Chapter 1007 Unexpected candidate
"It's a painting again... Why does it feel like the weird thief Kidd hasn't been stealing gems seriously for a long time? Is it an illusion?"
"I feel like you're whispering something very rude, Dad."
"Cough um..."
Conan, who was walking around from the other side of the car, heard their conversation, and his expression couldn't help but become subtle.
Indeed, it seems like this is the case...
Yes, it's not entirely true. That time, Kidd stole a gem from his senior Ito Mahiko...
While a few people were thinking about it, they had already walked along the road that was trampled out of the mountains and forests to the client's location.
...And then I saw a large group of reporters from Wuyang, who surrounded the door of the villa with a crowd of people.
"They can come here in such places..." Conan looked at the off-road vehicles that were several meters away from the villa and held their foreheads.
It is normal for the appearance of Kidd, the monster that Kidd will attract media attention. This person can be said to be one of the top media in Tokyo.
But should we overcome difficulties and obstacles like this and go to such a place to stay?
Originally, the client's mansion was built in this steep terrain, and the dense shadows of trees formed a layer of black shadows under the dark clouds, and there was a bit of a gloomy storm. After the reporters got into such a state of mind, they suddenly felt something was wrong.
"I told you why that boy Tangze was so rude. It turned out that it was because of this." Kogoro Mouri pursed his lips, understanding what Tangze had predicted.
As always, Kogoro Mouri's entrustment is still a model of family-to-people.
Not only did he get used to this, but his client, police and journalists were also used to it.
Therefore, this time, Kogoro Maori naturally invited Tangze, who was having dinner at the table at that time, and asked him if he wanted to come together.
Tang Ze agreed, but Tang Ze, who was relatively sensitive in his identity, always resisted appearing in front of the camera, especially at that time, they were just discussing the matter of Eiyou in the Domain.
"Xiaolan can be recognized by the Lord of the Tang Dynasty at a glance because she is occasionally involved in a case. I don't want to appear in the camera." Tang Ze said seriously, "A lot of reporters must be watching Kidd's affairs. You can go up first, I will follow you later, this should be better."
Conan stared at the logo of the Japanese TV station sprayed on one of the off-road vehicles and couldn't help but nod in agreement.
"Hey, it's Maori Detective over there!"
Seeing someone coming, the reporters who were ready to go in front of the door suddenly raised their voices.
With this shout, as if he heard the horn of attack, the long spear and short cannons turned neatly in the direction of Kogoro Mouri.
"Detective Maori! I'm going to face Kidd head-on again. Are you confident this time?"
"What do you think about the discussion that Kidd turned his focus from gems to artworks? Agree with this is a signal?"
"Conan Jun, you are Conan Edogawa, right? What a kid, do you think you will win?"
Conan, who was originally silently following Kogoro Mori, was about to sneak into the villa, suddenly found that there was still a shot aiming at him, and his eyebrows jumped.
Will you win? How do you ask? There is a feeling that it will be very bad if you answer.
"Uh, ah hahaha, if you don't try it, I don't know the result." Conan looked at the microphone that had already hit him and could only answer dryly.
"Then what is your secret to defeating Kidd? Kid? Are you willing to share it with us?" Seeing him answer, the reporter chased after him.
This problem is even more...
Conan's eyebrows hopped again, and he vaguely understood how Ginzo Nakamori was brought to the title of Kidd when he heard the title of "The Strange Thief Kid".
These media outlets are too furious to ask questions, and once they are not prepared, they make a clear and positive answer. They turn back and make a thief Kid succeed. This strong contrast will definitely be written by the media.
Ginzo Nakamori is another police officer who cares a lot about the image of the police. I believe he has given many positive answers in the past.
It feels bad to always get slapped in the face, and it is normal to be slapped with a pissed face.
"…The victory over the criminal should mean to catch someone, right?" Conan grinned as if he pretended to be stupid, "Then I have never beat Kidd yet..."
Before Conan could open up the topic, his forehead was pressed down by Kogoro Mori beside him.
After pushing his small figure to the other side and blocking his scene in the camera, Kogoro Mouri showed his usual proud expression and started talking loudly.
