Conan: Start from Lucky Three

Chapter 213 Shi Kaobing, you will regret it! [4k]

The middle-aged man Tachibana Shizuka knew, or should I say recognized, Snake, the member who first appeared in the zoo group.

Originally, when Snake appeared, he should have mistaken Kuroba Kaito for Kuroba Toichi, and was very surprised why Kuroba Toichi did not die.

Then he shot Kuroba Kaito in the heart.

Of course, because of his status as the protagonist, Kuroba Kaito naturally dodged the bullet and successfully made Snake suffer a defeat.

It was not until the Killer Spider came to Tokyo that Snake learned from the spider that this Kaito Kidd was not the original Kuroba Toichi.

However, perhaps because of the intervention of Tachibana Shizuka, this little butterfly flapped its wings, causing the plot of Kuroba Kaito to change a lot.

The most obvious thing is that Snake discovered at a glance that this Kaito Kidd was not the original Kuroba Toichi.

What did he base his judgment on? Battle record or something else?
It can't be that the Kaito Kidd during Kuroba Toichi's time would never fail, but the second generation Kaito Kidd during Kuroba Kaito's time failed at the Suzuki Group, right?
However, Tachibana Shizuka really wanted to know whether this zoo and this Snake dared to steal things from the Suzuki family.

Do you dare to steal the Suzuki family’s things on the Ooka family’s territory?

Being able to offend two local bosses at once is a rare opportunity.

It was because Tachibana Shizuka recognized Snake that he started to pressure him, and at the same time asked the security member who was following him to provoke Snake.

Snake's reaction was not beyond Tachibana Shizuka's expectations - although Snake appeared very dissatisfied and indignant, he still left the museum in a dejected manner following the security guards of the Ooka Museum of Art.

The achievement of being kicked out was perfectly achieved.

"Tachibana, that guy is the leader of the group that ambushed me!" After Snake was asked to leave, Kuroba Kaito came up to Tachibana Shizuka and whispered.

"Really? Such an unpleasant guy is really hiding his true potential." Tachibana Seiji pretended to be a little bit arrogant and said to Kuroba Kaito:
"It's better to meet by chance than to invite each other. Let's follow and see!"

After Snake was taken away, Tachibana Shizuka and Kuroba Kaito also left the Ooka Museum of Art.

They had no intention of staying at the scene and being criticized.

After Snake left, he spat in the direction of the art museum. When he found that the security guards were surrounding him, he turned around and left without saying a word.

Tachibana Shizuka kept his Eye of Insight active throughout the entire process, following Snake from a very safe distance.

They walked all the way to the parking lot near the art museum and stopped at the door.

"This guy looks like he's getting ready to leave?" Kuroba Kaito thought that unlikely, as Snake's appearance was obviously to scout the area.

But how could Snake leave so easily without even seeing the Memory Egg?

Although their exchange was brief, Kuroba Kaito could sense that this was definitely a tough guy.

It's really not in his character to leave in such a disgraceful manner.

"What will happen if he doesn't leave?" Tachibana Seiji saw it clearly.

"I had someone bring him out, so his face was remembered. The staff of the Ooka Art Museum are all paid by the Ooka family.

We are the 'distinguished guests' that Ooka Momiji specifically requested to be treated with respect. Now that the distinguished guest has spoken, Snake will never be able to enter the museum again."

"Instead of running into a wall over there, why not get someone to come here and take over for him?"

"That makes sense. So he's in there contacting his men now?" Kuroba Kaito suddenly became excited.

If that's the case, doesn't that mean that if they can follow Snake, they can find their lair in Osaka?
Even if it's not the old nest, it must at least be an important stronghold, right?
Kuroba Kaito shared his guess with Tachibana Shizuka, who confirmed it.

"I guess so, so we have to find a way to get a car now." Tachibana Shizuka nodded. He didn't expect to meet Snake who was scouting the art museum today.

His car was not even parked in the parking lot outside.

After arriving in Osaka, Ooka Momiji asked the housekeeper to arrange a car for Tachibana Shizuka. It was not a good car, just an ordinary Mercedes-Benz E-Class.

As a distinguished guest of the museum, Tachibana Shizuka naturally parked his car in the museum's internal parking lot. It was obviously too late to retrieve the car at this time.

Even if the Ooka family arranged another car to deliver it, it would not be in time.

