take so long to go to the bathroom? How long has she been out?"

"Well, maybe he got lost." Sonoko came over with a smile, "After all, Lan has a poor sense of direction."

"Is there such a thing?" Sera Masumi asked curiously.

"Of course I have..."

"I remember the last time was..."

Just when the two of them were like close friends regardless of age, one dissing her own daughter without any scruples while the other dissing her best friend without any scruples, a girl's slightly embarrassed and annoyed protest rang out at the right time.

"…Who are you talking about as a person with poor sense of direction?"

Turning his head, he saw that the target that the two of them were happily discussing a second ago had appeared behind him at some point, with his cheeks slightly flushed as he clenched his small fist that could crack a telephone pole with a single punch.

So an old father and a good friend fled in an instant.

But Serabelle noticed something unusual.

Maybe it's an illusion. It's still the same face, the same clothes, and the same hairstyle, but I always feel that there seems to be some changes compared to the previous Xiaolan.

If I have to say, it feels like... my breasts have become a little bigger?

Especially the chest area of ​​the dress was propped up very hard.

Serabelle looked from top to bottom and then from bottom to top, and pinched her chin in confusion.

He did not hide his sight, and Ran noticed this.

If Xiaolan was looked at like this under normal circumstances, she would probably ask with a smile, "What's wrong?", or touch her cheek and ask, "Is there something on my face?"

However, instead of asking this question, "Xiao Lan" slightly raised the corners of her mouth, blinked at Serabelle at an angle that no one else could see, and gave her a look that said "you know".

Ah this...

Serabelle thought she probably knew what was going on.

Although I had some guesses, I never expected the other party to actually do this.

But then again, since Xiaolan has been replaced, where is the real Xiaolan now?

Just as Serabelle was muttering to herself, a group of people walked through the bustling crowd in the banquet hall where singing and dancing were in full swing and came straight to the stage. One of them walked up the stairs to the stage and took the microphone from the host.

It was Superintendent Shintaro Chaki of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

He took the microphone and walked to the center of the stage. He cleared his throat to attract the attention of the audience with his voice, and said with a stern face.

"Good evening, everyone. I'm Chaki from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. I'm sure many of you have heard of my name. The current situation is that the evil thief who calls himself No. 1412 has sneaked onto our ship..."

Oh~

There was an uproar in the audience, but no panic.

After all, those who could come here today were all well-known figures in Japanese society. It was impossible for them to be frightened out of their wits by being called a phantom thief.

In other words, even if you are scared, you have to pretend to be calm.

Chaki Shintaro continued, "As we all know, Kaito Kid is a thief who will conduct a detailed investigation of the person he plays before committing a crime, and can imitate the person's appearance, tone, demeanor, and even more subtle details to perfection. So if we follow the normal process, we will check everyone on the ship, including everyone present, one by one. However, in order not to spoil your fun tonight, we will not use this method."

To put it bluntly, there is no end to the investigation...

Currently, there are about 500 people on the Sally Beth, including guests, organizers and staff. If so many people are to be checked one by one, it will not only affect the normal progress of the banquet, but more importantly, the overall time spent will definitely exceed three hours unless there are unexpected events.

The entire voyage lasts only three hours. If the inspection takes more than three hours, the inspection work will be meaningless.

"So we came up with a new method." Chaki Shintaro raised his left index finger, and his voice, which spread throughout the banquet hall through the PA system, revealed a hint of pride. "Everyone can team up with the people who came with you, and think of a secret code between each other. If you think the other party has any abnormal behavior, you can immediately check the code. The one who can't match the code is naturally Kidd."

grass……

Hearing that the police had thought about it for a long time and finally came up with this method, Serabell almost wanted to go up and ask on the spot what to do if Kaito Kidd had already sneaked in.

But the amazing thing is that none of the celebrities in the banquet hall raised any objection.

But it's also true that for the vast majority of people present, they came here tonight purely to attend a dinner. As for Kaito Kidd and the like, that was a matter between the Suzuki Zaibatsu and had nothing to do with them.

What's more, the so-called world's largest black pearl [Dark Star] is also the property of the Suzuki Group. If it was stolen, it was stolen, and they themselves would not suffer any loss.

So instead of conducting a large-scale investigation that prevents everyone from enjoying the dinner, it would be more practical to play a small code game.

Buzz↓——!

There was no sign at all, just like the computer screen suddenly froze and then the next second a blue screen popped up with a whea error code.

With a sound as if the power was turned off, all the lights in the venue suddenly went out, both on the stage and in the banquet hall.

In an instant, the entire banquet venue fell into a dead silence and darkness.

Could it be that Kidd is here?

This thought flashed through everyone's mind at the same time.

Inspector Nakamori, who was mixed in the crowd, immediately raised his voice and yelled into the walkie-talkie.

"What's going on in the power distribution room? Hello? Are the people in the power distribution room still alive? "

“Ah, this is…”

The panicked voice of the staff in the distribution room came over the intercom.

Snapped!

