The Split-Actress in Conan's World

They were still practicing Tai Chi there when Lin Chiyu came over with a cup.

He first greeted Suzuki Tomoko: "Aunt Tomoko."

"It's Xiaolin!" Suzuki Tomoko smiled quickly, her eyebrows curved, "Thank you for your hard work. Kongming and others are in Osaka and can't spare time, so I have to ask you to help receive the guests."

"It's not that hard. I just happened to meet a lot of nice people. I won't feel like I'm unfamiliar with the place when I arrive in Osaka next week." Rin Chiyu nodded slightly and moved aside a little, revealing the people who followed him.

"Hello, Aunt Suzuki!" The young man with pigtails is Takuya Mifune, the general manager of Mifune Electronics Industry.

"I heard that Chairman Suzuki was tricked by Kaito Kid and missed the party. It seems that he will get to see the fun of those guys who are trying to flatter him." He smiled cunningly.

Kogoro Mori raised his eyebrows. These guys were really eccentric.

Mifune Takuya patted Rinshakuha's shoulder. It seemed that the two of them had been getting along well before. "You are coming to Osaka next week, right? I will take you to the most interesting places in Osaka. I guarantee that your trip will be worthwhile!"

"Although I have official business to attend to, I should also have time to rest. I'm sorry to bother you then." Lin Chiyu thought about it and estimated the itinerary.

Maori Kogoro quietly approached the kind-faced Suzuki Tomoko and said, "I always hear you guys talking about Osaka and that Kong Ming. What kind of magic power does that person have?"

Suzuki Tomoko pretended to be surprised and smiled while covering her mouth: "Kongming is Xiaolin's father. As the consultant of the Osaka branch of the Suzuki Group, he and Brother Kichijiro are known as the sword and shield of the Suzuki family."

"Sword and Shield?" Kogoro Mori was even more confused by this strange title.

"That's right. If every decision made by Brother Kichijiro can open up the market from unexpected angles and gain benefits for the Suzuki Group, and is an invincible sword, then Kongming is an indestructible shield."

Suzuki Tomoko's eyes flashed with admiration. "He is almost never aggressive. He always adopts the most prudent strategy and never strikes unless he is absolutely sure. He has built the foundation of the Suzuki Group into a 'City of Sighs'. No business rival can even think of competing with him, let alone intervening in the Suzuki family's business to get a piece of the pie."

"It is precisely his conservative decision-making that supports Kichijiro's bold expansion, and the new resources developed by Kichijiro can be quickly digested by him and reinforced into the basic foundation of the Suzuki Group. This is why the Suzuki family has been able to make steady progress and rise steadily over the years."

She watched Lin Chiyu socialize with all kinds of people at the party with ease, without being stage-frightened or overstepping her boundaries, and couldn't help but sigh, "Over the past few years, I've slowly been able to see some shadows of Kong Ming in Xiao Lin."

Lin Chiyu happened to come back and when he heard this, his expression didn't change much, but his tone was slightly disapproving.

"At least I won't be like him and tie myself to a career I don't love."

He took a sip of champagne. "This trip to Osaka is just to help the Suzuki family. It's a family matter, not work. When this is over, I will still stay in Tokyo."

"In this respect, I am fundamentally different from the person who hasn't been back to Tokyo for 20 years."

Suzuki Tomoko could only reveal a somewhat helpless look.

Maori Kogoro felt that the atmosphere was a bit dull, so he quickly changed the subject, ran up to the young man, pointed at his empty chest and asked, "You didn't bring the black pearl? People might suspect you."

"I'm just not interested in this kind of trick." Takuya Mifune tossed the box containing the black pearls, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, opened the box and wiped the fingerprints left on the black pearls.

Conan watched what was happening over there from afar, was stunned for a moment, and finally his eyes stopped on Takuya Mifune's handkerchief, wondering what he was thinking.

"What are you daydreaming about?" Chiyomi's voice came from behind him, waking him up.

"Why, did you get PTSD after seeing the handkerchief? Because of that professor?"

"No." Conan forced a dead look.

"I was just thinking that Mr. Lin's family situation seems to be quite complicated."

"Why do you care so much? It's better for outsiders like us not to interfere in other people's family affairs," Chiyoko spread her hands indifferently, "Besides, it doesn't affect his daily life."

