I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department?

Forget it, you can't count on it.

Maori detective?

There is a bump on his head and he is still lying in the infirmary.

Sanada Ichizo?

Well, forget it. He was so ambitious on the stage that he said he would never lose to Kaito Kidd, but he ended up getting overturned by the other party's car in his own home court and didn't even know how he died.

It's quite funny. I cleared out so many talented people and experts, but in the end, the only one I can count on... or pray with a little hope is a little guy who just came to Japan from the UK not long ago.

Naturally, at the beginning, Suzuki Tomoko had no expectations of Serabelle at all. She invited the latter to the dinner party entirely at the request of her daughter. She didn't think anything of it when the other party later deduced that the real dark star was worn by her.

But now, all those who were thought to be reliable have failed, and those who were not relied upon from the beginning are still working hard to regain the Dark Star.

If that little guy can really take the Dark Star back, then let Sonoko try to date him... Suzuki Tomoko kept raising little flags in her heart.

Dude, dunk, dunk.

At this moment, someone knocked on the office door. Two seconds later, as the door handle was pressed, a man wearing glasses who looked like a secretary opened the door and walked into the office. He stopped at the door and bowed slightly.

"Madam, Mr. Maori and his daughter have woken up, and according to the examination, they are both in good health."

"Got it, let them have a good rest."

Suzuki Tomoko waved her hand perfunctorily, and the man bowed and left.

After about a few minutes, there was another knock on the door, and the man who looked like a secretary before came in and bowed.

"Madam, most of the distinguished guests have returned to the banquet hall. Please see..."

"Got it. I'll be over in a minute and treat them well. There's no need to mention what happened before."

"clear."

Waving her hand again to signal the secretary to leave, Suzuki Tomoko held her forehead again, took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly.

Even the Suzuki Group would not be too negligent in attending a dinner of this magnitude, but after all, people are all made of flesh and blood. The most important heirloom was stolen and there was no news, and she was asked to return to the banquet and pretend nothing happened and continue to host the banquet. How could she do that?

Suzuki Tomoko became increasingly annoyed and even thought, "It would be better if this party had not been held."

Click...

There was no knock on the door. In the quiet office, the door handle was pressed again from the outside.

This was a very impolite behavior. Even with Suzuki Tomoko's good manners, she couldn't help but get a little angry at this moment, and she said without even raising her head.

"Didn't I tell you, Nishino? I'll be there in a minute."

After the words fell, there was no secretary's respectful voice. The person outside the door pushed the door open without hesitation and made a lazy voice with little emotion.

"If you're talking about the guy with glasses, when I came over just now, I saw that he had already walked towards the banquet hall."

"Eh?"

The unique boy's voice made Suzuki Tomoko, who was almost bent over her desk, suddenly raise her head and look at a trainee detective who just walked into the office door.

"You...Kaito Kidd..."

"Ran."

These two words, plain and simple, highlight the meaning of being concise and to the point.

At the same time, Suzuki Tomoko's heart sank to the bottom in an instant.

But then Serabelle added another sentence.

"But the Dark Star was taken back."

"……Eh?"

Before Suzuki Tomoko could react, a round black ball was thrown into the air and she subconsciously reached out to catch it.

Under the light, what fell into the palm of the hand was a black pearl that looked unremarkable, its luster was not very shiny, and it could even be said to be a little dull.

But there is no doubt that this is the treasure of the Suzuki Group - the Dark Star.

"how do you……"

Suzuki Tomoko asked subconsciously.

But before he could finish his words, Serabelle quickly took out an Alpine Original Flavor lollipop from her body, opened it, put it in her mouth, and shrugged.

"Well, even if it's just a last-ditch effort, I promised to help you, Mrs. Suzuki, keep the black pearl. But since I failed, I can only take it back."

"It's okay... No, I should say..."

The restless mood, like that on the eve of a volcanic eruption, calmed down the moment my fingertips touched the pearls.

Suzuki Tomoko wiped the Dark Star carefully and put it back on her chest. She rarely smiled from the bottom of her heart, stood up, walked around the desk and bowed deeply.

"Thank you very much. Thank you very much."

"Well……"

Serabelle said that she would be loyal to the people who entrusted her with the task, but she was thinking about something else in her mind.

Next, it’s Yukiko’s turn.

Chapter 67 "Now is OK" (Third Update)

Even though Kidd was not captured in the end, fortunately the Dark Star was finally retrieved, and apart from a big bump on Kogoro Mouri's head, there were no substantial casualties, so overall it was a happy ending.

As for the previous riot in the banquet hall, everyone tacitly agreed not to mention it again.

It's just like the rules for male students to join the student union of a certain dragon-slaying university. Not only do they have to happily run naked on the highway at midnight, but there will also be brothers from the student union lining up on both sides to greet them and take photos.

It's embarrassing, but since everyone has done it, it's not shameful anymore.

If everyone has done it, it means no one has done it. If someone brings it up without knowing the consequences, he will be attacked by everyone and fired on the spot.

So, two hours after the storm subsided, the Sally Beth docked at Yokohama Port on time at nine o'clock in the evening.

Since the Suzuki Group did not arrange any more activities, everyone naturally went back to their homes, took a shower and went to bed early.

Serabelle had no social awareness at all. After the cruise ship docked, she planned to leave like the other guests, but was stopped by Sera Masumi.

The reason is that our classmate Yuanzi invited us here, so we have to say goodbye if we leave.

Then they waited for a full twenty minutes, until almost all the guests had disembarked and left. Sonoko and her mother Suzuki Tomoko, who had been busy seeing off the guests and greeting them, finally made time to come.

At this time, the cruise ship's boarding gate was already quite deserted. A slightly salty and fishy cold wind blew, and the air was slightly chilly.

