Chapter 22 (Catching Bugs) Brothers meet (?)...
Chapter 22
It all happened ten minutes ago.
Suzuki Tomoko was still delivering her impromptu speech when, for unknown reasons, smoke billowed from the exit. The next second, black pearls worn by guests began to explode. Seeing this, the surrounding guests finally erupted in a commotion, removing their pearls and running towards the exit.
The scene suddenly became extremely chaotic, and in such a chaotic situation, even Conan Edogawa had no way to find Kaito Kid from the crowd, let alone the police.
At this time, Suzuki Tomoko was pushed down by the crowd and fell to the ground. Worried about her being in trouble, Mao Lilan hurried forward to help her up, and she also found that the black pearl on her chest was gone.
"Kid! It's Kid!"
The black pearl she had been wearing on her chest suddenly disappeared. Suzuki Tomoko's eyes widened, and she raised her voice with a pale face: "Kid stole my Black Star!"
Kidd has already stolen the Black Star?
Edogawa Conan's eyes widened, and he grabbed Mao Lilan and chased after him. With one of his hands held by him, Mao Lilan looked a little confused. She was about to ask him what happened, but she was separated by the crowded crowd. When she reacted, Edogawa Conan's figure disappeared from her sight.
"...Conan?"
The only response she got was the surging crowd.
Conan Edogawa soon found himself separated from Ran Mouri - in fact, when Suzuki Tomoko said that she would give the Dark Star to the most suitable person for safekeeping, he had already guessed that the real Dark Star must be in Suzuki Tomoko's possession.
After all, pearls represent the moon and women, and among all the guests, the one who best fits this condition is Suzuki Tomoko herself. So when he saw Mao Lilan holding her, he immediately understood everything.
Without him noticing, Kaito Kidd had already switched places with Mouri Ran without anyone noticing and stole the Black Star.
Conan Edogawa originally wanted to take Kaito Kid to a place where they were alone, not only to retrieve the Black Star, but more importantly to find out where the real Maoli Ran was. But for some reason, when he found himself separated from Kaito Kid, he didn't feel any panic in his heart.
At the same time, Suzuki Tomoko's expression also emerged in his mind.
At that time, his mind was full of the joy of discovering Kaito Kid, but he ignored Suzuki Tomoko's abnormality.
Suzuki Tomoko's reaction to the theft of her family heirloom was rather dull. Furthermore, her first reaction wasn't to contact the police, but to cast her gaze towards someone in the crowd.
“…”
Could it be that—
Edogawa Conan's eyes widened.
The real dark star is not Suzuki Tomoko?
Once he thought of such a possibility, Suzuki Tomoko's abnormal behavior suddenly became reasonable. Thinking of this, Edogawa Conan stopped and smiled.
Even Kaito Kidd wouldn't have thought that Suzuki Tomoko would give the Black Star, a valuable heirloom, to someone else. Conan Edogawa's shoulders trembled as he thought about going to the bathroom to wash his face. As luck would have it, he bumped into Miya Yu right at the door.
He had seen this person before when he was still Kudo Shinichi.
After all, too many things happened that day, so the moment he saw Gong Yoo, he automatically identified the other person in his mind.
Gong You, who is also a high school student like himself, was probably giving a statement in front of the police for the first time, and he felt a little resistant.
He noticed Gong You, not because he was special, but simply because there was a girl beside him who caught his attention. After all, after encountering that incident, she had a look of indifference on her face, and he felt an inexplicable sense of disharmony from her.
Since Gong Yoo is here, as Gong Yoo's girlfriend, the other party is very likely to be here too.
Thinking of this, Edogawa Conan raised his head and was about to find an inexplicable reason to talk to someone, but the next second, he froze in place and saw the girl standing behind Miya You, smiling and looking at him.
Edogawa Conan:?
Why is Kurokawa Tsuki here? This isn't a public restroom, is it?
wrong.
Edogawa Conan's eyes widened.
Kurokawa Tsuki... Tsuki? Doesn't that just fit the meaning of the black pearl? As if he'd discovered something important, Edogawa Conan took a deep breath and was about to speak when the girl, who was originally some distance away from him, suddenly stepped forward and covered his mouth with her hand.
"Good kids don't make a scene in the bathroom."
“Mmmmm!”
Being held in the arms of someone, Edogawa Conan tried to struggle, but was devastated to find that the opponent was much stronger than he had imagined. His detective instinct made him feel that Kurokawa Tsuki had no ill will towards him, and judging from the temperament of these two people, they should not be members of the Black Organization, which immediately made him relax.
He pointed to his mouth and made a zipper-pulling motion. As expected, seeing the relaxation on the girl's face, Edogawa Conan's expression changed slightly. The next second, the hand that was covering his mouth left his mouth.
"I was scared to death."
Gong You, who was standing by, patted his chest and said, "I almost thought this was going to make the headlines."
Hearing his voice, the girl snorted coldly: "What a fuss."
"Isn't this happening because of you?"
