Chapter 227: Kaito Kidd (Two chapters in one)

Nakano-ku, Tokyo.

A high school boy with slightly messy short black hair and a handsome face stood in front of a Japanese-Italian family restaurant called "Saizeriya" and took out his mobile phone.

The built-in sensor of the phone sensed the change in the position and direction of the phone, and the screen was automatically lit up.

The words [March 24] and [18:52] were displayed on the phone screen.

The high school student put his phone back into his pocket, then pushed open the door of the restaurant and walked in.

As the door opened, a bell rang and a clerk in uniform ran towards the high school student.

The high school student waved gently to the waiter, then pointed to a large table in the restaurant that was already full of people, and walked over.

Sitting at the big table were students of about his age.

At this time, the food in front of these high school students had basically been eaten up.

They were chatting away, drinking from the unlimited drinks.

"Kaito, you're so slow~!!"

As soon as the high school student approached, a very cute girl sitting in the seat immediately noticed him.

The girl puffed up her cheeks towards the boy she called "Kaito", and a very dissatisfied expression appeared on her pure and sweet face.

The high school boy's name is "Kaito Kuroba". He and the girl Nakamori Aoko, who is now looking at him with an expression like an inflatable pufferfish, are good friends who grew up together.

Abbreviated as childhood friend.

And after hearing Nakamori Aoko's voice, the high school students at the table all looked towards Kuroba Kaito.

"You're so slow, Kaito~"

A high school boy imitated Nakamori Aoko's tone and started to cheer at Kuroba Kaito.

Hearing his jeers, Nakamori Aoko's cheeks instantly turned slightly red, and she looked away awkwardly.

When Kuroba Kaito passed by the boy who was making a fuss,

he stretched out his thumb and index finger, made a pistol gesture at the boy, and then pretended to shoot with a "bang" sound coming from his mouth.

Suddenly, a bunch of firework paper pieces flew out from Kuroba Kaito's palm and sprayed all over the boy's face.

"Bah! Bah! Bah! Kuroba, you put it in my mouth!"

The boy lowered his head and spit for a long time before he cleared the paper in his mouth.

He then reached out and brushed off the pieces of paper on his clothes, pants and hair, and then looked at Kuroba Kaito unhappily.

"This is what happens to those who like to imitate other people's speech."

Kuroba Kaito spoke slowly, and then sat next to Nakamori Aoko.

Today is a small group gathering of Class 2B of Ekoda High School, where Kaito Kuroba and Aoko Nakamori are.

There was only a week left before school started, so everyone decided to have a meal together near Nakano Station, which is not far from Ekoda High School.

Saizeriya is economical, and you can drink unlimited drinks for only 180 yen, so it naturally became a good place for this group of high school students to have dinner together.

"What are you talking about?"

Kuroba Kaito looked at the classmates around him who had already eaten and drunk their fill and asked casually.

"We're talking about Kaito Kidd!"

The boy who was shot with paper in the face by Kuroba Kaito just now said excitedly.

"Hei Yu, you don't know yet?"

"Just now, at the press conference of the Showa Jewelry Exhibition held at the Tokyo Big Sight this weekend, Mr. Tsukino Takashi of the Tsukino Group dropped a bombshell, but it turned out that a warning letter of Kaito Kid was stuck in his body!"

"This exhibition has been prepared for a long time, but the organizers have been keeping people in suspense and have not announced their final exhibits."

"They delayed the announcement until three days before the official opening of the exhibition, but they didn't expect that Kaito Kidd had already known the contents of their blockbuster exhibits and released a preview letter in advance!"

"Kaito Kid is so handsome! Now the Tsukino Group has become a clown!"

The boy said with a smile.

Another boy who heard his speech stepped on his foot under the table.

The boy suddenly came to his senses and quickly shut his mouth.

The reason why the boy quickly shut up was not because he realized that it was a bad idea for him to laugh at the Tsukino Group in public.

But it is because, here, there is a person who hates Kaito Kid very much.

That person was Nakamori Aoko.

Nakamori Aoko's father, Nakamori Ginzo, is a police officer in the Metropolitan Police Department's Second Investigation Division.

The Metropolitan Police Department's Second Investigation Division is different from the First Investigation Division, which specializes in investigating homicide cases.

