Conan: Another Famous Detective

"Eh? That's weird. He was still there just now?"

Xiaolan also looked at her chest in surprise.

The black pearl originally pinned to my chest has disappeared!

clatter!

A black pearl fell to the ground, and then rolled forward and landed at the feet of a certain guest.

"Um, can you help me pick up the pearl on the ground?" Xiaolan said to the guest.

The guest turned his head and glanced at the black pearl on the ground. After nodding slightly, he leaned over and touched the pearl.

But the next moment...

boom!

The pearl suddenly exploded!

The explosion was not very powerful, but it also caused some superficial injuries to the guest's hand.

Everyone looked towards the direction where the explosion came from.

"What was that sound just now?" Officer Zhongmori asked.

"Just...just now...the pearl...exploded!" The injured guest shouted in horror.

The guests immediately exploded!

"What? Is this another Kaitou Kidd's trick?" Officer Zhongmori asked angrily.

"Has Kaitou Kidd stolen the real dark star?" Chamu Jingjing also looked ugly.

While the two police officers were wondering, a bone-chilling sound suddenly sounded.

Dozens of black pearls rolled to the ground...

boom! boom! boom!

Explosions sounded one after another, like a hammer, hitting the hearts of the guests again and again.

After a certain explosion, the hearts of some guests were finally completely shattered!

"Asshole! I don't want to wear this thing, I want to get out of here!"

Countless guests threw the black pearls they wore on their chests to the ground with a look of horror on their faces, and dozens of guests even ran towards the door of the banquet hall desperately!

The two police officers, Nakamori and Chamu, were shocked when they saw this situation and quickly ordered the police officers to maintain order.

Tomoko Suzuki, as the organizer of the banquet, also took the initiative to discourage the guests from staying calm.

However, the guests, who had lost control of their emotions, ignored her at all. The surging crowd pushed her back, and finally she fell to the ground after being pushed and pushed!

"mom!"

"Auntie, are you okay?"

Suzuki Sonoko and Xiaolan hurried forward to help Suzuki Tomoko.

"I'm fine, thank you." Suzuki Tomoko smiled at the two girls.

"Eh? Mom, where are the black pearls on your chest?" Suzuki Sonoko suddenly exclaimed.

"ah?"

When Tomoko Suzuki heard her daughter's words, her expression suddenly changed!

She looked at her chest. Where were the black pearls? Only the empty hangings were left.

"Ah! Damn it! My [Dark Star] was stolen by Kaitou Kid!" Tomoko Suzuki screamed.

Due to excessive shock and anger, Suzuki Tomoko's voice was a little out of shape and appeared hysterical.

"What? In other words, Madam's body is the real [Dark Star]!?" Officer Zhongmori said anxiously.

"Yes! It has been stolen by that thief!" Suzuki Tomoko said angrily.

At this moment, the excited guests also broke through the police blockade, and a mob of people rushed out of the banquet hall!

Fortunately, the police officers who blocked him were well-trained and could evade in time, otherwise they might have been injured in the stampede of the crowd.

After the crowd rushed out of the banquet hall, the blocking police officers quickly reported:

"Report to the police officer, at least thirty or forty people rushed out of the banquet hall just now!

"Damn it! Chase me! Kaitou Kidd must be among these people!" Officer Zhongmori shouted.

Led by Officer Zhongmori, a group of police officers rushed out of the banquet hall and chased the group of departing guests.

The remaining guests suddenly felt at a loss, not knowing whether they should stay here or leave.

"Sister Xiaolan, let's go catch Kidd too, right?" Conan suddenly said to Xiaolan.

"Eh? Catch Kidd? Do you know where Kidd is?" Xiaolan said in surprise.

"Yes, not only I know, but Brother Yumiya also knows. Look, he and Sister Mengyu went to capture Kidd!"

Xiaolan was stunned when she heard this and looked around. Only then did she realize that Yu Gongming and Meng Yu had disappeared.

"Let's go, Sister Xiaolan. Brother Hanomiya has already told me where Kidd is. Let's go catch Kidd together!"

Conan said, taking Xiaolan's hand and walking directly outside the banquet hall.

"Hey, wait, Conan..."

"Let's go!"

…………

"Conan, this is the passenger ship engine room. Will Kaitou Kidd come here?" Xiao Lan asked doubtfully.

Conan didn't know when he had let go of Xiaolan's hand and was kicking a football leisurely.

This football was "conveniently" picked up by Conan in the sports entertainment room on the way to the computer room.

Conan shook the ball with his left and right knees and said calmly:

"Sister Xiaolan, how do you think Kaitou Kidd knew that the real [Dark Star] was in Mrs. Suzuki's body?"

"I'm not Kaitou Kidd, how would I know?" Xiaolan laughed.

"Actually, there are many clues to find out who the [Dark Star] is." Conan said with a slight smile:

"First of all, [Dark Star] is a pearl that has been handed down for at least sixty years. No matter how it is maintained, its luster will be dim. In this way, those who wear the bright and dazzling pearls can immediately eliminate it. This has eliminated at least A little less than half a person.”

"Even if this small half of the people are removed, there are still two to three hundred people, and they still can't lock the target!" Xiaolan said doubtfully.

"Of course, for the remaining people, we have to use the second set of elimination methods, and that is to use the characteristics of pearls!"

"What are the properties of pearls?"

"Yes, the main component of pearls is calcium carbonate. If it comes into contact with the oil of your fingers, the surface of the pearl will lose its luster due to acidification. This is why Mrs. Suzuki wears gloves when taking out black pearls."

"If Mrs. Suzuki wants to hand over the [Dark Star] to a guest, she will definitely tell him not to touch the [Dark Star] with his fingers."

"According to my observation, most of the guests did not notice this and held the black pearls directly with their hands when wearing them."

"With this, the target can be reduced to twenty or thirty people in an instant!"

"However, it is equally difficult to determine which one is the real [Dark Star] among these twenty or thirty people!" Xiaolan said again.

"Yes, then the next step is to analyze it from the perspective of human psychology." Conan said:

"[Dark Star], as an heirloom of the Suzuki family, must be of extraordinary significance to the Suzuki family. Most of the guests present and the Suzuki consortium are just business partners, or celebrities who have dealt with before. Even some of the Suzuki family's family friends, I’m afraid Mrs. Suzuki doesn’t feel comfortable handing over the family heirloom to them, right?”

"So, the guest entrusted to the Dark Star must be someone that Mrs. Suzuki can absolutely trust. This range is quite small."

"Counting all the passengers on the ship, only his husband Suzuki Shiro and her daughter Suzuki Sonoko are eligible."

"And Suzuki Shiro is Kaitou Kid in disguise, so the only person she can entrust to [Dark Star], apart from herself, is Sonoko-san."

"Look, choose one from the two. Isn't it a simple multiple-choice question?"

"But it's possible that this was a wrong choice, right? Did Kaitou Kidd steal Mrs. Suzuki's black pearl because of his luck?" Xiaolan seemed to want to argue with Conan.

When Conan heard this, the confident smile on his face remained unchanged2,:

"Kaitou Kidd is not betting on luck. As a master thief who has stolen gems from all over the world, I have no doubts about his ability to identify treasures. Under targeted observation, even if the counterfeit products are well-made, he may be able to tell the difference. Which one is the real [Dark Star]?"

"Just like a two-choice question that has given many known conditions and plenty of time to answer, if Kaitou Kidd can't do this correctly, it will really disappoint me."

When Xiaolan heard this, her smile became slightly unnatural:

"But even if you know this, you still can't be sure who is Kaitou Kidd!"

"Because of the cards."

Conan and another voice uttered these three words at the same time.