"There's only one window in this bathroom."
After entering the restroom, Conan approached the only window and said, "There are iron bars blocking it, so it's impossible for anyone from outside to come in."
"Well, it's also difficult to squeeze the gun through this gap."
Tang Ze looked at the gap and said, "On the contrary, the 'blood-stained wine glass' and 'letter' stolen by the Phantom Girl can be passed through the gap."
"Eh!? Weren't these three things stolen by Kidd?" Conan asked in surprise when he heard what Tang Ze said.
"Well, this is something that was stolen 20 years ago by the Phantom Lady known as the Phantom Thief Lady."
Seeing Conan's surprised expression, Tang Ze explained: "This information was also told to me by Mr. Suzuki Jirokichi."
"Who is the Phantom Girl? Can you tell me in detail?" Conan originally planned to ask directly, but when he saw someone entering the bathroom, he motioned Tang Ze to go into the cubicle to continue the conversation.
"She's known as the female thief with twenty faces," Tang Ze explained in a low voice. "Her modus operandi is a bit strange, and she specifically targets large corporations that use violence to amass wealth, or wealthy families who spend lavishly.
Therefore, she was very popular back then, and many people imagined her to be a beauty.”
"But Kidd specifically returned the treasure to the Phantom Thief Lady. Isn't that a bit strange?" Conan asked puzzledly.
"Maybe it's because the two know each other or have a close relationship." Tang Ze thought of the Hei Yu family and smiled.
"By the way, what about that antique gun..."
Conan pulled out his phone and looked at the online description: "The last pistol stolen was Ryoma's... a .32 caliber five-shot revolver, about 17 centimeters long... 17 centimeters long..."
But before Conan could make a gesture with his hands, a familiar male voice suddenly came from the next cubicle: "It's probably about this long!"
Hearing the sound, Tang Ze and Conan looked up and saw a person wearing a white glove holding a pistol in his right hand above the compartment.
"On June 24th of the third year of the Okei era, Ryoma mentioned this gun in a letter to his sister, Otome."
Kaito Kidd’s voice came from the compartment: “It’s 6 inches long and can hold 5 bullets.
Although it's shorter than a dagger, if you aim well, you can easily kill someone from fifty steps away."
"Kid!"
Conan reacted and immediately went to open the door, but Tang Ze beside him said calmly: "Don't waste your time, this guy must have locked the door from the outside if he dared to show his head.
Look at the top, there's a brake, so it's normal that you can't open the door."
"Well, there's no other way. I have to complete the plan this time."
Kaito Kidd smiled and said, "Since I want to talk to you, but I can't let you interfere with my plan, this is the only option left."
"How did you bring the gun in here?" After hearing the other party's words, Conan no longer worried about going out, but asked another question of concern.
"Yes, it's easily solved by removing the lead weight from the gun handle."
Kaito Kidd laughed and said, "And it's become a lot lighter. But there are still quite a lot of them. It's actually quite a lot of effort to bring them here."
'Lead? A lot of it?'
After hearing each other's words, Tang Ze and Conan looked at each other and saw the doubts in each other's eyes.
"Well, anyway, this time I'm just here to return the stolen property. I'm not interested in the gun or anything like that."
Kaito Kidd said with a smile: "I'd like to trouble you two who have good brains to not use your brains to hinder me from doing good things this time. Bye~"
"Damn it, wait a minute!"
Hearing that the other party was about to slip away, Conan was so anxious that he jumped directly onto the toilet and used the force to climb onto the edge of the partition wall.
But when he looked at the bathroom next door, he found that it was empty.
"Come down." Tang Ze removed the brake on the bathroom door and called Conan down.
"Hey, why didn't you break the door and catch him?" Conan let go and jumped down from above, looking at Tang Ze unhappily and said, "If you had broken the door directly, you would have been able to stop him, right?!"
"Yes, but it's not necessary."
Tang Ze smiled and said, "Didn't they say they came here to return something, and they also promised that they have no interest in the gun belt.
If that's the case, then why should I stop him?"
"Don't you want to catch him?" Conan pushed the door open unhappily.
"It's not easy to catch this slippery guy." Tang Ze's expression changed and he stopped Conan from moving forward.
Before Conan could ask what was going on, Tarumi Inohiko's worried voice came from the dressing table outside the bathroom door: "What if Kid gets caught by the criminals..."
"Don't worry, with Kaito Kid's elusive skills, as long as we can successfully break through this situation, the two of us can make a fortune." Hanamura Masanosuke said with a sly grin.
"But, but...this time he came to return those things..." Tarumi Inohiko said still a little worriedly.
"There's no need to worry about this." Hanamura Masanosuke raised his injured thumb and said comfortingly, "I've already thought of a solution."
The two of them left after talking, and looking at the departing figures, Tang Ze and the others walked out of the bathroom cubicle.
"What you feel directly is wrong, and it may have been confirmed." Conan looked at the two people walking away with a serious expression.
"Yes, from what those two just said, it's obvious that they want to take advantage of the impression that Kaito Kidd came here to steal treasures and do something secretly."
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