The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

Kaito Kid...

Isn't that me?

Kuroba Kaito asked with a puzzled look.

However, the voice threatening Kudo Shinichi in the bug made him feel quite familiar.

He frowned slightly, and suddenly, a person came to his mind.

Snake!

Snake is one of the cadres of the Zoo Organization. He had led the charge several times before to snatch gems from him.

However, since the Las Vegas incident, he hadn't seen Snake for a long time...

Knowing the other party's identity, Kuroba Kaito now completely understood why Kudo Shinichi was mistaken for Kaito Kid.

When he temporarily joined the Hopper Knights to perform at London City Hall that day, the name introduced by Judy Hopper and the name on his passport were all Kudo Shinichi.

He originally thought that few people in the UK knew Japanese high school detectives, but the Zoo Organization had a strong foundation in Japan, so it was not surprising that they knew some famous local detectives.

At this time, Dr. Agasa was also shocked when he heard a gunshot from the bug.

"Shoot, shoot?!"

Kuroba Kaito nodded solemnly, he was sure that the shot was fired by Snake at Kudo Shinichi.

This shot was not only to make him lose his ability to move, but also to vent his anger for being blocked by himself for a long time.

However, Snake's shot should not hit the vital part.

"If his purpose was to kill, he would have done it in the car, not until now..."

But even so, the situation was very critical.

Knowing that the kidnapper was the dangerous zoo organization, Kuroba Kaito did not intend to wait any longer. He turned around and asked the doctor next to him to start the car and continue to approach the target.

After confirming that the two hostages were in one place, he planned to force his way in.

In order to deal with the unexpected situations that might happen at any time today, he carried flash bombs, smoke bombs, poker hook guns and other props on his body.

At this moment, while the car was moving, he poured out the small props hidden in various corners of his body, and finally calculated how many cards he had available.

But just as he poured out flash bombs and smoke bombs from his sleeves, Dr. Agasa next to him was stunned.

"Huh?"

"Aren't these all my inventions?"

Looking at the familiar flash bombs, smoke bombs, and playing card guns, Dr. Agasa was stunned.

Especially the playing card gun, which was once his masterpiece.

At that time, he originally wanted to shoot a playing card launcher with moderate force, but he used too much force, and the force of the playing card was so strong that it could penetrate the wooden card.

So, realizing that this invention was too dangerous, he put it away in time.

But he felt that it was a bit of a waste to keep it in the warehouse, so he gave this invention to an old friend he had known for many years.

To this day, this old friend is also his partner in invention, helping to test new inventions and make suggestions for improvement.

The special smoke bomb he made is proof of this.

"Do you... know Terai Kujinosuke?"

Kuroba Kaito answered subconsciously: "Yes..."

The next second, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, turned his head to look at Dr. Agasa, and said suddenly: "Are you the doctor that old man Terai said?"

Kuroba Kaito always knew that Terai Kujinosuke got these special inventions from a certain doctor, but he didn't know who it was.

Dr. Agasa nodded hesitantly, and then corrected: "I'm not old! I'm only 52 years old now!"

This made Kuroba Kaito slap his forehead and said in his heart that he was careless.

I didn't expect to meet the inventor of the small props here.

In this way, as long as Kudo Shinichi comes back, he will definitely be able to find his identity and address in Japan.

Forget it!

Who cares!

...

On the other side, Kudo Shinichi fell to the ground after being shot, and blood flowed from the gunshot wound on his shoulder.

Snake put away his pistol and looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction.

After the previous fight, he already knew how powerful Kaito Kid was, and it would be safer to weaken his mobility first.

Then, he took out his phone and dialed a number.

Ran Maoli, who was sitting on a chair, looked at Kudo Shinichi who was lying on the ground, and tears of heartache flowed from her eyes, wetting her face.

Kudo Shinichi, who was lying on the ground, was in so much pain that beads of sweat flowed down his forehead, but he still tried to keep his mind clear.

He was still struggling to crawl towards Xiaolan.

Unexpectedly, Snake walked over and stepped on his back, stopping him from getting close to Xiaolan.

Seeing this scene, Ran Maoli, who was in tears, immediately burst into anger and stared at Snake.

