Conan, I'm an actor

"ANA SK865, tomorrow's flight." Kogoro Mouri asked instinctively, "What are you going to do?"

"Of course, we'll book all the remaining first-class seats on this flight. She's a huge fan of Kid." Shinjo said with a hint of helplessness, looking at Sonoko who was on the phone.

"Mr. Shinjo, how did you guess?" Sonoko asked, somewhat surprised.

"Of course it's deduction. I've been learning from detectives for a while now." Shinjo looked at Conan. "Hey kid, how's the book I gave you the other day coming along?"

"I've already read part of it, but..."

Just then, Ms. Yaguchi found them and led them to the theater troupe's dressing room, where they all met and got to know the troupe members.

Just as everyone was greeting each other, Officer Nakamori walked in, completely ruining the harmonious atmosphere.

Kogoro Mouri and Inspector Nakamori started their rivalry. They didn't work together often, but they always managed to mess things up, and neither of them wanted to take the blame.

“By the way, I brought someone with me specifically to assist with the investigation of this case. Although I kept telling him it wasn’t necessary, that guy Megure…” Inspector Nakamori realized he had let something slip and quickly corrected himself, “Inspector Megure strongly recommended him. Please come in.”

Conan was taken aback. There was another expert? How come he didn't know? He looked at Shinjo and then noticed that Shinjo was smiling slyly.

Just then, Shinichi Kudo, dressed in a casual suit, appeared at the door of the dressing room. Sonoko's expression lit up, and she nudged Ran with her elbow.

Ran, Conan, and Professor Agasa, however, looked extremely shocked. Ran and Conan immediately looked at each other, then simultaneously turned to look at Shinjo, who was trying not to laugh. It was clear that Shinjo knew what was going on.

"He's Kaito Kid in disguise!" Conan immediately pointed at Shinichi Kudo and said.

"How do you know he's Kaito Kid?" Kogoro Mouri asked Conan, somewhat puzzled.

“Shinichi told me that he’s currently studying in Hawaii and it’s impossible for him to be here!” Conan said immediately.

"I see. So you really might be Kaito Kid in disguise." Inspector Nakamori chuckled sinisterly, then walked up to Shinichi Kudo, grabbed his cheeks with both hands, and pulled them apart violently.

Shinichi Kudo on the other side screamed as he was being pulled, but his face was not deformed and no human skin mask fell off.

“Alright, we’ve confirmed he’s not an imposter.” Inspector Nakamori stopped and looked around. “Just to be on the safe side, everyone should pull each other’s skin to make sure the other person isn’t Kid in disguise.”

"Hey!"

People are resistant to this kind of violent identification method, mainly because it looks very painful.

The theater troupe members, in particular, clearly resisted this inspection method. Their faces were heavily made up, and pulling at their skin could ruin their makeup; the performance was about to start, and there simply wouldn't be enough time to redo their makeup.

“No need, my intuition tells me that Kid isn’t here,” Kogoro Mouri said with great confidence. “Besides, I have a way to catch the Phantom Thief Kid.”

He had deciphered the code and knew that Kid would make his move on the plane. Sonoko had already booked the entire first-class cabin, so all he had to do next was screen the flight attendants and stewardesses. Thinking of this, Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but give himself a thumbs up for his cleverness.

Chapter 235 The New City Digging a Hole

Conan and Ran had somewhat strange expressions, especially Ran. She wanted to tell her father that the Shinichi Kudo in front of her was Kaito Kid, but Kogoro clearly wasn't going to give her that chance.

"Miss Juri, could you please ask someone here to leave?" Inspector Nakamori said.

“It’s alright, I’m ready.” Juri nodded in agreement with Nakamori’s request.

“Well, I want to conduct the investigation in my own way,” Kaito, disguised as Shinichi Kudo, said.

"What did you say?" Officer Nakamori's eyes were somewhat unfriendly.

He never really liked people with connections, and if it weren't for Inspector Megure's recommendation, he wouldn't have brought this guy along at all. Now that this guy was causing trouble, he wanted nothing more than to kick this unreliable young man out of the group.

"Perfect, I don't need you, kid," Kogoro Mouri said resentfully.

As soon as Ran stepped out of the dressing room, she couldn't help but ask, "Conan, what's going on?"

"Maybe it's because Kid and I look alike. Kid will probably invite you later. You can accept his invitation and then launch a surprise attack when he's not paying attention!" Conan said resentfully.

"Don't worry, I will." Xiaolan said, clenching her fist. "I can't bring myself to do it if you turn into a child. I've been holding this in for a long time. If it were Phantom Thief Kid, I wouldn't have any psychological burden."

Conan looked at Ran, who was eager to try, and suddenly realized that he might have gone too far and caused someone's death.

