The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

The next day.

After watching the must-see morning news every day, Qin Zhibo first went to the department store and bought a mouse breeding box, mouse feed, and melon seeds.

Two items cost a total of 3570 yen.

But when Qin Zhibo returned to the office and placed the breeding box in front of Jerry, Jerry refused.

"Go in."

"squeak--"

Jerry looked back at Qin Zhibo, staring at Qin Zhibo with a pair of dark and shiny eyes, holding his two little paws together.

For some reason, Qin Zhibo felt that he could understand what Jerry wanted to convey.

"Don't you want to go into the cage?"

"squeak--"

Jerry turned his body and called Qin Zhibo.

For some unknown reason, Qin Zhibo seemed to understand the meaning of this cry again.

It doesn't want to go into the cage, it wants to be with itself.

Although it was a bit inconsistent to hear two meanings from the "squeak", Qin Zhibo still tried to reach out his hand.

Seeing this, Jerry jumped directly onto Qin Zhibo's palm and flexibly climbed up his arm along his shoulder.

Qin Zhibo turned to look at the little mouse standing on the shoulders of the "giant", feeling that this scene seemed familiar.

Not a heartwarming scene from the cartoon Ratatouille, but a bad idea

In the red swineherd's dream, the swineherd used his flute to summon the rats, but in the end he was devoured by the rats whose appetite could not be satisfied.

Does this mean that if the [Magic Flute] is used to summon rats, the user himself will also be attacked by rats?

Qin Zhibo tilted his head and stared at Jerry, wondering what kind of threat this small rodent posed to him.

Jerry obviously didn't know what Qin Zhibo was thinking, so he held a melon seed and started eating it.

Ding--

Just then, the ringing of the phone broke the small silence of the office.

It was an old phone ringing, which meant normal human contact.

"Hello?"

"Uncle, I am Kuroba Kaito."

"Oh, Kaito, have you found the whereabouts of Pitman?"

Since the last time he X-rayed the lower layer of the painting "The Phantom Thief" in Matsumoto Ryohei's art museum, and learned that the person who created the portrait of Kuroba Thief was a painter named "Pittman", Kuroba Kaito The search begins for the painter who knows Kidd's true identity.

After all, it may be related to the unknown past when Kuroba Thieves traveled around the world and learned magic when he was young.

It is even possible to find deeper secrets.

However, Kuroba Kaito shook his head and said in a low tone, "How can it be so easy to find? After all, he is not a famous painter like Van Gogh or Picasso, and he doesn't even know whether he is alive or not."

"By the way, I'm calling because I have something else to ask you to come over."

"What's the matter?" Qin Zhibo was a little wary.

"Just come and meet at Dad's bar at 7pm"

After saying that, the call was immediately hung up.

Qin Zhibo looked at the phone and felt that it would not be a good thing to find him, otherwise this Kaitou boy would not be so vague.

But we have to wait until evening to talk about the specific matter.

7:00 pm, Blue Parrot Bar.

Qin Zhibo appeared at the door of the bar on time and took Jerry with him.

Jerry's two little paws rested on the pockets of his brown windbreaker, staring curiously at the neon sign at the door of the bar.

Pushing the door open and entering, the bar has been cleared of customers. Kuroba Kaito and Terai Kinosuke are discussing something at the bar.

jingle--

The brass bell at the door rang, alerting someone to come in.

The two turned their heads and saw Qin Zhibo.

"Uncle, you are finally here!"

"Come and sit!"

Kuroba Kaito had a warm smile on his face, but in Qin Zhibo's eyes, this smile had some evil intentions.

Qin Zhibo walked over and asked directly: "What do you want me to do, just tell me."

speak directly

Kuroba Kaito grinned, but he didn't expect his little thoughts to be seen through at a glance.

He was about to tell what happened when he glanced at Qin Zhibo's "little head" sticking out of the pocket of his windbreaker.

"Wow! Inside your clothes."

Kuroba Kaito was startled, and then Qin Zhibo took out Jerry from his pocket.

"This is my new pet, named Jerry."

Looking at the blue-gray mouse lying obediently on Qin Zhibo's palm, Kuroba Kaito's eyes widened in disbelief.

Qin Zhibo put Jerry on the bar and took out two melon seeds and placed them next to him. Jerry sat down and ate the melon seeds.

After eating two melon seeds, he spit out the melon seed skins into a small pile and continued to ask for them with his paws stretched out.

