[Comprehensive] Phantom Thief · Phantom Thief

That night.

Raising his watch to check the time for the last time, Kaito nodded slightly to Elder Terai, who silently bowed aside to express his support and blessing for his next actions, and turned around, the corner of his white cloak was in the dry and slightly cold air at the end of winter Draw a beautiful arc——

"It seems... everything is ready."

Under the slightly misty moonlight of the night, the corner of his lower lip was slightly hooked, and Kuaidou made a jump, and jumped down to the high observation platform on the top of the building smoothly and lightly——

"Then let me see, with the help of the supporting actors, this performance... how wonderful it can be!"

Seemingly inadvertently raising his eyes to glance at the Tokyo Tower standing peacefully opposite him, Kaito raised his hand and pressed the brim of his hat, the smile on his lips became more and more blurred in the shadow cast by him, and it was difficult to discern the true meaning ...

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Continental Dynasty Exhibition Hall.

Since receiving the notice from Kaitou Kidd early this morning, and being informed that the other party will come to steal the seal of the last emperor at midnight today, the entire exhibition hall has been in a highly tense atmosphere.

"Today is Valentine's Day! Kidd is too good at choosing time!" ——This is the truest portrayal of the mood of more than half of the criminal police gentlemen who came to the exhibition hall to be on duty.

Although it is difficult to find a girlfriend for a variety of special reasons in the profession of the police, and those who are lucky can meet an internal solution to the couple who handle the case, but everyone is an adult male, and every year couples get married During those few festivals, the poor police officers said that they would rather go to the lively Ikebukuro or Shibuya area looking for opportunities to chat up single beauties——

Maybe this time you will have good luck and successfully abduct a girlfriend?

Unable to stop secretly flirting in their hearts, the young single male police officers bitterly exchanged a few tacit glances from time to time.

But all of this came to an abrupt end when the Nakamori police officer who was in charge of all of them and dealt with the phantom thief Kidd opened the door and strode into the hall.

It was different from any other time in the past. The Nakamori Police Department, who had put on a strange bone ornament around his neck at some point, turned out to be holding a sidearm with the safety on this time, and walked up to the criminal policemen with a grim expression.

"Listen, boys, after Kidd shows up in a while, shoot me without hesitation! As long as you can catch Kidd, it doesn't matter if you live or die!"

Nakamori's declaration caused an uproar among the criminal policemen almost immediately.

In any case, they couldn't understand why the police department who said just now must not shoot and absolutely wanted to capture Kidd alive, what kind of stimulation they received in less than half an hour, and they couldn't even say "life or death"? Speak up.

However, Nakamori obviously didn't intend to clear up the confusion for his subordinates.

For some reason, the face of this police officer looked quite fierce, completely different from the image he usually gives people who are equally tough but never full of hostility. At this time, his eyes were like He stared firmly at the glass cover containing the seal of the last emperor that Kidd had predicted would be taken away, as if by doing so, he could see through all the next actions of a certain phantom thief...

Time seemed to be stretched infinitely in such a deadlocked atmosphere.

It is clear that there are only less than 30 seconds left before the zero o'clock that Kidd announced, but the detectives gathered in the exhibition hall feel that this period of time... seems to be as long as several hours.

And when the bell representing zero o'clock finally rang, and the police officers were looking around trying to find Kidd, no one except Nakamori Police Department noticed that at some point there was an accident under the velvet cushion inside the glass cover. One hand, now groping for the seal near the center of the velvet cushion...

The moment the slender hand wearing white gloves put the seal in his palm, Nakamori's eyes flashed fiercely, accompanied by a burst of gunshots, under the stunned gaze of all the criminal police, from under the booth where the seal was placed, Suddenly, a familiar white figure jumped out...

"Kidd?!!"

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In fact, not only the police officers present, but even Kaito himself felt a little bit surprised at this moment.

He did remember this plot in the original book.

Police officer Nakamori, who was put on an unknown bone necklace by the witch Hongzi, changed his temperament in the middle of the journey. Not only did he draw his gun and shoot Kidd crazily as soon as he got up, he even issued an order to his subordinates, "Life or death, If necessary, one-shot kill" cold order.

If Kaito originally had a fluke mentality of "after all, this is a normal world mainly composed of ordinary people, even if there are supernormal existences like witches, it probably won't be particularly against the sky", then now, when After he witnessed with his own eyes how cruel and violent the Zhongmori Police Department could become under the control of Hongzi's secret method, all the ease and luck disappeared.

Quickly launched the jet roller skating under his feet, Kaito took advantage of the moment when all the police officers in the exhibition hall fell into a short-term stunned state due to the abnormal performance of his boss, and broke through the N-heavy siege continuously, finally Under the ferocious strafing of the Nakamori Police Department, he jumped onto the handrail of the stairs, and quickly evacuated to the top floor!

