The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

Kuroba Kaito scrolled down the page with the mouse wheel and continued to view information about the black diamond that the Phantom Thief Crow was going to steal this time, the "Black Crow in the Night."

The gem was discovered in 1843 by the famous archaeologist and occultist Enoch Bowen in the tomb of the pharaoh Nephron Ka.

Nevren Ka was the last pharaoh of the Third Dynasty of Egypt and the most confusing pharaoh in history. He always regarded himself as a wizard and was also known as the "Black Pharaoh".

Therefore, as soon as the gem appeared in the world, it immediately caused an uproar and was considered by people at the time to be a sacred relic of the Black Pharaoh, possessing the evil magic power of the Black Pharaoh during his lifetime.

Later, the gem disappeared mysteriously for more than a century, and it was only seen in public in San Francisco thirty years ago.

It was not until this public exhibition that this black diamond was officially named "The Black Crow in the Night".

A century ago, Enoch Bowen and his students called this gem "the shining cubehedron."

"The Black Crow in the Night" appeared after a hundred years and once again attracted widespread attention, but soon the gem disappeared again.

It wasn't until Phantom Thief Crow issued a notice letter that the world knew that this gem bearing the name of the Black Pharaoh's holy relic was now in the world's most famous casino, Las Vegas.

…

Kuroba Kaito looked at these materials and couldn't help but fall into deep thought while lying on the chair.

This gem has such a long history and has an extraordinary origin. If it weren't for the fact that he had found the "Pandora, the Stone of Life", he might have taken the initiative to steal this gem.

But what is the purpose of the strange thief Black Crow focusing on this gem?

Kuroba Kaito recently checked some information about the Kaito Black Crow. This Kaito steals a variety of things, but most of them are gems. He has recently stolen almost all major casinos and banks in Las Vegas.

But unlike himself, this strange thief would not return things after stealing them, and would leave black feathers behind every time he committed a crime.

Black feathers, black feathers...

Could this person be?

Just when Kuroba Kaito was lying on the chair, a figure of a person unconsciously appeared in his mind, the phone call happened to come.

Kuroba Kaito picked up the phone, and Qin Zhibo's voice was on the other side.

"Did you read today's news? The strange thief Black Crow is about to commit another crime."

"Well, I'm browsing this news page right now. I want to steal 'The Crows in the Night', right?"

Kuroba Kaito is also relatively well-informed. He is purely concerned about this matter and is always paying attention to foreign news.

Qin Zhibo was stunned and then asked: "Then what are you going to do?"

"Of course we have to catch him and see what kind of medicine this person is selling in the gourd!"

Although Kuroba Kaito had some guesses in his mind, he had to go to Las Vegas to find out in person.

If it's not what I guessed, at least it won't delay the fight.

"Kaitou Kidd vs. Kaitou Crow..."

"Hey, let's see who is more powerful."

…

On Qin Zhibo's side, he learned that Kuroba Kaito was coming to Las Vegas soon, so he had to be a helper, in order to repay the favor of Kuroba Kaito's cosplay for Izumon Yasuhui last time.

He immediately told Koizumi Hongzi about this matter.

When Koizumi Anko heard that Kidd was coming to Japan and was going to compete against another top player, her eyes showed worry.

Seeing this, Qin Zhibo smiled and suggested: "If you are worried, can you go there too?"

Hearing this, Koizumi Hongzi immediately blushed, "Who would worry about that thief!"

"If you want to go, go by yourself, I won't go!"

"I won't go even if you kill me!"

Koizumi Anko crossed her arms and turned her face to the side angrily.

Qin Zhibo: What a frank little girl.

But Qin Zhibo felt that even without Koizumi Hongzi, there would be no danger on this trip. He and Kuroba Kaito were enough to deal with a Kaitou Crow.

Moreover, this is how Kuroba Kaito has come along the way, and he does not necessarily have to rely on off-court cheating to win.

In other words, he himself is a humanoid automatic hanger.

Kaitou Kidd's pocket is no less than Chang Naichao's treasure bag. It's not surprising to find anything in it.

…

The next day, Qin Zhibo said goodbye to Koizumi Hongzi and got on the plane ticket to Las Vegas that the hotel had booked yesterday.

Eleven hours later, a giant iron bird flying in the sky, a Boeing 747, landed at McClung International Airport in Las Vegas.

