Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1317 Kuroba Kaito: Am I a substitute?

Looking at Kuroba Kaito walking to the side, Kudo Shinichi already had some guesses in his heart.

I guess that person is also in this small town now...

Although the purpose of these two people coming here is not clear at the moment, they should not be here just for sightseeing, right?

At this time, Qin Zhibo was waiting in the restaurant when the phone on the table suddenly vibrated.

He picked up the phone, and Kuroba Kaito on the other end told him what he knew.

Qin Zhibo was very surprised to hear that Mao Li Ran was kidnapped and the kidnappers specifically asked Kudo Shinichi to come here.

"Uncle, I'm a little worried that the person who kidnapped the girl with the horns might be from the Beast Brotherhood?"

"That reincarnation prophecy mentioned that the resurrection of the Black Pharaoh requires not only gems, but also a human reincarnation body..."

"If that girl is the reincarnation..."

The conjecture proposed by Kuroba Kaito is exactly what Qin Zhibo is worried about.

Although Mao Lilan has a physique that is easy to win prizes, it is really suspicious that she was kidnapped at such a sensitive time and the kidnappers did not ask for money.

But if Mouri Ran is a reincarnation, why did she specifically ask Kudo Shinichi to go?

"We cannot rule out this possibility..."

"The gem's signal has been circling Wiltshire for a few hours, which means that the other party's final destination should be somewhere in the county."

"Now you have to follow Kudo Shinichi. Tell me if anything happens."

Qin Zhibo still believes that with Conan's ability, he will find a way to rescue Mao Li Ran.

Because of this, if the organization that kidnapped Mao Lilan is really the zoo organization, there will be a chance to see through their complete plan in advance.

After all, being led by the unstable gem signal is not a solution.

Damn, if only the locating spell worked...

Qin Zhibo tried the locating spell last night, but the effect was very poor and it was unusable.

After all, there are many similar things like gems, and whether they are real or fake, there is no difference in appearance.

In addition, he felt that the "Crimson Tears" itself was like a shield, resisting the search of the locating spell.

This is normal. Otherwise, if the object could be found directly through divination, the zoo organization would not have to hide until today.

……

At Qin Zhibo's instruction, Kuroba Kaito picked up the phone and returned to Kudo Shinichi.

"My boss agreed~"

"Let me lend you a hand and rescue your girlfriend!"

Kuroba Kaito patted Kudo Shinichi's shoulder very familiarly, as if the two were old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Especially the similar Asian faces of the two people made passers-by cast surprised looks at them.

Looking at Kuroba Kaito's familiar look, Kudo Shinichi looked disdainful, but for some reason, he didn't mind his behavior.

The two returned to the parking lot outside Salisbury and prepared to go back to Dr. Agasa's car to discuss what to do next.

When passing by the parking lot, Kudo Shinichi glanced at the many vehicles in the parking lot and guessed that one of them should be the car of Kuroba Kaito and his companions.

Because according to his passport, Kuroba Kaito is not old enough to drive, so he must be accompanied by an adult.

This person is most likely Michael. As long as we stay here, he will definitely show up...

As soon as this thought appeared in Kudo Shinichi's mind, he immediately took it back.

Although this may be the closest time to Michael's true identity, rescuing Xiaolan is the most important thing.

So, Kudo Shinichi had no choice but to take Kuroba Kaito back to Dr. Agasa's car.

Dr. Agasa, who was sitting in the front driver's seat, was stunned when he saw two identical Kudo Shinichis walking out of the car window.

He stared at the two of them blankly until they walked to the side of his car.

Kudo Shinichi took the initiative to sit in the front passenger seat, while Kuroba Kaito sat in the back seat.

"Shinichi, this is..."

"Doctor, you've met Kuroba Kaito." Kudo Shinichi gave a brief introduction.

Dr. Agasa was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that there was another boy in the world who looked almost identical to Kudo Shinichi.

"you……"

Dr. Agasa wanted to ask how they met, and this time it was Kuroba Kaito who took the initiative to answer.

"I was traveling here and happened to meet this famous detective..."

"I heard that you guys are in trouble. I happen to have some time, and with the invitation from this famous detective, I'm here to help you~"

Facing Kuroba Kaito's frivolous tone, Dr. Agasa turned to look at Kudo Shinichi.

Dr. Agasa finally felt relieved after receiving a look of affirmation from Kudo Shinichi.

