Thief Game: Starting with Obtaining the Kidd Card

"As for the 'seventh key' mentioned there, it refers to the seventh degree of the C major scale—the 'Si' key, which means..."

At this point, Kogoro Mouri suddenly paused, scratching his head and muttering to himself, "What was it referring to again? What did it say on that note? I should have known better than to drink so much yesterday..."

Kogoro Mouri's voice wasn't loud, and no one present heard him muttering anything to himself. They only saw him standing there scratching his ears and cheeks, muttering something like "note" under his breath.

"Detective Mori? What's wrong?"

Inspector Nakamori looked at Kogoro Mouri with a puzzled expression, wondering what was wrong with him.

"Ah... well, I mean..." Kogoro Mouri didn't know what to say for a moment.

I could only rack my brains, trying to recall the information on that note.

Just then, a child's voice came from the side:

"Ah, Uncle Mori, are you going to say that the [Si] key of the seventh degree of C major is the same as the pronunciation of [four] in Chinese, so Kid's operation should be at exactly four o'clock?"

Conan opened his innocent eyes and spoke.

"Oh, yes, yes, that's exactly what I meant to say."

Kogoro Mouri quickly spoke up:

"Furthermore, the second sentence says, 'Silver moonlight accompanies the high-hanging darkness,' which indicates that it is nighttime. Therefore, we can conclude that the time of Phantom Thief Kid's operation is 4:00 AM on the day the exhibition opens, two days later!"

As expected of the famous detective Kogoro Mouri, even the Phantom Thief Kid can be easily seen through by me, ahahaha~~

Kogoro Mouri laughed exaggeratedly.

Conan, watching from the side, kept rolling his eyes: "He can still get the answers wrong even when I give him the answers. This Uncle Mori is really... sigh."

Conan thought to himself.

Unlike Conan's helplessness, the officers of the Metropolitan Police Department's Second Pursuit Division, led by Inspector Nakamori, were completely stunned by Kogoro Mouri's reasoning.

"The seventh piano key, I thought it was the 'ki' from the Japanese syllabary, but I didn't expect it to refer to Chinese..."

"I never expected that the secret behind the notice that had been troubling us would be solved so easily. Impressive."

"Yes."

Even Inspector Nakamori was slightly taken aback, turning to look in Kogoro Mouri's direction, his expression becoming much more serious:

"Mr. Mori, I am now formally inviting you to participate in this operation against Phantom Thief Kid. Rest assured, we will pay you the highest market rate."

"Oh, I see."

Kogoro Mouri suppressed a smile and casually waved his hand, saying, "Don't worry, with me, the great detective Kogoro Mouri, here, there won't be any problems."

"Then I'll leave it to Mr. Mori."

"No problem, no problem, it's just a matter of payment..."

"I'll send it to you shortly."

"Then I won't be polite."

What they didn't notice was that at that moment, a white dove with a miniature camera attached to it was standing at the window of the temporary office, watching inside.

Inside the cafe's bedroom, Chen Feng looked at the images transmitted back by Xiao Bai and a smile appeared on his lips.

"Heh, it's already solved? That's to be expected, it makes things more interesting."

He then picked up the voice transmission device and said, "Xiao Bai, come back. The crayfish I ordered for you will be here soon."

"Goo-"

Upon receiving Chen Feng's signal, Xiaobai, who was far away in the Suzuki Building, excitedly made a "coo coo" sound, then spread its wings and flew away into the distance.

Inside the temporary office.

Conan seemed to sense something and looked towards the window, where he happened to see a white figure.

"Huh? That's..."

Conan frowned, and before he could even take a closer look, his left ear was grabbed:

"What are you looking at again, you brat? I told you to stay home with Xiaolan, but you wouldn't listen. You even secretly hid in the car trunk and followed us here!"

"Ahhh—Uncle Mori, be gentle!"

……

Chapter 228 A New Method to Deal with Kidd?

Another day has passed.

When Officer Nakamori led everyone back to the exhibition hall the next morning, the scene inside left him completely stunned.

"This……"

Looking at the scene inside, Officer Nakamori opened his mouth, unsure of what to say.

