Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 769 Return of animal tissue?

The next day.

After finishing the morning news that must be read every day, Qin Zhibo first went to the department store to buy a rat terrarium, rat feed, and melon seeds.

The two things cost a total of 3570 yen.

But when Qin Zhibo returned to the office and put the terrarium in front of Jerry, Jerry refused.

"Go in."

"squeak--"

Jerry turned his head to look at Qin Zhibo, stared at Qin Zhibo with a pair of jet-black eyes, and hugged his two little paws.

For some reason, Qin Zhibo felt that he could understand what Jerry wanted to convey.

"You don't want to go into the cage?"

"squeak--"

Jerry turned around and yelled at Qin Zhibo.

For some reason, Qin Zhibo seemed to understand the meaning of the cry again.

It doesn't want to be in a cage, it wants to be with itself.

Although he heard two meanings from the sound of "squeak", Qin Zhibo still tried to reach out his hand.

Seeing this, Jerry jumped directly onto Qin Zhibo's palm, and flexibly climbed onto his shoulder along his arm.

Qin Zhibo turned his head to look at the little mouse standing on the shoulder of the "giant", feeling that this scene seemed familiar.

Not a heartwarming image from Ratatouille, but a bad idea
In the dream of the red swineherd, the swineherd uses his flute to call the rats, but in the end he is also devoured by the rats whose appetite cannot be satisfied.

Does this mean that if the [Magic Flute] is used to summon a mouse, the user will also be attacked by the mouse?

Qin Zhibo looked at Jerry with his head tilted, thinking about the threat this small rodent posed to him.

And Jerry was so conspicuous that he didn't know what Qin Zhibo was thinking, and started to nibble on a melon seed.

Ding--

At this moment, the ringing of the phone broke the small silence of the office.

It was an old phone ringing, which meant normal human communication.

"Hey?"

"Uncle, I am Kaito Kuroba."

"Oh, Kaito, have you found Pittman's whereabouts?"

Since the last time X-rays were shown on the next layer of "Phantom Thief" in Matsumoto Ryohei's art gallery, and it was learned that the portrait of Kuroba Pirates was created by a painter named "Pittman", Kuroba Kaito Start looking for the painter who knows Kidd's true identity.

After all, it may be related to the unknown past when Heiyu Pirate traveled around the world and learned magic when he was young.

It is even possible to find a deeper secret.
But Kaito Kuroba shook his head, his tone was a little low, "It's not so easy to find, after all, he is not a famous painter like Van Gogh or Picasso, and he doesn't even know if he is alive or not."

"By the way, I'm calling because I have another matter to ask you to come over."

"What's the matter?" Qin Zhibo was a little wary.

"Just come and meet at Papa's bar at 7pm"

After speaking, the phone was hung up immediately.

Qin Zhibo looked at the phone and felt that it would not be a good thing to find him, otherwise this strange thief boy would not be so vague.

However, we will have to wait until night to talk about the specifics.

7:00pm, Blue Parrot Bar.

Qin Zhibo showed up at the door of the bar on time, and brought Jerry with him.

In the pocket of the brown windbreaker, Jerry rested his two little paws on the pocket, staring curiously at the neon sign at the entrance of the bar.

Push the door open and enter, the bar has been emptied of customers, Kuroba Kaito is discussing something with Terai Konosuke at the bar.

jingle--

The copper bell at the door rang to remind someone to come in.

The two turned their heads and saw Qin Zhibo.

"Uncle, you are finally here!"

"Come and sit!"

Heiyu Kaito had a warm smile on his face, but in Qin Zhibo's eyes, this smile was a bit malicious.

Qin Zhibo walked over and asked directly, "Just tell me what you want me to do."

straight up
Kuroba Kaito grinned, but he didn't expect his little thoughts to be seen through at a glance.

Just as he was about to tell the story, he glanced at Qin Zhibo's "little head" protruding from the pocket of his windbreaker.

"Wow! Inside your clothes."

Kuroba Kaito was taken aback, and Qin Zhibo took out Jerry from his pocket.

"This is my new pet named Jerry."

Seeing the blue-gray mouse lying obediently on Qin Zhibo's palm, Kaito Kuroba widened his eyes in disbelief.

Qin Zhibo put Jerry on the bar, took out two melon seeds and put them beside him, and Jerry just sat and ate melon seeds obediently.

After eating two melon seeds, I still know how to spit out the skin of the melon seeds into a small pile, and continue to stretch out my claws to beg for it.