This stare made Snake feel a little scared.

The kidnapping of this woman was just to force Kaito Kid to surrender. Now that he succeeded, she should be useless, right?

Just as Snake was about to raise his pistol, the phone was connected.

He could only answer the phone first.

"Scooping, I have caught Kaito Kid..."

"When can the ceremony begin?"

Kudo Shinichi, who was lying at Snake's feet, was shocked when he heard the name "Scooping".

Although the incident happened a long time ago, he still remembered that Scooping was a killer wanted by Interpol.

In the previous incident of the Egg of Memory, he thwarted the other party's plot to steal the Egg of Memory, but he did not catch him.

It seems to be Pu Siqinglan?

Is she the mastermind behind this kidnapping?

Si Kaobing, who was on the other side of the phone, heard intermittent sounds coming from the phone and asked, "Snake, why is your voice so incoherent?"

"Really?" Snake looked up and forgot to glance at the ceiling above his head, "Maybe it's because I'm in the basement now?"

"...No, I've been to that basement, so I won't be affected by making phone calls."

The man on the other end of the phone, Shi Kaobing, immediately became alert and quickly ordered: "Look quickly to see if there is a bug hidden in Kidd's body!"

As soon as Snake heard this, he immediately lowered his head to look at Kudo Shinichi who was lying on the ground. At a glance, he saw an unusual bulge behind his collar.

Open the collar, and underneath is the signal tracker.

After searching carefully again, he also found the cufflink-type bug.

Snake threw the two things under his feet and crushed them to pieces. He glanced angrily at the two men responsible for the body search, then raised his foot and put it in Kudo Shinichi's abdomen.

"Well!"

This time, Kudo Shinichi could no longer suppress it and let out a painful groan.

"鞥——!"

The distressed Mao Lilan made a voice again, but she was restrained and couldn't stop what was happening now.

At this time, Shi Kaobing also reminded on the phone: "Snake, Kidd's companions are probably rushing to your place. You and your people should evacuate there immediately!"

"knew!"

Snake hung up the phone and immediately ordered his two younger brothers to take Xinlan and Xinlan out of the basement.

Everyone evacuated quickly.

At the same time, Kuroba Kaito, who was preparing to go to the rescue, heard the sound coming from the bug and immediately realized that something was wrong.

"not good!"

Immediately afterwards, the bug and the signal tracker were destroyed at the same time, and the signal dots on the prisoner's tracking glasses disappeared.

At this time, on the road 500 meters ahead, three cars just drove out of a farm on the roadside and drove towards the north of the road.

"There they are!"

Kuroba Kaito pointed forward and quickly took off his obstructive glasses to one side.

Dr. Ali looked at the motorcade in front of him with extremely serious eyes and stepped on the accelerator hard.

As the accelerator is increased, the distance between the two and the team in front is getting closer and closer.

But Snake also noticed the tail following him at this time and immediately issued an order.

"Young men! Shoot!"

Two heads stuck out from the last car, holding a pistol in each hand, and the bullets were fired at the back as if they were free of charge.

Bullets flew on the front window and hood, and the shattered glass fragments caused Dr. Agasa and Kuroba Kaito in the front row to quickly lower their heads.

Fortunately, this is a nearly straight road, so even if you lose sight of the direction, there won't be much problem in a short period of time.

But at this moment, the car suddenly turned left out of control.

Dr. A Li had to quickly raise his head to control the steering wheel and turn the car into the wasteland next to the road.

When he stepped on the accelerator several times to get back on the road, the car completely stalled, and thick smoke billowed from the hood in front of him.

The two quickly got out of the car to check and found that a tire on the front wheel was blown out and there were two bullet holes in the engine under the hood.

Looking at the fleet of cars quickly moving away, the two of them knew that they were no longer able to follow them.

"Shinichi, what should we do now?"

The nervous Dr. Ari subconsciously thought that the familiar face in front of him was Kudo Shinichi.

Kuroba Kaito looked around. This was a road. Apart from the farm where the zoo organization was hiding, there were no other residents nearby.

Looking up at the sky again, it was already dark in the evening before I knew it.

"We can only call someone to pick us up..."

…

On the dim road, a black car was driving.

