Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 159 No Profit or Loss
"Actually, I was almost fooled by you. Really, just a little bit."

Ginzo Nakamori made a decisive gesture, causing Kaito Kid to lose the South Korean male fan base.

"It wasn't until the very end that I realized you seemed to have seen through my disguise.

The Suzuki family's butler is clearly outside the door, so even if someone goes to get the Black Star, it should be Miss Suzuki who goes, not you, the guest, right?"

"Yes, it was an oversight on my part, but it wasn't really an oversight. After all, I was in a hurry when I realized something was wrong with you, so I could only come up with such a lame excuse to leave.

I underestimated your vigilance."

Tachibana Shizuka's emotions didn't fluctuate much, but there was no way around it; mistakes were inevitable when things got urgent.

Kaito Kidd should have been so vigilant. If he hadn't been, he might have been caught by Nakamori Ginzo long ago. How could he have been so brazen and swaggering around like he is now?
"I'm a little curious, Tachibana-san. I thought my disguise was perfect. Could you tell me where I made a mistake?"

Nakamori Ginzo, no, it should be that the reason why Kaito Kid hasn't left yet is to meet Tachibana Shizuka again.

The Heiyu family's inherited art of disguise is the golden finger of the Phantom Thief industry. This art is the biggest reliance of Phantom Thief Kidd, who is able to succeed in every action and escape from trouble even when he occasionally encounters trouble.

It is not so easy to learn the art of disguise. The production of the facial mask is one of the difficulties. In addition, if you want to perfectly transform into another person, preliminary observation is essential.

Everyone is an independent individual, and it takes a long time of observation to perfectly replace another person.

Ginzo Nakamori is one of the people that Kid has observed for the longest time. After all, their two families are neighbors, and Ginzo Nakamori is also the father of Kid's childhood sweetheart.

It can be said that Kidd is absolutely adept at cosplaying Ginzo Nakamori. If there were a competition for cosplaying Ginzo Nakamori, Kidd is even confident that he could win first place - even if Ginzo Nakamori himself participated, he would only be able to compete for second place.

Kidd's disguise was so confident, but he was only sitting in the reception room chatting with Tachibana Shizuka for more than ten minutes before it was exposed. He was puzzled and even risked staying in the reception room to get to the bottom of it.

"You want to know? Then think about it carefully!" Tachibana Jingsi suddenly changed the subject and quickly reached for the holster at his waist.

Those who are faster than Tachibana Shizuka are Hattori Heiji and Ran.

Hattori Heiji drew the sword in his hand immediately, and with a loud Kiai, he slashed at Kaito Kidd who was standing by the window with the back of the sword.

Following closely behind Hattori Heiji was Xiaolan, who also shouted and kicked straight towards the old face of "Nakamori Ginzo".

Whether it was Hattori Heiji's sword back or Xiaolan's high whip kick, they both put considerable pressure on Kidd, but the greatest pressure came from Tachibana Shizuka.

At this moment, the black muzzle of the gun was pointed at Kidd's torso. The reason why he hadn't fired yet was simply because he was concerned about the two teammates beside Kidd.

The aim from Tachibana Shizuka made Kaito Kid shudder. He didn't think that Tachibana Shizuka was the kind of high school boy with a strong sense of immaturity who would use a fake gun to scare him in this situation.

Since he pulled out a gun, it had to be a real thing. But how dare a high school student pull out a gun in public?!

At this moment, he no longer cared about Hattori Heiji and Xiaolan who were rushing towards him, and he quickly threw the smoke bombs and flash bombs that he had prepared long ago to the ground.

Dazzling flashes and billowing smoke followed, and Hattori Heiji and Ran subconsciously stopped moving forward.

Fortunately, Kaito Kidd opened the window before using the smoke bomb. Tachibana Shizuka covered his mouth and nose and opened the door behind him. The draft quickly took away the smoke in the living room, and there was no trace of Kaito Kidd outside the window.

Tachibana Shizuka slowly walked to the window and looked up. He saw no white figure of Kaito Kidd in the sky. Normally, would Kidd have missed such a great opportunity to show off? He would have flown through the sky, silently mocking him.

This time, Kidd, who was frightened by Tachibana Shizuka's gun, was really cautious.

The tallest building in the Suzuki Manor is the manor itself, offering a commanding view of the surrounding area. If Kidd dared to take to the sky at a time like this, Tachibana Shizuka would have no problem knocking him down from the sky.

Since he is a phantom thief, he must have the awareness of a phantom thief. It doesn't make sense that he can only disguise himself and sneak into the victim's house to scout the area, and then play tricks on the police during the operation without letting the victims and owners fight back, right?

The law grants Tachibana Shizuka the right to fire back when threatened. As for whether the right is really that great.

Go talk to lawyer Eri Kisaki.

"How is it, Hattori?" To be on the safe side, Tachibana Shizuka asked Hattori Heiji beside him.

"We can't find him. He must have escaped during the chaos."

The flash and smoke just now attracted many servants of the Suzuki family. Any place with people is the best cover for Kidd.

At first, Tachibana Shizuka didn't expect Kidd to be so vigilant, so he didn't make any other arrangements for the servants.

However, this time the two sides ended in a draw.

Tachibana Shizuka was unable to do anything to Kid, and Kid didn't get any useful information either - Kid had already known that the art museum exhibited replicas.

Even Kidd couldn't tell whether the black star on the platform was real or fake through the glass.

But after closing time, the museum was Kidd's domain. He had long since confirmed that the black pearl was not the Black Star, which was why he came to test it this time.

After the butler dispersed the servants around, Tachibana Shizuka asked the butler to find the manor's private doctor for Sonoko.

After Hattori Heiji's face-pulling test, the private doctor quickly woke Sonoko from her coma.

"What do you mean the person I was in the same room with just now was Lord Kidd?" Sonoko heard the bad news from Tachibana Shizuka when she just woke up.

"Yes, that Officer Nakamori is Kidd in disguise. He's probably here to gather intelligence on the Dark Star."

"Did he transform when his identity was revealed?" Sonoko began to gesture abstractly:
"It's like suddenly changing into a white suit, then standing at the window, looking down from above and performing a gentlemanly salute!"

"Not at all, this guy didn't even reveal his Phantom Thief uniform, he just threw down the flash bomb and smoke bomb and ran away.

I have to say, your Mr. Kidd ran pretty fast. "Tachibana Shizuka felt a little regretful. If he detained Kidd now, even if nothing else, the fact that he looked like Kudo Shinichi would be enough to excite Sonoko.

"What? Why are you so embarrassed?" Yuanzi, who was originally very expectant, suddenly sighed and looked uninterested.

This sudden dejection left Tachibana Shizuka and Hattori Heiji extremely puzzled.

(End of this chapter)