Kuroba Kaito stared at Jerry's antics and said, "Uncle, this little guy seems to be very smart."

"How long did it take you to train it?"

Qin Zhibo thought for a while, "It doesn't take long, just today."

In order to cultivate a tacit understanding between Jerry and himself, Qin Zhibo was closed most of the day and trained Jerry to perform some basic movements.

Bow to ask for food, dig into pockets, go to the toilet, and bathe by yourself.

And Jerry can teach many things quickly.

Seeing that Jerry was so smart, Qin Zhibo removed the small door of the breeding box, and Jerry then willingly went in by himself.

In other words, Jerry initially resisted the breeding box because he didn’t like the door that restricted the freedom of rats.

This was the first time Qin Zhibo saw a mouse that understood "freedom".

"One, one day?"

Kuroba Kaito's face was filled with surprise. He never would have thought that training a mouse to be so intelligent only takes one day.

What if you train a mouse specifically to steal gems?

The corner of Kuroba Kaito's mouth tilted, and some strange phantom thief thoughts came to his mind.

"By the way, why did you come to me?" Qin Zhibo asked.

Mentioning business again, Kuroba Kaito turned his attention away from Jerry and said, "Actually, the reason why I came to you is because the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department recently received a warning letter about Kaito Kidd. "

"The problem is that this warning letter was not sent by me."

"You know me. I've been busy looking for the painter recently, so I've put aside the gem thing for the time being."

At this time, Terai Huangnosuke behind the bar handed him a glass of malt whiskey that Qin Zhibo had drunk last time here and continued to introduce.

"Actually, there have been people who have assumed the name of Kaitou Kidd before, and sent people to pretend to be Kidd to steal their own gems to commit insurance fraud and market their own products."

"But this time the fake Kidd, the young master feels there is something different."

Kuroba Kaito took a sip of the non-alcoholic drink on the bar, "This time the person pretending to be Kaitou Kidd not only sent a warning letter to the police, but also sent an invitation letter to Aoko."

"That silly girl obviously didn't participate in this lottery, but she got an invitation letter from that place. It's really suspicious."

"So I guess it was someone who set a trap for Kaitou Kidd and accidentally sent the invitation letter to Aoko."

Qin Zhibo narrowed his eyes slightly, understanding the meaning of Kuroba Kaito's words.

This shows that the person pretending to be Kidd this time probably knows that Kaito Kidd’s true identity is Kuroba Kaito.

Now, those who know Kaitou Kidd = Kuroba Kaito, in addition to Terai and Chikage, also include Qin Zhihiro, Koizumi Anko, and Matsumoto Ryohei.

Needless to say, Koizumi Anko, if she was the one who set the trap, she would definitely try her best to capture the heart of the Phantom Thief.

Matsumoto Ryohei was the person Qin Zhibo guaranteed not to leak secrets. He himself had special habits that he could not explain clearly to the police and had no reason to leak secrets.

Besides, who could it be?

At this time, Kuroba Kaito suddenly asked in a deep voice: "Do you think it could be that 'animal organization'?"

Animal organization, scientific name is Brotherhood of Beasts.

Members of the organization use English words for various animals as code names, such as Shi Kaobing - scorpion, Spider - spider, Snake - Zhang Dapao.

After experiencing various incidents before, Kuroba Kaito learned that it was the members of this organization who killed Kuroba Toichi.

The reason is that Black Feather Pirates has been stealing legendary gems all over the world, which has affected the organization's "that adult" plan - to find the Stone of Life "Pandora".

Not long ago, Spider, who is actually the world's number one illusionist, was arrested by the Japanese police headed by Detective Hakuba with the cooperation of Qin Zhibo and Kuroba Kaito.

Unfortunately, Spider was rescued on the way to the Metropolitan Police, and the world's number one illusionist announced on his official website in Europe that he would stop performing indefinitely from now on.

Thinking back on this incident now, Qin Zhibo felt that there might be some spy from the Metropolitan Police Department tipping him off?

After all, from the time Spider was arrested to the time he was transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department, the response of the people from the animal organization was really fast.

However, since the Spider incident, the Beast Brotherhood seems to have almost disappeared in Japan.

Could this time symbolize the return of the beast?

However, judging from the previous battles, the Animal Organization believes that the current Kaitou Kidd is still the Black Feather Thief, rather than inheriting his father's legacy.

So if this is a trap set by the animal organization, it is more likely to be a test for Kuroba Kaito, the son of Kuroba Bandit.

