[Comprehensive] I am dying with the target person every day

[At the last moment of Pluto's fall, in the name of God, I will be invited to come here to collect the precious memories of the princess.

——Strange Thief kid. 】

This notice letter was sent by the police department to the detective agency. On the white card were printed black characters that could not be read. The card was signed with a grinning stick figure head. Boldly, the notice letter Sent to the Metropolitan Police Department, this behavior made the originally cute cartoon avatar of Phantom Thief Kidd seem like a mockery of the government department.

In fact, it is true.

Kaito Kid is a super thief who gives policemen from all over the world a headache. The international criminal code is 1412, because the world-renowned mystery novelist Yusaku Kudo once misread "1412" scribbled by reporters as "kid", so The title of Kaitou Kidd is also widely known.Kaitou Kidd has a criminal record in 12 countries including Japan, the United States, and France, and he specializes in targeting high-priced artworks and jewelry. He has committed more than 130 crimes and stolen more than 150 items, totaling nearly 400 billion yen. Most of the crimes are concentrated in Japan. The police and famous detectives all over Japan failed to catch even the shadow of Kaitou Kidd, which made Kaito Kidd so popular on the Internet, especially loved and welcomed by the younger generation. After all, people are interested in mysterious Moreover, powerful things always have natural curiosity and fascination, and some people wantonly publish the dazzling information of "the police are incompetent!" on the Internet.

The one who received the notice this time was the Metropolitan Police Department of Yokohama City. For this reason, they also invited the Nakamori Police Department from Tokyo two days ago. It is said that they have rich experience in fighting Kaitou Kidd.

But Kai Tsurumi always felt that Yokohama's Metropolitan Police Department set up a big flag, and she has a lot of experience, which means... she didn't catch it once, right? !

"That hateful thief who is pretending!" This is Nakamori Ginzo's blunt evaluation of the Kaitou Kidd, "I just sent a card, and I didn't write anything about the time and place to steal. It's not that I was too scared to come. Bar?!"

"I wrote it, isn't it clearly written on it?" Edogawa Ranpo lay on the soft swivel chair with his head resting on the back of the chair, holding the card in one hand above his head, with a stick in his mouth Sugar, the sun shines on the snow-white card through the clear glass window, the white paper is dazzling due to the reflection, and the characters on it also appear blurred. Edogawa Ranpo narrowed his eyes slightly, and came to entrust Under the puzzled eyes of the members of the Metropolitan Police Department, he casually explained, "Two days later in the early morning, at the business dinner of the Kawasumi Group, the gem necklace from the daughter of the Kawasumi Group was stolen."

"How do you know?" Nakamori Ginzo was surprised, and blurted out, "It's not a random guess, is it?"

"Don't compare me, a famous detective, with you," Edogawa Ranpo was a little dissatisfied as he pushed the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, "I have supernatural powers and reasoning."

Tsurumi Hana learned from Osamu Dazai that Edogawa Ranpo is not a person with supernatural powers. He can see through the truth at a glance, but he is smart. He will be deeply trusted and respected by everyone in the detective agency.

"May I trouble Mr. Ranpo to tell you about your reasoning process?" A group of elites in the Metropolitan Police Department discussed the notice letter for a long time without reaching a conclusion, and Edogawa Ranpo said it in a casual manner. Another policeman from the Metropolitan Police Department was also puzzled and asked politely.

"It's all said, isn't it clearly written on it—" Edogawa Luanbu dragged his voice, and complained childishly, "You are really stupid."

"Where did you write it?" Atsushi Nakajima, who was reading the photocopied materials sent by the Metropolitan Police Department, covered his face with his hands, and whispered in a trembling voice, feeling that he had been shot in the knee.

"..." Only saw the time, but didn't see the location and the Hua Yi who was about to steal the item also lay silently in the gun.

"The last moment of Pluto's fall, today seems to be November 11th, Pluto is the ruler of Scorpio, and the last moment refers to the last day of Scorpio in the early morning of November 20nd, two days later; it is rumored that when God created all things, Created the most precious gem among the twelve kinds of gems, the most precious of which is ruby, so it is in the name of God," Edogawa Ranpo put down the card in his hand and yawned before saying, "The two recent Yokohama Big group, the marriage between the Kawasumi family and the Ninomiya family is very famous, isn’t it? It’s shown everywhere on TV. The necklace worn by the daughter of the Kawasumi family when she appeared on camera was an engagement gift other than the ring from the Ninomiya family. That is the 'precious memory' that Kaitou Kid refers to."

Although Edogawa Ranpo's extremely capricious tone seemed to be accusing the group of people in the Metropolitan Police Department of being "all idiots", but many general steps of deduction were omitted, but it was still clear enough for those A group of policemen also think they are stupid.

At the reminder of Edogawa Ranpo, the Yokohama Metropolitan Police Department immediately contacted the senior management of the Kawasumi Group, and got the opportunity to enter the Kawasumi Group's business dinner at sea two days later.

In addition to the people in police uniforms, it is said that there are also plainclothes detectives inside, and people from the armed detective agency are also asked to assist. According to past surveillance, Kaito Kidd often disappears out of thin air when he is about to be caught by everyone, and then reappears out of thin air. ——It was even suspected of being a person with supernatural powers.

