The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

"Scooping, what should we do with that woman?"

Snake was referring to Ran Maoli.

When he escaped from the farm just now, Snake had originally thought that if he was caught by the other party, he would leave Ran Maoli as a hostage.

But now that the tail has been shaken off, there is no need for this.

Xia Mei glanced at Ran Maoli and replied: "Don't worry about her for now, the ceremony is about to begin, and finally check the network signal."

"Although 'that adult' and other adults cannot be present at the scene, they will watch the entire ceremony through that machine..."

Under Xia Mei's command, Snake walked to the tripod on the side and made a final check on the camera on it.

Kudo Shinichi and Maoli Ran, who were tied to the side, looked at the familiar face, and the shock in their eyes was not concealed at all.

Kosaka Natsumi...Why is she here?

And why did that person call her Scooping?

Kudo Shinichi still clearly remembered that Scooping was the woman named Pu Siqinglan.

However, recalling the original Memory Egg incident, the only two suspicious points are the "Scooping" data released by Interpol, which says that Scooping is a killer who is good at using pistols and is used to shooting the target's right eye.

And Pu Siqinglan, who he faced, was very skilled, but used a sickle instead of a pistol.

The second suspicious point is that after the incident, Natsumi Kosaka disappeared.

Could it be that she was the real Scooping, and his reasoning was wrong...

Kudo Shinichi narrowed his eyes slightly, and thought of Qin Zhibo's participation in the Memory Egg incident.

If it was Qin Zhibo, he would definitely know what was going on...

At the same time, Qin Zhibo was lying on the grass outside Stonehenge, observing the situation inside Stonehenge under the cover of night.

He put the [Guardian Totem] into Stonehenge, just like watching a live broadcast, he could see most of the scenes at the ceremony.

It was just an upward angle.

Among the people attending the ceremony, he also saw some familiar faces.

There was Natsumi Kosaka, who hadn't seen for a long time.

She is the international killer "Scooping", a member of the Zoo organization, and her real name is "Hauptmann Xiamei".

She and Pu Siqinglan are twins, both descendants of Russian evil monks.

And Snake and Zhang Dapao, who have never appeared since the Las Vegas incident.

The reason why he is called Dapao is that although he is a cadre, he is simple-minded, basically equivalent to vodka and tequila in the neighboring organization.

And the people participating in the ceremony below have Asian faces, African faces, and European faces, which can be said to be complete.

When Snake finally adjusted the camera, Xiamei asked him to bring Kudo Shinichi up.

In this way, Kudo Shinichi was taken away from Mao Lilan, and his hands and feet were tied to the central stone bed, next to which was the pure black coffin.

Kudo Shinichi wanted to struggle, but the rope was tied very tightly.

He could only look at Xia Mei in front of him angrily and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Xia Mei raised a somewhat sarcastic smile on her lips, "Kaito Kid, I will use your body to achieve the reincarnation of the Black Pharaoh..."

"Black Pharaoh?" Kudo Shinichi was stunned.

He had never heard of the Black Pharaoh, but he felt that it should be related to mysticism or supernatural power.

But why is this kind of thing related to "Kaito Kid"?

Although he is not Kaito Kid, he knows that in the current situation, even if he proves that he is not Kaito Kid, these people will not let him go.

Even if the other party confirms that he is not Kaito Kid, they may directly kill him and Xiaolan.

The only thing he can do now is to wait for the opportunity to escape...

After making all the preparations, Xia Mei stood solemnly behind the stone bed and the coffin and made a grand announcement.

"Everyone, we believers gather here to witness the reincarnation of the Black Pharaoh!"

"After thousands of years of waiting, the time for the stars to return has finally arrived! Nefren Ka's prophecy is about to be fulfilled..."

"Then, the reincarnation ceremony begins!"

In Xia Mei's announcement, the believers around lowered their heads and began to recite the same hymn.

At first, their voices were low, and they spoke some unknown ancient texts, but with strange elegance.

About a minute later, their voices switched to English that modern people can understand.

"The universe is ever-changing, but the soul will eventually know its master. My Lord's sleep is just the biggest cycle of all life..."

"The prophecy on the Wall of Truth will eventually be fulfilled-Ghros's arrival will lift the coffin that buried the stars from the grave, the long winter will finally end, and the awakening time is about to come!"

At this point in the ceremony, everyone's emotions suddenly became high, and they shouted in unison.

"Return! Return!"