Kaito Kuroba stared at Jerry's antics and said, "Uncle, this little guy seems very smart."

"How long did it take you to train it?"

Qin Zhibo thought for a while, "It doesn't take long, just today."

In order to cultivate the tacit understanding between Jerry and himself, Qin Zhibo is not open most of the time today, and specially trains Jerry to perform some basic movements.

Bowing to beg for food, digging pockets, going to the toilet, bathing by oneself.
And Jerry can teach a lot of things.

Seeing that Jerry is so smart, Qin Zhibo removed the small door of the terrarium, and Jerry went in willingly.

In other words, Jerry resisted the terrarium at first because he didn't like the door that restricted the freedom of mice.

This is the first time Qin Zhibo has seen a mouse that understands "freedom".

"One, one day?"

Kuroba Kaito was full of surprise, even if he was killed, he would never have imagined that it only took one day to train a mouse to be so smart.

What if I also trained a mouse to steal gems?
The corners of Hei Yu's mouth twitched quickly, and some strange thoughts of phantom robbers appeared in his head.

"By the way, why did you come to me?" Qin Zhibo asked.

When it came to business again, Kaito Kuroba shifted his attention from Jerry and said, "Actually, I came to you because the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department recently received a warning letter from Kaito Kidd. "

"The problem is that I didn't send this notice letter."

"You know me. I've been busy looking for that painter recently, and the matter of gemstones has been put aside for the time being."

At this time, Terai Konosuke behind the bar handed Qin Zhibo a glass of malt whiskey that he drank here last time, and continued to introduce.

"Actually, some people used to pretend to be Kidd the Phantom Thief before, and sent people pretending to be Kidd to steal their own gems to insure fraud and market their own products."

"But the fake Kidd this time, the young master feels a little different."

Kaito Kuroba took a sip of the non-alcoholic drink on the bar, "This time, the person impersonating Kidd not only sent a notice to the police, but also sent an invitation to Aoko."

"That silly girl obviously didn't participate in this lottery, but got an invitation letter from that place. It's really suspicious."

"So I guess someone set a trap for Kaito Kidd and accidentally sent the invitation letter to Qingzi."

Qin Zhibo narrowed his eyes slightly, understanding the meaning of Heiyu Kaidou's words.

This shows that the person who impersonates Kidd this time probably knows that the real identity of Kaito Kidd is Kuroba Kaito.

Now people who know that Kaito Kid = Kaito Kuroba, besides Terai and Chikage, are Qin Zhibo, Koizumi Hongko, and Matsumoto Ryohei.

Needless to say, Koizumi Hongzi, if she set the trap, she must be trying to capture the heart of the monster.

Matsumoto Ryohei is the one who Qin Zhibo guaranteed not to leak the secrets. He himself has a special habit that cannot be explained clearly to the police, and he has no reason to leak the secrets.

Besides, who would it be?
At this time, Kaito Kuroba suddenly asked in a deep voice: "Do you think it's the 'animal organization'?"

Animal organization, scientific name Beast Brotherhood.

Members of the organization use the English words of various animals as code names, such as Shi Kaobing-scorpion, Spider-spider, Snake-Zhang Dapao.

After going through various incidents before, Kaito Kuroba learned that it was a member of this organization that killed Kuroba Pirates back then.

The reason is that Black Feather Pirates has stolen legendary gemstones all over the world, which has affected the plan of the organization "that adult" - to find the stone of life "Pandora".

Not long ago, Spider, who was actually the world's number one illusionist, was arrested by the Japanese police headed by Detective Hakuba under the cooperation of Qin Zhibo and Kuroba Kaito.

It's a pity that Spider was rescued on the way to the Metropolitan Police Department, and together with the world's number one illusionist, he announced on the European official website that he would stop performing indefinitely from now on.

Thinking back on this incident now, Qin Zhibo felt that there might be an insider from the Metropolitan Police Department reporting the incident?
After all, from the time Spider was arrested to being transported to the Metropolitan Police Department, the people from the Animal Organization reacted too quickly.

However, since the Spider incident, the Brotherhood of the Beast seems to have almost disappeared in Japan.

Does this time symbolize the return of the beast?
But judging from the previous fights, the animal organization believes that the current Kaitou Kidd is still the Black Feather Pirate One, rather than inheriting his father's career.

So if this is a trap set by the animal organization, it is more likely to be a test for Kuroba Kaito, the son of the Kuroba Pirate.

