Conan Rick's Investigator

"This is what Kuroba Toichi left for you..."

Kuroba Kaito reached out and took the sword and the letter, his expression was both shocked and confused.

He was shocked that his father could guess that he would arrive here many years later and reserved a letter in advance.

The question is why my father did this?

Now that we're all here, why not return to the real world?

From Pickman, they learned that Black Feather Daoyi's purpose in pursuing the mysterious realm of Kadath was to find the "way" back to the real world.

In theory, this place is not far from the secret realm of Kadasi.

After so many years, my father should have succeeded...

Kuroba Kaito was thinking in his heart when Qin Zhibo next to him asked the tavern owner again.

"May I ask when did the person who asked you to keep these things come here?"

"Hmm..." The tavern owner thought for a moment, "About six years ago."

"That man is an interesting magician. He said that many years from now, someone named Kaito might come here, and when he does, he'll give these two items to him..."

6 years?

In other words, Kuroba Toichi started looking for a way to return to the real world almost two years after his "death".

In the past six years, no matter how slow Black Feather Pirates was and how dangerous the journey was, he would have reached Kadasi...

Thinking of this, a bad feeling came to my mind.

Qin Zhibo's heart,

At this time, Kuroba Kaito also slowly opened the envelope and took out the letter paper from inside.

The moment he saw the letter, his hands trembled slightly.

Because this piece of yellowed letter paper is exactly the handwriting written in Japanese by his father Kuroha Toichi!

……

Kaito, long time no see.

Although I don’t know how long it has been since I left you and Qianying, I believe you will be able to unravel the clues I left and pursue them all the way here.

This world is wonderful, right?

You must have been through a lot, right? Kaito.

I think Mr. Pickman has told you that I have been aware from a very young age that I have the ability to enter this dreamland and hone my magic skills by performing magic in this world.

In the eyes of the world, I am a talented magician who can tour independently when I am only a teenager.

But in fact, I just have more than twice the practice time of ordinary people.

Perhaps you may be wondering, since you have known about the existence of this world for a long time, why didn't you know it earlier?

In fact, not everyone has the qualifications to enter this world, and this has nothing to do with family or blood.

My brother does not have the qualifications to enter this world.

I'm worried that once you know the existence of this world, you won't be able to enter it, so you will deny your own efforts and talents.

I have created many magic tricks that the world considers to be "great".

but……

Kaito, you are the greatest magic in my life and the one I am most proud of.

……

After reading this, Kuroba Kaito's vision became a little blurry, and the area around his eyes became sore.

However, he stopped in time before small pearls could form.

Because he remembered the teachings of Kuroba Toichi, always keep a poker face.

What's more, in a public place like a tavern, you need to keep your inner thoughts in your heart.

He bit the tender flesh on the inside of his lips, lowered his head, and read the following content expressionlessly.

……

Okay, now it’s time to get down to business.

I think you already know that I am going to the mysterious Kadath to find the "way" back to the real world.

But what you don’t know is that I actually had that “road” a long time ago.

The talent of a dreamer allows me to create any material I want in this world.

So, I built a city.

I named this city "City of the Bright Moon".

Yes, the same city you see in that mural at home.

In order to prevent any accidents from happening to me in the real world, I built a "road" in advance, right in that city.

But the dream gods took the city from my hands.

I must take back the City of Bright Moon from them before I can return to the real world.

And now, when you read this letter, it means that my plan has failed.

The secret realm of Kadasi is an extremely mysterious and unknown realm. Legend has it that the gods of dreams live there and are the rulers of the entire dreamland.

And I don’t know what the outcome will be if I fight against the ruler of the dreamland...

Essentially, this is an extremely dangerous journey.

But it's a risk I'm willing to take in order to return to the real world.

But Kaito, you are in the real world, not here, so there is absolutely no need for you to take this risk.

The road ahead is not smooth, but dangerous.

So go back, Kaito.

This makes this the end of the journey.

Right now, you who already know the whole truth, choose to let everything end.

That’s it for now…

After going back, I told Qianying that I will always love her.

