The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

Kuroba Chikage?

The surname is Black Feather...

Qin Zhibo's eyes followed his thoughts for a moment.

It was at this time that the prodigal lady moved towards the chip exchange office.

Qin Zhibo immediately followed him with the 10 chips in his hand.

I saw Chikage Kuroba elegantly taking out two stacks of U.S. dollars from the shiny black crocodile leather satchel, and the lady behind the counter quickly exchanged a large number of chips.

"Thank you~"

"But please help me keep it safe while I go to the bathroom."

Kuroba Qiankage did not take away the chips immediately, but walked outside the casino and walked along the red carpet on the marble towards the hotel.

Do you want to go back to the room to use the toilet?

Qin Zhibo guessed that rich people often have some class consciousness and don't use public toilets if they can.

Black Feather Qianying walked gracefully through the hotel lobby, Qin Zhibo followed from a distance, almost becoming one with the crowd.

But the lady walked faster and faster, and quickly got into the elevator on the side of the hotel lobby.

Upon seeing this, Qin Zhibo immediately followed from the lobby and wanted to determine the floor through the elevator floor indicator light.

But when I came to the elevator, I found that the elevator had not gone downstairs at all and was still stopped on the 12th floor.

Qin Zhibo narrowed his eyes, and then realized that he had been deceived.

Suddenly, a gust of fragrant wind blew from behind, and Qin Zhibo felt a hard object pressed against his lower back.

"do not move……"

"Who sent you here?"

The woman's tone was very stern, but her tone was exactly that of the rich woman who just spent a lot of money on the gambling table.

Faced with the threat of hard objects, Qin Zhibo smiled slightly, "She actually knew how to pretend to enter the elevator from a stuck angle. She is worthy of being the widow of a world-famous genius magician..."

"But I bet you there's no bullets in your gun."

"Hmph..." The woman behind him sneered, and the hard object in her hand pressed harder, "This is hard to say, do you dare to try?"

Qin Zhibo still didn't panic and said calmly: "This is a gambling city, so how about we just bet with this chip?"

As he finished speaking, Qin Zhibo threw up a white chip worth 1 knife with his thumb, attracting Kuroyu Qianying's eyes unconsciously.

Taking advantage of this dazed moment, Qin Zhibo immediately reached back and accurately grabbed a slender wrist.

Black Feather Qianying looked shocked, but before she could react, Qin Zhibo quickly stepped back with a side step, came behind her, and captured one of her hands.

Qin Zhibo looked down and saw that what he was holding in his hand was indeed not a pistol, but a lipstick held between his thumb and index finger.

really……

Qin Zhibo took the lipstick away and let go of Kuroyu Qianying's hand.

"Is this what you call a 'gun'?"

Seeing Qin Zhibo's proud expression, Heiyu Qianying clenched her fists, feeling ashamed and angry, and wanted to rush forward unconvinced.

She was about to charge forward, but Qin Zhibo quickly reached out to stop her.

"Wait a moment!"

"I'm not here to fight with you. Besides, your son probably doesn't want to see us fighting..."

Hearing the word "son", Kuroba Qiankage stopped, with a surprised expression on his face.

"Who are you?"

Qin Zhibo returned the lipstick to Kuroba Qiankage and formally introduced: "My name is Qin Zhibo. I currently run a detective agency in Tokyo. I must be very close to your son..."

Kuroba Qiankage looked at Qin Zhibo, and immediately thought of what Terai Kinosuke told him recently on the video call. One person recently knew the true identity of Kaito Kid.

And this person is none other than a detective named Qin Zhibo.

"Are you... Qin Zhibo?"

Kuroba Chikage looked up and down at the mixed-race man in front of her. She imagined countless times in her mind what the man who might threaten Kaito's safety looked like, but she never thought it would be a foreigner.

"Are you American?"

Qin Zhibo said calmly: "That's what the nationality says."

"Oh..." Kuroyu Qianying rubbed her wrist while thinking about Qin Zhibo's danger level.

The reason why I learned about the danger of Qin Zhibo before but did not return home immediately was because there were many ways to exonerate Kuroba Kaito.

Once Kaito Kuroba is caught, she and Kinosuke Terai are ready to cosplay as Kaitou Kidd to commit crimes to eliminate the suspicion.

Therefore, the only way to catch Kaitou Kidd is to catch him in action, that is, he must arrest Kaitou Kidd himself who is committing the crime.

This is also an important reason why over the years, there have been speculations that Kuroba Thione is Kaitou Kidd, but no one has ever been able to confirm it.

