Everyone in the room was stunned for a moment.

Kudo Shinichi had protected the painting when he was airlifting sunflowers before, and the garden had specially asked Suzuki Jiroyoshi to leave a ticket for Kudo Shinichi, so Suzuki Jiroyoshi and the Seven Samurai were not very surprised.

They were stunned for a moment, and it was only because the other party suddenly appeared here in the control room.

If you want to say that the most shocked one in the room, it is obviously Conan.

"Ki, Ki..."

He subconsciously felt that the person in front of him was Kidd, after all, it wasn't the first time Kidd had done this.

But just as he was about to open his mouth to dismantle Kidd, he noticed several familiar figures and then appeared in the doorway.

The Junior Detective Corps assembled.

"Conan!" Ayumi shouted in surprise.

"It's really here!"

"Conan is so cunning that another person is running over!"

"Luckily, we met Shinichi..."

He looked at Kaedehara and then at Kidd, noticing the slightly playful look in Kidd's eyes, and Conan's face collapsed suddenly.

"Why are you here?" Officer Nakamori asked.

"New, new one!" Xiaolan also came back to her senses, "So you're really here!" Really, why don't you tell me..."

With that, she walked straight over to Kidd.

However, Kaedehara happened to lead a group of elementary school students to rush in, blocking between the two, making her pause.

Kidd also hurriedly waved his hand, "Wait a minute, Xiaolan, let me settle everything first." ”

"Huh?" Xiaolan was stunned for a moment and stopped in place.

The elementary school students who walked into the room blamed Conan again, and the others also cared a little about Kidd's words, so they didn't have time to deal with this group of children for the time being, so they cut straight to the point.

"You said to settle the matter," Officer Nakamori then asked, "Is there already a way to catch Kidd?" ”

"I already know it all." Kidd replied nowhere asked.

"Stinky boy, running out of the limelight again." Uncle Maori muttered a little unpleasantly.

"But, but," Ran hesitated, "Shinichi, you don't know what's on the Kidka yet, do you?" ”

As she spoke, she took the card from her desk and handed it to Kidd, who was still leaning against the doorway, but Kidd waved his hand again.

"No need, Conan already told me via text message."

"Hehe..."Conan couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Although he was surrounded by elementary school students, he couldn't ask Kaedehara and Gray Yuan what was going on for the time being, but he almost guessed it.

Kaedehara, this guy...

"Oh! "Jiroji Suzuki's face was beaming, "You've unraveled Kidd's teaser letter?" ”

"Of course. However, this is not a notice letter. ”

"Huh?"

"What!?"

"Hey, it's really not interesting to say this," Kidd yawned deliberately and looked at Kaedehara in the crowd, "Hey, little ghost, can you explain?" ”

It's really boring to unravel your own code, so Kidd decides to leave the matter to Kaedehara.

"Hmm!"

Kaede Hara answered, and then explained:

"Brother Shinichi told me before. He said that the Twelve Disciples were not directly written as twelve, but as eleven plus one, meaning that one of the twelve was not a partner. ”

"That man, it's Judas, isn't it?" Xiaolan said.

"Not a partner?" Officer Charlie thought for a moment.

Conan also showed a blank look.

"Speaking of which," Kaedehara continued, "if you don't count Uncle Jiro, there were exactly twelve people in the room before we came in with Shinichi!" ”

Everyone subconsciously looked at the people around them.

If you don't count Suzuki Jiroyoshi, Officer Nakamori, Mr. Goto, Seven Samurai, as well as Xiaolan, Sonoko and Conan, are exactly twelve people, and this is also the person Suzuki Jiroji trusts.

"So Master Kidd wants to tell us that there is a traitor among us!" ”

"Anyone other than Kidd who wants to shoot Sunflowers?" Officer Nakamori was stunned for a moment, and looked at the other six samurai except for Mori Kogoro.

If there was a traitor among them, the six who were unfamiliar with it were the most suspicious.

"Yes, that's it." Kidd took over, "I'm asking the Twilight Police Department to help conduct further background checks on these seven samurai..."

"Wait!" Miss Keiko said, "This could be Kidd's trick, right?" In order to undermine the trust between us. ”

"Yes, yes!"

"Don't worry, listen to me first. After the investigation, a suspicious figure surfaced. Van Gogh created seven paintings of sunflowers in France, where his twin brother died six months ago. Based on the gunshot wound to his chest and the smoke reaction detected in his right hand, the local police treated it as a suicide case. ”

"So the deceased was..."

"His name is Koichi Higashi."