Just then, on the other side, "Shinichi Kudo" had already started inviting Ran to a date at the exhibition booth on the top floor, and Ran "happily" agreed to his request.

Half an hour later, the pristine white paraglider bloomed in mid-air.

Kaito Kuroba, sporting dark circles under his eyes, left the building with a resentful expression. "How can Shinichi Kudo have such a bad relationship? Why does his girlfriend hold such a grudge against him? And why is she like Aoko, always resorting to violence?"

He had initially intended to hold back, but the man named Ran Mouri was becoming increasingly ruthless, even deliberately gathering his strength. He suspected that if he didn't escape soon, he would be taken away by an ambulance.

"Wonderful!" Shinjo clapped his hands and said, "Ran, I didn't expect your karate to be so amazing."

Conan stood trembling on the side, too afraid to move. He hadn't expected that his abrupt departure would cause Ran so much resentment. Would he suffer the same treatment if he became Shinichi again? Thinking of this, he cast a pleading look at Shinjo. "You're the one who exposed my identity, you can't just stand by and watch me die!"

Xincheng shrugged, indicating that he was helpless and that he had to resolve the emotional debts he had caused himself.

"I feel much better now, but what if Kaito Kid...?" Ran said shyly, "Wouldn't he go a little too far?"

“That guy deserves to be taught a lesson,” Xincheng said with a smile. “He did it on purpose, trying to provoke the kid, but he ended up losing more than he gained. This time, let’s just consider it a lesson for him.”

Just then, a commotion broke out downstairs. After all, the white paraglider was standard equipment for Phantom Thief Kid, and some police officers immediately drove their police cars out in pursuit.

"What did you say? That Shinichi Kudo is Kaito Kid?" Kogoro Mouri was startled by his daughter's description, then looked at Nakamori, "Didn't you personally examine him?"

“Yes…” Officer Nakamori said with a frown, “You saw it too.”

“Is it possible that Shinichi Kudo and Kaito Kid just look alike?” Shinjo said with a smile. “There aren’t many people with the same face shape, but there are quite a few. By the way, Inspector Nakamori, if I remember correctly, your daughter’s childhood friend, Kaito Kuroba, looks a lot like Shinichi Kudo, only with a different hairstyle.”

“It can’t be that Kaito kid. My daughter has already verified the truth,” Inspector Nakamori said firmly. “He has appeared at the same time as Kaito Kid before.”

Shinjo shrugged. "I didn't say that Phantom Thief Kid is him. I just said that Phantom Thief Kid's face shape is this type. Now we have big data, right? If we screen facial shapes, we should be able to eliminate many targets."

"I see." Officer Nakamori nodded. "After this matter is over, I'll go to the technical department to inquire and see if there's a solution."

Conan looked at Shinjo with a smile on his face. This guy had dug a huge pit for Kaito Kid.

But as he laughed, his smile faded. The simplest and most practical way to rule out Kaito Kid was through an alibi. If someone and Kaito Kid were both in the same place, they could be ruled out. But Shinichi Kudo was a missing person! If we're talking about suspects, Shinichi Kudo was the prime suspect! And Kaito Kid had even impersonated Shinichi Kudo before.

On the surface, Shinjo dug a pit for Kaito Kid, but in reality, the pit buried him!

Looking at Inspector Nakamori's eager expression, he knew that trying to dispel the idea was wishful thinking.

"Don't worry, we won't bury you, Clock Tower." Shinjo patted Conan on the shoulder, signaling him not to be nervous.

Conan breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Next time something like this happens, could you please let me know in advance? It's enough to give me a heart attack."

"That's what makes it fun, isn't it?"

Guided by Ms. Yaguchi, the group quickly arrived at a box on the side of the theater.

Shinjo wasn't interested in the stage play and only watched for a few minutes before falling asleep. Although he was in a deep sleep in the game pod, he was under immense mental tension and needed to catch up on sleep. However, while he was asleep, Phantom Thief Kid, disguised as a guard, re-entered the theater and caused a commotion.

Shinjo was woken up from his sleep by Kogoro Mouri, who said that the performance was over and he needed to meet with the theater troupe. He was told to wash his face and act more professionally.

Kaito, meanwhile, was rather annoyed. The guards today seemed to be sluggish, as if they hadn't eaten enough. And that brat Conan didn't react much either, even though he'd been looking forward to it for so long.

A magician will feel like a failure if a magic trick he has prepared for a long time does not get the expected response.

"Strange, could it be that the contents of the notice have been cracked? Oh well, if it's cracked, it's cracked." Kaito shrugged. "Who should I disguise myself as next?"

The spinning wheel in front of him displayed photos of everyone in the troupe. He gently turned the wheel, then took out a playing card gun and fired a card. As the wheel stopped, the card was embedded in Xinzhuang's photo.

