The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

Kaito Kuroba was still taking his curtain call on the stage when the door to the performance hall was knocked open by people outside.

People rushed in like crazy, with expressions of fear on their faces.

They were in a panic and pushed each other with the audience who were originally watching the performance in the top floor hall.

Curses and screams soon resounded throughout the hall.

"What's going on?"

Kaito Kuroba looked at the scene in front of him in shock, and quickly analyzed the situation in his mind.

Judging from the way these people were dressed, they looked like ordinary tourists visiting London City Hall...

Is there a fire on the floor below?

In a hurry, Kaito Kuroba jumped off the stage and came to Judy Hope, who was stunned.

"Miss Judy, it's not safe here. Please retreat to the back of the stage first. I'll go check the situation."

"But..."

Judy Hopper wanted to say something, but Paul, who followed her from behind, also came to her side and advised: "Captain, there are too many people here. Let's go back to the backstage first."

Kuroba Kaito glanced at Paul, "Protect your captain."

"Well, leave it to me!" Paul gave a firm look.

Kuroba Kaito rushed into the crowd alone.

He grabbed the collar of a man who was still fleeing into the hall and asked loudly: "Hey! What happened outside?"

The man's face was so terrified that it was even a little distorted. He trembled and said: "It's a spider, a spider... There's a big spider below!"

After that, the man broke free from Kuroba Kaito and continued to flee inside.

Spider?

Kuroba Kaito frowned slightly and looked outside.

He thought of the world's number one illusionist who performed on the first floor of the City Hall at the same time today. His code name was "Spider". Could it be this guy who did it?

But how did he do it?

An illusion?

Kuroba Kaito looked around at the guests rushing in frantically, and when no one came in, he glanced at the empty door.

He swallowed his nervous saliva, then walked over boldly and poked his head into the corridor.

However, the corridor was empty, without even a shadow of a person, let alone a giant spider.

At this time, Kuroba Kaito's pupils suddenly shrank, and he suddenly realized something.

Not good!

Kuroba Kaito hurried back into the crowd.

When he returned to the backstage, he saw an astonishing scene.

Boll was holding a pistol against Judy Hopper's temple and holding her hostage in the corner.

Surrounding them were other members of the Hopper Magic Group who surrounded the two.

"Boll, please, let go of the young lady..."

Robert, a butler loyal to the Hopper family, was being helped to sit on the ground. He was shot in the shoulder, and bright red blood was flowing out of his suit.

"Hmph..."

Boll sneered and looked directly at Kuroba Kaito who was standing not far away.

"Kid, it seems that you are just so-so..."

"I really didn't expect why Snake would lose to people like you repeatedly?"

"Hmph, he is really useless, right?"

As soon as these words came out, Kuroba Kaito immediately understood his identity.

This person turned out to be an undercover sent by the zoo organization!

The other party was undercover in the Hober Magic Group and became an apprentice magician. He disguised himself like this and didn't even notice it.

He even stupidly handed Judy Hopper to him just now!

Realizing his mistake, Kuroba Kaito could only grit his teeth and walk to the front to negotiate with Boll.

"I admit that your acting skills are really good..."

"But you are now at a dead end. Even if you have a pistol, you will never get out of here..."

As Kuroba Kaito said this, the muscles in his right arm were already ready to move.

As long as the other party's attention was slightly distracted by his words, he could take out the poker pistol at any time and shoot through the palm holding the pistol.

Faced with the obvious threat from Kuroba Kaito, Boll smiled instead of getting angry and shook his head slightly.

"Dead end?"

"If it were you, would this situation be considered a dead end?"

"Don't look down on me! Kidd!"

Suddenly, Boll's palm moved slightly, and a round object fell out of his sleeve.

Kuroba Kaito's vision was fixed on it, and he immediately recognized that it was a flash bomb, so he subconsciously covered his eyes at the first time.

But even so, the action was still a little slow. Before he could cover his eyes with his hands, the stimulating white light burst out in the background with a bang.

In the intense white light, everyone had to cover their eyes and their bodies were fixed in place.

Taking advantage of this period of stiffness, Boll turned around and lifted the black cloth in the corner behind him, revealing a huge piece of transparent glass.

