Conan's other me

Chapter 221 Kidd and Sunflower
Haibara Ai didn't do this just to show off in front of the old lady, she just felt that the other party wanted to see this scene.

As she thought, it was indeed the case.

The old woman's eyes were full of relief and blessings.

It was as if the people standing in front of her holding hands were not two elementary school students who met by chance, but herself and the person she loved 70 years ago.

Feng Yuan finally came back to his senses.

Although they have done more in-depth things than holding hands before, this is the first time they hold hands together in public and under the gaze of other people, and Feng Yuan is also a little embarrassed.

However, he obviously wouldn't try to let go, but held on tighter.He looked at Haiyuan Ai, and then looked at the old woman, noticing tears filling the corners of her eyes.

Those eyes and tears all reflected himself and Huihara Ai.

"Xiao Kong, Xiao Ai!" At this moment, the doctor's voice suddenly came from behind, "It's time to go!"

The two of them subconsciously let go of their hands at the same time.

Although it's okay if the doctor sees him, if the doctor shouts like this, even elementary school students may turn around.

It's not good to bring up little kids.

"Here we come!" Feng Yuan turned around and replied.

Then they said goodbye to the old woman and left, then chased the doctor and the others.

Before taking two steps, Haiyuan Ai, with a slight blush on her face, whispered to Fengyuan: "Didn't you say that you are good at managing your expressions? Pay attention."

"Eh?"

Fengyuan pinched his face subconsciously, and then took a long breath to control his expression.Just when he was about to say something to protect his image, he noticed movement from the front.

"Ah, Conan!"

"Are you coming to see the sunflowers too?"

"We've all finished watching it!"

Conan told the primary school students before that he would go out with Xiaolan, and now he followed Uncle Maori and others here to check the situation of the fifth sunflower. Only then did he remember this.

The primary school students in front accused Conan of acting alone. Feng Yuan looked up and noticed a large group of people walking towards this direction.

He didn't know the person leading the way at the front, but he had basically seen the people behind.Uncle Mori, Officer Nakamori, Suzuki Jirokichi and the six samurai seen on TV are all among them.

They obviously had something serious to do and had no intention of stopping for a group of children.

Conan finally got rid of the elementary school students and approached Maplehara to ask if he had discovered anything.

Of course not.

"So, Kidd has written again?" Fengyuan asked curiously.

"Yes, the notice letter said that his next target is the fifth sunflower here." Conan glanced at the elementary school students who were looking at Uncle Mori and others curiously, "Anyway, you know Maplehara, This time is different from the previous Kidd incident..."

"It may be dangerous." Fengyuan took over the words, "I know, Haiyuan and I will take them back."

Conan breathed a sigh of relief.

The plane almost crashed before. Regardless of whether it was Kidd's fault or not, it means that this Kidd incident is unusual. Therefore, Maplehara and Conan do not want Ayumi and others to be involved.

Uncle Maori and the others did not talk openly here, and Conan did not confess just now, so after a little effort, Maplehara successfully took the elementary school students out.

In fact, he was a little curious about what Kidd was going to do here, but he was sure that Kidd would not target Sunflower, so he left the matter to Conan for the time being.

After putting the souvenirs back in the car, the doctor took them to the Suzuki Tower.

On the other side, after seeing that the fifth sunflower was still well placed in the exhibition hall, Conan followed Uncle Maori and others to the reception room to listen to their discussion about Kidd.

……

"Based on this notice letter alone, why do you think his target is this art museum? Can you explain it?"

The curator, Mr. Harada, held a tablet computer, looked at the photos of the notice taken on it, and asked everyone.

"The so-called lullaby should refer to the painting of the woman pushing the cradle." Behind him, another art museum staff member was also a little confused. "It's not the painting of sunflowers."

"No, the point is the original copy on the left that was written after that..." Officer Nakamori replied.

"The original copy paintings should refer to the triptych paintings." Uncle Maori took over.

"A triptych?"

"Yes, it means a group of three paintings, or a hanging scroll."

"We know this very well," the curator said. "What we want to know is why the lullaby points to the sunflower."

"It's because..." Uncle Maori was stunned for a moment and looked at the Zhongsen Police Department next to him, "What is the reason?"

"That's enough, please be careful, okay?" Zhongmori Police Department looked back with some dissatisfaction, "You are also one of the samurai!"

"How about we ask Mr. Higashi Koji, who opened this warning letter, to explain it?" Officer Charlie suggested.

"Oh, that's fine." Suzuki Jirokichi agreed and looked at Mr. Higashi Koji, "Higashi, is that okay?"

"Yes, yes. Let's start with the triptych that Detective Mori just mentioned. Please try to put the lullaby in the middle of it in your mind."

"The paintings placed on the left and right sides at this time should be..."

