Thief Game: Starting with Obtaining the Kidd Card

This explanation seems...much more plausible than Kogoro Mouri's explanation using English letters or something.

The people present were thinking to themselves.

Seemingly sensing the sudden awkwardness, Kogoro Mouri coughed lightly and turned his face away, no longer looking in Chen Feng's direction.

"Conan, you're quick on the uptake. I only gave you a slight hint, and you got it right. If it weren't for your height, I would have suspected that you were an adult in disguise."

Chen Feng pursed his lips slightly and spoke meaningfully.

The others in the garden nodded in agreement.

"Yes, even with Chen's warning, Conan's reaction is still considered fast, even among adult detectives."

"really."

Everyone chimed in with their own thoughts, all turning their attention to Conan.

"Um...that...I..."

Conan's mind raced, his gaze sweeping over Hattori Heiji beside him, his eyes lighting up: "Ah! Heiji-nii-san told me all this!"

"What? Me?"

Hattori Heiji was still a little confused. He subconsciously glanced down at Conan, and only realized what was happening after noticing Conan's gaze:

"Um...yes, after hearing what Mr. Chen said, I told Conan my guess, haha..."

Hattori Heiji scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.

"You idiot, do you even have any intelligence at a crucial moment?" Kazuha said from the side.

"What are you saying?! I'm the famous high school detective Hattori Heiji! How could I just be 'somewhat intelligent'?"

Hattori Heiji immediately jumped up and down, expressing his dissatisfaction.

Kazuha crossed her arms in front of her, making no attempt to hide her sarcasm: "That was only because Chen reminded me, you idiot!"

"you--"

Hattori Heiji gritted his teeth in anger, but there was nothing he could do.

Watching the two bickering, Sonoko reached out and tugged at Ran: "Ran, don't you feel that when you're bickering with Haba and Heiji, it's a lot like when you're bickering with the mystery maniac?"

"Ok?"

Ran was slightly surprised, but then the image of the white figure in the moonlight flashed through her mind, and her eyebrows furrowed as she muttered to herself, "Was that really you? Shinichi..."

"Xiao Lan? Xiao Lan!"

Yuanzi called out twice, which finally brought Xiaolan back to her senses.

"What are you thinking about? You seem so engrossed," Sonoko said irritably.

"fine."

Xiaolan forced a smile but didn't voice her true thoughts.

Of course, Chen Feng saw all of this, a smile playing on his lips, before turning his gaze away and continuing to play with the Egg of Memories on the table.

Officer Chaki spoke up at this point: "In that case, the Emperor's Easter Egg will be handed over to our police force for safekeeping, starting today and continuing until 7:20 p.m. tomorrow, when Operation Kidd ends."

"Thank you for your help."

Shiro Suzuki nodded politely.

Officer Chaki immediately stepped forward, took the Egg of Memories from Chen Feng, carefully placed it back into the box, closed the box, and then held it in front of him.

Kogoro Mouri wanted to go forward and ask something, but he was stopped by Inspector Nakamori before he could even get close.

"Excuse me, Mori, from now until the end of the Phantom Thief Kid operation tomorrow night, the Emperor's Easter Egg will be under the jurisdiction of our police force. No one is allowed to approach it. Also..."

Suddenly, Inspector Nakamori grabbed Kogoro Mouri's face and tore at it with such force that Kogoro Mouri winced in pain.

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Chapter 328 Two Low-EQ Detectives

[Oh my god, guys! I wrote Inspector Megure instead of Inspector Nakamori, and it happened for several chapters! I only just noticed it while checking the comments. So embarrassing! Σ(OдO|||)ノノ]

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What are you doing?!

Kogoro Mouri grinned and spoke.

"It seems it wasn't you, Kidd, in disguise."

Inspector Nakamori withdrew his hand and said, "Anyone who wants to get close to the Emperor's Easter Egg must be verified to make sure they are not Kid in disguise."

Kogoro Mouri rubbed his sore cheek, glared angrily at Inspector Nakamori, and before he could react, grabbed Inspector Nakamori's cheek as well:

"You've also gotten close to the Easter Egg, haven't you? You might even be the Phantom Thief Kid!"

"Ugh—"

Caught off guard, Inspector Nakamori was also in excruciating pain and reached out to grab Kogoro Mouri's face again.

"I haven't finished testing yet, let me test it again now!"

"Me too!"

