Conan Rick's Investigator

"Mother... please don't leave me again..."

Queen Sakula looked down at Princess Mira, raised her hand and stroked Mira's head, with a very standard smile on her face.

"Son, this is my last resort."

"In order to uncover the traitor in the palace, I have no choice but to implement this plan..."

When Mira heard the word "traitor", her mind returned to reality. She quickly pointed at Duke Killard and shouted angrily: "Mother, he is the traitor!"

"He's the one who wants to harm you! And Brother Gil!"

Mira tearfully scolded and blamed Duke Kirard.

But there was a strange look in the eyes of the other people in the pavilion. It was obvious that the princess did not understand the situation.

Sure enough, Duke Kirard laughed out loud, with a sinister angle on the corner of his mouth.

"Hahaha……"

"Your Highness, I have given Her Majesty the Queen my full support in this operation. Otherwise, how could Her Majesty and Your Highness's plan to fake their own deaths have succeeded?"

Mira was stunned. The case created by Kirad was actually instigated by his mother and brother.

"But……"

Before Mira could react, Queen Sakula suddenly pointed at Chis and others who were kneeling on the ground and shouted at them.

"Somebody come!"

"Capture Chis and the others!"

The guards behind the queen rushed forward and controlled Chis, the crewman with the crew cut, and even the two maids.

The four men did not resist, nor could they resist, so they could only surrender.

The guards came over and arrested several people. In a blink of an eye, the side representing justice was labeled as evil villains.

Conan, Ran Mouri, and Inspector Zenigata were all shocked by the sudden turn of events, but they couldn't utter a word in their defense.

This is the internal affairs of another country, and outsiders like them have no right to interfere.

Only Lupin III, who was disguised as "Mouri Kogoro", had a premonition that something was wrong and quietly put his hands into his trouser pockets.

When Mira saw her personal attendant being arrested, she immediately turned around and asked anxiously.

"Mother, what's going on? Chis and the others have been very loyal to me these days! They haven't done anything to betray the royal family!"

The prince next to the queen came over and took Mira's shoulder, "Mira, wait a moment, there must be a reason why mother did this..."

At this moment, the guards in the rear surged and made way.

A hairy old man wearing shorts and a white vest was carried by two guards and presented to the public.

Conan and Mao Lilan recognized the man's identity immediately after seeing him.

"father!"

Ran Mouri shouted, but Kogoro Mouri was still dozing off with his head down and drooling, and could not be woken up at all.

Conan was not surprised by what happened to Mouri Kogoro. He had known for a long time that this "Mouri Kogoro" was a fake.

When Lupin III in the pavilion saw that his prototype had been found, he no longer needed to pretend.

"Hehe~ I've been discovered~"

Lupin III suddenly took out the sleeping spray that he had prepared in his trouser pocket and sprayed it in the direction of the queen and the guards.

A large amount of gray-white smoke spread over the plank road.

But when the smoke cleared and Lupin III was about to rush out of the plank road and escape, only most of the guards in front of him had fallen down, and a few guards were still standing awake.

Even the Queen and the Prince, two pampered people, were not knocked out by the sleeping spray!

"Hey!"

"Why are you dropping the ball at this time?"

Lupin III thought that the concentration of his sleeping potion was not high enough, so he complained, but he also ran towards the guards with all his strength, preparing to break out by force.

He jumped several meters high, stepped on the head of the nearest guard, and used the guard's head as a springboard to jump to the head of another guard, like a nimble checkers player.

Lupin jumped over several guards in succession in this way.

The spears in the guards' hands were very clumsy and could not even pierce Lupin himself from below.

Just when Lupin had a smug look on his face and thought he could get away with it, a spherical blue electric light hit Lupin's back at an extremely fast speed.

A tingling sensation like an electric shock instantly spread throughout his body. Lupin's body instantly spasmed and he fell heavily onto the plank road leading to the shore.

Lupin was lying on the ground with white smoke coming out of his back. He was lying on the ground, motionless.

But just as the guards were about to step forward to capture Lupin, two figures suddenly jumped down from the roof of the palace not far away.

A man was wearing a dark suit, a top hat, a goatee, and holding two guns.

The other person was wearing an oriental kimono in black and white, and the samurai sword in his hand was very powerful.

They are none other than Lupin the Third's companions, Jigen Daisuke and Ishikawa Goemon.

Previously, the two of them had been lurking nearby according to Lupin's instructions, ready to provide support at any time.

Originally, they thought that Lupin could easily deal with these small guards, but unexpectedly, one of the guards suddenly took out a strange gun and shot the fleeing Lupin.

As a master of firearms, Daisuke Jigen is proficient in all guns in the world, but this strange gun that can fire "bullets" with blue light is the first time he has seen it.

However, no matter how dangerous the situation ahead is, people still need to be rescued. For these two people, abandoning their companions is worse than death.

Daisuke Jigen fired shots to force back several guards approaching Lupin, and he and Goemon ran to Lupin and protected him.

"Hey, are you okay?"

Goemon stood in front with a samurai sword in hand, while Daisuke Jigen behind him grabbed one of Lupin's hands and carried it on his shoulder.

Lupin raised his head with a forced smile and joked.

"Haha, this is the first time I know what 'barbecuing myself' tastes like..."

