Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 199 Kaito Kidd and the Red-Faced Mermaid (Part 3)

Kogoro Mori was still pacing the exhibition hall, marveling at the ample security. Inspector Nakamori was explaining the various equipment used this time and proudly stated, "This way, Kaito Kid's specialty, stealing gems, won't be able to be used as he pleases!"

The explorer spread his hands and said, "Even with a large searchlight, it's not certain that we can stop that guy. Even if he can't plunge the entire exhibition hall into darkness, he should be able to create blind spots."

Inspector Nakamori waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. Even if he wants to use smoke bombs to cover up his tracks, these blowers will blow his trick away in no time!"

At this time, Xiaolan had already walked far away from everyone. The explorer knew what trick Kidd was going to play, so he also walked to the side of Suzuki Jirokichi.

At this time, Sonoko noticed that a thin thread seemed to appear on the carpet under her feet, and was lifting the entire carpet from the ground.

Sonoko, who was standing on the carpet, and Kid, who was disguised as Sera, were knocked over first, and then fell towards Kogoro Mouri and Inspector Nakamori who were standing in the front.

Inspector Nakamori hurriedly called on the mobile team members in front of the water tank to move away, and then he and Maori Kogoro crashed into the thick glass of the water tank. Now the entire aquarium was covered by the carpet.

Suzuki Jirokichi looked at the chandelier on the ceiling, where the thin wire seemed to be hanging. "Does Kidd want to steal the aquarium as well?"

As Kaito Kidd counted down "three, two, one", the thin rope on the chandelier exploded into a firework, the suspended carpet fell back to the ground, and a large group of people rolled down from the carpet.

Ran hurried forward to check on Sonoko and Sera, but everyone's attention was now focused on the gem in the aquarium. Where a turtle should have been swimming, there was only a card floating in the water.

"The shy mermaid turned into foam and disappeared in my palm." Xiaolan read the contents of the card.

This was undoubtedly a declaration of victory from Kaito Kid. Shocked, Inspector Nakamori immediately ordered the mobile team members to search the aquarium upside down to see if the turtle was hiding behind stones or gravel.

Suzuki Jirokichi noticed a card at his feet and picked it up immediately: "I'll take the gem. If you don't believe me, you can check it out right away."

The explorer knew that the content on the card was completely different, but he did not point it out. He just watched everything happening on the field silently.

Suzuki Jirokichi carefully looked back at the explorer, and when he found that he didn't seem to have seen the contents of the card, he breathed a sigh of relief and carefully put the card back into his pocket.

Then, Suzuki Jirokichi made a phone call: "Remove the metal mesh from the aquarium immediately and bring me a ladder. I want to investigate the aquarium directly!"

After climbing up the ladder, Suzuki Jirokichi inspected the aquarium and explained to Inspector Nakamori, "No, I can't find it anywhere."

Inspector Nakamori angrily pressed his face against the aquarium glass: "Damn Kaito Kid!"

When the fans outside the museum learned that Kidd had succeeded, they immediately burst into earth-shaking cheers, and the cheers could be heard inside the exhibition hall.

Inspector Nakamori complained indignantly: "Damn it, everyone is cheering for the criminals."

Maori Kogoro, watching the fun nearby, said, "It can't be helped. The aquarium glass is tempered glass, with metal mesh on the top and sides. He was able to steal the gems without anyone noticing when the carpet was covering the aquarium. It's incredible."

Inspector Nakamori looked at him with displeasure: "How do you know so much?"

"Because it's on the news."

The explorer commented on the magic show: "However, in terms of visual effects alone, this magic show is really quite good. Using the carpet as a magic curtain, they completed an almost impossible water tank escape."

At this time, "Sera" pointed out that there was a hook under the chandelier on the ceiling, which was used to hang a thin rope. Inspector Nakamori immediately asked the mobile team members whether they had checked this in advance. The team members said that the carpet and lighting equipment had been replaced a few days ago.

After asking carefully, I found out that Suzuki Jirokichi met two interior decorators. Based on the principle that since he was going to decorate a new venue, he should replace all the previous decorations, he asked these two interior decorators to renovate the exhibition hall.

Inspector Nakamori wanted to shove his face into Suzuki Jirokichi's head and curse, "That's obviously Kidd and his men. How could they fall for such a trick?"

Suzuki Jirokichi retorted mercilessly: "How petty! You've already done it, and now you're complaining about it."

Just as the two were about to quarrel, the explorer came over to smooth things over: "Although this operation failed, Kidd is now escaping with a lively little turtle. Wouldn't it be better if we just catch him?"

Sera also said, "That's right. Kidd is probably pretending to have left here a long time ago, but he hasn't actually left the exhibition hall yet, right?"

So everyone prepared to separate and verify with each other whether it was Kidd in disguise. Since Kidd had been reminded by the explorer in advance and knew that Sera was a girl, he did not show any abnormality during the body search.

The search on the other side was not going so smoothly. Inspector Nakamori found the meteorite magnet from the explorer. Looking at the magnet inlaid with gold, silver and gems, Inspector Nakamori couldn't help but ask, "Why are there so many jewels on this magnet?"

The explorer snatched his magnet back from Inspector Nakamori: "This is a meteorite magnet, it's my treasure. Go away, now that you've checked that I'm not Kidd in disguise, leave now."

[Explorer: That was a close call. If I had been a second later, he would have been ejected.]

[Novelist: What is the law of magnetic control?]

[Entomologist: Honestly, I'm a little curious. Aren't you inherently polarized? Would you interfere with the signal?]

[Explorer: That’s not the case, otherwise the electrical appliances in my house would have been paralyzed long ago.]

Conan carefully recalled the details of the carpet being pulled up, wondering how Kaito Kid had stolen the turtle: "The method of dropping the card into the aquarium is very simple. Just tie the card and a heavy object with a thin rope that dissolves in water, hang it on the chandelier, and when the carpet is pulled up, let it fall into the water through the gaps in the metal mesh."

Finally, he turned his gaze to Ran: "Sera, Sonoko, and Inspector Nakamori who were in front of the aquarium at the time may have used this method, but the person whose behavior is most suspicious is... Ran."

While Conan was still racking his brains, the explorer came up to him and sighed: "Poor little turtle, poor Poseidon, it has left the sea it ruled now, how pitiful."

These words immediately reminded Conan of the previous details. Why did the Italian actor give the turtle a Greek name?