"From Erem to Dasel, from Cairo to England, from the Land of the Blind Ape to the Wall of Truth, your people are calling your name!"

"Nevren Ka, the Pharaoh living in darkness!"

"Return! Return!"

Natsumi shouted the hymn and took out a huge blue gem from her wide sleeves.

She held the heavy gem in one hand and cut a line on Kudo Shinichi's arm with the other hand.

Blood flowed from the wound, bringing a tiny bit of warmth to the cold stone bed.

Kudo Shinichi felt the pain in his arm, but he could only grit his teeth and hold on.

"The smell of the enemy's blood will be your guide. You will follow the mark to cross the thousand steps underground, cross the eternal abyss without sunlight, and enjoy this rich sacrifice!"

"At that time, I will crown you with the jewel on the crown, and become the messenger of chaos who teaches you what truth and miracles are!"

"We will cheer for your return!"

"Yeah! Great Messenger!"

"Yeah! Crawling Chaos!"

"Yeah! Nyarlathotep!"

At this moment, the whole audience suddenly fell silent.

The scene that was still very grand a second ago suddenly fell silent.

Everyone was waiting, waiting for the ceremony and eulogy to take effect.

However, after everyone waited for a while, nothing happened in the Stonehenge.

The gray plain was silent, with only the breeze blowing through the grass making a "rustling" sound.

Other than that, there was nothing unusual.

Xia Mei frowned at the first moment and looked around in confusion.

That's not right...

Why didn't it work?

She took the gem in her palm off and held it up to the moon.

In the center of the gem, a faint red light was emitted.

This is the way to identify the "Pandora". This unusual light proved that this gem was the real "Pandora", the gem on the crown of Nefren Ka.

The gem is right...

Then what's the reason?

Xia Mei glanced around. The black coffin, the stone circle... these necessary factors for the reincarnation of Nefren Ka were all there.

After all, the Beast Brotherhood and the Black Pharaoh Brotherhood have been preparing for these things for hundreds of years, and now it is impossible to make mistakes.

The only possible variable is...

Xia Mei turned her head and looked at Kudo Shinichi lying on the stone bed, and asked sternly: "Are you Kaito Kidd?"

What's the matter with Kudo Shinichi not knowing whether he is Kaito Kidd?

But now, the other party seems to have discovered the clue.

If he honestly confessed that he was not at this time, he might be regarded as a worthless person and killed directly.

If she didn't explain, she might be able to trick the other party into repeating the ritual again and delay the time a little.

Anyway, the other party's ritual didn't seem to have much effect on her.

"I am!" Kudo Shinichi nodded seriously.

"Are you Kaito Kidd?"

"Yes!"

Seeing Kudo Shinichi's very determined eyes, Xia Mei became a little suspicious.

But now believing in him is the only way. After all, even if he is not, the real Kaito Kidd will not take the initiative to come to the door at this time.

He is Kaito Kidd, and he must be Kaito Kidd...

So, she was ready to repeat the ritual again.

But at this moment, a hearty laugh suddenly sounded above the crowd.

"Haha——!"

"He is not Kaito Kidd, I am!"

Everyone, including Xia Mei and Kudo Shinichi, looked in the direction of the voice and saw a white figure standing on a boulder platform supported by two huge stones.

The pure white cloak fluttered in the wind, like a dazzling white light, piercing the dark ritual.

Under the elegant top hat, there was a handsome face with a confident smile.

"Kaito Kidd!"

Snake recognized his old rival at a glance and exclaimed with his mouth wide open.

Others also showed different degrees of surprise, looking at the white figure standing on the boulder.

Especially Xia Mei, looked at Kaito Kidd on the boulder, and then looked down at the "Kaito Kidd" lying in front of her.

This is impossible...

How can there be two Kaito Kidds?

Just when everyone was still immersed in the surprise in their minds, Kaito Kidd standing on the boulder suddenly lifted a corner of his white cloak, revealing a poker pistol hidden under the cloak.

His right hand aimed at the two outdoor lights placed in the Stonehenge.

Whoosh, whoosh...

Several poker cards flew out of the flat muzzle, cutting off the wires connected to the lights.

But even so, the peripheral members surrounding the Stonehenge still held torches in their hands, and the light source was not completely cut off for a while.

But at this moment, the flames on these torches suddenly trembled violently.

Then, the flame suddenly went out, and the Stonehenge was instantly plunged into darkness.