"What's wrong with me?"
"If you hadn't stayed in the bathroom for so long, we wouldn't have run into anyone else. Luckily it was just a kid, otherwise my reputation would have been ruined."
The girl looked at him in surprise: "You have such a thing?"
"Do you want to fight me, Kurokawa?"
"I am the most beautiful lady. Fighting and other rough things don't suit me."
"That's not what you said when you stuffed the bun into my mouth."
"It was just that one time, wasn't it? Youyou, you're so stingy."
Who's being stingy? Gong You gritted his teeth and looked at him fiercely: "Kurokawa Kaoru, you're still staying at my house, be careful of me..."
"Fool!"
The moment her name came out of Miya You's mouth, the "girl" covered her face and turned to look at Edogawa Conan with a surprised look on his face.
"Isn't this a waste of time?"
When saying the latter part, Kurokawa Kaoru had already changed back to his natural voice. His disguise was not so perfect to begin with, and he had just chatted with someone on LINE yesterday. Adding the "Kurokawa Kaoru" from Miya Yuu's mouth, it was equivalent to exposing himself directly in front of Edogawa Conan.
Seriously... I was acting very seriously.
Giving Miya Yu a resentful look, Kurokawa Kaoru sighed, then looked down at Edogawa Conan who was looking at him with a perverted look, and said helplessly: "Why aren't you with that girl named Mao Li Ran? Isn't she your girlfriend?"
"Stupid, idiot! No way!"
As if someone had stepped on his tail, Edogawa Conan's face flushed red, and his words became hesitant: "I... Of course I have something important to tell you..."
By the way, Xiaolan!
Then he remembered that there was still an important matter that had not been resolved. He shook his head and looked up at Kurokawa Kaoru: "Did you see that guy?"
"That guy?"
"Ran... I mean, Kaito Kidd disguised himself as Ran. He and I were together just now, but because the crowd was too crowded, we were separated."
I see. Kurokawa Kaoru nodded. No wonder he always felt that the other person gave him a bit of annoyance. It turned out that the person he liked was impersonated by Hei Yu.
Unexpectedly, the other party would habitually pretend to be a girl when "working". The corners of Kurokawa Kaoru's mouth twitched, and the words of complaint turned around in his mouth, but he swallowed them back.
"Actually, you don't need to be too nervous."
"How can I not be nervous?"
Conan Edogawa raised his voice: "That guy pretended to be Xiaolan, and I don't know where he hid Xiaolan."
He originally thought that the real dark star was in "Kurokawa Tsuki", but Kurokawa Kaoru's words were another matter. After all, no matter how much Kurokawa Kaoru looked like a girl, he was a real boy at heart, and that was the only thing that was beyond doubt.
As the hostess of the Suzuki Group, it is impossible for Suzuki Tomoko to do such an outrageous thing knowing that Kurokawa Kaoru is a boy.
I had no idea that Suzuki Tomoko was so outrageous in some way, Edogawa Conan thought seriously in his heart.
"The police officers are already investigating the guests. You two should hurry back to the venue. I still need to find that guy."
"As for Kaito Kidd...wouldn't it be better to just ignore him?"
"What a joke!"
Edogawa Conan turned his head abruptly, gritting his teeth and looking at the other party: "As a detective, I will never allow him to steal the black pearl from me like this."
Realizing that the other party seemed to have misunderstood something, Kurokawa Kaoru was somewhat helpless and reached out to grab the other party's collar. Seeing that the man was still struggling in the air, Kurokawa Kaoru sighed and walked towards the stairs leading to the deck.
"Hey! Kurokawa!"
Being a little slow and falling behind, Gong You had a confused expression on his face, but he still resigned himself to his fate and followed.
"Don't we have to go back to the venue?"
"No rush."
Kurokawa Kaoru smiled and shook his head, then walked up the last flight of stairs slowly.
At this time, the deck of the boat was naturally empty. The lifeboats were neatly placed on the corresponding tracks. There was no one else in the entire space except the three of them.
“…”
No, there's a fourth person.
They heard hurried footsteps coming from nowhere, and as they got closer, they grew louder. As if they had finally found their "hiding place," the man's voice rose, and they could clearly hear what he said.
"I say...you're hiding it too well, aren't you?"
Having long guessed what the other party would say, Kurokawa Kaoru chuckled and said, "There are not many people here, so it's the best place for conversation. It's also the best place for you to disguise yourself as someone else and escape."
"That will have to wait until I get the Black Star."
Mentioning this, the visitor became a little angry: "Who would have thought that Suzuki Tomoko didn't even put the real Black Star on herself? You know, I spent a lot of effort to avoid the police... How could you be with this brat?"
Even Kuroba Kaito was stunned by the unexpected combination that appeared before him. Seeing the surprise on his face, Kurokawa Kaoru raised the corners of his lips, looked down at Edogawa Conan and said, "Didn't I tell you? As for Kaito Kid, just ignore him."
TBC.
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