"His surname is Dong, isn't he?" Jiroyoshi Suzuki asked.

"That's right, it's Mr. Toyuji's brother."

Kidd's voice fell, and the room fell into a brief silence.

Officer Nakamori wanted to call the Twilight Police Department to ask if this was the case, and by the way, why didn't he notify him directly.

However, looking at Dong Yuiji's reaction now, he knew that he was afraid that Dong Xingji really had a problem.

"You-"

"Koichi didn't commit suicide, I killed him." Mr. Yukiji Higashi said in a deep voice.

"Why? Why did you kill your brother? ”

“… Koichi changed his mind after finding the Ashiya sunflower he had been looking for for for many years. ”

"Ashiya sunflowers?"

"What are you talking about?" Jiroyoshi Suzuki was puzzled, "That sunflower was burned down a long time ago because of the war. ”

"No, that's not historical."

Mr. Koji Higashi recalled and recounted:

"On that day, the day of the air raid on Ashiya, the city was burned by karmic fires, and the scene was like purgatory on earth. My grandfather, who was employed as an entrepreneur who collected Ashiya sunflowers, rushed into the war-torn house alone to rescue the sunflowers that were firmly attached to the wall to prevent theft.

He managed to rescue Sunflower and give the painting to the eldest lady, but he was buried in the fire. Grandpa hopes to keep the sunflowers in Japan, and hopes that one day there will be an art museum where people from all over the world can see the sunflowers.

We listened to my father tell this story again and again. After my father's death, we continued to look for Ashiya sunflowers, according to the maid who took the painting from my grandfather. ”

"Miss..."I don't know why, Gray Yuan suddenly thought of the old woman who remembered the past in front of the sunflower painting.

"In order to prevent the painting from being confiscated by the GHQ (General Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander in World War II), I heard that he deliberately restored the painting into a fake and sent it to Europe to avoid disaster." Mr. Koji Higashi continued.

"It's difficult, it's difficult," Jiroyoshi Suzuki was a little shocked, "Is the sunflower I marked is the Ashiya sunflower?" ”

"It wasn't burned," Xiaolan muttered.

Extremely slight snapping sound.

Kaedehara looked in the direction where the voice came from, and it was Mr. Goto, who was sitting in front of the console, his head lowered. Combined with his slightly trembling shoulders...

Mr. Goto is crying.

Kaedehara turned to look at Kidd again.

"Yes, our brothers have finally found the Ashiya Sunflower that has been sitting in the attic of the old folk house in Yar."

Mr. Yukiji Higashi, who was next to him, continued, and Kaedehara retracted his gaze and listened:

"However, when we finally found the sunflower we had been looking for for many years, my brother changed his mind. He thought that the sunflowers should be left in the area of Yar, which Van Gogh loved during his lifetime, and even said that he would destroy the painting on the spot.

I can't forgive my brother for saying such a disobedient thing anyway. We quarreled, the situation became more and more hot, he suddenly took out his pistol for self-defense and aimed it at the sunflower, I hurried to snatch it, but the pistol went off, and I missed my brother..."

He didn't go on to say what it was.

Painful memories of the past made it difficult for him to speak.

At that time, his brother got out of the car covering his wounds and told him to run away, and then walked into the sunflower bush alone with difficulty, and then fired a shot into the sky, quietly welcoming the end of his life.

"Later, I came across the news of the Sunflower Exhibition in Japan, and I participated as a researcher. Thanks to this, I was able to witness the return of Ashiya sunflowers to Japan, and I fulfilled the wish of my family for three generations. I also decided that I would turn myself in after the exhibition was over. Although slightly late. ”

"I see." Officer Nakamori said, looking at Shinichi Kudo.

"The Dusk Police Department is on their way here." Kidd understood.

Officer Nakamori nodded, and then looked at Mr. Higashi Yuji, "Are you willing to turn yourself in?" ”

"Of course. But I'm not a traitor. ”

"I still want to quibble!"

"He's not that traitor indeed." Kidd stopped leaning against the door and was a little more serious.

"Huh?"

"There are other people who really want to do something to the sunflowers."

"That's—what about you..."

"I'm sorry," Kidd glanced at Mr. Goto without a trace, "I just wanted to hear such a story." But it doesn't matter, I already know who that Judas is. ”

"But this guy—" Uncle Maori glanced at Yukiji To.

"Mr. Koji Higashino has no motive to attack the sunflowers." Officer Charlie said, "If he was for Sunflower, then he could have not handed over Sunflower in the first place..."

