After retirement I became a guardian of troubled youth

On a sunny afternoon, apart from Hikari Ueno, who was out shopping, and Kaito Kuroba, who was still in school, the other four people sat neatly on the sofa in the living room.

Each of them held a glass of water, with serious expressions, as if they were discussing something extremely important.

But the room was quiet for a long time, and no one spoke.

It wasn't until the boiling water in the cup was almost completely cool that Osamu Dazai sighed heavily and leaned back on the sofa.

"Brothers and brothers—" He looked up at the ceiling with a gloomy expression.

Zhong Yuanzhong also slammed the glass on the coffee table with a "boom", and glanced at him impatiently, as if he wanted to splash the glass of water on his face.

"Say something."

"Ah——" Osamu Dazai responded with a long voice, then lowered his head suddenly, and met the other three people one by one, "It's like this."

"Don't you think that's a little unfair?" he asked.

Zhongyuan Zhongye: "?"

Hibari Kyoya sneered: "You mean, I don't have that 'one-day limit'?"

He was still a little upset about the incident that other people secretly did behind his back.

Osamu Dazai shook his head vigorously, and sighed again.

Showing a sad look that is not understood by the world.

Only Edogawa Ranpo got what he meant, and smiled: "Are you going to let your brother know Kaito's identity?"

"Yes!" Osamu Dazai regained his energy in an instant, nodded vigorously, and slid his fingers around the four of them, confidently, "We are all lost, only Kaito is not."

He straightened up and questioned the other three: "Don't you think it's unfair!"

Hibari Kyouya and Nakahara Nakahara were also expressionless, as if they were not interested in this matter at all.

Edogawa Ranpo looked at him and blinked, then, with Dazai Osamu's expectant expression, raised his hand and said, "No, I don't have a vest."

Dazai Osamu: "..."

Was badly hurt.

Even more gloomy.

He lowered his head and sighed again, but he still wanted to fight for a little bit: "Alright, even if you don't think it's unfair, aren't you bored!"

other people:"?"

"It's been so many days since that incident," Osamu Dazai drew with his finger, "It's been such a peaceful month, don't you feel bored!"

Zhong Yuan also shook his head.

Edogawa Ranpo hit the nail on the head: "You are the only one who is bored."

"Chu also has missions, I have commissions, Kyoya has to work, Kaito has to go to school."

He paused, looked at Dazai Osamu, and accused: "Only you, you don't do anything. Even the work of the detective agency is left to Kunikida."

Osamu Dazai was silent: "..."

"Well...but," Edogawa Ranpo suddenly changed his voice, "Kaito really can't keep his brother secret."

"Yes!" Osamu Dazai's eyes lit up, and he immediately regained his vitality and enthusiasm, "So, we brothers should help my brother take that step bravely!"

Hibari Kyouya interrupted his encouragement, and asked bluntly: "...What do you want to do?"

Osamu Dazai showed a malicious smile, pulled out a newspaper from behind, shook it in the air, and spread it out on the coffee table.

"Look at this~"

The front page headline of the news - Kaitou Kidd reappeared.

This extremely popular magician under the moon, with only a notice letter whose authenticity is unknown, has occupied the front pages of all the newspapers in one fell swoop, which can be described as infinitely beautiful.

At the same time, in the corner of this page, there are people who have received his notice letter.

It is also a very familiar existence to the public.

——Mr. Suzuki Jirokichi with a proud face.

It was as if he was not about to be robbed of some rare treasure, but to meet some world superstar.

"How?" Osamu Dazai looked at the others expectantly, "Just seize this opportunity~"

Edogawa glanced at the news at random steps, then went back without interest, and glanced at him, "Dazai, you can't see it, can you?"

Zhong Yuanzhong also laughed mockingly, and said, "This notice letter is fake at first glance, okay?"

Hibari Kyouya glanced at him silently, more or less disgusted.

Dazai Osamu: "..."

He struggled: "I know Kaito's original plan that day was to meet the deadline for the group homework. However, this notice letter has already been sent out, whether it is true or not, according to his personality, he will definitely not ignore it."

"Since there is a response, he will definitely appear at the location announced that day."

"and……"

Osamu Dazai paused, then suppressed his smile, and his eyes darkened.

"Don't you think this notice letter is weird?" He looked at Edogawa Ranpo, raised the corner of his mouth, and smiled before his eyes, "Someone is threatening Kaito."

"As an older brother, shouldn't you share your worries with your busy younger brother?"

Zhong Yuanzhong also froze for a moment, looked back at the notice letter printed on the newspaper, and frowned a little.

indeed.

This teaser letter is not only different from Kuroba Kaito's usual style, it is not even a simple imitation.

After deciphering the first layer of secret language, the second layer of secret language also surfaced.

Hidden under that was an extremely arrogant "invitation".

[Phantom Thief Kidd, remember to bring an extra life. ]

Kaito Kuroba, who was shaking his chair and resting his eyes with his eyes closed, suddenly felt someone pat him on the shoulder.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he was blurred by a piece of newspaper.

