Stay away from Conan.

Conan was a little depressed by Hattori Heiji's proposal, but after thinking about the current situation, he realized that there were indeed many problems that needed to be solved, and it seemed inevitable to act separately. So there was nothing much to say. He only told Hattori Heiji to "contact him in time if he found anything", and then Conan and Hattori Heiji started their respective actions -

Hattori Heiji began his investigation from the outskirts of the villa of the Axe Group, considering the possibility that Kaito Kidd had sneaked in from outside.

Conan went to find out where Takuzo Axe was and followed him quietly. After discovering that he had entered an office in the villa, Conan used the sticker-type eavesdropping device he carried with him and stuffed it through the crack of the door into the office, hoping to hear if there was any valuable information.

At the same time, on the other side, just as Hattori Heiji began to explore the surroundings of the villa of the Axe Group to see if there were any security loopholes, a truck drove up to the main entrance of the villa, intending to enter the villa.

In response, the police officer guarding the door could not help but stop the car that was coming, and said to the young man who was driving the car, who was wearing work clothes and a peaked cap:
"Sorry, no trespassing tonight."

Therefore, in response to such an obstruction, the driver naturally took out a form from his hand and handed it to the police officer who came to check, saying:

"I'm here to pick up the scroll for restoration."

Just like that, after the police officer took the form handed over by the other party, he saw that it did indeed say that the person should come to pick up the scroll at this time tonight, as well as the identity information of the person who came. As a local police officer in Hokkaido, he subconsciously checked:
"Wait a moment, let me check."

So the police officer looked up and motioned for the other party to show his face. The young man in the driver's seat naturally lifted his hat, revealing a face that looked the same as the one on the form handed over. The police officer felt that there seemed to be no problem and let him go.

So, the police officer at the door let the truck pass. Anyway, the other party had already agreed with the staff in the villa to hand over the scroll, so it should have nothing to do with Kaito Kidd.

Just like that, Hattori Heiji, who was inspecting the guards around the villa, happened to see that the police officer at the door actually let a truck enter the villa at this time. He felt very strange and went up to the police officer at the door and asked:
“Why did you let that car in?”

In this regard, because Hattori Heiji was let in by the police officer on duty and knew that Hattori Heiji was a detective, the police officer answered Hattori Heiji's questions truthfully and told him that the other party came to pick up the scroll.

So, after hearing this answer, Hattori Heiji didn't say much to the police officer. After all, he had already let the other party in.

So, after confirming that the police officer had only checked the other party's appearance and matched his ID documents, Hattori Heiji realized that the police officers here had a really poor sense of defense. They might not have experienced the amazing disguise skills of Kaito Kid, so they did this.

Therefore, realizing that the truck that had just entered needed to be seriously investigated, Hattori Heiji followed the trail of the truck after it entered the villa and watched it go to the garage on the side of the villa, so he followed it.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Conan, who was following Afue Takuzo and wanted to hear what he would do after entering the office alone before the time predicted by Kaito Kid came, was listening to the voice inside through a sticker-type eavesdropping device stuck under the crack of the office door.

At first, there was the sound of the curtains being drawn, and then after a period of silence, I heard the sound of Takumi Axe opening a drawer in the room, and the sound of some mechanism turning, and then there was the sound of a metal door opening...

"Are you opening the safe?"

Listening to the noises, Conan, who was hiding in a secluded corner not far from the office, thought so.

Then, after all this noise, I heard that Fu Jiang Takusan seemed to have taken something out. After waiting quietly for a moment, I suddenly heard Fu Jiang Takusan's extremely angry voice -

"Damn it! They were switched! When did they…"

Then, Conan heard Takuzo Axie's angry reactions and curses. Through these movements, Conan basically judged that Takuzo Axie seemed to have hidden something in the safe in the office, but it seemed that it had been replaced by someone.

So, after thinking about it, Conan sent the news to Hattori Heiji via text message.

……

On the other hand, not long after Conan sent the text message, Hattori Heiji, who was guarding outside the garage where the truck was parked, saw the other party enter the garage and did not come out. It was not until a staff member who belonged to the Axe Group took the initiative to carry a suitcase to find the truck that Hattori Heiji quietly followed him.

"Please check the scroll."

In the garage, the staff member who entered with a suitcase, after seeing the young man in a baseball cap who came in to get the scroll, opened the suitcase in his hand, revealing a long barrel-shaped box that should contain the scroll, and said to him.

So, the young man put on gloves, reached out and picked up a barrel-shaped box, opened it, looked inside, and said to the staff:

"No problem... Show me the other one, too."

"Please take a look."

The staff member said indifferently that after all, these scrolls were scheduled to be taken away for restoration today.

However, at this moment, just as the young man who came to collect the scroll reached out his hand, Hattori Heiji, who was quietly observing the scene outside, suddenly realized something after combining the content of the text message just sent by Conan, and quickly chose to show up and step forward to stop the other party from doing so -

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"That's it!"

Turning the brim of his baseball cap to the front, Hattori Heiji walked forward seriously and confidently and said this, attracting the attention of the two people present.

"who are you?"

The staff of the Axe Group did not recognize Hattori Heiji who suddenly appeared here, and asked nervously.

In response to this, Hattori Heiji began to explain:

"First, they sent out a warning letter to shift the focus of security to the collection. But in fact, the real target was replaced long before the warning action was taken. Then, they used the excuse of transportation to pass through the poorly guarded gate and come here to take the real target..."

Hattori Heiji said this as he walked up to the two of them, and directly snatched the box from the young man who came to get the scroll, and opened it.

I saw that what was placed inside was not a scroll at all, but a short knife!

"I'm right, right! Kaito Kidd!" (End of this chapter)