Chapter 95 The Death of Gu Ze: A Conspiracy on the Sea
"La~la~la~la~"
A man in a black suit with silver, shoulder-length hair hummed an unknown tune as he walked on the top deck of the cruise ship.
He moved with light steps, tossing a dazzling sapphire in his hand one after another, a signature smile playing on his lips.
A jade disc hung high on the black curtain, its clear light pouring down and paving a path of light in front of the phantom thief Kid.
"Oh my, it's really beautiful."
Kaito Kid held the jewel up to the moonlight, his emerald eyes gleaming.
It's beautiful, but unfortunately it's not "Pandora's Stone of Destiny".
"Tsk, I have to return it. That's a bit of a hassle." Kaito Kid thought to himself, quickening his pace.
He had to leave quickly; who knew if the security system had any records of the counter being opened? He had to leave before anyone noticed.
Just then, a figure appeared around the corner. Furuya Rei was wearing a crisp white shirt, a neat black bow tie, a black vest, and black trousers. At first glance, he looked like an ordinary waiter.
Seeing someone approaching, Phantom Thief Kid quickly put away the jewel and placed it in his pocket.
Just when Phantom Thief Kid thought the other person was just an ordinary person...
“Sir, please leave what’s in your pocket.” Rei Furuya blocked Kid’s path. “I know who you are, Phantom Thief Kid.”
Faced with Rei Furuya's merciless exposure, Kaito Kid took a step back.
He searched his memory for the person in front of him.
The answer I received was—I don't know.
"Phantom Thief Kid? How could I possibly be Phantom Thief Kid? My name is Kurosawa Jin." Phantom Thief Kid blinked innocently.
"Stop pretending, thief, hand over the sapphire."
Without wasting words, Furuya Rei assumed a fighting stance and raised his leg towards Kaito Kid's chest.
"Hey! Hey! Come at me right away!" Faced with the sudden attack, Phantom Thief Kid reacted very quickly, taking a step back to dodge the blow.
However, Rei Furuya, the top student at the police academy, was no pushover. His attacks were swift and brutal, and before long, Kid had been punched several times.
There was no way around it; Kidd's meager skills were clearly no match for combat personnel.
"No, brother, do we have a grudge?" Phantom Thief Kid was visibly flustered and extremely disheveled.
I can't afford to mess with them!
He muttered to himself, then pulled out a smoke bomb from an unknown place and threw it on the ground.
He might not be as good at fighting, but he's quite adept at running away.
While Furuya Rei was choking on the smoke, Kaito Kid did a somersault backward and magically removed his clothes and disguise.
He landed steadily on the railing, the moonlight like a ribbon, his white cloak fluttering in the night wind, and the silver thread on the brim of his top hat flowing with the air currents.
"Cough cough cough." Furuya Rei covered his mouth and nose, waving his hand to disperse the white smoke in front of him.
At that moment, from the other end of the corridor came Officer Nakamori's energetic shout and a flurry of running footsteps.
"Kaito Kid! Kaito Kid! Don't run!"
"He's there! Don't let him get away!"
Looking in the direction of the sound, Conan was leading a large group of people towards them.
"They found it so quickly!" Kidd exclaimed, pressing his hand down on the brim of his hat.
He said to Rei Furuya in the smoke, "Big brother, I don't want the jewel anymore. Goodbye, we'll never meet again!"
Never again! Kidd added in his mind.
The next second, his body suddenly leaned backward, and the glider hidden under his cloak unfolded with a snap, like a huge white wing. The airflow lifted him up and swept across the surging sea.
This incident left a certain shadow in the mind of the blond-haired, dark-skinned phantom thief Kid.
Rei Furuya looked up and, sure enough, saw the stolen sapphire sitting safely on the railing.
Having achieved his goal, he knew he shouldn't linger and slipped through a small door.
Within a minute, Conan and his friends arrived.
As the smoke slowly dissipated, the group found the recovered sapphire, while Phantom Thief Kid had already departed in a hang glider.
Inspector Nakamori, leaning against the railing, stared at Kaito Kid, who had turned into a tiny white dot, and screamed at the top of his lungs, "Kaito Kid! Don't let me catch you!"
Uh, it's kind of funny for some reason...
"Cough cough!" Kenji Hagiwara coughed as he inhaled the lingering smoke in the air.
“There was someone here just now. I saw someone here from a distance,” he said.
"I saw it too, it looks kind of familiar," Matsuda Jinpei chimed in.
Hearing their conversation, Conan pondered for a moment and guessed, "Could it be Brother Gu Ze?"
"It's not him, he's not that tall." Matsuda Jinpei refuted the possibility with a single sentence.
Gu Ze: That hits home, bro!
The gem has been found, and everything is settled.
No, not yet!
If Kaito Kid is impersonating Jin Kurosawa, where is the real Jin Kurosawa? Where did Gu Ze go? And who is that mysterious person?
Conan asked a question.
Let's rewind to about ten minutes ago...
Conan, who had been longing to see Gu Ze leave the banquet, wandered around the deck for a while out of boredom, and then went upstairs to Kurosawa Jin's room.
The half-open door seemed to invite him in, and he stood there for a long time, head bowed in thought.