Just as he was about to speak, a phone rang suddenly with a vibrating buzzing sound.

Kudo Shinichi and Dr. Agasa's pupils flickered suddenly, and the former quickly took out his cell phone from his pocket.

It was Mao Lilan's cell phone that rang.

He picked up the phone, and there was that familiar voice-changer on the other end.

"You are in Wiltshire already?"

"Ah."

"Come to the highway entrance on the north side of town. There is a black van parked there. Get in."

The kidnapper changed the subject and said sternly: "Don't play tricks, otherwise..."

The sound on the phone suddenly paused, and the next second, a familiar voice sounded on the phone.

"Shinichi, don't come over here!"

"Xiaolan!"

Kudo Shinichi immediately recognized the voice as Xiaolan's, and was about to say a few more words, but the microphone was taken over by the voice of the voice changer again.

"come quickly……"

After saying that, the other party hung up the phone again.

Hearing the call being hung up, an angry Kudo Shinichi punched the center console in front of him.

hateful!

The heart-wrenching scream of Ran Mouri just now made Kudo Shinichi lose his composure in an instant.

Now he really wanted to kick the football into the kidnapper's face.

It’s a pity that after his body grew bigger, the Conan version of the foot-strengthening shoes invented by Dr. Agasa could no longer fit on his normal feet.

"Shinichi, what should we do now?" Dr. Agasa asked in a low voice.

Kudo Shinichi, who had regained his composure, also gave his answer.

"The only way now is to do what the other party says..."

Hearing this, Dr. Agasa couldn't help but show a worried look on his face.

If he follows the kidnappers' demands completely, Kudo Shinichi himself will become their hostage.

At this time, Kudo Shinichi continued to analyze: "We are not completely at a disadvantage now. As long as we have the high technology invented by the doctor..."

Soon, Kudo Shinichi took out all the equipment that Conan had changed his identity.

Among them, prisoner tracking glasses are the top priority.

However, this time the criminal tracking glasses are not tracking the criminal, but tracking Kudo Shinichi himself.

By wearing a signal transmitter and a pocket eavesdropping device, Shinichi Kudo can let Dr. Agasa and Kaito Kuroba in the car know the movements and conditions in real time.

Kudo Shinichi hid the two things on his body, got out of the car and went alone to the place requested by the kidnappers to meet him.

……

After passing through the town area of ​​Salisbury, Kudo Shinichi came to the highway on the north side of the town alone. He saw a black van parked on the side of the road at the entrance of the highway.

Kudo Shinichi took a deep breath and walked over there with a serious expression.

When he reached the back door of the van, he reached out and knocked.

The door opened immediately, revealing two men in brown windbreakers sitting on the seats on both sides of the van.

When Kudo Shinichi saw the faces of these two people, he was stunned.

Because judging from their faces, both of them are Asian.

The two men got out of the car and searched Kudo Shinichi.

This made Kudo Shinichi feel nervous.

Fortunately, the signal transmitter and button-shaped pocket eavesdropping device invented by Dr. Agasa are both cutting-edge scientific technologies. After a while of searching, the two did not find anything unusual.

"Get in the car."

After a body search, Kudo Shinichi was taken into the car.

When the car door is closed, the small ceiling light inside the car lights up, which is the only dim light source in the car.

Since he couldn't see what was happening outside, Kudo Shinichi could only feel the car starting slowly and getting faster and faster.

This made him secretly feel fortunate that he had Dr. Agasa's invention.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t know where I would be taken in this way.

He sat on a seat on the side of the van, looking at the two people opposite him. They didn't look like the kidnappers who made the phone call, but probably just his men running errands.

However, in order to get some information, he still asked, "Where is Xiaolan now?"

The person sitting opposite replied: "You will know when we get there..."

"Now, shut up."

As he spoke, the other party took out a pistol and placed it on his knees, pointing the gun at Kudo Shinichi.

This made Kudo Shinichi look heavy and he could only remain silent.

Now he can only hope that someone outside can track down his location.

At the same time, Dr. Agasa was driving a white car 5 kilometers behind the black van.

Since Dr. Agasa is nearsighted and cannot take off his glasses, the task of using the prisoner tracking glasses to indicate the direction is given to Kaito Kuroba.

In the passenger seat, Kuroba Kaito stared at the translucent light screen in front of him.

With the green dot in the middle as the center of the concentric circles, the small green dot moving in the northwest is the tracking target.

