Conan Moslin

Two days after closing, the lights at the Blue Parrot Bar, located somewhere in Jianggutian, came back on.

This bar also operates as a billiard hall and is a rare place where minors are allowed to enter.

"Billiards is about having fun. It has nothing to do with age or clothes."

The bar owner said so.

This is a billiard bar run by Terai Huang Zhisuke, and it is also the base of Kaito Kid.

Many magic props are hidden here.

In addition to alcohol, the bar also offers other drinks such as coffee and juice.

As soon as Grandpa Terai came back from dinner, he skillfully cleaned the table and washed the wine glasses.

Li An was also helping.

Clean cabinet corners and tabletops, and wipe picture frames on the wall.

Grandpa Terai originally didn't want her to do it, but Li An insisted, and he really had no choice.

I had just painted two pictures when a customer came.

The first and only guest tonight is Kuroba Kaito.

Rather, when the closed sign was still on, Kaito was the only one who would come in through the back door.

"Sister, how was the beach trip..." He was eager to ask about the interesting things during the trip, but immediately noticed the bruises on Li An's arm, "How did you get hurt again!"

"It's been a long time since I was injured. Why is there 'again'? This will be healed in a few days."

Li An threw a table brush that he had just taken out of the utility room over there: "The scenery is nice, but there aren't many interesting things. But there are two cases... Take the table brush, and go clean the pool table."

"Two cases?!" Kaito took the brush and raised his voice three degrees higher, "You were only there for two nights..."

"That's right." Li An didn't care at all. He carefully wiped the dust off the picture frame with a wrung-out wet towel and hung it back.

"Really, sister, have you been unlucky recently? I always feel like there are a lot of cases around you... The same thing happened during the performance on the day you came back, and last time in the hospital..."

"How could I... Don't let your imagination run wild." Li An retorted without any emotion, "This is definitely not my problem."

Kaito suddenly had an idea and asked tentatively, "You don't want to say it's because of the detective?"

Li An gave him an approving look.

The two reached an agreement.

"It's okay for detectives to often appear at crime scenes." Grandpa Terai, who was wiping cups nearby, sighed, "But... so many things happened in just two days... Miss Kuriyasu, don't you really consider staying away from them? It's too dangerous."

Kuroba Kaito, who was standing by, had no idea what he was thinking and agreed with this.

"Grandpa Terai is right!"

You see, with this frequency of cases, not only does he feel something is wrong, but Master Kaito also feels so.

This is indeed a good question.

However, Li An thought about it and chose an explanation that would definitely be accepted: "Grandpa Terai, I still need to investigate my father's affairs..."

Sure enough, Terai Huang Zhisuke's expression immediately changed after hearing this.

"I will have Master Kaito find the next target as soon as possible and make sure to lure those people out!"

He picked out a bottle of juice from the dazzling array of wine bottles, poured two glasses for the two of them, and began to look up information with high morale.

Kuriyasu & Kaito: "..."

The two looked at each other, tacitly agreeing not to disturb Grandpa Terai, and continued chatting and exchanging information.

Of course, they didn't just talk about business, they also talked about other things in between.

For example, Kuroba Kaito is about to turn 17 years old.

Note that it is coming, not already here.

That’s right, although it has always been said that he is 17 years old this year, but according to the official time, Kuroba Kaito is indeed not yet 17.

However, since it was unknown when his birthday would come, Li An simply sent out the prepared gifts in advance and also sent a copy to Qianying who was far away in Las Vegas.

Not long after that, Kaito's real birthday passed quietly amidst his daily play and fighting with Aoko.

It was a very peaceful day, with no gems to steal and no cases to disturb.

Aoko and several of his friends sent gifts specially, but because they had to go to school the next day, there was no party.

That's for the future.

The two siblings talked about things in this meeting from the beginning of April to the end of April, from Aoko Nakamori to Uncle Nakamori, and from Ran Mouri to Conan Edogawa.

"Speaking of that kid... he almost discovered the name you asked me to leave behind."

"Really?" Li An asked about the details with interest.

Kaito explained in detail when he saw that she wanted to listen, and reviewed the situation at that time.

"…I was originally planning to use this trick on the rooftop, but then the incident at the villa suddenly happened."

The two of them had discussed the matter of the villa that night, so they quickly skipped it.

"I remember that Grandpa Terai recovered several small loudspeakers when he was cleaning up the traces on the ship. Did you use that to attract the police officer's attention?"

The officers on the ship could never find the truth about Kaito. In fact, he triggered the loudspeakers on several routes in sequence to lead the officers to where he wanted.

He took advantage of this time to go to the deck and also used the same method to get to the engine room.

The last loudspeaker is naturally installed not far from the mechanical room.

"Even without the loudspeaker, the noise he made would have been quite loud..." Kaito is still frightened when he thinks of that football.

Li An also remembered the police officer's report at the meeting: "That's right, the police officer said that all the phones were broken."

And according to her understanding, the losses on the ship were all compensated by the Suzuki family.

The two of them collected the brushes and wet cloths and went to the washstand together. After cleaning, they put the items into the storage box in the utility room and soon sat down at the bar.

Grandpa Terai had already found the relevant information, and when he saw the two people sit down, he turned the screen over.

The brother and sister leaned forward to look.

The electronic photo shows a somewhat quaint gem necklace. The emerald green gem inlaid in the middle is divided into an oval. Its interior is not as clear and transparent as ordinary gems. The gold wire patterns inside are bundled into a strand from the center end, extending upward and downward respectively, and the naturally divergent appearance looks like a dead tree reflected by the lake.

"This is our next target, the Emerald Forest." Terai Huangzhisuke pointed at the exhibition time and then the exhibition location on the poster. "The exhibition ends this Sunday, so this time is tentatively scheduled for Saturday night."

Kuroba Kaito had no objection.

Terai added the background story: "This gem has some history. It was originally collected by a traveler from Meiringen, and her relatives agreed to send it to this exhibition hall in Kongjuku for exhibition."

He pulled out the floor plan of the exhibition hall and a map of the vicinity and pointed out the route.

"Like before, I will go to the exhibition hall in advance to check out the location and install and arrange some of the mechanisms."

Kaito will go to the exhibition hall during the day on Saturday to familiarize himself with the venue, most likely with Aoko.

Why not go gem stealing midweek?

Please clarify Kuroba Kaito's serious identity - he is an ordinary student in Class B, Grade 2 of Ekoda High School, and he still has to go to school.

but……

"The next time won't be a full moon?"

Li An keenly noticed that the time was wrong.

Kaito nodded when he heard this: "I have confirmed this news with my mother. She said that as long as we check it against the moonlight, there will be no problem."

Regarding this matter, Kuroba Chikage gave a positive answer during the video call in the evening.