Conan's grammatical investigator

Kaito Kuroba swipe down the page with the mouse wheel, and continue to check the information about the black diamond that the phantom thief Crow is about to steal this time, "The Black Crow in the Night".

The gemstone was discovered in 1843 by the famous archaeologist and occultist Enoch Bowen in the tomb of Pharaoh Nevren Ka.

Nevren Ka was the last pharaoh of the third dynasty of Egypt and the most confusing pharaoh in history. He always regarded himself as a wizard and was also known as the "black pharaoh".

Therefore, once the gem appeared in the world, it immediately caused an uproar. It was considered by the people at that time to be the sacred relic of the black pharaoh, and possessed the evil mana of the black pharaoh during his lifetime.

Later, the gem disappeared mysteriously for more than a century, and it was not shown in public until 30 years ago in San Francisco.

It was not until this public exhibition that this black diamond was officially named "Black Crow in the Night".

A century ago, Enoch Bowen and his pupils called this gem the "shining cube-octahedron".

The "Black Crow in the Night" appeared after a hundred years and once again attracted widespread attention, but soon the gems disappeared again.

It wasn't until the strange thief Crow issued the notice that the world knew that this gem bearing the name of the Black Pharaoh's holy relic was now in the most famous casino in the world, Las Vegas.

……

Kaito Kuroba looked at these documents, lying on a chair, he couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

This gemstone has such a long history and extraordinary origins. If it wasn't for the fact that he had already found the "Pandora Stone of Life", he might have taken the initiative to steal this gemstone.

But what is the purpose of the strange thief Black Crow staring at this gem?

Kuroba Kaito recently checked some information about the Kaito Black Crow. This Kaito steals a variety of things, but most of them are gems. He has recently stolen almost all major casinos and banks in Las Vegas.

But unlike himself, this strange thief would not return the things he stole, and he would leave black feathers every time he committed a crime.

black feathers, black feathers...

Could it be this person?

Just as Kaito Kuroba was lying on the chair, and a figure appeared in his head unconsciously, the phone call just happened.

Kuroba Kaito picked up the phone, and Qin Zhibo's voice was on the other side.

"Have you read today's news? The strange thief Black Crow is going to commit crimes again."

"Well, I'm browsing the news page right now, to steal 'The Crow in the Night,' right?"

Kuroba Kaito is also relatively well-informed. He is purely concerned about this matter and is always paying attention to foreign news.

Qin Zhibo stopped and asked, "Then what are you going to do?"

"Catch him, of course, and see what kind of medicine this man is selling in the gourd!"

Although Kaito Kuroba had some guesses in his heart, he had to go to Las Vegas to find out in person.

If it's not what I guessed, at least it won't miss a chance.

"Phantom Thief Kid vs. Phantom Thief Crow..."

"Hey, let's see who is stronger."

……

On Qin Zhibo's side, he learned that Kaidou Heiyu was coming to Las Vegas soon, so he had to do a bit of help, too. Fortunately, Kaidou Heiyu helped unearth Kang Hui's cos last time.

He immediately told Koizumi Hongzi about this matter.

When Hongzi Koizumi heard that Kidd was coming to Japan too, and that he was going to fight another top player, she couldn't help showing worry in her eyes.

Seeing this, Qin Zhibo smiled and suggested: "If you are worried, can you go there too?"

Hearing this, Koizumi Hongzi blushed immediately, "Who would worry about that thief!"

"If you want to go, you go by yourself, I won't go!"

"If you beat me to death, I won't go!"

Koizumi Hongzi crossed her arms and turned her face away angrily.

Qin Zhibo: What a frank little girl.

But Qin Zhibo felt that even without Koizumi Hongzi, there would be no danger in this trip, and he and Hei Yu Kaidou were enough to deal with a strange thief crow.

Besides, that's how Kuroba Kaito got here along the way, and he doesn't have to rely on off-court cheating to win.

In other words, he himself is a humanoid self-propelled opener.

The Phantom Thief Kidd's pocket is no less than Chang Naichao's Treasure Bag, and it is not surprising to find anything in it.

……

The next day, Qin Zhibo said goodbye to Koizumi Hongzi and got on the plane ticket to Las Vegas that the hotel had booked yesterday.

Eleven hours later, a Boeing 11, a huge iron bird flying in the air, landed at Las Vegas McClean International Airport.

