Conan Moslin

"Fake...fake?" Officer Nakamori quickly came back to his senses.

"Li An" handed him the handkerchief.

His eyes, which had originally drifted towards the void and saw heaven, immediately became serious after they fell on the item on the handkerchief.

Reason is completely restored.

If it is a fake Dark Night Star... then... just find the real one.

Although the hope is slim, he has to do it.

"You! Go over there!"

"You! Take everyone to the courtyard outside!"

"You guys! Quick! Patrol the area with your car!"

"Report anything unusual immediately!"

"The other party may have a gun in his hand, please be careful!"

"Yes!"

"The Phantom Thief... or some other thief... must still be nearby. Let's... search!"

Really loud.

The police officers who surrounded the villa immediately dispersed, leaving only fifteen police officers who had not yet woken up, as well as Officer Nakamori, "Kurian" and Conan.

As soon as the crowd dispersed, Conan rushed to the fake Li An and saw what was in her handkerchief.

In addition to the hypnotic bullet that was extremely similar to the Dark Night Star, there was also a piece of glass wrapped in the handkerchief.

There is a circular hole on the fragment.

It was easy to tell from the spider-web patterns on the small piece of glass that it was a bullet hole.

“Uncle Nakamori, you know that man better than I do.”

Conan saw that the fake Kuriyasu met Officer Nakamori's gaze with a slow and firm tone.

In Conan's opinion, he was defending himself, but his expression and tone seemed to be stating a fact.

"This was not done by Kaito Kidd."

……

squeak-

The door was pushed open and someone walked in soon.

"Are there real dark night stars here?" a female voice sounded from the door.

The woman in a brown windbreaker, mask and sunglasses put her hands in her pockets and looked at the police officers. She was obviously a little bit unbelievable, "Just... a dozen police officers guarding?!"

"Yes, this is the location I found." The person following her nodded.

Looking at so few people, the man felt that it was not real. "If I remember correctly... it seems that those policemen were all sent to capture Kaito Kidd."

"That's really good news." The woman whistled beautifully.

She checked around to make sure everyone was asleep before saying, "Meerkats, come and help."

There were four officers at the front door and the back door, and two officers were sitting in front of each of the two pillars.

There was also a police officer standing closest to the window, lying next to the hypnotic gas.

It seemed that he was the first team leader to discover the problem.

There were two police officers closest to the booth and one further away.

Of the two closer ones, one was sitting against the side of the booth with his head down, while the other was not far from his feet, seemingly sleeping soundly.

There was a white handkerchief on his chest, which should have been placed in his chest pocket.

The woman was dragging a baby-faced police officer to a pillar to reunite with his colleague, while the meerkat went to see the man at the booth.

There is one left.

The man next to the booth lowered his head, his hat covering his brows and eyes, and his breathing was very shallow.

One of his hands hung naturally on the ground, and the other hand was placed on his waist, as if he was about to pick up the baton, but he retreated due to exhaustion and sat down next to the display case.

Unlike others, his baton was hung on his left hand side, as if it was intentional.

The meerkat tried to pry his hands open, but found that... he couldn't.

His hand was held down by another hand.

The meerkat looked up stiffly and saw an ordinary and unfamiliar face hidden by a police hat.

Because there are so many people with similar features to him, the meerkat has almost forgotten what that person looks like.

In the shadow, a familiar smile appeared on the pale corners of his mouth.

The smiling mouth opened and closed, uttering a long-lost greeting.

"Mr. Reporter, long time no see."

The next moment, the baton collapsed like a burst balloon, and he pulled it out casually, revealing a sharp dagger that he was holding in his reverse grip.

Of course, now is not the time for small talk.

The next second, Li An grabbed the collar of the person in front of him and rolled on the ground.

call out--

The display case glass shattered.

Li An leaned over, put one knee against his subordinate's abdomen, clamped his throat with his right hand, and looked up at the smoking muzzle of the gun in the other's hand.

Makarov PB-6P9, magazine capacity is 8 rounds, muzzle velocity is 290 meters per second, and effective range is 50 meters.

The muzzle noise is reduced by adding a tubular silencer, and special subsonic silenced bullets are fired.

However, due to the bulky silencer, it is inflexible to use and has poor accuracy.

"Put him down."

A clear female voice.

Facing the muzzle of the gun, Li An still pulled down the brim of her hat, her eyebrows slightly curved under her hair, and she complained: "Madam, you are so rude to the police officers, it will be easy to be sent to prison."

Unlike before when he was in front of the "camera", this time, no matter what expression he made, it was not so conspicuous.

Even though he smiled incredibly brightly.

Facing the threat of the gun, Li An was naturally not unprepared.

The index finger of the left hand was slightly raised, and several extremely thin invisible threads locked the body below the knees.

As long as she dares to shoot, she can guarantee:

The second bullet penetrated a body that was definitely not hers—

But it was the meerkat at her feet.

The meerkat had already confirmed his identity and felt that he seemed to have left him room to speak, so he suppressed his anger and squeezed out a few words from his throat.

"Caph, he... ahem... he is..."

"Shirakura..."

……

Due to the absence of Officer Nakamori and the fake Beika Museum, Li An guessed that the real Dark Night Star was secretly moved and protected.

However, she was not the only one who guessed this, the organization also guessed it.

What? Why would she know that?

Although there is a waning moon tonight, the moonlight is still very bright.

Looking out into the courtyard from the second-floor window, she saw two furtive figures.

Two people, one of whom she had met before, Zhao Li.

As for the other one...although he was wrapped up tightly, she had heard a little about this person.

Makiko Maki, the reporter who wrote about the stars in the dark night.

The two of them are really in the same group.

So……

Li An smiled, reached out to tear off the mask and put it in his pocket, revealing another ordinary face.

By the time I went downstairs, the effect of the hypnotic gas had almost worn off.

But the lights were still off.

Li An thought about it, stepped over the gap between the people, held onto the edge of the booth cabinet, and slid down to sit on the side of the booth.

The movements were somewhat similar to those of the sleeping Kogoro, whom she had never seen before.

She even observed each officer's sleeping posture with great interest while there was still time, and checked what sweet dreams they had.

Oh, this crew-haired police officer seems to have a girlfriend, and he is having a candlelight dinner with her in his dream.

What a sweet smile.

Oh, this tall police officer seems to be in a miserable state. He is still reporting the situation to his superior. The situation does not seem to be good. His superior’s face, whose face is blurred, looks pale.

The baby-faced police officer at her feet was really dedicated to his job. He was even chasing criminals in his dreams. But when he ran up the stairs, his legs went weak and he fell down.

I can't sleep well because of all the bumps and bruises.

Li An sighed.

For his safety, Li An silently took out a handkerchief and threw it away.

The baby-faced police officer took a deep breath, tilted his face, and continued to chase the criminal.

That’s great. I wish him a promotion and a raise.

Silence returned to the villa.

squeak-

The door opened.