"Well, of course I have to thank me, Kogoro Mouri for his daily teaching! What children can do is of course influenced by adults!"
Conan was stunned, followed the hand pressed on his head and looked up at Kogoro Mori.
Is it his illusion? Why does it feel like Uncle Maori is deliberately diverting his sight for him?
"Oh, is the teaching of a famous detective? It sounds like a hundred times more confident!"
"Mori Detective is a very good at educating children!"
The reporters echoed and complimented for a while, and all the shots naturally turned to Kogoro Mouri.
"What do you think of the preview of the monster thief Kidd? Is there any news that can be revealed to the public?"
"Do you have a chance of winning this duel?"
While dealing with the problem, the three of them struggled to pass through the reporter's encirclement and finally walked to the door of the villa.
Then I saw Ginzo Nakamori, who was holding his arms and looking very upset.
"Nakamori Police Department, you have arrived." Kogoro Mouri smiled twice and reached out to try to hold Nakamori Gin.
Nakamori Ginzo glanced at the spotlight flashing behind them that turned the daylight in front of the house. He barely reached out to hold the hand of Kogoro Mori, shook it perfunctorily twice, and then quickly let go.
"Why don't you go to the old fox Megu to work on your murder case? Why did you come and blame Kid's preview on the scene?" He held his hand, and Ginzo Nakamori's expression didn't seem to improve at all. "Don't just be a detective, you really think you can interfere in all the police affairs."
Kogoro Mouri touched the back of his head, and wisely did not comment on Ginzo Nakamori's dissatisfaction.
He could still understand the emotions of Nakamori police.
How to say, he is used to losing to the thief Kid, he is used to it, journalists and the public, and the police are used to it, and I am afraid that the thief Kid, he is used to it, too. Over the years, the second class of Search has almost become an indispensable background board for the Strange Thieves Kidd to perform in Tokyo. It is more like an established plot to not catch Strange Thieves Kidd, and no one will blame Ginzo Nakamori.
The main thing is that last time Ito Mahiko was so frustrating.
That time, according to the prisoner's confession, it was because he killed Kidd who stole and returned the gems, which annoyed Kidd himself. So his entire inventory of stolen goods was criticized for robbery Kidd and directly took it.
The more annoying part is that Kidd did not choose to attack those things directly, but chose to investigate the ins and outs of all the stolen goods and wrote a complete set of commentary for his exhibits.
The evidence links were sorted out to this point. With the arrest of the deep mountains, these things naturally came into the hands of the second class of search.
The second professional search class can easily verify the authenticity of these materials. The people and stolen goods on the scene are all harvested, and there is nothing unhappy about it.
But the fact that the opponent gave away a wave of performance was obviously more unhappy than simply following behind and consuming exhaustion and issuing some angry declarations.
I heard that he has been in the second class of search for a few days, so it is not easy to mess with whoever he catches and bites.
"No, I was commissioned by Mr. Oikawa, who received the preview letter." Kogoro Mori clarified this way, saying that he had no intention of staring at the monster thief Kid. "The client trusts my ability in this regard and hopes that I will guard important works for them. Of course I will not refuse."
Although the essence of this commission is because he has dealt with the monster thief Kid too many times in the past...
As Kogoro Mouri followed the reporters, as if they were late and just discovered Ginzo Nakamori, the camera finally turned to the old background board of the monster thief Kid.
"Police Department! Is the alert this time foolish?"
Nakamori Ginzo, whose eyebrows were browsed hard by the word "Ya", suddenly didn't want to answer the conversation.
"Do you have any ideas about the fact that Kidd turned his target to painting?"
"Because the target is not a gem, there are rumors that the trailer is fake. Is that true?"
"Nothing to tell--!" The upset Ginzo Nakamori was too lazy to deal with the media at all, and waved his hand hard, "Please don't step into the scene, don't hinder the police from enforcing the law! Leave enough passages for in and out!"
He shouted with great momentum, but it would be strange if the Tokyo media could be obedient.
