Before this, Mitarai Soxu had never thought that he could defeat himself. Apart from the contents he left in the kendo notebook, there were other ways to defeat him.
But now, Mitarai Munexu was a little shocked. He never thought that he would lose to the person in front of him like this——
Originally, I thought that he dared to confront me so boldly because he knew something from Kyousuke, but it seemed that he really had a chance to win.
In this regard, as a samurai, even his weapons were damaged by the opponent, and he was completely defeated. Therefore, he had nothing to say, so he could only nod silently to Gao Yuan, and then sighed, as if he agreed with Gao Yuan,
Affirmed:
"Okay. I am convinced. If you have any questions, just ask. As long as I know, I will tell you."
However, regarding the current situation, Mitarai Rui on the side only felt that the situation just progressed too fast. Before he could realize what was going on, the two people in front of him had already ended the fight.
For a moment, Mitarai was stunned, not knowing what to do. It felt like she should be concerned about the injuries of the two people, but looking at them, they looked like they were fine, which made Mitarai confused.
Faced with this situation, before the side effects of "power" took effect, Gao Yuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when Mitarai Munexu said this, for fear that the other party would really regret it.
but……
Even if things are going smoothly, things that have been arranged long ago still have to be carried out as usual——
"Ah, what a wonderful duel!"
At this moment, with a burst of applause, a white figure appeared from nowhere in the cave -
He is wearing a white top hat and a pair of monocles on his face, so his face cannot be seen clearly.
Wearing a white suit and a white cloak behind him.
Clapping and pacing—
Kaitou Kidd said this in a slightly complimentary tone.
"Kaitou Kidd?"
With a confused look on his face, Gao Yuan naturally said the other party's name first since he could directly see the other party's appearance from his position.
In response, Mitarashi Munexu and Mitarashi Rui turned to look at Kaitou Kidd who appeared here, and both felt that things were strange——
"According to the notice, 'tomorrow at midnight'...you shouldn't have to wait until tomorrow..."
Gao Yuan was the first to tell the strangeness of the matter.
Hearing this, Kaitou Kidd replied calmly with a smile on his face:
"You mean that notice letter..."
Reaching out and pulling the brim of his hat, Kaitou Kid couldn't help but chuckled:
"Would it be understandable if I said that I put it there when I last visited the villa the night before yesterday?"
"The night before yesterday..."
Hearing this, Gao Yuan's expression changed slightly and responded:
"That is to say, since we just saw the notice letter, we thought that 'tomorrow midnight' refers to midnight tomorrow night. But in fact, because the notice letter was placed there one day in advance, the so-called 'tomorrow' means midnight tomorrow night."
Midnight', that's now!"
In response, Kaitou Kidd clapped his hands and replied proudly:
"Correct answer, Mr. Detective."
With that said, Kaitou Kidd seemed to ignore Gao Yuan and others, and walked straight towards the shrine——
"Then, according to the notice..."
"Don't even think about it!"
Immediately, Mitarashi Munexu saw Kaitou Kid heading towards the shrine, and immediately took action to stop the opponent's actions.
but--
As soon as he took a step, his thigh, which had been hit hard by Takato, felt severe pain, causing Mitarai Munexuo to hesitate for a moment.
In this regard, taking advantage of the opponent's moment of hesitation, Kaitou Kidd dodged and escaped the opponent's blockage, and came directly to the shrine. With a faint smile on his lips, he turned to look at Mitarai Munexu behind him——
"Old sir, you just went through such a battle, you'd better pay attention to rest first, don't hold on!"
As he said that, he saw Kaitou Kidd quickly reaching out and taking a cross-shaped jewelry inlaid with gems from the top of the urn placed on the shrine in his hand——
"Ah, but thank you very much for leading the way. What I want is indeed right here..."
Faintly, he took the cross-shaped jewelry inlaid with gems in his hand and touched it. Kaitou Kidd placed the jewelry in front of his eyes. After observing it carefully, he seemed very satisfied. He nodded and was about to prepare.
leave.
In response, Mitarai Rui couldn't help but hurriedly stepped forward to prevent Kaito Kid from leaving——
"No, take my sister's..."
However, before he finished speaking, Kaitou Kidd took out the magic pistol from his pocket and shot towards the top of the cave——
Just like that, a telescopic rope was shot out from the muzzle of the magic pistol, and a hand grabbed the top of the cave.