The Second Investigation Division is primarily responsible for economic crimes.

Although ordinary theft cases are under the jurisdiction of Investigation Section 3, since the targets targeted by Kaito Kid are often valuable,

they are classified as high-level property crimes and are handled by Investigation Section 2.

However, the capable Ginza Nakamori is not up to par when facing Kaito Kidd.

He was fooled by Kaito Kid many times and was unable to capture him.

Even after so many fights, I still don't know my opponent's name, appearance, age or even gender.

Therefore, whenever there is a case involving Kaito Kid, Ginzo Nakamori's ability is always questioned.

Therefore, Aoko Nakamori hates others praising Kaito Kid in front of her.

"Damn Kaito Kid! Dad will definitely catch him this time!"

Nakamori Aoko said angrily.

Don't think too much.

After the news of Kaito Kid releasing the preview letter spread, her father might have a headache again.

"Yeah, Kaito Kidd is really abominable."

"Every time he just wanted to look cool, he ended up fooling the police."

"Isn't that right, Kuroba-kun?"

At this time, another female voice sounded.

The voice came from a girl with long crimson hair, who was much more mature than Nakamori Aoko in both figure and dress.

The girl's name is Koizumi Akako, and she is a witch.

Kuroba Kaito looked in the direction of the voice and saw Koizumi Akako with her chin on one hand, her slightly charming red eyes staring at him with amusement.

Unlike other classmates who don't know the true identity of Kaito Kid, Koizumi Akako is one of the few who knows that Kuroba Kaito is Kaito Kid.

Kuroba Kaito: "."

Kuroba Kaito felt speechless, as he was already accustomed to Koizumi Akako's behavior.

But facing Nakamori Aoko, he could only continue to follow what Koizumi Akako said.

"Yeah, I also think that uncle will be able to catch Kaito Kid sooner or later."

Kuroba Kaito echoed.

"It's not 'sooner or later', it's 'this time'!"

"Oh yes, this time."

After being corrected by Nakamori Aoko, Kuroba Kaito quickly changed his words.

After he changed his words, he heard a chuckle coming from the direction where Koizumi Akako was not far away.

Kuroba Kaito ignored Koizumi Akako's laughter and stood up.

"Come on, have you finished eating?"

"Weren't we going to karaoke? If it's any later, high school students won't be allowed in."

Upon hearing this, the students around took out their wallets and began to calculate their meal expenses.

Kuroba Kaito, who did not order any food, was the first to leave the restaurant and stood on the stairs, looking at the bustling Nakano Station.

At this moment, the sound of a door opening came from behind.

Koizumi Akako walked over to Kuroba Kaito, who was leaning his arm on the stair railing, and whispered,

"It takes about 45 minutes to get from Tokyo Big Sight to Nakano Station."

"The press conference started at 6pm. Kuroba-kun, you arrived at the restaurant around 6:50pm."

"The coincidence is really intriguing."

Koizumi Akako teased beside Kuroba Kaito.

"However, I am a little curious. The gemstone was just announced. How did you, Kuroba-kun, know about the Tsukino Group's exhibits in advance and send out a notice?"

"Akako, aren't you a witch? If you want to know, can't you just do some divination yourself?"

"It's too boring to rely on divination for everything. I want to hear you in person."

Koizumi Akako said to Kuroba Kaito.

However.

However, Kuroba Kaito had no interest in explaining to Koizumi Akako.

Since Nakamori Aoko would feel inferior after seeing Koizumi Akako, Kuroba Kaito did not want to stay alone with Koizumi Akako, so as to avoid causing unnecessary misunderstandings to Nakamori Aoko again.

Kuroba Kaito once again ignored Koizumi Akako, turned around, opened the door, and prepared to go back to his classmates.

At this time, he heard Koizumi Akako's deep voice again:

"The seeker who went back in time and fought with you many times, with the outcome difficult to determine, will come again and become a hidden obstacle on your way forward."

Kuroba Kaito suddenly stopped in his tracks, then turned around and looked at Koizumi Akako.

He stared into Koizumi Akako's charming red eyes, and did not see any trace of joking in her eyes.

Kuroba Kaito understood that this was Koizumi Akane's "prophecy".