"It's a sunflower."

"Yes. In Van Gogh's letter to his brother Theo, he attached an illustration. This part should be correct. Place each painting according to the illustration, and the ones placed on both sides of the lullaby are sunflowers.

On the right are the third and seventh pictures.On the left are the fourth, fifth, and sixth paintings. On the left is the first copy of the sunflower painting, which is the fifth sunflower painting on display in this art museum. "

"I see. So, he really caught the eye of the sunflowers in this museum."

"Then how should we take precautions now?" the staff asked, "Kidd's announcement is tonight."

"The sunflower must be moved to a safe location immediately."

Officer Nakamori's proposal was approved.

The director decided to close the museum early after explaining the situation to tourists.

Mr. Shi Ling, who was responsible for the transportation of paintings and was affiliated with Cheetah Freight, began to instruct his staff to pack the paintings into wooden boxes and prepare to send them to the vault.

"Yes, okay, take your time. Yes, just go straight ahead."

The porters carried the sunflowers slowly down the aisle, and in the middle of the crowd were wooden boxes used to hold the sunflowers.

Then Ms. Natsumi Miyadai took the initiative, and she, Keiko and others helped lift the lid of the box to the side and handed it over to the moving personnel.

Seeing that the preparations were almost completed, Officer Charlie reminded Officer Nakamori: "It's almost time for us to check the vault, right?"

"Yes, that's right." Officer Zhongmori nodded and looked at the curator, "Director, can you take a moment?"

The time of Kidd's notice was at night, so they speculated that the place where Kidd would attack would be in the vault.

"Ah, I'm sorry..."

At this moment, Miss Natsumi Miyadai's hand slipped and she accidentally dropped her cell phone beside the wooden box.

"It doesn't matter, please continue." Mr. Shi Ling bent down and helped pick up the phone.

This movement attracted Conan's attention. He stopped thinking, looked over there, and then was stunned for a moment: "Wait a minute! There is something stuck in the lid of the box!"

Because of his height, he can see places that adults cannot.

"Hey, little devil, time is running out! Don't come here to cause trouble!" Uncle Maori picked up Conan with a look of displeasure on his face.

"But, I seem to have seen Kid stuck there!"

"what?"

"Lift the lid of the box." Mr. Shiling quickly ordered.

The person responsible for moving lifted the lid of the box a little.

Miss Natsumi Miyadai had quick eyes and quick hands. She immediately ran over and took off the sticky thing from the lid of the box. Then she showed it to everyone, "It's a card. Could this be..." Officer Nakamori stepped forward and said, Taking the card, "There is no doubt that it's Kid's card - I have received the sunflower, Kaitou Kid."

After reading, Officer Zhongmori looked up in surprise at the painting in front of him, "What? Already received? The sunflower is obviously still here!"

"Is that the only way? Is that the only thing written on it?" Conan asked.

"Correct."

"How is this going?"

"Maybe this sunflower has been..."

"Eh? You want to say this is a fake?" Uncle Maoli looked at Officer Charlie who made the guess.

Others also felt that this conjecture was very likely, so they hurriedly sent the sunflower painting to the monitoring room for Miss Natsumi to evaluate the painting.

After a while, after finishing the inspection, she stood up and exhaled.

"How is it?" the curator asked worriedly.

"If this is a fake, it's really well done. It's really difficult to make an accurate identification here."

"Is that so..."

"Can you leave this painting to me temporarily? Our company's studio has the ability to conduct accurate identification immediately."

"Just do it," Mr. Curator agreed after a slight hesitation. "If this painting is likely to have been replaced with a fake, the senior management will definitely agree to do this."

"That's not necessary, Director." The guard who wanted to help suddenly said, holding the shoulders of the staff in front of him.

"Huh? What do you mean by that?"

The guard pushed the person in front of him away, took out a card, and held it between his fingers.

That's Kidka.

"Kaitou Kidd..."

Everyone on the field was stunned.

It turns out that this appraisal itself is a trap set by Kidd...

Conan thought to himself as he saw Kidd stuffing the Kidd card into Mr. Curator's coat pocket.

"That sunflower painting is indeed authentic, let me assure you." After saying that, Kidd pushed the curator away, reached out and pulled off the disguise, and restored his classic attire.

Kidd is here.

Then Kidd left.

In the smoke bomb, he took the painting away.The only clue he left behind was the Kidd card, which read:

[I am willing to transfer the sunflower I just received at a preferential price of 100 billion yuan. See you in room 1412 of Dongdu Plaza Hotel in two hours.Remember to change them all into old banknotes, take them out of your suitcase and fold them on the bed.If you can't afford it, treat it as if it's a no-deal.Kaitou Kidd. 】

After Officer Zhongmori finished reading, he raised his head in shock, "Two hours to collect 100 billion!?"