Although Edogawa Ranpo asserted with certainty: "It's just a magic show that children like, and it's not a supernatural power."

Kunikida walked alone on the deck outside the cabin to inspect.

This is the sea giant ship used by the Kawasumi Group to hold dinner parties. As a listed company that spans the three industries of tourism, chain restaurants and real estate, it also has a huge influence in Japan. The assets of the Kawasumi Group are hundreds of millions. In recent years, the market has focused on In Yokohama City, it is easy for Kawasumi Group to buy a huge ship on the sea surface of Yokohama Port.

The daughter of the Kawasumi Group generally refers to Kawasumi Yuri, the only daughter of the chairman of the Kawasumi Group. According to the reasoning of the famous detective Edogawa Ranpo of the Armed Detective Agency, Kaito Kidd’s target this time is the ruby ​​necklace on Kawasumi Yuri’s neck.” Tears of the Red Moon", at the reminder of Ranpo, after contacting the Kawasumi Group and the Ninomiya Group, the Metropolitan Police Department obtained further information——

"Tears of the Red Moon" is an engagement gift from Ninomiya Hideki, the successor of the Ninomiya Group, to Kawasumi Lily. In addition, it is also a precious necklace that has been handed down from the Ninomiya family since the grandmother's time. It seems that the daughter of a British nobleman came to Japan by chance, fell in love with Hideki Ninomiya's grandfather, and stayed there. At that time, Hideki Ninomiya's grandfather was an ordinary young man with nothing but ambitions. This necklace is that At that time, Hideki Ninomiya's grandmother brought her into the customs. In order to support Hideki Ninomiya's grandfather's business, her grandmother even sold "Tears of the Red Moon". Gong Enterprise, and later redeemed the "Tears of the Red Moon", and it is not an exaggeration to say that "Tears of the Red Moon" is the testimony of the Ergong family.

Therefore, "Tears of the Red Moon" is not only a "precious memory" between Yuhe Kawasumi and Hideki Ninomiya, but also of great significance to the Ninomiya family.

Regarding Kaito Kidd's declaration, the Ninomiya family first said "Unforgivable!", but also said "It's just a mere thief, I believe the Yokohama police can handle this matter well." So the business dinner was held at the Kawasumi family and the Ninomiya family. Persevere, continue as usual, but strengthen the guard patrol.It's just that Kaito Kidd's previous record has been "replete with fruit", or that no one has ever caught this thief, or seen the true face of Kaito.

If you want to ask why, from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Nakamori Ginzo, who is said to have had many "battle experience" with Kaitou Kidd, first gave the information: "The thief is proficient in disguise and voice change, and his ability to escape is also first-rate. Therefore, those who enter the banquet, from the staff and important guests, must be carefully checked.

It's just that the staff can still use Nakamori Ginzo's brutal way of directly pinching his face and pulling his hair, but they can't do this when treating the precious guests of the Kawasumi family and the Ninomiya family. After all, as the common guests and friends of the two groups, they are both from the business world It is an absolute shame and humiliation for a prominent figure in the political circle to be treated like a thief.

In view of this, the interrogation of personnel cannot be completely detailed in any case.This is why Kunikida Doppo will appear here - the detective agency has accepted the commission of the Metropolitan Police Department.

In the cabin, some familiar distinguished guests were exchanging greetings, with an intimate attitude, but they were talking about some cooperation issues between enterprises. This is the norm in the business world, and most contracts are drawn up at one business dinner after another. , Come down and finalize the details.

Dazai and Tsurumi came together with Kunikida. Although they didn't like the atmosphere of the dinner party, they were able to deal with it with ease. Moreover, Tsurumi said that the desserts at the party were delicious, so patrolling the guards Things got rid of him, Kunikida readily agreed, but although he didn't want to admit it, the reason why Kunikida Doppo left without hesitation was that he was always caught by the police who never saw his face back and forth Come to cross-examine—this business dinner, in addition to requiring formal attire to attend, also requires a man and a woman to come together. Although the detective agency is specially invited to attend, it does not need to follow this rule, but this cannot change the fact that Kunikida is alone.

"Really, my plan for today didn't say that I would always be questioned by the police at work!" Even on the deck, there were quite a few police officers. After a cursory glance, they took out their mobile phones from their pockets to check the time. It is now 55:[-] at night, and the dinner officially starts at ten o'clock, and there are still two hours before Mr. Ranpo's reasoning time. According to Kaitou Kidd's previous forecast, there is absolutely no mistake in the time he predicted.Even though he knew that he didn't need to be so cautious right now, Ranpo Kunikida put his phone back in his pocket, but he still paid more attention to the guests who were still staying on the deck at this time.

It was also at this time that he heard a woman's angry voice from the side deck of the cabin: "Please, please let me go! Mr. Ninomiya!"

Ninomiya?

After this surname entered Kunikida Doppo's brain, Kunikida, who originally planned to return to the banquet hall, took two steps towards the cabin, but couldn't help but pay attention to the situation over there. When he heard the quarrel getting more and more intense , frowned irritably, turned his footsteps in a different direction, and walked towards the place where the sound came from.

