Wenhao is my vest

Before [Edogawa Ranpo] spit out the name "Phantom Thief Kidd", Higuchi Ichiyo——no, the Kaitou Kidd who disguised himself as a member of the port mafia Higuchi Ichiyo took two steps back. Quickly retracted into the ladies' bathroom.

36 meter, go is the best plan.

After being found out about his true identity, the first thing he should do is to flee the scene and replace it with another person.

As for the true identity and purpose of this person.

Kuroba Kaito felt that it would not be too late to contact the other party later.

However, [Edogawa Ranpo] has no intention of letting Kaitou Kidd go.

He followed into the women's bathroom almost without hesitation, and his movements were even more flexible than a fish swimming in the river.

[Edogawa Ranpo] grabbed Kidd's wrist, took a step closer and pressed him against the wall of the bathroom, and whispered after getting closer: "Don't worry, I still have basic professionalism. I won't Shout out to the people on this ship—'I know who Kaitou Kid is!'”

Although the two are plotting about the "Phantom Thief Kidd", in the eyes of outsiders, their actions are more like a man preparing to do something bad to a woman.

Fortunately, no one else was using the women's bathroom at this time.

Of course, Kuroba Kaito couldn't shout for help.When someone really rushed over, and this person said, "She is Kidd the Kaitou!" wouldn't that be equivalent to throwing himself into a trap?

So he just adjusted the direction of his wrist and was about to pull his arm out of this man's hand—

The opponent's strength and angle are so subtle that they can't move at all.

However, this kind of thing is not unheard of.

So the Kaitou Kidd raised his leg, intending to use the mechanism hidden behind the calf to interfere with the opponent's sight.

At the same time, he also tried to distract [Edogawa Ranpo]: "This gentleman, please respect yourself. If you are so rude to me again, I will shoot you."

[Edogawa Ranpo] It was not affected at all, but the strength pressing down on the opponent was even heavier, with a smile on his face: "How come~? Mr. Kidd is not one of those mafia who likes to break the law, how could he wear it on his body?" What about dangerous items like pistols?"

He let go of the hand that was holding Kaitou Kidd, and with a light wave, he slapped away the props that were trying to block his sight.

However, his action also gave Kidd an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Kaito Kidd immediately flicked the free hand, and a black revolver appeared in his hand.

He raised the pistol, pressed it against [Edogawa Ranpo]'s forehead, and said in a deep voice, "Get out of the way."

[Edogawa Ranpo] Glancing upwards, he grinned uncontrollably: "Let me guess, what are the bullets inside..."

He also raised his free hand and touched Kaitou Kidd's index finger on the trigger.

【Edogawa Ranpo】Hold his index finger, and give it a hard buckle: "...is it a beautiful flower?"

With a snap, several pieces of cardboard were ejected from the muzzle of the gun, and fell to the ground like snowflakes.

[Edogawa Ranpo] glanced down, spread his hands and said, "So it's a poker card."

Kidd: "..."

It was the first time that Phantom Thief Kidd, who was still a middle school student, met such a desperate person, and couldn't help but make a sincere evaluation from his heart: "... crazy?"

[Edogawa Ranpo] Shrugged again: "Because I have no malice towards you, so I also believe that you will not really attack me."

Kaitou Kidd also understood that he had really met his peers: "Since you don't want me to reveal my identity..."

【Edogawa Ranpo】"Hey": "Did I say that?"

Kaitou Kidd: "...?"

Can you forget what you said 2 minutes ago?

[Edogawa Ranpo] stuck out his tongue: "If I said it, it must be because I think this line is more handsome! It's better not to trust the words of a capricious person like me!"

After he said this, his eyes sparkled: "Wow! The speech just now was so handsome! Sure enough, I am super handsome!"

This narcissistic behavior is too inconsistent with the indifferent appearance when they first met.

Kidd speculates that this person is probably on the way to pretend to be someone else - but no matter how carefully he observes, there is no trace of half-disguise from this person's appearance.

