Conan: Ran, I really am Shinichi, you have to believe me!

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After hearing Yuanzi's question, Jiang Chengbei smugly smoothed his hair and said with a smug look on his face:

“That’s right, the Kuroba family is a family of magicians, and my magic is a family tradition.”

"You said you and Shinichi are cousins, but why is your surname Kuroba while Shinichi's is Kudo?"

Seeing Xiaolan's puzzled question, Jiang Chengbei wasn't stumped and immediately blurted out:

"Because my grandparents divorced a long time ago, my father, who is with my grandfather, took his surname, while my uncle took his grandmother's surname."

After hearing Jiang Chengbei's explanation, Kaito Kid thought to himself: Shinichi Kudo, you've prepared quite a bit, haven't you?

If our fathers were truly brothers, how come I didn't know? And how is it possible that they hadn't been in contact for decades?

We just look a little alike, and you're trying to claim kinship with us? Have you no shame?

After chatting happily with Jiang Chengbei, Yuanzi, holding the blue roses Jiang Chengbei had given her, suddenly remembered that she hadn't seen her sister yet, so she took out her phone and made a call home.

Upon hearing Sonoko call him "sister" on the phone, Kaito Kid immediately sensed something was wrong. He was so angry with Shinichi Kudo for hacking his account that he was still there and forgot to leave!

Realizing something was wrong, Phantom Thief Kid immediately tried to salvage the situation and made a hasty escape.

No sooner had Kaito Kid run away than Sonoko exclaimed in surprise that her father, Shiro Suzuki, and her sister hadn't boarded the cruise ship at all and were still at home.

With Sonoko's exclamation, everyone immediately realized that Suzuki Shiro, who had just spoken on stage, was actually Kid in disguise. They all looked towards Jiang Chengbei and the others, searching for Suzuki Shiro who had been there just moments before.

Fortunately, Kidd has already run away, otherwise he would have caused chaos again.

Since the person had just run away, he couldn't have gone far. So Conan, the police officer Nakamori Ginzo, and other helpful people like the Mori father and daughter immediately gave chase, searching for Kid's whereabouts.

Unfortunately, after following Kid into the bathroom, they only found Kid's clothes inside; he jumped out the window and ran away.

Kidd has already arrived on the ship and has mastered the ability to transform, allowing him to freely transform into anyone present.

To prevent him from disguising himself and sneaking in again, Officer Chaki came up with an idea after returning to the banquet hall. Since they couldn't pinch his face, they would have everyone pair up, each discussing a secret code and keeping an eye on each other. If someone couldn't say it after a while, then that person was definitely Kid in disguise.

Having failed to catch up with Kid, Conan returned the way he came, glancing sideways at Jiang Chengbei: Compared to the phantom thief Kid who only steals jewels and doesn't kill, his brother, who frequently kills, seems to pose a greater danger.

Although Kid is a bit weak, he does have some chakra ability and a variety of skills, so he should be able to play a support role, right?

If we can persuade him, and the two of them work together, I wonder if they can arrest their own brothers who committed murder and arson?

Huh? How did I end up collaborating with one criminal to catch another?

Sigh, the police are still the worst!

If they were more capable, they could at least prevent their brothers from freely entering and leaving the Metropolitan Police Department, and prevent several public security officers from being killed indiscriminately. If they could do those things, Conan might even consider cooperating with them.

They can't even do this much, so why is Conan looking for them? To hold him back?

After devising a plan, Conan took the initiative to approach Jiang Chengbei, wanting to team up with him. This way, whether his brother was actually Kaito Kid in disguise would be up to Jiang Chengbei to decide.

Conan had a good plan, but as soon as he said he wanted to team up with Jiang Chengbei, he was picked up and thrown aside. Conan could only watch helplessly as Sonoko and Jiang Chengbei became a team.

In the end, only Ran and Conan were left. Conan might have been happy before, but now that his ruthless brother has appeared, how could he be happy about such a small thing?

Even after teaming up with Ran, Conan remained distracted. He thought that to cooperate with Kaito Kid, he needed to find out where he was. The best way to find him was to first identify who the real Dark Star was.

Thinking of this, Conan borrowed the list of more than 500 guests from Kogoro Mouri today. From their names, Conan quickly deduced who the real Dark Star was.

Next, all you need to do is keep an eye on the real Dark Star, and you'll be able to find Phantom Thief Kid. Then you can talk to him about catching Kuroba Kaito, your brother who committed murder and arson.

The following plot is the same as before: Tomoko Suzuki invites magician Kazumi Sanada to act out the scene where Kaito Kid is killed.

