Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 491 I'm a magician!
Kaito looked up at the top of the elevator, wanting to escape from there.

However, in that instant of looking up, his gaze became momentarily unfocused!

From the frosted metal top, Kaito vaguely sensed that there was someone standing behind him!

This discovery instantly made his scalp tingle, and without any hesitation, he threw a ball directly at his feet.

The sphere exploded the moment it hit the ground, but instead of emitting white smoke, it emitted a blinding light.

Another person in the elevator, who had been watching with great interest, was caught off guard and fell victim to the attack.

Kaito, a proponent of non-killing, didn't even turn around. He unscientifically broke through the elevator roof with two shots and crawled straight out through it.

This all happened in just a few seconds.

When the police officer inside the elevator tried to open his eyes, he only saw an empty elevator ceiling and two strange policemen glaring at him.

Vermouth was completely bewildered; this scene truly baffled her.

Vermouth's purpose in appearing was slightly different from the other two groups; she came to steal Joel's information, not to exchange it.

Although Baileys' suggestion was rejected by her, it was not without reference value. She tried to find Yuri's information through Joel's file.

At the same time, if the files are taken away, Amuro Tooru will not be able to find them later, which can delay or resolve the crisis for Conan and Ran.

She, the godmother, has gone to great lengths for her goddaughter and godson.

If I'm not mistaken, that was Kaito Kid just now, right?
But why would the other party be here?

Vermouth was completely baffled, but the situation didn't allow her to continue thinking about it.

Two police officers, whose behavior and attire were quite strange, were looking her up and down, seemingly trying to determine if they were Kaito Kid in disguise.

She instinctively pulled out her police gun. The two people outside the elevator suddenly snapped back to reality, retreated abruptly, and disappeared back into the white smoke.

From Yuri and Amuro Tooru's perspective, the elevator roof is open, and Kaito Kid has probably already escaped from there.

They saw the policeman in front of them when the elevator doors opened, so there's no possibility that he was Kaito Kid in disguise.

Their identities were fake, and to avoid Kuroda Hyōe having to go to the Metropolitan Police Department to bail them out, they had no choice but to run away.

They were all equipped and had studied the Metropolitan Police Department's map, so escaping wouldn't be difficult.

As for how the Metropolitan Police Department will explain the theft of the archives, what does that have to do with the Public Security Bureau? This is all provocation by criminals, and they might even be from the Mikasa family.

They had a backup plan; Phantom Thief Kid won't be able to escape so easily.

Vermouth quickly stepped out of the elevator, glanced at the corridor that had been turned into a space for thesis defenses, and knew that tonight's plans were ruined.

But she wasn't unhappy.

Since we couldn't find any information on Yuri, we'll leave it at Anya.

As a result, the Metropolitan Police Department will likely strengthen its security over the archives, and Amuro Tooru will probably be unable to take action in the short term.

If she had known that Kaito Kid would appear, she wouldn't have come.

Shortly after Vermouth descended the stairs, a dense sound of footsteps echoed from the stairs above.

One by one, the policemen rushed into the corridor like hungry wolves, their eyes bloodshot.

Meanwhile, Inspector Nakamori, who thought taking the elevator would be faster, was trapped inside.

The Metropolitan Police Department building has more than one elevator, but the elevators are interconnected. If one elevator is damaged, it means that the other elevators are also at risk of malfunctioning.

For safety reasons, elevator maintenance has set all elevators to be temporarily unusable if one breaks down, or at least require maintenance personnel to be present. Inspector Nakamori and his dozen or so men were crammed into the elevator, utterly helpless, unable to even press the emergency call button. All they could do was frantically shout at the security camera, hoping to be discovered soon.

"It's bad, Inspector! The elevator switch in the archives corridor has been broken, and we also saw that the top of the elevator shaft has been opened. We now suspect that Phantom Thief Kid is inside the elevator shaft."

A report came through the walkie-talkie from his subordinate. Just as Nakamori Ginzo was about to say something, he heard a loud bang coming from the top of the elevator shaft where he was.

Immediately afterwards, I felt someone stepping on it, making a "bang bang bang" sound.

With a loud bang, the top was ripped open, and Kaito, who had originally intended to descend the stairs in a more gentlemanly manner via the elevator, almost suffered a phobia of trypophobia upon seeing the rows of heads below.

The head in the very center is none other than his future father-in-law, Nakamori Ginzo.

"Hey, Inspector Nakamori, what are you doing here? From my angle, it looks kind of funny."

Although Kaito covered his mouth, his laughter was extremely wild; even if Ginzo Nakamori hadn't been kicking him while he was down, he wouldn't have believed it.

"That damned Phantom Thief Kid! He actually broke the elevator! I won't let you get away with this!"

With a strength he didn't know he came from, Nakamori Ginzo pulled his hands out, placed them on his two colleagues' heads, and then pulled himself out like a clove of garlic.

It was pulled out literally.

"Kid!"

Inspector Nakamori's expression was like that of a statue of a deity in a temple, his eyes wide with anger, flashing with a spark of justice.

He took two steps and landed on his teammate's shoulders, his head just peeking out from the top of the elevator.

But this posture is not elegant, because when he sticks his head out, all he can see is Kaito Kid's crotch.

"Don't do that, Inspector Nakamori. You're not Han Xin. Humiliating yourself by crawling between someone's legs will only make you more disgraced and will never make you a great general."

Inspector Nakamori ignored him and firmly gripped Kaito's legs.

Immediately afterward, a pair of handcuffs appeared in his hand, and he quickly cuffed Phantom Thief Kid's legs: "Hehe, now you can't escape!"

"You seem to have forgotten that I am a magician!"

Kaito wasn't worried at all, and even squatted down and stretched out his hands: "How about I handcuff your hands too, and I'll show you an escape magic trick?"

When his teasing went unanswered, Kaito, feeling bored, pursed his lips, looked up at the ceiling, and said, "The elevator should be back to normal by now, so I won't bother you any longer."

Kaito casually stood up, pulled out a playing card gun, and mimicked Daigo's voice changer gesture.

The moment the trigger was pulled, a thin rope shot up the dark elevator shaft with a "whoosh," and soon a crisp echo could be heard.

Immediately afterwards, the thin rope tightened, and Kaito was lifted into the air.

"Sorry, Inspector Nakamori, I'll be going now."

After saying that, he seemed to suddenly remember something and added, "By the way, regarding the protection plan for the Blacklight Shadow Gem the day after tomorrow, I think we can think a little further. I might not necessarily come down from the ceiling; the elevator shaft is also a possibility. We should check all the floors again; maybe I've dug a secret passage under the floor!"

Before Nakamori Ginzo could answer, Kaito had already disappeared into the dark elevator shaft.

"Oh, right, I have two accomplices. If you can't catch me, you can try to catch them."

The empty elevator shaft echoed with Kaito Kid's final provocation, prompting Ginzo Nakamori to punch and kick the air.

He looked down at the two prosthetic limbs in his hands, veins throbbing on his forehead, and a puff of white mist came out of his nostrils.

This is a blatant provocation, and he's determined to teach Kaito Kid a lesson!

(End of this chapter)