The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

Ever since he discovered that "The Phantom Thief under the Moon" might be a double-layered painting, Kuroba Kaito had been discussing with Terai Kinosuke to find a way to see what was painted underneath.

Not only Kaitou Lady, but also Terai Kinosuke, who knew Kuroba Toichi earlier than Kuroba Chikage, had never heard of the painter "Pickman" who created this painting.

Therefore, Terai Huangnosuke was also very curious about the bottom of the painting.

If you want to know the next layer of the painting, you should be able to use the most advanced X-ray scanner.

Initially, Kuroba Kaito asked Terai Kinosuke to buy one from the market, intending to use the simplest way to restore the layer underneath the painting.

But this is not cooking, the simplest method is often the least effective.

Under the operation of two laymen, Kaito Kuroba and Kinosuke Terai, X-ray scanning could only restore a part of the relatively simple repetitive composition.

For example: the moon.

Now Kuroba Kaito can determine the next level of the Phantom Thief under the Moon, and there is also a moon drawn in almost the same position.

Other parts, including the color of the paint, are completely invisible.

Professional problems should be solved by professionals. Kuroba Kaito thought of the "mysterious friend" whom Terai Kinosuke had entrusted to him, the scientist who often helped him DIY props.

However, Terai Huangnosuke said that his scientist friend went abroad and was unavailable.

Moreover, the Phantom Thief under the Moon in this painting is Kuroba Toichi wearing Kaitou Kid's costume. Anyone with a little bit of imagination can guess that Kuroba Toichi is Kaitou Kid.

If this scientist friend knew that most of the props he made were used to commit crimes, the cooperation would definitely fail, and he might even call the police.

"My friend has a pretty strong sense of justice," Terai Huangnosuke commented.

This is indeed a challenge for Kuroba Kaito. He must not only find professionals in the professional field, but also find people who do not have a strong sense of justice.

Between the two gatherings, Kuroba Kaito thought of the only candidate, Matsumoto Ryohei, the director of the Medieval Museum of Art.

Although it was to prevent the gems at his own gem show from being stolen last time, Matsumoto Ryohei still chose to make a deal with himself, "Phantom Thief Kidd".

Of course, it was under the auspices of Qin Zhibo.

So this time, Kuroba Kaito still wants to ask Qin Zhibo to host it to see if this cooperation can be achieved.

"I understand what you mean. You just want me to be your lobbyist and let Matsumoto scan this painting for you."

Kuroba Kaito nodded repeatedly, his eyes full of expectation.

"Yes, that's fine, but I'm afraid you have to meet some of his conditions."

It's not that Qin Zhibo felt that he wasn't dignified enough to persuade Matsumoto Ryohei to help, but it was better for both parties to get along on the premise of "win-win cooperation."

And Kuroba Kaito also thought of this. After all, it was related to the secret of Kaito Kid's true identity, so it would be better to have some interests tied into it.

With interests tied up, you are equivalent to mastering the other party's secrets, which is only fair.

"I can help him steal something, as long as it doesn't go too far."

Stealing things is Kuroba Kaito's strength.

Although most things are returned after being played with for a few times, it is still acceptable to steal some things that are not very reprehensible in conscience.

In fact, the tradition of the Kuroba family is not to "steal and return", but to let the treasure flow to where it should go.

Sometimes the treasure will be returned to the owner, sometimes the treasure will be returned to the museum in the lost country, and sometimes it will flow into Kuroba's own pocket.

Qin Zhibo thought about it and found that this condition was reasonable.

"Okay then, I will contact Matsumoto for you and see what he thinks."

"By the way, please read this letter."

With that said, Qin Zhibo took out the envelope actually signed "KID" and handed it to Kuroba Kaito.

Kuroba Kaito took the letter and read it over and over again, with a look of surprise and anger in his eyes.

"What on earth is this guy doing? Why is he pretending to be me to send invitations?"

"And this 'Twilight Pavilion' happens to be the prey I've been eyeing recently. Before I even took action, he took the initiative to deliver it to my door."

Qin Zhibo took the letter back from Kuroba Kaito, looked at it again, and analyzed: "I may not be the only one who received this invitation letter."

"Look, the gilded fonts on the letter paper are computer fonts, but the names on the envelope are handwritten with a brush."

"This shows that many copies of the same invitation were made, but the names on the envelopes of each invitation were different, so they were handwritten."

After listening to the analysis, Kuroba Kaito and Terai Kinosuke felt that it made sense and nodded.

Kuroba Kaito continued Qin Zhibo's reasoning and analysis: "If the contents of the invitation letters are the same, then the beginning of the letter will be 'I admire your wisdom'."

"So, the other invited people are also detectives like you?"

The detective culture in this world is very popular, and those who are equal to the intelligence of detectives generally refer to other detectives.

"It's possible"

Qin Zhibo nodded, and the figure of a certain death-god primary school student unconsciously appeared in his mind.

