Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

That guy fired three cards in a row, and the last one landed just when he appeared on the roof... That is to say, Kidd did not walk out of the building, and he had no time to fire cards whether he ran up the stairs or took the elevator. It would definitely take more than 3 minute to take the elevator to the roof.

Unless Kidd is not a human being and can climb the stairs to the rooftop in a few seconds, or he is outside the building, in full view of everyone, and uses some method to move to the rooftop in a short time without being discovered by anyone...

What is certain is that the wealthy old man Jirokichi had booked the buildings at the four corners of the intersection for a whole day in advance, and all the entrances and exits were blocked, making it difficult for Kidd to sneak in, at least there was definitely not enough time.

"Is it really not an elevator?" Officer Nakamori was still wondering, "Or maybe the Kid on the rooftop is a fake..."

"But the fake one is indeed ours..."

"If it's just sandals, it should be easy to get them to the roof, right?" Conan interrupted the group of adults, "Maybe Kid's accomplice used a fishing line or something to hang the sandals up there..."

Officer Nakamori's eyes lit up, and he felt like he had a new idea: "That's right, it only takes a few seconds to pull the sandals up, so it looks like they moved instantly. At that time, the TV station staff on the roof were all paying attention to the crowd below, so it's normal that they didn't notice it..."

"This should be impossible..."

Old man Jirokichi shook his head regretfully. "One of the four guards around the sandal display stand has already told me that when Kidd appeared, everyone rushed over at once, and the four guards were squeezed away by the crowd. However, in order to stop them, he got ketchup on someone's hamburger on his hand, and then he grabbed Kidd's cloak before Kidd disappeared..."

"Huh?" Sonoko was confused. "Did his hand slip because of the ketchup on it?"

"This is not..."

Old man Jiroji turned on the video and played the last scene of Kidd in front of the camera.

"Look at his cloak blown up by the wind. There are handprints of the guards on it. Even that guy couldn't have predicted such a thing. This means that the one who appeared on the roof is the same person as Kidd who appeared on the ground at the beginning!"

"That guy really moved within just 20 seconds, and moved to the rooftop 30 meters above!!"

Sweat broke out on old man Jiroji's face.

……

The next morning, Xiao Ai got up early as usual to prepare breakfast before going to school. She unexpectedly found that Maori also got up early. After washing up, he took the morning newspaper and started reading.

After making breakfast, Xiaolan saw Maori still reading the newspaper, so she worriedly said: "Is it okay, Dad? Kaito Kid's magic tricks..."

"No problem, it's not like it was really teleported. It took at least nearly 20 seconds."

Maori put down the newspaper and tasted the medium-rare fried egg that Xiaolan had made.

He actually has a rough idea of ​​Kidd's magic tricks, but the problem is old man Jirokichi...

If Kidd is not exposed, the media will report it extensively and just wait to see the joke. If he is exposed, the headlines will be taken away from that old man.

********, you need to find a better excuse...

"Then come on, ************, ************, *************, he was already confident when he appeared in the evening wearing that ostentatious white clothes..."

"I know,**********,******,*****************"

"Did that person see through the trick? It was Kudo..."

While Xiaolan went to the kitchen to turn off the gas stove for boiling water, Xiaoai raised her eyelids and asked curiously.

"It doesn't look like it, but I'm still excited. I get that way whenever I encounter a challenge."

Maori didn't doubt Conan's intelligence at all. After all, he was one of the smartest high school students in Japan. It was only because of his existence that he kept a low profile.

However, although he is low-key, his anesthesia skills have not declined at all. He can find the victim's neck no matter how to shoot, whether it is direct shooting, reflected shooting, backward shooting or oblique shooting - just like him before.

……

At night, a large crowd gathered on the pedestrian street again, even more than last night, but the intersection had been blocked in advance by a giant net, and all irrelevant personnel were stopped outside, including the TV crew who were broadcasting live on the roof last night.

Maori stood alone in front of the net, looking at the guards at the booth inside and the helicopter hovering in the air.

Unlike yesterday, because of Kidd's announcement, this place was officially taken over by the police, and all the guards and helicopters were replaced by Nakamori's men.

At least in this situation, it would be difficult for Kidd to play tricks.

"Hahaha!" Old man Jirokichi happily shook hands with Nakamori Ginzo in front of the net, completely free of the annoyance he showed yesterday. "Oh, thank you for your cooperation, Officer Nakamori! My men are even more powerful with the help of the Metropolitan Police Department!"

"Where, where..."

Facing old man Jiroyoshi, a major sponsor of the Metropolitan Police Department, Officer Nakamori had a rather fake smile and was full of complaints.