However, this was enough for him to be sure that the person in front of him who called himself "Taro Hirai" should be the second phantom thief who sent an invitation letter to the Suzuki Consortium besides himself.

After thinking about it, Kaito Kidd planned to wait for the opportunity.So he pretended to give up resistance, and said helplessly, "So, what are you going to do?"

【Edogawa Ranpo】Frank and confident: "Give me the money."

Kidd: "... Huh?"

【Edogawa Ranpo】Repeat: "If you don't want me to say 'You are Kaitou Kidd', you can bribe me with money. Of course, other equivalent treasures are also acceptable."

Phantom Thief Kidd took a deep breath: "Aren't you a Phantom Thief...?"

How could you be short of money?

[Edogawa Ranpo] glanced at him with a strange face: "Can't the monster thief blackmail others? Rather, the profession of 'monster thief' itself is a crime, right?"

"No." Kaitou Kidd didn't know what to say, "Since you are a Kaitou with such a strong ability, the stolen things must be enough for you to squander your whole life."

【Edogawa Ranpo】: "Huh?"

He looked unhappy: "Are you insulting the profession of 'Phantom Thief'? How can a Phantom Thief steal something and use it for himself? This level is too low!"

Phantom Thief Kidd: ...Then if you blackmail me with the identity of Phantom Thief, it will make you look very high-ranking?

【Edogawa Ranpo】urging: "Hurry up, give me the money. If you don't have any money, you can write an IOU."

Kaitou Kidd: "...So why are you blackmailing me? You shouldn't be short of money, right?"

After all, the disguise and various props of the strange thief are a lot of expenses in themselves.

[Edogawa Ranpo] Tilted his head and thought for a while.

In the end, Araya Aoki decided to let this body tell the truth: "Because the only thing that is most interested in 'this me' is this--defrauding others, seeing your angry and wronged expressions, can make 'this one' I'm feeling extremely fulfilled."

Kaitou Kidd couldn't help repeating his own words: "...Are you crazy?"

And what does "this I" mean?You are not the kind of person who insists on making a temporary personality for yourself, right?

[Edogawa Ranpo] Perseveringly approached: "IOU, IOU, if you don't have money, give me the IOU—"

Damn, what's going on with this guy, it's so annoying.

Kaitou Kidd shrank his neck back: "Wait a minute, let go first! I'll write to you right away!"

[Edogawa Ranpo] Stared at him for a long time before finally letting go.

The man in the white coat seemed to be aggrieved and pursed his mouth: "Okay. You'd better really write me an IOU, otherwise, liars will swallow a thousand needles."

Kidd laughed: "Of course, how could I lie to you—"

He touched his coat: "I'm just cheating on you!"

With a sound of "bang", the white smoke filled the air and covered the sight of the two of them.

After the smoke cleared, [Edogawa Ranpo] only had a life-size doll that looked very similar to Kaitou Kidd in front of [Edogawa Ranpo].

[Edogawa Ranpo] kicked the doll's head, and said weakly: "I've said it all, a liar will swallow a thousand needles..."

Then, he covered his face and smiled lightly.

**

Kaitou Kidd knew that he could no longer use the identity of "Ichiyo Higuchi", otherwise in the eyes of "Taro Hirai", he would be the same as not wearing any clothes.

Therefore, he quickly switched to plan B mode and dressed himself up as an ordinary waiter.

Although there is no way to sneak into the guard team now, Kaitou Kidd certainly has a corresponding way to deal with it.

——It's just a pity that I specially pretended to be that Akutagawa Ryunosuke before.After finally finding an opportunity, he successfully deceived Ichiyo Higuchi and knocked him unconscious, and then boarded the ship with the team from Mafia at the port.

I hope Ryunosuke Akutagawa can find out about the disappearance of "Ichiyo Higuchi" later.

Kaitou Kidd was thinking in his heart while pushing the dining car towards the direction of the banquet hall.