It turned out that this so-called corner was not a wall, but the glass curtain wall of London City Hall, but it was covered by a piece of blackout cloth.

Boll held Judy Hopper's neck with one arm, and fired three shots at the glass curtain wall with the other hand.

Piu, Piu, Piu.

After three shots, the stress structure of the glass curtain wall changed. Bol kicked it again, and the glass of the entire curtain wall shattered.

Hearing the sound of glass shattering, Kuroba Kaito, whose vision was restored first, rushed over immediately.

However, Bol had already pushed Judy Hopper down, and at the same time, he gave Kuroba Kaito a mysterious smile and then jumped down.

Kuroba Kaito hurriedly chased to the broken glass curtain wall, only to see a white triangular hang glider soaring toward the distant sky.

That is……!

Kuroba Kaito frowned and immediately recognized this as the paraglider used by the fake Phantom Thief Kidd who appeared when the Hobo Thaumaturgy Troupe was in Japan.

In fact, the fake Phantom Thief Kidd that time was also arranged by Snake from the zoo organization to lure away the Nakamori Police Department.

But this also shows that the zoo organization has previously developed a portable folding glider, and its technological level is not inferior to that of Terai Hinosuke's anonymous friend.

Kuroba Kaito just glanced at Bol who used the glider to escape, and then immediately withdrew his gaze and looked at Judy Hooper.

Although Judy Hooper was pushed off the building first, the London City Hall is an egg shape placed diagonally, with the gentle slope of the upper floor just outside.

This caused Judy Hooper to roll down the gentle slope, screaming.

Kuroba Kaito jumped up and jumped towards her direction.

But compared to Judy Hooper's sideways roll, Kuroba Kaito found his balance right the moment he landed, and his feet actually started running directly on the glass wall.

The London municipal staff sitting in the office only saw a black shadow running quickly outside the glass, and they all showed shocked eyes.

Kuroba Kaito ran faster and faster, and when he was still two meters away from Judy Hooper, he suddenly rushed forward and caught Judy Hooper who was about to fall.

At the same time, he took out a poker pistol with his other hand and fired a grappling hook towards the glass wall above.

This is an improved playing card pistol, which also has a small grappling hook function.

The power of the grappling hook stopped the two men from falling in time.

Kuroba Kaito used all his arm strength to drag Judy Hooper onto the gentle slope, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you okay?"

At this time, Judy Hooper's body was covered with scratches and injuries from hitting the glass curtain wall, but she stubbornly shook her head.

"It's all my fault. Bol took the Crimson Tears away..."

Kuroba Kaito glanced at Judy Hooper's suit, and the gem brooch on the chest was gone.

Kuroba Kaito's heart sank, but he didn't say anything immediately.

"Let's go up first and then talk..."

…

As the two climbed back to the top floor along the gently sloping glass curtain wall, the members of the Hooper Thaumaturgy Troupe immediately surrounded them, surrounding Judy Hooper in the middle.

Judy Hooper apologized to Kuroba Kaito again: "It's all my fault..."

"It was because I was too anxious to revive the Hobo Thaumaturgy Troupe that I asked Robert and the others to start recruiting members again."

"If I..."

As Judy Hooper was talking, Kuroba Kaito showed a forced smile and said, "No, I can't blame you..."

"I didn't expect that after that incident, they still haven't given up on Crimson Tears."

When talking to Bol in the morning, Kuroba Kaito knew that Bol only joined the Thaumaturgy Troupe after the Hopper Thaumaturgy Troupe returned from Japan.

It was just that at that time, Kuroba Kaito subconsciously felt that after the incident in Japan, and that he was still stealing gems under the identity of Kaitou Kidd, the zoo organization had no reason to keep an eye on Crimson Tears, so he didn't pay too much attention.

Why?

Why did they finally find out?

At this moment, the crowd's jeers came from outside the room.

Kuroba Kaito quickly asked what was going on.

A member who hid in the room explained: "Those people outside are talking about a 'big spider' for some reason, as if they are possessed by evil spirits..."

"I've called the police, they should be here soon."