Qin Zhibo arrived first and checked directly into the hotel supporting the Star Casino.

According to the trailer released by Phantom Thief Black Crow, the "Black Crow in the Night" is now stored in the vault of Star Casino.

Normally, even if a private collection like this is coveted by thieves, it will not be published.

But the warning letter from Phantom Thief Crow was not only sent to the casino, but also to the local police in Las Vegas, which led to the matter being widely reported.

However, it seems that the casino has not yet invited the police to cooperate in catching the Phantom Thief Crow, and only allows the police to deploy manpower around the casino.

After placing his luggage in the hotel room, Qin Zhibo naturally wanted to go to the casino first.

Like most casinos in Las Vegas, Star Casino is located on the first floor of the hotel. Every time you go out, you can't help but hear the "swishing" sound of game coins and chips rolling.

This is the sound of money.

Many tourists who don't come here with the intention of making money can't help but go in and gamble a little under the novel stimulation of this sound and atmosphere.

At the beginning, the casino will arrange for tourists to make a small profit to allow new tourists to taste the benefits. This is called the novice protection period.

When tourists get deeper into the trap and the chips increase, the casino will use some technical means.

Of course, large casinos like Star Casino generally do not make this method too obvious. The casino can make a lot of money just by relying on customer traffic and basic odds.

However, the casino will use the information registered in the hotel check-in system to investigate the background of each visitor.

Casinos will still focus on those customers with strong assets.

Staff in black suits can be seen in the casino at any time, with pocket headsets hanging on their ears. They appear to be the casino's technical consultants, but in fact they are traders who control the odds and secretly manipulate the gambling.

They mainly take care of the prominent "fat sheep".

For these "fat sheep", the casino can play a long-term game to catch big fish. A single trip can even allow the fat sheep to make a small profit, attracting the fat sheep to bring more money for consumption next time.

But as we all know, when the sheep are fattened to a certain level, it involves slaughtering the sheep.

…

Qin Zhibo first went to the chip exchange office to exchange chips for 10 dollars, and all the chips were replaced with the smallest chips.

"This is your bargaining chip, please take it."

The beautiful lady behind the counter had a warm smile on her face and handed 10 white chips out of the window. She did not show any sarcasm of a brainless villain because of Qin Zhibo's stingy move.

Unlike movies like "God of Gamblers", real casinos rarely have that kind of generosity.

Even rich people are not fools who throw money away. If they are not familiar with the rules and are not confident in their luck, they will not choose big chips when they come up.

Qin Zhibo was very unsure of his luck, so there was no need to send money.

He was playing with the plastic piece in his hand that symbolized the chips while going around the various gaming tables.

The technical consultant of the casino looked at the few lowest chips in Qin Zhibo's hand. In addition, he did not receive the "fat sheep" signal, indicating that he was just an individual customer with little to exploit, so he didn't care.

But in fact, Qin Zhibo was just taking the opportunity to observe the structure of the casino.

Currently, the places where casino visitors can go are the gambling tables or slot machine areas where money is played, as well as the bar area.

But on the east wall, there is a red wooden door with left and right doors, which is always closed.

Although there is no "no visitors allowed" sign posted in that place, it should be the backstage of the casino, and the casino's vault is also behind that place.

Qin Zhibo took a few chips in his hand and approached slowly and calmly.

At the gambling table closest to the red door, Qin Zhibo once again pretended to be dissatisfied and shook his head, heading straight towards the red door.

At this moment, the two technical consultants standing nearby immediately tilted their heads and turned their attention to Qin Zhibo, who was approaching the red door.

"Someone is approaching the 'Treasure Cave'."

"Go and have a look right away."

The two technical consultants received the message in their headsets and immediately walked quickly towards Qin Zhibo.

Qin Zhibo also felt someone following him behind him, which confirmed his thoughts.

He suddenly stopped in front of the door and knelt down to tie his shoes.

This move stunned the two technical consultants who were about to step forward to stop him, and they also stood there in a daze.

But after Qin Zhibo finished tying his shoelaces, he took the initiative and walked aside.

Technical Adviser:"?"

The two of you looked at me and I looked at you. It felt like all the strength in the body was suddenly directed nowhere.

…

Qin Zhibo came to the men's room of the casino and immediately used a [Glass Bottle] to summon Minase Yomu.

