Conan Rick's Investigator

Terai Huang Zhisuke, who was in the driving seat, was a little confused, "Master, who is he?"

"That's the person I mentioned last time who saw through my identity..."

"Ah? It's him..."

"Dad, do you know him?"

"do not know……"

"The most important thing is what to do now. We can't let him discover your existence, Dad!"

Neither the police nor Qin Zhibo knew that Kaito Kid had an assistant.

Last time in the "Dark Star" incident, Qin Zhibo mistook Koizumi Hongzi for Kaito Kid's assistant, and did not know that Terai Huang Zhisuke was the real Kaito's assistant.

"How about this, I'll hide in the back seat, and you roll down the window to deal with him, Dad."

With his slim figure, Kuroba Kaito easily got into the back seat and covered himself with a rainproof cloth, while Terai Kōnosuke also lowered the car window at this time.

"Excuse me, sir, what can I do for you?"

Terai Huangzhisuke pretended to be a passerby and greeted Qin Zhibo, while Qin Zhibo was a little surprised to see Terai Huangzhisuke.

Terai Huangnosuke...

Did he disguise himself as someone specifically to deal with me?

There should be no need for this, this Terai Yosuke should be a real person.

Kuroba Kaito's skills do not include car driving, so he should usually need a driver or something.

"I'm looking for Kaito Kidd."

Qin Zhibo directly stated his purpose and glanced inside. He immediately saw some bulging cover on the back seat.

"what?"

Terai Huang Zhisuke was shocked. He had never expected Qin Zhibo to speak so directly. He quickly denied it, "How could there be Kaito Kidd in my car?"

"Really?" Qin Zhibo smiled mischievously, "If you really don't have any, I'll scream."

"I have a pretty loud voice..."

Qin Zhibo's words scared Kuroba Kaito, who was hiding under the rainproof cloth in the back seat, so much that he had to surrender.

After all, Conan was nearby, and Kuroba Kaito didn't want Qin Zhibo's shouting to attract Conan again, which would make the situation even more difficult to deal with.

"Okay, I'm here."

Looking at Kuroba Kaito who "consciously" stuck his head out from under the rainproof cloth, Qin Zhibo nodded with satisfaction.

"Walk……"

"Let's find a place to talk?"

……

In this way, Qin Zhibo got into the car, and Terai Huangzhisuke drove the car all the way to a bar called "Blue Parrot".

The bar was not open, and the three people entered the bar through the back door.

The space of the entire bar is not very big, far inferior to the cocktail bar of the Black Organization, but the style of the bar is pretty good.

There are two pool tables in the bar. When the lights shine on the pool tables, they are very eye-catching and dazzling.

However, in the bar, Qin Zhibo immediately caught the eye of a billiard cue hanging on the wall.

The handle of the club is inlaid with emeralds and diamonds, and looks very valuable.

"Excuse me, is this stolen property?"

Seeing Qin Zhibo so bluntly pointing at the pool cue on the wall and asking if it was stolen property, Kuroba Kaito immediately retorted unhappily: "That originally belonged to Dad. I was just helping him get it back!"

"I, Kaito Kidd, will never keep stolen things for myself!"

"Oh..." Qin Zhibo nodded calmly, "What about the 'Egg of Memory'? When do you plan to return it?"

Kuroba Kaito looked at Qin Zhibo in surprise and asked, "How did you know the Egg of Memory was in my hands?"

Qin Zhibo couldn't say he'd learned this by eavesdropping on Shi Kaobing's conversation, so he pretended to reason, "It's simple. Pu Siqinglan had already picked up the box containing the Egg of Memory when she escaped, but you refused to let go of the bag while chasing her."

"That means there's something really important in your bag that you can't let go of. In that case, it's just a true egg of memories."

Qin Zhibo's reasoning surprised Kuroba Kaito very much, because not only was Qin Zhibo right, but even Conan didn't notice it.

On the cruise ship, Kuroba Kaito, disguised as a white bird, volunteered to carry the box containing the Eggs of Memory, but in fact he secretly put the surprise Easter eggs he made into the box, and the real Eggs of Memory were kept in the pigeon cage in the luggage bag.

"I'm really impressed by you. You even know this..."

Kuroba Kaito placed the chopped-up luggage bag on the pool table, and the pigeon cage inside was deformed and twisted by Pu Siqinglan's sickle.

Fortunately, there is a layer of protection outside the Egg of Memory, and the sickle did not directly hurt the body inside.

But no matter how many times Kuroba Kaito tried, the Egg of Memory was stuck in the twisted pigeon cage and could not be taken out at all.

"You're too thin. Let me do it."

Qin Zhibo walked to the pigeon cage, grabbed the thin wire cage with both hands, and exerted force with his arm muscles. The already damaged pigeon cage was torn open by Qin Zhibo.

"Thanks……"

After saying thank you, Kuroba Kaito quickly took out the Egg of Memory from the opening, peeled off the foam paper on the outside, and observed the Egg of Memory under the light.

"Luckily there's no damage or bumps, huh..."

Seeing that the treasure was not damaged, Kuroba Kaito breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Qin Zhibo suddenly thought of another question, "Oh, right, don't you specialize in stealing gems? Why did you steal the Egg of Memory this time?"

Kuroba Kaito was stunned for a moment. "Actually, the Egg of Memory is divided into two. They were originally the work of Kosaka Natsumi's great-grandfather, Mr. Kiichi. However, due to some reasons, one of the Eggs of Memory was lost."

"I just want to return the Memory Egg to its original owner."

Kuroba Kaito's words gave Qin Zhibo some more to think about.

It seems that the Beast Brotherhood actually wants to use the huge gem on another Memory Egg as bait to kill Kaito Kid.