"Since you're here, come in." A deep male voice came from inside.
Without further hesitation, Gu Ze pushed open the door and went inside.
There, the supposedly unconscious "Kurosawa Jin" was sitting on the living room sofa with his legs crossed, looking quite the part.
On the coffee table in front of him were two glasses of red wine and some cut fruit.
Gu Ze sat on the sofa opposite "Kurosawa Array" and observed him discreetly, noticing that he seemed different from before, especially in his demeanor.
"Are you Negroni?" Gu Ze asked.
"Kurosawa Jin" raised an eyebrow and did not deny it. "I am just temporarily projecting my consciousness onto this puppet."
"Gu Ze, or rather, Kurosawa Jin, it's been a long time since we sat down for a drink, apart from our first meeting."
Hearing this, Gu Ze rolled his eyes. "Are we that close?"
"That's heartbreaking to hear." The "Kurosawa Jin," now with a different soul, exaggeratedly clutched his heart.
"Speak your mind, or shut up," Gu Ze said impatiently.
Negroni picked up his glass and swirled it slightly. "Now, I can't touch you, and you can't touch me."
"How about this, you just join the alliance, and I'll recommend you."
"Joining the alliance will bring many benefits. You will become a higher-dimensional being, and your power will be even greater."
"Haha." Gu Ze chuckled. "No, I don't want to become a brainless person like you."
Hearing Gu Ze's sarcasm, Negroni wasn't annoyed; he simply calmly took a sip of red wine.
"Hmph, if I can't touch you, can't I touch someone else? That policeman who was going to die anyway, don't think I can't find him!"
"He's a dead man in the storyline now. I can kill him anytime without incurring divine retribution."
Gu Ze ignored his harsh words, "Oh, you still want to mess with Zhu Fujingguang? Wasn't the lesson last time enough?"
"Let me think, I remember you got a black eye and a swollen face from Gu Gu's beating last time."
These words struck a nerve with Negroni, causing his face to darken.
"Tsk, this is boring!"
Kurosawa Jin cursed, then inexplicably asked, "Would you like some fruit?"
After he finished speaking, he grabbed a fruit knife from the coffee table and attacked Gu Ze.
Just moments ago he was speaking normally, but now, Negroni gripped a fruit knife and lunged at Gu Ze with vicious, ruthless attacks aimed straight for vital organs.
"Oh my, you've broken through?"
As Gu Ze spoke, he dodged Negroni's attack. Although he was not in his true form, he was still not at a disadvantage.
A minute passed, and Gu Ze and Negroni were exchanging blows.
Gu Ze used his hands to restrain Negroni's hand that was about to stab him in the heart, and pressed Negroni against the wall.
"Hehehe." The restrained Negroni grinned and chuckled twice. "Kurosawa Jin, you're very clever, but unfortunately..."
"You've been tricked!"
Suddenly, a puff of white smoke came out of Negroni's mouth and went straight for Gu Ze's face.
Realizing something was amiss, Gu Ze instinctively held his breath, but it was no use!
What's this?
Gu Ze instantly felt dizzy, as if his soul was about to leave his body. He lost control of his body and froze on the spot.
"You don't need to inhale the hypnotic powder to be affected."
"Kurosawa Jin" was speaking, but Gu Ze felt that his voice came from the horizon, as if it were coming through a thick layer of mist, intermittent, sometimes near and sometimes far.
The world before my eyes began to lose focus, and the once clear lines of the corners of the walls gradually twisted and tangled.
When Gu Ze thought Negroni would take advantage of his vulnerability and kill him with a knife, Negroni's eyes sharpened.
He turned the fruit knife around, gripped Gu Ze's hand, and stabbed himself in the process!
Oh no! They were planning to frame me! Gu Ze thought in a daze.
He desperately wanted to resist, but his body was completely stiff.
Gu Ze completely lost control of his body.
"Bang!" At the same time, the door was kicked open.
"Brother Gu Ze!" Before Gu Ze's consciousness faded, he heard Conan's exclamation.
Everything happened very suddenly, without any warning!
After Kid escaped, Conan and his friends began the cleanup work, and their first thought was the safety of the "Kurosawa Jin" who had been replaced.
In particular, Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji showed unusual concern for the missing "Kurosawa Jin".
So they went to Kurosawa Jin's room, and before they even entered, they heard the sounds of fighting inside.
Matsuda Jinpei knew something was wrong inside, and without any hesitation, he kicked the door open.
After a loud bang, they saw the scene inside.
"Kurosawa Jin" was pinned against the wall by Gu Ze, a fruit knife stuck in his chest, and blood gushing from his wound.
So, who was holding that fruit knife?
It's Gu Ze!
Gu Ze wants to kill Hei Zezhen?
Conan's mind went blank, and he stood there dumbfounded at the front door.
He saw that "Kurosawa Jin" was covered in blood and collapsed weakly against the wall. Hagiwara Kenji and Matsuda Jinpei ran over and pressed on his wounds.
Seeing a large group of police officers enter, they roughly pinned Gu Ze to the ground.
Seeing the doctor rush over in a flurry, and then frantically starting emergency treatment...
Shinichi Kudo had seen countless murder scenes, but he felt utterly helpless in the face of this one.
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