Kuroyu Qianying looked unkind and thought to himself.

Now that this man has come to me after learning that Kaito Kuroba is Kaito Kid, is he trying to use Kaito's identity as a threat?

Madam, you don’t want Kuroba Kaito’s true identity to be exposed, right?

…

Kuroba Qiankage's version of information in Las Vegas was lagging behind, so he subconsciously imagined Qin Zhibo as a bad guy.

Qin Zhibo also saw that he was not a good person in Kaidou's mother's impression, and said quickly: "Actually, your son is coming to Las Vegas soon, and I came here to repay the favor."

"Return the favor?" Kuroba Qiankage was a little surprised. What kind of favor could there be between the thief and the detective?

"right."

Qin Zhibo glanced around the lobby. Many pedestrians coming and going had their eyes on the mature and beautiful Black Feather Qianying.

"This is not the place to talk. Why don't we talk in my room?"

Kuroba Qianying thought for a second, "Let's go to my room."

…

Qin Zhibo followed Kuroba Qianying to the top floor of the Star Hotel. This is a VIP room among VIP rooms. Only guests who have made large purchases in the casino can stay.

Kuroyu Qianying opened the door to the room and went in first, asking Qin Zhibo to stand outside the door and wait a moment.

Usually this kind of behavior is when a girl receives a boy who is attracted to her, and is embarrassed to let him see the messy appearance of her boudoir.

But Qin Zhibo knew that this was definitely not the case. Kuroyu Qianying should have gone in first to check if there were any monitors.

Judging from the way she was wary of herself in front of the elevator, there must have been quite a few people who have had a bad interest in her recently.

After all, she was so ostentatious in the casino and did not hide her identity information, so she might attract a lot of villains.

In addition, this is a Las Vegas casino with a mixed bag of good and bad, which is very suitable for starting.

After a few minutes, Black Feather Qianying opened the door and invited Qin Zhibo in.

The two got straight to the point, and Qin Zhibo told Kuroba Qiankage about his previous cooperation with Kuroba Kaito.

In fact, the two have collaborated many times, and their relationship is that of comrades-in-arms.

When he heard that Kuroba Kaito had found the gem that the organization that killed Kuroba Toichi was looking for, Kuroba Chikage's expression froze.

She screamed.

"How come I haven't heard Kaito mention this?!"

Qin Zhibo calmly analyzed: "It should be the rebellious period of youth. Children of this age are somewhat rebellious and will not tell their elders about everything..."

Black Feather Qianying: "..."

Indeed, in her two years of searching for the murderer of Kuroba Toichi, she had indeed neglected her child's growth.

In the recent few remote video calls with Kaito, Kaito was not very patient every time, unlike when he was a child who always pestered him.

Yes, Kaito can stand on his own and take over his father's mantle. Of course he has grown up...

The corners of Kuroba Qiankage's mouth raised slightly, and in his heart was the most common and greatest emotion of being a parent.

After a few seconds, Black Feather Qianying returned to her normal expression, and Qin Zhibo asked: "Mrs. Black Feather, do you know the origin of 'Crimson Tears'?"

"Kuroba Toichi once told the young Kaito that the 'Crimson Tears' were ordinary artificial gems. This was misleading to Kaito. Maybe he already knew that the gem was coveted by that organization?"

Kuroyu Qianying paused for a moment and shook his head, "I don't know about this either. Since I retired, I have rarely been concerned about that aspect of things."

Kuroba Toichi and Kuroba Chikage are not childhood sweethearts, but a romantic encounter 18 years ago, so Kuroba Chikage knows very little about her husband's past.

Including the last time Terai Kinosuke mentioned the painter signed "Pickman" on the phone, Kuroba Chikage didn't know what the relationship between this person and her husband was.

But after learning about this incident, Kuroba Chikage was very concerned and had entrusted the investigation organization behind him to help figure out Pickman's origins.

"okay I know……"

Qin Zhibo nodded clearly and asked: "The strange thief Crow who has been committing crimes in Las Vegas recently, his true identity should be you, right?"

Regarding this, Kuroba Qiankage did not deny it and nodded frankly.

"That's right."

"Why do you do this?"

"The reasons are complicated. One of them is that I have spent too much money in the casino recently. I just started some side jobs to make some money back..."

Chikage Kuroba was once known as the Phantom Thief Lady. 18 years ago, she was also a top thief who specialized in stealing from wealthy households. However, she was attracted by Kuroba Toiichi's charm and was able to settle down at home to raise her husband and children.