"That's right." Conan quickly put his worries aside.

"But why did you suddenly think of the professor again?" he asked back.

"I just don't understand how the Madam disappeared without leaving any trace."

"Or is it that we were the ones who were hypnotized from the beginning to the end, and there really was no fake Madam?" Chiyoko scratched her head and straightened her silver hair. "He left a very deep impression on me."

Conan was silent for a while, his voice became a little heavy: "So you feel the same way."

"I thought about it for a long time after I went back that day. The job of a detective is to solve the case, find out the truth, and give the victim an answer."

He looked up at the bright chandelier, his eyes a little confused: "But what should I do if I can't even prove whether a case exists?"

"Before everything happened, would you believe that there is a drug that can turn people into children?" The cold voice was so recognizable that the two knew who it was without turning around.

Huihara Ai walked over, her tone without any emotion: "If a criminal with treacherous methods can shake your determination as a detective, you might as well give up fighting against the organization as soon as possible and become a child completely."

These words were so sharp that Conan could not help but remain silent.

But soon, she softened her tone: "Everywhere you go, you leave traces. You should be more familiar with this saying than I am, right?"

"Ah, Roca's Law." Conan answered without hesitation.

"Then finding these traces is what you are best at, isn't it, great detective?" Haibara Ai walked past the two of them with her eyes closed and went towards Dr. Agasa.

Chiyoko looked at the renewed fighting spirit in Conan's eyes and shook her head, feeling deeply moved.

"It looks like Miss Witch has cast a spell."

Leaving behind this unclear remark, he walked towards Rinshakuha, leaving Conan with a waving back: "I'm going to check the secret code, you should also go find your sister Xiaolan."

Hey hey!

Conan couldn't help but twitch his lips.

These two guys!

It's totally too arbitrary!

No one was there to sulk with him, so he quickly lost his temper. Suzuki Sonoko happened to pass by, so Conan stopped her and asked like a child, "Sister Sonoko, have you seen Sister Xiaolan?"

Suzuki Sonoko pointed at her chin and thought for a while: "It seems that Xiaolan just went to the bathroom, but she hasn't come back for so long, she might have lost her way. After all, her sense of direction is very poor."

"Yeah, I'm sorry for my bad sense of direction!" Xiaolan's angry voice sounded from behind them at the right time, scaring Suzuki Sonoko.

"Ah, Xiaolan." She smiled awkwardly and a drop of sweat fell from her face.

Ran Mao Li's cheeks turned slightly red, and she seemed embarrassed about being lost.

Suzuki Sonoko had to find other topics to talk about. She looked at the police officers in the hall and asked, "Hey, what's going on outside the hall?"

"It looks like there are police officers everywhere in the corridor." Mao Lilan replied very naturally.

"It's really strict! How can Lord Kidd succeed?" Suzuki Sonoko looked worried, and it was unclear whether she was worried about her own gem or her Lord Kidd.

Suddenly, a buzzing sound echoed in the dead corner of the conference hall. Chaki Shintaro went up to the stage and knocked on the microphone in his hand, causing the speaker to vibrate.

After adjusting it, he put the microphone to his mouth: "Everyone, I am Chaki from the Metropolitan Police Department."

Seeing that all the guests were looking at him, Chaki Shintaro continued very seriously: "I think everyone has heard more or less that the hateful thief has sneaked onto the ship!"

The crowd began to make some noise.

"Everyone knows that he is good at disguise. Through prior investigation, not only can he make his appearance look the same, but he can also completely imitate his voice and personality. He is a genius who cannot be underestimated!"

"Perhaps he has mixed in with you."

Chamu Shintaro paused, and seeing that some of the guests were already panicking, he continued, "Originally we should have checked them one by one, but since today is an occasion like this, let's try a less disappointing approach."

"Please choose one person around you to pair up with and agree on a secret code that only you two know!"

"Please get started next."

"Indeed!" Maori Kogoro clapped his hands in approval. "This way he can't change his identity at will. Even if he really disguises himself as someone else, he can be quickly identified."

The guests in the hall have already started chattering among themselves.

Mao Lilan leaned down and asked Conan beside her: "What do we have to agree on?"

Conan waved his hand, asking her to put her ear closer: "I said 'Sherlock Holmes'..."