Black Feather Pirates

……

Kuroba Kaito's head was buried deep in his chest, and he held the letter tightly in his right hand.

After a moment, he gently put it down again.

Seeing this scene, Qin Zhibo knew that he had finished reading the letter.

What is the content of the letter?

Qin Zhibo was very curious.

But in this situation, there was no way to open my mouth and I had to read the contents of the letter.

Although it's usually easy to make little jokes with these young people, when it's time to show your worldliness, you still need to be more worldly.

Fortunately, Kuroba Kaito raised his arm slightly and took the initiative to hand over the letter.

Qin Zhibo took the letter and quickly scanned the contents with his eyes.

While reading the letter, Qin Zhibo frowned several times.

There is a lot of content in this letter, but in summary it is Kuroba Toichi's suicide note.

He knew that it would be unlucky for him to go to the secret realm of Kadath to ask for the City of Bright Moon, so he left a letter in advance.

If you can successfully get it back and return to the real world, everyone will be happy.

If not, this letter is his final explanation to his son.

The content of the letter was basically the same as what Qin Zhibo had learned before, except for some details.

For example, Black Feather Pirates actually has a younger brother?

He said that his brother did not have the qualifications to enter the dreamland, which meant that this brother at least knew something about the dreamland.

So who is this younger brother?

The photo of Kuroba Toichi wearing glasses that he saw at Kuroba Kaito's house looked very much like Kudo Yusaku...

Could it be...

This idea only appeared in his mind for a second. Qin Zhibo frowned and dismissed the possibility.

First of all, Kuroba Tou's surname is "Kuroba" and Kudo Yusaku's surname is "Kudo", so they cannot be from the same family based on their surnames.

Secondly, Kudo Yusaku has been tracking down Kaito Kid since he was young, and even the "Kid" in "Kid" was given by Kudo Yusaku by chance.

The name "Kaito Kid" came about because a reporter mistook the sloppy "Kaito 1412" for "Kaito Kid".

If these two people were related, it would be too dark.

What about Kuroba Kaito and Nakamori Ginzo?

Therefore, Qin Zhibo guessed that Heiyu Pianyi's younger brother should also be an ordinary person named Heiyu.

In addition, Black Feather Pirates actually went to the dream gods to ask for his city.

Qin Zhibo did have some impressions of this bright moon city.

In the painting "Ghoul Under the Moon", a bright moon hangs in the sky, and in the center of the painting is a ghoul eating.

In the distant view of the painting, you can indeed vaguely see the outline of a castle.

It turns out that it is not an artistic creation, but a real place...

It's just that the city has now been taken away by the dream gods.

Only they, as the rulers of dreams, can take away the city of the dreamer.

Although Qin Zhibo didn't know what these dream gods looked like and what powers they had, he probably couldn't speak very well.

Black Feather Pirates' departure is indeed a disaster.

This may be the reason why Black Feather Thief lived in the Dreamland for a while after his death before deciding to go to the secret realm of Kadath.

And now, as a father, he is trying his best to dissuade his son from continuing to go to that secret place.

Qin Zhibo folded the letter, stuffed it into the envelope on the bar, and handed it back to Kuroba Kaito's hand.

"What should we do now?"

"Do you want to continue?"

Although Qin Zhibo himself has main tasks to complete, at this moment, he still wants to hear Kuroba Kaito's thoughts.

If Kuroba Kaito gives up here, then he goes home.

If Kuroba Kaito continues...

"I choose to continue."

Kuroba Kaito suddenly raised his head and said with determination in his eyes.

Dad, although you want me to stop here, I won't give up just like this.

And I don’t know the whole truth either…

I want to hear the story about Pandora, the Stone of Life, and the Magician's Alliance from your own mouth.

And Mom, she misses you all the time too.

Kuroba Kaito still remembered that in the two years after Kuroba Toichi's death, he could often hear intermittent sobbing outside the couple's bedroom late at night.

Now he finally has hope. Even if the hope is slim, he will try his best to try.

Even if it is a miracle that has only a one in ten thousand chance of happening, he must pursue it himself.

Because pursuing miracles is the lifelong mission of a magician.