The Phantom Thief of Heart! But Conan

"We're here. This is Yokosuka Castle..." As Natsumi Kosaka got out of the car, she was about to introduce the place to the others who came with her with a smile, but she found that many police cars had already parked in front of the castle gate, and she was stunned.

The old housekeeper took two steps forward, protected the bewildered Natsumi Kosaka behind him, and asked: "Sorry, officers, what happened?"

Nakamori Ginzo, who had been waiting here for a long time, had his eyebrows raised upside down. Just as he was about to step forward, he was pulled by Megure Jusan next to him, at least stopping the shouting that was about to come out.

Facing these confused people, many of whom were quite familiar, Megure Jusan cleared his throat and informed them of the situation.

"Everyone, you may need to cooperate with the police investigation in the next few days and accept the record. In addition, your luggage on the ship and your itinerary after arriving in Tokyo..."

"What happened?" The Russian embassy counselor frowned and interrupted his incoherent notice, "I am here for a diplomatic mission. If it is not related to a criminal case, I am afraid it will be difficult for me to cooperate..."

"For no reason, the police will certainly not detain you. Just investigate and make sure it has nothing to do with you. I..." Nakamori Ginzo snorted and wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Megure Jusan again.

Stopping the excited colleagues from other departments, Megure Jusan sighed secretly.

It's not that he can't understand the mood of Inspector Nakamori. He has been fooled by Kaito Kid for too many years. Every time he was confident, he was easily thrown off by the other party like a juggler. Over the years, this old friend has accumulated too many emotions. Whenever it comes to Kaito Kid, he can't help but get excited.

But the group of people in front of him included detectives, all of whom had good relations with the police, foreigners, and wealthy chaebol children. They couldn't let anything go wrong at this time.

"It's still about the Suzuki Museum of Art case. You may not know much about it after staying on the cruise ship all night." Megure Jusan looked around at them and took a deep breath. "That night, it wasn't just the egg of memory that was taken away by the police that was stolen. The Suzuki Museum of Modern Art recounted its inventory these two days and found that it was on the night of the power outage..."

As he spoke, he slowly looked around at everyone, focusing on everyone's expressions and demeanor.

"...Several exhibits in the museum were swapped and replaced."

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"There is such a thing..."

After listening to the police's description, Natsumi Kosaka looked at the housekeeper behind her nervously. After receiving a comforting smile, she barely calmed down.

"We didn't expect it either. After confirming the news, Osaka has urgently contacted and screened the guests that night."

"So, the reason for finding us..."

"Yes, except for everyone here, everyone else has been checked by Osaka Prefecture."

Natsumi Kosaka clenched her fingers, and couldn't help but observe all the guests who came with her, and exchanged a worried look with the butler.

"...So, this is something that has nothing to do with Kaito Kid?" Natsumi Kosaka thought about it, and still asked this slightly rude question, "After all, everyone who paid attention to this matter that night knew..."

Kaito Kid did not show up near the art museum at all, but predicted that the police might lure him to appear in order to protect the treasure, so he took away the egg of memories, and used a magical power outage that affected the entire city of Osaka to see the police's plot clearly.

And the media, which has always been omnipresent, has tried every means to find out that Kaito Kid might be sniped by a third party, and now his life and death are uncertain.

This was originally a dangerous performance in which the Phantom Thief played tricks on the police, and it was very likely that he would lose his life in the end. However, at this moment, it became a disguised proof of the absence of Phantom Thief Kid.

Anyone could have been involved in this case, except Phantom Thief Kid, who was looking for the police in the sky and was chased by bullets.

"We initially judged that it was very likely that someone else took advantage of the news that Phantom Thief Kid might make a move that night and took the opportunity to make some arrangements. At least before the opening, the exhibits of the Suzuki Art Museum had been inspected and placed by the Suzuki family's special consultant. We carefully reviewed all the links and currently believe that the most likely situation is that someone made a move during the half hour of the power outage."

Megure Jusan frowned, looked at the Investigation Section 2 who were asking questions one by one with a stern face behind him, and shook his head secretly.

