The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Sitting next to him was a very shrewd-looking old gentleman, Mr. Inui Shoichi, the art dealer invited by Suzuki Shiro.

Another one is a tall and striking young woman, Miss Pu Siqinglan, a researcher of the Romanov dynasty.

"Hello."

To everyone's surprise, Ms. Pu Siqing greeted everyone in Chinese.

This prompted Aragaki Yuta to glance at her, "This woman..."

Finally, there's Mr. Ryu Hanchuan, a freelance photographer who volunteered to photograph the Easter Egg, a treasure.

After everyone exchanged brief greetings, Kogoro Mouri curiously asked Shiro Suzuki, "So, what was the appraised value?"

"Eight hundred million yen!" Before Suzuki Shiro could answer, Mr. Inui Shoichi, who was sitting on the sofa next to him, directly announced a number that shocked Kogoro Mouri.

"What? Eight, eight hundred million!" Kogoro Mouri was so shocked by this value that his tongue almost tied in knots.

You have to understand, this is the kind of money he could earn in a lifetime of taking on cases, or even a lifetime as a criminal investigator!

“If you’re willing to sell, I can offer a little more!” However, Mr. Inui didn’t think so. Instead, he generously raised the price again, hoping that Suzuki Shiro would sell the treasure to him.

Upon hearing what Inui said, Sirov Chinnikov was clearly anxious and hurriedly said to Suzuki Shiro, "Chairman, the Emperor's Easter Egg belongs to Russia. Rather than selling it to a merchant of dubious origin, it would be better to entrust it to the Russian Art Museum for preservation!"

Upon hearing the other party's words, Qian Jiang was clearly somewhat enraged, "You said I have an unknown background!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Just as the atmosphere between the two sides was tense, Han Chuanlong, who was recording the scene in front of him, laughed and mocked, "This is really interesting. Filming people might be more interesting than filming that egg!"

After saying this, he suddenly stood up from the sofa, glanced at Pu Siqinglan beside him, and said suspiciously, "You look like it's none of your business. Logically speaking, if you really are a researcher of the Romanov dynasty, you should want that egg more than anyone else!"

Faced with Mr. Han Chuanlong's questioning, Pu Siqinglan did not show any displeasure. Instead, she looked somewhat dejected. "No, that's right, but eight hundred million is too much for me..."

Hearing Pu Siqinglan's words, Han Chuanlong chuckled disdainfully, "Hmph, that's true. Even I can barely scrape together about two hundred million yuan..."

It seems that not only Kaito Kid, but everyone present is quite interested in the Emperor's Easter Egg.

"Alright, in short, let's talk about the egg another day!" Because of the arrival of Kogoro Mouri and his group, Shiro Suzuki did not hesitate to tell them to leave.

Afterwards, even though they were still very concerned about the Easter egg, they could only reluctantly say goodbye.

As the group took their leave, Suzuki Shiro's secretary, Nishino Masato, carefully carried a box into the chairman's office.

He walked respectfully to Suzuki Shiro's side and said, "Chairman, I've brought the egg."

"Alright, thank you for your hard work. Please put it on the table!" After nodding to Nishino Masato, Suzuki Shiro turned to the others and invited, "Alright, Kakugai, please have a seat!"

"Wow! Can we see that egg?" Xiaolan seemed quite excited.

Sonoko, on the other hand, muttered nonchalantly, "That egg doesn't actually look that great. I remember playing with it as a toy when I was little!"

"Play with it as a toy?" Xiao Lan was momentarily stunned when she thought of the eight hundred million yuan that Mr. Qian Jiangyi had just mentioned.

Aragaki Yu: "..."

Even Yuya Aragaki couldn't help but glance at the outrageously luxurious garden.

Anyone else would probably treat this treasure worth 800 million yuan like a precious ancestor, but only this tycoon's daughter could do such a thing.

Yuu Aragaki simply couldn't believe what kind of expressions would appear on the faces of those who had just left if they heard Sonoko's words.

Chapter 362 The Emperor's Easter Egg

After everyone was seated, Suzuki Shiro immediately opened the box that Nishino Masato had placed on the table, revealing the legendary treasure stored inside—

The Emperor's Easter Egg.

To everyone's surprise, the surface of the egg was not as dazzling and beautiful as expected; instead, it looked rather ordinary.

"Can this be opened now?" Just as everyone was wondering about this, Conan suddenly asked Shiro Suzuki.

"Huh!" Shiro Suzuki looked at Conan with some surprise and said in astonishment, "Yeah, Conan, you know that too!"

As he spoke, Shiro Suzuki opened the lid on top of the egg, saying, "Inside here is a model of Emperor Nicholas's family, all made of gold!"

"Wow!"

"This is incredible!"

Even Hattori Heiji couldn't help but praise the exquisite and luxurious model hidden inside the egg.

Not to mention Ran, Kazuha, and Akemi Miyano, the three women already had stars in their eyes.

Even Yuu Aragaki was pleasantly surprised.