"Mr. Oikawa's new work "Azura" is to be released for the first time in tonight's live TV broadcast, right? Do you think this is the reason why the thief Kid is targeting it?"
"The painting has been completed, but it only requires the process of live signature to witness the birth of the painting... By the way, if the painting is stolen, will the value of the painting be reduced? After all, without Oikawa's signature, who knows if it is a real work..."
"Well, but if it is successfully stolen, the live broadcast on stage will have to be changed tonight..."
"What are you talking about?" Ginzo Nakamori put his face in front of the whispering reporter, "What you said seems like it will definitely be stolen."
"Ah, this..."
"Anyway, before 8 o'clock in the trailer time, no matter you or any reporter who came to live broadcast, you can't step into the house. Do you hear it clearly!"
"The reporter who came to live broadcast..."
Standing behind him, Conan, who was about to follow Kogoro Mori into the house, turned his head and muttered.
So that's it. No wonder there is a broadcasting car sold by TV stations at the door. I have been doing it for a long time. There was a live broadcast project tonight...
"Detective Maori, I have long admired Daming! I have been waiting for you for a long time!"
After passing through the hall and following the police's guidance to the door of the studio, a high male voice came first.
The tall Takera Oikawa spread his arms and greeted him with a warm face, shook hands with Kogoro Mouri.
"Hello, I am Takerai Oikawa!" He held Kogoro Mori's hand with both hands, looking very respectful and admiring, "It's all up to you today!"
"I dare not, you are exaggerating..." Kogoro Maori noticed the gaze that was pierced like a needle in the search class, and quickly said a few humility.
"This is the kid Conan!" After greeting Kogoro Mori, Takerai Oikawa did not let go of Ran Mori and Conan who were silently attached to the back. "I heard that you are a child who is very destined to be with Kidd. With you here, our works will definitely be safe."
"Is it okay to bring the children to this kind of scene?" Kogoro Mouri confirmed.
Maybe it was the psychological shadow caused by the incident between Ito Mahiko last time. When he heard the other party ask to bring Conan with him, he instinctively felt something was not right.
"It doesn't matter, it's okay, I trust you very much. Moreover, I have a lot of people in my family now." Takerai Oikawa smiled and signaled to the police inside and outside the room, and his eyes turned back.
Conan's eyes naturally followed his gaze and looked behind him.
Behind him, a white-haired old man was talking to someone with his hands behind his back, hunched over.
The two of them were also walking towards the studio, so soon they saw clearly the person standing next to the old man.
"Kim Kitakawakun..." Mori Ran, who had never expected this kind of expansion, opened his eyes widened, "How could you be here... Oh, right, you are also a painter..."
But it's still wrong. Why are the painters joining in the fun and catching monsters and stealing Kidd?
"Oh, you know it. This is my wife's father and my teacher, Kamihara Haruhien." Seeing the old and young, Takera Oikawa's expression faded a little. "If you call him 'painter Haruhien', you may be more familiar with it."
"Oh, it's Master Haruhito, who is famous for his landscape paintings, right?" Kogoro Mouri, who did his homework a little in advance, nodded.
"Then this one..." Looking at the blue-haired boy who took off his hat, Takerai Oikawa reluctantly curled his lips, "He is the disciple of Master Ruyuefeng Mizuki, Yusuke Kitakawa. You seem to have had a deal with him, so I won't introduce it. If there is no such thing as a monster thief Kid, he will be the guest of the original signing ceremony tonight."
"It's the same now. After 8 o'clock, the signed public live broadcast will continue." Tang Ze, who had quickly completed the disguise, nodded calmly, "Of course, if you think the painting will definitely be stolen, then just pretend I didn't say it."
Oikawa Takerai's mouth twitched when he was choked.
This is why he is not satisfied with this candidate.
With this angry attitude of speaking, he felt deeply that this man probably didn't want to agree with his decision to call him to fight the ring...
Conan looked at the unexpected guy who suddenly appeared here, and his eyes turned instinctively and looked at his hand.
——And then I found out that today Yosuke Kitakawa actually wore gloves!
Tsk, you don't play according to common sense...
(This chapter ends)