The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

According to Yusuke Aragaki's descriptions, both Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki are indeed very nice girls.

However, compared to Sonoko Suzuki, she still preferred the girl named Ran Mouri a little more.

Unfortunately, she has a childhood sweetheart with whom she grew up.

Shinichi Kudo?

Although Chifuyu Orimura wasn't very familiar with him, she had seen some reports about the boy in the newspapers.

A high school detective hailed as the savior of the Japanese police force.

Unfortunately, he suddenly disappeared during this period, and there were even rumors that Shinichi Kudo had vanished from the world.

Chifuyu Orimura suddenly smiled. With her abilities, finding out whether the young detective was truly dead or had gone into hiding for some reason would be a very easy task.

But what does this mean to her?

Chapter 357 Kaito Kuroba's Invitation

After hanging up with Chifuyu Orimura, Yuu Aragaki received another call that surprised him.

"Hey, it's been a long time, Aragaki!"

Kaito Kuroba's energetic voice came through the phone.

"What's wrong, Kaito?" Aragaki asked, somewhat surprised.

Normally, at this time, if Kaito Kuroba isn't with Aoko, he should either be stealing something or on his way to steal something.

"It's been a while since we last contacted each other, so I came to ask how you were doing!" Kaito Kuroba laughed. "Also, how's your disguise technique coming along?"

"..."

Aragaki Yu hesitated for a moment.

If it weren't for a chance trip to London with Koizumi Akako, he would have almost forgotten about the art of disguise.

Despite the truth of the matter, Aragaki Yu still said dismissively, "It's alright, you practiced not badly."

"I heard you've gotten involved in quite a few cases lately, Detective!"

Hearing Kaito Kuroba's teasing words, Yuu Aragaki was certain that Kaito Kuroba probably had his own intelligence network within the police force.

After all, his involvement in some recent cases has not been made public; it has only been circulating within the police force.

"Hey Kaito, why aren't you stealing those gems? Why are you suddenly getting involved in intelligence gathering?" Aragaki Yu complained, somewhat exasperated.

"No, it's just that I was a little curious about that detective kid who was with you last time, so I happened to come across a lot of information about you while I was investigating!"

“But speaking of which!” At this moment, Kaito Kuroba suddenly said in an exaggerated tone on the other end of the phone, “That kid’s identity is really something else!”

"Ah."

"Tch~" Upon hearing Aragaki Yu's calm response, Kuroba Kaito, who had been hoping to whet his appetite, immediately realized that Aragaki Yu had probably already seen through the brat's identity.

"How boring." Kaito Kuroba grumbled somewhat discontentedly, "So you already knew all along. Why didn't you remind me? Last time I almost got a beating from that brat."

"Heh~" Hearing Kaito's complaint, Aragaki Yu couldn't help but chuckle. "We weren't even on the same side last time. Besides, Kaito, who was it that said that—"

"Ok?"

Amidst Kaito Kuroba's questioning voice, Yuuya Aragaki mimicked his tone, saying, "If a phantom thief is a highly skilled and creative artist who steals treasure, then a detective is just someone who follows the phantom thief around nitpicking, at best a critic, hahahaha..."

"Forehead……"

Although he felt cool saying it at the time, for some reason, hearing it from someone else made Kaito Kuroba feel a little embarrassed.

"But how did you figure out that kid was Shinichi Kudo?" To ease the awkwardness, Kaito Kuroba immediately changed the subject.

Kaito Kuroba was naturally curious about this as well.

It's worth noting that he spent a considerable amount of time and resources to arrive at the conclusion that Conan is the missing high school detective Shinichi Kudo.

"I'm not blind..."

Upon hearing Kaito Kuroba mention this, Yuu Aragaki felt speechless.

He explained irritably, "This kid and Kudo are practically identical in personality and mannerisms, how could I not notice?"

Even now, Yuu Aragaki still can't understand how Conan's acting skills are so obvious, even to someone like him who has only met Shinichi Kudo a few times.

How could those who had been with him since childhood not recognize him?

Besides Shinichi Kudo, Kaito Kuroba is the same.

Wearing only a hat and a monocle, no one could recognize Kaito Kuroba's face.

"Could it be because their faces are too generic?" Aragaki Yu couldn't help but wonder.

“Okay, that makes sense!” Kaito Kuroba wasn’t too surprised by Aragaki Yu’s explanation.