Qin Zhibo sat in the car, frowning and looking at the darkening road ahead.

Half an hour ago, the sky suddenly darkened.

It's obviously only 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

In Britain at this season, it should be bright at this time, but now it has entered the evening hours earlier.

In addition, the sky turned dark immediately, not even dusk.

Various anomalies indicate that the return of the stars has officially begun...

According to the records in the "Xuanjun Seven Chapters Secret Sutra", when the gravity of Gehros affects all nine planets in the solar system, the stars will connect in a straight line, forming a nine-star continuum.

This is the correct position of the stars.

And the sky changes directly from bright to dark, which means that a solar eclipse has occurred.

The return of the stars is near.

However, even now, the exact location of the gem cannot be locked.

Having summoned gem signals several times before, it has been determined that the "Crimson Tears" are currently on the Salisbury Plain in front of them.

As for the specific location on the plain...

Qin Zhibo slowed down the car and glanced at the endless wilderness.

Against the background of the sky, the originally emerald green plain turned into dark green, exuding an eerie and dead atmosphere.

At this moment, the phone in his arms suddenly rang.

He picked up the phone and heard Kuroba Kaito's voice on the other side.

"Uncle, our car broke down here, can you come pick us up?"

"you?"

"Yes, Dr. Ari and I."

Kuroba Kaito held the phone and glanced at Dr. Agasa who was still studying how to restore the car to normal. "I found out who kidnapped that girl through eavesdropping..."

"It's Snake. He's taking those two people somewhere now."

"I also heard 'ceremony' from his phone..."

Snake.

Hearing this somewhat distant name, Qin Zhibo's expression became even heavier.

Snake is a member of the zoo organization. Although he has disappeared for a long time, his presence in this place must be inseparable from gems and reincarnation rituals.

And more importantly, now I have a way to lock the specific location of the gem.

"Okay, I'll pick you up now. Where are you?"

"We're on...the A360 north of Salisbury."

Kuroba Kaito held a map in his hand. Although he didn't know which road section he was on, he at least knew the road he was on.

Qin Zhibo checked the location on the navigation system. It was not far from him and he could arrive there in less than 15 minutes by car.

"I'll be there soon."

After the words fell, Qin Zhibo stepped on the accelerator.

…

Twelve minutes later, a car drove up the road.

Kuroba Kaito, who was squatting on the roadside, recognized Qin Zhibo's car at a glance and hurriedly waved at the roadside.

The car slowly stopped a few meters away, and the beam of its headlights illuminated the cone-shaped area ahead.

Kuroba Kaito walked in front, while Dr. Agasa followed dubiously.

He has not forgotten that one of Kudo Shinichi's goals in London this time is to find out the true identity of Kuroba Kaito's "associate".

He swallowed nervously and followed to the car.

When the car window slowly lowered, a familiar blond face appeared in front of him.

"It's actually you!"

Dr. A Li opened his mouth in surprise.

Because the man in front of him was the passerby who loved solving puzzles that he met in the French restaurant near Big Ben.

It was precisely because of the timely action of passerby A that the group of them solved the two most difficult sentences in Hades's code.

Facing the shocked Dr. Ali, Qin Zhibo, who was wearing a human skin mask, smiled slightly, "It seems that we are really destined to meet again..."

"But hurry up and get in the car, there's not much time left."

"oh."

Although Dr. A Li didn't know when time was running out, he still responded and sat in the back row.

The car starts.

Kuroba Kaito sat in the passenger seat and carefully recounted the situation just now.

Qin Zhibo's expression became more solemn when he heard that the person talking to Snake was Shi Kaobing.

It seems that all these actions are for the reincarnation ceremony, just as I expected.

And the other party insists on kidnapping Xiaolan in exchange for Kudo Shinichi. Could it be that the real reincarnation is Kudo Shinichi?

"Look at the sky outside. The sun has been blocked by Venus, which proves that the return has begun..."

"Now we have to race against time."

At Qin Zhibo's prompt, Kuroba Kaito stuck his head out of the lathe, and then discovered that the sun in the sky was blocked by a round object, leaving only a dark golden afterglow.

But in this dead, gray sky, he saw another unusual existence.

It was a brownish-red celestial body.