Then, during Sanada Ichizo's card magic performance, the replica of the Dark Star that had been given to everyone exploded, causing panic and chaos. This gave Kaito Kid, disguised as Ran, an opportunity to steal the real Dark Star from Suzuki Tomoko while she was helping her up after she fell.

Conan was surprised to see that it was Ran who stole the pearl at the end; he had no idea when Kaito Kid had disguised himself as Ran.

But that's not important. What's important is that they found Kaito Kid. He might be able to find some helpers now. After all, Kaito Kid has always had a good reputation, and I had a good feeling about my last encounter with him.

Conan grabbed the hand of Kaito Kid, who had transformed into Ran, glanced around, and realized that his brother Kaito Kuroba was nowhere to be found. So he whispered to Kaito Kid, "Come with me!"

Next, Conan dragged Kaito Kid to an empty cabin and began his strategy of forming alliances: "Kaito Kid, we meet again."

At first, Kaito Kid tried to deny it, but Conan didn't give him the chance and conjured a chakra soccer ball to threaten him.

Seeing a soccer ball appear out of thin air in Conan's hand again, Kaito Kid chuckled dryly, then nervously squeezed the tranquilizer dart in his hand, hoping it would have some effect on this superpowered kid.

“Kaito Kid, I’ve looked into it. You’re a thief with a code of honor, a person of integrity, and a strong sense of justice. That’s why I told you about my chakra training method last time. You owe me a favor.”

Kidd envied Conan for having chakra, and now that he had met Conan, he wanted to talk to him, so he wasn't in a hurry: "But I can't cultivate chakra using the method you told me."

"It might be due to my physical condition, talent, or bloodline. After all, I can't cultivate chakra using your method either."

I don't want to talk about this now, but anyway, you owe me a favor. I need you to help me deal with a heinous monster who enjoys killing.

He's someone who cultivates chakra just like you and me, except he uses chakra to kill. We must cleanse our ranks, otherwise he'll ruin the reputation of us chakra cultivators sooner or later, causing public outrage and making us universally hated.

Despite his chuunibyou (delusional) teenage years, Phantom Thief Kid still possesses a strong sense of justice and agrees with Conan's reasoning, so he asks, "Who is this murderous demon you're talking about?"

"Kaito Kuroba is the one who's with us. He looks exactly like Shinichi Kudo, and sometimes he even impersonates Shinichi Kudo."

"Who?! Who are you calling a murderous tyrant, or a great demon who takes pleasure in killing?!"

Upon hearing the name Conan mentioned, Kaito Kid jumped up excitedly.

He thought it was bad enough that his alias was a thief, but his real reputation was even worse. He was directly labeled a murderous demon king. He really wanted to strangle this bastard kid in front of him who fabricated rumors and slandered him.

"Kaito Kuroba."

Let me tell you, all those murder cases that caused such a stir before, and which I also confessed to on video, were actually committed by Kaito Kuroba.

Not only that, the case on Tsukikage Island that killed dozens of people, the gunfight at the fruit shop where I was staying, the five people who were killed in the explosion... people who were killed in public places were all killed by Kaito Kuroba.

Besides these, he also frequently impersonated Shinichi Kudo, using Shinichi's face to commit murder and arson. He's a complete psychopath!

"Fine, fine, fine!" Kuroba laughed defiantly when someone spread rumors about him to his face, calling him a serial killer: "But didn't you record yourself confessing to those serial murders?"

Why is it being pinned on Kaito Kuroba now?

"That was a stupid mistake I made. I thought... I was tricked into recording that confession video. If I were really a murderer, I would be keeping it a secret. Why would I be so stupid as to record something like that?"

Hearing Conan's words, Kid sneered and quickly interjected, "You're just being arrogant!"

Conan: ...

"If you don't believe me, we can't have a conversation."

Kidd sneered: "If I could beat you, do you think I'd want to chat with you?"

And on April Fool's Day, I just went for a walk on the top floor of the Beika Hotel, and you almost blew me up with a soccer ball!

Luckily, I brought a stand-in doll with me that day and used it to block the bomb. If I had escaped by flying away that night, I would have been the one blown up into a turkey and falling down.

Seeing the mocking smile on Kaito Kid's lips, Conan had a sudden inspiration and quickly explained, "Are you upset about me almost blowing you up with my chakra firework soccer ball?"

But that day was purely accidental. I really didn't do it on purpose, and I really didn't know that my newly created, upgraded chakra soccer ball would explode.

That night, the puppet you released flew so far that my ordinary chakra soccer ball couldn't reach it.