Then, Kaitou Kid jumped up, and with the help of the rope shot from the pistol, he jumped into the air, bypassed Mitaraizui in mid-air, and headed towards the entrance of the cave——
Seeing this, Mitarari's expression changed drastically, as if he didn't know what to do.
"Xiao Rui, stay away!"
At this moment, Mitarai Munexu endured the pain in his legs, worked hard, and stepped hard, paying attention to the trajectory of Kaito Kidd in mid-air, anticipating the opponent's landing point, and taking the opportunity to intercept him, and
The current position Mitaraizui is in is on the path he wants to move forward.
Hearing this, although Mitarashi Rui was at a loss, he still took action after hearing Mitarashi Munexu's words, and immediately hid from his original position, which provided convenience for Mitarashi Munexu's progress.
But similarly, when the voice of Mitarashi Souaki reminded Mitarai Rui, Kaitou Kidd also noticed Mitarashi Sousu's plan. After realizing the other party's intention, Kaitou Kidd continued to operate the magic pistol in his hand.
The rope continued to be shortened by half halfway, causing Kaito Kid's own jumping trajectory to undergo a big change. All of a sudden, Mitarai Munexuo's prediction failed.
At the same time, due to the effort he had just made to get up, the pain in Mitarai Munexu's leg that was originally injured by Takato became more and more unbearable, and for a while it was difficult to exert strength again.
Regarding this, Mitarai Munexu saw that Kaito Kid was about to leave with the gem. With eyes wide open, he looked at Kaito Kid who was about to run out of the cave, but for a moment he didn't know what to do -
However, at this moment, Gao Yuan, who had been slow to take action, finally took action.
I saw that he threw a fragment of the blade in his hand directly towards Kaitou Kidd, and the direction he aimed at was the part hanging on the roof of the cave with the rope——
No matter how much Kaitou Kid controls the length of the rope, the part fixed to the ceiling cannot be changed.
Therefore, with the sound of the blade fragments breaking through the air, Kaitou Kidd noticed something strange. Faced with such a sudden attack from Gao Yuan, he had no choice but to choose to put away the part fixed on the top of the cave first, and took the opportunity to sway his body.
, swinging to a place where you can lean on the stone wall of the cave, then step on the stone wall with both feet, rely on the stone wall to borrow strength, and then jump further towards the outside of the cave——
However, the second blade fragment flew directly in front of Kaitou Kid's face this time!
With a keen sense, Kaitou Kidd did not jump out of the cave as originally planned, but exerted force forward, making his whole body jump backwards, and finally landed, returning to the ground near the shrine——
Two flying shots of the blade fragments actually forced Kaito Kidd back into the cave. This made Mitarai Munexuo secretly nod, admiring Takato's unrestrained use of weapons.
At the same time, Kaitou Kidd seemed to pay attention to Gao Yuan, who had been leaning against the stone wall since just now, and praised:
"Ah, Mr. Detective, you are very good at it."
"Kidd the Phantom Thief."
In response, Gao Yuan showed a smile on his face and said lightly:
"Now that you're here, don't leave in such a hurry... Why don't you tell us some clues about how you knew about this gem -
"After all, from the beginning, no one in the Mitarai family knew about the existence of this gem!"
"Oh, you actually care about this kind of thing?"
Upon hearing Gao Yuan's inquiry, Kaitou Kidd seemed a little surprised that Gao Yuan asked such a question first, and made a sound of surprise.
But then, Kaitou Kidd smiled helplessly and responded:
"Well, since you want to know, it doesn't hurt to tell you."
As he spoke, Kaitou Kidd picked up the cross-shaped jewelry inlaid with gems in his hand, placed it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, and then explained indifferently:
"Do you know 'Moonlight Tears'? It was a gem that appeared at an auction about six years ago. But it is said that the gemstone inlaid on 'Moonlight Tears' is suspected to be that of a certain person more than twenty years ago.
It was a gift given by a rich man to a certain movie star, and with the death of that movie star, the whereabouts of this gem disappeared..."
Speaking of this, Kaitou Kidd changed the topic and couldn't help but look helpless and said:
"Of course, this matter is far from certain. Even the whereabouts of the 'Moonlight Tears' six years ago cannot be determined. However, it happened to be about twenty years ago...