"Leave it to me!" Kuroba Kaito patted his chest - is there any need to worry about such things when going out with the Phantom Thief?
As the saying goes, everyone is for me and I am for everyone. Kaito Kidd cannot be for everyone for the time being, but he can let others be for him.

Tachibana Shizuka saw Kuroba Kaito looking around as usual, and found that no one was paying attention to him and the parking lot cameras were not facing this side.

He quickly walked to a Volkswagen, and in a few seconds, the Volkswagen made an unlocking sound, and after the double flashes twice, the door was opened by Kuroba Kaito.

Then Kaito Kuroba got into the driver's seat and pressed the steering wheel for a while. With a short sound of engine ignition, the Volkswagen was successfully started by Kaito Kuroba.

"I didn't expect you have this skill? Where did you learn it, Hawaii?" Tachibana Shizuka teased as he sat in the driver's seat vacated by Kuroba Kaito.

Although their actions can be considered car theft, the driver still needs a driver's license.

Kuroba Kaito is a minor, and although he is a thief who steals things, he still does not have a driver's license.

I can only ask Mr. Tachibana Shizuka, a good man, to help drive.

There was only one entrance and exit to the parking lot, so Tachibana Shizuka wasn't worried about Snake driving out from somewhere else.

If he drove his car through the wall and got out, Tachibana Shizuka would accept it.

While waiting for Snake, Tachibana Shizuka called Hattori Heiji.

"Hey, Hattori? I've got some emergencies here—Kuroha and I just saw the leader of the group ambushing him in the art museum.

Now, Hei Yu and I were about to follow him, but he ran to the parking lot and was about to drive away. My car is now parked in the art gallery."

"Hei Yu just borrowed a car through some technical means. The license plate number is xxxxx. Please ask the Osaka Prefectural Police to contact the owner.

Then give them some compensation. Don't worry, I will drive carefully and I will pay for their compensation."

Tachibana Shizuka believes that he can't be as cool as Kuroba Kaito, and there is no need to do anything so extreme.

Contacting the car owner through the Osaka Prefectural Police is equivalent to endorsing the act of car theft. Even if someone brings up the matter afterwards, it will be the responsibility of the Osaka Prefectural Police.

It is reasonable, legal and compliant for the police to requisition the vehicle and provide compensation afterwards. As for who was driving the vehicle when it was requisitioned, does that matter?
Although Tachibana Shizuka doesn't know when the timeline of this world will return to normal, he still has many years to go.

But the Black Organization will eventually be eliminated, and Conan will probably be able to turn back into Kudo Shinichi.

That meant the timeline would always be normal, and Tachibana Shizuka had to plan for the future. It seemed like joining the Metropolitan Police Department and becoming a police officer might not be such a bad idea—even if he couldn't become a true high-ranking official.

But being a senior technocrat is still very rewarding.

From the beginning to the end, Tachibana Shizuka had no particular ambitions. He couldn't change the world, or change society, and he didn't want to do that here.

Being able to live a good life is already a rare and wonderful thing.

"Is that so? Then you should be careful. I really envy you!" Hattori Heiji now regretted not going to the art museum with Tachibana Shizuka and the others.

"Don't worry, I'll contact Officer Otaki! Just go find those bastards!"

Setting up the exhibition site of the Egg of Memories in Osaka itself is also a test for the zoo.

For criminal organizations, operating only in Tokyo and operating across the entire island nation are two different concepts.

It is obvious that the larger the scope of criminal organizations' activities, the greater the harm they cause to society.

What's more, Kuroba Kaito said that these bastards all have a gun.

These more than ten gunmen lurked in Osaka just because of a memory egg. What are they trying to do?
Logically speaking, with this firepower and personnel configuration, it is not impossible to assassinate the Governor of Osaka Prefecture.

With Hattori Heiji's words, Tachibana Shizuka felt relieved. Sometimes Hattori Heiji could represent his father, Hattori Heizo, the chief of the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters.

With this support, Tachibana Shizuka put down his phone and then manipulated the steering wheel of the car.

Then a car drove past them from behind, and Tachibana Shizuka noticed through the rearview mirror that the person sitting in the driver's seat was none other than Snake, who had just left in a panic.

After Snake's car left the gate, Tachibana Shizuka quickly drove out of the parking space and headed towards the exit gate.

