magician under the moon

The rooftop was as deserted as usual, until Nakamori opened the door leading to the rooftop and started searching by moonlight. "Damn Kidd! You must be caught today!"

"Are you looking for me?"

A clear voice came from the shadows, accompanied by the sound of approaching footsteps.A white figure appeared in Nakamori's field of vision, with a flowing cloak and monolithic eyes.Without any extra movement, he just stood there quietly, but it seemed to freeze the air around him.Especially the cold aura exuding from his whole body proves that the man in front of him is the one that all the police are chasing hard.

"You can't escape Kaitou Kidd, return the diamond." Nakamori raised his pistol.

"It seems that I should be the one to say this." Kidd had a smile on his lips, half-sarcasm, and through the monocle, his clear eyes seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts, and he looked directly at the man opposite.

"what!"

"I really want to know how you plan to escape from the roof without the white wings. You who injured the police officer, impersonated Kidd, and stole the gems are not a small crime." Kidd fiddled with the poker cards in this hand with one hand, the white one Under the top hat, the falcon-like wise eyes captured every subtle expression of the other party, but the tone was as flat as talking about the beautiful moonlight tonight. "What should I call you? Fake Police Officer, or Fake Kidd?"

Silence spread between the two, one black and one white, quietly facing each other. Only the cold north wind at night blows the white dress, making the sound of hunting.

"You monitored everything." Zhong Sen's tone changed, and a gloomy aura leaked out slightly, without concealing it.

At some point in Kidd's left hand, a white dove appeared. "That's right, because I have a good assistant"

Nakamori shrugged and raised his eyebrows, "When did you find out that I was a fake?"

"When you appeared today" Kidd smiled slightly.

"Haha" shrugged his shoulders disdainfully, and a slightly mocking expression appeared on the face of 'Nakamori'" "I never thought Kaito Kidd would lie sometimes. The reason why you see my identity is because One, everyone has been verified, except for the person in charge of the inspection. Right?"

"You're wrong, this kind of pediatric reasoning is only suitable for picky detectives." Kidd's tone revealed strong confidence, his head held high as if swearing that he was the king of the night, "I give you a piece of advice, never Show off your disguise in front of real artists"

"What an arrogant tone!"

"It's not easy for someone who dares to pretend to be a thief and a policeman at the same time."

The two were testing each other, but couldn't help but admire their opponent secretly, subtle and weird.

However, this atmosphere was quickly broken.

"I'm not mistaken, you didn't disappoint me." Suddenly, 'Nakamori' changed the subject, and with a different voice, a strange intonation that was almost unrecognizable, spit out a string of English "thesonofKID"

"What do you mean?" Kidd, to be precise, Kaito tried his best to maintain a calm tone, but there was still a slight tremor in his voice---'the son of KID...the son of KID, it is impossible to do this ......'

"Nothing, literally"

The simple and clear answer made the tense atmosphere in the air instantly heat up. The moon also seemed to be unable to bear such a heavy pressure, and quietly hid behind the clouds.As a result, the cool moonlight was also covered with a misty veil.

"...Who are you?"

Keeping his poker face, Kaito asked again.But the hand holding Qiang was already trembling uncontrollably. Every word of this person in front of him, especially that familiar but somewhat unfamiliar voice, disturbed his mind.

'Nakamori' smiled slightly, and slowly approached the man who barely maintained his composure, his enigmatic deep voice incited unimaginable words, "Isn't it clearly written in your notice letter, I am the magician who has returned Teacher, why have you forgotten my voice?"

"Impossible, he was already eight years ago..."

Why, with that person, exactly the same voice, exactly the same intonation, and even this strong sense of presence, why? ...... As if being held by the witch's curse, Kaito couldn't move even a bit, and could only stand in place.

"Well, it seems that you don't remember my voice anymore. It's no wonder that it's been so long." 'Zhong Sen' didn't give the other party a chance to breathe. Feeling the warmth of a certain memory, "You were a child eight years ago, but you should always remember..."

Suddenly a blinding light appeared between the two of them.Kaito had to block his sight, and after the strong light passed, a figure stood in front of him.Although against the moonlight, I couldn't see his expression.Kaito could still see his attire clearly.Top hat, monocle, blue shirt, white cape.Only the iconic beard on his face shows that he is a different age from Kaito.

The two white figures faced each other face to face.It's just that the facial expressions of the two are completely different.

"Impossible!" Kaito widened his glasses, he was obviously stunned by the scene in front of him, he forgot his usual calm and self-restrained style, and couldn't help crying out.