Qin Zhibo spoke out his thoughts, which was also approved by Kuroba Kaito.

"Well, that's what I thought too."

"But if you refuse to accept the invitation, those people may do even more despicable things, and I don't want Qingzi to be hurt."

"So I have promised to go to that place with Qingzi."

Qin Zhibo nodded approvingly, this kid still has some responsibility.

"So? What do you want me to do?"

Kaito Kuroba smiled mysteriously, and replied: "Don't worry, don't you wonder where the 'place' I mentioned is?"

"This is a copy of the warning letter that the fake Phantom Thief Kidd sent to the police. Take a look."

Kaito Kuroba, who lives alone, often eats at Nakamori's house, so he can easily obtain any first-hand information about Kidd that the police have.

Qin Zhibo received the notice letter, on which was written in computer fonts——

I will take the gems sealed on the pristine stump to atone for the mistakes I made 18 years ago.

At the end of the teaser letter, there is Kaitou Kidd's iconic personal expression.

Qin Zhibo glanced at Kaidou Heiyu, and knew that this kid didn't mention the location, so he must be testing himself on purpose.

Want to test me?

You are still young!

[Secret language survey √]

[The pure and flawless pile head refers to the state of being intact before the hammer is struck because the height is surpassed by the Suzuki Tower, that is, the Tokyo Tower whose height is surpassed by the Suzuki Tower]

Suzuki Tower?
Qin Zhibo felt that his cognition was a little confused. How could there be a Suzuki Tower that surpassed the Tokyo Tower suddenly in the land of Tokyo?

"It's Tokyo Tower." Qin Zhibo still said the result of the secret language investigation.

"It's so boring to figure it out so quickly!" Kuaito Kaito spread his palms.

Originally, he was fully expecting to annoy Qin Zhibo, but Qin Zhibo solved the riddle on the notice letter after just reading it for a few seconds.

However, although Qin Zhibo knew the location, he still didn't know why he specifically mentioned "18 years ago" in the last sentence of the notice letter.

Kuroba Kaito also shook his head at this.

"I don't know about this either, maybe it's to cover up."

"Since the uncle unlocked the notice letter so easily, I'll just say it straight."

"I want Uncle to pretend to be Police Officer Nakamori and go to Tokyo Tower with us tomorrow."

Qin Zhibo was a little surprised that this was what Kuroba Kaito wanted him to help with.

Pretending to be a police officer?
Kuroba Kaito saw that Qin Zhibo was still hesitant, so he continued: "I have already found out that the exhibition on the Tokyo Tower was held by a certain deceased rich man, and the gemstones used in the exhibition will not be available until next week. Ship it."

"That's why Officer Nakamori will hold a combat meeting with those police officers in the police station tomorrow, and will not come to Tokyo Tower at night."

"Uncle, you just need to stay with us until the end."

When Qin Zhibo heard this, isn't this just acting as a security guard for their young couple?

And if it was really the Brotherhood of the Beast who set the trap this time, would he still be afraid of a mere policeman?
Kaito Kuroba turned his eyes back from watching Jerry eating melon seeds, and explained: "Actually, as long as the other party sees me with the police, they should understand that I am innocent."

"After all, Kidd, the real Kaitou, is impossible to mix with the police anyway."

"And in case of any accident at that time, I have also prepared sufficient 'safeguards'."

Said, Kuroba Kaito walked to the pool table behind him, and pressed the secret button under the pool table.

As the green billiard table slowly lifted and turned over, a brown suit, a bundle of silk thread, and the blueprint of Tokyo Tower appeared on the table.

Kaito Kuroba patted the suit with a smile, and introduced: "This is a bulletproof suit that Father Terai asked a friend to order. It can defend against 7.62mm bullets. It is absolutely safe to wear!"

bulletproof suit
It was assumed from the very beginning that I would be shot!

And why does this kind of weird black technology sound like it was written by that old acquaintance?
"What about the line next to it?" Qin Zhibo asked again.

Kaito Kuroba smiled slightly, "These are also inventions of Papa Terai's friend, and they are said to be ten times stronger than ordinary fishing lines."

"Although I don't know what's the use of this, but it's a free gift anyway, so I brought it along with me."

Facing Hei Yukaito's enthusiastic introduction, Qin Zhibo couldn't help being suspicious.

How many inventions did Dr. A Li secretly poke and poke for crimes?
Could it be that Dr. Ali is the king of the underground black market in Tokyo?
(End of this chapter)