Conan Rick's Investigator

"If I..."

As Judy Hopper was speaking, Kuroba Kaito forced a smile and said, "No, it's not your fault..."

"I didn't expect that after that incident, they still hadn't given up on the Crimson Tears."

When talking with Bol in the morning, Kuroba Kaito learned that Bol joined the Thaumaturgy Group after the Hober Thaumaturgy Group returned from Japan.

However, at that time, Kuroba Kaito subconsciously felt that after the events in Japan, and since he was still stealing gems under the identity of Kaito Kid, there was no reason for the Zoo Organization to target the Crimson Tears again, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

Can why?

Why did they finally find out?

Just then, there was a mocking sound from the crowd outside the room.

Kuroba Kaito quickly asked what was going on.

A member of the group who had taken refuge in a room explained, "For some reason, those people outside were talking about a 'giant spider,' as if they were possessed..."

"I've called the police, they should be here soon."

Kuroba Kaito frowned slightly and offered, "I'll go out and take a look..."

He pushed the door open and walked out of the room, coming to the front of the performance hall, where he saw a group of people smashing things in the air like crazy mental patients.

This scene made Kuroba Kaito more certain of his previous guess that they were caught in Sipder's illusion.

Sipder used the gimmick of free performances to attract a large number of audiences, and then manipulated them with illusions...

The purpose is to seize the gem at today's performance of the Thaumatology Troupe.

Realizing this, Kuroba Kaito felt filled with regret, wondering why he had not been more vigilant at the beginning.

It's too late to say anything now. There are less than 24 hours left before the stars return, and the gems are lost...

Thinking of this, Kuroba Kaito felt very depressed.

He lowered his head, raised the poker gun casually, pointed it at the ceiling, and pulled the trigger.

A playing card flew out and hit the sprinkler head of the automatic fire extinguishing device, triggering a cone of water curtains.

When the cold liquid sprayed on the insane crowd, the effect of the illusion disappeared instantly, and everyone's eyes gradually became clear again.

……

"What did you say?"

"The Crimson Tears were stolen..."

Qin Zhibo, standing on the lawn of Murray Mountain, frowned, his eyes filled with shock.

After Kuroba Kaito on the other end of the phone explained the whole story, Qin Zhibo became even more confused.

Judging from the plan organized by the Zoo, they have never given up on the Crimson Tears, which is why they have placed their own people in the Hober Thaumaturgy before today.

But why?

Why take action today?

If they had suspected the Crimson Tears earlier, they could have taken action during the time when the Hobber Thaumaturgy returned to London.

While Qin Zhibo was thinking, his heart suddenly palpitated.

He felt a crimson light flash inexplicably, as if calling him.

Qin Zhibo stared into the distance.

"This is……"

On the other side of the phone, Kuroba Kaito and Judy Hope, who was treating her injuries, also felt the same light in their minds.

"this……"

"Did you feel it too?" Qin Zhibo asked.

"Hmm..."

Yu Kaito murmured, "Looks like Crimson Tears?"

"That should be it."

Qin Zhibo's eyes were a little dazed, and then his face was shocked, as if he had thought of something.

"I understand why the zoo organization chose today to take action..."

"If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid all of us, including your father, Kuroba Toichi, have been deceived by Nefren Ka's prophecy..."

"You cheated?"

Kuroba Kaito was puzzled, still not understanding what the problem was.

Qin Zhibo explained as he walked out of the stadium, "Black Feather Bandit said that one of the prophecies left by Nefren Ka was that when the stars return to their positions, he would be resurrected with the help of the gem on his crown and a reincarnated body."

"And this gem must be kept in the spotlight of the world at all times, or its location will be revealed to all believers."

"But the true prophecy may not be like this..."

"This gem should be able to be hidden like an ordinary object, but when the stars are aligned, it will involuntarily emit a power that will attract those who know this prophecy."

"In other words, no matter how you hide the gem, at the appointed time, its location will be revealed to everyone."

"The Beast Brotherhood has been stealing the gem for over a decade, precisely to make the false prophecy come true, and to convince the Mystic Eye that as long as the gem is handled with care, its existence will never be discovered."

"And what the Brotherhood has to do is, when the prophesied time arrives at the last moment, unleash swift and swift methods to snatch the real gem..."

After listening to Qin Zhibo's analysis, Kuroba Kaito suddenly realized.

He kept wondering if he had made any mistakes somewhere, but he didn't expect that this was a trap set by the other party from the very beginning.

This scheme even fooled Kuroba Toichi and James Hopper, the former leader of the Hopper Thaumaturgy.

No wonder they chose to take action today.

Because there are less than 24 hours left until the stars return to their positions...

