I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

The Phantom Thief Girl immediately denied it.

But the next second, her calf near the ankle was hit hard by a normal kick from a certain elementary school student of the Shinigami.

"Hey, you are Kaito Kidd, right?" Conan shouted in a low voice with his mouth twitching slightly.

Digging a groove? How is that possible?

Kuroba Chiko was shocked on the spot.

She instinctively lowered her head to look at the elementary school student with glasses who was not even as tall as her waist. She instinctively maintained a poker face and quickly put on a sunny and cheerful smile.

"Oh my, how is this possible? Little brother, did you misunderstand something? I am the high school detective Kudo Shinichi, how could I be that Kaito Kid~"

"..."

Without any verbal communication, Conan's eyes were filled with care for the mentally retarded.

Noticing the strange look in the elementary school student's eyes, the smile on Kuroba Chiko's face stiffened a little.

What? There's no way her acting skills as a phantom thief girl can be problematic, so what's wrong with this guy?

Then she saw Conan turn to Serabelle, smiling and speaking in a childish voice.

"Hey, Brother Sera should also know that this Brother Shinichi is an impostor of Kaito Kid, right?"

“…I know.”

Serabelle nodded.

So Conan's smile became even brighter.

"Then let's escort him to Inspector Nakamori and reveal his true identity."

Eh eh eh? !

His eyes quickly moved back and forth between the two of them several times, and Kuroba Chiko hesitantly pointed at himself towards Serabell.

What I mean is - why did you sell me out?

Serabelle shrugged. "So I said, someone already knows your true identity."

Ah this...

Kuroba Chiko was even more confused and raised his hands and waved them quickly twice.

"Wait, wait a minute, so how on earth do you know my identity, little brother?"

Conan naturally couldn't answer the question from the Phantom Thief Girl truthfully, and just raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

"Well, as for the answer to this question, you can think about it slowly in the police car after you are taken away by the police..."

"Because he is Kudo Shinichi."

Before he finished speaking, Serabelle's faint voice came from the side.

In just a few words, the two people's faces froze.

Conan was the first to react, his eyes widening in shock.

"Hey you……"

Kuroba Chiko rolled her eyes and crossed her arms in front of her chest as usual: "Hey, you are too much of a fool. No matter what I say, I know that Kudo Shinichi should be a high school student..."

She couldn't continue her words because Serabelle was still looking at her with a sidelong look that said, "Believe it or not, forget it if you don't."

Wait, could it be that——

With Serabelle's revelations, plus the obviously abnormal reaction of a certain elementary school student just now, and the fact that the latter could see through his disguise at a glance.

Connecting these three things together, the dim exclamation mark above the Phantom Thief Girl's head gradually lights up.

She looked at Conan again with hesitation and surprise: "Hashidou Madai, could it be..."

"That's the 'probably not' you were thinking of."

Serabelle said in a flat tone.

Conan also reacted at this time and was so anxious that he almost jumped up and down.

"Hey wait a minute, why did you give my identity to..."

"What's the matter? Now you two are even." Serabelle didn't think it was a big deal. "Your identity is a secret, and her identity is also a secret. Now you know she is Kaito Kidd, and she also knows you are Kudo Shinichi. Isn't this a situation where you are evenly matched again?"

"But... aren't you going to arrest him and hand him over to the police?" Conan found it unbelievable.

"Not ready."

Serabelle's voice was filled with confusion.

"Why arrest her? She always returns the things after stealing them."

That's true...

Conan was speechless for a moment.

How can I put it? Although this is indeed the case, the legendary Kaito Kidd is right in front of me! Right in front of me!

"Oh yeah, so what's your goal this time?"

Serabelle didn't bother to pay attention to him and turned to ask the Phantom Thief Girl who was wearing someone else's suit.

Kuroba Chiko pointed in the direction of the dressing room with her eyes: "That's the female celebrity. When she asked you for the friend's seat before, did you notice the ring on her hand?"

"Oh, I think so... I remember it was inlaid with a sapphire?"

Serabelle tried hard to recall.

The Phantom Thief Girl snapped her fingers: "Hehe, that's it~"

"I see. Where's the notice?"

"You want to see it?"

"I'm free anyway, so I might as well take a look."

"alright."

Since Serabelle said so, Kuroba Chiko looked around and confirmed that no one was paying attention to this side. Then he secretly turned his wrist, took out a folded letter that still had body temperature from his sleeve, and stuffed it into the hand of the young man next to him.

Serabelle opened it and took a look. The content was quite brief, with most of the space being occupied by four English words.

They are -

【Romeo】

【Juliet】

【Victor】

【Bravo! 】

[When the twenty-six English letters dance and intertwine]

[I will take the 'Sapphire of Destiny']

[Kaito Kidd appears]

"How is it, do you understand?"

