Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

"Hey……"

Suzuki Jiroji opened the back door of the museum and heard the noise outside, and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Is it that funny?"

Mao Li was waiting outside the back door, holding the police officer borrowed from another police officer, and calmly looked at Suzuki Jirokichi who had a stunned look on his face.

"Why are you here?" Suzuki Jirokichi's face changed for a moment and then recovered, "Kaito Kidd is still here..."

"People who wear contact lenses cannot ride a motorcycle without wearing goggles,"

Mao Li said with a smile, "Because when the wind blows into your eyes, it hurts so much that you keep crying. Even with a windshield, you can't drive at all... But you came to the museum today and appeared on TV without a windshield, which only proves that you are not that old man."

"That's right," Conan came over, "A rich man who doesn't have any bodyguards and drives a motorcycle like this, let him fall asleep somewhere, and then there are as many chances as you want to replace him... I've already looked for it, and the dog named Lupin who was originally sitting on the side seat was also brought to the shade of the trees in Shiodome Park. You probably used some drug to make it fall asleep..."

“Hahaha,” the old man forced a laugh, “Are you saying I’m Kidd? How is that possible? When Kidd appeared just now, I was right next to you…”

"I guess it's been exposed now, right?" Maori turned and looked at the other side covered by the helicopter searchlight. "On a rainy and windy night like this, an inflatable doll can't perform a perfect air walk. In the end, it's just a cover you set up..."

"Inflatable doll?"

"Unlike yesterday, today just one inflatable doll will be enough, right?"

Maori looked at the old man who was still in shock, and said with deep eyes, "Because the most critical technique has been completed once yesterday, the audience will subconsciously think it is the same as yesterday... Yes, because it was said in advance that it would appear in the same place, so there is no need to let the helicopter fly over the head today to eliminate the suspicion of any motive..."

"What are you talking about, Detective Maori?" the old man said in confusion, "Didn't you see it today? There was a helicopter over Kidd's head today..."

"What if the helicopter pilot was an insider you arranged?" Mao Li interrupted, "The reason why the footage of Unit 7 was cut off just now was because it suddenly rained. If we continue, the composite footage we prepared in advance will be exposed..."

The old man fell silent, looked at Maori for a while and then smiled: "Really? Then Detective Maori, tell me what happened to that miraculous performance yesterday..."

"It's not a miracle. It's just a psychological trap. First, give everyone a hint that there is no wire rope hanging above their heads. Then, when the police and the two buildings are checking, the wire rope between the two buildings is retracted and replaced by a thin line hanging on the helicopter..."

"This will give everyone the illusion that there are no ropes hanging on you. Then you just need to pretend to walk in accordance with the speed of the helicopter. If the sway is small, take small steps. If the sway is large, take big steps. Add to that the footsteps played by the recorder and your exquisite body acting skills as a master of disguise, and it will look like you are really walking in the air...

"But puppets are different. It's easy to find out if something is wrong with them."

Maori looked up and saw that the puppet Kidd had already disappeared in the smoke, and the helicopters in the air were in chaos.

"As long as the smoke bomb is detonated at the right time, you can have your assistant pull you into the helicopter and no one will suspect anything... But today Unit 7 seems to have been exposed. Aren't you worried at all?"

"It doesn't matter," the old man also looked at the chaotic helicopter and said with a smile, "Those guys are now being fooled by the helicopter with the number 7 label, right?"

"I see," Conan's eyes narrowed slightly, "You changed all the helicopter labels to No. 7 in advance, and then affixed the correct labels, which were not very strong, so they would fall off when the wind blew... If everything went well, not only would your subordinate be safe, but you could also successfully take the goddess statue and sneak away. Unfortunately, you were too careless and rode the motorcycle without wearing goggles, and the result was clearly captured by the TV..."

Mao Li shook his head: "This guy didn't forget, he just can't wear it because the makeup will easily be damaged..."

"That's right," Kidd tore off the old man's disguise and grinned, "Well, I lose. It's been a while since we last met. Uncle, your reasoning ability as a famous detective is getting stronger and stronger! I'll return the gems to you this time. Anyway, they are not what I want. I just accepted the challenge and had to fight. See you next time..."

"Huh?" Conan was stunned and quickly turned on the watch-shaped anesthesia, but a smoke bomb suddenly exploded in front of him, and Kidd's figure disappeared in an instant, leaving only the blue miracle in its place.

"Damn it, this guy escaped again..."

Conan followed him into the museum, but Maori did not move. He just silently put away his baton and walked forward to pick up the golden goddess statue.