There is such a short time left, even if the location of the gem is made public to everyone, the people from the zoo will take the initiative.

hateful!

After hanging up the phone, Kuroba Kaito clenched his fists and cursed angrily in his heart.

On the other side, Qin Zhibo was thinking.

He was wondering whether the Black Organization was also involved in the actions of the Beast Brotherhood?

Chapter 1308 Qin Zhibo: You are worthy of being my eldest son!

Wimbledon tennis courts, security room.

Conan, the Maori father and daughter, Dr. Agasa and others are explaining the whole story to the security personnel and police here.

With the information provided by Conan and others, Hades' identity was quickly confirmed.

The police also found that what was covering Hades' face was a very delicate and realistic silicone human skin mask.

It is precisely because this human skin mask is so lifelike that Hades has been able to evade the police's wanted warrant.

The police even thought that Hades relied on continuous plastic surgery to change his appearance.

Conan looked at the human skin mask on the table, his eyes thoughtful.

In this world, the only person who can make a human skin mask so realistic, apart from the world-famous Phantom Thief, is probably the Thousand-Faced Witch of the organization, Vermouth.

Thinking of the police's announcement that Hades once had an assistant who was a female mercenary, Conan's unique organizational radar began to "beep" again.

He walked over to the chair and whispered in fluent English, "Hades, do you know the organization?"

At this time, Hades was handcuffed behind his back on a fixed "regret chair" with his head lowered.

From his eyes, one can see a kind of dead silence as if one is dead.

When Conan came over and asked him "Do you know the organization?", Hades glanced at the elementary school student in front of him.

"organize……"

"Hmph, what organization?"

Hades snorted coldly, and a malicious smile appeared at the corners of his narrow mouth.

Seeing that Hades was unwilling to explain, Conan, who did not want to give up any clues to the suspected organization, continued to ask: "Who gave you this human skin mask?"

"And the female mercenary who provided you with the bomb, she's still alive, right?"

Now Conan is increasingly suspicious of the motives of those who assist Hades.

If Hades wanted to avenge his mother, why did the female mercenary help Hades?

money?

Apparently Hades has no money.

You can't be sympathizing with Hades' plight, right?

However, faced with Conan's more specific questions, Hades simply remained silent this time.

Just then, the door of the security room opened, and a slim blonde beauty and a handsome man walked out.

Conan turned around and saw the Queen of Grass, Minerva Glass, who had just attended the award ceremony, and her coach Ares.

Minerba told the police that she was there to see what the man who wanted to kill her mother looked like, and was let in.

She walked in front of Hades, stopped two meters away from him, and looked down at Hades.

"Why did you want to kill my mother?"

"Hades, is there any grudge between us?"

Hearing this familiar voice, Hades slowly raised his head. "Queen of Grassland, I didn't expect you to win the championship under such circumstances..."

"Congratulations, hehe..."

Through the small TV in the security room, Hades had already seen the scene of Miniba winning the championship.

He gave a dry laugh, which gave off a very uncomfortable vibe.

Minerva was also merciless, crossing her arms and coldly replying, "I don't need congratulations from someone like you. Just hearing your voice makes me sick."

"Oh?" Hades smiled instead of getting angry. "As expected, the Queen of the Grassland, still as arrogant as ever..."

"Just like last year's French Open final, you clearly had the potential to win but didn't, and you left my mother in her grave without helping her..."

Listening to Hades' words, Minerva frowned slightly and roughly guessed what was going on.

At last year's French Open, her mother was not present to watch the game, which distracted her in the final and gave her opponent the opportunity to turn the tables.

After the game, I heard that there was a big upset on the gambling side, and many people bet their entire fortunes thinking they would win.

Hence the bankruptcy.

In addition, Minerba had seen Hades' deeds in the news before, so she understood that Hades should be one of the people who lost the bet and went bankrupt.

Minerva lowered her arms and looked at Hades, speaking calmly.

"I can apologize to you for losing that match, but that's absolutely no reason for you to wantonly hurt my mother..."

"No one has any reason to hurt anyone else."

The words spoken by Minerva shocked Conan, Maori father and daughter and others nearby, and they showed admiration.

After Minerba finished what she wanted to say, she turned around and left calmly, like a queen who could take on whatever she wanted.

But just as Minerba walked out, Hades, who was sitting on the chair, muttered in his low voice.

"Hmph, there's no reason for anyone to hurt anyone else..."

"Does that mean even gods can do that?"

"Then let's get ready to welcome the gods... hehe..."

Hades uttered that dry, creepy sneer again.

Conan and others who were about to leave turned their heads and took a last deep look at Hades, then walked out of the security room.

In the rest area not far from the security room, Conan, Minerva and others met Minerva's mother and Glass who were waiting for them again.