"That's right." Miss Kishikumiko chimed in, "There is absolutely no way for anyone to betray us. ”

"yes." This is Mr. Shiling.

"And it's weird that Kidd the thief implied that there were traitors and would believe what that thief said."

"That's right," Miss Natsumi nodded, "In the event that Kidd may appear at any time, we need to work together to protect the sunflowers." ”

"Really? Miss Natsumi Miyadai? A playful smile appeared at the corner of Kidd's mouth, "Is there still turpentine in the flowerbed outside that you managed to pour down?" ”

"Pine, turpentine!?" The faces of the people on the field changed slightly.

"Hey, what's turpentine?" Motota asked in a low voice to Mitsuhiko beside him.

"It's a thinner used in oil paintings..."

"Flammable." Gray Plains added.

I see, the taste at that time turned out to be this...

Conan thought to himself and looked at Miss Natsumi seriously.

"It's hard, can you say..."The same is true of Officer Nakamori.

"That's right. Miss Natsumi Miyadai's purpose was to burn the Ashiya sunflower along with the fifth sunflower. Her goal from the beginning was to destroy the two sunflowers as much as she could. ”

"Please don't talk like that!" Miss Natsumi retorted to Kidd with anger on her face, "Why did I do this? ”

"Let's start at the beginning. First at the auction in New York, because Kidd appeared at the auction floor, the security alert escalated, and you couldn't do anything to the sunflowers, so you gave up the operation in the United States.

Instead, you bribed the crew to plant a bomb on the door near the cargo hold while the painting was being flown to Japan. But Kidd saved the painting again. As a result, you change your target from the second sunflower to the fifth sunflower, and Kidd, who was already aware of this, sends a warning letter to the Maori detective to keep everyone on guard again. ”

Kidd paused.

"Having been sabotaged by Kidd twice in a row, you put a fake Kidd card on the inside of the lid of the wooden box you used to transport it, so that the painting could be shipped to your studio."

"But this time, the painting was saved by Master Kidd again!" The garden suddenly realized.

"You mean, it's all about Kidd playing blackface to keep Sunflower these times?" Officer Nakamori asked "Shinichi Kudo".

"That's right," Kidd nodded, "so thank him." ”

"You talk nonsense! It's all just your imagination! Miss Natsumi continued to argue.

"She's right," Ms. Keiko supports, "Natsumi, who loves Van Gogh sunflowers more than anyone else, wouldn't do that kind of thing, impossible." ”

"Besides, why do you have to destroy those two paintings? Aren't those two paintings still fine? ”

Kidd was slightly stunned, but it was not obvious, and he glanced directly at Kaedehara. He didn't figure this out either, and Kaedehara didn't mention it when they discussed it before.

Kaedehara spoke again:

"Because Miss Natsumi, you think they're fakes, right? Didn't this big brother just say? ”

Kaedehara glanced at Toyuki, "The Ashiya sunflower has been specially restored as a fake, and the fifth sunflower is also the original copy painting on the left..."

“……”

"That's why you want to destroy them," Kaedehara continued, then looked at Kidd, "Is that so, Shinichi Brother?" ”

"Well, that's right! Good memory, little ghost! Kidd nodded in satisfaction.

"But, but it's too..."

"How, how could there be such a ridiculous reason..."

Although Kaedehara and Kidd said so, the people on the field obviously didn't believe this kind of statement that sounded inexplicable.

Even the gray plain mourning who had already believed was a little speechless.

Conan thinks Kaedehara's explanation is quite reasonable.

"Let's get straight to the point," Kidd continued, "Miss Natsumi, I heard that you were the one who proposed to place the sunflower flowers in the tubular passage of Reklock, right?" ”

"Huh? Hmm..."

"You used your position as an appraiser to make the turpentine, which is often used in the restoration of paintings, flow down the roof of the building along the decorative sunflower beds, acting as a fuse..."

“……”

"No quibbles. You just have to go to the flower bed outside and take a look, all the turpentine is still there..."

"Even if that's the case, doesn't that mean I did it? Could it be that some traitor took advantage of my proposal? ”

Miss Natsumi continued to quibble, "Besides, it doesn't have to be for ignition!" Or maybe a staff member made a mistake! You can't just say I'm a prisoner! ”

"Really? You still have it on your computer..."

Miss Natsumi's face changed drastically.

"Your plan to destroy these two sunflowers." Kidd continued.

"And," Kaedehara added, "there is also a record on the computer of your purchase of turpentine, Miss Natsumi." Also, you still have it in your bag, right? The bottle of phosphine used to ignite the fire. ”

"Phosphine?"