On the contrary, the mysterious man showed Kidd's habitual smile, and slowly moved forward, "Why such an expression, as you said, I, a wanderer who has been wandering for a long time, crossed the boundary of light and came to meet you Are you not happy to meet this boy?"

"Stop joking!" Kaito couldn't bear it anymore, and the cards in the pistol had already been shot out uncontrollably.But it can only be embedded in the concrete floor alone.

"this!....."

Just when Kaito was disturbed by the scene in front of him, the mysterious man quietly walked around to Kaito's side, pressing down the black muzzle of the gun with one hand.

"Don't you welcome me?"

'What was the magic trick just now? Kaito was completely stunned, and his heart was even more chaotic.

"Who are you..." Kuaidou didn't finish his sentence, but he was hugged into a warm embrace.

"Shh...don't ask this stupid question again, or I'll get angry." The mysterious man patted Kaito's back lightly, just like the action many years ago.

For a moment, everything seemed to return to the past.At the moment of hugging, by the moonlight, Kaito finally saw clearly, clearly, the face hidden under the top hat and monocle.That face that had appeared in my dreams countless times, but disappeared amidst my cries.

"I'm back" was full of warmth in his tone.A feeling of deja vu gradually spread, and the two who had no words hugged quietly, as if time had frozen.

I could hear the rustling of the white cloak blown by the cold north wind, occasionally mixed with the indistinct sound of whistles in the distance.There are several dark clouds in the sky, and the half-covered moonlight. After a long time, a ray of light emerges from the clouds, and sprinkles that faint halo to the chaotic and chaotic world.The way to distinguish dreams from reality is pain, but how to distinguish truth from falsehood?The answer is fictitious and fickle.

Time is distorted, elongated and shortened, confusing memory, and psychedelic reality.

"...I knew you weren't dead, I knew...why? Why?...just now..." Kaito hugged the person in front of him tightly , his body trembled involuntarily, as if he was afraid that he would leave again, and tears had slipped down the corners of his eyes unconsciously.

"I'm sorry, it was my fault...but boy, I'm back..."

"Damn Kidd, how dare you stun me, see if I don't catch you...huh?" The real police officer Nakamori and everyone suddenly appeared on the rooftop, but everyone was stunned by the scene before them.

"Two! Why are there two Kidds!" What surprised everyone even more was that the two Kidds were still hugging each other tightly.One Kidd patted the other Kidd who was trembling and seemed to be crying, as if to comfort him.

"What the hell is this?" Even Conan and Hattori were stunned on the spot at the same time.

"Oh, it's really not the right time to appear." 'Kid' gently pushed away another man who was dressed like him in his arms.

"Since you are here, I will return the diamond to you." After a graceful arc, a black diamond appeared in the hands of Police Officer Nakamori.

"What the hell is going on here? Who are you, and who is he?"

"Nice to see you again, Officer Nakamori, see you later." With an elegant finger snap, 'Kidd' disappeared into the moonlight with a puff of smoke.

At this time, another Kidd, as if waking up from a dream, also chose to disappear after the dazzling glare.

Only the moonlight was left, standing for a long time with the people who still hadn't reflected.

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Many newspapers on the next day reported the matter on the front page with eye-catching headlines like "Two Kidds hugging, twins or homosexuality".But that's another story.At this moment, all the policemen and detectives are in the newly destroyed exhibition hall, helpless.

"What's going on here?" Nakamori, who was inexplicably dazed early this morning, was the first to speak, touching the back of his neck that was still in pain, "Damn Kidd, what kind of tricks are you up to?"

"Could it be Kidd's assistant, who pretended to be Nakamori and stole the gem, and met Kidd on the rooftop." Maori began his analysis.

"It's impossible, Kidd doesn't need to do this, and everything today is not in line with Kidd's usual style." Hattori was noncommittal, "The most obvious thing is that Kidd didn't abide by the agreement, but stole the diamond 20 minutes earlier. "

"What, how do you know." Zhong Sen was even more puzzled.

"Because of the notice letter. As I said earlier, Kidd has actually hinted at the way to crack the notice letter in his signature." Hattori pointed to the notice letter in his hand and began his reasoning.

the day when the moon parted from the night

White wings pierce the black sky

The magician is back,

The ronin from the ancient oriental country crosses the boundary of light

when i met a boy

I will come to worship the "wings"

Phantom Thief kid-[-]

"The conversion between 1412 and kid actually deconstructs the numbers and reorganizes them into letters, and this time the notice letter uses the same principle." Hattori took out a paper and pen to demonstrate, "Look at the second sentence, 'White Wings cut through the black sky', the English for white is WHITE, and the black is BLACK, and the initials are 'W' and 'B' respectively. Put the letter W in the middle of the letter B to form a pattern" (Everyone draw it)

"The next sentence, 'the magician has returned', refers to Kidd himself coming to steal gems again after eight years, and also refers to the character 'eight' in the middle of the pattern."

