Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 197 Kaito Kidd and the Red-Faced Mermaid (Part 1)

The jewelry exhibition, which was originally planned to be postponed after the explosion of the Suzuki Express train, is about to be held at the strong request of Suzuki Jirokichi.

Inspector Nakamori was originally complaining about this matter to his superiors, saying that the murderer of the bombing had not been caught yet, and the purpose of the explosion and the strange music sounding in the carriage might be a conspiracy against the gems, and Kaito Kid might not take risks again.

However, Kaito Kidd has already sent a letter of warning to Suzuki Jirokichi, and also claimed that he would steal the gems on the first day of the public exhibition. After hearing this, Inspector Nakamori had no choice but to obey the instructions and honestly arrange guards to defend Kidd.

In front of the Suzuki Museum, Sonoko is performing a new magic trick she learned on TV for Ran, Sera and Conan, turning a seemingly empty Coke can back into a can of Coke, and she wants to perform it for Kid.

Conan then explained the principle of this magic and mercilessly mocked Sonoko: "A magic master like Kaito Kid would not be shocked by such a trick."

Sonoko was so angry that she pointed at Conan and complained to Xiaolan: "Xiaolan, why did you bring this arrogant brat here?"

Xiaolan said helplessly: "Because Uncle Jiro invited him over, he said Conan is Kidd's nemesis."

Xiaolan then changed the subject: "Compared to this, I'm more surprised by Shiliang. I thought you weren't interested in phantom thieves or anything like that."

Sera replied, "It's not that I'm not interested. In Sherlock Holmes, there's Professor Moriarty, and in Akechi Kogoro, there's the strange man with twenty faces. So, every detective must have a strange enemy around him."

"And I haven't asked you about the hat you picked up on the Suzuki Express." Sera said as he took off his hat.

"But I just found this hat in the corridor."

"Did you see the man wearing black clothes and a black hat, with a burn on his right cheek?"

Without waiting for Xiaolan to answer, Suzuki Jirokichi came over and invited them into the museum.

On the way into the museum, Conan also recalled what happened on the Suzuki Express. Since then, he has been to Fukumanlou several times to inquire about the situation of the first mate and others, but the Umbrella Soul always evaded him with excuses such as they were debugging medicines and conducting physical monitoring.

In the exhibition hall, Conan met an acquaintance. The explorer was standing in front of several exhibits, tossing a gold coin in his hand.

"It's Uncle Norton." Conan ran up to the explorer. "What is Uncle Norton doing here?"

"Oh, it's Conan. I'm very interested in the gems that Advisor Jiroyoshi is going to show this time, so I came here specially to take a look. And I heard that Kaito Kidd has also set his eyes on this gem. Although he didn't take my gem last time, I feel unhappy whenever I think that my treasure almost fell into the hands of others."

"So I want to see if the dragnet that Advisor Jiroji has laid out this time can bring this moonlight magician to justice. By the way, I also want to talk to Advisor Jiroji about the gem acquisition issue."

It was the first time Shiliang saw the explorer. She leaned over and asked Conan: "Hey, Conan, who is this person?"

The explorer now put on the mining director's outfit, and the extremely luxurious dress and jewelry made Shiliang stunned.

"Uncle Norton is a very wealthy ore miner. Uncle Orpheus, who was on the Suzuki Express, is a good friend of his."

"No matter how rich you are, you wouldn't dress like this, right?" Shira blinked his eyes that were almost blinded by the glittering jewels.

At the same time, the explorer didn't forget to tease his friend: "Poor Orpheus, when he was helping you guys last time, he hit his fist on a steel plate and broke his leg. Now he can't write and can only lie around at home sulking. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, his hand is swollen like a piece of bread. He can't even play shadow puppetry. It's killing me."

[Novelist: You laugh again!]

[Explorer: Hahahahahahahahahaha… (Laughing maniacally for three minutes)]

[Entomologist: I told you not to act impulsively. Now that your hand is broken, you should behave yourself.]

[Composer: Orpheus's ability to commit suicide is unique in our entire estate.]

[Little girl: Aoife, does it still hurt? I'll blow on it and it will stop hurting.]

[Novelist: It's okay, I'm not in any pain right now. I'll write a novel for you guys as soon as I get better.]

Shiliang looked at the explorer who was gloating and said, "Um, Conan, are you sure they are good friends?"

Conan also showed his eyes: "Ah, they should be more of bad friends..."

After a while, they arrived at the exhibition hall where the gems were to be displayed. There were a lot of people here, and many of them gathered in front of the glass boxes to look at the gems inside.

"Is that an aquarium?" Conan asked, looking at the glass box filled with water.

"Yes, that's his target this time." Suzuki Jirokichi dispersed the crowd and approached the glass box. "His target this time is the ruby ​​wrapped around this turtle, the red-faced mermaid."

This little turtle is swimming leisurely in the water tank. It has a ruby ​​necklace on its back and many gems are stuck on its belly.

Suzuki Jirokichi also took the opportunity to introduce the protective measures he had arranged this time: the water tank was made of thickened tempered glass, with two-meter-thick cement walls inside, a special alloy net installed on the ceiling, and a little turtle was swimming around in the water.

Suzuki Jirokichi is very confident that this time even Kaito Kid, the Moon Magician, will not be able to steal his target.

Seeing such an almost watertight protection, Shiliang couldn't help but complain: "This is really a terrible interest."

Conan also showed his half-moon eyes: "If that's the case, animal protection groups should intervene."

Jiro Suzuki also mentioned the legend of this turtle: "A famous Italian actress died in a shipwreck half a year ago. It is said that this is the turtle she raised. Its name is Poseidon."

"Before the ship sank, she hoped that at least the turtle could be saved. To ensure someone could take care of it, she painstakingly glued the gemstone to its shell with adhesive, seemingly as a thank you gift and to pay for its care. Later, the tank containing the turtle was salvaged by a fisherman, and luckily, it ended up in my hands."

Yuanzi leaned over to the glass of the tank and carefully observed the turtle swimming inside: "Have you ever had it identified?"

"Of course, but the appraiser got bitten on the hand by a turtle while he was doing the appraisal. Anyway, turtles shed their skin between May and November every year. I had originally planned to wait until it shed its skin, remove the gem, and have it appraised before buying it, but it was too late."

Conan complained in his heart: So that's how it is, actually he just wants to take advantage of the gem still on the turtle's back to decide the outcome with Kidd.

The explorer came up to the tank, looked at the turtle and said, "But this turtle is actually called Poseidon? I thought it was called Neptune. After all, the actress is Italian."

When Conan heard the explorer's words, he recalled the stories about Greek and Roman mythology and felt a little strange, but he did not delve into it. The most important thing at the moment was to prevent Kidd from stealing the gems.