Therefore, he didn't notice that there was a young man running straight to the side of the corridor.

It wasn't until the boy hit the sharp corner of the dining car and let out a painful exclamation that Kidd realized what happened.

He hurried forward and helped the short boy: "Are you okay? Do you want me to take you to the doctor on board?"

The gray-haired boy raised his head, suppressing physical tears and looking in his direction.

It was only then that Kidd noticed that the boy in suspenders looked about eight or nine years old at most, with an unexpectedly cute face.

The boy sobbed, and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes: "No, thank you brother."

Kidd patted his head: "Remember to be careful when you walk in the future, it will be bad if you hit any sharp objects."

After the boy glanced at him with light pink eyes, he lowered his head obediently: "I see."

For some reason, Kidd always felt that the way he looked at him just now was a little strange.

And inexplicably familiar.

So, he asked another question: "Little friend, where are your parents? Are they not with you?"

The gray-haired, pink-eyed boy glanced at him again, and replied obediently: "Dad just went to the bathroom, but he hasn't come back yet. So I'm going to look for him."

As soon as the bathroom was mentioned, Kidd couldn't help recalling the incident where he was held hostage in the bathroom just now, and his face became weird: "Do you need me to accompany you to see it?"

The boy's face also became a little strange: "No need. I don't need to find anyone anymore."

The gray-haired boy—that is, the spirit foundation of [Edogawa Ranpo] conveyed to Aoki Araya the unique desire to play pranks on children of this age.

So Aoki Araya hugged the Kaitou Kidd's leg on the spot, raised his head, and looked over with wet eyes like a puppy: "Big brother, can you help me find my father?"

Kidd: "..." To be honest, he wanted to refuse.

The Kaitou Kidd knew that he still had a lot of traps to arrange, but when he lowered his head and saw the boy's aggrieved expression, he quickly surrendered:

"Okay, let me help you find Dad. What does he look like?"

[Edogawa Ranpo] raised one arm, and answered as if in class: "It looks very ordinary!"

Kidd: "...what kind of ordinary?"

[Edogawa Ranpo] rolled his eyes, as if he was thinking about how to explain it: "It's... um! Dad said, he looks very inconspicuous, so he is very good for my work! "

Kidd couldn't help complaining in his heart: ... In this way, is your father a spy or a killer?

【Edogawa Ranpo】Gripping the fabric of Kidd's outer thighs tightly, he looked at him with trusting face: "Big brother, do you know where dad is?"

Kaitou Kidd does have a candidate in his heart.

——It was the colleague who I met in the bathroom who was suspected of suffering from schizophrenia.

However, since they are traveling together, they will definitely not bring children on board.

Kidd covered his head with a headache, and replied: "Sorry, how about we go to the guards and let them help you find it?"

After all, it was an exhibition held by the Suzuki Foundation, and the participants who came to the ship were naturally rich or expensive upper-class people.

If they really accidentally lost their child, they might be in a hurry.

[Edogawa Ranpo] lowered his head with a sleepy expression, still holding on to Kidd's pants: "Okay..."

Kidd took one of his hands and was about to lead people to the guard room, but he heard a urging voice behind him: "No. 32! What are you dawdling about!"

Kaitou Kidd looked down at the nameplate on his chest, and found that the two numbers "32" were written squarely on it.

A man who was also dressed as a waiter came forward and yelled at him angrily: "The guests are still waiting outside! If you don't want to do it, I'll kill you now...huh?"

He noticed the boy who was clinging to Kidd: "Whose child is this? Why is it here?"

Kidd had to explain to him: "He seems to be separated from his own family..."

The man thought for a while: "It just so happens that most of the guests have entered the venue, so you can take him to the banquet hall to have a look, and find his parents before returning to work."

So, a few minutes later, Kidd brought the child to the entrance of the banquet hall.

Although the process along the way was smoother than he imagined, for some reason, Kaito Kidd was not happy at all.