Suddenly plunged into unexpected darkness, everyone in the Stonehenge was in chaos.

It was Snake who immediately gave the order and shouted: "Catch Kaito Kidd!"

He and his brothers took out their guns. Although they said they caught him, they actually shot directly.

Pia, Pia, Pia...

The bullets rained down on the platform where Kaito Kidd stood before disappearing from the field of vision.

But in fact, Kaito Kidd had already jumped to the giant stone platform next to him and continued to make mocking sounds.

"Haha~ I didn't hit him, I'm here!"

"I'm here!"

"Here..."

For a moment, the entire Stonehenge seemed to be surrounded by Kaito Kidd.

Qin Zhibo, who had waited for this moment, finally jumped out from the other side of the Stonehenge.

With the vision of night vision goggles, he seemed to have entered an empty space. While everyone's attention was distracted by Kaito Kidd above, he quickly passed through the vehicles, peripheral members, and internal believers and came to the stone bed.

He took out a dagger, cut the rope that bound Kudo Shinichi, and helped him up from the stone bed.

At this time, Kudo Shinichi's eyes had not yet adapted to the darkness, and he only felt that there was a certain sound in the darkness that untied his restraints.

When Kudo Shinichi was puzzled, a familiar voice came to his ears.

"I am Michael..."

"If you want to be saved, follow me."

Kudo Shinichi was stunned, and he was both surprised and not so surprised by the person who came to rescue him.

He immediately put down all his guard and walked into the darkness with the help of the other party.

When passing by Mao Lilan, Kudo Shinichi grabbed Mao Lilan's arm with one hand based on the position in his mind before turning off the lights.

At first Mao Lilan was still a little resistant, but when she felt the familiar touch on her skin, Mao Lilan immediately understood.

Although her hands were tied behind her back, her feet could still walk.

The three of them quietly passed through the stone wall and then got directly under the car surrounding the stone circle.

This was Qin Zhibo's plan.

Let Kuroba Kaito transform into Kaito Kid and use a poker gun to shoot down the searchlight.

And Minase Yomen drives the ghost in the glass bottle to extinguish the flame of the torch.

Minase Yomen rarely comes out during this period because she spent time learning a special skill - driving other ghosts in the glass bottle.

However, although ghosts can be driven, what ghosts can do is very limited, after all, they have no entity.

But ghosts can affect flames.

For example, in many tomb-robbing movies, the candles in the cemetery are extinguished, which means that the existence of ghosts has extinguished the fire.

Therefore, Qin Zhibo asked Minase Yomen to control all the ghosts and extinguish all the torches at the same time.

In this way, the believers who lost the light source are like headless flies, and can only be fooled by Kaito Kid.

And he can take this opportunity to rescue Kudo Shinichi and Mao Lilan.

But even if they come out, there is still a distance from Stonehenge to the road, and there are no obstacles on the plain.

If he ran hard, he would be discovered and chased before he reached the destination.

Therefore, Qin Zhibo planned to hide under the car first, wait for everyone to drive to chase Kaito Kidd, and then he would find an opportunity to escape.

Even if the opponent would not chase Kaito Kidd, he should be able to deal with the remaining people.

…

At this time, Kaito Kidd was still shuttling back and forth above the Stonehenge.

With his agile skills, he jumped back and forth on the top of the giant stone wall to disrupt his opponent.

Seeing that Qin Zhibo below had succeeded, he also turned around and planned to evacuate the battlefield.

"Then see you later!"

He jumped up and prepared to jump off the stone wall, and then use the height of the stone wall to spread his glider.

Although he could not glide too far at this height, as long as he could get farther away and switch to black clothes in a second, the pursuers would lose their target.

But just as he was about to jump, a flying knife brushed past the right side of his shoulder.

The sharp dagger cut through the white suit, and blood stained it.

"Squeak..."

Kuroba Kaito cried out in pain, and subconsciously glanced back, and found that the one who threw him was an Asian-looking woman.

However, he could not stay any longer at this time, so he turned around and jumped off the stone wall.

With a bang.

The glider opened, and the white delta wing carried him deep into the grassland.

Seeing that the target was about to escape, Xia Mei immediately ordered Snake to lead people to chase, but a voice suddenly shouted: "No need to chase..."

She turned around and saw that the person who spoke was the president of the He's Chamber of Commerce, He Fang.

He was also the high-level priest of the Zhangfu Association.