"Then I'll say 'Robin'!" Mao Lilan quickly replied excitedly.

Hey.

The conference hall suddenly darkened and all the lights disappeared.

"Yes, is there a power outage?" someone asked hesitantly.

Inspector Nakamori, who had been guarding the door of the conference hall, immediately took out his intercom and shouted, "Hey, what happened in the generator room?"

puff--

With a sound of breathing, a large cloud of smoke appeared out of nowhere, and arrogant laughter came from the smoke.

"Ha ha ha ha!!"

“Th-that is?!”

The smoke dissipated, and a group of white doves flew out with flapping wings. The lights that had appeared when the fake Suzuki Shiro gave his speech came on again, but this time, they were focused on the white figure.

"Oi, Kaito Kidd!?"

"Hehe, code words are totally useless." Kaito Kidd appeared on the ceiling in the corner of the conference hall, holding the familiar Black Star in his hand!

"I have the Dark Star in my pocket."

"How is this possible!?" Inspector Nakamori shouted.

Suzuki Sonoko's eyes lit up: "Wow, this is a great way to make an appearance, worthy of Mr. Kidd!"

Tomoko Suzuki, who was standing by, lowered her head and chuckled, then slowly took out an object that was glowing with a cold light from her bag.

"What a troublesome thief."

"It seems that I have no choice but to teach you a lesson!"

boom!

Gunshots rang out and flames suddenly appeared.

Bang bang bang!

A few more shots were fired, and several bloody holes appeared on Kaito Kidd's body. The bright red blood looked even brighter under the light.

He spat out a large mouthful of blood and fell weakly from the wall.

Suzuki Tomoko calmly retracted the gun and blew away the smoke coming out of the muzzle.

"Mom!?" Suzuki Sonoko held her face, perfectly cosplaying the look of "The Scream". Her face suddenly turned pale and she looked at her mother in disbelief.

Suddenly, the lights in the venue came on again.

Everyone saw the tragic scene of Kaito Kidd dying with his eyes open.

"Damn it!" Conan was about to run up to see what was going on, but was grabbed by the collar by Rin Chiyu, who had appeared behind him at some point.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Just keep watching." He said briefly and nodded towards the "corpse".

Inspector Nakamori yelled at Suzuki Tomoko viciously, like a tiger that had lost its mind: "How dare you do this!"

"Don't worry, Inspector." Suzuki Tomoko showed no remorse and even laughed out loud. Inspector Nakamori had never seen such an arrogant criminal.

But the next sentence made him stunned.

"He is still alive."

As soon as Suzuki Tomoko finished speaking, "Kaito Kid" jumped up from the ground, walked up to them and saluted as a gentleman.

"Eh?" Inspector Nakamori's eyes widened.

"Our security guards had caught him with a tablecloth when he landed, and the gun was fake. He just wrapped it in blood to make it look like he was shot."

Suzuki Tomoko smiled with satisfaction and introduced to the guests: "This is the talented magician I invited to entertain you - Mr. Sanada Kazuzo!"

Kazuzo Sanada lifted his hat, revealing a young and handsome face.

"Please give a warm round of applause to this gentleman who specially performed the tragic end of Kaito Kid!" Suzuki Tomoko happily led the applause.

clap clap clap! !

The guests applauded enthusiastically.

"I was so scared when he first appeared. I thought it was really Kaito Kid. What a great performance!" Kogoro Mouri complained while clapping.

"After all, he and I are both artists who achieve our effects by deceiving others." Kazuzo Sanada did not comment.

"But I am a complete magician, and I don't think I will lose to him who is a thief."

artist......

Conan pondered the word over and over in his mind, raised his head, and gave Rin Chiyu a pair of dead fish eyes: "So you knew this was a show a long time ago."

Lin Chiyu shook his head: "Aunt Tomoko didn't tell anyone about her plan, but she didn't bring her gun license. I guess she couldn't really hold a real gun in public. That would be very troublesome."

"And considering her personality, she has been making jokes like this for a long time. When Sonoko was a child, she was deceived into thinking that the beef was actually dog ​​meat. As a result, she didn't dare to eat Sukiyaki for two months."

"..."

Conan didn't know how to respond.

I just have a deeper understanding of how difficult it has been for Rinshakuha and Sonoko to grow to where they are today.