——The reason may be that this boy kept asking himself various questions.

In order not to reveal his secrets, Kidd could only make up a tragic life experience on the spot that "he grew up in an orphanage after being abandoned by his parents, so he had no education, and because he only had a good face, he could only serve as a plate on the ship".

Sure enough, the boy looked at him with tears of sympathy in his eyes.

He sniffed: "It's so pitiful... Otherwise, you can come to our house as a servant, and you will be given more money than here."

Kaitou Kidd: "..."

After two seconds of silence, he politely rejected the boy's offer.

Kidd led the boy forward, and said to the guard at the door: "The boy got lost with his parents. I'll take him in to find someone."

The guard looked at [Edogawa Ranpo]: "Did you bring the invitation letter?"

[Edogawa Ranpo] with a blank face: "What invitation?"

——That's why Phantom Thief Kid disguised himself as a waiter.If you are not a waiter or a guard, if you want to enter the banquet hall, you must show an invitation letter.

——And this is also the reason why [Edogawa Ranpo] entangled Kaito Kidd.I don't have an invitation letter, and I'm a too young child just by looking at it. If I want my body to enter, I have to ask a reliable person to help me.

Kidd sighed helplessly: "What should I do? Otherwise, how about you report your parents' names?"

[Edogawa Ranpo] Still with that confused expression.

On the other side, the guard also contacted the captain—because no matter how he thought that "Phantom Thief Kidd" would not be a child, the captain said that if the other party could report his parents' surnames, he could enter.

After hearing this request, 【Edogawa Ranpo】blinked his eyes, and a prank idea suddenly appeared in his heart.

Not to mention, the object of his respect and that person have never dealt with each other.

So, after he hesitated for a while, he still said: "...my name is Akutagawa."

At the same time, he put himself on the boat, and the avatar who was a black doctor rushed over to Ryunosuke Akutagawa.

The whole place was silent.

Everyone, including Kaitou Kidd, couldn't help showing dumbfounded expressions.

The guard couldn't help mumbling and repeated: "You said... your surname is Akutagawa?"

Is it the Akutagawa I thought?That Akutagawa in port mafia? ? ?

[Edogawa Ranpo] Tilted his head, and said innocently: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong... I still can't go in?"

In the end, he quickly sank down again.

The corner of Kaitou Kidd's mouth twitched: "Hehe, there's no problem. Of course you can get in with this surname."

It's just that everyone didn't expect that Ryunosuke Akutagawa would have such a big son.

And even took his son on board.

but.

Kidd glanced at [Edogawa Ranpo]'s appearance: That Akutagawa Ryunosuke's hair ranges from black to white, and it doesn't seem to be a big problem to give birth to a child with gray hair... I guess.

In less than half a minute, Kaito Kidd, who had seen countless storms and waves, successfully convinced himself.

However, it was impossible for the guard to simply believe that Akutagawa would have such a big son.

He quickly contacted Akutagawa Ryunosuke, but found that the other party hadn't answered the phone.

——Of course, because [Edogawa Ranpo] specially made his clone to attract Akutagawa Ryunosuke's attention.The other party probably doesn't have the time to connect to the walkie-talkie now.

After there was no response three times in a row, the guard looked at the boy in front of him with an increasingly depressed face, and couldn't help feeling that he was weaker, more pitiful and innocent than him.

It is also impossible for him to send this child to Akutagawa Ryunosuke - he also realized that this boy is so old that no one outside knows his existence. I am afraid that the port mafia does not want Akutagawa Ryunosuke to have A child's affair exposed.

Who knows if he will be silenced in turn.

The more he thought about it, the more logical the guard became, and he waved his hands: "You two go in! Find a seat and sit down. As for you," he pointed to Kidd, who was disguised as a waiter, "put this Show me the child!"

In this way, you can keep a back hand to avoid any surprises.

The guard felt that he was really too smart.