Lupin's skin was burnt and blackened, and he had a burnt smell.

But if you're still in the mood to joke, it means nothing serious is wrong.

Jigen Daisuke smiled, "Alright, time to retreat."

"Goemon, I'll leave it to you to cover the rear."

Daisuke Jigen was very clear about Goemon's strength. The "Zantetsu Sword" in his hand could cut through iron like mud, and he had unparalleled reaction speed. Even if these palace guards had that kind of strange gun, they could not be his opponents.

"it is good."

Goemon responded in a hoarse voice, a voice that sounded weathered, but it didn't quite match his handsome medium-length hair.

Although he was supposed to be the rear guard, he rushed directly into the middle of the guards, suddenly unsheathed the samurai sword in his hand, and cut off three spears with one stroke.

"ah--!"

“Ha! Hoo…”

On the narrow plank road, Goemon transformed himself into a sword saint, slashing and hacking among the guards.

With this extremely sharp strike, all the spears in the hands of the guards were cut off in the blink of an eye, leaving only half of a wooden stick.

What’s even more amazing is that each of Goemon’s sword strikes was just a touch, without hurting the guards’ skin. Instead, he simply cut off the weapons in their hands, blocking their possibility of attacking him.

"I've done some boring things again..."

Every time he finished chopping something, Goemon would say this catchphrase.

But at this moment, a guard raised the gun that emitted blue electric light again and shot at Goemon.

As a swordsman, Goemon's eyes were wide open, and he subconsciously chopped the blue light ball that was approaching him rapidly with the samurai sword in his hand.

If it were a normal bullet, it would be split in half by the Iron-Slashing Sword.

But this time, the moment the blade touched the blue ball of light, a strong electric current spread along the metal part of the katana throughout Goemon's body, and one could even vaguely see part of his bones blooming in the electric light.

Nourishes—

Goemon's body was covered in smoke and blackened. The samurai sword in his hand supported his body so that he would not fall down like Lupin.

"Hey! Goemon, are you okay?"

Jigen Daisuke shouted from the back.

Although Goemon gritted his teeth and held on, his body still uncontrollably knelt on one knee. His right hand holding the knife trembled slightly, and every nerve in his body spasmed uncontrollably.

Seeing that Goemon was in a bad condition, Jigen Daisuke and Lupin the Third, who were about to escape, also stopped quickly.

Just then, the queen and the prince came out of the pavilion.

The prince was holding a tablet computer in his hand, which was playing a surveillance video.

In the picture, an unconscious woman in business attire is tied to a cross.

"This woman should be one of yours, right?"

"If you don't want her to suffer, just give up resisting."

The queen's tone was unquestionable, which made Lupin realize that something was wrong.

Now not only is Fujiko Mine held hostage, but Goemon and his own combat effectiveness has also decreased a lot.

No one knew when the royal guards of Vesbania had acquired that strange weapon. Although it wouldn't kill anyone with one shot, the uncomfortable spasms wouldn't go away for a while.

There was no other way, Lupin III could only play the emotional card.

He raised his hand and took off the blackened Maori Kogoro hood with difficulty, revealing the monkey face underneath.

"Queen, I am Lupin~"

"Do you remember? More than 20 years ago, we made a promise under the cherry tree..."

"If you make this country prosperous, I will come back to steal it."

Enduring the pain and cramps in his body, Lupin III tried to make his tone more playful so that the queen would remember their old relationship.

However, the Queen was unmoved by Lupin's iconic monkey face and gave the order expressionlessly.

"Get 'em!"

The guards rushed forward and rushed towards Lupin and Jigen Daisuke.

Daisuke Jigen held Lupin's body with one hand and raised his gun with the other hand to fight back, but Lupin III raised his hand and held him down.

"If you shoot now, Fujiko will..."

Jigen Daisuke glanced at the embarrassed Lupin, then looked at Goemon in the distance who was also surrounded by guards.

"Ugh……"

Being a man of integrity, he had no choice but to put down his gun and surrender.

After Lupin's gang was taken away one by one, the queen and the prince returned to the pavilion.

In the pavilion, everyone, including Conan and Ran Mouri, lay on the ground under the effect of the sleeping spray suddenly released by Lupin.

The prince looked at these people and asked expressionlessly, "What should we do with these people?"

The queen replied calmly, "Lock them all up first. We need them as the foundation for our foothold in this world..."

Prince: "But what about human diplomacy?"

The queen turned around and walked out of the plank road, stepping on the hand of Princess Mira who was lying unconscious on the ground with her right foot, but she didn't care at all and didn't even look at her "daughter".

"Just charge them with espionage first, and then..."

The queen and the prince walked away, and the remaining guards began to clear the area.

At this moment, Inspector Zenigata, who was leaning against a pillar, woke up from his doze, slightly opened one eye, and observed the surrounding situation.

As Lupin III's old rival, how could he not be on guard against the sleeping spray that Lupin often uses?

He had already stuffed cotton balls in his nose before the rally started.

So Qian Xing had been quietly observing what had just happened.

Don't be fooled by his appearance of a tall nut wall and a bit silly, but that's just an appearance. He is actually very scheming.

In terms of position, Inspector Zenigata is much more powerful than Inspector Nakamori. He even caught Lupin once, but let him go.