Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

To be honest, the public does not know whether Kaito Kid, Japan's most vicious criminal, is Japanese or not.

In fact, he was not called this name a long time ago. It is said that a novelist accidentally wrote his code name as "kid", so it has been used until now.

In the previous Kidd preview operations, through police broadcasts and media reports, people all over the world knew that there are now two Phantom Thieves in Tokyo, namely Kid II and Phantom Thief Lady, and they also learned about the duel between the two with the title of Kid at stake.

The two of them are said to be criminals, but in fact they are more like Japan's national idols, each with a huge fan base.

"Ms. Suzuki, our people are all here!"

Wearing blue cheering uniforms and with white strips tied tightly on their heads, the leader of Kid's fan club, Suzuki Sonoko, is directing the members to occupy the open space around the Suzuki Museum, especially some high places with advantageous locations, to facilitate the filming of Kid's latest commemorative audio and video.

"Sonoko, are we really going to stay outside?"

Kyogoku Makoto, who was forced to wear the cheering uniform as well, picked up his winter clothes and wanted to cover his girlfriend with them directly. In fact, before coming, he suggested placing hundreds of kotatsu here, but was rejected by Sonoko for safety reasons.

"My uncle has driven all the staff out of the museum." Sonoko took out a telescope from her bosom and pointed it at the museum yard. "The only police officer left is Officer Nakamori. There is almost no one in the museum now."

Everything that happens in the museum is broadcast via the built-in camera system, and tonight about half of Tokyo is watching Kidd's new activities.

"Garden!"

The shouts of her best friend Xiaolan came from the cheering group. With a group of children, Jiang Gutian and Princess An went to the innermost Xiaolan to apologize to her father.

"Dad got really drunk tonight, so we're the only ones here."

On the way here, she met Conan and his group who were heading to the museum, and she came here with Sonoko as she had made an appointment over the phone.

"It's such a pity that Uncle didn't come. My uncle wanted to ask him for help. I wonder if Uncle Kudo is willing to come?"

"Shinichi's father is busy with his manuscripts recently and said he can't come." Xiaolan glanced at Conan: "Advisor Suzuki called Conan and said he wanted to ask the Junior Detective Team to go in and protect Kid."

"Uncle? Then go ahead. The guards at the door should let you in." Yuanzi spread his hands and shook his head: "Even we are not allowed to go in this time."

"Yoshi, then we..."

Before Kuroba Kaito could finish his words, he was stopped by Conan. He looked at the brat stiffly and guessed what this guy was going to do.

"Brother Kyogoku, this brother Kuroba took Princess An away without permission today. In order to protect Her Highness, can you please protect these three people?"

Conan first acted sweetly in front of everyone, then sneered at Kuroba Kaito: "The kind that are inseparable."

Kyogoku is the only one that Kuroba Kaito can't handle in all the Kidd operations. With him around, Kidd won't be able to get into the museum tonight, let alone steal the gems. "That's true, Kuroba-san, you and Sonoko should stay here."

Xiaolan clasped her hands together towards Kuroba Kaito. Although she didn't need to apologize to Kid, she also agreed not to let Kuroba Kaito in.

"Please wait a moment."

After crossing the museum's courtyard, the group approached the police officer in charge of letting them in and had to participate in the necessary face-pinching process.

"It's not necessary for the children, but you, Miss."

When the police saw that it was a girl who looked like a high school student, they gave up the idea of ​​pinching her face themselves and just let the children do it.

"In that case, Sister Xiaolan, let me do it..." Conan smiled and tugged at Xiaolan's skirt, but found that his girlfriend walked straight to Kuroba Rize and asked the little girl to help her pinch her face.

"Be sure to be gentle!"

Xiaolan's face turned red from being pulled. After the police took a look at her, she covered the area where she was pulled and entered the museum with the children in pain.

"Now that guy can't get in, I'm afraid Kid is doomed." Although he said this, Conan did not let his guard down at all. He immediately took out his cell phone to confirm with Sonoko whether Kuroba Kaito was with her.

"But I didn't expect that Advisor Suzuki would actually kick out most of the people this time. I thought he would challenge Kidd openly."

Ai Huihara put her hands behind her back and noticed that there were new cameras everywhere. "The Suzuki Group has really invested a lot of money here."

There was not even a ghost in the evacuated museum. The voices of people talking kept echoing in the museum. Follow the signs to the top floor where the princess' bangs were placed.

"Hey, Conan." Xiaolan asked as she climbed the stairs: "Why do Officer Nakamori and his men always put things on the upper floors? Wouldn't Kidd just jump out and fly away?"

"Maybe it's because there's no point in putting it on the lower level. Kidd will escape from the higher level anyway."

The uncomfortable emptiness is finally coming to an end. To be honest, if it weren’t for the smart lights in the museum that illuminate the entire building so brightly, this would have been quite suitable as a haunted house.

"Here he comes."

The door on the top floor was opened, and there was only one table in the football field-sized venue. Sitting around the table were Kuroba Chikage, Nakamori Ginzo, Detective Doron, and Suzuki Jirokichi.

"These four guys are actually playing poker?!" (End of this chapter)