Wouldn't it be better to do it this way at the beginning? Why do you have to act on your own...

"Okay!" the old man said excitedly, "If you can still teleport, just give it a try, Kaito Kidd! In this obvious situation, I will grab your braid today and write this honor into the last chapter of my autobiography, and let my heroic act occupy the front page headlines! Wahahaha..."

Mao Li looked at the old man laughing triumphantly and curled his lips: Too second-rate...

"I say," Xiao Ai came over from behind with her arms folded, "was it you who gave him the advice?"

"I just asked him to stop the TV crew, especially those on the rooftop..."

"It will be here soon," Sonoko squeezed in with Xiaolan and raised her hands expectantly, "Lord Kidd..."

Xiaolan and the crowd were looking at the sky together: "By the way, why does Kidd wear a white suit? He always appears at night, and black clothes are not conspicuous..."

"Do I even need to ask?" Sonoko said without thinking, "Because the Phantom Thief is so gorgeous and handsome! And he looks more like a prince charming..."

"Hey, what prince charming would steal things?"

Maori's eyelids drooped.

"That guy likes to show off, but he wears conspicuous white clothes to hide more easily. When white objects disappear, the audience will subconsciously look for white. If he changes into black to blend into the night, he will be hard to be spotted..."

Yuanzi raised her eyebrows in boredom: It always spoils the fun...

Xiao Ai, who was following beside him, was quite calm. She put her hands on his chest and watched the fun, as if she was not interested in the world. "Under such circumstances, will the thief really come? If there is no one around, he can't fish in troubled waters..."

"Bang!" Something suddenly flew in from above the booth, exploded and turned into a slowly falling parachute, with what seemed to be a loudspeaker underneath.

"Good evening, everyone. I am Kaito Kidd. It is an honor to have you all here. Please allow me to stop my magic show tonight. There are no audiences to enjoy it and there is no live broadcast on TV. I really can't muster the energy to perform magic in such a lonely situation... So everyone, please take care..."

The parachute exploded again, preventing the guards from getting it. At the same time, it also ignited the emotions of Kidd fans outside. The excited audience was driven to attack the giant net defense line and rushed to the middle booth despite the guards' obstruction. Nakamori Ginzo, who was the first to be hit, was squeezed into a dusty state. Maori also hurriedly picked up Ai to protect Sonoko and Ran.

A gathering of this size could easily lead to a stampede, but fortunately there were a lot of mobile police officers on the scene and they were able to control the situation.

"Dear viewers," the TV station staff quickly occupied the rooftop, and the sound of the program starting came from the portable TV that Sonoko brought with her. "Just like last night, our Nichimi TV staff has occupied the rooftop of this building that Kid teleported to, and we are broadcasting it live here for you!"

"Okay, let's all wait for Kidd to appear!"

"No way?" Sonoko looked at the live broadcast screen of the portable TV in surprise, "Why did Uncle Jiroyoshi put the TV crew on it? What should we do now?"

Xiaolan saw Sonoko's distressed look and said speechlessly: "This is how Kidd will appear, Sonoko..."

"Hey? Where's Dad?"

"I do not know!"

……

"call--!"

As night falls, cold wind howls on the rooftops of tall buildings under the bright moon. The sound of helicopters and wind never stops, and of course there are the excited shouts of the crowds downstairs.

After Mao Li was allowed to enter the building, he did not go directly to the roof, but just looked down from the floor-to-ceiling window on the lower floor.

The crowd's cheers for Kidd were like a wave. He was the center of attention. It was probably difficult for a detective like him to enjoy such treatment.

Although the famous detective has fans, they are mainly rational fans, and most of them are just attracted by his top-notch reasoning ability.

Of course, his handsome middle-aged face can attract ordinary fans, but it cannot create the same sensational effect as Kidd.

"Dear audience, just like last night, the legendary sandal is displayed in the middle of the intersection," the on-site reporter reported, "Will Kidd take the sandal tonight and show us his miraculous teleportation like last night? I wonder if Detective Maori is here today..."

"Yeah, I don't think I've seen Kid's nemesis, Detective Maori..."

As if it happened again last night, a white shadow appeared in the air in front of everyone's gaze. It was still a hang glider propelled by a propeller, and it approached the intersection in a blink of an eye.

"Kaito Kidd appears!"

"Damn it!" Officer Nakamori stared at the hang glider fiercely, "Kid, you bastard, today I must..."

Old man Jirokichi also had a bad expression on his face, but he was much calmer than Nakamori: "Take a closer look, Officer Nakamori! Look at the propeller behind the hang glider! Is it a fake one? I'm afraid that guy is going to make a fake explosion in the air like he did last night, and then take advantage of this gap to slip out of the crowd and jump onto the stand..."