The exhibition hall, which was originally filled with photos, now had more than a dozen display cases containing the "Rose Kiss" necklace.

More than a dozen display cases, each featuring a dozen identical "Rose Kiss" diamond necklaces.

They were placed in different locations at the exhibition.

Each necklace looks so real that it's impossible to tell the difference.

"This……"

Officer Nakamori froze on the spot, completely bewildered.

The other officers also looked on in surprise at the dozen or so "Rose Kiss" necklaces that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.

what's the situation?

This is a question that almost everyone had at the same time.

"Inspector Nakamori is here."

Kogoro Mouri's voice came from around the corner, a smug smile on his face, seemingly quite satisfied with his setup.

He was accompanied by six or seven security personnel from the Suzuki Group and the kid in the blue shirt.

"Mr. Mori, what do you mean by this?"

Officer Nakamori was completely bewildered.

Kogoro Mouri said, "It's a fake. Can't you tell?"

“I can tell, but I remember I gave you information about Phantom Thief Kid, right? It clearly stated that Kid has a strong ability to appraise treasures. In one of his operations in the United States, a wealthy businessman tried to fool Kid with a fake, but Kid saw through it at a glance.”

Officer Nakamori frowned and patiently explained.

"Hey~"

Kogoro Mouri waved his hand: "Of course it's not that simple."

He then turned to the security guards behind him and said, "Thank you for your help."

The security guards nodded.

Holding pieces of black cloth, he stepped forward and, under the watchful eyes of Officer Nakamori and others, covered the front, back, left, and right sides of the display case with the black cloth, leaving only the top side open so that people could see the inside.

"What does it mean?"

Officer Nakamori was even more bewildered.

Kogoro Mouri stepped forward, with Conan closely following beside him.

Arriving at a display case, Kogoro Mouri patted the top, which wasn't covered by the black cloth, with a smug look, and said:

"Look around, can you see the [Rose Kiss] necklace inside?"

Although Officer Nakamori was puzzled, he still shook his head.

The black cloths that Kogoro Mouri chose were thick and dark in color, so that when they were wrapped around the edges, you couldn't see anything inside at all unless you looked from the side that wasn't covered by the black cloth...

Thinking of this, Inspector Nakamori's eyes widened suddenly: "Mr. Mori, could it be that you're thinking of..."

"That's right!"

Kogoro Mouri clapped his hands: "Even if Kaito Kid has the best appraisal skills, it's only effective if he can see the item."

Now that there are over a dozen "Rose Kiss" necklaces displayed in cases that can only be viewed from above, he naturally has to look through the glass top of each case to find out which one is the genuine article.

Officer Nakamori had already figured it out and directly took over the conversation:

"So, we just need to keep an eye out for anyone acting suspiciously at the scene. The person who is peering into each of the 'Rose Kiss' necklace display cases covered in black cloth is most likely Kid in disguise!"

"Mori! You're a genius!"

Officer Nakamori looked pleasantly surprised.

"Haha, I'm just doing what a detective should do."

Kogoro Mouri waved his hand modestly, but the smile on his face betrayed his true thoughts.

"That Uncle Mori..."

Conan, standing to the side, shook his head helplessly. Of course, it was his idea to deal with Kid that came up with.

Having learned his lesson from being tricked by Kid last time, Conan is smarter this time. He realizes that he can't just guard against Kid's magic tricks, but also against his disguises!

"Phantom Thief Kid..."

Conan thought to himself, his gaze gradually hardening.

He didn't notice that a security guard not far away smiled, but quickly covered it up.

……

Time flies, and half a day has passed.

After leaving the exhibition, Chen Feng stayed in the coffee shop.

The coffee shop was unusually quiet today, with not a single customer. Chen Feng didn't mind and just sat at the counter reading a book by himself.

Ring ring—

A phone rang, and Chen Feng immediately put down the book he was holding, picked up the old-fashioned landline on the front desk, and answered the call:

"Hello? Who is this? Attorney Fei, two mochas again, right? Okay, I'll bring them over to you in a bit."