On the contrary, Sonoko sat with her legs crossed, looking completely unconcerned.

"This egg has a very interesting mechanism!" Seeing everyone's great interest, Shiro Suzuki took out a key and said mysteriously to everyone.

After he inserted the key into the bottom of the egg and rotated it a few times.

Amidst a soothing melody, the entire model slowly rose from the bottom, and Emperor Nicholas gently opened the book he was holding.

"Wow, this is incredible skill!" Kogoro Mouri exclaimed, looking at the exquisite model before him.

At this moment, Suzuki Shiro pulled out a document from somewhere and found the page number containing the egg. "The Imperial Dynasty's documents contain the internal design diagram of this egg. It is because of these records that we can confirm that it is genuine. You see... it is translated as the Egg of Memories."

"It will be called the Egg of Memories..." Xiaolan seemed a little puzzled by the name of the egg. "Is it translated from Russian into English?"

“Yes!” Shiro Suzuki nodded and explained, “In Russian it’s BOCNOMNHAHNE, which translates to memory in Japanese.”

"Why does reading a book represent memories?" Conan looked up, staring curiously at Shiro Suzuki.

"Fool!" Kogoro Mouri said irritably, "The fact that the emperor called the children over to read together means they have fond memories!"

"Is that... a gemstone inside the egg?" Xiaolan asked, pointing to the crystal-clear ornaments inside the eggshell.

After glancing at the ornament that Ran was pointing to, Suzuki Shiro quickly waved his hand and explained, "No, no, no, that's just glass."

"What?" Xiaolan was clearly surprised by this.

"Strange, this is a gift from the Emperor to the Empress," Conan couldn't suppress his doubts. "Don't you find it strange?"

Upon hearing Conan's question, Shiro Suzuki nodded to Conan, pondered for a moment, and then gave his explanation, "But it is said that Russia was in a period of financial difficulty when the 51st egg was being made."

"What's even stranger is that pre-announcement letter from Kidd!"

Clearly, Heiji Hattori had no interest in whether the egg was decorated with glass or jewels.

He suddenly interrupted Conan, resting his chin on his hand and saying, "A glowing sky pavilion, but why is Osaka Castle glowing?"

"Fool!" Kazuha, sitting next to Hattori Heiji, naturally wouldn't miss such an opportunity to scold Heiji.

"The Taiko who built Osaka Castle wanted it to witness the development of Osaka, to be like the light of Osaka!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Kazuha noticed that everyone's eyes suddenly turned to her, especially Aragaki Yu's smiling eyes. Kazuha blushed instantly, looking a little embarrassed.

"That's right!"

Just then, two policemen stormed into the chairman's office.

"There is absolutely no doubt that Kidd will appear at Osaka Castle's keep!"

The visitors were none other than Inspector Nakamori and Inspector Chaki, who are now in charge of dealing with intelligent criminals and whose ultimate goal is to arrest Phantom Thief Kid.

“But…” Suzuki Shiro was about to say something.

Inspector Nakamori quickly interjected, "A clock without seconds reaching the twelfth character—we still don't understand that statement!"

"Isn't it the Japanese word for taxi, as written in the Japanese syllabary?" Kazuha asked curiously.

"what!?"

Upon hearing Kazuha's sudden remark, the police officers and Kogoro Mouri present were all taken aback, but then immediately had expressions of sudden realization.

After counting on her fingers, Sonoko exclaimed with delight, "That's 4 o'clock!?"

However, upon hearing this answer, Inspector Nakamori shook his head and denied it, saying, "No, Kid's code wouldn't be that simple!"

"Hmph!" Just then, Kogoro Mouri suddenly snorted coldly.

Once everyone's attention was on him, he dropped his deliberately contrived pose and said confidently, "I understand, officer!"

"What!?"

Inspector Nakamori and Chaki naturally recognized Kogoro Mouri's identity, and thus looked at him with surprise and anticipation for his insights.

"It's not the Japanese syllabary (hiragana and katakana)! It's the English alphabet!"

"English letters!?" Officer Chaki was taken aback.

"That's right, the twelfth letter of the English alphabet is L!"

Then, amidst Aragaki Yu's helpless gaze, Mouri Kogoro successfully led Inspector Nakamori and Inspector Chaki to misunderstand Kid's code as "appearing at the castle tower at 3 a.m."

Conan and Heiji Hattori, however, seemed to have some doubts about Kogoro Mouri's reasoning.

However, since they couldn't think of any better explanation at the moment, they didn't offer any rebuttal.

"As expected of the legendary detective, Mr. Mori!" Suzuki Shiro exclaimed respectfully, hands clasped behind his back, after hearing Kogoro Mori's reasoning.

Meanwhile, Officer Chaki excitedly said to Officer Nakamori, "That's right! The three points of slow slicing match perfectly with the 'Dawn Girl' in Kid's announcement!"

Inspector Nakamori's eyes also blazed with fury. "Just you wait, Phantom Thief Kid! This time, I will bring you to justice!"