Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

Conan sat with Maori and Ai, and couldn't help muttering, "This is the first time I see her acting like a little lady..."

Mao Li looked at Sonoko who looked expectant, and his eyes twitched slightly: "Is there any young lady who is so happy when her own things are about to be stolen?"

"Hmm?" Yuanzi straightened her hair that was blown by the wind, turned around as if realizing something, and raised her hands suspiciously, "Uncle, will Kidd really come again?"

"Of course I'll come," Maori looked at the place next to the building where Kidd appeared yesterday, "If I don't come, wouldn't yesterday's performance be in vain?"

Conan was stunned and looked at the calm Maori in confusion.

Yesterday he specifically watched the footage taken by the helicopter, but didn't find anything suspicious, so he still didn't understand how Kidd could walk in the air and how he disappeared in the end...

But Mao Li seems to have understood it all.

……

"Om-!"

Several helicopters passed over the rooftop, and the strong air currents they created blew up Xiaolan and Sonoko's hair. Sonoko hurriedly held down her hairband.

Only then did Maori notice that Sonoko was wearing a nice plaid sleeveless outfit today. She seemed to have dressed up specially, and looked pretty and elegant - not to mention, when she was quiet, she did look a bit like a princess.

“The picture is out!”

Princess Sonoko couldn't maintain her attitude for a moment. She suddenly became excited and stood by the TV. She couldn't help but reach out and pat Maori on the shoulder, "Uncle! It's almost 8 o'clock, and the noise this time is even louder than yesterday!"

"I know……"

Maori twitched his lips speechlessly - as expected, Sonoko is still not suitable for talking, it is best for her to be a quiet beauty.

Conan was also watching the TV and complained speechlessly: "Sister Sonoko, this doesn't sound like something the eldest daughter of the Suzuki Group would say if the jewels were stolen..."

"But that's Kaito Kid! I've always wanted to meet him in person," Sonoko held up her hands. "To be honest, I originally told my uncle that this time I should just hold the golden goddess statue and stay on the roof of the museum waiting for Kaito Kid to come, but unfortunately Uncle Jiroyoshi didn't agree..."

"Does this even need to be said?"

Xiaolan drooped her eyes: "You don't want to be stolen along with the gems, do you?"

"That's right!" Sonoko said with her hands covering her face, "If I get caught, who will come to save me? Maybe I can see my Prince Charming dueling with Kaito Kid..."

"Ha ha……"

Maori glanced at Sonoko, then rested his chin on his hand and looked at the TV screen expressionlessly.

That’s a good idea…

"There is only about an hour left until the preview of Kaito Kidd," the reporter from Nichiren TV reported loudly amid the noise, "Dear viewers, please look, the sky is now filled with densely packed helicopters, and countless guards have been deployed in the surrounding area! These are elite troops summoned with the prestige of the Suzuki Group!!"

"Will Kaito Kidd really come under such vigilance? He announced that he would steal the blue miracle on the roof of the Suzuki Museum..."

The atmosphere was very hot, with Kidd's fans everywhere, shouting at Kidd and even a few fans excitedly squeezed in front of the camera, causing a commotion.

"But then again," Ai looked at the street below, "it's understandable that the security is so tight. After all, when Kaito Kidd came to investigate the terrain yesterday, he surprised everyone by appearing in mid-air. He even walked closer to the museum in mid-air, and then disappeared unbelievably... It's really difficult to catch a guy like this..."

"But this is too strange. How did Kid do it?" Sonoko pondered. "He must have used some special method, right?"

"Method?"

Conan pondered, "But we all saw it yesterday. The helicopter flew over Kidd and found nothing unusual. The only possibility is that there was a steel wire rope between the two buildings, which made him look like he was floating in the air. But Officer Nakamori also checked yesterday, and there was no steel wire rope on the roof. Even if there was, he wouldn't be able to walk like he did later...

“So that’s the tricky part.”

"Ah?" Sonoko glanced at Maori secretly and continued to ask, "Could it be that a stereo projector was used?"

"Impossible," Maori shook his head. "How can current projection technology create such a clear and freely moving three-dimensional image in the air? The people who saw Kidd last night were not wearing 3D glasses, and the surveillance footage was also normal..."

"So uncle, do you have any idea?"

"Well, are you sure you want me to tell you now? Kidd is going to perform a magic trick soon... It would be stupid if I knew the principle right away~"

……

At Shiodome Park behind the museum, the area outside the cordon was crowded with people, and it was very difficult for the police to maintain order. Officer Nakamori was overwhelmed when he arrived.