So, the two strange thieves who didn't bring any invitation letters sneaked into the banquet hall so smoothly.

After entering the banquet hall, Kidd chatted with [Edogawa Ranpo]: "You said your surname is Akutagawa, so what is your name?"

If "Akutagawa" is used to refer to such a lovely child, Kidd feels that his brain will definitely have a sense of violent chaos.

[Edogawa Ranpo] Standing on tiptoe, he picked up a plate of cake from the table, and responded in a perfunctory tone: "Big brother will find out later!"

Kidd: "..."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke quickly flashed through his mind and announced to everyone at this exhibition, "This is the child I gave birth to when I was 12 years old, and he will inherit the name of my 'bad dog' when he grows up." "Scene.

Kaitou Kidd quickly shook his head, shaking this terrifying scene out of his mind.

Leaving aside the fact that Ryunosuke Akutagawa, who doesn't even know how to say the scene, how could he do such a thing——

Kidd glanced at the camera facing the gemstone booth in the middle of the hall.

This is live.How could Port Mafia allow his subordinates to do such a thing in front of the people of the whole country.

Just after complaining about his brains being too much, Kidd heard a familiar middle-aged male voice from the booth.

It was his old rival, the voice of Suzuki Shiro, the chairman of the Suzuki Foundation: "Welcome everyone to participate in the 'Heart of the Ocean' gem exhibition held by the Suzuki Foundation!"

After explaining the preciousness of the "Heart of the Ocean" sapphire, he couldn't help showing off: "This time, the Suzuki consortium's security system has invited the world's top professional team. The monster thief suffered a big loss!"

Everyone in the venue applauded.

At this time, Kidd heard [Edogawa Ranpo] ask in a somewhat depressed tone: "Didn't two phantom thieves send a letter to the Suzuki Foundation? Why did he only mention phantom thief Kidd?"

Phantom Thief Kidd made an embarrassing "Ah" sound: "It seems that except for Phantom Thief Kidd, the other phantom thieves who sent invitation letters to the Suzuki Consortium were all caught by their security system..."

Over time, they also lost their vigilance against the new strange thief.

Kidd recalled the man he met at the bathroom door, and thought that maybe the Suzuki consortium would suffer a big loss from the new phantom thief this time.

[Edogawa Ranpo] Meaningful: "Oh...so that's the case. That is to say, as long as you get the 'Heart of the Ocean' from the Suzuki Foundation, will the new Kaito become famous in one fell swoop?"

Kidd laughed: "It's not that easy, he also has Kaitou Kidd as his opponent."

And he won the first duel.

[Edogawa Ranpo] Glancing at him, he responded with an "oh".

Kidd tapped his head: "How can you answer so perfunctorily. You are not cute, kid."

[Edogawa Ranpo] pouted at him.

Suzuki Shiro is still saying: "...Then, the 172nd exhibition of the Suzuki Foundation..."

Hearing the key words, Kidd stood up from his seat: "Brother, I'm going to the bathroom, you sit here obediently, don't run around, I'll come back to you later."

[Edogawa Ranpo] Picked up another plate of cakes and waved at him impatiently.

Kidd complained again about "not cute kid", and then walked to the bathroom in the meeting hall.

[Edogawa Ranpo] After confirming that Kidd couldn't see him, he put down the plate containing half a cake, stood up, and jumped towards the back door of the venue.

He leaned against an empty corner and quietly counted the numbers.

……

When [Edogawa Ranpo] counted to 490 seven, a chaotic exclamation finally came from the center of the exhibition hall.

[Edogawa Ranpo] Jumped on the spot, and said to himself: "Hmm! It's about the same time as I estimated!"

As soon as the voice fell, the guard at the back door saw a man in a white coat being chased by Akutagawa Ryunosuke from the port mafia, and was running towards this side at a high speed.

They looked at the ghost thief in white who was laughing loudly at the Suzuki Consortium in the center of the hall, and then turned their heads to look at the unidentified person who was avoiding the attack of the "Rashomon" with strange movements. They were suddenly caught in a dilemma among.