"Well, at least it is certain that after the movie star passed away, at an auction in the United States, this gemstone jewelry appeared in the auction, and the gemstone embedded in it was suspected to be a gift from the rich man as rumored.
The movie star’s gem. Moreover, this cross-shaped gem was photographed by the younger brother of the then president of the Mitsubishi Foundation..."
Saying this, Kaitou Kidd looked at Mitarai Munexu and affirmed:
"That's right, that's the old gentleman in front of you."
Saying this, Kaitou Kidd paused for a moment, and then continued calmly:
"I am very interested in the gem that was owned by the rich man more than 20 years ago. Since there are no clues about the 'Moonlight Tears', it is natural that I will further investigate the gem that was photographed by the Siling Consortium.
That gem is gone!
"Originally, since it was a gem purchased by the Mitsubishi Consortium, it would be natural to go directly to the Mitarai family to find it, but I didn't expect you to say you didn't know about this..."
In response to this, Kaitou Kid carefully looked at the gem in his hand, then looked at Mitarai Munexu, and asked meaningfully:
"So, old gentleman, since you bought this gem from the auction back then, why did you say you didn't know about it?"
Hearing this, Mitarashi Zongxu looked solemn and didn't know how to answer——
"besides……"
While saying this, he saw Kaitou Kid throwing the cross-shaped gem in his hand, directly towards Mitarai Munexuo, and shouted:
"Old sir, are the gems inlaid on this different from when you first took the photo? Please take a good look!"
After saying that, seeing the gem being thrown out by Kaitou Kidd, Mitarashi Munexu and Mitarashi Rui couldn't help but feel surprised——
Among them, Mitarashi Rui was the first to move forward to pick up the gem involuntarily, while Mitarashi Zongxu, after seeing the other party's behavior, realized the other party's possible purpose and was about to leave to make preparations, but his legs
The pain he suffered once again caused a flaw in Mitarai Munexu's actions.
Taking advantage of this slight flaw, Kaitou Kidd repeated his old tricks and once again used his magic pistol to shoot a rope to hook the top of the cave. Then he jumped up on the rope and swung towards the entrance of the cave——
This time, there was no obstruction from Takato, and Kaito Kidd was able to get through unimpeded. Although Mitarai Munexuu tried to block him again despite the pain, he saw that the gem thrown by Kaitou Kidd was actually hitting his face.
.
With no other choice, Mitarai Munexu could only raise his hand to intercept the gem.
In the end, Mitarai Munexu caught the gem, but Kaitou Kid also took this opportunity to pass Mitarai Rui and Mitarai Munexu, and came directly to the entrance of the cave——
"Meow--"
With a cry of surprise, the cat that was lying at the door of the cave seemed to be frightened by Kaitou Kid. Then it jumped up and jumped towards the outside of the cave, and finally disappeared into the cave.
In the woods outside.
In response, Kaitou Kidd, who came to the entrance of the cave, turned around and looked at Mitarai Munexu who had caught the cross-shaped gemstone jewelry. He said lightly and somewhat proudly:
"How about it? Old sir, logically speaking, the gemstone inlaid on it should be a six-carat blue diamond, but now it is an ordinary gemstone. Why is this?"
Hearing this, Mitarai Munexuu didn't seem to pay any attention to Kaitou Kidd's inquiry. He just looked at Kaitou Kidd and thought about how to keep this bold thief here——
"Really? That's it."
However, seeing Mitarai Munexu's attitude, Kaitou Kid smiled and then said:
"It seems that this is not the gem I want. In that case, I say goodbye!"
After saying that, Kaitou Kidd dodged and walked out of the cave, and also closed the iron door at the entrance of the cave——
Therefore, although the iron door that had lost its latch could not latch automatically after being closed, it still blocked the movement and sight of Mitarai Rui and Mitarashi Munexu. When the two chased out the door, they looked at the woods outside in the dark night.
, where is the figure of Kaitou Kidd?
Seeing this, looking at the gem returned to his hand, Mitarashi Zongxu frowned slightly, and couldn't help but look at Gao Yuan in the cave, wondering why Gao Yuan didn't continue to take action just now——
However, at this glance, Mitarai Munexu noticed that Gao Yuan seemed to have lost all his strength. He was lying on the mountain wall, and his whole body was very weak...