Conan's other me

Chapter 223 I will steal your detective identity
Everyone in the room was stunned.

Kudo Shinichi had protected the painting when the sunflowers were transported by air, and Sonoko also specifically asked Suzuki Jirokichi to leave a ticket for Kudo Shinichi, so Suzuki Jirokichi and Seven Samurai were not surprised.

They were stunned for a moment just because the other party suddenly appeared in the control room.

The most shocked person in the room was obviously Conan.

"G-ki..."

He subconsciously felt that the person in front of him was Kidd. After all, this was not the first time Kidd had done this.

But when he was about to open his mouth to expose Kidd, he noticed several familiar figures appearing at the door.

Assemble the Boys Detective Team.

"Conan!" Ayumi shouted in surprise.

"It's really here!"

"Conan is so cunning, another person comes here!"

"Fortunately we met Brother Shinichi..."

After looking at Feng Yuan and then at Kid, Conan's face suddenly fell as he noticed the slightly playful look in Kid's eyes.

"Why are you here?" Officer Zhongmori asked.

"Xin, Xinyi!" Xiaolan also came to her senses, "So you are really here! Really, why didn't you tell me..."

With that said, she walked directly towards Kidd.

However, Feng Yuan happened to be filing in with a group of elementary school students, standing between the two of them, causing her to pause.

Kidd also quickly waved his hand, "We'll talk about this later, Xiaolan, let me settle everything first."

"Eh?" Xiaolan was stunned for a moment and stopped in place.

The primary school students who walked into the room criticized Conan again. Others were also a little concerned about Kidd's words. They had no time to deal with these children for the time being, so they went straight to the topic.

"You said you were going to solve the problem," Officer Nakamori then asked, "Did you already have a way to catch Kidd?"

"I already know everything." Kidd answered the question.

"You bastard, you're here to show off again." Uncle Maoli muttered unhappily.

"But, but," Xiaolan said hesitantly, "Shinichi, you still don't know the contents of the Kid Card, right?"

With that said, she took the card from the table and prepared to hand it to Kidd, who was still leaning at the door, but Kidd waved his hand again.

"No, Conan already told me via text message."

"Haha..." Conan couldn't help but rolled his eyes.

Although he was surrounded by elementary school students and couldn't ask Fengyuan and Haibara Ai what was going on for the time being, he had almost guessed it.

This guy Maplehara...

"Oh! So," Suzuki Jirokichi said with a smile on his face, "you have unlocked Kidd's notice letter?"

"Of course. However, this is not a warning letter."

"what?"

"what!?"

"Oh, it's really meaningless to say this," Kidd deliberately yawned and looked at Fengyuan in the crowd, "Hey, kid, can you explain it to me?"

There was no point in deciphering his own code, so Kid decided to leave the hassle of talking to Maplehara.

"Ok!"

Feng Yuan responded and then explained:

"Brother Shinichi told me before. He said that the twelve disciples are not written directly as 12 people, but as 11 people plus one person, which means that one of the 12 people is not a partner."

"That person is Judas, right?" Xiaolan said.

"Not a partner?" Officer Charlie thought for a moment.

Conan also looked surprised.

"Speaking of which," Maplehara continued, "if you don't count Uncle Jiroji, there were exactly twelve people in the room before we and Brother Shinichi came in!"

Everyone subconsciously looked at the people around them.

If you don't count Suzuki Jirokichi, there are exactly twelve people including Officer Nakamori, Mr. Goto, the Seven Samurai, Ran, Sonoko and Conan, and they are also people whom Suzuki Jirokichi trusts.

Sonoko suddenly realized, "So Lord Kidd wants to tell us that there is a traitor among us!"

"Besides Kid, is there anyone who wants to trick Himawari?" Officer Nakamori was stunned for a moment and looked at the other six samurai except Mouri Kogoro.

If there is a traitor among them, then these six unfamiliar people are the most suspect.

"Yes, that's it." Kidd took over, "I asked the Megure Police Department to help conduct further background checks on these seven samurai..."

"Wait!" Miss Keiko said, "This might be Kidd's trick, right? To destroy the trust between us."

"Yes, yes!"

"Don't worry, listen to me first. After the investigation, a suspicious person surfaced. Van Gogh created seven paintings of sunflowers in Arles, France. This person's twin brother died there six months ago. The local police Based on the gunshot wound on his chest and the smoke reaction detected from his right hand, he was treated as a suicide case."

"So the deceased was..."

"His name is Higashi Koichi."

