Chapter 44: The beginning of chaos

[Shocked! Famous detective Hisashi Jyouno passed away! Funeral will be held tomorrow! ]

Kogoro Mouri looked at the huge headline on the newspaper and almost choked to death. He threw the newspaper down and started coughing violently.

Mao Lilan quickly came over to pat his back to help him breathe slowly: "Dad, you should be careful too."

Conan stared at the old man with silent half-moon eyes, wondering if the old man had seen some scandal about some teenage idol again. However, when he got closer and saw the news in the newspaper, he almost dropped his glasses.

Maori Kogoro finally caught his breath and waved his hand, "What the hell are the newspapers writing about now! Why are they all saying that Jyouno Hisaji is dead!"

He suddenly remembered something and took out the black and gold-plated invitation letter. His face changed, "This thing is black. Could it really be his funeral?"

Mao Lilan opened the invitation letter and pointed at the words and said, "It says it's a farewell party."

When he looked again, the newspaper had disappeared along with the suit-wearing glasses-wearing elementary school student. There was only the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs and Conan's voice: "Let me take the newspaper first!"

Conan ran to the Poirot Café with the newspaper. There were no customers in the store and Azusa Enomoto was reading a magazine by the window.

After Conan greeted her, he ran to Amuro Toru who was also slacking off, holding a newspaper, and the eye-catching headline was directly in front of Amuro Toru.

Amuro Toru's gentle smile couldn't help but break for a moment.

How did it get spread into such a weird way?

Conan put away the newspaper contentedly, without forgetting the purpose of his visit.

"Recently, the news has been all about Jyouno Hisaji's farewell party, but he didn't explain why he wanted to send him off, and there were so many people invited. The news was full of wild guesses, and the rumors are getting more and more outrageous."

"Mr. Amuro, you really don't know what he's going to do?"

Toru Amuro frowned slightly. Ever since he received the invitation letter, he felt that this was not something that Hisashi Jyouno would do.

Which company would hold a party and send out invitations?

Does not exist.

These things are logical and normal human behavior, so they would not have been done by Hisashi Jyouno.

It just so happened that during this period of time, Hisashi Jyouno completely disappeared, and there was no trace of him even in Vermode.

Other means of contact were also unsuccessful, and according to Belmode, the cell phone location had disappeared.

It's incredible. No matter what, the other party will go to "Catherine" to ask for the task and hand it over.

If this person was not Hisashi Jyouno, Toru Amuro would have to guess whether the other party had been destroyed, but Hisashi Jyouno's fighting ability obviously would not lead to such an end.

Afterwards, Toru Amuro investigated the guests who received the farewell party invitations, and strangely, most of them were from Jyouno Hisaji's circle of friends.

From the code-named members of the Black Organization, including himself, to the clients and police officers who had dealings with him as a detective. Shockingly, Hiro, after changing his identity, also received an invitation letter, and the name filled in was Scotland.

There is also a small number of people who should have no intersection, such as the Kudo Yusaku couple, the Osaka high school detective Hattori Heiji, and the annoying FBI who disguised himself as Okiya Subaru.

He couldn't find out all of it, and some of it was revealed to him by Conan, but it was also incredible.

No wonder the banquet venue was so lavish that they booked an entire hotel, and there was even an outdoor swimming pool on top for the party.

...Then, who is so generous as to want to use Jyouno Hisaji to bring together so many people from different forces?

Toru Amuro doesn't hide everything from Conan, otherwise sometimes insufficient intelligence will only harm him.

Just like this banquet, even Gin was confused and even suspected that Jyouno Hisaji wanted to defect. He would definitely monitor the banquet and get rid of Jyouno Hisaji if there was any problem.

If Conan didn't know that the code members would appear, and he and Haibara Ai would run into Gin's hands, then they would be doomed.

Conan couldn't help but fall into deep thought. He had already discussed this with Mr. Akai and had also received a call from his parents. All three of them were planning to attend the banquet, and his parents would even be returning from abroad this afternoon.