Masumi Sera, who had been waiting for a long time with Serabelle by the side, picked up the yawning Serabelle again and walked over to wave.

"It's been hard, Sonoko-san."

Eh?

Following the tone of the voice, Yuanzi, who was feeling a little depressed and thought that Serabelle and the other person had already left, turned around and saw that the former had not left but was just waiting by the side. He couldn't help but feel happy again.

"Sera-kun, you guys haven't left yet. That's great~ Let's go together!"

As she said this, she was about to move to the other side of Serabelle and get off the boat together.

Sera Masumi was stunned for a moment.

"Sonoko-san, are you guys getting off the boat too?"

"……what?"

I didn't expect to receive such an answer. A question mark popped up in Yuanzi's mind, and she couldn't help but feel a little amused.

"What do you mean we have to get off the ship too? Of course my mom and I have to get off the ship too. Although the Sally Beth is ours, there's no way I can go home on such a big cruise ship."

"That's right..."

"That's right, let's go, our car is waiting downstairs, and we still have some distance to go. Sera-kun, tell us how you got the Dark Star back from Kidd."

Fortunately, the Suzuki family was generous enough to make the boarding ladder spacious enough so that even if three people walked in parallel, it did not seem crowded at all.

In this way, Masumi Sera, Serabelle and Sonoko walked down the stairs side by side, one on the left, one on the right and one in the middle. Serabelle was in charge of the lecture, while Masumi Sera and Sonoko listened attentively.

Suzuki Tomoko followed behind from beginning to end, looking straight ahead, with a faint smile on her lips and saying nothing.

"To put it simply, it's still a process of elimination. Those exploding black pearls were undoubtedly swapped by Kidd, and her purpose in doing so was naturally to cause enough chaos at the scene when she attacked, so as to increase the chances of success."

"In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will find that after the explosion of the black pearls caused a riot, the first person who rushed to the side of Mrs. Suzuki who was knocked down was Miss Mori. Although I personally don't think Miss Mori would do such a thing as stealing, if it was Kaito Kidd who pretended to be Miss Mori, then it's possible."

"Of course, there is one more important point. I don't know if you noticed it or not. During Mr. Sanada Kazuzo's performance, the last deck of cards was dropped to the ground. If Kid's cards were mixed in at that time, you would have definitely found them when you picked them up. However, you didn't find them until Kid, disguised as Xiaolan, reached out to take the cards."

"The principle of this technique is not complicated. To put it simply, when she stretched out her hand, there was actually a card with the notice letter written on it hidden in her palm. So the card she picked up was not a card in the deck, but the card that was originally hidden in her palm. In fact, many card magic tricks also rely on this technique to achieve the performance effect."

"If there is only one of these two suspicious points, it can be said to be a coincidence, but if there are two, then it can only be said to be certain."

Although it was completely different from the actual situation, with her ability to infer the process from the results, Serabell still managed to make up a very reasonable and well-founded statement, which made Miss Sonoko's eyes sparkle with stars.

The boarding ladder was not very long, and by the time they finished speaking, the four of them had just returned to the ground.

The Yokohama Port is destined to have police lights blaring tonight, and not far away, the Suzuki Group's luxury car is quietly waiting in the twilight.

As if she suddenly thought of something, Sonoko turned around and pouted, "Speaking of which, mom, it's a good thing that Sera-kun was here this time, otherwise the Dark Star might have really been stolen."

"You have to tell this to your uncle Jiroji." Suzuki Tomoko coughed lightly.

"Hmm...it seems so."

When she thought of her arrogant uncle who was always thinking of using all kinds of jewels to hook Kid in order to add the most glorious moment to his life, Sonoko suddenly felt that her mother's behavior was nothing.

After all, the Dark Star is a treasure that witnessed the rise of the Suzuki Group and has extraordinary symbolic significance. The fact that it had to appear at the 60th anniversary dinner was somewhat beyond one’s control.

As for her uncle, he is the real man who gets stronger and stronger with every setback, and who keeps climbing to greater heights, just like Kidd and the Honey Badger.

"Well it's getting late, we should almost leave."

Suzuki Tomoko took her daughter's wrist, regained her ladylike demeanor, bowed slightly and smiled gracefully.

"Well, if there is a chance next time, I will trouble you again then."

"Well, I don't mind."

Serabelle shrugged, appearing to be very casual.

Then Suzuki Tomoko and Sonoko also left.

A moment later, as the brother and sister returned to the parking lot where they first arrived at the port, Serabelle got in the car and immediately took out her cell phone to start editing messages.

Masumi Sera is a little strange.

"What's wrong? Is mom urging me to come over?"

"Not really. I'm planning on meeting someone tomorrow."

As Serabelle answered, her fingertips moved rapidly above the phone screen.

He didn't know Yukiko's schedule, nor did he know when she went to bed, so the news had to be sent as soon as possible.

[Hello, Ms. Kudo, are you free recently? Can we meet if it is convenient? ]

After composing the message, click Send.

The confirmation status showed that it had been sent. Just as Serabelle was about to put down her phone and start the car, a text message alert sound suddenly rang out.

Coming back so soon?

Feeling a little unbelievable, Serabelle still picked it up and took a look.

I have to say it is actually true, but the above content is a bit outrageous.

[The signal is a bit bad, Sister Yukiko can't see clearly~], followed by a naughty expression of sticking out the tongue.

Since when does the quality of the signal affect the clarity of handwriting?

Serabel had a question mark in her mind.

After a little thought, I edited and sent it again, except that I changed the address "Ms. Kudo" to "Sister Yukiko".

This time the other party was obviously quite satisfied, and the message came back within two seconds.

【You can do it anytime. 】

Anytime? That time is too vague...