Chapter 200: The Magician at the End of the Century
In the dead of night, the streets of Tokyo still reverberate with the honking horns of police cars, and a white glider sweeps across the night sky among the tall buildings.
Ayumi had just fallen asleep when she heard a strange noise from the balcony, and the shadow of a cloak fluttering under the bright moonlight reflected on the bedroom floor through the curtains.
"Huh?"
Ayumi blinked, got up and pulled open the floor-to-ceiling window, to see a gentleman in a white cloak standing on the balcony handrail facing the wind.
"Who are you? Mr. Vampire? ”
The gentleman looked back at Ayumi and said with a smile, "No, I'm tired of flying, stop and rest for a while." ”
The gentleman jumped off the armrest, took Ayumi's little hand and kissed the back of his hand gently: "It's just magic, little girl." ”
"Buzz!" Accompanied by the loud buzz of the propeller, a helicopter climbs to a high place, and the light illuminates the balcony.
At the same time, two searchlights were also on the ground.
"There! Don't let that guy run away! ”
"Hurry up and catch Kidd the Monster Thief!"
"Hmph." The corners of the gentleman's mouth went up, and he gently jumped out of the balcony and unfurled his gliding wings, "Goodbye, little girl." ”
……
"Lupin in the Heisei era?"
Chenghu Detective Agency, when Xiao Ai was sorting out the account books, Gao Cheng looked at the news with an unhappy face.
"Kidd, it seems like he's been getting louder lately?"
"How?" Xiao Ai chuckled and looked at Gao Cheng, "What are you going to do?" Do you want to help the police arrest him? ”
"Of course it'......"
Gao Cheng opened his mouth, and suddenly felt a little deflated.
He really can't do anything about Kidd, he can't catch Black Feather Kaito, right?
"Na," Xiao Ai put the account book in front of Gao Cheng, "This is the situation of these two months, there has been no income since last month, and there is no income at all this month." ”
Gao Cheng had a headache: "It's not because the client was killed halfway...... Anyway, there is still a deposit of 500,000 yuan, okay? Last month, I didn't make any money because I had been traveling outside and helping with the investigation of the case......"
"So what's next?" Xiao Ai looked at Gao Cheng lightly.
Since he started to manage the accounts, Xiao Ai has become more and more into the role, and now he is not allowed to go to Uncle Maori at all, let alone playing mahjong.
According to Xiao Ai, he didn't want him to learn badly from his uncle.
"I know, I'll find a way to make money." Gao Cheng exhaled lightly and took the newspaper next to him with the news of the strange thief Kidd.
This is not the way to go......
On August 19, at the Metropolitan Police Department, Gao Cheng followed a large number of police officers into the hall and sat down.
"Now for a special search meeting with Kidd, the Strange Thief."
After sending a copy of the information to everyone, a police officer got up and started reporting.
"Strange Thief No. 1412, commonly known as Strange Thief Kidd, committed a total of 134 crimes, of which 15 were abroad, the United States, France, Germany, etc., covering 12 countries, stealing a total of 152 gemstones, and the total theft reached 38.725 billion yuan......"
"Wow." Gao Cheng couldn't help but snort softly.
That pretending thief to make such a big fuss......
The Metropolitan Police Department's second section of the police department, Nakamori Ginji's boss Chaki Shintaro spoke: "This strange thief Kidd sent a notice letter yesterday, the lion at dusk to the girl at dawn, the clock without a second hand came to the 12th word, descended from the bright sky, and received the egg of memory...... The magician at the end of the century, the monster thief Kidd participated. ”
The contents of the teaser letter were projected onto the screen, which immediately caused agitation in the entire venue.
"The egg of memories mentioned here, which was found in the Suzuki chaebol treasury last month, is the Tsar's secret treasure, that is, the Emperor's Easter Egg."
Gao Cheng looked at the treasures on the screen without blinking, and the police officer's explanation continued to be heard in his ears.
"This Emperor's Easter Egg, a treasure given to the Empress by the Russian Emperor at Easter, was made by the gem-maker Faberuj, and there were only 50 of them in total between 1885 and 1916, and this is the 51st one."
"This Emperor's Easter Egg will be on display at the Suzuki Museum of Art, which will open in Osaka Castle Park, from August 23rd......"
Gao Cheng listened to the explanation and kept biting his nails, and his right leg began to shake restlessly.
said a lot of it, but it didn't say what the value was......
"Huh?!" The vicious-looking police officer next to him frowned and looked at Gao Cheng, looking like he wanted to eat people, and saw Gao Cheng hurriedly sitting upright.
"Regarding the content of the code," the familiar Ginji Nakamori took the stage, "first of all, the lion at dusk to the girl at dawn...... It means that the last day of Leo, August 22, is dusk until the dawn of the first day of Virgo, which represents the day of the crime. ”
"As for the clock without the second hand to the twelfth word, according to my guess, this should represent the moment of the crime, but the problem is that I have not yet deciphered it...... Finally, it descended from the bright sky pavilion, which should refer to the castle tower, and Osaka Castle is the location where the monster thief Kidd appeared......"
Uncle Maori, who was sitting on the other side of the venue, sat quite uncomfortably in the midst of the police officers with serious faces, sweating a lot on his face, and applauded Nakamori Ginji with the people around him before he could figure out the situation.
"This time, we will work with the Osaka Prefectural Police to solve the case," Shintaro Chaki replied, "and at the request of Mr. Suzuki, we specially invited Detective Kogoro Mori and Takanari Shiroto to participate in the investigation." ”
Everyone at the venue turned their eyes to Uncle Maori and Gao Cheng, and his serious appearance startled the uncle, and Gao Cheng was not comfortable.
The gaze of these policemen is really sharp, it makes people want to be stripped naked......
"The purpose of our joint case this time is to keep the treasure," said Kantaro Chaki, "even if the prisoner escapes, we must keep the treasure......"
Next to him, Nakamori Ginji grabbed the microphone, and gritted his teeth despite the bewildered boss: "Everyone, how can we let him go easily?" The treasure is placed in the second place, do you understand? Bet on the prestige and pride of our police to put that bad thief in jail! Be sure to catch him! Otherwise, the prestige of our police will be discredited! ”
"Yes!"
The police officers at the scene were so excited that they wanted to tear Kidd alive immediately, only Gao Cheng slowly wiped the sweat.
Officer Nakamori, is it really good to talk so much? I think that's what I said on the TV news last time......
If it weren't for the pay, he definitely didn't want to get involved with these over-blooded policemen.
Anyway, how did Kidd find the Suzuki family again?
On August 22, Xiao Ai and Dr. Asa went to Tokyo Station to see off Gao Cheng and Uncle Maori's family.
"Doctor, Xiao Ai will trouble you to take care of it these days."
"Ah," Dr. Asasa laughed, "Actually, I've been taken care of by Xiao Ai every time, and I haven't been able to eat meat lately......"
"So," Xiao Ai finally followed Gao Cheng and asked, "Do you have a clue about the notice letter?" ”
"Please, you know I'm not good at codes."
Gao Cheng smiled awkwardly and promised, "Don't worry, even if I don't know Kidd's actions, I will definitely be able to keep the treasure." ”
"But," said Xiao Ai, pursing her lips, "I always have a bad premonition this time. ”
"It's going to be fine," Gao Cheng patted Xiao Ai on the shoulder, lifted his luggage and followed Uncle Maori, "I'll be back in a few days." ”
"Hmm."