Koizumi Akako is a witch from a witch family and the heir to red magic.

She possesses the ability of "divination".

Koizumi Akako's "fortune-telling" is not the kind of trick that can be seen everywhere on the street, which relies on cold reading and a high probability of applying the same rhetoric to everyone to cheat people out of money.

But it is real, accurate divination that can get the results she wants.

Therefore, Koizumi Akako often uses the results of her divination as prophecies to give herself hints.

And so far, Koizumi Akako's predictions have never been wrong.

"You are the seeker who has gone back in time and fought me many times, with the outcome being evenly matched."

Kuroba Kaito did not doubt the accuracy of Koizumi Akako's prediction.

He repeated Koizumi Akako's words in his mind, and a figure wearing a red bow and large round-framed glasses appeared in his mind.

Just thinking about Conan's appearance, the corners of Kuroba Kaito's mouth unconsciously raised.

"Interesting, I wonder if you can stop me this time, Detective."

Just as Kuroba Kaito smiled knowing that he was about to fight Conan again, he heard Koizumi Akako continue to say:

"However, the threads of fate have quietly intertwined, and this time the victory will eventually belong to you."

The smile on Kuroba Kaito's face disappeared almost instantly after hearing Koizumi Akako's second sentence.

The desire to win and the sense of anticipation that had been rising in his heart were instantly extinguished as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on him.

"Akako, are you kidding me?"

Kuroba Kaito looked at Koizumi Akako speechlessly.

I felt like I had finally soaked the noodles, but when I was draining the water, I accidentally poured the noodles into the sink.

"I'm sorry, but my predictions are never wrong."

"How is it, Kuroba-kun? Do you feel like you've been spoiled?"

"Oh hahahahahahahaha."

Koizumi Akako covered her mouth with her hands and let out a sharp and devilish laugh.

It feels like the scene in an anime where the villain witch succeeds in her evil plan.

The corner of Kuroba Kaito's eye twitched slightly, and then without hesitation, he turned around, opened the door and returned to the restaurant.

When the restaurant door was closed again, Koizumi Akako was the only one left at the stairs of the family restaurant.

Her laughter gradually died down.

Her smug expression disappeared again, and her beautiful face looked extremely cool under the light.

Koizumi Akako opened her red lips and completed the last part of the prophecy:

"But the power within it may not only come from your control."

-

The next morning.

Akikawa Kyousuke arrived at the Tokyo International Exhibition Center early as usual.

After waiting for about ten minutes, other guests who participated in the rehearsal yesterday also arrived here one after another.

"It seems that what happened at yesterday's press conference affected more than just the Tsukino Group and the police."

Akikawa Kyousuke was thinking in his mind, and then he saw Seto Rin, Nakamura Haruna, and Matsumoto Kenichi gathered together to discuss what happened at last night's press conference.

He did not participate in the discussion, but sat there quietly flipping through the album.

However, Akikawa Kyousuke's attention was always focused on the content of the discussion among the few people.

What they were discussing was, of course, Kaito Kid, who had sent out a preview letter on Tsukino Takashi yesterday.

Even Akikawa Kyousuke had heard of Kaito Kidd.

He doesn't know too much about Kaito Kidd.

But last night, after Akikawa Kyousuke searched for "Kaito Kid" on the Internet, he realized that Kaito Kid has a very large fan base in Japan.

And the reason why he is so crazily pursued by so many fans.

In addition to his extremely handsome appearance,

what is more important is that he would usually return the stolen items to the original owner afterwards, or hand them over to the police, or give them to people in need depending on the situation.

These fans of Kaito Kid are like crazy fans chasing their idol. They have almost compiled all the abilities demonstrated by Kaito Kid.

After browsing some introductions to Kaito Kid and watching several videos circulating online of Kaito Kid committing crimes, Akikawa Kyousuke

also had a general understanding of Kaito Kid's situation.

'He can appear and disappear at will, can disguise herself, can imitate other people's voices, can fly, has a super memory, is versatile in sports, is proficient in lock picking, and has a superb IQ.'

'Why does it feel like this, just like the Death God's elementary school student, another child of the plane?'

Akikawa Kyousuke couldn't help but think in his heart.

(End of this chapter)