The Phantom Thief Girl came up at the right time and asked without any emotional intelligence.

Serabelle did not answer immediately, but silently refolded the letter and put it back into the former's hand.

"Forget it. I don't understand."

"Ahaha, I knew it~"

Chapter 286: Eri Kisaki: Serabelle is mine!

After a small incident in the dressing room, the performance finally went on as scheduled.

From 2:30 to 4:30, a full two hours.

The performance was quite exciting, the actors' acting skills were very good, and the stage atmosphere was also first-rate. The only drawback was that the audience was not very good.

For example, someone was born in London, speaks with a standard London accent, but has absolutely no artistic talent.

Basically, throughout the entire performance, Serabelle sat in her seat with her chin propped up and stared blankly at the stage, as if she was watching a monkey show.

But if you really think about it, he came in just to accompany Kisaki Eri, so as long as Kisaki Eri is satisfied, he will be satisfied too.

So time passed in a blink of an eye and more than two hours passed.

At 4:45 in the evening, exactly a quarter of an hour after the performance ended, the front hall of the theater, which had been crowded with audiences because the performance was about to begin, became empty again.

Serabelle was leaning against the security fence beside the floor-to-ceiling window in the hall in a rather casual posture, and next to her was Hibiki Eri, who was looking towards the dressing room on the side of the staff passage from time to time.

He picked up the can of coffee he had just bought from a nearby beverage vending machine, took a sip, and looked in the direction of Kisaki Eri's gaze.

"Aunt, do you have any plans next? I don't think Uncle Maori and the others have come out yet."

"Uh, um."

Kisaki Eri nodded hesitantly.

"In fact, before I came here today, Ms. Sakai sent me a message saying that there will be a celebration party after the performance, which will be held at the villa in Hakodate. I guess they were also invited by Juri."

"Oh?"

Hakodate...

Hearing the name, Serabelle couldn't help but raise her brows slightly.

The Hakodate here is not a building like the previous Twilight Annex, but a place name in Hokkaido.

However, going from Tokyo to Hokkaido is not a short trip. Even if you take a plane and want to hold a celebration party, you can basically go there tonight and return at noon tomorrow at the earliest.

Fortunately, he has nothing to do these two days.

About five or six minutes later, there were intensive footsteps coming from the direction of the staff passage.

The two people who appeared in the hall saw Makuri, who had taken off her stage costume and returned to her daily attire, and Kogoro Mori who was following her and constantly flattering her, as well as several other troupe staff members behind her, including Natsuki Sakai, Fumijiro Narisawa, Isao Shinjo and others.

"Ah~ Miss Juri, your performance on the stage just now was really wonderful. I was completely mesmerized by it!"

"No, no, I should thank you, Mr. Maori. If you were not here, I'm afraid that Kaito Kid would have acted according to the contents of the notice."

"Really? Really? Wow, hahaha!"

She is a famous actor, and she is also such a beautiful woman. A little flattery will make Kogoro Mouri become so proud that he will touch the back of his head, stick out his tongue and laugh out loud.

This made Xiaolan, who was standing next to him, feel awkward and could only point to the front and whisper a reminder with an embarrassed look on her face.

"Okay, Dad, you should be a little more reserved, Mom is still in front..."

"Oh, so what?"

Kogoro Mouri continued to be stubborn, but his eyes were honestly looking in the direction his daughter was pointing.

Then I happened to see Serabelle and Kisaki Eri with their heads tilted together, talking about something.

This is because she didn't pay any attention to him, a famous detective, but was happily chatting with that little bastard. Hum...

Kogoro Mouri, whose male chauvinism was acting up, couldn't help but snort in his heart, then put on a smile and talked to Makiri more enthusiastically.

Xiaolan was so angry that she wanted to punch him.

However, this time, Kogoro Mouri's efforts were obviously met with a cold shoulder. Makuri, who had been dealing with the former with a businesslike smile, suddenly lit up her eyes when she looked up and saw Serabelle with Kisaki Eri in the hall.

She didn't even wait for Kogoro Mori to finish what he was saying, but quickened her pace to come over and greet him enthusiastically.

"Hello, hello~ Brother Sera, we meet again. Teacher Eri should have told you that we are going to the villa in Hakodate to hold a celebration party. Did you know about this?"

"I know, I know. My aunt just told me."

Serabelle tilted her head and looked over the actress' shoulder.

"But aren't there a few people? I remember there seemed to be quite a few actors performing together on the stage, right?"

What he was talking about was naturally the extras on the stage at that time. After all, opera is a live performance on stage in real time, and it is impossible to create an atmosphere of huge crowds through post-production special effects like animation and movies.

If an opera wants to appear to have a large number of people, it can only rely on the number of extras, but extras also cost money to hire, so generally speaking, professional opera troupes will start recruiting people locally in advance after arriving at a performance venue.