"Senichi-kun, I'm truly grateful to you this time. I never expected that international thief Scorpion would be among us."
On the cruise ship, Suzuki Shiro was currently holding Senichi's hand and expressing his thanks repeatedly.
Just a moment ago, the Osaka Police had confirmed that Seiran Hoshi's identity was indeed Scorpion, and that led to the scene before them.
Upon receiving this information, Suzuki Shiro couldn't help but feel a sense of post-fright.
He had heard that this "Scorpion" Seiran Hoshi "collected" Romanov Dynasty artifacts and treasures from around the world and even had a penchant for shooting people in the right eye when killing. She was a very ruthless international thief.
Her infiltration among Sergei Ovchinnikov's group, those who wanted to buy the "Memories Egg," meant that she undoubtedly intended to get her hands on it.
If it weren't for Senichi apprehending her, this vicious criminal would have been walking among them, likely causing a bloody rampage.
Even people, who had met her face to face just yesterday, couldn't help but feel fearful.
Who would have thought that the seemingly sophisticated and beautiful Seiran Hoshi was the merciless Scorpion?
Now, the gazes of the several people turned softer as they looked at Senichi.
"You're too kind. Let's take a look at the Memories Egg now," Senichi didn't want to dwell on this topic and quickly changed the subject.
After all, he had been scolded by Ayako yesterday for his recklessness. Facing an opponent with a gun, Ayako saw Senichi's actions as impulsive.
Even though, in reality, Senichi was perfectly fine, after a woman felt fear, her concern would inevitably be mixed with nagging.
In a certain sense, it was one of the most terrifying weapons.
So, in order to avoid being "educated" by Ayako again, Senichi naturally had to swiftly change the topic.
After all, Ayako's lectures were a bit hard to handle. She wouldn't argue with you, nor would she make a fuss, but she would softly lecture you with a tone of concern.
In this situation, you couldn't get angry.
Steering the conversation towards the "Memories Egg", Secretary Nishino, quite perceptively took it out and placed it on the coffee table in front of everyone.
In the room at this moment, the group of people from yesterday who wanted to buy the "Memories Egg" and those like Ryu Sagawa who had come to gather material for filming treasures were also gathered in this room.
Although Seiran Hoshi was gone, there was now an addition to the group – a beautiful woman named Natsumi Kousaka with chestnut-colored long hair and gray eyes. Standing behind her was an elderly butler.
It was the same two people Senichi had met yesterday.
Accompanied by Miss Natsumi Kousaka's explanation, everyone learned the reason why she had taken the initiative to come.
Miss Natsumi Kousaka's great-grandfather was named Kiichi Kousaka and had once worked as a laborer in Faberge's workshop. He later settled there, married a local Russian woman, and in the second year of the revolution, the two returned to Japan, where her great-grandmother gave birth to a baby girl.
However, their happiness was short-lived. Her great-grandmother passed away, and nine years later, her great-grandfather, at the age of just forty-five, also passed away.
The baby girl grew up to be Miss Natsumi Kousaka's grandmother.
When Miss Natsumi Kousaka was five years old, her parents and her grandfather died in a car accident, leaving her to be raised solely by her grandmother.
And just last month, her grandmother also passed away due to old age.
At that time, Miss Natsumi Kousaka was working as a pastry chef in a cake shop in France. Upon learning of the situation, she hurriedly returned to her homeland for the funeral.
While sorting through her grandmother's belongings, Miss Natsumi Kousaka unexpectedly found a drawing made by her great-grandfather.
Speaking of this, she took out a tattered piece of paper from her bag and spread it out on the table.
The paper had turned yellow with age, giving it a vintage feel, and there were traces of damage in the middle, splitting it into two.
However, it was clear to see the word written in the lower left corner of one of the drawings - "Memories"
"It truly is the Memories Egg!" Suzuki Shiro leaned over the paper and then looked puzzled. "But there are gemstones embedded on the egg in the blueprint drawing..."
"Could it be that the gemstones were originally embedded on it, but they were later sold due to some financial difficulties?" Kogoro Mouri speculated.
Senichi, on the other hand, traced the lines of the egg on the paper with his finger a couple of times, then turned to Miss Natsumi Kousaka and asked, "Miss Kousaka, when you found this drawing, did you happen to come across any other drawings?"
"Huh? Why do you ask that?" Miss Natsumi Kousaka looked puzzled at Senichi's question.
"Because this clearly isn't a complete piece of paper."
Senichi pointed to the edges of the torn paper and said, "The general outlines of these two papers don't match quite well. So, I'm thinking, maybe there's a missing part in the middle. And if you carefully compare the egg's outline, you'll notice that the eggs on the two papers are different in size, with different contours."
As he spoke, Senichi borrowed an A3-sized piece of white paper and then placed the drawings on the left and right sides. He took a pen and started adding to the outlines according to the sizes on the paper.
Drawing circles, ellipses were a piece of cake for Senichi, who possessed A-level drawing skills. There would be no distortion whatsoever. Soon, the paper displayed two eggs of varying sizes.
"It's true! There are indeed two eggs in the drawing." Ayako looked at the completed outlines Senichi had drawn, her expression filled with surprise. "So, does that mean there's a missing part in the middle of the drawing?"
Conan, on the other hand, wasn't surprised by this result since he had already noticed this issue. But now that Senichi had brought it up, he, being a child, had no need to steal the spotlight.
At this moment, Conan picked up the "Memories Egg" and examined it closely. He was somewhat puzzled about why the egg was called the "Memories Egg."
However, just as he lifted the "Memories Egg" and looked towards the bottom, Conan suddenly discovered a small round mirror at the center of the bottom of the "Memories Egg."
Curious, Conan tapped it with his hand and realized that the mirror was movable. But the next moment, the small mirror fell directly to the ground.
"Oh no! It dropped..."
Now Conan was flustered. He quickly placed the "Memories Egg" on the table and bent down to pick up the fallen mirror.
"What are you doing, you little rascal?" Kogoro Mouri, seeing Conan restlessly place the "Memories Egg" on the table and then go to the floor to retrieve the mirror, asked irritably.
"The small mirror at the bottom accidentally fell off," Conan said, picking up the mirror and scratching his head, feeling embarrassed.
"What!" Kogoro Mouri's eyes almost popped out, and cold sweat started to bead on his face. This thing was worth over 600 million yen; even if he sells himself, he won't be able to pay back the money.
"Conan-kun," Ran was also a little flustered. After all, this was a treasure worth hundreds of millions. If it got damaged, they couldn't afford to pay for it.
"It's alright," Sonoko, who was beside them, waved her hand calmly. "It seems that the small mirror at the bottom was added later, so it's easy to detach."
Meanwhile, Senichi bent down and picked up the mirror from Conan's hand, deliberately examined it for a while, and then smiled, saying, "This mirror is quite interesting."
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