"Officer Nakamori!" The subordinate said with sweat on his forehead, "There are more and more people coming to watch the fun. It's impossible to check them one by one! The Suzuki Group seems to have distributed a lot of flyers to Kidd fans. There are too many people coming. If this continues, it will turn into a riot..."

"Nothing we can do," Officer Nakamori looked at the fanatical fans who kept shouting Kid's name, "Don't check. Just let them pass. Kid came from the air anyway."

"understood……"

"Damn it! Security work has never been so troublesome. It's all because of that old man who loves to show off..."

Officer Nakamori put down the walkie-talkie angrily, turned around and saw the real culprit, Suzuki Jirokichi, riding a sidecar motorcycle towards him.

The reporters spotted Suzuki Jirokichi and immediately surrounded him. “You are the owner of the miracle of the sea, Blue Miracle, and the consultant of the Suzuki Group, Mr. Suzuki Jirokichi, right?”

"Yes, it's me." Suzuki Jirokichi calmly took off his helmet and faced the numerous flash lights as if he was used to it.

"There is less than an hour left until the scheduled time. Are you fully prepared?"

"Humph! That guy did some pretty neat magic tricks last night, but today I'll show you a thief arrest that's better than even Hollywood movies! Before you hand him over to the police, let him show his face on your TV and let his sad face be broadcast nationwide! Hahaha!"

On the rooftop of the building, everyone silently watched Suzuki Jirokichi laughing triumphantly on TV.

"This old man is really confident..."

Conan couldn't help but mutter to himself, but the interview didn't last long as it soon switched to a commercial introducing the Suzuki Museum.

"The hot news coming to you live from Shiodome... This is the Suzuki Museum, full of history and culture..."

“Is even the advertisement for this museum?”

Mao Li's mouth twitched.

"Of course, everything needs publicity," Sonoko responded with a smile, "Uncle Jirokichi is not careless about this kind of thing. Yesterday he prepared a lot of aerial footage to be used as materials. Don't look at him like that, he is an old fox in this regard..."

Mao Li shrugged, stood up from his seat, looked at the Suzuki Museum under the night sky, turned and walked towards the elevator controlled by the guard: "I'll go down for a moment."

"Ah?" Sonoko looked at Maori in a daze. Before she could say anything, Conan chased after him.

"What, what happened? Kidd is coming soon..."

"Uncle!" Conan hurriedly boarded the elevator and went downstairs with Maori, "You already know it, right? The secret of Kidd's skywalk..."

Mao Li looked at the elevator floor that was constantly descending, and smiled and said, "We humans always have a bad habit, that is, we are easily influenced by preconceived ideas, so every magician is a master at playing with people's hearts... If you want to find the truth, you must return to the origin."

"Return to the origin?" Conan seemed to have grasped something.

"Eliminate irrelevant influences and deduce all the clues you have found from the beginning. This way, no matter how incredible the result is, you can continue to explore and find clues that you subconsciously overlooked..."

Maori looked at Conan, who looked thoughtful.

"In fact, I discovered yesterday that there are brand new scratches on the roofs of the two buildings. Those are the marks left when the wire rope hooks were recovered. If we infer from this point, there is actually only one conclusion..."

Chapter 121: Old Man Jirokichi Who Wasn’t on the Front Page

Hearing Maori's reasoning, Conan's face changed slightly: "Could it be that..."

"Yes, there is another possibility that has been overlooked, that is, the pilot of helicopter No. 7 is Kidd's man. If there is an insider to cooperate, it will be easy to complete the performance. After all, the elite troops of the Suzuki Group are not the police. It is not difficult to infiltrate a stopper among the temporarily hired pilots... Let's go and meet that guy."

The elevator reached the first floor, and Maori was the first to walk out of the building and walk through the crowd to the museum.

"But I don't understand, uncle," Conan frowned, "Why did Kidd perform yesterday? He has never performed like this before..."

"According to magic techniques, it should be to divert the audience's attention so that you can do what you really want to do."

Maori looked around and saw Officer Nakamori walking into old man Jiro Suzuki's surveillance car with a stern face.

"Not only the guards, but also the police's attention turned to the sky..."

……

"Dear viewers, there are only a few minutes left until the preview time, and you can see how hot the scene is!"

The photographer from Nichiren TV turned the camera towards waves of cheering crowds. The reporter from Nichiren TV who was broadcasting the live event wiped his sweat off his face and suddenly noticed Maori passing by. His eyes suddenly lit up.

"It's Kogoro Mori! Even the famous detective has arrived! Is the legendary Kidd's nemesis going to fight Kidd?! Wait a minute, Detective Mori..."

Maori's face turned black. He ignored the reporters' shouts and pretended not to see anything, and hurriedly took Conan away from the scene.

It’s better to be patient in front of so many Kidd fans.