"What's that?" Uncle Maori and Motota asked at the same time.

"A dangerous agent that will spontaneously ignite at room temperature." Mitsuhiko and Officer Nakamori replied at the same time.

"So you're the one who tried to kill me, right?" Jiroyoshi Suzuki looked at Miss Natsumi.

Not long ago, he received phosphine wrapped as a gift in the name of Kidd at home. If it weren't for a dog he had named Lupin, he would have been hit.

"But why did you kill Mr. Suzuki?"

“… Because I don't want an art exhibition to take place. Miss Natsumi was silent for a moment, and then began to confess.

"Huh?"

"So you want to destroy the sunflowers in order to prevent the exhibition from taking place?"

"But why, Natsumi?" Miss Keiko was puzzled, "Don't you love sunflowers very much?" ”

"yes!"

Miss Natsumi raised her head, and her voice suddenly became louder, "I just love Van Gogh's sunflowers to this extent!" Rather than have those two fakes on display side by side with Van Gogh's sunflowers, I'd rather die! ”

"Huh?"

"It's really for this ridiculous reason..."

"But the fifth sunflower has long been proven authentic by papers from the Art Institute of Chicago and the Van Gogh Museum, right?" Gray Plains was a little puzzled.

"Hmm." Kaedehara nodded.

"Yes," Conan agreed, "Van Gogh and Gauguin also shared the same canvas to paint, and this is also evidence." ”

"I didn't expect it to be you. Stretch your hand out..."Officer Nakamori walked up to Miss Natsumi, "The handcuffs that were supposed to be left for Kidd are going to be used on you..."

The Twilight Police Department was still on its way, and Officer Nakamori didn't mind doing it for him.

Hearing Officer Nakamori's words, Sonoko suddenly reacted.

"By the way, what about Lord Kidd? Isn't he coming? The garden looked a little disappointed, "Thanks to Master Kidd this time, I want to thank him..."

"Garden," Ran said, then looked at Shinichi Kudo.

Then she was surprised to find that the "Kudo Shinichi" bowed slightly.

"Well, then, I'll take it," said Kidd, smiling with his right hand on his chest, "the beautiful young lady's thanks." ”

"Huh?"

"Kei, Kidd!" Officer Nakamori, who was the first to react, instantly left Miss Natsumi behind and rushed forward with one arrow step.

But he only had his eyes flickering as he saw the other party pull off his clothes, and then the familiar white figure disappeared from the sight of everyone chasing out of the room.

"But, damn! How dare you lie to me! ”

"Ju, it's Kidje!" Motota said.

"So handsome!"

"Huh? I thought it was the new brother..."

"Hey, little ghost!" Uncle Maori looked at Kaedehara, who had just brought Kidd in, unhappily, "What's going on?" ”

"I—I thought it was Shinichi's brother!" Kaedehara seemed a little embarrassed, "Brother Shinichi told me on the phone, but I met him again, and I thought it was Brother Shinichi himself..."

"And how did he know that?"

"That's what I told him, he said he wanted to see if I remembered what I said on the phone..."

"Damn Kidd! Actually taking advantage of children..."

However, although he was tricked again, it was indeed because of Kidd that he was able to keep the painting, so everyone didn't pay much attention to it.

Of course, it's also because they've been played so many times.

Conan took the opportunity to pull Kaedehara aside.

"Hey, what the hell is going on?" Conan asked, "Why did you get involved with that guy?" ”

"Because I and I found turpentine in the flower beds, combined with Kidd's unconscionable actions these days, I thought I'd just call him and ask," Kaedehara explained, "and he happened to be here again." ”

"Then there's no need for him to reason...", Conan whispered, and glanced at Xiaolan on the side.

Xiaolan's expression was a little lost.

"The key evidence is in his hands, and I can't explain why Kudo Shinichi would know that Miss Natsumi's computer has a plan book..."

"Cut..."

"Also, it took me a lot of effort to convince him to tell him everything, really, something that can be solved directly by just communicating earlier."

"That guy still thinks it's embarrassing to play a detective..."Kaedehara continued, and then remembered something, "By the way, and this..."

He took out a card and handed it to Conan.

This is a Kidd card.

It is because of this that Kidd is willing to exchange information.

Conan flipped the card over.

Unlike the previous Kidka, the text on the back of this Kidka was apparently handwritten on the back.

"Until the karmic fire is rekindled, I will go to receive your detective identity."

(End of chapter)