Chapter 111 On the feasibility of disguising as Jiang Xia (asking for monthly votes)
Kidd chose to debut after 0:00 on April 1st.
The police and Conan were waiting vigilantly on the rooftop, but they failed to catch anyone. They only picked up the second invitation letter that Kidd dropped.
That night, Jiang Xia went to bed early and did not go to Beihu Hotel to join in the fun.
However, some enthusiastic police officer told the media that he had interpreted the warning letter, and soon, there was another report about Jiangxia in the newspapers.
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The next day, Jiang Xia held the newspaper in one hand and played with scissors in the other. He hesitated for a moment before cutting off the half page and pasting it into the collection, omitting the half describing Kidd, of course.
It was at this time that Jiang Xia suddenly discovered that Kidd, as an international-level thief, had another wonderful use - he could be used to take photos.
Jiang Xia: "..." As he appeared in newspapers more and more often, one day, he would receive an invitation letter from afar to catch ghosts...
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However, Jiang Xia waited day after day, but never received any invitation to solve the case.
Instead, the date Kidd announced in the second notice letter finally arrived.
——In the second notice, Kidd did not write any more complicated riddles, but wrote directly: [On April 19, I will go to the Queen Celestia to take away the Dark Star]
April 19th is the 60th anniversary of the Suzuki Group.
At that time, the Suzuki family will invite celebrities from all walks of life to hold a grand sea party on the cruise ship.
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As usual, Suzuki Sonoko invited Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia walked around on the boat and received a bunch of business cards. At first, he was just passing by the crowd, but where he passed, several middle-aged women stopped him, handed him their business cards, and asked for his contact information. They kindly said that they had seen him in the news and hoped to work with him if they had any commissions in the future.
With these precedents of exchanging business cards, people nearby saw this scene and followed suit to exchange business cards without knowing why.
As the cards kept changing, Jiang Xia had a thick stack of small cards on him.
He walked to the corner, took out the business card and looked at it, and was surprised to find that there were many familiar names on it. Jiang Xia searched his memory and gradually matched these names with the cases that had not yet happened - each one could represent a future ghost.
“…”Accepting the invitation to board the ship today was indeed a very wise decision.
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Jiang Xia put the business card into the box with satisfaction, and he looked much more energetic than before.
Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan saw everything and were also very pleased - Jiang Xia must have felt the meaning and value of life when so many people came to consult him. Moreover, Jiang Xia was very patient throughout the whole process and was really willing to help others!
Conan didn't have so many thoughts. He was busy observing the people around him.
There was a pair of headphones in his ears, and from them came the voice of Dr. Agasa providing information: "By the way, when Kidd steals treasures, he usually disguises himself as someone else and approaches the target secretly - that is to say, except for yourself, anyone on the ship could be Kidd in disguise, so be careful!"
"I know. I just tested Xiaolan and Sonoko, and they are both fine. Next..." Based on the principle of "preventing backstabs first", Conan looked at Jiang Xia.
In Conan's opinion, the possibility that Jiang Xia is a fake is actually not high.
——If Kidd wants to pretend to be someone, in order to avoid being exposed, he must prevent both parties from appearing at the same time.
To achieve this, it is necessary to control the actions of the actor being played, such as knocking him out or tying him up in a corner - this is also the method Kidd most often uses.
And Jiang Xia...
“…”
Conan recalled the time when he had intended to aim an anesthetic needle at Jiang Xia, and Jiang Xia immediately, as if she could read his mind, secretly grasped the baton in her pocket and gave him a faint look... It might be a bit difficult for Kidd to replace Jiang Xia.
Afterwards, seeing the warm attitude of the ladies on the boat towards Jiang Xia, Conan completely dispelled his suspicion - no need to think about it, this must be the real thing.
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After the boat sailed for a while, the Suzuki family members began to take the stage to give speeches.
Afterwards, Suzuki Sonoko's trouble-making mother brought a bunch of black pearls that looked exactly like the "Dark Star".
She gave one to each guest and arrogantly declared war on Kidd: "Among these pearls, only one is real! Come and steal it if you have the guts!"
Jiang Xia also got one.
He looked down at the fake one in his hand, then looked at the real one pinned on Mrs. Suzuki's chest.
The one Mrs. Suzuki is wearing is the only authentic one here.
But in Jiang Xia's eyes, strictly speaking, this large group of pearls are actually the same - none of them have energy cores.
He completely lost interest in this case. He poured a glass of deep red grape juice into the goblet in front of him, then held it like red wine and walked back into the crowd to see if there were any business cards that had slipped through.
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At the same time, Kidd had indeed sneaked onto the ship.
He was so skilled and daring that he directly impersonated the chairman of the Suzuki Group, Suzuki Sonoko's father, and gave an impromptu speech in the chairman's name.
Not long after that, someone discovered that the real Chairman Suzuki was still at home and had just gotten up.
"Still at home?! Then the one on the boat must be fake!" Inspector Nakamori was shocked. He grabbed the intercom and shouted frantically, "Seal off the banquet hall! Catch that bastard 'fake chairman' for me!"
But it was too late.
Kidd had already left the hall silently.
He took advantage of the chaos in the hall just now, knocked the defenseless Mao Lilan unconscious, hid her somewhere else, and disguised himself as her.
Just now, Jiang Xia saw Conan pulling Mouri Ran and running around from afar. He remembered that Kidd’s next disguised target seemed to be Mouri Ran, and originally planned to stop them.
But before that, Jiang Xia strolled to the most crowded places in order to collect business cards.
By the time he struggled to get through the crowd, the two classmates had already disappeared.
"..." Jiang Xia stared at the banquet hall and fell into deep thought for a moment.
If the person targeting Mao Lilan was a brutal murderer, he would definitely drive the puppet and follow her to see what was going on.
But now, the one targeting her is just a pacifist Kidd... Jiang Xia looked at the police who were a few beats late blocking the entrance of the banquet hall, refilled her glass, and returned to the crowd.
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Not long after, Conan and "Mouri Ran" returned to the banquet hall one after another.
At this time, Mao Lilan was already an impostor.
Kidd looked around the banquet hall with Ran Mouri's face on his face, and his eyes stopped on Mrs. Suzuki and Jiang Xia respectively.
Look at Mrs. Suzuki because Kidd guessed the location of the real dark star.
As for looking at Jiang Xia, he was just out of curiosity - when Kidd was reading about himself in the newspaper before, he had also read about the deeds of Jiang Xia, a detective who was able to solve cases like a cheat.
I just don't know if Jiang Xia is only good at solving murders, or is he good at other things, like catching thieves...
Thinking of this, Kid looked down at his "Mouri Ran" outfit, and remembered that this high school girl was Jiang Xia's classmate, so he wanted to go over and test her out.
However, just as he took a step towards Jiang Xia, he saw the detective who was originally counting business cards suddenly raised his head and looked at him. Then Jiang Xia showed a slightly strange look, looking him up and down like an X-ray.
(End of this chapter)
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