"Is his surname Dong?" Suzuki Jirokichi asked.

"Yes, that is Mr. Higashikata Koji's brother."

After Kidd finished speaking, the room fell into a brief silence.

Officer Zhongmori wanted to call the Megure Police Department to ask if this was the case. By the way, he wanted to ask why he was not informed directly.

However, looking at Higashi Koji's reaction now, he knew that there might be something wrong with Higashi Koji.

"you--"

"Kouichi did not commit suicide, I killed him." Mr. Higashi Koji said solemnly.

"Why? Why did you kill your brother?"

"...Kouichi-chan changed his original intention after finding the Ashiya Himawari he had been looking for for so many years."

"Ashiya Himawari?"

"What are you talking about?" Suzuki Jirokichi asked puzzled, "That sunflower painting has been burned down due to the war."

"No, that is inconsistent with historical facts."

Mr. Higashi Koji recalled and recounted:

"That day was the day of the air raid on Ashiya. The city was burned by fire, and the scene was like a hell on earth. My grandfather, a carpenter who was employed by the entrepreneur who collected Ashiya sunflowers, had to rescue the sunflowers that were firmly fixed to prevent theft. The sunflowers on the wall actually rushed into the war-torn house alone.

He successfully rescued Sunflower and gave the painting to the eldest lady, but he was killed in the fire.Grandpa hopes to keep the sunflowers in Japan, and looks forward to one day having an art museum where people all over the world can see the sunflowers.

We listened to my father tell this story again and again.After my father passed away, we continued to look for Ashiya Himawari, according to what the servant who received the painting from my grandfather said. "

"Miss..." For some reason, Haihara Ai suddenly thought of the old woman who was remembering the past in front of the sunflower painting.

"In order to prevent the painting from being confiscated by GHQ (General Headquarters, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in World War II), I heard that he deliberately restored the painting into a fake and sent it to Europe to avoid disaster." Mr. Higashi Koji continued.

"Is it, is it possible?" Suzuki Jirokichi was a little shocked, "Is the sunflower I marked the same as the Ashiya sunflower?"

"It turns out it wasn't burned..." Xiaolan murmured.

An extremely slight snapping sound.

Maplehara looked towards the direction where the sound came from. There was Mr. Goto sitting in front of the console with his head lowered.Combined with his slightly trembling shoulders...

Mr. Goto is crying.

Maplehara turned to look at Kidd again.

"Yes, we brothers finally found the Ashiya Himawari that had been lying dormant in the attic of the old house in Ar."

Mr. Higashi Koji next to him continued, and Maplehara looked away and continued to listen:
"However, when we finally found the sunflowers we had been looking for for so many years, my brother changed his original intention. He believed that the sunflowers should stay in Arles, a place that Van Gogh loved during his lifetime, and even said that otherwise he would destroy the painting on the spot.

I can never forgive my brother for saying such a violation.We started arguing, and the situation became more and more heated. He suddenly took out his self-defense pistol and pointed it at Sunflower. I quickly went to snatch it, but the pistol went off, and I accidentally shot my brother..."

He did not go on to describe the scene.

The painful memories of the past made it difficult for him to speak.

At that time, his brother got out of the car while covering the wound and told him to run away. Then he walked hard into the sunflower bushes alone, and then fired a shot into the sky, quietly welcoming the end of his life.

"Later, I accidentally heard about the sunflower exhibition that admires Japan, and I participated as a researcher. Thanks to this, I was lucky enough to witness the moment when Ashiya sunflowers returned to Japan, and I realized the wish of three generations of our family. I also decided I will surrender after the exhibition is over. Although it is a little late."

"I understand." Officer Nakamori said, looking at Kudo Shinichi.

"The Mu Mu Police Department is on its way here." Kidd understood.

Officer Nakamori nodded and looked at Mr. Higashi Koji again, "Are you willing to surrender?"

"Of course. But I'm not a traitor."

"I still want to quibble!"

"He is indeed not the traitor." Kidd stopped leaning on the door and became more serious.

"what?"

"There is someone else who really wants to attack Sunflower."

"Then, then you..."

"I'm sorry," Kidd glanced at Mr. Goto without leaving any trace, "I just want to hear this story. But it doesn't matter, I already know who that Judas is."

"But this guy..." Uncle Maori glanced at Higashikata Koji.

"Mr. Higashi Koji had no motive to attack Himawari." Officer Charlie said, "If he was doing it for Himawari, then he didn't have to hand over Himawari in the first place..."

"That's right." Miss Kumiko Kishi agreed, "There is absolutely no possibility of betrayal between us."