"Ninomiya Hideki! Let go!" As he got closer, Kunikida Doppo realized that the person speaking was a beautiful blonde woman, wearing a wine-red silk dress that reached to her ankles, which made her skin whiter. The skin is creamy, and the woman's arms are wrapped in a delicately crafted shawl, covering her arms properly. The long golden curly hair hangs down on her chest, even her angry and beautiful face is not affected in the slightest. The woman with her lips pursed slightly , as if sensing that someone was coming, she looked sideways at Kunikida, then slapped away the man who was holding on to her wrist, her attitude was cold, "I'm sorry, I have something to do, so I'll leave first .”

Although the woman speaks Japanese very fluently, she is a foreign woman no matter how you look at it. Kunikida Doppo thinks that Yuri Kawasumi, the fiancee of Hideki Ninomiya, the heir of the Ninomiya Group, should be a Japanese woman.

He seemed to know something important.

"Irene, listen to me!" Because there were other people present, Ninomiya Hideki showed a hesitant look, but he still stepped up and stopped the woman, "I will explain it to her properly."

"No need, Mr. Nigong," said Irene, who stopped her pace, neither humble nor overbearing, "I'm not Mr. Nigong's, Mr. Nigong doesn't need to explain anything to me, not to mention, you do this, are you worthy of that lady? For the sake of me, a woman who has only met for less than a week, there is no need for Mr. Ninomiya to do that. By the way, I think you may have misunderstood something. The dinner party is about to start. I don’t want Mr. Ninomiya to be in the newspaper because of this kind of thing.”

Irene's words seemed to remind him and stimulate him, Ninomiya Hideki raised his hand to keep the woman, but in the end he lowered his hand with a pale face, bypassing Ninomiya Hideki's woman and passing by Kunikida's When he was by his side, he asked softly after a brief hesitation: "Sir, can you walk with me for a while? It's not too far, just the distance to the venue."

Kunikida was stunned for a moment, thinking that the woman was afraid that Ninomiya Hideki would catch up, so he nodded.

"Mister, you're laughing," but on the way back to the venue after walking a certain distance, Irene explained the reason, "As you can see, that person is the fiancé of Kawasumi Yuri, the daughter of the Kawasumi Group. I'm sorry, but I'm worried that Ms. Kawasumi will be misunderstood and sad, so can I ask my husband to hide this matter? I have nothing to do with that gentleman."

Kunikida wasn't interested in these tangled troubles, but in order to avoid the woman's misunderstanding, he responded after a slight silence: "...I'm not interested in your affairs at all."

His words were actually a bit blunt and unkind, but Irene did not show embarrassment or anger at all. Instead, she looked calm, and she even nodded sincerely and said, "Thank you, sure enough, sir is very upright. My name is Irene, can you tell me your name, sir?"

Now that the story has come to this point, Kunikida Doppo has no reason to refuse: "Kunikida Doppo."

So the woman smiled, her voice was gentle and clear: "Please give me some advice... Is that how you say it in Japanese? Mr. Kunikida."

Kunikida Doppo has heard the same address as "Mr. Kunikida" from countless people, but like this woman, it is obviously a simple and polite address, lingering on the tip of her tongue. Time, but there is a little more natural charm and softness.

Insignificantly, Kunikida Doppo's usually stable heart lake had a slight ripple.

The distance from the deck of the luxury ship to the meeting place inside the cabin is not too far, and it would take about 10 minutes to walk, but in this short 10 minutes, Kunikida saw the power of this woman alone. At the same time, the attitude of speaking is always gentle and polite, rich in knowledge and does not give people the feeling of showing off, even a light narrative gives people a feeling of being addicted to it and wanting to listen to it.

Kunikida Doppo was not at all surprised that Ninomiya Hideki, who was used to beauties in the business world, would be attracted by this woman.

But according to his notebook, his ideal woman will appear in four years!

Thinking of this, Kunikida strengthened his conviction when he heard the woman next to him stop talking: "I'm sorry, I'm the only one talking. Thank you, Mr. Kunikida, for listening carefully. You've already arrived at the venue."

"Here we come, Kunikida-kun~" The black-haired young man who was standing not far from the door saw this coming over for the first time, and his probing eyes fell on Irene beside Kunikida, pretending to be surprised and authentic, "It's really strange that Kunikida-kun is also late."

"Don't think about it, Dazai," Kunikida Doppo hastily changed the subject, afraid that his colleague might say something embarrassing, "Where's Tsurumi?"

"I'm eating dessert over there." Osamu Dazai looked back, and just as he finished speaking, the girl who was holding a small white tray with small cakes came over, because she was required to attend in formal attire, whether it was Kunikida from the detective agency today Both Dazai and Dazai wore black suits, while the girl wore a brocade black evening gown, decorated with lace and diamond brooches, she cast her gaze over, opened her mouth slightly, and then showed a dazed expression, The words of greeting stuck in his throat.

"Long time no see, Huayi."

"Why are you here?"

What followed were unanimous openings, but the two women present showed diametrically opposite greeting attitudes.