On the side, Kuroba Kaito had a smile on his face that said, "Oh, a certain ant." He said confidently: "Famous detectives are gathered together. Even if it's not for the treasure, I'm very interested in going."

Before Kuroba Kaito finished speaking, Terai Kinosuke who was standing next to him raised objections.

"I object!"

"Master, there are too many detectives there. Once you are caught, how can I explain to the madam!"

"Don't worry." Kuroba Kaito waved his hands indifferently, then looked at Qin Zhibo's face with interest.

"I have a perfect identity as a cover. As long as I use Uncle Qin's face, no one will doubt me, right?"

Kuroba Kaito made a plaster model of Qin Zhibo's face very early, just for this day!

However, just when Kuroba Kaito was complacent about his foresight, Qin Zhibo shook his finger sternly.

"No! No! No!"

"I want to go to this Twilight Pavilion myself, so you'd better find another way."

"No. I'm trying to find someone else's face."

"But how do I know which other famous detective has received the invitation?" Kuroba Kaito spread his hands, looking embarrassed.

Qin Zhibo smiled slightly and comforted: "I have a possible candidate in my mind. I will confirm it tomorrow."

At noon the next day, Qin Zhibo came out of the Maori Detective Agency and also got the information he wanted.

Sure enough, as Qin Zhibo guessed, Mouri Kogoro also received the invitation letter.

All the reasoning was the same as what he and Kuroba Kaito had guessed, and the remaining invited people should also be detectives.

In this way, maybe some old faces will show up.

"Hello?"

"After asking around clearly, Mouri Kogoro has also received an invitation, and his family of three is planning to go."

"Well, get ready."

After hanging up the phone, Kuroba Kaito immediately started preparing the human skin mask happily.

In Kaito Kid's secret base, Kuroba Kaito glanced at one plaster head after another, hesitating for a short while between pretending to be Mouri Ran or Mouri Kogoro.

Mao Lilan pretended to be a girl last time. It's a bit troublesome to be a girl.

"The decision is yours!"

With that said, Kuroba Kaito took out the plaster head of Nakamori Ginzo.

Two more days later, the date marked on the invitation was finally reached.

In order to save fares and avoid unnecessary waste, Qin Zhibo decided to take the Maoli family's car that day.

Maori Kogoro was a little dissatisfied with Qin Zhibo's behavior of taking advantage, and muttered.

This confirmed to Qin Zhibo that the current Mouri Kogoro must be him.

However, Mao Lilan thinks this is very good. We can keep company on the road and chat together.

This time there was a check for 2 million from the host of the dinner. Kogoro Mori did not search and rented his ideal car, a Toyota Crown.

The white Toyota Crown drove from morning to afternoon, from Tokyo to the suburbs, and changed drivers twice along the way.

At dusk, when the sun was about to sink into the top of the mountain, the group finally arrived at the mountainous area where the Twilight Pavilion was located.

puff--

Suddenly, the sound of a tire exploding woke up everyone in the car.

The car bumped, and Mouri Kogoro quickly stabilized the steering wheel and stopped the car on the side of the road.

Qin Zhibo and Mouri Kogoro got out of the car at the same time to check and found that the rear tire had burst.

However, Qin Zhibo looked more carefully and saw an extremely sharp cut on the tire and a playing card that fell into the ditch not far away.

Qin Zhibo: "."

"It's really unlucky."

Mouri Kogoro reluctantly opened the trunk and looked inside. It was empty.

"There's no spare tire in the car, damn it!"

Mouri Kogoro was so angry that he closed the trunk vigorously. At this moment, Conan sent another reminder.

"Uncle! There happens to be a gas station in front of you!"

Under this childlike instruction, Mouri Kogoro excitedly showed a look full of wisdom and said happily: "This is the so-called village with dark flowers and bright flowers! Hehe."

Mouri Kogoro walked forward with his hands in his pockets, and Qin Zhibo quickly followed.

"Let me go and have a look too."

The two came to the gas station, where there was only one young employee in the convenience store.

"Hello, my car has a flat tire and needs to be repaired. Can you repair the tire here?"

The employee immediately raised his head and served with a smile, "No problem! Even though I'm young, my tire repair skills are quite good."

The employee brother raised his head and met Qin Zhibo's eyes, feeling a little guilty.

Because he is Kuroba Kaito who has been squatting here for a long time.

After learning the departure time of the Maoli family from Qin Zhibo and roughly estimating the time required along the way, he chose to set up an ambush at the gas station here.

Just now I saw a white Toyota Crown approaching from a distance. I first shot out the rubber tires with a special poker gun, and then while Kogoro Mori was checking the condition of the tires, I hurried over and pretended to be a gas station employee.

At this moment, Qin Zhibo felt helpless looking at Kuroba Kaito's harmless face.

It turns out that I was waiting here to start.