"Yes." This is Mr. Shiling.

"Moreover, it was Kaitou Kidd who hinted that there is a traitor among us. It would be too strange to believe what a thief like that says." "That's right," Miss Natsumi also nodded, "Kidd could appear at any time. At this time, we must work together to protect the sunflowers."

"Really? Miss Natsumi Miyadai?" A playful smile appeared on Kid's lips, "But there is still turpentine in the flower bed outside that you poured down with great difficulty?"

"T-turpentine!?" The faces of the people on the field changed slightly.

"Hey, what is turpentine?" Genta asked in a low voice to Mitsuhiko beside him.

"It's a thinner used when painting oil paintings..."

"Burnable." Hui Yuan Ai added.

That's it, the taste at that time turned out to be this...

Conan thought to himself and looked at Miss Natsumi seriously.

"It's hard to say..." Officer Zhongmori said the same thing.

"That's right. Miss Miyadai Natsumi's purpose is to burn the Ashiya sunflower and the fifth sunflower together. Her purpose from the beginning was to try every means to destroy these two sunflowers."

"Please don't talk like that!" Miss Natsumi defended Kidd angrily, "Why should I do this?"

"Let's start from the beginning. First, the auction in New York. Because Kidd appeared at the auction venue, the security alert was upgraded. You were completely unable to take action against the sunflowers, so you gave up the operation in the United States.

You instead bribed the staff to place a bomb on the door near the cargo hold while the painting was being transported to Japan by air.But Kidd saved the painting again.Because of this, you changed the target from the second sunflower to the fifth sunflower. Kidd, who had already noticed this, sent a warning letter to Detective Maori to put everyone on alert again. "

Kidd paused.

"Having had your plans sabotaged by Kidd twice in a row, in order to get ahead of you this time, you stuck a fake Kidd card on the inside of the lid of the wooden shipping box so that the painting could be transported to your studio."

"But this time, the painting was saved by Kidd again!" Yuanzi suddenly realized.

"You mean that these few times, it was all because of Kidd's blackface that he could keep Himawari?" Officer Nakamori asked "Kudo Shinichi".

"Yes," Kidd nodded, "so thank him."

"You're talking nonsense! This is all just your imagination!" Miss Natsumi continued to argue.

"She is right," Miss Keiko expressed her support. "Natsumi, who loves Van Gogh's sunflowers more than anyone else, would not do that kind of thing. It's impossible."

"Besides, why do you have to destroy those two paintings? Aren't those two paintings still in good condition now?"

Kidd was slightly startled, but it was not obvious. He winked directly at Fengyuan.He hadn't thought about this either, and Fengyuan didn't mention it during the previous discussion.

Maplehara spoke again:
"Because Miss Natsumi, you think they are fakes, right? Didn't this big brother just say that?"

Maplehara glanced at Toyuki, "The Ashiya sunflowers were specially restored to be fakes. The fifth sunflower is also the original copy painting on the left..."

"..."

"That's why you want to destroy them..." Maplehara continued, then looked at Kidd, "Is that so, Brother Shinichi?"

"Well, that's right! You have a good memory, kid!" Kidd nodded with satisfaction.

"But, but this is too..."

"How, how could there be such a ridiculous reason..."

Although Maplehara and Kidd said so, the people on the court obviously didn't believe this statement, which sounded baffling.

Even Hui Yuan Ai, who had already believed it, was speechless.

Conan thought Maplehara's explanation was quite reasonable.

"Let's get straight to the point," Kidd continued, "Ms. Natsumi, I heard that you were the one who proposed to arrange sunflowers in the tubular passage of Ray Locke, right?"

"Huh? Hmm..."

"You used your status as an appraiser to let the turpentine, which is often used when restoring paintings, flow from the roof of the building along the decorative sunflower beds, acting as a fuse..."

"..."

"No need to quibble. Just go to the flower bed outside and take a look. The turpentine is still there..."

"Even so, it doesn't mean that I did it? It can only be said that some traitor took advantage of my suggestion, right?"

Miss Natsumi continued to quibble, "Besides, it's not necessarily used for ignition! It could also be a mistake by a staff member! You can't say I'm a prisoner just based on this!"

"Really? You still have it in your computer..."

Miss Natsumi's expression changed drastically.

"Your plan to destroy these two sunflowers." Kidd continued.

"Moreover," Maplehara added, "there is also a record of your purchase of turpentine on the computer, Miss Natsumi. Also, is it still in your bag? The bottle of phosphine used to ignite the fire."