"Everyone keep a close eye on him, maybe we can catch that guy!"

"Again?"

Nakamori stared and looked around the booth closely.

"I won't be fooled again..."

"Really?" Kidd folded up his glider and landed on the exhibition stand, grinning at Officer Nakamori who was looking for him in the crowd, "Sorry to have kept you waiting, let's start today's show..."

"Phantom Thief Kidd?!"

Nakamori stared blankly, watching Kidd put away his dreamy sandals, and quickly shouted to the mobile team members who were also stunned at the booth, "Hey, hey, what are you doing? Hurry up and catch Kidd!!"

"it is good……"

"Bang!" There was another smoke explosion. When the mobile team members rushed over, only a propeller was left, and Kidd disappeared again.

"What the hell!"

"here we go again!"

Officer Nakamori was extremely anxious: "Quick! He has blended into the crowd along with the smoke! Find him quickly!"

There are too many people now, and they are all trying to squeeze forward, which brings a lot of trouble to the mobile team members. It is quite difficult to move, let alone find the missing Kaito Kidd.

But there is one exception, Kidd himself.

After putting on a black hoodie, he almost ran through the crowd. Just like last time, he reached the front of the building in just 10 seconds.

"All right……"

Kuroba Kaito panted lightly, holding onto the glass door of the building, and smiled at the ignorant crowd behind him.

"I'm ready here..."

"Is it over now?" Maori walked out as the glass door opened and called out to Kuroba Kaito who was in contact with his assistant, causing Kuroba Kaito's body to tense up instantly.

"what?"

Kuroba Kaito turned around and looked at Mori who had walked outside with him, and his eyes suddenly narrowed.

Chapter 140: The Stone of Nioh!

"Uncle, how could you..."

"You saw me leave, right?" Maori stopped at the door. "The transmitter you put on me should have been taken back by Ai now..."

"That little girl?" Kuroba Kaito said with a smile that was covered with sweat. "It was a bad idea, but uncle, how did you know that I would appear here?"

"It's very simple, because only here can you complete your trick..."

Maori looked up.

On the front of the building is a news billboard with text scrolling from bottom to top, and the top extends all the way to the top floor of the building.

"You moved from the middle of the crowd to the rooftop in just 20 seconds without being discovered. I think this is the only way. And judging from the time you fired the card, it could only have been fired from outside... Yes, you fired the card as you climbed up."

Kuroba Kaito's forehead tightened slightly, and he was shocked by Maori's analysis.

"You've figured out so much... But you don't think I can climb up there, do you? It's less than 10 seconds, no matter how you think..."

"Hang it up, right?" Mao Li laughed. "First, let your accomplice sneak into the TV station staff, and install two pulleys on the roof railings while the filming is in progress. Tie one end of the line to your accomplice and tie the other end to a hook and lower it down, waiting for your signal..."

"Just like what you are doing now, with the hook hooked on your body, the next step is to let your accomplice jump down from the other side. As long as your accomplice adjusts the weight, he can control your ascent speed to ensure that you can keep up with these scrolling texts..."

"The TV crew was busy filming the commotion downstairs, and they didn't pay much attention to the fact that a companion had left. When you reappeared after the pulley was recovered, it would have looked like an incredible teleportation, right?"

Maori stared at Kidd who was silent and continued, "It's a pity that it's not really instant teleportation. It takes nearly 20 seconds..."

Kidd suddenly laughed: "You are amazing. What are you going to do now? Stop me?"

"I'm not interested in arresting you," Mao Li lowered his eyelids and stretched out his hand, "Give me back the dream sandals. You don't need them anyway."

……

"Strange, did Kidd teleport?"

"I can't see it, squeeze forward a little bit..."

20 seconds had passed and the crowd that had been waiting eagerly began to get agitated. The few Kidd fans standing at the back kept standing on tiptoe to watch, completely unaware that the real Kidd was standing behind them, confronting Maori.

"Okay," Kuroba Kaito looked at the calm Maori and gave up first. "It's true that this is not the gem I want, but someone else has challenged me, so I can't refuse, right? I'll give you the thing..."

Mao Li caught a pair of sapphire sandals thrown by Kuroba Kaito, and just as this guy was about to go upstairs, he said, "If you keep going like this, you're going to get into trouble sooner or later. Have you ever considered asking for help? If the commission fee is enough, I'll consider it..."

"Forget it," Kuroba Kaito smiled softly, raised the card-launching gun and fired the first card above the crowd, his body rising as well, "There are some things that only a pretentious thief like me can do, and the famous detective uncle can't help..."

"Just stingy, right?"