Qin Zhibo arrived one step ahead and directly checked into the supporting hotel of the Star Casino.

According to the notice letter released by the strange thief Black Crow, the "Black Crow in the Night" is now stored in the vault of the Star Casino.

Normally, even if this kind of private collection is coveted by thieves, it will not be published.

However, the warning letter from Strange Thief Crow was not only sent to the casino, but also to the local police in Las Vegas, which led to the widespread reporting of the matter.

However, it seems that the casino has not yet invited the police to cooperate in catching the Phantom Thief Crow, and only allows the police to deploy manpower around the casino.

After placing his luggage in the hotel room, Qin Zhibo naturally wanted to go to the casino first.

Like most casinos in Las Vegas, the Star Casino is located on the first floor of the hotel. Every time you go out, you will inevitably hear the sound of game coins and chips rolling.

This is the sound of money.

Many tourists who didn't come here for the purpose of making money, can't help but go in and take a small gamble under the stimulation of the novelty of the sound and atmosphere.

At the beginning, the casino will arrange for tourists to make a small profit, so that new tourists can taste the sweetness. This is called the novice protection period.

When the tourists get deeper and deeper and the chips increase, the casino will use some technical means.

Of course, large casinos like Star Casino generally do not make this method too obvious. The casino can make a lot of money just by relying on customer traffic and basic odds.

But the casino checks the background of each visitor, using the information registered in the hotel check-in system.

For those guests with strong assets, the casino will still focus on it.

Staff in black suits can be seen at any time in the casino. They wear pocket headsets on their ears. On the surface, they are technical consultants of the casino, but in fact they are traders who control the odds and secretly manipulate the game.

They mainly take care of the prominent "fat sheep".

For these "fat sheep", the casino can go long-term to catch big fish. A single trip can even make a small profit for the fat sheep, so as to attract the fat sheep to bring more money to spend next time.

But as we all know, when the sheep are fattened to a certain extent, it involves the issue of slaughtering the sheep.

……

Qin Zhibo first went to the chip exchange to exchange $10 chips, and all the chips were replaced with the smallest chips.

"This is your chip, please take it."

With a warm smile on her face, the pretty young lady behind the counter handed out 10 white chips from the window, and did not show the sarcasm of a brainless villain because of Qin Zhibo's stinginess.

Unlike movies like "God of Gamblers", casinos in reality rarely have that kind of big money.

Even rich people are not fools who throw money for nothing. If they are not familiar with the rules and not confident in their own luck, they will choose big chips if they don't come up.

And Qin Zhibo was very unconfident about his luck, so there was no need to send money.

While playing with the plastic chips that symbolized chips in his hand, he circled between the various gaming tables.

The technical consultant of the casino looked at the few lowest chips in Qin Zhibo's hands, and he didn't receive the "Fat Sheep" signal, which meant that he was just an individual customer with nothing to squeeze, so he didn't care.

But in fact, Qin Zhibo was just taking the opportunity to observe the structure of the casino.

At present, the places where casino tourists can go are the gambling tables or slot machine area for playing money, and the bar area.

But on the east wall, there is a red wooden lacquered door that opens left and right, which is always closed tightly.

Although there was no sign saying "Tourists are not allowed to enter" that place, it should be the backstage of the casino, and the casino vault is also behind that place.

Qin Zhibo took a few chips in his hand and approached slowly quietly.

At the gambling table closest to the red door, Qin Zhibo shook his head pretending to be displeased again, and was about to walk in the direction of the red door.

But at this moment, the two technical consultants standing nearby immediately tilted their heads and turned their gazes to Qin Zhibo who was approaching the red door.

"Someone is approaching the 'cave'."

"Go and see right away."

The two technical consultants received the news in their headsets and immediately walked towards Qin Zhibo.

On Qin Zhibo's side, he also felt that someone was following up behind him, which confirmed his thoughts.

He stopped suddenly in front of the door and knelt down to tie his shoelaces.

This move was stunned by the two technical consultants who were about to step forward to block it, and they also stood there in a daze.

But when Qin Zhibo finished tying his shoelaces, he took the initiative to walk to the side.

Technical Adviser:"?"

The two of you look at me, I look at you, it feels like the strength of the mixed body is suddenly aimless.

……

Qin Zhibo came to the men's room of the casino, and immediately summoned Minase Harumi with a [glass bottle].

