Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 200 Kaito Kidd and the Red-Faced Mermaid (Epilogue)

On the other side, Inspector Nakamori and the mobile team members found Kaito Kid's tape recorder and the winch used to hang the silk thread after searching the ceiling and lighting equipment, which confirmed Conan's guess about how Kid left the card.

On the other hand, after careful consideration, Sonoko felt that Xiaolan was the person disguised by Kaito Kid because she left the place before the carpet was lifted. Sonoko's guess directly shocked Kid himself who was pretending to be Sera.

But Xiaolan explained that it was because Sonoko asked her the time, she turned on her cell phone but found that there was no signal, so she had to walk around to receive the signal.

After hearing this, Conan quickly came over and said, "Really? Are you telling the truth, Xiaolan?"

Xiaolan nodded. "Well, the phone screen was completely black at the time. I thought the signal was bad, so I took a few steps towards the window. Suddenly, the carpet..."

In order to confirm his guess, Conan ran to find Suzuki Jirokichi again: "Um, Uncle Jirokichi, the gem on the turtle and the golden chain of the necklace must have rusted."

"Yes, it's made of iron after all. I was planning to replace the clasps with jewels with pure gold. But I have to wait until the turtle sheds its skin before I can do that."

Conan finally understood: Kidd hadn't actually stolen the gem, he'd simply made it disappear from everyone's sight. He'd cleverly manipulated people, but he didn't realize he'd made a huge mistake by pretending to be that guy and standing there.

Conan turned his attention to Kid who was pretending to be Sera. At that time, the person closest to Xiaolan was "Sera". She should have been holding a powerful magnet in her hand, which interfered with the mobile phone signal, and her words were inconsistent. This was the flaw revealed by Kid.

At this time in the exhibition hall, Suzuki Jirokichi behaved out of character. He urged the police to leave after completing the search, and he also directly admitted defeat in this confrontation with Kidd.

However, Inspector Nakamori was not going to give up and wanted to conduct another round of investigation. Maori Kogoro came over and tried to dissuade him, which gave Conan the opportunity to inject the anesthetic.

However, Xiaolan picked up Conan at this time and said, "Okay, Conan, let's go home."

The anesthetic needle hit Sonoko with a split, and Conan could only make the best of it and start reasoning using Sonoko's voice.

"It seems everyone at this scene is a bit useless. No one has noticed that the turtle carrying the jeweled red-faced mermaid has not been stolen. It has simply disappeared from everyone's sight."

This speech caused a huge uproar, and everyone present crowded in front of Yuanzi.

"Disappeared from everyone's sight? How could that be?"

"Yes, the evidence is on the sign by the aquarium."

Then Conan stepped forward and said in his original voice: "Uncle Kogoro, can you throw the lighter down from the top of the aquarium?"

Although Maori Kogoro was a little impatient, he still did as he was told. After the lighter was thrown from above, it did not fall to the bottom: "Strange, it didn't fall?"

When Kogoro Mouri climbed up the ladder, he found that the lighter was stuck on the back of the sign.

Shiliang spoke up at this time: "That board should be a strong magnet, right? A magnet the size of a lighter would be attracted to it in an instant."

"But even if it's a magnet, the turtle won't be attracted to it. There's nothing on its body that can be attracted by a magnet."

The explorer then offered an explanation: "There are quite a few gemstones stuck to the turtle's belly. If those gemstones were artificially synthesized, a lot of iron-containing substances would have been mixed in during the production process, causing the turtle to be attracted to the magnet."

Conan also went on to explain: "However, it is indeed difficult for a turtle to be attracted by a magnet when it swims in water, but as long as some feed is placed on the inside of the board as bait, such a trick can be accomplished. By the way, Uncle Kogoro, please explain the current status of the lighter."

Maori Kogoro looked down and tried to take the lighter off, but found that the board was covered with super glue. "It's not just the magnets, there are a lot of sticky things on the inside of the board. If the turtle gets close to here, it will probably be completely unable to move."

Inspector Nakamori finally realized something: "But we've already drained the water from the aquarium, so why hasn't the turtle appeared?"

"Because someone took the turtle away and has been hiding it in his arms until now."

"Wait, everyone here has had a physical exam, how could there be a turtle hiding?"

"Isn't there one person who hasn't been examined yet? The one who hid the turtle is Uncle Jiroji, who was excluded because his cheek was pinched before we even had a physical examination. The only one left is you."

Conan continued: "At that time, in order to confirm whether the turtle was still in the aquarium, you climbed up the ladder to confirm it. That was when you took the turtle away, right?"

When Inspector Nakamori heard this, he immediately reached out to Suzuki Jirokichi's body, but as soon as he put his hand in, he screamed because the turtle was biting his finger.

"Let me do it." The explorer carefully pulled the turtle out of Inspector Nakamori's hand.

Just as Inspector Nakamori was about to confirm whether Suzuki Jirokichi was actually Kaito Kid, Conan continued to explain: "Uncle Jirokichi is not Kid in disguise. The reason he wanted to take back the turtle was probably because the card Kid gave him said that the turtle had many synthetic gems stuck on its body, making it hard to believe that the one carrying the real red-faced mermaid on its back."

"Besides, the turtle's owner is an Italian actress. She should have named it after something from Roman mythology rather than 'Poseidon', which comes from Greek mythology. And if it got out that Uncle Jirokichi paid a high price for a gemstone whose authenticity he didn't know, it would damage his reputation. So, he's probably thinking of secretly buying it back."

Suzuki Jirokichi scratched his head and admitted it, but the prospector spoke up at this time: "Counselor Jirokichi, would you consider selling this turtle to me? Not for the gems, but just for the turtle itself."

Suzuki Jiro Gina immediately agreed to the explorer's request to take over this hot potato.

"I prefer the name 'Pluto' to 'Poseidon'. He is the god who controls underground wealth." The explorer looked at the turtle in his hand, and the turtle also looked at the explorer with its small eyes.

Conan poked his head out from beside Sonoko: Uncle Norton can't stop talking about gold, silver and jewelry...

Afterwards, Conan and "Sera" were walking in the corridor and directly exposed Kid's disguise. Sera in the bathroom also rushed over angrily, using his Jeet Kune Do skills to kick Kid so hard that he spun two and a half times in the air, scaring Kid so much that he fled.

Kaito Kidd climbed up from the bushes next to the museum and rubbed the part of his body that was kicked helplessly with a sad face. The figure of the explorer suddenly flashed in front of him, which frightened him again.

"You need to be careful when choosing a fake identity, understand?" The explorer held the turtle in his arms and handed the painkiller to Kidd. "Use this medicine, and your wound won't swell up like a bun the next day."

"Thank you." Kidd was in tears. After thanking the explorer, he spread his glider and glided away.