Hisashi Jyouno is actually a very easy-to-use person.

Conan has seen that after being casually chatted with a stranger on the street, he would run errands for the stranger to pick up a document from the company.

I have also seen many people ignore him when they talk to him, and I am one of them.

Only Jyouno Hisaji himself knows the criteria for judgment here, but if someone really wants to use Jyouno Hisaji to host this banquet, it is not impossible to do it.

It was not the work of the Black Organization, nor was it the work of the police or the FBI.

There are many wealthy and powerful clients that Jyouno Hisaji deals with. When these people gather together, they form a huge force. Could it be that other organizations are involved here?

Conan whispered, "Mr. Amuro, this could easily endanger many citizens, the public security would definitely intervene."

Amuro Toru smiled and said nothing.

In fact, when the investigation found that the guests who received the invitation letter were a mixed group and in large numbers, the hotel had already been carefully inspected by the police who had infiltrated the banquet arrangement team, and nothing unusual was found for the time being.

Azusa Enomoto, who was standing by the window, suddenly cried out in surprise: "The thief Kid has issued a challenge to Detective Jouno?!"

Amuro Toru: Hisashi Jyouno!

Conan Edogawa: Thief Kid!

Toru Amuro and Conan Edogawa appeared beside her, and she saw Azusa Enomoto, who had put down her magazine and picked up her phone, with a surprised look on her face. She showed them the screen of her phone and said in disbelief:

"Look, Kidd's notice has already been sent out."

When they took a closer look, they found that the matter was very simple.

The daughter of a wealthy man was very grateful to Detective Tsuchiya for solving the mystery left by her grandfather, and wanted to give a gem called Pandora to Tsuchiya.

Then, the thief Kidd took a fancy to the gem and sent a letter to the rich daughter, warning her that he would take the gem away.

The reporter later found a card left by the thief Kid at the door of the Jionno Detective Agency, where Jionno Hisaji refused to return.

The popularity of this ambiguous farewell party was ridiculously high in itself, and with the addition of Phantom Thief Kid, the internet suddenly went crazy about it, with stories like the famous detective VS the Phantom Thief, and the final showdown between Jouno and others spreading.

After returning the phone to Azusa Enomoto, Conan searched for the Kid preview letter circulating on the Internet. It was still a mysterious puzzle like a poem, the kind that even Jyouno Hisaji would not even read or solve even if he got the card.

At this moment, Conan had no intention of competing with the strange thief.

He and Amuro Toru looked at each other and felt a little depressed.

The thief Kidd has been searching for a special gem that is said to grant immortality, and is therefore hunted by an organization codenamed after animals.

And that gem is called Pandora.

Does the Black Organization know about this? Will they also want this gem?

This pool of water is now too muddy.

The manor in the suburbs is hidden in the green and has beautiful scenery. Karasuma Renya sits in a wheelchair and is pushed by the housekeeper to the garden to breathe the fresh air with a suitable temperature.

Bermode came quietly behind her. The butler nodded and greeted her, then gave up the wheelchair and stood beside her.

"Sir," Bermode pushed the wheelchair slowly, "We still can't contact Hisashi Tsuchiya. All we can find about the banquet is that they received an order signed by Hisashi Tsuchiya, but he never showed up. As for the invitation letter we received, we can't find the sender, and it wasn't sent by any logistics company."

Karasuma Renya picked a flower, but his weak strength made it difficult for him to even break off the flower stem in an instant.

He did not show any anger or impatience, but slowly and patiently broke the flowers bit by bit until the delicate and vibrant flowers were played with in his hands.

He had a hard time understanding what he had done in the past. Every time he thought about it carefully, his mind seemed to be covered with fog.

Uncontrollable factors like Hisaji Jyouno have damaged so much power in the organization, and precisely because the other party is a precious and successful experimental subject, he needs to control him even more, rather than letting him run around the world with great freedom.