This time, because Kaito took precautions in advance, Hongko still couldn't get any of Kaito's personal items until before Kaito's action.

Without the accompanying objects as a medium, even Hongzi, who is proficient in witchcraft, cannot make a curse doll like the original work to achieve the purpose of harming Kaito.

So this time, Kaito quickly came to the top floor without encountering any obstacles, and set up the steel cable as in the original book, and used the jet roller skating to escape directly to the opposite Tokyo Tower by the steel cable.

There, Kaito unexpectedly met a beautiful red-haired girl in a cool witch costume.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, Phantom Thief Kidd." The red-haired girl holding a strange-shaped scythe said this, her eyes slowly fixed on the white-clothed phantom thief's handsome face under the monocle On Yi's face: "Or... should I call you, Kuroba Kaito?"

The scene in front of him could be considered to have been expected in his heart, so Kaito did not show the slightest strangeness at the moment when Hongzi deliberately slowed down and said his name.

He didn't even say the extremely gentlemanly sentence in the original book about whether Hongzi would catch a cold in such a cool dress in such weather after the other party made the declaration that he would take his life. Kaito just paused on the tightrope, staring quietly at the beautiful girl who claimed to be the orthodox heir of the Red Magic.

The two stared at each other in silence for a long time, until they keenly sensed the impatient impatience lurking beneath the other's seemingly calm expression, Kaito slightly raised the corners of his lips, put his right hand around his chest, and made a standard The gentleman's gift——

"Although it's a bit impolite to say this, Miss Witch, just based on your arrangement tonight, you can't take anything away from me."

Because it is very clear that Hongzi's idea is to introduce herself into the magic circle she drew in advance to trap herself, and then force herself to surrender and become her servant voluntarily, Kaidou did not intend to step off the tightrope from the beginning , falling within the range of Tokyo Tower.

Very windy tonight.

——It’s not too big, not too small, not too fast, and it’s a very suitable northerly wind. From the position of Kaidou, you can easily jump off the wire cable and pull out the hang glider without worrying about any wind force and direction.

That's why he was able to respond to Hongzi's provocation so easily, without showing the slightest timidity.

Of course, if Hong Zi really has an opponent that he didn't expect, Kuai Dou himself...is not without a hole card that is enough to protect himself.

Seeing that Hongzi's face turned ashen instantly after listening to his words, Kaidou secretly concentrated all his attention, only waiting for the other party to use the one that had never been used in front of others since time travel... The secret of his entire two lives.

"Kuroba Kaito..." He called out Kaito's name almost through gritted teeth, the red-haired witch no longer had the confidence and composure she showed before.

Staring viciously at the white figure standing quietly in the middle of the steel cable, Hongzi almost felt a feeling that if he continued to stare undisguisedly, his eyesight would most likely be burned by the other party. Strange illusion.

"Do you think you'll be fine as long as you just stand there?" Laughing suddenly, the witch swung the scythe horizontally in her hand, pointing directly at Kaito with the cold iron-colored light, "Don't forget, I... ...but a witch!"

It was too late to say it, but then it was too late, I saw a red glow flashing from the blade in an instant, shooting directly at the inevitable Kaidou on the wire rope!

Just when Hongko was about to laugh loudly at her own blow, and mock Kaito's helplessness by the way, the strange red light that was originally shot at Kaito somehow finally touched it. Kaito suddenly deflected for a moment, just rubbing the corner of Kaito's clothes, and instantly dissipated into the air...

"Oh? It seems that my luck is very good tonight, isn't it, Miss Witch?" He raised his hand and lightly pressed the brim of his hat. Although he said this with ease, in fact, at this moment, Kuai Dou was already full of doubts. indefinite.

He couldn't be more clear that it wasn't him who caused the inexplicable deflection just now!

In other words, at the moment when he was about to reveal his "little secret", another unknown mysterious force suddenly appeared from nowhere, and it took the first step to eliminate the danger of being locked by Hongmang... …

"who is it?!"

——Hongzi is worthy of being the orthodox heir of the so-called Red Magic family, but she was startled for a second, then turned around abruptly, looking at the Tokyo Tower where dark shadows were dormant.

At that moment just now, she indeed vaguely felt a faint fluctuation that seemed to be like magic power.

The moonlight seemed to be completely hazy at this moment—accompanied by... the crystal clear snow that suddenly filled the entire sky.

And at the end of Kaito's and Hongko's common line of sight, a long and tall figure slowly emerged from the silent darkness hidden behind the Tokyo Tower.

"Goodnight."

The moment the first snowflake fell on Kuaito's shoulders, the visitor's deep and magnetic voice reverberated in the silent air, and hit Kaito's eardrums, triggering a burst of familiarity almost immediately. trembling...

this person……

Is it? !

Suddenly widening his eyes, Kaito looked deeply into a pair of smiling blue eyes——

Sure enough...it was him!