Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"We're already here, Boss."

Standing at the door of the hot spring hotel, the muscular man looked at the twenty or so younger brothers behind him, reporting to Brian with a phone in his hand.

"I don't know what the hell these policemen are up to. They came to the hot spring hotel for no apparent reason."

Brian was sitting in his bulletproof car and directing the driver to wander around Hakodate. With many years of experience, he smelled a faint smell of murder in the air and prepared to escape by plane to Hokkaido in advance, but he was also confident that the police would not take action against him now.

"At least get those two knives back."

Kaito Kidd is elusive and if he doesn't take back the swords this time, he may never have the chance to see these two swords on the market again, not to mention the great secret treasure hidden by Fu Jiang that can turn the tide of the battle.

The surveillance was set up to keep an eye on the police station. Brian almost laughed when he learned that these police officers actually chose the hot spring as a place to reward themselves. He cut Kidd, and if someone in the hotel had the same wound, wouldn't Kidd be exposed?
He held the unlit cigar under his nose and sniffed it. The smell of blood that had always stimulated him finally faded a little. Brian hung up the phone and directed the driver to drive towards the hotel.

He wanted to witness with his own eyes the moment Kidd was exposed.

Inside the hot spring hotel, the policemen who had finished their dinner began to prepare for the challenge of the hot spring, while the leaders Nishimura, Nakamori and Mori planned to return to the room to continue studying how to catch the suspected traitor.

After asking the children to go back and have a good rest, Kogoro Mouri was about to go to the smoking room in his slippers to light a cigarette when he saw a group of men in black coming in from the main entrance, along with the distressed proprietress.

"Hey, what's up with you guys?"

Uncle Maori, who had already become familiar with the proprietress before the meal, skillfully blocked the woman behind him and looked at the group of men in front of him. He found that most of these guys had their hands on their waists in a weird posture. His eyes changed slightly.

"We just want to stay at a hot spring hotel. We have to do business if we open the hotel."

The muscular man felt his pocket, then took out a bank card and swiped it.

"But the public baths are already being used by the police, sir. Our hotel simply can't accommodate so many people."

The proprietress pointed to the room on the left and said, "The standard room on the left can only accommodate two guests at most. There are only six rooms now, so you can't stay there."

"It's okay, we can squeeze in, the landlady can just open a room for us."

The voices of the three people also attracted Nishimura, Nakamori and Conan who had been observing them. Seeing the man and the younger brother behind him, the two policemen's faces became a little stiff.

[They must be Brian's people.]

Conan, who had eavesdropped on the room before, observed the appearance of the men and did not recognize them as members of the organization because simply because these people did not have the coldness and murderous aura of the organization.

Conan only knows Vermouth and Amuro Toru as members of the organization with this kind of characteristics. It's impossible that they are also people of that level.

Conan also understood why Brian's men appeared in the hot spring hotel. It was probably an insider who passed the message to them.

After paying, a group of people were led to the left by the proprietress, leaving only three adults and Conan at the door. The air was very cold now. Nishimura looked at Maori puzzledly, as if he wanted to get some inspiration from him.

"Why are Brian's people here?"

Knowing that he was not asking about the insider, Maori Kogoro lowered his head and pointed to the room to signal the two to go back to the room to talk. [Hey! But my bug is out of battery, and I don't have a spare one on me...]

"Hey, uncle, if you guys want to have a private conversation, I want to go too!"

Conan immediately started jumping up and down and acting weird, swaying left and right to irritate Kogoro Mouri's nerves.

"I want to go! I want to go! I want to go...ah, it hurts!"

Conan had a big bump on his head and was picked up by Kogoro Mouri. He covered his head with his hands, worried that the uncle would do it again, so he hurriedly looked at the two policemen for help.

"Forget it. Since this kid has helped Detective Maori a lot before, I'm sure he won't spread rumors."

Officer Nishimura pleaded for him, and the four of them went back to the room to discuss the matter.

"I came here to confirm something. What are you confirming?"

While the three people were talking, Conan sneaked to the coffee table, took a few photos and looked at them slowly. He stopped only when the buildings became blurred. He pressed the zoom button on his glasses and aimed at the sky in the photos.

[It’s blurry, but is this… Kidd? His pose is a bit weird, and his clothes are a bit red…]

"Oh, that's weird, huh?"

When Nakamori Ginzo heard Conan's voice, he did not react, but Nishimura and Mori Kogoro, who had experience, became alert and quickly walked to Conan's side.

"Little ghost, what did you see again?"

Maori Kogoro noticed the photo in Conan's hand and snatched it from the elementary school student: "What's wrong with this photo?"

Conan pouted and pretended to be well-behaved when the three people looked at him.

"There's Kidd in the sky in the photo, even though it's just a dot."

"Yes, this is the photo the police got from the person who happened to take the photo."

Officer Nishimura pulled a magnifying glass from his bag.

"Kid is... injured?"

Ginzo Nakamori frowned, took the magnifying glass and looked at it carefully. Their attention had been focused on Brian before, and now they thought of looking at Kidd in the photo.

"I see. The injured Kidd. He probably suspected that Kidd was near us, so he ordered his men to check."

Maori Kogoro looked at Nishimura: "I have an idea..." (End of this chapter)