Kaito, this kid, is really good at pretending...

"Where is he?" Officer Nakamori and his men rushed towards the back door of the museum, bumping into Conan. "Where is Kidd?!"

"Uh……"

Conan looked speechlessly at the police who swarmed into the museum.

It's over. Kidd must have escaped by disguising himself as a policeman again...

“Huh?” Nakamori looked around confusedly when he saw Mori standing outside the back door holding the golden goddess statue. “Didn’t they say Kidd is over here?”

"..."

On the rooftop of the building, the rain had stopped and Sonoko sat depressedly with Ai and Ran.

"Didn't you say you were going to leave for a while? You haven't come back for such a long time..."

"Where did Kidd go in the end? Didn't he stop stealing gems?"

Xiao Ai raised her eyebrows, propped up her chin and looked at the chaotic helicopter group, and said darkly: "Could it be that the uncle is Kidd in disguise?"

……

The next day, a photo of Maori and Dead Eyes Conan appeared on the front page of the newspaper, and the Blue Miracle Showdown ended with Kidd escaping and saving the gem.

"So, uncle, you let the thief go again?"

Ai was holding a cup of hot tea and glanced at Maori who was browsing the newspaper.

"I don't have to catch him, Officer Nakamori. Besides, I'm counting on this guy to help me in the future," Mao Li calmly flipped through the newspaper, "and as long as I want to catch that guy, I always have the opportunity and the means to do so..."

"Then what's the reason for such a big fuss this time?"

"Ok?"

Maori paused and looked at the front page of the news occupied by himself and Conan, and couldn't help but think of old man Jirokichi.

"Reasons like this one being on the front page of the news are just too ridiculous..."

Chapter 122: Hattori, who participated in the Kendo competition but sneaked away, is a scumbag

In Osaka, the Kinki Kendo Tournament was at its hottest, and the Naniwa Central Gymnasium was packed with students from various schools. Maori, Haibara, and Xiaolan followed Kazuha and sat in the high school audience seats of the high school group, along with Hattori's mother.

Looking at Kazuha and Xiaolan who were chattering with Hattori's mother in the front row, Maori sighed and propped up his chin in boredom.

Because he came to Osaka to play, he happened to see Hattori participating in a kendo competition, so he was dragged over. The scene was lively, but he really couldn't get excited...

"what happened?"

Huiyuan was watching with great interest, "Shouldn't middle-aged uncles like you like kendo very much?"

"That's them. I don't like this kind of childish game anyway."

Maori helplessly watched the high school students in protective gear in the stadium salute and then try to attack back and forth, and from time to time he could hear the referee shouting scores.

"Kendo is just a sport that exercises the body and mind,"

Huiyuan's eyelids drooped. "What do you want to see?"

"Uh……"

Maori opened his mouth, but his words paused as the ancient swordsmanship used by the criminal in the last Genji Hotaru incident suddenly emerged in his mind.

That’s right, after all, ancient swordsmanship is used to kill people, and there are not many people who would learn it nowadays…

"But why did I come to Osaka? If I had come to Izu, I would be lying on the beach and enjoying the scenery..."

Maori thought about the other day.

Originally, he planned to take Xiaolan and Haibara to Izu for vacation, but Xiaolan said that a murder happened every time they went to Izu. Hattori happened to keep calling and talking about it, so he finally brought them to Osaka in a daze and went to Hattori's house to have a delicious meal prepared by Hattori's mother.

Ai and Ran were quite happy, and even learned cooking from Hattori's mother for two days...

"By the way, Conan and his friends will come over today too, right?"

Mauli thinks of the call he received yesterday.

"Yeah, he said he was coming over for dinner," Huibara looked at his watch, "he should have left by now, right?"

Mao Li half-opened his eyes: "I don't think he's here to have a feast, but to solve a case. He's just like a criminal 'compass'..."

"Great!"

He Ye in the front row suddenly stood up excitedly and high-fived Xiaolan, "Three wins and one draw, we can definitely enter the semi-finals!"

Hattori's mother was still dressed solemnly, and she sat beside him with a faint smile: "This year, all the players from Kaikata High School are strong players, and there will be no problem for them to compete for the team championship."

Kazuha blushed and said in high spirits, "Aunt, look, the audience's attention is focused on the general of our Kaikata High School. Everyone must be looking forward to Heiji's performance, because Heiji's strength is so strong that even ghosts are afraid of him!"