Judging from the distance marked on the coordinate system, the maximum tracking distance of this black technology is 20km.

This invention is amazing...

Kuroba Kaito secretly marveled in his heart, if this thing was installed on him when he was transformed into Kaito Kid and he didn't find it in time, he might be in real trouble.

After all, sometimes the place where I took the gems was quite close to Hei Yu's house.

The two followed the small green dot ahead from a distance.

During this period, in order to save the battery of the glasses, Kuroba Kaito would turn on the tracking function every ten minutes to confirm that the location had not been lost.

This tracking lasted for more than two hours before the green dot in front stopped moving.

Kuroba Kaito asked Professor Agasa to stop the car as well, while he reviewed the entire route in his mind.

Although the car drove for a long time, Kuroba Kaito discovered based on his extremely keen sense of direction that the car was not driving in a straight line.

Instead, it made a huge circle on the map.

Kuroba Kaito marked his current location on the map, which was actually 6 kilometers north of Salisbury.

At the same time, Kudo Shinichi also felt that the car stopped shaking.

The stuffy air and the peculiar smell of gasoline emanating from the car almost made him fall into a coma several times.

Fortunately, when the back door of the car was opened, a relatively sober smell diluted the odor.

"Get out of the car."

Kudo Shinichi got out of the car and found himself in a garage.

You still can't see outside from the garage, but with the help of the small chandelier on the ceiling, you can see some farm tools placed in the corner.

Although the farm tools do not look new, they are still in usable condition.

"Don't look around, just keep moving forward!"

The man in brown behind him pushed his shoulder, and Kudo Shinichi had no choice but to obey the other party's wishes and move forward.

From the garage into the house, he followed the two to a basement.

Under the cramped wooden stairs that smell musty is a relatively spacious basement space.

In the brightly lit area in the middle of the basement, Mao Lilan was tied to a chair with her hands behind her back.

“Hmph!”

There was a towel tied around Mao Lilan's mouth, and she could only issue warnings with the muffled groans coming from her throat.

But when Kudo Shinichi meets Mao Lilan, does he care about all these?
He rushed forward regardless of his own safety, but just when he was halfway there, a figure walked out from the darkness behind Mao Lilan with a pistol in his hand.

"Stand there. Don't move."

Kudo Shinichi was shocked and stopped quickly.

Only after the man completely walked out of the darkness did Kudo Shinichi see his face clearly.

Under the wide-brimmed hat is a ferocious face. Apart from the fierce eyes, the most iconic feature is probably the two mustaches on his mouth.

Looking at Kudo Shinichi standing opposite him, the corners of the man's mouth slightly raised and he let out a gloomy snort.

"Hehe... I finally see your true self."

"Kaitou Kidd."

After these words were spoken, Kudo Shinichi, who had originally planned to negotiate, was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment.

What is he saying?
You said I'm Kaito Kidd?

What an international joke!
Kudo Shinichi quickly opened his mouth to explain: "Is there something wrong? I am not Kaito Kidd!"

"I'm Kudou Shin'ichii!"

Ran Mao Li, who was tied to a chair, nodded repeatedly, agreeing with her man's words.

Before Kudo Shinichi came, she had heard from this man more than once that his purpose was to force Kaito Kid to show up.

But what does forcing Kaito Kidd to show up have to do with Kudo Shinichi?
Shinichi can't possibly be Kaito Kid!

"Hmph..." The man snorted again, "Are you still pretending? Kaito Kidd..."

"This is indeed the most unexpected disguise. The true identity of the world-famous thief is actually a high school detective."

"As a reward for your repeated 'care' during this period, I decided to give you a bullet..."

As he spoke, the man suddenly pulled the trigger.

Pia——

A bullet shot out from the pitch-black muzzle and pierced Kudo Shinichi's right shoulder.

Kudo Shinichi endured the severe pain from the bullet and did not cry out, but he still knelt on one knee on the ground in agony.

He covered his shoulder with one hand, still struggling to hold on.

“Hmph!”

Seeing this scene, Mao Lilan's pupils on the chair suddenly shrank and a sound came from the bottom of her throat.

At the same time, 5 kilometers away on the highway, Kuroba Kaito was eavesdropping on Kudo Shinichi's situation using criminal tracking glasses.

When he heard that Kudo Shinichi was mistaken for Kaito Kid, he was stunned.

what?
Am I a substitute?