Chapter 1235 1243 [Your vest is about to fall off]
Inspector Nakamori was holding a camera, about to take a picture of the man and then issue a wanted notice based on his appearance.
But when he saw the face of Kaito Kid clearly, he was stunned for a moment and forgot to press the shutter: "You, you are...?!"... Why do you look so much like the kid from the Kuroba family next door?
Kidd: “!!”
He gritted his teeth and suddenly shook his watch. A light more dazzling than a searchlight instantly burst out from the watch cover. Several policemen were dazzled and could not see their surroundings clearly for a while.
At this moment, there were several knocking sounds on the window next to me.
Kidd turned around and saw Mist Tengu hovering outside. He unskillfully cut a big hole in the glass with a glass cutter, threw the shards into the exhibition hall, and waved at him silently.
Jiang Xia certainly didn't carry a glass cutter or other thief tool with him. But Kidd had hidden a spare one in a tool bag nearby. He brought it with him when he came down just now.
When Kidd saw someone to pick him up, his eyes lit up. He gave up his original complicated escape route and raised his hand towards Inspector Nakamori.
Then he ran quickly to the window.
The distance of several meters disappeared in the blink of an eye. When Kidd jumped out of the window, he found that Mist Tengu seemed to be hesitant to speak.
However, in the exhibition hall, the policemen who were dazzled had gradually recovered their vision.
Kiri Tengu glanced at them, was silent for a moment, picked him up and flew back to a place where there were no police.
…
"Where's Kidd?!"
"……have no idea."
"Ah, over there! The window over there is broken! When was it cut? Does he have an accomplice?!"
When the police regained their sight, the thief was no longer in the exhibition hall.
They looked around hurriedly and soon noticed the cut window, and ran over to surround it.
However, when he looked up and down, he found that there was no one outside the building, and there was no rope left to escape.
The young police officer carrying the searchlight sighed, "Looks like he escaped using a hang glider again."
...However, he didn't know if it was an illusion, but when Kidd shone the light in their eyes, he always felt as if he saw something strange by the window, like a person with wings.
But how could a human have wings? I must have seen it wrong.
As he was thinking about it, the young police officer suddenly felt that something was wrong.
He came to his senses and turned to look at Inspector Nakamori standing beside him.
This time, after Kidd escaped, Inspector Nakamori, contrary to his usual behavior, did not curse him or shout anything like "I'll catch you next time!"
The middle-aged police inspector just pulled his mustache, thinking about something in doubt and uncertainty, looking like he was worried about something.
The young policeman was feeling strange.
But at this moment, he saw something and exclaimed, "Inspector! You, there is a piece of paper on your back!"
“Huh?!” Inspector Nakamori came to his senses and touched it with his backhand. As expected, he felt something was wrong. “Take it off and let me see!”
…
Several policemen hurriedly helped him tear off the paper on his back.
There were a few arrogant words written on it:
[I will take my leave for now.]
See you tomorrow night at 8 o'clock]
The signature is "Phantom Thief Kidd", and there is a simple drawing of an expression next to it: the Q-version avatar is wearing a striking top hat and monocle, grinning, which is Kidd's unique signature.
When Inspector Nakamori saw this familiar painting, his forehead jumped, and finally returned to normal. He shouted angrily: "This bastard thief!"
After seeing the preview letter, he noticed the crown full of gems lying on the ground next to him.
Inspector Nakamori picked it up, examined it carefully, and put it back on the velvet cloth in the display case.
At the same time, I couldn't help but mutter: "That face just now..."
The more he thought about it, the more it looked like the boy who lived next door to him, the guy who looked exactly like Kudo Shinichi, except for his hairstyle - Kuroba Kaito!
…
On the other side, Kidd felt the free night breeze, looked at the exhibition hall that was quickly moving away, and the police in the hall, and breathed a sigh of relief.
——A professional magician must always be prepared to deal with various situations in advance. For example, when a performance fails, how to casually throw out a "come back next time" notice and pretend that everything is still under control.
Of course, that note was written by Kidd in advance. He would carry such a note with him every time he went on an operation, for emergency use.
The process of taking away the crown was interrupted by the magical operation of Inspector Nakamori.
Kidd then reflexively put it on and prepared to play again tomorrow night.
…
The two quickly flew to a nearby hiding place.
Just as Kidd stood firm, he suddenly heard a faint voice from the side: "If you have time to put a ticket on the policeman's back, why don't you pick up the crown and take it away?"
Kidd: “……!”
Jiang Xia looked at him speechlessly.
In fact, he was not surprised by Kidd's downfall: when Conan and other detectives were nearby, Kidd was often able to break through all kinds of strict defenses, fight wits and courage with the detectives, and finally achieve his goals with superb methods, and leave in a cool manner, leaving behind a back view, a legend, and a group of angry policemen.
However, when there were no detectives but only policemen, Kidd would always be considerate of the policemen and help them out in some way.
Jiang Xia: “…” However, problems arise, and how can a thief give up halfway?
He actually left the crown behind. It was right at his feet. He could have just reached out and…
…
Next to him, Kidd was stunned when he heard this question, and then he felt guilty for a moment.
After a moment, he came back to his senses, cleared his throat, and said seriously: "Phantom thieves have their own principles. This time I did not anticipate their actions, so I failed. According to common sense, I should come again tomorrow."
…
This is half true and half false.
The actual reason was that Kidd's face was seen by the neighboring police captain, and he was a little panicked, and he didn't care about the crown and jewels for a while.
The second is "he hurriedly bent down to pick up things that fell on the ground while escaping." This behavior does not look like that of a cool thief, but more like a thief who will do anything to get the treasure, which is not in line with his art.
I'm free anyway, so I might as well come back and steal again tomorrow.
in addition……
Kidd sighed: The scene was chaotic just now, and I don't know if Inspector Nakamori saw his face clearly... If he saw it clearly, he can try again tomorrow night and maybe he can make up for it.
After saying this, he thought that Mist Tengu would be quite disdainful of such principles, and might even rush back to knock the police unconscious with a few slaps, and arrogantly take the crown away.
Unexpectedly, when he took a peek, the monster next to him actually said "hmm" thoughtfully, as if he reluctantly accepted what he said.
Kidd: “…”…What a considerate and friendly monster.
What should I do? I suddenly felt a little guilty. Should I have lost face and picked up the crown? Anyway, the police were blinded and couldn't see what was happening around them. The only onlookers were the unethical Mist Tengu... No, no, no, no matter what, being a phantom thief must stick to principles.
(End of this chapter)
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