But after arriving in Las Vegas, Kuroba Chikage no longer had any scruples, and the phantom thief's nature was slowly released.

Of course, the more important reason is...

"Another reason is that I want to lead out the organization that killed Daoyi and avenge Daoyi."

This is the important reason why Kuroba Qiankage returned to the world.

"Organization?" Qin Zhibo was a little surprised, "Have you investigated who killed Mr. Heiyu?"

"Yes."

Kuroba Qiankage said with a serious face, "It is an organization called the 'Beast Brotherhood'. Their organization members all use the names of animals as their code names."

"Eight years ago, they were the ones who caused that accident and killed Tao Yi..."

Kuroba Qiankage's voice was steady, but the hands that were held together gradually became stronger, proving that she was indeed determined.

But Qin Zhibo remembered the last time he talked with Kuroba Kaito about Pandora's Stone. Kuroba Kaito guessed that his father might still be alive.

Although that was just Kuroba Kaito's wishful thinking, Qin Zhibo didn't mean it, but now he had the opportunity to ask in person.

"Mrs. Kuroba, although this question is very presumptuous, I want to confirm, did you really see Mr. Kuroba's body at that time?"

Kuroba Qiankage's eyes were slightly lowered, his mind was lost in thought, and then he spoke eloquently.

"At that time, I was leading Kaito at home in Japan, and Toichi and Mr. Terai were touring abroad, so I didn't see it..."

"But Mr. Terai saw the explosion with his own eyes! And the police also announced that fragments of human tissue were found in the debris of the explosion."

Qin Zhibo sat on the sofa in silence, thinking about the probability of Black Feather Pirate One's successful escape.

If you are attacked without knowing it, you will almost certainly die.

But what if you know in advance that someone is attacking you? Will there be a trick to fake death?

But if it was a self-arranged fake death, there would be no reason not to contact his wife and children all these years. It really makes no sense.

Forget it, there's no use guessing this.

"Mrs. Black Feather, how did you know about the Beast Brotherhood? Did Kaito tell you?" Qin Zhibo asked again.

Kuroba Qiankage shook his head, "No, I commissioned an investigation organization, and they told me after the investigation."

Investigate the organization? !

Qin Zhibo was shocked and had a premonition in his heart.

"This investigation organization won't be called 'Nine Angels', right?"

"Well, how did you know?"

Kuroba Qiankage's expression was very shocked, and she didn't understand why this man knew everything.

As everyone knows, Qin Zhibo is not only in this organization, but also has his contribution to this information.

The Nine Angels Organization handed over the commission of Kuroba Chikage to the B-class agent, the magician Harui Fuden.

Although Harujing Fengden's investigation yielded results, he was targeted by the zoo organization and caused an accidental death during the performance.

Qin Zhibo took over Harujing Fengchuan, investigated the cause of his death, and reported it to Nine Angels.

"Actually, I am in the Nine Angels." Qin Zhibo explained, "I also know about the zoo organization and have fought against it."

"They also sent assassins from other organizations to assassinate the current Kaitou Kidd, who is Kuroba Kaito."

When Kuroba Qiankage heard that his son had been assassinated, he couldn't sit still.

"What? Why have I never heard of this!"

"How dare this kid hide such an important thing from me!"

Kuroba Chikage was so angry at Kaito's naughty tricks that she was beaten everywhere.

In her eyes, even the gems that the Beast Brotherhood is looking for are far less important than her own son.

She did not personally tell Kaito the true identity and cause of death of Kuroba Toichi, because she was also worried that her son would follow the same path of the Phantom Thief in the future and live a life of fear.

Although Kuroba Kaito inevitably became Kaitou Kidd, eight years have passed and the zoo organization will not easily target the dead Kaitou Kidd again.

Besides, she, the Phantom Thief Crow, is attracting firepower in the United States.

As for the danger that the next-door neighbor's home can provide, there is even less.

But if she knew that Kuroba Kaito had faced such a serious life threat, it was absolutely impossible for her to let her child continue to take risks.

"Not only Kaito, but Mr. Terai must also be cooperating in this. The two of them colluded to hide it from me!"

Guessing that Kaito and Terai master and servant colluded to deceive him that he was not in danger, Kuroba Chikage was furious.

Qin Zhibo looked at Kuroyu Qianying holding her arms and angry, and suddenly felt as if he was at a parent-teacher meeting.

Kuroba Chikage is a parent, and she is the teacher who came to complain...

But how do I remember that I am here to return a favor?