Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

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"I see."

Ran Mouri nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

After having dinner in Heping, we waited until after 9 p.m. without any movement. The Suzuki Museum had already closed and cleared out all irrelevant people.

There are less than ten minutes left until the scheduled time for Kaito Kuroba's appearance.

"Alright, now everyone except these three people, please leave the exhibition hall!"

The Suzuki family's guards and a group of security personnel all retreated to the corridor outside the exhibition hall, leaving only Sano Kyogoku and the Black Dragon.

"That guy seems to really like using tranquilizer grenades, so let's put them on just in case."

Sano glanced at the door of the exhibition hall.

"Kyogoku, watch out for Conan. That kid might help Kid deal with you."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Makoto Kyogoku was immediately stunned: "Why, why?"

"Because he seems to have a good relationship with Kid... Of course, not so good that he would help Kid steal jewels, but if you are about to catch that guy, or if you are about to hurt him, this kid is very likely to betray you."

"what……"

After scratching the back of his head, Makoto Kyogoku didn't say anything, such as, "What, you actually told me to be careful of a first-grade elementary school student?"

He nodded in agreement to Sano's reminder.

...Sano's words were not unfounded.

Conan and Kaito Kuroba do have a good relationship. Although they have clashed many times, both openly and secretly, and even made outrageous reports in the newspapers such as "First-grade elementary school student - Kid's nemesis".

But Kaito Kuroba is ultimately a good person.

The two are said to be enemies, but they are also somewhat like enemies and friends, to say nothing of the other things.

Take the last express train for example, Kaito Kuroba even helped Conan.

Just this one time, Conan owes Kaito Kuroba a favor.

Who knows, they might use it this time.

This might explain why Kaito Kuroba was still able to succeed with such a lineup... after all, they are both great Conan scholars.

It's not surprising that Conan can go toe-to-toe with Makoto Kyogoku.

"...Hey, I heard from Kyogoku that you seem to be pretty good at fighting too."

While waiting, the bored Kuro started a conversation with Sano.

But Sano completely ignored him and continued to turn the hammer on his own.

Seeing this, Black Dragon decided not to make trouble for himself any further.

The light went out the moment the clock on the wall struck ten.

To be precise, the power went out.

...I clearly said long ago that the power switch area should be the focus of defense.

Is that all?

Sano raised the hammer with a hint of helplessness and scratched his head, before he could speak.

Then a scream came from outside the exhibition hall; it was Sonoko Suzuki's voice.

Only a faint moonlight streamed in through the skylight in the exhibition hall, but Sano could still see that Kyogoku Makoto's demeanor had become noticeably uneasy.

"Don't move. Kidd is a thief, not a murderer. He'll be fine."

Sano spoke to reassure the troops... but in reality, it's hard to say.

Kaito Kuroba's style of doing things has always been to disrupt the situation and then fish in troubled waters.

In the midst of chaos, any unintentional accident could happen.

Furthermore, there's the possibility that someone might be using Kaito Kid's name to act...

"Ah Zhen?"

The thought had barely crossed her mind when Sonoko Suzuki pushed open the door and poked half her body in.

"Oh no! Phantom Thief Kid tampered with the gas masks, I think it was some kind of fluorescent powder, and then took advantage of the darkness to knock off everyone's masks and knock them all unconscious with anesthetic smoke. Luckily, I was quick enough to pick up a mask from the ground, otherwise I would have passed out too."

Sonoko Suzuki threw herself into Makoto Kyogoku's arms and timidly explained the situation.

"Okay, don't worry, everything will be fine, I'm here."

After letting out a sigh of relief, Makoto Kyogoku gently comforted Sonoko Suzuki.

"Oh, right, Phantom Thief Kid also sent a letter saying that he has already taken the jewel."

"what?"

Kyogoku Makoto, taken aback, touched the gemstone around his neck: "Isn't it still here?"

"It's possible it's been switched; we need to check it first!"

"It's a bit hard to see by moonlight without any lamps..."

Makoto Kyogoku decided to remove the gas mask that was obstructing his vision and try it again.

However, the black dragon stopped them.

"It's still uncertain whether the thief has actually succeeded and left. If he takes off his mask and gets ambushed, then we'll fall into his trap."

"Um……"

"Then let's use a candle to check."

Sonoko Suzuki went to get another candle.

Finally, illuminated by the firelight, the ruby around Makoto Kyogoku's neck became visible.

Sparkling and glowing... "It's turned red!?"

Makoto Kyogoku's expression changed, and Sonoko Suzuki pressed on, saying, "It seems that what Kaito Kid said in his letter was true; he has already switched the jewels!"

"How could this happen? I didn't notice anything at all..."

Black Dragon scratched his head frantically, "How did this thief manage to do that?"

"In any case, I'll take this fake gem to the officer to take a look."

As she spoke, Sonoko Suzuki took off the gemstone.

But just as Suzuki Sonoko turned around, the path leading out of the gem exhibition hall was blocked by Sano, who had raised a hammer.

Makoto Kyogoku reached out and grabbed Sonoko Suzuki's hand.

……Grass!

"Shh!"

Kaito Kuroba bent over and narrowly avoided Sano's hammer.

Immediately afterwards, he threw a playing card at Kyogoku Makoto's mask, forcing him to retreat, before releasing Kuroba Kaito's hand.

...Under normal circumstances, faced with a situation like the one just described, Kaito Kuroba might still choose to stubbornly argue, make a last-ditch effort, or even launch a counterattack.

But it's only when facing this guy Sano.

If any clue is discovered, then the truth will be revealed.

That's absolutely impossible.

"So you found out after all."

Kaito Kuroba, now reverting to Phantom Thief Kid, feigned confidence and stalled, saying, "Sneaking up behind me silently and blocking my escape route... I think you didn't act out of trust because this big oaf suddenly noticed something. On the contrary, did this guy grab me out of trust because he noticed your actions?"

"Who knows?"

Sano casually said, "But to be honest, I don't understand what's so special about those so-called unique haute couture dresses. Even if I could, out of caution, everyone who gets close to Gemstone should pinch his cheek. It's just that big idiot you mentioned who was blinded by lust and had no vigilance at all, and was completely led by the nose."

Kyogoku Makoto: "..."

"Semen, sperm-driven brain"—that's going too far!

"But you didn't pinch my face, so how can you be sure I'm fake?"

Kaito Kuroba asked again.

"Didn't you just say that everyone outside had fainted, and then you said you wanted to take the fake gemstone to show the police officer... Isn't that a contradiction?"

Sano pulled out a switch.

"Alright, enough with the chit-chat, let's give you the gift I prepared for you."

"Gift……"

Under Kaito Kuroba's questioning gaze, Sano pressed the switch.

Chapter 596-599, The Black Dragon Enters the Palace for the Third Time

The ceiling above the gem showroom suddenly opened completely.

One after another, dark shadows fell.

In the dim moonlight, Kaito Kuroba could roughly make out that these shadowy figures were...

Fish frozen solid...

"..."

"???"

"!!!"