Inside the basement.
Upon noticing Senichi's gaze, everyone's eyes turned to where he was looking and saw the person Senichi was speaking to at the moment - Officer Shiratori!
"This can't be..."
"Officer Shiratori..."
"Kaito Kid...?"
Looking at the Officer Shiratori who had no flaws at all, everyone wore an expression of disbelief.
"Although it's difficult to be detected, he is indeed Kaito Kid." Senichi looked at Shiratori and smiled, "At this point, do you still intend to keep up the act?"
"Well, well, I didn't expect to be so easily seen through by Officer Senichi," Shiratori shrugged and in the blink of an eye transformed into the appearance of Kaito Kid, "This time, I don't think there was any flaws in my disguise, how did you figure it out?"
"That's a secret," Senichi said with a mysterious smile.
"If you don't want to tell, that's fine too," Kaito Kid shrugged, "Since the Suzuki family will return the egg to Miss Natsumi Kousaka, my goal has been achieved."
"Always so sentimental," Senichi chuckled with a hint of meaning, "Whenever an incident involving magic happens, you always get involved."
"Oh, so that time too..." Kaito Kid was stunned for a moment, then realized something.
Taking off his hat and giving a slight bow, Kaito Kid looked just like a magician finishing his magic act, polite and courteous, "Then please allow me to take my leave. As for the favor of catching the one who shot at me, I will repay that another day."
"Well, if that's the case, then stay and repay the favor," Senichi suddenly extended the gentleman's cane in his hand and strode towards his opponent.
Seeing Senichi rushing towards him, Kaito Kid was already prepared. He immediately threw a flash grenade down and smirked, "Hey, that won't work. Besides, I know that you're here, So how could I not be prepared?"
"Is that so? I'll return the same words to you then," amidst a bright light, Senichi's figure was revealed, and at some point, he had put sunglasses on his face.
He had known the opponent was here for a while now. If he didn't even take precautions against flash grenades, he must be brainless.
"Officer Senichi, you are really impeccable in your work, so try this~"
Seeing Senichi's unrelenting approach, in order to evade the continuous barrage of strikes from the cane, Kaito Kid threw several smoke bombs toward Senichi's face.
The smoke burst in front of Senichi, causing him to reflexively halt his movement. Kaito Kid took advantage of this brief moment to immediately run upward.
In a chase and evasion, the two had already entered the inner chambers of the castle, which were even more spacious.
"Hey, Officer Senichi, besides what just happened, did you discover anything else?" Kaito Kid asked while evading Senichi's cane strikes.
It was clear that the opponent had indeed put a lot of effort into his evasion skill. This time, facing Senichi's improved combat skills, Kaito Kid seemed much more at ease than the last encounter.
"Of course, I've discovered something."
Hearing Kid's inquiry, Senichi, who had not originally intended to catch him, stopped and replied, "Miss Natsumi's great-grandmother, Mrs. Maria, is actually the third daughter of Nikolai II Romanov, right?
Historically, her remains were never found, and it's likely that Mr. Kiichi Kousaka saved her before she was shot.
Afterwards, the two of them fled to Mr. Kiichi Kousaka's home, Japan, and fell in love along the way. Unfortunately, shortly after their marriage and the birth of their child, Mrs. Maria passed away.
After Mrs. Maria's death, Mr. Kiichi Kousaka sold the jewels she brought, built this castle, and placed Mrs. Maria's remains in the basement for protection.
As for why the architectural style is Germanic instead of Russian, that's because Mrs. Maria's mother was German."
This is also the reason behind the sequence of events that led to Mrs. Maria's remains and the red egg being buried in the secret chamber.
After all, the green egg isn't as simple as the red one; it's not just a shell. Due to technical difficulties, the green egg required a lot of time to create. Mr. Kiichi Kousaka left it as a puzzle for his descendants to discover.
A magic trick full of surprises.
"Truly impressive deduction."
Kaito Kid elegantly applauded, but his suave demeanor lasted for only a few seconds. In the next moment, he was caught off guard by Senichi's fierce swing of the cane, and he awkwardly tumbled on the ground to evade.
After the cane swung empty, it arced from right to left in front of Senichi at an angle of over ninety degrees, and was seized by Senichi's left hand.
Using this momentum, Senichi leaned forward with his right shoulder, following the cane's motion and adopting a drawn sword stance.
The next moment, Kaito Kid's pupils contracted sharply, and he leaped up from the ground, jumping towards the window behind him.
"You scoundrel! Are you trying to kill me!!"
Just as he was about to fall down the window ledge, Kaito Kid steadied himself, squatting on the edge of the window in embarrassment. He glared at his torn clothes and hat, sliced apart by the blade, and let out a frustrated roar.
"Just wanted to remind you not to get too carried away. I didn't intend to kill you."
After all, the way he had seemed so sure of himself earlier was quite irritating. His current disheveled state in this brawl was more pleasing to the eye.
Rolling his eyes at this comment, Kaito Kid's embarrassed expression vanished without a trace. In an instant, he returned to his gentlemanly demeanor and looked at Senichi with a meaningful implication, "In this world, some mysteries are best left unsolved forever, don't you think?"
"Get lost."
Senichi, seeing that his opponent had a chance to escape from the battlefield and instead was advising him, impatiently waved his hand. "You don't need to tell me about this. Your pigeon is over with Conan; remember to repay the favor."
"Well then, goodbye." With those words, Kaito Kid cleanly jumped out of the window. His cape unfurled behind him, turning into glider wings as he soared into the sky.
Feeling the cold wind blowing through the torn parts of his clothes, Kaito Kid couldn't help but feel like he was at a loss this time.
Busy from the start to the finish, he ended up being the supporting actor in the end, not having any real use. Thinking about it, Kaito Kid was feeling somewhat frustrated.
But if he counted carefully, it seemed there were quite a few supporting actors this time?
First half, "Kaito Kid stole the Egg" Arc.
Best Second lead: Kaito Kid.
First, he sent the teaser letter, then he stole the treasure, only to be shot in the right eye by Scorpion.
If it weren't for the monocle and the pigeon blocking, he probably would have been done for.
And the best supporting actor during this period undoubtedly belonged to Hattori Heiji.
While chasing Kaito Kid, he crashed his motorcycle in a car accident. Although not seriously hurt, he still took a pretty bad fall.
Then, as in a clichéd movie, he had the main character leave him behind to continue the journey—a classic role for a pitiful character, and a heavily watered-down version at that.
And as for the MVP or the Main Lead of the whole scene, that title naturally went to Officer Senichi, as he directly captured Scorpion, the imposter.
And Conan?
Well, he was probably the best background character, not having many appearances, just helping Senichi by administering a sedative to the culprit.
But the advantage was that Conan became an expert at staying hidden. He hadn't aroused any suspicion from Ran at all.
In this regard, it was a good thing~
Conan: Ugh, seriously!!
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