Qin Zhibo expressed his thoughts and was recognized by Kuroba Kaito.

"Well, that's what I thought too."

"But if you refuse to accept the invitation, those people may do even more despicable things, and I don't want Aoko to be hurt."

"So I have agreed to go to that place with Qingzi."

Qin Zhibo nodded in agreement, indicating that this boy was somewhat responsible.

"So? What do you want me to do?"

Kuroba Kaito smiled mysteriously and replied: "Don't worry yet, aren't you curious about where the 'that place' I mentioned is?"

"This is a copy of the notice letter sent to the police by the fake Phantom Thief Kidd. Take a look at it."

As the saying goes, first-come-first-served, Kuroba Kaito, who lives alone, often eats at Nakamori's house, so he can easily obtain any first-hand information the police have about Kidd.

Qin Zhibo received the notice letter, which read in computer font——

I will take away the gem sealed on the pure and flawless pile head to atone for the mistakes I made 18 years ago.

At the end of the trailer, there is Kaitou Kid's iconic personal expression.

Qin Zhibo glanced at Kuroba Kaito and knew that the boy didn't tell him the location, so he must have deliberately tested himself.

Want to test me?

You are still a little green!

【Secret Word Survey√】

[The pure pile head refers to the Tokyo Tower that was surpassed in height by the Suzuki Tower and was able to maintain its intact state before the hammer was struck. That is, the Tokyo Tower was surpassed in height by the Suzuki Tower]

Suzuki Tower?

Qin Zhibo felt that his cognition was a little confused. Why did a Suzuki Tower, which was higher than Tokyo Tower, suddenly appear in Tokyo?

"It's Tokyo Tower." Qin Zhibo still revealed the results of the secret investigation.

"It's so boring to think of it so quickly!" Kuroba Kaito spread his palms.

I was fully expecting to trouble Qin Zhibo, but Qin Zhibo just looked at it for a few seconds and solved the riddle on the notice letter.

However, although Qin Zhibo knew the location, he still didn't know why the last sentence of the notice specifically mentioned "18 years ago".

In response, Kuroba Kaito also shook his head.

"I don't know about this, maybe it's just to hide it."

"Since uncle unlocked the notice letter so easily, I'll tell you straight away."

"I want my uncle to pretend to be Police Officer Nakamori and go to Tokyo Tower with us tomorrow."

Qin Zhibo was a little surprised that this was what Kuroba Kaito wanted him to help with.

Pretending to be a police officer?

Kuroba Kaito saw that Qin Zhibo was still hesitant, so he continued: "I have inquired clearly. The exhibition on Tokyo Tower was organized by a certain rich man who has passed away. The gems used in the exhibition will not be available until next week. Ship it over."

"So tomorrow Officer Nakamori will hold a combat meeting with the police at the police station, and he will not come to Tokyo Tower at night."

"Uncle, you just need to stay with us until the end."

When Qin Zhibo heard this, wasn't he just working as a security guard for the young couple?

And if the person who set the trap this time was really a member of the Beast Brotherhood, would he still be afraid of a mere policeman?

Kuroba Kaito shifted his gaze back to Jerry eating melon seeds and explained: "Actually, as long as the other party sees me with the police, they should understand that I am innocent."

"After all, there is no way the real Phantom Thief Kidd would hang out with the police."

"And if any accident occurs, I have prepared sufficient 'safeguards'."

With that said, Kuroba Kaito walked to the pool table behind him and pressed the secret button under the pool table.

As the green billiard table slowly lifted and turned, a brown suit, a bundle of silk thread, and a blueprint of Tokyo Tower appeared on the table.

Kuroba Kaito smiled, patted the suit, and introduced: "This is a bulletproof suit made by Terai from a friend. It can protect against 7.62mm bullets. It is absolutely safe to wear it!"

bulletproof suit

It was assumed from the beginning that I would be shot!

And why does this weird black technology sound like it was written by that old acquaintance?

"What about the line on the side?" Qin Zhibo asked again.

Kuroba Kaito smiled slightly, "These are also the invention of Father Terai's friend. It is said that they are dozens of times stronger than ordinary fishing lines."

"Although I don't know what the use of this is, it is given for free anyway, so I brought it with me."

Faced with Kuroba Kaito's enthusiastic introduction, Qin Zhibo couldn't help but doubt.

How many inventions has Dr. Ali secretly made that can be used to break the law?

Is Dr. Agasa the king of Tokyo’s underground black market?