Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

"Ah?" Yuga Kyosuke was stunned, opened the window and looked downstairs, and found that a lot of firefighters had gathered downstairs at some point, and there was also a huge fire mat.

"From the look on your face, I can tell that the housekeeper is not your target. The only ones left are Miss Lian Xi, whose initials are both H, and you. If you want to kill Miss Lian Xi, you don't have to go out of your way to return the authentic Stradivarius."

Maori bowed and left the rest of the matter to Inspector Megure.

"Mr. Kyosuke, you may be a musical genius, but you are not suitable to be a criminal."

"Maybe." Yuga Kyosuke was detained by the police without resistance, with a helpless smile of relief on his face.

"Uncle Kyosuke..."

Renki Shitara watched with tears in her eyes as Kyosuke Haga was taken away by the police, choking with sobs and unable to speak.

"Ms. Renxi," Maori walked by and paused, but couldn't help but comfort her, "It doesn't matter who is right or wrong. Mr. Xiangsuke doesn't hate you. At least he took back the Stradivarius because he wanted to give it to you who is in the same situation as him after his father passed away. For him, giving the relic left by his father to Miss Renxi should be the best ending."

After walking out of the room, Maori quickly followed Inspector Megure and his team to see off Hanega Kyosuke.

……

The news of Hanega Kyosuke's arrest caused a stir in the music industry, but it did not have much impact on daily life. It was covered by other news in just a few days. Perhaps only the person involved could not forget it.

Over the weekend, Maori changed into a black dress and attended the Shitara family funeral. The scale was not large, with only a few people from the music industry visiting. I don’t know if the relatives had come to the vigil yesterday, so there were not many people at this time. The only one in the mourning hall was Shitara Renki, who was wearing white mourning clothes.

As for old man Tiaoichiro, it seems that he became seriously ill and was hospitalized after his birthday. It seems that he will not live long this time.

After Maori, Ai and Ran finished their condolences, they bowed to Shitara Renki and retreated outside the mourning hall, waiting for the funeral to end. The whole process was extremely quiet. Most of the people who came to mourn had solemn expressions. They completed the ceremony silently and left silently.

Looking at Renki Shitara with red eyes and the guests coming and going in the mourning hall, Maori sighed in his heart.

Normally he tried to avoid attending funerals, but it would be bad not to attend this time. It was just hard for Shitara Renki. When old man Choichiro, who caused all this, passed away, only Yuga Kyosuke, who was in prison, would be left. As for his remarried mother, she didn't even show up at this funeral, so he didn't have any hope.

……

When the weather is cold, Maori enjoys sitting in the coffee shop downstairs in a sweater, drinking coffee and watching the passers-by outside.

Especially after experiencing several cases in a row...

Maori took a sip of coffee and suddenly felt a compelling gaze.

Ginzo Nakamori, who hadn't been seen for a while, sat on the other side. Even while drinking coffee, he still stared at Maori until he burned his mouth and then jumped up.

"Officer Nakamori?" Maori put down the cup in surprise.

I've never seen this guy come here...

"Humph," Nakamori Ginzo also put down his coffee cup and said with a sour face, "Kid is not active, so you, Kidd's nemesis, are you not going to move too?"

"Kid is not active?" Maori's eyes twitched. "Didn't the front page of today's newspaper report it? Kaito Kid's challenge to his archenemy Suzuki Jirokichi."

"What?!"

Nakamori Ginzo didn't even bother to drink his coffee. He hurried over to Mori and grabbed the newspaper on the table. When he saw the huge photo of Kaito Kid on the front page, his hair almost stood up. He turned around and was about to go to Suzuki Jirokichi's house, but he stopped at the door and looked at Mori in confusion: "That's not right. Since there's news about Kid, why do you, Kid's nemesis, have time to sit here like an idiot?"

"Kid's Buster also needs to rest, and I have already contacted the Suzuki family. The scheduled time is the evening of three days later." Maori said leisurely.

The first thing he did when he saw the newspaper in the morning was to call Sonoko and ask for a photo of the preview letter.

However, the preview letter was fake. Not only was the comic signature at the end wrong, the content of the preview letter itself had problems. The sentences were flowery, and unlike in the past when it was written horizontally from left to right, this time it was written vertically from right to left in the ancient style.

It can also be said that Kidd has changed his style, but the trailer only mentioned Suzuki Jirokichi's big vault, and the old man hasn't found any strange gems recently. Based on this, Maori read the trailer carefully again.