As soon as Minase Youmeng came out, he wandered around, and then he realized that he was in the toilet.

"There is a urinal here, could it be... the men's toilet!"

Minase Youmu deliberately put on a scared expression, hugging her upper body tightly with her hands, "Are you finally going to do that to me?"

"Once you make a sound here, people will find out, and the beautiful girl will be ruined and will never be able to marry again!"

"Silent violation, huh? Come on! I'm mentally prepared!"

"...I'll do it to you!"

Qin Zhibo couldn't help but yell at Minase Youmeng who was leaning against the toilet door, pretending to be pitiful.

This ghost lives in a glass bottle. When he is bored, does he often review the plots of short movies in his head?

Can't you learn something good? !

Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what the next one will taste like...can't you watch more movies like this?

Qin Zhibo couldn't stop Minase Yomeng's strange hobby, so he could only quickly change the topic to business.

"I want you to see where one of the doors in this place ultimately leads..."

"Which door?"

Minase Yangmeng straightened up, floated behind Qin Zhibo and stared at it, "Is this the door?"

Qin Zhibo: "If you don't behave seriously, I will take you back..."

After hearing this, Minase Yomu immediately begged for mercy.

"do not!"

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With Minase Youmeng back to his serious state, Qin Zhibo came to a gambling table and whispered.

"The red door I'm looking at now, go and see what's behind it..."

"Got the order!"

Minase Yomeng slowly swayed over, his body went directly into the red door, and disappeared completely.

Qin Zhibo looked at this scene and sighed in his heart that his particle skills were still far less convenient than ghosts.

While waiting for Minase Harumen to come back, Qin Zhibo continued to pretend to be wandering around the gambling table. In fact, he had no intention of drawing out the knife at all.

But while waiting, Qin Zhibo suddenly found that the atmosphere at one of the gaming tables was very lively, with many onlookers nearby.

Anyway, they were just watching the excitement to pass the time. Qin Zhibo walked over and found that everyone was watching a short-haired woman placing bets.

Since there were many people watching, Qin Zhibo could only stand at the back and use his height advantage to observe the situation on the gaming table.

"5000! If you don't believe me, I won't win this time!"

The short-haired woman rolled up her black lace sleeves and pushed a handful of golden chips into the 14 area with a fierce look.

Seeing this, other gamblers invested their chips in other areas, but no one followed suit.

"Please make your final confirmation before buying and leaving."

The croupier opened the dice cup and revealed three dice inside. Each one was 346, which added up to 13 points.

People around the gambling table burst into sighs, because this game was a coincidence. No one voted 13 points, and the dealer killed everyone.

But among the people who were instantly depressed, only the short-haired woman didn't care at all that she lost the most, and instead continued to clamor for bets.

"Ouch! Just a little more! What a pity!"

"Come again! Come again!"

The woman continued to squander the chips in front of her, and this time she settled all the chips in the 13 o'clock area.

Qin Zhibo was stunned by this wave of operations. Is there anyone else doing this?

Even if the probability is constant, according to the psychology of ordinary people, they wouldn't think that they can get the same number of points twice in a row, right?

But the short-haired woman did just that and asked the people next to her to follow suit.

These gamblers seemed to have known how powerful women were. They politely shook their heads and refused, and once again placed small chips in the nearby area.

After confirming, the dealer opened the sifting cup again.

The three dice inside are 424 each, and the total is 10.

This time, a lucky person guessed the number correctly. The odds were 1:6, and 150 dollars turned into 900 dollars. His face immediately became rosy with excitement.

But the dealer representing the dealer was obviously more excited than the winning player, because just this time, the short-haired woman lost all her chips.

This is a full 24,000 dollars!

But the woman's mentality did not collapse at all. Instead, she smiled cheerfully and said that she had no chips and now she was going to exchange them and come back to fight again.

The woman turned around with a smile and met Qin Zhibo's eyes for a moment.

Qin Zhibo took advantage of this moment to see the woman's face clearly.

The woman has short pinkish-purple hair, a hairstyle similar to that of Haibara Ai, and her delicate facial features are covered with crimson lipstick and delicate makeup. She is obviously dressed like a prodigal lady.

More importantly, Qin Zhibo saw the name above her head.

Name: Kuroba Chikage...