Kuroba Kaito frowned slightly and said proactively: "I'll go out and take a look..."

He pushed the door open and walked out of the room, and when he came to the front of the performance hall, he saw a bunch of people beating the air wantonly, like crazy mental patients.

This scene made Kuroba Kaito even more convinced of his previous suspicion that they were under Sipder's illusion.

Sipder used the gimmick of free performances to attract a large number of viewers, and then used illusions to control them...

The purpose is to win the gem at today's thaumaturgy troupe performance.

Realizing this, Kuroba Kaito regretted deeply, regretting why he hadn't been more vigilant in the first place?

It's too late to say anything now, there are less than 24 hours left before the stars return, and the gems are lost...

Thinking of this, Kuroba Kaito felt very depressed.

He lowered his head, raised the poker gun, pointed it at the ceiling, and pulled the trigger.

A playing card flew out and hit the sprinkler head of the automatic fire extinguishing device, triggering a conical water curtain.

When the cold liquid was sprayed on the unconscious crowd, the effect of the illusion disappeared instantly, and everyone's eyes gradually returned to clarity.

…

"What did you say?"

"The Crimson Tears were taken away..."

Qin Zhibo, who was standing on the lawn of Murray Mountain, frowned and his eyes were extremely shocked.

When Kuroba Kaito on the other side of the phone explained the whole story clearly, Qin Zhibo became even more confused.

Judging from the plans of the zoo organization, they had not given up on Crimson Tears, so they had placed their own people in the Hobo Thaumatology Troupe before today.

But why?

Why take action today?

If they had suspected Crimson Tears for a long time, they could have taken action while the Hob Thaumaturgy Troupe returned to London.

While Qin Zhibo was thinking, his heart suddenly throbbed.

He felt a crimson light flicker inexplicably, as if calling him.

Qin Zhibo stared into the distance.

"This is……"

On the other side of the phone, Kuroba Kaito and Judy Hooper, who was dealing with injuries, also felt this light in their minds.

"this……"

"Did you feel it too?" Qin Zhibo asked.

"Hmm..." Kuroba Kaito groaned, "It seems like Crimson Tears?"

"should be."

Qin Zhibo's eyes were a little stunned, and then his face trembled as he thought of something.

"I know why the zoo organization chose today to take action..."

"If I guess correctly, I am afraid that all of us, including your father Kuroba Toichi, have been deceived by Nevren Ka's prophecy..."

"Cheated?"

Kuroba Kaito was confused and still didn't understand what the problem was.

Qin Zhibo explained as he walked out of the stadium: "Black Feather Pirates said that one of the prophecies left by Nevren Ka was that when the stars return to their positions, with the help of the gems on his crown and a body The reincarnated body comes to life.”

"And this gem must enjoy the attention of the world at any time, otherwise its location will be announced to all believers."

"But I'm afraid the actual content of the prophecy is not like this..."

"This gem should be able to be hidden like an ordinary object, but when the stars return, it will involuntarily emit a power that attracts those who know this prophecy."

"In other words, no matter how you hide the gem, as long as the predetermined time comes, the location of the gem will be announced to everyone."

"The purpose of the Beast Brotherhood's continuous stealing of gems for more than ten years is to make the contents of the false prophecy come true and make the Magic Eye organization believe that as long as the gems are handled carefully, their existence will never be discovered."

"And what the people of the Brotherhood have to do is to use thunderous means to snatch away the real gems when the prophesied time comes to the last moment..."

After listening to Qin Zhibo's analysis, Kuroba Kaito suddenly understood.

He had been thinking about whether there was something wrong with him, but he never thought that this was the opponent's plan from the beginning.

This game even deceived Black Feather Toiichi and James Hooper, the former leader of the Hooper Thaumaturgy Troupe.

No wonder they chose today to take action.

Because now there are less than 24 hours left before the stars return to their alignment...

With such a short time left, even if the location of the gem is revealed to everyone, people from the zoo organization will take the initiative.

hateful!

After hanging up the phone, Kuroba Kaito clenched his fists and cursed angrily in his mind.

Qin Zhibo on the other side was thinking.

He was wondering, was the black organization also involved in the Beast Brotherhood's actions?