"Phosphine?"

"What is that?" Uncle Maori and Genta asked at the same time.

"A dangerous agent that will spontaneously ignite at room temperature." Mitsuhiko and Officer Zhongmori replied at the same time.

"So you are the one who tried to kill me, right?" Suzuki Jirokichi looked at Miss Natsumi.

Not long ago, he had received a packaged gift of phosphine at home in Kidd's name.If it weren't for a dog he raised named Lupine, he would have been tricked.

"But why kill Mr. Suzuki?"

"...Because I don't want the art exhibition to be held." Miss Natsumi was silent for a moment, and then began to confess.

"what?"

"So you also wanted to destroy the sunflowers to prevent the art exhibition from being held?"

"But why, Natsumi?" Miss Keiko asked puzzled, "Don't you love sunflowers very much?"

"Yes!"

Miss Natsumi raised her head and her voice suddenly became louder, "I love Van Gogh's Sunflowers so much! I would rather die than let those two fakes be displayed side by side with Van Gogh's Sunflowers!"

"Aha?"

"Ju, it's really because of such a ridiculous reason..."

"But the fifth painting of Sunflowers has long been proven to be authentic by papers from the Art Institute of Chicago and the Van Gogh Museum, right?" Haibara Ai was a little confused.

"Yeah." Feng Yuan nodded.

"Yes," Conan agreed, "Van Gogh and Gauguin also shared the same canvas for painting, which is also evidence."

"I didn't expect it would be you. Stretch out your hand..." Officer Nakamori walked towards Miss Natsumi, "The handcuffs that were originally intended for Kidd were actually used on you..."

The Memu Police Department is still on the way, so Officer Zhongmori doesn't mind doing it for him.

Hearing what Officer Zhongmori said, Sonoko suddenly reacted.

"By the way, what about Lord Kidd? Isn't he coming?" Yuanzi looked a little disappointed, "Thanks to Lord Kidd this time, I want to thank him..."

"Sonoko..." Xiaolan said, then looked at "Kudo Shinichi".

Then she was surprised to find that "Kudo Shinichi" bowed slightly.

"Then, I will accept it," Kidd put his right hand on his chest with a smile on his face, "this beautiful lady's gratitude."

"Eh?"

"K-Kid!" Officer Zhongmori, who was the first to react, immediately forgot about Miss Natsumi and rushed forward with a single step.

But his eyes were just dazzled when he saw the other party pulling down his clothes, and then the familiar white figure disappeared from the sight of everyone chasing him out of the room.

"Damn it! How dare you lie to me!"

"It's actually Kid!" Gentai said.

"So handsome!"

"Huh? I thought it was that Shinichi brother..."

"Hey, kid!" Uncle Maori looked at Fengyuan who had just brought Kidd in unhappily, "What's going on?"

"I, I thought it was Brother Shinichi too!" Fengyuan seemed a little embarrassed, "Brother Shinichi told me on the phone, but then I met him again and thought it was Brother Shinichi himself..."

"Then how did he know this?"

"Yeah, I told him that too. He said he wanted to see if I remembered what I said on the phone..."

"Damn Kidd! He actually took advantage of a child..."

However, even though they were tricked again, it was indeed because of Kidd that the painting was saved, so everyone didn't take it too seriously.

Of course, this is also because they have been fooled too many times.

Conan took the opportunity to pull Maplehara aside.

"Hey, what's going on?" Conan asked, "Why did you get involved with that guy?"

"Haihara and I discovered turpentine in the flower bed, and combined with Kidd's irrational behavior these days, I thought of calling him and asking him," Fengyuan explained, "and he happens to be here."

"Then there's no need to let him reason..." After whispering, Conan glanced at Xiaolan who was standing aside.

Xiaolan's expression was a little disappointed.

"The key evidence is in his hands. I can't explain why Kudo Shinichi knew that there was a plan in Miss Natsumi's computer..."

"cut…"

"Also, it took a lot of effort for me to convince him to tell him everything. Really, it's something that can be solved directly just by communicating earlier."

"That guy still thinks it's embarrassing to play detective..." Fengyuan continued, and then he remembered something, "By the way, there's this..."

He took out a card and handed it to Conan.

This is a kid card.

It is because of this that Kidd is willing to exchange information.

Conan turned the card over.

Unlike the previous Kid Card, the text on the back of this Kid Card was obviously handwritten temporarily.

"Before the karma is rekindled, I will go and accept your identity as a detective."

(End of this chapter)