Thief Game: Starting with Obtaining the Kidd Card

Seeing Hakuba Saguru walking forward, and then glancing at Inspector Nakamori with a serious expression behind him, Genta and the others briefly discussed it and decided to leave temporarily and go on an "adventure" elsewhere.

Conan, following behind Ran, had been observing everything. Seeing Hakuba approach and combining this with the information he'd received from Professor Agasa, Conan thought to himself:

Is this Hakuba Saguru? His outfit... he seems to be a Sherlock Holmes fan too, right?

Conan glanced at him a few times, but Hakuba Saguru soon noticed the strange elementary school student and looked over in their direction with a puzzled expression.

Conan had no choice but to withdraw his scrutinizing gaze and put on an innocent smile like an ordinary child.

However, this was quite effective; Hakuba Saguru only glanced at it twice before looking away and not paying much attention.

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Chapter 405 Kid disguised as an elementary school student?

Meanwhile, the exhibition hall is located on the floor above it.

A dark figure slipped past the surveillance cameras and slowly crept in.

"This is it..."

Looking at the location marker on her wrist, Akemi murmured to herself, then quickly took the device out of her backpack and carefully began operating it on the ground.

After about half an hour of effort.

Mingmei wiped the fine sweat from her forehead, let out a long sigh, and then took out her phone to send the message:

"all the best."

……

Time continued to pass slowly, and as dusk approached, it was already around 11:50 p.m.

At this point, only a dozen minutes remained until the time specified in Chen Feng's announcement. Everyone was on high alert, constantly watching their surroundings.

"Miss Corinna."

In the lobby, Corinna turned around upon hearing the voice and, seeing it was Suzuki Jirokichi, immediately spoke:

"Mr. Suzuki, is there something you need?"

"Nothing much, I just wanted to know why Miss Corinna suddenly decided to hold a jewelry exhibition here? As far as I know, your family doesn't seem to have any business here, does it?"

Jirokichi Suzuki touched his bald head and asked in confusion.

"Regarding this question..."

Seemingly sensing Corinna's predicament, Suzuki Jirokichi said, "If it's inconvenient to talk about it, that's fine, no problem."

"Um... there's nothing inconvenient to talk about."

A hint of sorrow appeared on Corinna's usually cool face:

“It was my grandfather. He was very interested in Kaito Kid and often clamored to hold an exhibition here to compete with Kid. However, due to health reasons, he passed away before he could do so.”

"Feel sorry."

Jirokichi Suzuki spoke up.

“It’s alright.” Corinna smiled and shook her head. “Since it’s something my grandfather didn’t finish, it’s only right that I help him complete it.”

While Corinna and Suzuki Jirokichi were chatting, Hakuba Saguru was frowning as he observed his surroundings.

No! Something's not right!

From the beginning until now, nothing has happened. There haven't been any unusual figures or even the slightest movement. Everything seems to be in perfect order.

Normally, this orderly arrangement would be good, but now that Phantom Thief Kid is about to take action, the fact that everything is so normal from beginning to end is the most abnormal thing!

Like him, Conan was also searching in the lobby.

However, unlike others, while Conan was alert to his surroundings, he was also searching for Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko.

In his mind, these three guys were never going to behave themselves, but now it was almost time for the Phantom Thief Kid's announcement, and there was still no sign of them. How could that be?

Conan frowned, his gaze sweeping around him until it met Hakuba Saguru's.

Conan panicked slightly, but then quickly put on an innocent smile and looked at Hakuba Saguru.

"This child..."

Hakuba Saguru frowned slightly. He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he had a feeling that this child was unusual...

boom! ! !

A loud bang startled everyone and interrupted Hakuba Saguru's thoughts.

Everyone quickly turned to look at the source of the sound, and saw that the glass display case containing the gem "Blue North Star" was now a mess inside the square iron fence.

There was a fairly large hole in the ceiling above, allowing people to see clearly down. The ground was covered with rubble and dust, which blocked everyone's view. All that could be seen was what appeared to be someone moving around in the dust.

"Kaito Kid is here!"

Someone shouted, and everyone reacted quickly, rushing to surround the iron fence.

The footsteps of a dozen police officers and a group of security personnel on site thumped loudly on the ground.