Connect the last word of each column of text and read from the left to get "Please do me a favor".

If someone is not joking, it is very likely that this is the masterpiece of that old man...

"Officer Nakamori," Mao Li paused and said to Nakamori Ginzo, "Although arresting Kid is important, let him do it this time."

"what?"

Ginzo Nakamori was full of question marks, and he looked at Maori with suspicion.

But he was not in the mood to ask more questions at the moment. After glaring at Maori, he rushed to Suzuki Jiroyoshi's house with the newspaper to inquire about the situation.

That old man is not easy to deal with, and he is a lot of trouble...

Mao Li swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth and watched Nakamori Ginzo leave helplessly.

Even if he knew the truth about the notice letter, Officer Nakamori probably would not give up. Instead, he would be more serious. In the end, the only one who would be unlucky would be old man Jiro Suzuki.

……

Three days later, Maori, Xiaolan, Xiaoai and Conan who followed them shamelessly were invited by Sonoko to Suzuki Jiro's house.

In fact, he was also very puzzled. He didn't know what was going on. Instead of looking for him as a detective, they sent a fake notice letter to invite Kidd over.

Could it be a trap?

Maori's eyelids drooped.

Suzuki Jirokichi shouldn't be able to do this, although this old man has always wanted to catch Kidd...

"Listen carefully!" The mobile team member standing guard at Nakamori Ginzo emphasized, "Don't let your guard down just because you think it might be fake! Tonight is the time in the preview, guard the area around the vault!"

"Officer Nakamori is still so energetic..."

Mao Li followed and understood the situation on the scene.

The so-called big vault is buried in the wall, with a space of about 6 square meters of wood, a small steel room surrounded by 50-centimeter thick steel plates, which can also be used as an air-raid shelter. There is a 3-centimeter gap under the iron door for ventilation, and there is a small window inside as a ventilation hole. It is easy to open from the inside, so there is no need to worry about being trapped inside.

But only Suzuki Jirokichi knew how to open the iron door of the vault from the outside, which was done through the large number of code dials distributed on the iron door.

As a large vault built by the legendary mechanical engineer Sanmizu Kichiemon, the iron door is equipped with countless mechanisms and the slightest mistake could result in death.

In addition, there is a small room outside the iron door of the safe, which is empty and has no furniture. According to Suzuki Jirokichi, a weight monitor is installed on the floor of the small room. Even the weight of a cigarette or a piece of paper will react, and the room will be surrounded by iron fences in an instant.

At the same time, there were mobile team members arranged by Officer Nakamori standing guard at the doors on both sides of the room, which seemed to be foolproof on the surface.

Mao Li stood behind the crowd and took in the iron door of the vault as Suzuki Jirokichi demonstrated the weight monitor trap.

So the old man's goal is to get Kidd to open the vault door...

Maori looked at the smug old man Jirokichi in front of him and suddenly felt confused.

Did you forget how to open it?

"But," Xiaolan asked curiously, "Why did you call us here? There is such a powerful anti-theft device, and didn't you say that the notice letter was fake?"

"I always feel that Mr. Kidd will come," Sonoko said expectantly, "In that case, of course Kidd's nemesis should be here as well. Maybe we can see another big battle between the detective and the phantom thief..."

Maori looked listlessly at the energetic Sonoko.

"Uncle?" Sonoko waved her hand in front of Maori, pulling him back to his senses and asked, "Are you okay?"

"Ahem, it's okay."

Maori coughed lightly and turned to look around.

If nothing unexpected happens, Kidd will arrive at the scene in advance to conduct investigation, which means that there may be someone at the scene who is Kid in disguise. The more suspicious ones are the bodyguard that Suzuki Jirokichi had just hired two days ago and a male servant who looked timid.

"It hurts!" When passing the corner of the corridor, Conan, who was walking in front, suddenly bumped into a cute maid.

The maid was young and pretty. She apologized hurriedly, "I'm sorry. I was looking for the puppy. I was running around with my back bent and didn't look ahead. Are you okay, little brother?"

"Eh?" Yuanzi saw the maid and said in surprise, "Isn't uncle's dog in the hospital because he is feeling unwell? I heard from uncle..."

"Really?" the maid asked in surprise, "He's in the hospital?"

"do not you know?"

"Yeah, I just got here today..."

The maid looked disappointed, said a few words and left from the other side.