But soon they don't have to worry about it.

Because Kaitou Kidd also ran towards the back door.

So, in front of their eyes, Akutagawa Ryunosuke of Port Mafia, Kaitou Kidd, and a man who appeared from nowhere formed a straight line that was too standard.

Kaitou Kidd was really taken aback by the two people in front of him: "Why..."

Why are you two here! ?

He saw Taro Hirai wink to himself: "This is a gift from me! Are you moved?"

Kidd: "..." Damn.

He quickly flipped over with a kite, slid out against the back door, and barely avoided Akutagawa Ryunosuke's attack: "You can't steal the gems by yourself, and don't just lure our two common enemies here casually!"

And he also noticed that the reporter with the camera kept running towards him, and he was able to keep a few people on his side in view, which was a bit too professional.

Hirai Taro withdrew his hand that had reached into Kidd's coat pocket at some point: "Who says I can't steal it?"

A beautiful sapphire appeared in his hand.

Kidd was shocked: "...you!"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke also gritted his teeth: "Put down the gem!"

Taro Hirai escaped Akutagawa's attack again with an extremely weird posture: "Hahaha, there is no other way!"

Kaitou Kidd chuckled: "Who said you have the 'Heart of the Ocean'?"

Taking advantage of Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Hirai Taro's fierce battle, he walked a few steps from the corridor to the deck, and he had already reached the boundless sea.

Kidd blinked at the two of them and snapped his fingers.

Then, Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Taro Hirai saw the jewel in his hand turn into a white dove.

The pigeon flapped its wings and flew away from Hirai Taro's hand.

Two people: "..."

They also heard the reporter's panting voice behind them: "Wonderful! Have you seen it! Kaito Kidd used the classic 'stealing the sky and changing the sun' again, and even disguised the pigeon as the 'Heart of the Ocean'! I don't know what he is doing. How did he do it? Or, does he have the 'supernatural power' that has been hotly discussed on the Internet recently?!"

The Kaitou Kidd blew a kiss to the camera: "I'm a real ordinary person, so I wouldn't be in..." What kind of supernatural power is used for work.

Before he finished speaking, he felt a chill on the back of his neck.

A cold hand withdrew from the back of his neck, and Kidd hurriedly touched his secret pocket, and found that the "Heart of the Ocean" contained in it was really gone this time.

Kaitou Kidd suddenly turned around.

[Edogawa Ranpo] With a light support, he jumped onto the railing of the deck very lightly.

He raised his left hand, squinted one eye to admire the precious sapphire for half a second, and then skillfully put it into his sleeve.

Kidd was surprised—he was really surprised this time: "You are also a strange thief?!"

No, it should be said that there are three strange thieves on this ship? !

[Edogawa Ranpo] After giving him a "wow", he stepped on the railing and avoided Akutagawa Ryunosuke's attack.

The metal railing was cut off, but [Edogawa Ranpo] smiled and said, "The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole follows behind—it's not what you think, Mr. Kidd?"

He did a wink on Phantom Thief Kid.

Kidd was surprised that this action felt very familiar.

[Edogawa Ranpo] Like Kidd, he snapped his fingers very handsomely.

Then, under the watchful eyes of Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Kaitou Kidd, reporters and cameras, Hirai Taro just disappeared in place, as if he had never existed.

"I am him, and he is me," [Edogawa Ranpo] raised his finger and put it on his lips in a silent gesture, "I am another me, and the other me is me, we It's sin—"

He cheered loudly: "—We, I, are named 'Phantom Thief with Twenty Faces'!"

Phantom Thief Kidd knew that the name marked on another invitation was "Phantom Thief with Twenty Faces".

[Edogawa Ranpo] After laughing twice, he fell on his back towards the sea without hesitation.

A few people rushed to the railing and looked down, only seeing the dark blue sea as usual.