There is only one minute left before the trailer of Kaito Kid is released. The atmosphere near the museum has become even more lively, even a little crazy. All Kid fans are looking at the place where Kid appeared yesterday and starting to count down.

The reporter from Nichiren TV didn't even bother to interview Maori. After a moment of regret, he excitedly continued reporting towards the night sky.

"Dear audience, the last minute! The Kidd fans gathered here are already counting down, let us also look forward to this miraculous moment!!"

"40! 39! 38..."

Inside the surveillance car, when Maori and Conan came over, Suzuki Jirokichi was still standing calmly in front of the surveillance screen.

"Humph, that guy won't come," the old man sneered, "There is no magician in the world who would let the audience gather on the stage to surround him, because this would expose his tricks immediately... That guy said he would appear in the middle of those buildings, and now everyone's attention is focused there, and the wind from the helicopter is so strong that even a glider can't be used. It's impossible for him to appear in the same place!

"Of course, if he is a tengu or a god, it's a different story, hahaha!"

"Bang!" With the last second of the countdown, a cloud of smoke suddenly exploded between the two buildings, and Kidd was once again suspended in the air in full view of everyone.

"what?!"

The old man's laughter stopped abruptly, and he stared at the surveillance screen with wide eyes.

"Impossible, how on earth did that guy show up?! Damn it!"

Maori and Conan walked to the surveillance screen and silently looked at the Kaito Kidd who was standing in the air in the spotlight in the enlarged screen. Then their eyes turned to the small surveillance screen and finally fell on the surveillance above Kidd's head.

At this time, it started to rain outside. The staff outside the surveillance car hurriedly packed up their equipment and the camera began to shake a little, but the cheers of Kidd's fans were still not affected.

Maori narrowed his eyes slightly, and the surveillance above Kidd suddenly lost the signal...

"What happened to Unit 7?" the staff member asked anxiously. "What happened?"

"What's going on?" Suzuki Jirokichi frowned and looked at the panicked staff.

"The image from Unit 7 was suddenly interrupted..."

"This is Unit 7," the communication responded, "There is nothing abnormal here. It may be that the rain has temporarily affected the signal..."

"No!" Officer Nakamori gritted his teeth and took out the walkie-talkie, "It may be Kidd's men who sent out interference waves... Did the people on guard around hear it? This is Nakamori, immediately look for anyone in the crowd nearby who is holding a suspected radio transmitter. That guy might be Kidd's men!!"

Maori turned his gaze to the main screen and saw Kidd starting to walk in the air, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

It's almost time to end this farce...

"Advisor!" the staff member reported, "The Blue Miracle has been taken into the museum. What should we do next?"

"We have to strike first," the old man said fiercely, "turn off all the lights in the museum!"

"what?"

"Wait a minute," Officer Nakamori said, "Wouldn't this be exactly what Kidd wants?"

"Then what can Officer Nakamori do?" the old man snorted, "Do you have any way to stop that thief who is walking in the air like a god?"

"Well...but what's the point of turning off the lights in the museum?"

"You'll know in a moment. The key is to prevent him from stealing the gem. As long as he can't touch the blue miracle, I'll win this time..."

The old man looked at the surveillance camera stubbornly, paused, turned to the puzzled Officer Nakamori and said, "I want to discuss something with you. The command here can be handed over to you, but can you lend me a few reliable men for a while?"

"My men?"

"Can you accept this? This is a brilliant idea I came up with after staying up late last night..."

On the rooftop of the building, Sonoko and the others faced the strong wind brought by the helicopter and watched with difficulty as Kaito Kid walked towards the museum.

"The wind has finally died down a bit... Why does Kidd feel weird?"

Sonoko pounced on the barbed wire fence and looked at Kaito Kid with wide eyes.

"Really? Where are uncle and that little brat Conan at this time?..."

Inside the museum, a group of policemen with flashlights collected the golden goddess statue and put it into a trash bag under the command of Jiro Suzuki.

Officer Nakamori contacted from outside: "What's the situation in the museum?"

"No problem," the police officer responded, "If we use this method, even Kaito Kidd wouldn't be able to think of it..."

"Shh," Suzuki Jirokichi took the intercom, "That guy might be eavesdropping, so let's stop here. But don't worry, we are all ready, just wait and see the final result..."

After the call ended, Suzuki Jirokichi whispered to several police officers, "Then as I said just now, I will leave through the back door dressed as a cleaner, and you will leave through the front door with the empty boxes later. Be careful not to be exposed."

"know."

Several policemen nodded cautiously, picked up the empty boxes and headed for the front door, leaving Suzuki Jirokichi, dressed as a cleaner, to go to the back door with the garbage bag containing the goddess statue.