Chapter 236 The SK865 Takes Flight

"This shouldn't be too difficult. I've decided, you're the one." Kaito looked at the person in the photo, rubbed his eyes, and said, "I hope I won't get beaten up."

Meanwhile, backstage at the theater troupe

"A fake!" Kogoro Mouri was taken aback.

“Yes, the real Sapphire Star is only used at the opening ceremony; for the rest of the performances, a replica is used,” Ban Heng said with a smile. “The Sapphire Star is too expensive, and it would be terrible if it were accidentally damaged during a performance.”

“This time we will send someone with the genuine item to Hakodate ahead of time. The one that came with me on the plane is the fake.” Ms. Juri showed the fake item she was wearing on her finger.

“I see.” Inspector Nakamori nodded and said, “Then I’ll divide my men into two groups. One group will go on the plane to protect the fake, and the other group will wait in Hakodate. Once Kaito Kid discovers it’s a fake, he’ll definitely go to Hakodate to steal the jewel.”

“There’s no need for that,” Kogoro Mouri said, shaking his head.

"What did you say!" Nakamori's expression was somewhat unfriendly.

“The theater troupe is traveling in first class, and there aren’t many people in the troupe to begin with,” Kogoro Mouri said, stroking his chin. “With us traveling with them, that’s enough. Everyone in the troupe knows each other, so the possibility of an imposter is slim. It’s the same for us. The only people we need to be wary of are the flight crew. If police officers were to be crammed into first class, the most likely outcome would be that Kid would blend in with the police and get into first class.”

Inspector Nakamori frowned, thought for a moment, and although he was very annoyed, he had to admit that Uncle Mori made a lot of sense.

"Shinjo, what do you think?" Kogoro Mouri asked Shinjo, who was standing to the side.

I have no idea what this guy was doing yesterday. He kept yawning while working. Doesn't he realize how unprofessional he is?

“I checked the weather that day. There were thunderstorms, and the weather conditions were extremely bad,” Shin-chan said. “Kidd is, after all, just a mortal. He couldn’t possibly risk being struck by lightning to fly through the clouds. So after he stole the jewels on the plane, he only had two options: either stay on the plane or jump off when it landed.”

"You mean we can trap them like turtles in a jar?" Officer Nakamori's face lit up with excitement.

Kaito Kid is really courting death by choosing to commit a crime on an airplane; even God isn't on his side! At this moment, he could even picture himself arresting Kid and receiving an award.

“When the plane lands below the clouds, Kaito Kid will also open the cabin door and jump out,” Shinjo said with a smile. “A paraglider probably can’t fly as fast as a helicopter, right? By the way, it would be best if the helicopter was equipped with a searchlight.”

Conan looked at Shinjo with some confusion. Had Kaito Kid offended this guy recently? Why was he trying to kill him?

In this situation, he really couldn't think of a way to escape. He either didn't reach out, or he would definitely be caught.

The next day arrived in the blink of an eye, the day of their flight. The three little ones followed Professor Agasa to the airport and soon met the theater troupe. It was their first time flying first class, and they seemed quite excited.

"Uncle Shinjo, what's with the oil stains on your cuffs?" Conan asked Shinjo, looking at him with some curiosity.

Xincheng didn't come in through the passenger channel, but came out from inside the airport, which made him feel uneasy. Could this plane crash have been deliberately caused by this guy?

"My car broke down when I came over today. It's a minor issue; a spark plug replacement will fix it." Shinjo looked at Conan. "Are you ready?"

"Ready?" Conan asked somewhat guiltily, "You're not really going to do *that*, are you...?"

“It’s just a possibility.” Shinjo stretched his neck. “I’m not comfortable flying… wait, I think I saw someone I know.”

After saying that, Xincheng ignored the others' attempts to stop him and rushed into the waiting hall. He looked around but did not find that face.

"Who is it? Kaito Kid?" Conan asked nervously.

“No, it’s an architect friend.” Xincheng pinched the bridge of his nose. “I’m probably just too tired lately and it’s making me feel like I’m hallucinating.”

"By the way, Mr. Shinjo, has Kid ever offended you?" Conan asked curiously.

"No? Why would you ask such a question?" Shinjo looked around. "Strange, could I have really seen wrong? That shouldn't be the case."

“Because I feel like you’ve been targeting him,” Conan said seriously. “If he hadn’t offended…”

“I’m just doing this for money. Since Miss Shuri hired me, I’m naturally going to target him.” As Shinjo spoke, he took out his phone and dialed a number. “Karen, do me a favor and check if Daigo Madoka is at the company right now.”

Conan silently memorized the name. Shinjo's actions just now were too unusual. That Daigo Madoka was very likely a member of the organization.