His pursuit of Phantom Thief Kid, on the contrary, became the alibi of Phantom Thief Kid at a moment when the amount of crime was even greater and the behavior was even more provocative...

It is completely understandable that Nakamori Ginzo was in a bad mood. He was already very strong as he could still maintain a normal working state.

"Is that so..." Natsumi Kosaka nodded blankly, then became a little worried, "So, do you want to check my castle?"

"I don't think you are a suspect, Miss Kosaka. Your trips to Osaka and back to Tokyo are very obvious, and you didn't bring any luggage. Don't worry, the police just hope you can assist us in our investigation." Megure Jusan hurriedly comforted, "After all, uh, many people now know about your great-grandfather's situation, and speculate that there may be another one in your castle, the Emperor's Easter Egg or something, so..."

Natsumi Kosaka suddenly realized: "So, you are worried that this criminal may target me again?"

"Yes, I hope you can understand it." Megure Jusan nodded and conveyed the police's plan in a tactful way.

It seems a bit confusing to say, but the logic is actually easy to understand.

Compared with Kaito Kid, who had already set his target on the Egg of Memories and got into trouble after succeeding in one strike, this thief who took action later was more like a thief who only focused on the economic value without any purpose. With an extremely vicious look, he accurately hit the most valuable collections in the art gallery.

Now that all the collections have been stolen, the most valuable thing in the art gallery is only one thing, that is, the Egg of Memories, which is the collection used as the main axis of the exhibition.

The main body of the Egg of Memories is protected by the people of the Suzuki Group. It has not been out of surveillance and human eyes throughout the process. It is unlikely to be replaced. Then the most likely bait that the police can find is only this side.

"This is also for your safety, Miss Kosaka. Your property is under threat, and the purpose and method of this murderer are unknown. What if they are not the peaceful type like Kaito Kid..." Megure Jusan changed his words to explain the intention of the police to protect.

"Okay. It just so happens that we also need to study the mechanism in the castle." Hearing this, Natsumi Kosaka finally put her mind at ease and explained her previous uneasiness, "My great-grandfather is a craftsman who is proficient in mechanism design. The mechanical parts structure inside the Egg of Memories, as well as its glass and so on, should all be made by my great-grandfather. So in this castle, he also designed a lot of mechanisms. If you walk around casually, it is easy to destroy them and get hurt..."

"Is that so...hiss, Miss Kosaka, do you have the floor plan of this place?"

"This, this, you don't want to check the fire procedures or something..."

"No, no, I just want to understand the situation to facilitate deployment...If it is really inconvenient..."

"Ahem." Shiratori Renzaburo, who stood in front of Tang Ze with a manual in his hand, coughed twice and put on a stern face again before other colleagues cast their eyes.

Tang Ze glanced at him pretending to be so and rolled his eyelids.

"Why are you targeting Officer Shiratori again? Aren't you afraid that Hakuba will find you?"

"He's not paying attention to me right now." Pretending to ask, Kuroba Kaito did not deliberately suppress his voice, and answered in his own voice, "If you want to come here, it's more natural to blend in with the police. There's no other way."

"It's true that he is traveling in Karuizawa, but it's not that the Internet and electricity are completely cut off... I say, next time you try a method that's not so easy to see through..."

"You're embarrassed to say that to me, aren't you..."

Halfway through, Kuroba Kaito's voice suddenly changed, and Shiratori Rensaburo's gentle and calm voice came out of his mouth naturally: "So, you've been staying on the Suzuki family's boat, and the only luggage you carry with you is your commuter bag."

"Yes, Mr. Shiratori. You also know my situation. I reported to the police when I went to Osaka, and after landing, I also kept in touch with the police in Tokyo..."

Nakamori Ginzo listened to their conversation for a while before retracting his gaze and walking towards the next suspect. The two quickly lowered their voices again.

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"You didn't find out the trap here a long time ago, did you? Otherwise, why would you write that kind of warning letter? It's a little too deliberate, I say. If you didn't write it like that, maybe these people wouldn't find any clues to crack the trap."