Conan noticed that Maori was staring at the maid and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Ah, nothing."

Maori looked away from the maid.

I don't know why, but I always feel that there is something wrong with this maid. Kaito always likes to dress up as a woman.

……

"Buzz!"

A helicopter passed over the Suzuki family's villa complex, and there were mobile team members everywhere below, whether it was the roof or the entrances of the houses. The searchlights had almost no blind spots, and the entire Suzuki residence was covered.

Maori stood by the window for a while and a beam of light shone over.

Such large-scale deployment every time is simply a waste of police force...

"This is really weird!" After finishing the arrangements, Ginzo Nakamori did not stay with the excited team members. Instead, he stared at Maori like a follower from time to time, muttering to himself.

"Hey, Officer Nakamori," Mao Li felt uncomfortable being stared at, "What's so strange about this?"

It was fine at first, but when Suzuki Jirokichi had just demonstrated the trap in the room and restarted the weight monitor, a new Kidd warning letter suddenly appeared on the floor of the room, and this time it was a real warning, just like before.

As a result, Officer Nakamori's expression changed on the spot.

"It must have been put in when the weight detector was turned off, so that there would be no reaction when the anti-theft device was turned on again," said Nakamori Ginzo, holding the Kidd card in his hand. "We were all at the door at that time..."

Chapter 154: The Missing Piano Prodigy

"Officer Nakamori, instead of suspecting that I'm Kid in disguise, you might as well think about how to stop Kid."

"Of course I know!"

Nakamori Ginzo frowned and looked at the Kid card again.

"Just as predicted, before the moon emerges from the darkness, come and receive the treasure in the belly of the iron fox... and it ends with that same smiling face. Damn it! This guy is here after all!"

Sonoko followed Xiaolan and the others out from the corner, and seeing this, she asked Maori, "Uncle, has Kidd disguised himself as someone?"

"I guess so……"

While Officer Nakamori's attention was not on him, Mao Li approached Sonoko and whispered, "Is your uncle Jirokichi acting strange or different these days?"

"what?"

Sonoko thought, "I'm not sure, but the maids here should know..."

"Please ask them quietly for me, except for the new maid."

"it is good……"

Sonoko left the corridor in front of the safe in a daze. Although Maori told her not to ask the new maid, she still met the young maid who was pushing the food cart.

Looking at the clumsy and cute maid, Sonoko was secretly suspicious.

Do all men like this type?

"Ms. Sonoko?" the maid asked, "Have you found Kaito Kid?"

"No, not yet."

Sonoko came back to her senses and saw the maid pushing the dining cart through the vault corridor. She couldn't help but ask curiously, "Where are you going, maid?"

"Ah? I want to take dinner to the master's room..."

"For uncle?"

"Yes... I just got here so I don't know much. The master seems to have been eating dinner alone in his room recently, and the other maids are very worried." The maid explained seriously as if she was afraid of being blamed.

Yuanzi's eyes lit up and she continued to ask, "Uncle, is there anything strange or different recently?"

"What's strange?" The maid was stunned. "It seems that there are always two plates missing when they go to collect them, and they don't know why..."

"Speaking of strange things, it's not just about eating and plates," Suzuki Jiro's newly hired male escort, the timid and thin young man with glasses, followed over and continued, "It is said that after eating, he went to the safe room to check the safe, and he went there with a cane..."

"Uncle needs a cane?"

Sonoko was surprised. Jirokichi had always been full of energy, with even greater physical strength than young people, and had never used a cane.

"I heard that it's only been like this these past few days, and he's always talking to someone in there," the man said uncertainly, "Maybe he's on the phone with someone..."

Conan stood at the entrance of the aisle with a weak presence, listening to what they said in his heart. He was slightly startled, and turned to Maori who also came over and asked: "Uncle, you let Sonoko ask these questions, did you find out something?"

"Obviously, the notice letter at the beginning was very strange," Maori smiled at Sonoko who was asking the question, "So I didn't come here this time because of Kid. I just wanted to know what kind of trouble old man Jirokichi was in that he needed to forge a notice letter and find a thief to help."

"Could it be that……"

"Yes, the thief is best at picking locks. The old man probably forgot how to open the iron door. He acted mysteriously at this time and said that his dog was sick. In my opinion, the dog was accidentally locked in the vault. The two missing plates were probably filled with water and food, respectively, and were pushed in through the gap under the iron door with a crutch..."