As soon as Minase Harumi came out, he wandered around, only to realize that he was in the toilet.

"There is a urinal here, could it be...men's toilet!"

Minase Youmu deliberately put on a scared expression, hugging her upper body tightly with her hands, "Are you finally going to do that to me?"

"Once you make a sound here, people will find out, and the beautiful girl will lose her reputation and never get married again!"

"Silent violation? Come on! I'm ready!"

"...I'll come over to you!"

Qin Zhibo couldn't help but scolded Minase Harumo who was leaning against the toilet door and pretending to be pitiful.

This ghost stays in the glass bottle, does it often review the plots in the short movie in your head when you are bored?
Can't you learn something better? !

What life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what the next one will taste like... Can't you watch more movies like this?

Qin Zhibo couldn't stop Minase Harumi's strange habit, so he could only quickly change the topic to the real business.

"I want you to see where a door in this place ends up leading..."

"Which door?"

Minase Yangmeng straightened up, floated behind Qin Zhibo and stared at it, "Is this the door?"

Qin Zhibo: "If you're not serious, I'll take you back..."

Hearing this, Minase Harumi immediately begged for mercy.

"do not!"

……

With Minase Youmeng back to his serious state, Qin Zhibo came to a gambling table and whispered.

"The red door I'm looking at now, go and see what's behind it..."

"Order!"

Minase Yomeng slowly swayed over, his body went directly into the red door, and disappeared completely.

Looking at this scene, Qin Zhibo sighed in his heart that his particle technology is still far less convenient than ghosts.

While waiting for Minase Harumi to come back, Qin Zhibo continued to pretend to be wandering around the gambling table, but in fact he didn't even plan to pull out a knife, and he didn't pull out the B points, and focused on an atmosphere group.

But while waiting, Qin Zhibo suddenly found that the atmosphere at one of the gaming tables was very lively, with many onlookers nearby.

Anyway, they were watching the excitement to pass the time, Qin Zhibo walked over, it turned out that everyone was watching a short-haired woman betting.

Due to the large number of onlookers, Qin Zhibo could only stand behind and use his height advantage to observe the situation on the gaming table.

"5000! If you don't believe me this time, I won't win!"

The short-haired woman rolled up her black lace sleeves, with a look of red eyes, and pushed a handful of golden chips into the 14 area.

Seeing this, other gamblers cast their chips in other areas one after another, but no one followed suit.

"Everyone, please make a final confirmation, buy and leave."

The croupier uncovered the dice cup, revealing the three dice inside, which were 346, adding up to 13 points.

People around the gaming table sighed, because this game was a coincidence, no one cast 13 points, and the dealer killed everyone.

But among the people who were depressed in an instant, only the short-haired woman didn't care that she lost the most, but continued clamoring to place bets.

"Oh! Just a little more! What a pity!"

"Come again! Come again!"

The woman continued to squander the chips in front of her, and stud all the chips directly in the 13 o'clock area this time.

Qin Zhibo was taken aback by this wave of operations. Is there still such a thing for fun?

Even if the probability is constant, according to the psychology of ordinary people, they wouldn't think that they can get the same number of points twice in a row, right?

But that's what the short-haired woman did, and smugly asked the person next to her to call.

And these gamblers seemed to have known the power of women for a long time, they all politely shook their heads and refused, and placed small chips in the area next to them again.

After confirmation, the croupier opens the sieve cup again.

The three dice inside are 424 respectively, and the sum is 10.

This time there was a lucky guy who guessed the right number, the odds were 1:6, $150 became $900, and his face immediately flushed with excitement.

But the croupier representing the banker was obviously more excited than the winning player, because just this time, the short-haired woman lost all her chips.

This is a full 24000 knives!
But the woman's mentality did not collapse at all. Instead, she gave a hearty smile, saying that she had no bargaining chips, and now she was going to exchange chips and come back to fight again.

The woman turned around with a smile and met Qin Zhibo's eyes for a moment.

Qin Zhibo took advantage of this moment to see the woman's face clearly.

The woman has short pink-purple hair, her hairstyle is similar to that of Haibara Ai, her delicate facial features are covered with crimson lipstick and delicate makeup, she is obviously dressed like a prodigal lady.

More importantly, Qin Zhibo saw the name above her head.

Name: Chikage Kuroba...