"The general of Kaikata High School, Heiji?" Hattori's mother said in surprise, "This kid didn't even mention this to me at home..."

Mao Li raised his eyebrows and looked towards the competition venue suspiciously.

Hattori had always boasted about his achievements before, saying that he single-handedly defeated the powerful generals in the Osaka Prefectural Police Station, but he was beaten badly the last time he dueled with Nishijo Taiga of Genji Hotaru.

"By the way, where did Hattori go?" Mori asked Kazuha, "I haven't seen him since..."

"Eh?" He Ye looked blankly at the general of Kaikata High School who was about to go on the field, "Isn't that him?"

Hattori's mother noticed a contestant surrounded by girls in the audience aisle and reminded him, "Heiji seems to be there. Look, he is surrounded by a group of girls and seems to be chatting happily."

"what?"

He Ye stood up quickly and ran down the audience seats.

"Hey, Heiji! Why are you slacking off here? The game has already started... Weird, why is your skin so white?"

He Ye pulled the kendo player out of the girls' encirclement, and was stunned when he saw the skin color in the gap of the protective gear. He looked at him again through the mask.

"Aren't you a first year? Why are you wearing Heiji's protective gear?"

The boy wearing Hattori's protective gear said awkwardly: "It was Hattori-senpai who asked me to do this... because he said that he wouldn't be needed before the semi-finals, so he wanted me to take him to scare the teams from other schools... but the senior is too famous, and those girls all ran over when they saw the name on the waist guard..."

"Really?" Kazuha smiled and looked at the girl who was looking over at the side, "Then where is Heiji now?"

The boy explained with cold sweat: "I think he should be in the bathroom, because he just went to the annex..."

Mao Li's mouth twitched.

There is actually such an operation...

"However," Maori looked towards Kyoto Izumi High School on the other side, "I heard that there is a famous kendo genius participating in the competition this time?"

"You mean Okita Souji from Izumi Shin High School?"

A fat man next to him said admiringly, "In the last kendo competition, he was the champion! If you saw his competition, you would never say it was just a child's play. His competition was really exciting!"

"Y-really?"

Maori's face twitched and he wiped the sweat off his face secretly.

I didn’t expect that there was a super fan of Okita Souji sitting next to me…

"By the way," the fat man looked at Mao Li curiously, "I seem to have seen you somewhere... Are you a famous person?"

"It's crazy to be famous. I have a little bit of fame... I'm a detective."

……

"Have you had enough of the trouble?!" Outside the bathroom of the villa, several college students wearing kendo uniforms gathered together, and a boy with a rough face grabbed his classmate by the collar.

"Can't play because of a hangover? Do you think that excuse will work?!"

"I can't help it," the drunken college student who was grabbed by the collar sat on the ground, with an attitude of a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, "Because the company I'm about to join has gone bankrupt, my future is bleak. What else can I do if I don't drink?"

"asshole!"

"When drinking, you should also consider the time and place, right? At a time like this..."

"Forget it," a round-faced fat man wearing glasses next to him advised, "There's still more than an hour before the game anyway..."

"We can't help it," the tall and thin student frowned and said, "Chuijian, you should sober up here and think carefully. Don't let down those cheerleaders who came to the venue to cheer for us..."

"But he is like this..."

"Okay, forget about this idiot! Let's go to the stadium first!"

"Humph!" The drunken boy named Chui Jian suddenly said, "Aren't you afraid that I will confess that thing?"

"What?" Several students were about to leave, but stopped and changed their expressions when they heard what was said.

"W-what are you talking about?!"

Chui Jian sneered: "I am different from you who have already secured a job at the company. I have nothing to lose..."

……

"Hit the waist guard! One point!"

The noise in the Langhua Sports Center was getting more and more lively. Because of the fierce fighting inside the arena, the atmosphere was pushed to the peak for a while. It seemed that as the finals were approaching, the kendo competition became much more exciting and indeed less childish. There was no so-called dull duel between kendo masters, and the bamboo swords could be heard crackling.

Mao Li also perked up and watched Hattori's next game. It didn't seem to be too difficult for this guy to fight, and he scored two points in a short time.

"Great! Aunt, we're in the semi-finals! Now we have a good chance of winning the championship!" He Ye was even more excited than the other contestants. As soon as the fight was over, he ran down to the audience seats to look at the scoreboard and check the tower-shaped battle information table listed on it.

Maori sat quietly in the audience, watching the sweaty contestants take off their protective gear to rest. He smacked his lips and took a bag of snacks from Huibara's arms.