Unexpectedly, Kaito Kidd was not only unaware of it, but also wanted to help steal the Suzuki family's Egg of Memory and return it.

In response to this, Qin Zhibo could only sigh: "You really are a pushover..."

"Huh?" Kuroba Kaito was stunned. He pointed at his nose and asked, "Me?"

"Well, you're a goody-goody who helps people count their money even after being sold."

"Your behavior is to burn yourself to illuminate others..."

"You are a great man!"

Qin Zhibo gave a thumbs up to Kaito Kidd's "character".

Chapter 238 "Snake"... What a disgusting name...

Qin Zhibo's evaluation made Kuroba Kaito a little confused, because it was the first time someone praised him, a thief, as a good and great man.

Although my desire to return the treasure to the descendants of this owner was just a sudden interest, and I don't think I'm the embodiment of justice, but...

"Thank you for the compliment."

Kuroba Kaito scratched his head modestly, an embarrassed smile on his face.

Qin Zhibo: "..."

Qin Zhibo was speechless because of Kuroba Kaito's attitude.

So you thought I was praising you, didn't you?

"Actually, I wanted to return the treasure because I felt that the legendary craftsman, Kiichi, was known as the 'Magician of the End of the Century,' so I wanted to pay tribute to him as the 'Magician of the End of the Century.'"

"Mr. Kiichi's is from the end of the 19th century, while mine is from the end of the 20th century..."

Kuroba Kaito was still explaining why he stole the Egg of Memory, which made Qin Zhibo even more speechless.

It seemed that he had no idea of the truth behind this trip to the castle.

Forget it, let him remain in the dark.

Some things in this world are better left as a mystery forever.

At least the fewer people who know about it, the better.

"By the way, how do you plan to return the Egg of Memory?" Qin Zhibo asked.

Kuroba Kaito thought for a moment, "If possible, I would like to return it to Miss Natsumi in person as Kaito Kid..."

Before he finished speaking, Kuroba Kaito instinctively glanced at Qin Zhibo, the embodiment of justice, and asked weakly, "Is it okay?"

"What do you say?"

Qin Zhibo said seriously, "Since the Memory Eggs come in sets of two, and only one of them was lost, this means that the person who created it sold the Memory Egg himself."

"The Suzuki family purchased this egg in a fair and honest manner. You can't just take it away just because you think you do."

"It's like I paid for furniture from a furniture store. There's no reason for me to return the furniture to the craftsman who made it without paying for it."

"Even if the Suzuki family is very rich, they still can't do without these 800 million."

"And if nothing unexpected happens, it will be difficult for you to find Xia Mei again..."

During the previous eavesdropping, Xia Mei changed her clothes, and the clothes that were stained with the bug lost their eavesdropping effect because they were washed.

However, even without using eavesdropping, Qin Zhibo knew that Xia Mei would not appear again.

At least she won't appear as Kosaka Natsumi again...

Kuroba Kaito was speechless after being taught a lesson by Qin Zhibo, and could only show an expression of "You are the boss, you have the final say", and said that he would return it to the police later.

As for why it was returned to the police instead of to the Suzuki family, it was because of the experience accumulated by the Phantom Thief over the years.

If the stolen treasure is returned directly to the victim's family, the victim may cover up the fact that the treasure has been returned, or lie that the returned treasure is a fake, and then defraud the insurance and continue to put the blame on Kaito Kid.

Therefore, returning the treasure to the police he trusted and reminding the police to conduct an appraisal became Kaito Kid's fixed procedure for returning the treasure.

It just so happened that the policeman he trusted lived next door to his house, so returning the treasure was a matter of time.

Since it's the Emperor's Easter Egg, I'll return it on Easter...

After dealing with the matter of the Egg of Memory, Qin Zhibo is about to get down to business.

"By the way, do you know why someone wanted to snipe you in Osaka Bay this time?"

Qin Zhibo changed the topic again, catching Kuroba Kaito off guard.

"what?"

"I mean, if someone wants to kill you, who would you think of?" Qin Zhibo further suggested, "It might not be a person, but an organization..."

Kuroba Kaito raised his head slightly and began to think.

"There are still many people who want to harm Kaito Kidd. After all, he is a world-famous thief and has offended many people. How would I know..."

Kuroba Kaito's words came to an abrupt halt, as his fast-paced brain suddenly thought of a group of people he met shortly after inheriting his father's mantle.

The group of people were of unknown origin. They were wearing dark brown windbreakers and hats of the same color. Their overall attire had an old school feel.

After one of the thefts, the leader of these people actually caught me in the position after I escaped, called me from a nearby public phone, and warned me not to touch the gems again.

Of course, he did not listen to these people's warnings. After all, he committed theft again as Kaito Kid in order to find out who killed his father eight years ago.

As a result, in a subsequent operation to steal India's largest sapphire "Blue Birthday", these people actually chased to the top of a high-rise building, and the leading small boss even shot himself.

It's just that these people were unlucky, the bullets hit the gems, and what they took away were fake gems that they had forged in advance.

Afterwards, I followed these people to their base in a Japanese-style courtyard and learned some of their secrets...

"It seems that there is indeed a group of people who want to take Kaito Kid's life, and they have even taken Kaito Kid's life..."

Kuroba Kaito seemed to be about to tell everything, which moved Terai Konosuke, who was observing silently on the side.

It was only after the "Blue Birthday" operation that Terai Kōnosuke heard about the existence of such a group of people from Kuroba Kaito.

Judging from what the small leader said at the time, the magic show accident that led to the death of Hei Yu Daoyi eight years ago was exactly what they did.

In fact, over the past eight years, not only himself, but also Kuroba Toichi's widow, Mrs. Qianying, has been secretly investigating the cause of Kuroba Toichi's death.