"So money was all Kidd wanted from the beginning?"

"With the strength of our museum," the director said, "it is really impossible to increase the amount to 100 billion yuan within two hours."

"Even if we search all over Japan, there is only one person..." Officer Nakamori looked at Suzuki Jirokichi aside, "Can it be done?"

Everyone's eyes are focused on Suzuki Jirokichi.

"Hmph, okay then, I'll prepare the banknotes."

"is this real?"

"But there is a condition," Suzuki Jiroyoshi said. "Once you successfully redeem the sunflower, you have to lend us the painting for exhibition."

"Of course! If we can really get the painting back, I believe the higher-ups won't have any objections."

"Then, can you please persuade the holders of the other five paintings?" Suzuki Jirokichi added conditions.

Consensus reached.

Suzuki Jirokichi quickly arranged for someone to deliver 100 billion yen in cash to the designated location. Officer Zhongmori also set up surveillance in the hotel room, but Kidd had no intention of taking away the money.

He just changed the air pressure in the room to make a small part of the cash fly out of the window. After being exposed, he directly left the scene using a hang glider and left the painting in the room.

……

"That's how it is."

At the doctor's house, Conan briefly told Maplehara what happened that night.

"As expected of Kidd's nemesis..." Fengyuan praised without hesitation.

"Hey, hey, you know what's going on," Conan replied angrily, "I always feel that things are going too smoothly, and Kidd seems to be just doing it for fun..."

Then he pondered for a moment, "He didn't seem to be interested in the cash at all, and he just gave up on the painting..."

"Anyway, the result is good," Maplehara said. "After doing this, the museum owes the Suzuki family a favor, so it agreed to lend the painting out again..."

"Huh? So you think he just came to see the art exhibition?"

If it's for his childhood sweetheart, it's not impossible...

Fengyuan complained in his heart, "That's what the doctor thinks anyway. After learning that the art exhibition was resumed, he was extremely happy..."

"Haha." Conan couldn't help rolling his eyes, "By the way, where are the doctor and Haiyuan?"

"Haihara is in the basement. The doctor went to take a shower...well, he should be finished by now."

"Bathing at this time?"

"Yes, there is an announcement from the Suzuki Foundation on the Internet, saying that after a show there will be a lottery to go to the Sunflower Exhibition - this is it."

A live interview program is being broadcast on TV.

It's still the same male and female host from last time.

Because Sunflower was saved from Kidd twice, and the curator of the Heung-A Museum of Art helped to coordinate the loss, other museums and individuals holding Sunflower agreed to lend the painting again.

As a result, the Sunflower Exhibition was resumed.

The guests in the program were Suzuki Jiroyoshi and Sonoko. While the animation was playing, Sonoko introduced the specific situation and preservation measures of the Raycock Art Museum:
"Once there is an abnormality in the sunflower, various sensors will be activated and the painting will be immediately placed in a fireproof and waterproof protective box. There is no need to worry about the work being damaged due to fire or flooding.

If a sunflower is stolen inside the museum, the security system will be activated immediately and all entrances and exits will be closed.Even if Kaitou Kidd sneaks in in disguise, he will never be able to escape from the museum. "

"And the safety measures couldn't be more thoughtful," Suzuki Jirokichi continued. "The elevator to the roof, the minimum lighting, and the security system will never fail."

"...It's really detailed," Maplehara listened to Sonoko's introduction to the art museum's power supply principle on TV and couldn't help complaining, "Isn't this all exposed?"

This is almost equivalent to an open book exam.

"Yes, yes, but there should be something else that I haven't said yet..."

"With that person's temperament, I'm afraid he won't...here he comes, doctor!"

The host had already begun to ask about visiting the exhibition, and Maplehara called Doctor in the direction of the bathroom.

The doctor who had finished bathing quickly put on his bathrobe and trotted out.

According to advance notices and programs on the Internet, this exhibition will only accommodate 100 people per day, and the exhibition period will only last for one month.Tickets are by lottery.

The doctor rubbed his hands and sat down at the table with an expectant look on his face. The laptop in front of him was already ready. Maplehara had helped open the official website of the Suzuki Foundation.

“As long as you connect to our company’s official website, you can sign up now.”

As Sonoko's words on the TV fell, the countdown on the computer screen in front of the doctor also ended, and then the interface jumped.

"Registration started all over the world at the same time, and the chance of winning the lottery is probably astronomically one in one!" Yuanzi waved to the camera, "Everyone, don't miss this opportunity!"

　Thank you to classmate Shang_猌猈Weizhi for the three rewards, thank you to classmate che11y for the reward, thank you all for your subscriptions, monthly tickets, recommendation tickets and any form of support.Thank you so much.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)