Locked in, respected, and blessed.
Mingzhi, on the other hand, seemed to have gotten into the conversation and continued muttering to himself.
"A notice letter! Such a retro thief is rare these days, practically a rare breed."
"It's almost the 21st century and he still thinks he's Arsène Lupin. It's rare that Inspector Nakamori is willing to play along with him..."
Yoruichi Toyama chuckled and casually asked, "A notice?"
"Didn't Chairman Suzuki include it in the letter?" Akechi asked rhetorically, then realized, "Right, he probably wanted to show it to you in person."
"After all, very few people receive a pre-announcement letter from Phantom Thief Kid, and wealthy people probably see it as a symbol of status."
This time, Yoruichi Toyama actually laughed.
To be honest, Young Master Mingzhi's mouth is really too harsh.
That might not be entirely untrue.
Amidst his laughter, Mingzhi continued:
"April fool"
"When the moon separates two people"
"Under the name of the Darkest Star"
"Invited to the Waves"
"I will definitely arrive—"
"...Wait, what is this thing?" Yoruichi Toyama asked, puzzled. "Is it that traditional Japanese... 'waka'?"
“You could say that!” Mingzhi laughed. “This is the content of that notice. I saw a photocopy, but the words were exactly as they were.”
"I say, you're a returnee from overseas, how come you seem to know absolutely nothing about traditional culture? Do you really think you can solve the mystery of the notice letter like this?"
"Solve a mystery? Why should I solve a mystery?" Yoruichi Toyama scoffed and leaned back in her seat.
While his previous work had at most involved encountering a pickpocket or two, he had never seen such a high-level thief.
But a thief is a thief.
The thief's goal is to steal, not to engage in an intellectual contest.
I've never heard of a thief posing a riddle and the police having to go out of their way to solve it for him.
Besides, he's about to steal something, how can you believe that what he said in the notice is true?
Couldn't he use a feint to mislead you, then easily steal the things himself?
As for Kaito Kid specifically, Yoruichi Toyama knew that this guy was the author's favorite son, with huge power-ups, so of course he could keep his word.
They said they would come to steal at any time and from any place, and that's when they would steal from that place.
However, from the police's perspective, Yoruichi Toyama believes that such words from a thief should be treated as utter nonsense.
If he tries to steal, you should be prepared to prevent him from doing so.
He ran away from the scene, and you couldn't catch him. You need to gather clues from the scene to catch him.
Like Inspector Nakamori, who would follow Kid around in the exhaust fumes shouting "He got away again," only to turn around and act as if nothing had happened and stop investigating.
It can only be described as a kind of hobby.
"What do you think of this notice, you elite from Tokyo University?" Yoruichi Toyama thought for a moment and then passed the buck back to Toyama.
Akechi said without hesitation, "I have no interest in these word puzzles that are purely for showing off skills."
"There are no clues, and it doesn't conform to psychology; there's no single solution to this kind of thing."
"In the end, even if he tries to explain it, it will make sense."
"These kinds of clever tricks might be very appealing to a kid like Kindaichi, but they're just not interesting to me."
This sounds like a way of extricating oneself from a difficult situation, but it does make some sense.
It's like a math teacher giving a question: What is 1+1?
The student answered 2, but the teacher said it was wrong.
The correct answer is 10, because it is binary.
This isn't mathematics; this is deliberately making things difficult for people.
Yoruichi Toyama couldn't help but laugh.
So what do you like?
“Magic,” Mingzhi answered quickly, as if the answer had already been swirling in his mind, “a real magic trick.”
"Have you heard that the phantom thief is also an excellent magician?"
"To be frank, I would love to see a truly spectacular performance by a magician, not because my colleagues are incompetent, but because the magician is in complete control of the entire show."
Magic... huh?
Yoruichi Toyama suddenly had a brain fart and thought of someone else.
To be fair, that puppeteer's "magic" rarely disappoints...
【I'd say you're about the same!】
The black cat perched on his lap suddenly made a sarcastic remark in his mind.
[You should be busy farming Kidd, you still have time to think about others, especially those who stabbed you in the back.]
What do you call this? That those who criticize me to my face receive the highest reward?
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