After all, this guy in front of him was someone who had only met him twice before finding out his true identity.

Having a vision is certainly not that simple.

"By the way, Aragaki," Kuroba Kaito said after a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, "has that little girl from the Suzuki family invited you to any events lately?"

"Activity?"

Aragaki Yu was taken aback when he heard Kuroba Kaito's words. After a moment's recollection, he replied somewhat uncertainly, "I think there was such a thing."

"Haha, that guy, if you can, haha, I think you'd better squeeze out two days to accept that girl's invitation," Kaito Kuroba said with a laugh. "I'll treat you to a magic show!"

"That's it……?"

Hearing Yuu Aragaki's disdainful tone, Kaito Kuroba immediately became furious. "Hey, hey, hey, Aragaki, what do you mean by 'that's all'? That was a magic performance presented by the greatest magician of the future—I, Kaito Kuroba, with all my might!"

"Oh..." Aragaki Yu's voice still sounded calm, as if he hadn't been aroused much interest.

"..." Kaito Kuroba on the other end of the phone was furious, countless black lines appearing on his forehead. "Aren't you curious about what kind of magic show it is?"

"Yawn~ Oh? So what are you going to perform?"

"..." Hearing Aragaki Yu's perfunctory words, Kuroba Kaito almost crushed his phone in his hand.

"Damn it, you..."

"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now. Bye."

"Wait a minute! Hello? Hello!"

Kaito Kid, who was parked on the balcony of a high-rise building, looked astonished as he listened to the busy tone coming from his phone.

This guy just hung up on himself like that!

Could it be that I, Phantom Thief Kid, have become so uncharming?

Just as he was sinking into deep self-doubt, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from the room behind him.

The next moment, a cute little girl in pajamas suddenly pulled back the curtains and window, and cautiously asked him, looking at him standing on the balcony railing, "Who are you, Mr. Vampire?"

If Aragaki Yu were present, he would naturally recognize that this little girl is actually Ayumi from the Junior Detective League.

"Heh, of course not." Kaito Kuroba glanced back at the little girl, then suddenly jumped down from the railing, knelt on one knee in front of her, and said with a smile, "I was just tired from flying, so I stopped to rest for a while."

"It's just magic, little lady." Kaito Kuroba gently took the little girl's hand and kissed the back of it lightly.

"Ah!" Ayumi blushed instantly at Kaito Kuroba's actions.

Chapter 358 Professor Agasa's Mystery

Inside a stretched luxury sedan.

Kogoro Mori looked at the car's interior with envy. "Wow, it really is a luxury sedan. No wonder it belongs to the Suzuki Group!"

Sonoko Suzuki, sitting opposite Kogoro Mouri, explained with a smile, "Because today is a special day!"

"Special?" Kogoro Mouri looked somewhat bewildered.

"Because I'm going to meet His Highness Kidd, whom I've always admired, how can I not make it a bit grand!"

"Sonoko, really!" Ran, sitting next to Sonoko, couldn't help but tease her. "You already have Mr. Kyogoku!"

"How can that be the same! It's really him, Kid is my idol to this day!" Sonoko said with a matter-of-fact expression.

Halfway through her sentence, her expression turned angry again. "And Ah Zhen, that blockhead, he never contacts me on his own initiative!"

"The Kid I admire...?" Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard Sonoko address him that way.

At this moment, he couldn't help but recall the scene he had encountered at the Metropolitan Police Department the day before.

When Kogoro Mori saw the image of a group of police officers, led by Inspector Nakamori, howling and shouting that they were going to catch Kaito Kid, he couldn't help but shudder.

Conan, seeing Sonoko's infatuated expression, shrugged helplessly as well.

"Oh, right, let me introduce you." Sonoko, who was in the back seat, suddenly looked at the young man driving the car. "This driver is Mr. Masato Nishino, my father's secretary."

Facing Sonoko's friends, Masato Nishino was extremely polite. While waiting at a red light, he turned around and nodded slightly to them, saying, "Nice to meet you."

"Hello, Mr. Nishino." Ran and Conan greeted him with smiles as well.

Then, Sonoko continued, "Ran, don't let Mr. Nishino's unassuming appearance fool you. He used to live all over the world, so he's fluent in English, French, and German. And he's also a first-rate worker!"

"Wow! That's amazing!" Ran couldn't help but exclaim in admiration upon hearing this, and even Conan couldn't help but show a surprised expression.