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Chapter 351 Kidd's Black Mist
When everyone rushed to the entertainment room following the shouts of alarm, they only found a still-shaken Kogoro Mouri and billowing smoke.

A cold draft blew into the room from the wide-open window, instantly turning into water vapor upon encountering the warm air. This vapor mixed with the burning particles of the smoke bomb, making it impossible to see anything.

Ran rushed forward to support the terrified Mori, and hurriedly asked, "Dad, what happened?"

Mori took a few quick breaths to calm himself before pointing into the dissipating smoke: "I just saw Chu Ke, and he even talked to me!"

Thump thump thump.

These words struck everyone like an invisible hammer blow, instantly freezing the atmosphere.

"Hmph, playing tricks!" Sato Chengze's expression changed several times, and with a pale face, he bravely stepped forward and waved away the smoke.

A silicone face mask was piled on top of a bunch of clothes and scattered on the ground.

He reached out his leather shoe and gently kicked the pile of things. When there was no response, he picked up the mask.

The warm touch indicated that it had just been peeled off the face.

As Sato Seize made this move, a business card slowly floated down.

[Announcement Letter]

When the moon of fifty years ago reappears in the sky, and the interplay of past and present resurfaces, I will come draped in frost and snow, and take away those most dazzling eyes.

[Kaito Kid Part 1]

Finally, a simple line drawing of a little hat-wearing figure was drawn on one corner of the snow-white envelope.

"Kaito Kid?" Mori, eager to regain his pride, stepped forward and read the contents of the letter aloud.

Everything came together at this moment.

It turns out that the person he just saw was not Chu Ke who had "come back to life" or some kind of vengeful spirit, but rather the phantom thief Kid who was unaware that Chu Ke was dead and was impersonating Chu Ke to leave a warning letter!

The two got into a fight, which led to this misunderstanding.

Mori felt a headache coming on; the situation was getting more and more complicated.

First, the heavy snow broke the bridge, causing the current closure; then the organizer died of poisoning, his body mysteriously disappeared, and the identity of the murderer remains unknown.

Amidst this chaos, Phantom Thief Kid also gets involved, stealing a gem whose identity is unknown and leaving behind the Riddler's classic teaser letter.

"Tsk, one thing after another." Mori rubbed the back of his neck wearily.

He felt he must be getting old, and he didn't know when it started, but he always felt numbness in the back of his neck. He had gone for physical therapy a few times before, but it didn't help. He was a little worried that it was a problem with his spine.

Speaking of which, I seem to have developed some resistance to anesthesia lately. Last time I was injured and had my bones set, even though I received a normal dose of anesthesia, I still felt like I was dying from the pain. It's really strange.

"A notice from Kaito Kid?" Conan was also confused, so he ran over to Mori and stood on tiptoe to read it.

The meaning of "covered in frost and snow" is easy to understand; it simply refers to the current heavy snowfall environment.

But what do the preceding lines mean by "the moon fifty years ago" and "a snapshot of the past and present"?
Conan felt like his little brain was about to catch fire.

He stroked his chin, and a guess arose in his mind.

'Perhaps this is related to the disappearance of Chu Ke's body?'

While still thinking, Sato Seizawa glanced at Sonoko, who was tightly gripping Ran's sleeve, and stepped forward.

"I don't know what other dangers might happen today, but as long as we wait until dawn tomorrow, the police will come up the mountain and fix the road, and then we can leave this godforsaken place."

"Therefore, I suggest that we all return to our own rooms and wait until dawn, until the murderer who killed Mr. Chu Ke and Mr. Chu Ke's remains are found."

"Do not eat anything else during this time, lest the killer strike again." "What do you all think of my suggestion?"

There was no response, which seemed to imply acceptance of the suggestion.

Just then, Sato Seiyu suddenly spoke up: "Shouldn't we all be together at a time like this?"

"Who knows if the murderer will strike again, and what about that Phantom Thief Kid? Splitting up will only give them an opening. We might as well all stay in this entertainment room. Anyway, we've basically figured out what this place is like, so there shouldn't be any problems for the time being."

Both of their statements were very persuasive, and for a moment no one knew which option to choose.

Sato Seiyu added:

"And I strongly suspect that Phantom Thief Kid is the murderer."

"Impossible." X2
Conan and the painter Takahashi Muhaku spoke at the same time, exchanging a surprised glance. Then Takahashi Muhaku explained, "First of all, I know Kaito Kid quite well. He only steals jewels, and if it's not the jewel he wants, he will even return it. He has never killed anyone in the process."

Mori and Conan nodded; they had plenty of experience dealing with Kid, and that was indeed the case.

"Putting that aside, the key point is that Kaito Kid disguised himself as Chu Ke and infiltrated us without knowing that Chu Ke was dead, which is why he was discovered. So the possibility of him being the murderer is very small."

Sato Seiyu narrowed his eyes: "Who knows if he's deliberately doing this to get us to think in this direction to exonerate him?"

Takahashi Mubai opened his mouth, but was stunned by the question and had nothing to say.

Conan remained silent, intuitively believing that Kid couldn't possibly be the culprit.

"Besides, Kidd can disguise himself. Separating us would just give him an opportunity, wouldn't it?" Sato Chengyu found a sofa and sat down with his arms crossed. "I'll stay here. Those who want to stay can stay, and those who don't can leave. But we'll suspect you first!"

Sato Chengze clenched his fists, his expression growing increasingly grim.

"Hmph, if the murderer is among us, you can just wait to be poisoned to death."

After saying that, Sato Chengze pulled her back to the room without looking back and locked the door.

With everyone's thoughts in turmoil, Matsushima Wanxing eventually left with her sister, while the rest of the people stayed behind.

For a moment, the once cheerful entertainment room fell silent.

Conan was the first to feel unwell, so he stood up and decided to wander around to see if he could find any clues.

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On the roof, Kidd quickly fastened the equipment to his body and installed it one by one.

He plans to leave temporarily.

This is the first time in all his years of committing crimes that he has failed before even sending out the notice. It's truly shameful.

His cloak transformed into a snow-white paraglider, and Kidd leaped out, preparing to fly across the canyon to find the butler and get ready again.

That's how he got in before.

But just as they were about to fly over the canyon, a thick layer of black mist appeared out of nowhere, as if it had always been there.

Despite it being fog, Kidd seemed to have hit a wall and plummeted from the sky.

Fortunately, he was fully equipped and quickly opened another paraglider, allowing him to land safely.

Looking at the black mist that encircled the entire manor like a wall, Kidd's mouth opened slightly.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's going on here?"

(End of this chapter)