Chapter 1604-1612 [Harming Gin]

Haibara Ai: "This moment of memory coronation should be the last scene of the play. That's why Inspector Nakamori ambushed on the stage. He thought that was the closest place to Kid and wanted to catch Kid off guard. This method is really..."

"This is really an insult to Kid's intelligence." Conan continued, somewhat speechless at the scene in front of him, "Seeing how confident Inspector Nakamori was before, I really expected him to have some tricks up his sleeve... Even Sonoko could recognize this hidden policeman from the crowd so quickly. Kid must have known his plan the moment Inspector Nakamori took the stage."

After a pause, Conan suddenly remembered the pigeon with a bug that Jiang Xia had caught before, and silently changed his words: "No, maybe it was even earlier."

Before he could finish his words, Suzuki Sonoko next to him punched him and said, "What do you mean by 'even Sonoko can do that'? Speak properly, little brat!"

Conan covered his head which had been through so much trouble today: "..."

…

On the other side, in a corridor in the venue.

Ireland was walking with a lot on his mind.

As soon as he thought of "Uzo", his mood, which had just been lifted because he had caught Gin's flaw, was once again covered with a thick layer of gloom.

Ireland frowned and sorted out his thoughts in his mind: "I found this place by following the letter of challenge sent by Wuzo. In other words, with Wuzo's methods, all the information I found here was probably discovered by Wuzo secretly.

"If Kudo Shinichi is really still alive and Usa doesn't want anyone to know this, then he can just find someone to knock the detective unconscious with a stick, drag him away, fill him with cement and sink him into the sea, and the matter will be solved.

"But I found Kudo Shinichi without any hindrance. Does that mean that Usa wanted me to know that 'Kudo Shinichi is still alive'?"

This conclusion made Ireland frown: ... Uzo actually gave him this kind of clue. Doesn't this guy look like an ally of Gin? Why did he suddenly turn against him?

Could it be that Uzo is indeed the murderer who kills anyone he catches as rumored, and now that he finds an opportunity to trick Gin, he can't help but trick him with great interest, and then sit back and watch the two cadres fight to the death?

"No, there are no real lunatics among the cadres, and if there are any, they won't live long." Ireland pressed his brow, "The more likely scenario is that Wu Zo is indeed on Gin's side now, and the "important clue" I found is just another trap set by Wu Zo."

This assumption calmed Ireland's previously surging emotions: falsely accusing a cadre would definitely cause trouble, and in the process of bringing down Gin, he must be careful of traps - only when he had enough evidence to prove that "Kudo Shinichi is still alive" in his hands could he start taking action.

Before that, his plan against Gin must be kept completely secret to avoid any leaks.

…

In the stage theater not far away.

Conan suddenly covered his nose and sneezed.

"I always feel like someone is talking about me..." Conan muttered, "Could it be Jiang Xia and that Phantom Thief talking about me?"

As he spoke, Conan looked back at the stage and adjusted his glasses which had been a little tilted.

When he looked at the place clearly again, he was suddenly startled: the cunning thief had indeed made some unusual moves.

At the side of the stage, Jiang Xia was staring at Inspector Nakamori on the stage, distracted. Next to him, Kidd was holding his hands in his pockets, quietly taking two steps back as if nothing had happened, out of Jiang Xia's peripheral vision.

Then Kid suddenly turned his head, his eyes passing through the dim audience seats and accurately falling on Conan, as if he had known that there was a child peeping here with high-tech glasses.

He gave the audience a provocative smirk and walked leisurely out the side door.

Conan: “…” Jiang Xia, why don’t you look back? Don’t be too obvious about slacking off!

The neighbors were too lazy to catch Kid, and Inspector Nakamori was completely unreliable. The first-year detective felt that the burden fell on his young shoulders and had to take action himself.

He turned his head and secretly glanced at Mouri Ran. While Mouri Ran was looking at Inspector Nakamori, Conan quietly jumped off his seat, crouched down and slipped away skillfully.

Huiyuan Ai looked at his back in silence. Thinking of Jiang Xia's not-so-hostile attitude towards Kid, she took out her phone and sent a message to Jiang Xia: [Kid left through the side door, Conan was about to go out the back door to block him.]

After sending the message, she raised her head. Although she couldn't see Jiang Xia's expression clearly without the help of glasses, she could still see his general outline.

Jiang Xia indeed felt the vibration of his cell phone.

He took it out and took a look at it, then nodded to Haibara Ai who was sitting in the audience from a distance.

Jiang Xia then walked towards the side door. However, it was obvious that the detective was not in a hurry. He seemed to want to stay and watch the excitement of Inspector Nakamori. He looked back every few steps and left much later than the other two.

Haibara Ai: “…” Jiang Xia really knew that Kid had run away, and might even know that Conan had chased him out... Didn’t my email interrupt Jiang Xia’s leisure activities and be mistakenly thought as urging him to work?

Haibara Ai touched her cell phone, fell into deep thought, and began to consider whether she should send an email to explain - in fact, she didn't mind Jiang Xia taking some liberties when catching the thief, since that was the police's job anyway.

…

Separated by a wall, Conan had no idea that he had been sold out. This diligent first-year detective was still running in the corridor.

After going out, Conan ran to the side door, wanting to stop Kid and ask him about his motive for committing the crime tonight, and then follow the clues to see if there was a mysterious black-clad cadre behind it.

However, just as he turned the corner, a man suddenly appeared from the opposite corner. Conan was caught off guard and bumped into him. The other person's chassis was solid and stable, but Conan was knocked back twice before he got up again.

The elementary school student looked up dizzily, saw the person in front of him clearly, and was stunned for a moment.

——The person he met at the corner seemed to be a security guard. He was wearing a security uniform and had a ferocious face. Some of his short brown hair stood up on the sideburns of his security hat.

Conan always felt that this person looked familiar, but because the other person's obvious features were all covered, and he had never seen the face of the "unlucky passerby" clearly before, Conan couldn't remember where he had seen him.

Ireland, who was disguised as a security guard, saw that the person he had collided with was a naughty child. He didn't want to pay any attention to him and planned to continue on his way.

However, when he casually glanced at Conan's face, he suddenly stopped and stared at the child in front of him carefully.

Conan subconsciously took a step back, and a strong sense of crisis arose in his heart for no reason, as if he was being stared at by something dangerous.

(End of this chapter)