Conan Moslin

It is now evening, April 4th.

The Sally Beth, which sailed from Yokohama Port, held a sea party.

This was the Suzuki Group's 60th anniversary banquet, and celebrities from all walks of life were invited to attend.

The banquet was quite large, with more than 500 guests.

In the short three hours from Yokohama to Tokyo, an ordinary invitation letter was delivered.

"Hello sir... please come in."

Kuroba Kaito, dressed in an ordinary gray suit, quietly boarded the ship.

There were two waiters standing in front of the venue, about the same height as him. One of them handed him a pink gift box the size of a palm.

"This is……"

"This is the entrance gift from Mrs. Suzuki to all the guests." The waiter's tone was respectful, but he probably repeated the same sentence many times, speaking so quickly that it seemed perfunctory. "Everyone has one."

Another said solemnly: "Please be sure to keep it well."

Kuroba Kaito looked towards the venue and saw that everyone inside was holding the same gift box.

"I understand, thank you."

The two waiters smiled and invited you in.

The place was orderly, with people gathering in groups of two or three and communicating with each other.

Kaito entered the arena and looked around, but he didn't find his sister, but he saw a familiar little guy.

She was wearing a blue dress, a white shirt, a big red bow tie, plain glasses, and she was looking up with a silly smile on her face.

There is no trace of the shrewdness from last time.

The girl Conan was looking at was wearing a knee-length red dress with a light V-neck and a white shoulder strap. She had a black belt around her waist with a gold buckle.

She was chatting with the second daughter of the Suzuki Group.

As for Xiaolan, he had seen her before and thought she looked familiar and very beautiful.

But it’s not Aoko.

He glanced away.

He looked around and fixed his sight on one corner.

At the booth with a banner, President Suzuki has already started his speech.

"Our Suzuki Group has been established for 60 years. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone for their help and support to our Group..."

"I hope that today, the thief will be forgotten. The more than 500 guests who have come here to participate in the grand event can enjoy this elegant and grand event."

……

The sea and sky are dyed with ink, and the dusk is vast.

The sound of the whistle cut through the sky, separating the audience from the noisy dock.

The Sally Beth broke through the waves, leaving a series of overlapping water lines.

On the dining table in the cabin, the wine glasses on the table began to tremble, and the bright and transparent wine hung on the wall, causing slight ripples.

A pair of hands wearing white gloves held up the wine glass and shook it gently.

The young man in a formal suit took a sip, barely wetting his lips.

He took off his monocle and muttered quietly.

"I'm still not used to this monocle."

"I'm just trying it on. I won't wear it for too long." The woman said in a tepid voice with a hint of smile, "The props are ready."

"Thank you." The young man said enthusiastically, "Mr. Suzuki asked Miss Kuroba to partner with me, and asked me to play the role of Kaito Kid. It's my honor."

"Thank you, Senior Jiujiu, for thinking of me." Li An smiled. "By the way, how are Mr. Kinoshita and Ms. Asako doing recently?"

Sanada Ichizo thought for a moment and replied, "Kichiro said that he recently learned new magic techniques, but he and Sensei Kyujuku have broken up for more than ten years, and Momochi and I don't contact him often."

"Ms. Asako is also preparing for a new performance...you two of the new generation are going to beat the rest of us to death." Sanada Kazuzo joked with a smile.

Kyujuku Motoyasu is a world-famous genius magician. Among his students, the most talented one is Kinoshita Yoshiro, who was an excellent rising star in magic more than ten years ago.

Of course, he is still an extremely outstanding magician now, but he is not affiliated with any magic troupe now.

To be precise, the master and the apprentice broke up because of an escape magic accident fourteen years ago.

Kinoshita Yoshiro was only a teenager when he became famous, and he was still in school on the day of the accident.

Later, I only heard a few words.

Yoshiro Kinoshita made a huge mistake during an escape magic trick, causing damage to the equipment and resulting in huge losses to the magic team.

It sounds a bit far-fetched, but when he occasionally asked about it, Kinoshita Yoshiro insisted on this reason, while Kyujuku Motoyasu always interrupted the topic and was unwilling to talk more.

In short, the two had a quarrel and almost broke up completely afterwards.

After breaking up with Kinoshita Yoshiro, Kyujuku Motoyasu successively accepted Sanada Kazuzo and Momochi Yuji as his students, each of whom was outstanding.

And Kinoshita Asako, the younger sister who was taught by Kinoshita Yoshiro himself, also stood out at the same age as Kuriyasu.

Kinoshita Asako and Kuroba Kuriyasu are the same age. They are competitors of the same year and have heard of each other, but have never met each other.

For some unknown reason, Kyujuku Motoyasu did not release the news of the breakup to the outside world, and although Kinoshita Yoshiro never showed up, he still abided by etiquette and asked Sanada or Momochi to deliver gifts on time and at a fixed location, and the few of them became acquainted with each other because of this.

However, both Sanada and the others could see that Kinoshita Yoshiro's choice of gifts every year was extremely perfunctory, and he just gave them.

There is some competition among the major magic troupes, but it is not a life-and-death fight. Occasionally, they will deliberately communicate with each other to avoid the main performance venue or seek cooperation.

This is one of those times.

Kuria knew the news about Kinoshita and the other person, but he just asked casually and quickly changed the subject.

She raised her cup.

The sound of clinking glasses.

A light laugh.

"It's a pleasure working with you." Li An smiled and put down his glass. "I'll go in first."

The light grey satin dress draped over the seat to the ground, with only a hint of delicate white shoe tips visible from under the intricately patterned fishtail skirt.

Li An stood up, turned around and gently smoothed out the slight wrinkles on his clothes.

……

At the banquet, Suzuki Tomoko was announcing a challenge to the thieves who came: "Yes, this is my family heirloom, and it is also the main target of Kaito Kidd tonight, the Dark Star."

She glanced at the whole situation and saw Li An, who was wearing a light gray dress, entering the room and nodding slightly to her.

"Of course, there is only one genuine piece. As for who I gave the genuine piece to, only I know it. The ones that others got are all counterfeits."

"Okay, everyone, please pin your pearls on your chest so that Kaito Kidd can see the pearls you are wearing."

Like everyone else around him, Li An opened the pink jewelry box in his hand, grabbed a handkerchief and took out one of the silver ornaments, then closed it with one hand with a click and placed it casually on the table beside him.

The silver ornaments in the handkerchief wrapped a huge pearl, which was black, shiny and bright.

Li An smiled and carefully adjusted the pearl into its position.

When she squinted her eyes, she looked like a silver fox, with all the sharpness hidden in her eyes; when she opened her eyes, they were clear and gentle, as if they had never changed.

Suzuki Tomoko smiled elegantly and complacently: "If he can really steal...just ask him to watch secretly."

"But the prerequisite for success is that our Kaito Kidd must determine... which one is the real one."

This is the end of my speech. President Suzuki, please make yourselves at ease. The banquet is about to begin.

The elegant sound of violins echoed throughout the venue, and the guests' conversations could be heard one after another.

The ocean at night is full of white waves, and two round moons are reflected in each other.

Several former "family members of victims" came to Conan and his team.

Three, to be exact.