The classmate who covered his face with a newspaper urged enthusiastically: "Kidd the Kaiju finally showed up again, hurry up, help us find out what this notice means. This time we must take pictures of his face!"

Kuroba Kaito froze for a moment, then grabbed the newspaper.

The headline on the front page, the teaser letter from Phantom Thief Kidd.

He quickly scanned the content above, his expression gradually becoming serious.

The classmate patted him on the shoulder again, urging: "Hey, Kuaito, have you solved it yet?"

Kuroba Kaito frowned and grabbed the newspaper and crumpled it into a ball, a trace of hostility flashed across his eyes for a moment.

"No." He stood up a little irritably, and walked around the classmate, "Don't go this time."

"Ah? What?" The classmate was stunned for a moment. Seeing that he turned to leave, he quickly followed him, still asking, "Why can't you go? What's going on?"

He chased all the way out of the classroom, and happened to be blocked by another passing student.

When he went out, Kaito Kuroba was no longer seen in the corridor.

The classmate scratched his head, muttered something inexplicably, and returned to the classroom resentfully.

The time given in the notice letter is five o'clock in the afternoon this Sunday.

Kaito Kuroba pushed back the original arrangement of preparing group homework with his classmates in advance, and has been quietly preparing for this for the past few days.

He didn't mention it to anyone else, and of course Osamu Dazai and the others wouldn't bother.

As for Hikaru Ueno, he was kept a secret by his younger brothers and didn't know anything about it.

Zhou Tian will exhibit various treasures collected by the Suzuki family in recent years at the Tokyo Art Museum. Among them, the one predicted to be stolen by "Phantom Thief Kidd" is the most eye-catching one.

A ruby ​​necklace.

The biggest ruby ​​on the necklace is said to have a lot of background. It belonged to the royal family several centuries ago. It was stolen and put on this necklace.

In short, no matter what the source of the ruby ​​is, no one is paying attention to it except the police, and even Kaitou Kidd himself doesn't care about it.

Others want to see Kaitou Kidd, and Kaitou Kidd himself is going to meet that brazen impostor.

On Sunday morning, Hikaru Ueno was dragged by his younger brothers to the Tokyo Art Museum, saying that he was very interested in this exhibition.

The art museum was overcrowded, and the people queuing up to check tickets had been lined up from the gate to two streets away. A large number of police cars were parked on both sides of the road, and there were several policemen guarding every section.

And the first page of those brochures sent along the street is the notice letter of Kaitou Kidd.

Ueno Hikaru was still a little baffled at first, and didn't understand why his younger brothers suddenly wanted to see this exhibition until he opened the brochure.

The purpose of the younger brothers is self-evident.

Hikaru Ueno put away the brochure under the watchful eyes of his younger brothers, pretending that he didn't notice anything.

Since the younger brothers want to give him a "surprise", then he can just look forward to it.

Calculated according to the length of the queue, several people should have lined up from eight o'clock to twelve o'clock before they could enter the art museum.

But the reality is—

Thanks to Lord Ranpo for his reputation, after being noticed by the police, he dragged his family through the back door and was put directly into the art museum.

Ranbu complacently asked his brother for a reward, and was then taken to the monitoring room.

The other four were not needed and were left in the gallery to wander around on their own.

The museum is not small in scale, and the Suzuki family also has a lot of collections.

There was nothing to do anyway, so the few of them really walked around the exhibition seriously together.

On the way, by chance, I met another famous detective Mr. Mori Kogoro and his daughter.

And Conan Edogawa who was caught just as he was about to slip away.

With a helpless expression on his face, Conan followed his uncle resentfully, looking around, and happened to meet Hikaru Ueno.

So logically, Conan kid abandoned his fierce uncle and played with his brothers.

Just after three o'clock in the afternoon, the art museum, which had been bustling all day, had already begun to clear the venue.

After all, Kaito Kidd’s notice letter gave the time at five o’clock in the afternoon. Although Mr. Suzuki didn’t mind the crowds of people in the art gallery at all, and even hoped for “Modomado”, under the strong request of the police, he still Reluctant to give in, only a small number of people were left behind.

A group of onlookers who were unwilling to leave gathered around the art gallery and waited to witness the miracle.

The policemen struggled to maintain order.

When it was almost five o'clock, more people gathered around, several roads around the art museum were blocked, and some people even started shouting "Kid sama" at the top of their voices.

The Nakamori Police Department, which came all the way to catch Kidd, was overwhelmed by the constant news from outside.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Edogawa Ranpo, who was sitting in front of the monitor, suddenly darkened.

He said suddenly: "Don't worry about those people."

Police Department Nakamori was yelling into the walkie-talkie, and suddenly heard Edogawa Luanbu speak, he didn't react for a while, and asked him in a daze: "What?"

Edogawa Luanbu ignored him, got up and walked out.

In the monitoring screen, the showcase where the necklaces were originally placed was empty, and none of the carefully prepared traps took effect.