Chapter 2408 2420 [Phantom Thief]
In addition to the photos, there were also a few short sentences in the email that Shuichi Akai received.
[I will seal your treasure on a spotless pile on a Saturday night when the moon is late.]
"A Saturday night when the moon is late? It seems like today is Saturday." Judy looked at this mysterious sentence, not quite understanding it, "Is he going to return the gun to you?... No, he wants to lure you over. This is a trap!"
James looked at these words and felt that they looked familiar. "This style is very similar to the preview letters that the Phantom Thieves like to release... But since they are both Riddlers, it's normal for them to speak in a similar way."
Shuichi Akai looked at the email, as if in deep thought.
"What should we do? Should we go?" Judy was very worried. Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind. "Why don't we send more people to surround the place, and when he comes, try to catch him on the spot?"
James felt something was wrong: "Could this be his trap? Will he send more people over and surround us?"
After a pause, he rejected his own proposal: "This doesn't seem like the organization's style. Instead of sending people to encircle us, they are more likely to plant a large number of bombs at the target point and then detonate them during the chaos... But someone has to plant the bombs. As long as we ambush there in advance, we may be able to catch them in one fell swoop."
Judy felt that this suggestion was reliable, but soon she remembered something: "By the way... where is this spotless pile?"
…
While the FBI are busy solving the mystery.
On the other side, a group of people from Teitan Middle School finished their meal and were busy with their own things.
"Dr. Shinde" said goodbye to the high school students with a smile and got into his car.
When the car door slammed shut, the smile on her face disappeared. Vermouth immediately took out her cell phone, intending to tell Gin about the two guns and let him handle this difficult matter.
However, her fingers were on the call button, and after a pause, Vermouth finally did not press it.
Vermouth: "..." If it was just vodka, it would be fine, but the other gun belongs to Akai Shuichi...
“‘Akai Shuichi appeared in Teitan Junior High School’, this kind of news will definitely draw Gin’s attention to this school.” Vermouth stroked the phone with her fingertips, “In the eyes of these students of Teitan Junior High School, Cool Guy is still alive and well. Although this can also be explained by other students not knowing the truth and making random guesses, it is still a flaw…”
As she thought about it, Vermouth paused slightly: "..."Is this also part of Uzo's plan?
So that's why he showed her the gun openly?
Vermouth's expression changed several times, she hesitated before pressing the call button, and finally pulled back.
…
"It feels good to go shopping with two guns." Jiang Xia put his hands in his pockets and walked arrogantly on the street like Gin. He felt that the scenery around him had changed, but...
"It's so lonely to have a gun but not be able to show it to others." Jiang Xia sighed in the not-so-desolate summer breeze, and then began to think, "Besides Vermouth and Kidd, who else is the right audience? The boss should not mind watching Akai Shuichi's gun, but after he shows it, I'm afraid this gun will never come back..."
While thinking, Jiang Xia felt as if he had forgotten something.
After a few seconds, he suddenly stopped and turned to look at Teitan Middle School in the distance.
Jiang Xia: “…” Speaking of which, where did Kudo-san go?
It's a rare opportunity for him to grow up, but he is so low-key. When he solved the case just now, he didn't suddenly drop from the sky in a handsome posture... It's really hard to get used to it.
"Now that we're here, what's the point of hiding all this time?" Jiang Xia turned around and walked back: This is a rare opportunity, he has to take out the high school version of Conan who has been hiding all this time, and take him for a walk, and by the way, try out his event physique after he grows bigger.
…
Teitan Junior High School.
When most people had left, the side door of the theater creaked and was pushed open from the inside.
A figure wrapped in the protagonist's clothes quietly poked his head out.
Kudo Shinichi looked around furtively and found that there was no one around. He breathed a sigh of relief and walked out quickly.
He turned around and locked the side door of the theater again. At this moment, a voice came from above: "Walking down the street in this Western-style outfit, I'm afraid you'll get a lot of attention."
Kudo Shinichi: “?!”
He was so frightened that he had the urge to open the door and rush backstage to play another game of hide-and-seek, but before that, he recognized the voice of the person behind him.
"Jiang Xia!" Kudo Shinichi turned around suddenly, feeling touched as if he had met a reliable teammate when he was struggling in a desperate situation.
Behind him was a teaching building. He raised his head and looked towards the corridor on the second floor. Sure enough, he saw Jiang Xia behind the window.
"You're the only one here, right?" Kudo Shinichi stood on tiptoe, trying to look behind Jiang Xia, "Is Xiaolan gone?"
Jiang Xia nodded, turned over and jumped down, landing opposite him: "I heard from Hattori that you turned back into a high school student - it's rare to return to your original appearance, why are you hiding all the time?"
Kudo Shinichi was silent for a moment, and suddenly realized that he couldn't explain to Jiang Xia that "a mysterious organization killed 'Kudo Shinichi', so 'Kudo Shinichi' cannot appear alive."
He sighed and said half-truthfully, "You came back late, so you might not have seen it. I was acting as the stand-in for the male lead. I wanted to give Xiaolan and other students a surprise, but who knew that the female lead was replaced by teacher Judy."
Kudo Shinichi was just trying to find an excuse, but as he spoke, he began to feel sad from the bottom of his heart: "I didn't think much about it at the time, I just hugged her, and then I realized that someone was wrong. But before I could explain, a murder happened offstage, and Xiaolan was busy calling the police and ignored me."
Jiang Xia looked disapproving: "So you ran away?"
Kudo Shinichi cleared his throat in disgrace: "How could it be! This is just acting, so what if I just hugged you? I won't run away because of something like this, mainly... it's because of Teacher Judy!"
Kudo Shinichi had a flash of inspiration, he leaned close to Jiang Xia and said in a low voice: "The doctor's research and development of this drug has reached a critical stage, and it needs to be kept confidential. At this time, I am worried that someone will see me grow bigger and smaller and set their eyes on this magical drug, and then shamelessly steal Dr. Agasa's research - you know, the doctor usually doesn't care much about these things, and rarely guards against the malice of his peers. As his neighbor, I must take the initiative to help him worry about these things, so that the research will not be stolen!"
(End of this chapter)
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