Chapter 3638-3653 [Ai Haibara's Pastime]
"What method will Kidd use tonight?" Jiang Xia glanced at the newspaper in his hand and answered immediately, "If I'm not mistaken, he intends to..."
Clang!
Conan, who had just sat down on the stool, slumped to the side. He looked like he had just woken up, covered his ears, and rushed out the door like a whirlwind.
He came and went like the wind, leaving only a small cake missing from the table as a reminder of his existence.
Ai Haibara, munching on her second egg roll, twitched slightly at the corner of her eye: "...What exactly is he here for?"
Professor Agasa laughed heartily: "When Shinichi encounters a difficult problem, his mind is completely occupied by the question." Then he forgot about the risks of discussing the puzzle with Jiang Xia, and probably didn't expect that Jiang Xia could actually guess Kaito Kid's method just by looking at the notice.
Conan ran away, so Jiang Xia didn't continue talking, and the two people at the table didn't ask any further questions.
As long as it doesn't threaten her life, Ai Haibara isn't the type of person who likes to directly look up the answers.
She took a sip of mushroom soup and thought of the notice: "I heard that the top of the Suzuki family museum is a narrow spire that's perfect for trapping turtles in a jar. If the 'Blue Miracle' is placed there, is Kid planning to walk over it from mid-air?"
Considering the meaning of "Blue Miracle" itself, the act of "walking in mid-air" is not hard to guess, after all, Kid is a phantom thief who often soars through the night sky.
But how exactly he plans to do it is a bit intriguing – since he dared to challenge Kid, a well-known international phantom thief, Suzuki Jirokichi must have carefully studied his style of doing things and must know that this phantom thief is likely to attack from the air.
"Given the Suzuki family's wealth, and the amount of hatred Kid has for them in the Metropolitan Police Department's Second Investigative Division, there will probably be several helicopters deployed in the sky."
As a quick-witted scientist, Ai Haibara knew very well how uncomfortable it would be for someone who could only soar through the air with a hang glider to encounter a helicopter. She picked up a napkin to wipe her hands: "At that time, they can just cast a net and catch Kid like a fish. He shouldn't be unaware of this situation."
Jiang Xia glanced at her: "If you're curious, let's go take a look together. Just think of it as watching a magic show—Kidd is indeed a great magician, much more genuine than the ones we encountered recently."
Ai Haibara paused, somewhat conflicted.
After the recent full moon celebration, her already low frequency of going out decreased even more drastically. Unless absolutely necessary, she would rather not go to school at all and stay in the basement from morning till night.
But safety aside, even she would inevitably get bored if things continued like this. And this was an invitation from Jiang Xia… was it an invitation, or a suggestion?
After hesitating for a moment, Ai Haibara nodded: "Okay."
Dr. Agasa glanced at her in surprise, then immediately cheered: "That's how it should be! Children should go out and explore more."
Jiang Xia then looked at Professor Agasa: "Are you going?"
Professor Agasa was itching to do it, but then he remembered something and sighed, "I have to attend a conference outside for those two days... Sigh, why does Kid have such a knack for picking dates? Couldn't he have chosen a time when everyone is free?"
...
In any case, since the notice has already been sent, Kidd won't easily change it unless knives fall from the sky.
Friday arrived quickly.
At 8 p.m., museums would normally be closed, but the Suzuki Museum was bustling with activity, its spacious exhibition halls filled with police officers running back and forth.
The streets outside were also packed with onlookers. Some were holding up their phones, some were holding cameras, and some even carried video cameras, excitedly snapping photos everywhere, hoping to get a shot of Kidd.
At the top of the Suzuki Museum, a golden goddess statue holds a huge sapphire, kneeling on a wooden platform, its body illuminated by searchlights.
"What are you dawdling for!" Inspector Nakamori shouted into the walkie-talkie as if he'd been injected with adrenaline.
"Never mind that, get to the station right now! — Make sure to block off all the roads around here, set up checkpoints, and even if a dog runs by, you guys have to pinch its face a couple of times to see if it's disguised!"
Outside the police cordon, the excited citizens didn't mind the routine check. They lined up, letting the police check their identities, while asking, "Where will Kidd be coming from? We want to get there quickly and get a good spot!"
Inspector Nakamori: "..." If I had known this, would I have let you pass? I would have surrounded the area three or four deep by now!
He wanted to curse loudly, but on the surface, Inspector Nakamori had to maintain the politeness that a police officer should have and deal with the various unexpected situations brought by the crowd. Soon he was sweating profusely from the work.
"Where did a petty thief get so many fans?"
Inspector Nakamori's eyes twitched slightly as he looked at the noisy crowd.
"To be honest, these citizens also helped Kidd a lot." He stepped back and complained to his men:
"If it weren't for this group of people watching the show, and Kidd were walking alone on a bare street, even if he disguised himself as a mosquito, I could still slap him down."
The subordinate looked at a mosquito that was secretly sucking blood from his neck: "..." Really?
"What did you say?" Inspector Nakamori thought he was speaking and turned to look, only to find that his subordinate shook his head, seemingly without making a sound.
Inspector Nakamori then had a new target for his complaints: "These helicopters overhead are so noisy. If you ask me, two or three would be enough to give Kidd a run for his money, but this Suzuki Group..."
He looked up at the night sky speechlessly: the entire Suzuki Museum was covered with helicopters—if it weren't for the fact that the planes were too close together and there were gaps between them, Inspector Nakamori would have suspected that the wealthy Suzuki Jirokichi was planning to use helicopters to build a tight steel wall in the air.
...
Among the onlookers in the distance.
Another person shared the same sentiment as Inspector Nakamori.
Ai Haibara followed closely behind Jiang Xia to the cordon. She covered her hood and looked up, seeing the buzzing helicopters in the sky, and couldn't help but twitch her eye slightly: "...This is even more exaggerated than I imagined."
She thought she would only need four or five planes at most, to surround the museum from all sides, but now... she's really afraid that two planes might not keep their distance and accidentally collide with each other, hitting her on the head.
"Jiang Xia!!"
Just then, a voice came from the separated area in front of me.
Ai Haibara and Jiang Xia looked up together and saw Jirokichi Suzuki driving his sidecar motorcycle in a very cool and stylish manner.
In the passenger compartment, Sonoko Suzuki raised her hand and happily greeted Ena.
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