Chapter 3639-3654 [Sonoko Suzuki's New Game]
Ai Haibara recognized the person by their voice, but it wasn't until the sidecar motorcycle drew closer that she could see Sonoko Suzuki's face in the passenger seat.
Ai Haibara glanced at Sonoko Suzuki, then at Jiang Xia standing in the crowd: "..." The night was so deep, they were so far apart, and there were so many distractions around them... How did this high school girl manage to spot Jiang Xia at a glance?
In a sense, this observational ability is truly terrifying...
To her somewhat shocked gaze, the sidecar motorcycle stopped in front of the two of them.
Jirokichi Suzuki straddled the motorcycle and smiled at them through his goggles.
Sonoko Suzuki, sitting in the passenger seat, took off her helmet, ran off the car, and stopped in front of the police line that had blocked a large crowd of onlookers. She called out to Jiang Xia, "Let's go! Let's go to the museum. Maybe we'll run into Kid who's infiltrated the museum."
As she spoke, she glanced disapprovingly at Inspector Nakamori in the distance: "How dare you, the famous detective, be stopped outside the police line? Does this idiot cop even want to arrest Kid?!"... If he delays the scene of the famous detective and the phantom thief vying for Miss Suzuki's attention, she won't let him off the hook!
Jiang Xia deliberately avoided using his facial recognition today, since he wasn't interested in Inspector Nakamori's demands like "Catch Kid!" He'd rather find an inconspicuous place to hide, making it easy to switch accounts and log off at any time.
However, after looking at the bustling roadside and then at the quiet Suzuki Museum, Jiang Xia did not refuse the invitation. He pulled Haibara Ai along and came to the front of the museum with Suzuki Sonoko.
Along the way, Sonoko Suzuki looked around the crowd again and successfully found Ran Mouri, who was holding Conan by the collar.
"I only missed her for a second, and she's already rushing back into the crowd," Ran Mouri complained to her two classmates.
"I wonder when Conan will ever change his habit of running around like this—with so many people around, what if someone isn't watching where they're going and accidentally steps on him..."
After watching Kid's performance and returning home, all she can bring back is a Conan pancake.
"Ran-neechan, no way!" Seeing that she was heading in a terrible direction, Conan quickly pointed to the side and changed the subject so that he could act alone later. "Isn't that Uncle Suzuki? He looks so young!"
This remark proved quite useful, as Ran Mouri realized that she had forgotten to greet the host for the evening.
She quickly put Conan down and went over, smiling at Suzuki Jirokichi, saying, "Thank you for inviting us over."
“No big deal!” Suzuki Jirokichi waved his hand and looked at Suzuki Sonoko. “Sonoko, I remember you seem to really like that phantom thief. Your uncle will get him arrested tonight! But before we have our final showdown, you and your classmates are not allowed to cause any trouble.”
Sonoko Suzuki retorted confidently, "What do you mean by causing trouble? We're here to help."
Just then, a resentful voice chimed in from the side: "Those helicopters in the sky, you arranged them, didn't you?"
The group turned around at the sound and saw a middle-aged police officer with a small mustache flash in front of Suzuki Jirokichi.
This inspector, who seemed to explode at the mere sight of Kidd, pointed angrily at the sky and said, "You've taken up all the space in the sky! There's nowhere for our police helicopters to fly!—Quickly remove some of them, and I'll have my men bring the helicopters over."
Jirokichi Suzuki chuckled: "We don't need your helicopters here. Didn't Kidd say in the notice that he would come on foot, like the 'Wonder of the Sea'?"
Inspector Nakamori frowned: "So?"
Jirokichi Suzuki: "As we all know, humans cannot walk in the sky, and what Kid wrote in his announcement always comes true—meaning that tonight he will change his style and not come from the sky, but walk down from the ground."
Inspector Nakamori thought he was talking nonsense, but it also seemed to make some sense. While he was pondering this, he suddenly realized something was wrong: "If you think Kidd is going to come from the ground, then why are you cramming so many helicopters into the sky?"
Jirokichi Suzuki stroked his gray beard and chuckled, "Of course, it's for making my autobiographical film."
Nakamori Police Department: "...?"
...
Before long, Jirokichi Suzuki proved everyone wrong by showing them that he was serious.
Inside the monitoring room of the Suzuki Museum.
Screens appeared in all directions, displaying footage taken by various helicopters.
Jiro Suzuki said smugly, "How about this room? — It's a perfect, unobstructed view, guaranteed to capture every angle and every moment of Kid's capture."
Ai Haibara frankly said, "It looks a lot like a TV station's broadcast van."
Jirokichi Suzuki said proudly, "Oh? This little girl knows quite a lot. But there are only a few cameras on the broadcast van. I've set up far more than that—in addition to the helicopter, there are more than 100 surveillance cameras inside the museum. As long as you stand in this room, nothing that happens in the museum can escape my notice, hahahahaha!"
Inspector Nakamori looked at the dense array of surveillance cameras in the room, but suddenly realized something was wrong: "Wait, where is the museum? Where did all the men I just assigned go??"
"I've already told them to leave." Suzuki Jirokichi glanced at him disdainfully, interrupting him before he could unleash a torrent of abuse.
"Do you even understand Kidd, officer? Kidd's biggest advantage is that he can use face swapping to impersonate someone else. As long as you stop that, he's not that scary."
He then gestured to the empty museum in the surveillance footage: "Like this, as soon as I see someone in any frame, I immediately lower the partition door, trapping them in the room like a turtle in a jar—isn't that more effective than your human wave tactics?"
Jiang Xia looked around and then gazed at one of the complex control panels.
“That’s right, that’s it.” Suzuki Jirokichi actually noticed his gaze. The old man, who possessed both wealth and technology, smiled sinisterly. “The entrances and exits of every room, including doors and windows, can be controlled from here—as long as Kidd shows up tonight, he won’t escape the fate of being captured by me!”
Inspector Nakamori looked dejected: "..." This arrogant old man is really annoying, but his method sounds quite effective...
Sonoko Suzuki also looked dejected: "..." This doesn't make sense. If people aren't allowed to leave the museum, how did she accidentally bump into Kaito Kid, get captured by him and taken hostage, and then discover that Jiang Xia had rushed over from afar to save her just as she was about to be taken away?
The anticipated "famous detective battles Kid for a cute high school girl" has turned into "high-tech old man battles Kid"...
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