It's out of control to this extent, and there's been no progress in the experiment. It should have been eliminated long ago.

Just like he sent Vermouth to the experiment table just because he firmly believed that other experimental subjects were not successful, but Vermouth, who had the blood of the Karasuma family, was different.

Otherwise, how could these medicines be given to him?

But Belmode was an accidental success, and he would not use it until he had a stable dose of the drug.

Karasuma Renya threw away the flowers, and the housekeeper immediately took out a handkerchief to wipe the juice off his hands.

"The organization has been a bit unstable lately. Thank you Gin for your hard work."

Vermouth knew that Mr. was talking about how Jyouno Hisaji had caused the organization to fall apart step by step, and he waited for the old man's further instructions.

"If Pandora is real, bring her back for us to see." He said calmly, "As for Jyouno Hisaji, give him a grand farewell banquet."

Not only did they abandon Hisaji Jyouno, but they also used this incident to rebuild the organization's prestige that had been damaged by Hisaji Jyouno.

Let those members know that the organization can tolerate the recklessness of a useful member, but can also kill him in the blink of an eye.

Vermode's mind was in turmoil, but just as she had initially thought that Jyouno Hisaji would not die so easily, she still thought so this time.

However, she only showed her obedience and loyalty.

"Yes, sir."

This farewell party, which was once rumored by unscrupulous media to be a funeral, began on time at 8 o'clock the next evening under the watchful eyes of many people, both openly and covertly.

When the group of people who were stuck in traffic arrived, the banquet had already started for a while. However, the banquet was grand and divided into several floors, and there were guests walking between different banquet halls, so they, the latecomers, were not conspicuous.

As soon as the Young Detective Team came in, they were attracted by the many self-service delicacies at the dinner and ran over with a cheer.

However, after dressing up, Huibara Ai did not follow them, but just watched them from a distance.

Kogoro Mouri took a glass of wine from a passing waiter and soon started chatting with a beautiful woman. Seeing her mother Eri Kisaki coming in from the door, Ran Mouri hurriedly pulled Kogoro Mouri away.

To those who don't know, this is indeed an extremely grand and lively banquet and an excellent social occasion.

But for those who know.

Conan's eyes swept over Okiya Subaru and his parents who were talking near the corner.

A dark-skinned man with blond hair that wouldn't have been noticeable in such a situation flashed past in the passage.

It was said that the daughter of a wealthy man who was going to give away gemstones was surrounded by a group of guests. Some of them had something wrong with their waists and were carrying weapons.

The security of the banquet hall has been replaced by the Public Security Bureau. I wonder if they noticed these people who sneaked in.

There is also the completely incompetent protagonist Jyouno Hisaji who has not appeared yet, and the thief Kid who will take the gem at 8:30.

Conan looked down at his watch.

He could see nothing.

The entire banquet hall suddenly fell into darkness.

As the guests were wondering if the protagonist had finally appeared, the rich man's daughter shouted, "The thief Kidd! He stole my gem!"

A spotlight shone on the stage. The fair-skinned thief Kidd stood in the circle of light and gracefully saluted everyone. The gemstone on his finger sparkled brightly under the light:

"I will accept the gem named Pandora."

After saying this, he pulled up his hood and disappeared from the spot like magic amid the angry shouts of Officer Nakamori who rushed over, leaving the police with nothing and a mountain of people piled up on the stage instead.

And on the mountain of people, a figure miraculously appeared out of thin air.

The black-haired, golden-eyed young man who always wore the same sweatshirt and overalls looked around, as if he finally realized that this was his farewell party. He opened his arms joyfully, looking like a primary school student who wanted to give a speech after receiving an award.

A sniper bullet penetrated his heart.

——If he hadn’t reacted so quickly and dodged in time.

Officer Nakamori raised his gun and shot out the spotlight, making the banquet hall lose its only source of light. At the same time, he pulled Jyouno Hisaji down and shouted:

"Sniper! Seek cover!"

This sound marked the beginning of the chaos tonight.