"Hey, hey, there weren't so many unexpected things in my original plan, sniping, helping you get those things, etc. Speaking of which, have you finally spent all your money? Why are you even eyeing your friend's art gallery? Let me tell you, although you are not a serious thief, we thieves generally don't eat grass in our own backyard. You are being disrespectful..."

"Who is talking to you, we thieves, we thieves, I'm not doing this for... cough. Yes, you can retrieve the surveillance video, I have always been with Detective Maori..."

The two thieves were whispering and arguing in the layers of police, and over there, several detectives were frowning at the newly obtained intelligence.

"It's strange that Kaito Kid would target the Suzuki Museum of Art." Conan complained in a low voice, "The Suzuki family is not short of treasures, but the museum can't have any particularly valuable gems. There are some calligraphy and paintings, but the probability that Kaito Kid would be interested in calligraphy and paintings has always been low..."

"So, you also argue that it has nothing to do with Kid? Did someone else take advantage of Kid's crime and intervene?" Hattori Heiji frowned.

What he was thinking about was not very related to Conan. He was recalling the list of stolen treasures that Megure Jusan had just mentioned.

He secretly glanced at Bai Ba Tan and winked.

But Bai Ba Tan did not pick up his words. Instead, after listening to Conan talking to himself for a while, he turned his head thoughtfully and looked in the direction of Tang Ze, and then looked at Pu Si Qinglan.

"Chinese treasures." Before Hattori Heiji lost his patience and asked directly, Hakuba Tan directly gave him the information he wanted to know, "All the stolen items were Chinese calligraphy and paintings. There were also two pieces of porcelain, which we saw in the exhibition hall."

"Chinese, ah, that is..."

"It's the exhibition hall where we are." Xingchuan Hui, who was holding his arms, maintained a gentle smile on his face, and directly asked the question that White Horse Detective wanted to ask, "It's where we stood together before the power outage. there."

"Ah, yes, your memory is really good, Mingzhi-kun." Hakuba raised his eyebrows and smiled meaningfully.

Hoshikawa Teru glanced at him strangely. Before he spoke, he withdrew his gaze and glanced in the direction of Karasawa, who had been communicating with Hakuba Rensaburo for a long time and seemed to have a lot of topics to talk about.

What are you looking at me for? I admit that the monster of the heart stole it, but I am just a little guy. If you have any questions, please ask our boss.

He didn't know why Tang Ze suddenly became so crazy.

"Could it be that this is the reason why Scobbin insists on calling himself Chinese?" Conan, who had been thinking about it for a long time, suddenly said something with a happy heart.

The three of them glanced at him.

Before Hoshikawa Teru had time to answer the question, Hattori Heiji waved his fist and said something like he suddenly realized something.

"That's right. Since Scobin never sells those things from the Romanov dynasty, there must be income, right? She just eats and doesn't sell. She's not an extremely rich person. Well, even an extremely rich person can't stand this. Consumed.”

Conan nodded: "Yes, flying around the world to catch up with news about those treasures is a time-consuming and laborious task."

"Moreover, if more than just the egg of memory was stolen from the art museum, she would have more reasons to create chaos and take the opportunity to leave..."

"Well, although Scoobin was not in the library that night, she also went to the warehouse to look at the Memory Eggs that were brought back with us afterwards. It might have been that time..."

Bai Ma Tan didn't say anything, he just opened his pocket watch and looked at the time, then cast a meaningful gaze in the direction of Pu Siqinglan.

Yeah? Why does he think this is a way for some people to spread suspicion?

"Since you're not short of money, why are you taking such a risk?" Kuroba Kaito put away the police manual and whispered, "Do you also have a special little hobby?"

"Well, anyway, I will make up for the things that need to be supplied to the Suzuki family. I just have some other uses. And isn't there a ready-made scapegoat?" Karasawa tilted his head, indicating something. , "It is quite reasonable for Chinese people to steal Chinese things, right?"