Watching the crowd run towards the iron fence, and glancing at the direction the dust was rising, Hakuba Saguru frowned sharply and shouted:

"Don't move!"

Hakuba Saguru's shout was quite loud, and everyone heard it clearly, stopping in their tracks and looking in Hakuba Saguru's direction with puzzlement.

There was no need for Hakuba Saguru to explain; in less than a minute, the dust settled, revealing the figures inside.

Their eyes met, and an eerie silence fell over the room.

"These guys..."

Conan slapped his forehead, speechless.

Amidst the scattered rubble, Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi stared wide-eyed at everyone, creating an awkward atmosphere.

Perhaps they never expected that while they were having fun on the upper level, they would fall directly to the lower level!

The most embarrassed person was undoubtedly Ayumi. At this moment, she was completely stuffed into the magic box, with only half of her body sticking out. She looked at everyone with a blank expression.

"This……"

Everyone present was stunned.

They were all ready to capture Phantom Thief Kid, so what's going on now?

Officer Nakamori was the first to react, angrily stepping forward: "You little brats! Causing trouble again!"

As he spoke, Officer Nakamori tried to climb over the iron fence and rush towards the group of people.

Watching Inspector Nakamori's actions, and glancing at the time on his watch, it was almost midnight, and only a few minutes remained before the time for Kid's pre-announcement to take action...

Thinking of this, Conan suddenly frowned, sensing that something was amiss.

"and many more!"

Conan was taken aback, for a simple reason: Hakuba Saguru had spoken up along with him.

Hakuba Saguru was equally surprised. He turned to look at Conan, but before he could think about anything else, he quickly stepped forward to stop the still somewhat bewildered Inspector Nakamori.

Conan also stepped forward, looking at Ayumi and the other two not far away with a serious expression.

Ignoring Inspector Nakamori's puzzled gaze, Hakuba Saguru slowly turned his head and looked in the direction of Ayumi and the other two.

"Are you in such a hurry to show yourself, Mr. Phantom Thief?"

Hakuba Saguru raised his left hand, a smile playing on his lips, and began to speak.

"What? Phantom Thief Kid?"

"Where is Phantom Thief Kid? I can't see him."

"Is this detective saying that Kid was one of the kids who just fell down? Are you kidding me? No matter how good Kid's disguise skills are, how could he possibly disguise himself as a child!"

"Exactly! Isn't this a bit of a joke?"

Everyone was talking at once.

Even Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko were stunned, looking at each other, completely bewildered.

Mitsuhiko even started to stutter when he spoke:

"How...how could we be Kid in disguise? He's so tall, how could he possibly impersonate us?"

He had only spoken halfway when Mitsuhiko seemed to realize something and turned to look at Ayumi, whose body was mostly hidden inside the box.

The others also turned to look at Ayumi.

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Chapter 406 Appearance

Hakuba Saguru smiled confidently, squinted his eyes, and sniffed lightly.

"The faint smell of gunpowder, and judging from how neat the gap is, it must have been made with a small amount of gunpowder at a fixed point, starting from all four sides. Although the area is not large, it was enough to make all three of you fall down together. I guess someone must have led you to a designated area."

"This person should be you, right? Ayumi-kun? Or... Phantom Thief Kid would be a more fitting name!"

"Ayumi is Kid? No way!"

Genta looked completely incredulous.

However, Mitsuhiko, standing to the side, looked completely bewildered.

Because... it was indeed Ayumi who called them to the place where the upper level had just collapsed, and before that, Ayumi had been separated from them for a while. When they met again, they saw that most of Ayumi's body was inside the magic prop box.

Could Ayumi really be Kaito Kid in disguise?

Before he could react, Hakuba Saguru had already walked up to him, and looking at Ayumi who was still pretending not to understand, he continued:

"Because an adult can never truly disguise themselves as a child, that's why you chose the magic prop box to help you hide, am I right, Mr. Phantom Thief? Now, please pull your entire body out of the box."

As Hakuba Saguru spoke, Inspector Nakamori and several officers surrounded Ayumi in the box.

One of the officers walked forward slowly with a wary expression. While Ayumi was stunned, he came to the magic prop box and reached out to touch the buckle on the prop box.

With a crisp "click," the prop box's latch was opened. The officer swallowed hard and slowly opened the box.