Two grown men were tearing at each other's faces; the scene was so beautiful that it was unbearable for onlookers to watch.

Xiao Lan couldn't stand it anymore, so she turned to Chen Feng and the others and asked, "Where are we going? It's still early, we can't just stay here forever, can we?"

"I know I know!"

Sonoko quickly stepped forward: "I heard there's a Naniwa Yasaka Shrine in Osaka that enshrines Susanoo-no-Mikoto (the god who slew the Yamata-no-Orochi) and Kushida-no-Hime-no-Mikoto (the god who bestows blessings and wards off illnesses). It's very effective. Why don't we go check it out?"

"Okay."

Ran nodded, then looked at Chen Feng and Kazuha: "Chen, Kazuha, and Heiji, what do you say?"

"With several beautiful ladies accompanying me, I certainly have no objection," Chen Feng replied with a smile.

Kazuha nodded, then looked at Hattori Heiji.

Hattori Heiji scoffed, "What shrine? It's all just spiritual stuff. I'm not going... Ouch, ouch, ouch! Let go, let go!"

Hattori Heiji screamed as he removed Kazuha's hand from his waist.

"What are you doing? I can go myself, okay?"

"Go if you want, don't go if you don't!"

Kazuha shouted angrily, then turned to Chen Feng and the others: "Chen, Xiaolan, Yuanzi, let's go."

With that, He Ye stood up and beckoned Chen Feng and the others to walk outside first.

Only Heiji Hattori and Conan were left staring at each other in disbelief.

Chen Feng couldn't help but find this scene somewhat amusing.

These two... they really are friends, even their emotional intelligence is like they were cut from the same mold.

"Chen, let's go!" Sonoko called out.

"Oh, here it comes."

Chen Feng agreed, then looked away and quickly followed.

"Did I... say something wrong?"

Hattori Heiji scratched his head and spoke uncertainly.

Conan shrugged: "Women are strange creatures, Ran sometimes too..."

Halfway through his sentence, Conan remembered that Suzuki Shiro and others were also present, so he swallowed back what he was about to say, jumped off the sofa, and began:

"Let's hurry up and go, or Xiaolan and the others will be far away."

"No rush, I'll give you a ride on my motorcycle, and we can talk about the Kidd case from the back."

"Hmm...that's fine too."

……

It wasn't until evening, after Chen Feng and Xiao Lan had played around and were chatting and laughing on the chairs outside the shrine, that Hattori Heiji and Conan finally arrived late.

"You've already finished shopping? It seems I'm a bit late."

Heiji Hattori walked up with Conan, one hand in his pocket.

He Ye glanced at him, seemingly still angry, and ignored him completely. Instead, she turned her head to look at Chen Feng and the others, a smile on her face.

"I just found out that Mr. Chen can actually make coffee? I'd really like to try it sometime."

"Kazuha, you must try Chenzhu's coffee when you have the chance. It definitely doesn't taste the same as the coffee you used to drink!" Sonoko said enthusiastically.

Xiao Lan nodded in agreement.

"If you have the chance, you must come," Chen Feng said with a smile.

The group chatted casually, completely ignoring Hattori Heiji and Conan who had just arrived.

This made Hattori Heiji feel a little awkward, so he had no choice but to find a seat nearby.

"Wow, there's a pigeon show over there!"

The garden opens in one direction.

Following the direction Sonoko pointed, everyone looked and saw a young man wearing white gloves directing a flock of white doves to perform various actions in the crowd not far away.

Sometimes it stretches out its arm, letting the tassels fly around it, and sometimes it waves a small stick in its hand, making them pile up into various shapes in the air.

"These guys are really smart," Kazuha couldn't help but exclaim.

"It's just a flock of birds, what's so special about it?" Hattori Heiji muttered, but he was immediately silenced by a glare from Kazuha, and could only shut his mouth and say no more.

Seemingly noticing the gazes of the group, the young man performing the pigeon dance glanced over, smiled and nodded in acknowledgment, before turning back to continue his performance.

But just then, a child in the crowd suddenly threw a stone he had picked up from the roadside at the flock of pigeons.

To the young man's surprise, a white dove in the flock was thrown directly at him, letting out a painful "coo-coo" sound.

The flock of pigeons was thrown into chaos. The pigeons, which had been performing under the young man's control, started cooing along with that pigeon and then scattered in all directions like madmen.