The Other Collection Hall

"What's the situation outside the pavilion, did the helicopter squad spot Kaito Kid escaping?"

Regardless of what Kid might or might not have done to his daughter, the most important thing to Gordon right now is figuring out if Kid is still here.

"Sir, we haven't found any sign of Kid, he should still be inside."

Hearing this, Gordon was a bit relieved. The helicopter pilot was basically either flying in the sky or landing to do maintenance on the helicopter alone, or refueling it, so there was no need to worry about Kid imitating their voices as there was no chance of them making contact.

Since it was confirmed that Kid was still inside, it meant that he hadn't stolen the jewel yet, or he hadn't found a suitable way to get out yet and had to buy some time by cutting the lights out.

"Team-F, what's your status there, can you restore the power supply?"

"Copy, sir! The power distribution box has been destroyed by the explosion and it will take at least half an hour to repair the lines."

"What about the backup power supply?"

"Copy, this place was not equipped with a backup power supply."

Well, it was certain that lighting would not be restored any time soon, but Gordon still had a plan to deal with the current situation.

"S-team, it's time for you to make the move!"

The S-team was made up of dozens of elite police officers hand-selected by Gordon, each equipped with night-vision goggles, specifically to deal with the current situation.

And the man leading the team was none other than Gordon himself.

The dozens of elite policemen were divided into two teams, searching the upper and lower floors respectively.

As for the remaining hundreds of policemen and hundreds of spectators, some chose to stay where they were, while others chose to turn on their mobile phone flashlights to find Kid.

Meanwhile, on the ground floor of the collection hall, in the enclosed corridor that connects the left and right collection rooms, a pretty young girl was frowning.

Even though she was wearing a pair of high heels, she walked with muffled steps, as if she was trying to avoid everyone's attention.

'There's definitely something wrong here.'

Barbara stared at the corridor, full of contradiction.

With all that intense training Mathison had gone through, he had developed a little bit of night vision as one of his abilities. So even in the dark, he could still see objects within a certain range.

Barbara was the subject of Mathison's disguise this time after coming across her on the beach earlier today while resting on the beach.

Barbara did not go straight to Gordon but chose to familiarize herself with the surrounding roads first just as Mathison did.

The thief needs to plan an escape route, while the detective has to deduce the thief's escape route and then design a pursuit route. Sometimes, the nature of this conflict would overlap in a unique way like this.

Mathison was reluctant to disguise himself as a woman, but he was familiar enough with Barbara to fool Gordon. As for the ordinary policemen, they didn't even register as a problem in his eyes.

In addition, everyone had the impression that Kaito Kid was a male, so it was even less likely that Barbara would be suspected at all to be Kid in disguise.

Besides, this place was extremely hard to sneak into, and there was really no other choice than to go as Barbara.

So, when Barbara wasn't looking, Mathison quietly stuck a transmitter on her clothes. It was a button transmitter like the one that Kaito Kid's worst enemy likes to use, Conan Edogawa. The 'Small Tech Prop Manufacturing Book' that he got from the system's novice gift package at the beginning contained all the special tech manufacturing methods from the universe of Detective Conan

These pieces of equipment were insane! They allowed elementary schoolers to kick a football ball strong enough that it could warp metal, to a range farther than that of a sniper rifle. There was a skateboard that is faster than a sports car; solar-powered too, so it could be charged during the day and even had limited use at night.

Thanks to his system, Mathison knows the method of making all these tools. Even so, some of them could not be recreated because of the lack of raw materials.

After installing the transmitter on Barbara, Mathison waited for the right moment, and, finally, he stunned Barbara and hid her in the cabin of the yacht under the Gotham River Bridge.

Obviously, Mathison had to take her clothes off in order to perfect his disguise. He didn't feel anything by it though. Barbara was his childhood friend, after all.

He simply pulled off Barbara's coat and put his clothes over her body to protect her from catching a cold.

Back at the hall, Mathison, who is still disguised as Barbara, withdrew his gaze from the corridor.

He had almost figured out the secret of the place. There were not just fourteen collecting rooms in Daggett's collection, but fifteen. A secret room was here somewhere.

'If I'm not mistaken, the mechanism should be around here.'

Every skilled magician is a master of mechanisms and this place was certainly no match for Mathison's training.

He stepped on his heels and walked to the middle of the corridor, the point where the collection rooms on the left and right are joined on the first floor. According to the plan, they were directly in front of a rotunda in the center of the building.

Then, with his back turned to the direction of the hall, facing the curved wall, Mathison reached out and tapped on the right side at an arm's length.

*Rumble~ Rumble~*

Sure enough, after knocking, the wall in front of him quaked, and the secret room where Daggett's real collection was stored opened.

However, when the secret door was completely opened, Mathison got a huge shock. Someone was already inside!