A beam of light suddenly lit up in the darkness.

Insects are phototactic, and so are humans. When in endless darkness, as long as there is a beam of light, anyone will instinctively turn in that direction to look.

The same is true now.

Illuminated by the light was a corner of the banquet hall. Three meters high in the corner against the wall, a pure white figure was standing in mid-air, standing on the protruding parts of the walls on both sides, letting out a hearty and heroic laugh.

"Hahaha! Give up. All the secret codes are useless in front of me, Kaito Kidd!"

puff……

Serabelle almost spit out a mouthful of juice from her mouth.

How should I put it? If the impression he had of Kaito Kid when he first met him on the rooftop of Haido Hotel was "mysterious and elegant", then the "Kaito Kid" who appeared here now gave people the feeling of being completely stupid and silly.

For example, let Vodka wear a silver wig to pretend to be Gin...

"Hey, this is too unsophisticated. Don't be so mean to me."

Kuroba Chiko, who was pretending to be Xiaolan, complained in a low voice with a frown on her face.

Following the sound of the muttering, Serabelle glanced at her, then looked around and took advantage of the fact that everyone's attention was focused on the fake version of Kaito Kid, and leaned in slightly to ask.

"So, where did you put the real Xiaolan?"

"Don't worry, it's a safe place. I let her fall asleep in the lifeboat at the dock. Even if a hole is poked in the ship and it's about to sink, she can be rescued immediately."

"Understood~"

Chapter 62: Ji Men Playing Cards

In the banquet hall, all lights and eyes were still focused on just one person.

The magician in white appeared in front of everyone in a dignified manner, making undisguised and ruthless ridicule of the identification method given by the police.

"Give up! All the secret codes are useless in front of me, Kaito Kidd!"

"If you want to know why—"

The pure white magician turned his wrist, and a black pearl appeared in his palm like magic.

It was gently thrown up and gently dropped down, touching the hearts of everyone in the audience.

"Because, the Dark Star has already been obtained by me."

“This, this is impossible!?”

Nakamori Ginzo was shocked and subconsciously took a few steps forward and retorted loudly.

In his opinion, this was totally impossible, as there were more than a hundred guests in the banquet hall alone.

What's more, to identify jewelry, even a charlatan has to look left and right with a magnifying glass for a long time before pretending to draw a conclusion. How can you, Kidd, find the real Dark Star so quickly without any instruments?

Or is it a fraud?

No, this is impossible. This is Kaito Kidd. How could he do such a thing as cheating...

Just when Ginzo Nakamori was hesitating, Tomoko Suzuki, who had attracted many eyes from the audience to see how she would respond, chuckled twice with her hands covering her mouth.

"Hey, hey, he's really a troublesome thief. In that case, I can't let him continue to be so reckless~"

After saying that, the lady reached into the small bag she was carrying and took out a jet-black pistol.

Eh?

The change came too suddenly, and even Yuanzi, who was closest to her, just realized that her mother seemed to have taken out something incredible.

Before he could say anything, the sound of a 9mm bullet detonating its primer echoed throughout the banquet hall, exploding in an instant.

boom!

Then came several more shots in a row, the American style emptying the magazines.

Bang bang bang bang!

It is impossible to capture the process of a bullet flying in the air with the human eye. All everyone saw was that Kaito Kidd pulled out violently after the first gunshot, and then in the subsequent consecutive gunshots, his whole body swayed back and forth several times as if he had been electrocuted, and finally fell from mid-air and hit the banquet hall table heavily below.

The force of the fall was so great that even the few guests standing nearby felt the floor beneath their feet shake slightly, and when they looked again, they saw that he was lying there motionless.

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"???"

"!!!"

This is a scene with absolutely the full impact.

No one could have imagined that things would turn out this way.

From the moment Kidd was discovered boarding the ship, to Kidd's active appearance, to Kidd's statement that he had succeeded, and finally Kidd being shot dead on the spot.

Although... this is indeed the most effective method, we have to be a little concerned about this being done in public! And there are police officers on the scene!

No matter how powerful the Suzuki Group is, they can't kill people in public!

Half a second later, a terrified voice of "Dead?" broke through the driver in the banquet hall, and the uncontrollable anxiety and restlessness spread quickly throughout the venue like a stream.

Sonoko also covered her mouth and looked at her mother beside her in disbelief.

“Mom, Mom!?”

The corners of Kuroba Chiko's mouth twitched slightly, and the knuckles of Conan's hand, which was held by Ran Maori, became slightly stiff. She thought that Mrs. Suzuki was too strong-willed. It was okay for her to just use the American style of Iaijutsu when they met.

Eh? But that doesn't make sense. Shouldn't I be Kaito Kidd? Then who is this unlucky guy who was shot to death? Why did he have to pretend to be her and rush out to get shot?

While the Kaito Girl was muttering in her heart, Suzuki Tomoko, who had killed "Kaito Kid" and caused a commotion in the audience, just slowly put away her pistol.

"Well, there's no need to panic, because—he's not dead at all."