"Let's look at the sentence 'the ronin from the ancient eastern country crossed the boundary of light'. Among them, the English word for 'light' is 'light', and the initial letter of this word is 'L'."

"From the ancient country in the East" refers to China, and in Chinese, the first letter of the Chinese pinyin of the word "Lang" in "Langren" is also "L", which can lead to the English word "long", and the "juvenile" in the next sentence The pinyin initial of the word 'less' is 'S'.That is to say the English word 'short'.The long and short strokes allude to the initial 'L' of 'light' respectively. "

"That's why the phrase 'when the wanderer from the ancient eastern country crossed the boundary of light and met the boy' means that the longer stroke of the letter 'L' must be rotated [-] degrees to coincide with the shorter stroke."

"So, just to remind us, rotating the 'eight' in the pattern by [-] degrees creates..."

"[-]:[-]" Everyone screamed.

"That's right, that is to say, Kidd has announced that he will steal the gems at [-]:[-] on January [-]."

"But, why did Kidd not obey his notice letter?" Nakamori was even more confused after suddenly realizing it.

"...I'm afraid I have to ask Kidd himself. Maybe there is another hypothesis that someone pretended to be Kidd and stole the diamond before him. Although, this inference is also untenable .”

Everyone was lost in thought again.

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But the people in the hall were not clear, not only the police and detectives were confused, but also Kidd himself who had left the scene of the crime.

"Hey, hey...that can't be Kaitou Kid."

"No way... how is it possible."

"But it really seems like it"

In the early hours of the morning, although there were not many pedestrians on the street, a person wearing the costume of Phantom Thief Kidd was enough to cause a commotion.

"It shouldn't be possible, how could Kaitou Kidd be dressed like this and wander around on the street."

"Looks very tired."

Kaito didn't notice people's comments and eyes at all.He also didn't feel the drizzle that was falling from the sky at this time.All he did was to walk staggeringly on the street alone, letting the drizzle gradually wet Kidd's white clothes, everything around him seemed to be separated from him, because in his mind, just now The scene of the scene, like a movie clip, is constantly being replayed.

'How come, is that person just now really a father?But...'

Suddenly a black shadow sprang out from the alley, pulling Kaito into the darkness and cutting off Kaito's thoughts at the same time.Instinctively wanted to fight back, but was stopped in time.

"Master, what are you doing?" This person was Kaito's servant Terai.Whenever Kaito is dressed as Kid, he's always around, ready to lend a helping hand.Although Terai always disapproved of Kaito's overly risky theft, as an assistant, he never interfered with Kaito's actions as long as the operation started.But facing the scene in front of him, in order not to cause a bigger commotion, he was extremely surprised and had no choice but to stop it in time.

"Master, what's the matter with you now? This is very dangerous."

Only then did Kaito suddenly realize that he was still wearing Kidd's costume, "It's nothing, let's go, let's go back."

Unable to answer the question of the loyal servant of the Kuroba family, Kaito disappeared in the smoke again.

Looking at the disappearing figure, Terai muttered to himself, "Master..."

In order not to disturb his mother, Kaito flew into his room from the window on the second floor.Unlike usual, this time he didn't fall asleep exhaustedly like he usually did after the theft.Instead, he chose to push away the huge photos in the room.It was a photo of Kaito's father, Kuroba Roichi, the former Kidd.And in the back of the photo, there is a dark room that only Kaito knows: the dark room that only belongs to Kaitou Kidd

"Father, can you tell me what's going on?"

Facing himself in the mirror in the same clothes as his father, Kaito asked softly.Childhood memories flooded my mind.Every day I spent with my father, my father taught me sternly but gently, and every magic trick my father taught me.I thought of my admiration and admiration for my father, my despair when my father died, and the inconsolable anger when I learned that my father was killed.

The simple words of 'I'm back', along with every expression and movement of that person.Like a spell, it reappeared in my mind again and again.Kaito leaned his forehead on the cold mirror, knocked on the mirror surface with his hands, making a 'pounding' sound, trying to calm himself down in this way.

"Damn it...what the hell is it..." Kaito's mind was in a mess.

Suddenly, he froze, staring straight at his trousers pocket

"What is this?" Kaito pulled out something from his pocket, a letter to be precise.

"This...this...this is...!"