After the gate was lifted, Tachibana Shizuka quickly merged into the traffic. The ordinary Volkswagen didn't stand out in the traffic, so Snake naturally didn't suspect the white one.

In this way, Tachibana Shizuka hung not too far behind Snake's car, and followed him all the way.

"Where is this direction leading to?" Tachibana Seiji asked Kuroba Kaito while looking at the unfamiliar environment around him.

Although Tachibana Shizuka lives in Tokyo, he's not familiar with many of the city's roads, let alone Osaka.

But the person sitting next to him is Kuroba Kaito, no, should I say Kaito Kidd. Isn't it reasonable for a Kaito to learn about the local conditions before visiting a new place?

"This direction seems to be heading towards the airport." Kuroba Kaito thought for a moment and replied:

"Is this guy going to pick someone up?"

"Pick someone up." Tachibana Shizuka suddenly realized that if it was an ordinary person, Snake would not need to go and pick him up in person.

Even members of his level did not need Snake to go to the airport to pick them up in person. He could just send one or two of his men to the airport.

However, if he goes there in person, it means that he values ​​this person at the airport very much, and either his status is higher than his or his ability is higher than his.

Or maybe "the gentleman" at the zoo values ​​the person Snake went to pick up more.

In short, no matter who Snake picks up, it will be a win-win for Tachibana Shizuka.

After all, this airport is not a remote place, and Tachibana Shizuka followed Snake all the way without noticing him.

In this way, Shizuka Tachibana followed Snake all the way to Kansai International Airport. After parking the car in the parking lot, Shizuka Tachibana and Heiji Hattori began to follow Snake from a distance into the airport.

Tachibana Seiji and Kuroba Kaito, one is a cheater and the other is a thief.

They all have very profound attainments in counter-reconnaissance.

Snake, clueless, came to the arrival hall with his two little tails, waiting for the person he was going to pick up.

He didn't have to wait long before the person he was supposed to meet came towards him from a distance, attracting many people's attention along the way.

The person Snake was going to pick up was a royal sister wearing a blue and white cheongsam. She was beautiful, with short dark grey hair, grey eyes, a tall figure, and a pair of long beautiful legs.

This pair of beautiful legs shines brightly against the backdrop of the cheongsam. This is not just a description, but a physical sense of shining.

It's stockings, she's wearing stockings!
"Sneek, I didn't expect you to come pick me up in person." Pu Siqinglan handed over her luggage without saying a word when she saw Snake.

Snake didn't refuse and reached out to take Pu Siqinglan's suitcase.

"I still don't understand why you had to make such a trip, Scott?" Snake's face was not very good, and he kept complaining:
"There are no gems on the Egg of Memory; it's all glass. This is not what that gentleman wants at all.

If you hadn't insisted on coming, I would have already taken my people back to Tokyo."

"Don't call me Shi Kaobing. My current name is Pu Siqinglan. I'm an archaeologist from the Celestial Empire who specializes in studying the Romanov dynasty."

Pu Siqinglan obviously didn't care about Snake's little complaint. In fact, compared with his reputation in the underworld, Snake was like a child - far from it.

“When I joined the organization, I already said that in addition to collecting various gems for that gentleman, I would also collect the lost treasures of the Romanov dynasty.

This time, regardless of whether there is a gem on the Memory Egg, it will be mine to reclaim."

"Are you serious?" Snake suddenly stopped and said, "The Egg of Memory belongs to the Suzuki Group and is even on display at the Ooka family's art gallery.

Do you know that stealing this thing means offending the two most powerful financial groups in the island nation?"

"Hehehe Snake, your courage is as small as a baby's fist now. Is the way you collect gems for that gentleman now relying on trading?" Pu Siqinglan was very disdainful of Snake's statement.

What could you do if you offended a family like that? They didn't know who Shi Kaobing was anyway.

Did she join the zoo to contribute to that gentleman? Wasn't it to find a backer who could support her?

Look, isn’t the backing useful now?

Snake's face immediately changed after being ridiculed. What did a foreigner like Scott know? Would he be so scared if it was just the consortium?

It’s because the island nation not only has financial groups and American troops stationed there, but their specialty is actually detectives.

If these two consortiums were to recruit a few famous detectives, it would be a question whether he and Shi Kaobing could leave Osaka!

"Scott, you're going to regret this!"

(End of this chapter)