Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 1246 1246 [Friend of the Phantom Thief, Jiang Xia] Ask for a monthly ticket (づど)☆

Jiang Xia and Suzuki Sonoko had complicated thoughts, and they were each doing "finding differences".

On the opposite side, Kidd raised his head inadvertently, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Jiang Xia next to Suzuki Sonoko, saw the detective's face clearly, and Kidd's smile froze slightly.

——Before approaching, Kidd really didn't notice that Jiang Xia was here.

He had a brief encounter with this famous detective. Although he met for a short time, Kidd was very impressed with Jiang Xia.

Because the last time he was flying between buildings, he was hit by Jiang Xia who was riding a leopard.

At that time, Kidd found out that Jiang Xia actually knew his real identity, and it was said that Wu Tiangou had informed him... He didn't know how Jiang Xia got online with the monster.

Kidd: "..." Although according to Jiang Xia himself, he was just "naturally liked by small animals".

But no matter how he thought about it, Kidd still felt that Black Panther and Foggy Tengu, no matter which one was classified as "small animals", felt intuitively that this detective was a bit weird.

But today, Kidd never expected that when he and Qingmei went shopping, they would suddenly meet Jiang Xia.

……

Looking at each other, Jiang Xia's eyes fell on Kidd, as if to say hello.

But after a while, he seemed to realize something, and in the end he didn't make a sound, standing by the side as if he didn't know him.

Kidd kept a smile on his face, and he breathed a sigh of relief: ...It's okay, it's okay.He was really afraid that Jiang Xia's mind would be distracted just now, and he would blurt out "Hello, Kidd".

In that case, it would be over.

after all……

Kidd glanced at the girl next to him from the corner of his eye.

This is his childhood friend, Aoko Nakamori.

And Aoko Nakamori's father is naturally the Nakamori Police Department who has been chasing "Phantom Thief Kidd" for countless years, but has not been able to catch the phantom thief so far.

Aoko Nakamori has always hated "Phantom Thief Kidd", a thief who shamed her father.But at the same time, she has a good impression of Kuroba Kaito.

Thinking of this, Kidd had mixed feelings in his mind: If someone called Qing Zi "Ji De" in front of Qing Zi in normal times, he could still pretend to be joking and fool him.

But today it is very difficult to do.

Kidd: "..." From the looks of it, I was really seen last night.

Because today, the Nakamori police department obviously had doubts about him - when Kidd routinely went to the Nakamori father and daughter for dinner in the morning, the Nakamori police department stared at him uncharacteristically.

Not long after that, perhaps because of what the police department said to her daughter, Aoko Nakamori began to act strangely.

In the morning, she uncharacteristically took the initiative and asked Kuroba Kaito to come out to play.To prove to her father that "Kaito Kuroba is not Kidd", because Kidd is going to steal the crown at 8 o'clock in the evening, and during this time period, as long as Kaito Kuroba can't get away, his suspicion will naturally be cleared.

Kidd felt bad at the time, but faced with Aoko Nakamori's unusually tough attitude, he could only agree.

Rejection at this time is almost equivalent to admitting defeat directly.

……

At this moment, thinking of this troublesome matter, Kidd couldn't help touching his pocket.

——Grandpa Terai gave him a new prop, a compressed puppet ball.

After use, it can expand into a dummy dressed in the same way as "Kuroba Kaito".

But dolls are dolls after all, just like Dr. Ari couldn’t customize a "Kudo Shinichi" for Conan to fool Mao Lilan, Kidd's dolls can also tell the real from the fake at a glance, and there is a risk of exposure.

Kidd: "..." If the puppet plan fails, Grandpa Terai can only steal a wave of crowns and become Kaitou Kidd once.

But at his age, with old arms and legs, if he misses and gets caught... Alas, he might as well ask Wu Tiangou to knock the police unconscious.

……

There are a bunch of messy things on my mind.Coupled with the fact that Jiang Xia, an "insider" whose position is unknown, is nearby, Kidd inevitably feels guilty and just wants to leave the gallery as soon as possible.

But it would be too abrupt to go straight—how could a normal person hide from detectives?Now any suspicious behavior of "Kuroba Kaito" will only increase the suspicion in Aoko Nakamori's heart.

So Kidd had to try his best to figure out an excuse to get away perfectly.

And at this moment, it seemed as if he heard the cry in his heart: beside them, suddenly a figure passed by.

It was a homeless man whose dress style was incompatible with this place.His clothes were tattered and stained, and he was carrying a huge travel bag on his back.Messy hair hanging down to his waist, a rough paper cigarette dangling from his mouth.

Four high school students facing each other saw him, and couldn't help being startled because of his weird appearance.

The tramp completely ignored their gazes.

He stared at the painting in front of him, took a few glances, then suddenly stepped over the fence, went straight to the wall, then held the picture frame, and looked closely, like a myopic eye struggling to distinguish details.

……

At the corner of the corridor, the manager of the gallery happened to pass by.

Seeing this scene, he was stunned for a moment, rushed over, and stopped in front of the homeless man: "Sorry, you can't touch these paintings with your hands!"

While talking, the manager saw the face of the homeless man—although the face was too dirty to see the facial features clearly, but the cigarette dangling from his mouth was very recognizable.

Seeing the lit cigarette butts, the manager finally couldn't help but exclaimed: "Smoking is prohibited in our hall!"

The homeless man frowned, looked away from the painting, and turned to stare at him.

The atmosphere was tense in an instant, and the two seemed to be in conflict immediately.

Kidd subconsciously took a step forward, wanting to try to fight.

However, unexpectedly, the homeless man stared at the manager for a while, but he didn't pester him any more.

He pressed his forehead as if he was having a headache, and said "sorry".He turned his head towards the exit and quickly left the gallery.

……

The manager looked at his back and breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, he looked at the security guard who hurried over after he noticed the movement, and couldn't help but angrily said: "Who told you to let people in?!"

The security guard whispered: "I'm really sorry, but he, he has a VIP card for the gallery. We have no reason to stop..."

"VIP card?" The manager was startled, and then frowned, "I must have picked it up somewhere, our card can only be obtained after consumption..."

Just as he was talking, another person came by.

This time it was a woman with dyed brown hair pulled back in a low ponytail and a smart suit.

She is one of the shareholders here, Hayase Junxiang.I seldom show up at ordinary times, but today I came to deal with some matters, but I didn't expect to hear commotion suddenly.

After all, the gallery has a part of her. Hayase Junxiang saw the manager with an ugly face, and asked casually, "What happened just now?"

"It's nothing, it's just a small situation." The manager explained humbly, "Just now a homeless man came and picked up a VIP card from somewhere, causing a bit of commotion—you don't have to worry, the matter has been resolved."

"VIP card?" Hayase Junxiang smelled the residual smoke in the air, and suddenly thought of something, her face changed suddenly.

(End of this chapter)