So I temporarily upgraded my chakra football, and I never expected that my newly developed chakra football would explode!

Please, you absolutely must believe me!

After hearing Conan's explanation, Kid hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded: "Okay, then put your chakra soccer ball away first."

"Okay." Hearing that Kaito Kid finally believed him, Conan happily put away the chakra soccer ball at his feet.

The chakra soccer ball had just disappeared into thin air when Kid put on his sunglasses at lightning speed, then a flashbang went off, and at the same time another tranquilizer dart exploded at Conan's feet.

Conan's chakra soccer ball is powerful, but like the belt soccer ball that Professor Agasa invented for him, it has a rather long wind-up time.

Unless you prepare in advance, it will still take some time to temporarily conjure a chakra soccer ball and then kick it out.

So, after being blinded by the light and inhaling a large amount of anesthetic smoke, Conan only had time to conjure a chakra soccer ball. Before he could even kick it, he started to sway and eventually collapsed in a daze.

After knocking Conan down, Kaito Kid immediately took off his clothes, threw them on Conan, and ran away.

A few minutes later, the effects of the anesthesia wore off, and when Conan groggily woke up, he saw that he was wearing Ran's clothes and women's underwear. He then realized what was happening and hurriedly grabbed the clothes and underwear to go find Ran.

As a result, Conan, who was running around aimlessly like a headless fly, bumped into a large, wealthy woman, causing the women's underwear he was carrying to fall to the ground. He was immediately labeled a perverted child and arrested.

If Conan had honestly apologized and left the stolen girl's clothes, the rich woman might have let the perverted boy go. But Conan refused. He was in a hurry to give the clothes to Ran, so how could he give them to someone else?

This incident escalated quickly, attracting a large crowd and sparking numerous rumors.

Then, Xiaolan heard about a little boy carrying underwear, saying he was going to give clothes to his naked older sister, Xiaolan.

Following the rumors, Ran and the others quickly found Conan. Then, Ran, Sonoko, and Kogoro Mouri each punched Conan, the instigator, and taught him a lesson.

Seeing Conan get beaten up, transform into Shinichi Kudo, and then impersonate Kaito Kuroba, Jiang Chengbei happily patted the large bump on Conan's head.

"Conan, where did you get Ran's clothes? Stealing and keeping girls' underwear is not a good habit for a boy."

"You're the one with the weird habit of stealing clothes!"

Conan replied to Jiang Chengbei with a sense of frustration. He hadn't expected that even though he was sincere towards Kaito Kid, Kaito Kid would still try to scheme against him before leaving. He had misjudged people!

Seeing his depraved, murderous brothers openly displaying themselves in public, Conan desperately wanted to expose their crimes.

However, firstly, he had no evidence; secondly, his credibility with the police seemed to have been ruined after his several surrenders; and thirdly, and most importantly, his brother was a superhuman, and he was no match for him, nor were all the police officers present.

Ultimately, after much deliberation and struggle, Conan gave up the idea of ​​reporting "Kaito Kuroba".

Even Kaito Kid, who is also a chakra practitioner, refused to help him. Conan wondered who in the world could help him.

Conan felt incredibly lonely as he confronted the murderous brothers, Kuroba Kaito and his partner, Jiang Chengbei.

While Conan was feeling down, the police continued their efforts to catch Phantom Thief Kid and search for the Dark Star.

Jiang Chengbei, having done a good deed once again, caused Kaito Kuroba and Kaito Kid to appear at the same time, thus clearing Kaito Kuroba of being Kaito Kid's identity, and then disappeared into some corner of the cruise ship.

Soon after, Jiang Chengbei appeared in Kuroba Kaito's living room.

After waiting for a while, a somewhat disheveled Kaito Kuroba finally returned home.

Seeing "Shinichi Kudo," who looked exactly like him except for his hairstyle, sitting in his living room, Kaito Kuroba said indignantly:

"Shinichi Kudo, why did you impersonate me!"

"I'll clear you of suspicion that you're the Phantom Thief Kid. Inspector Nakamori saw us both on the ship this time, so he definitely won't suspect you anymore."

Even if he suspects you, come to me anytime. I'll help you, my dear brother. After all, I'm your cousin; I won't stand by and watch you die.

"Brother? Cousin? Are we really brothers? If we really are brothers, then that doesn't make sense."

On the ship, when you were impersonating me, you told me that the person you were pretending to be, Kaito Kuroba, was my cousin. Now that we're at my house, how come you're claiming to be Shinichi Kudo, my cousin?

"I just said it offhand on the boat and forgot about it."