I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Chapter 72 Let's Make a Deal, Kaito Kuroba

"Then this situation is indeed quite serious."

"Kaito Kuroba, let's get straight to the point. The mysterious organization that killed your father, Toichi Kuroba, is investigating Kaito Kid. They will target you during your next operation and kill you as well!"

Chen En turned his head and immediately threw out his trump card.

Kaito Kuroba, who had been trying to play dumb, was looking completely bewildered.

Upon hearing Chen En's words, he instantly switched to a fighting expression.

Kaito Kuroba's poker face, once again, reappears on his face as the phantom thief Kid.

The phantom thief, known as the "Lupin of the Heisei Era," narrowed his eyes and asked.

How do you know that my father was killed by those people?

Chen En raised his coffee cup and then smashed it down, but not a drop of coffee spilled.

As the coffee dripped, he said with certainty,
"I'm batman!"

Kuroba Kaito:?
Don't try to make me laugh in such a serious setting!

Who asked you that?

Even with his years of experience maintaining a poker face, Kaito Kuroba was starting to lose his composure at this moment.

"Kaito? You're here? You didn't take your bento out?"

Nakamori Aoko's voice rang out from the edge of the rooftop.

She seemed to ask a classmate for directions, and then made her way to the rooftop, still holding a lunchbox in her hand.

Upon seeing Nakamori Aoko appear, a hint of anxiety flashed in Kuroba Kaito's eyes.

In order to conceal his identity, he knew he couldn't continue asking questions once Nakamori Aoko arrived.

Therefore, Kaito Kuroba finally stopped hiding his emotions.

He asked urgently.

"What exactly happened? Can you explain yourself more clearly?"

Don't be a riddle-maker!

In the end, Kaito Kuroba only heard Chen En's words.

"Let's make a deal, Kaito Kuroba."

"I'll help you get rid of the scarecrow and tell you your father's current whereabouts. In exchange, you'll teach me your disguise and transformation magic skills. How about it?"

Kuroba Kaito:?
Wasn't he dead? What do you mean by "his current whereabouts"?
Did his coffin drift away, or did his remains travel far away with the sea breeze?

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Watching Kuroba Kaito being pulled away by Nakamori Aoko.

Koizumi Akako stared at it for a while.

Then, she suddenly turned to look at Chen En and asked in confusion.

"Who exactly are you? Why do I see Batman in the magic crystal ball?"

She had seen many images of divine beings in their crystal balls.

A sinister bastard with malicious intentions, a little black man who committed murder, and that eight-eyed giant spider from just now.

But this was the first time she had ever seen someone's crystal ball depicting Batman.

"Is it possible that it's because I really am Batman?"

Chen En raised an eyebrow and said this.

He had no feelings for Koizumi Akako because this "Red Witch" was a true witch.

It's said that when she first discovered she couldn't charm Kaito Kuroba, she was really aiming to kill him. Who knows when she might have contracted the Beika Shinjin Syndrome and gone mad along with him.

It's better to keep your distance unless absolutely necessary.

Koizumi Akako wanted to ask more questions.

However, she only turned her head for a moment.

Chen En mysteriously vanished right in front of her.

Koizumi Akako: ?
Are you the magician, or am I the magician?
How about you become the witch?

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Before we knew it, it was time to get out of school.

Kaito Kuroba pushed open the door and greeted the family.

"Grandpa Terai, I'm back."

Upon hearing Kaito Kuroba's voice, a response immediately came from inside the room. "Oh, young master Kaito, you're back early today."

"Didn't you play with that child named Aoko a little longer?"

The voice that responded sounded quite old.

Terai Kinosuke, the butler of two generations of Kaito Kid, appears before Kuroba Kaito.

The next moment, Terai Kinosuke's eyes widened as he looked behind Kuroba Kaito.

"Wait, wait a minute, young master Kaito, who is this person behind you?"

Although Terai Kinosuke is a bit old.

However, his memory and skills had not declined, and he did not remember seeing the person behind Kaito Kuroba.

In response, Chen En waved hello.

"Yo."

Terai Huang Zhisuke:?

Who greeted you?
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Push open the mechanism in Kaito Kuroba's room.

Kaito Kuroba took his seat at Kaito Kid's secret base, with Kijima Terai standing behind him.

Chen En was sitting on the sofa opposite.

Compared to the somewhat conflicted Terai Kinosuke, there's also the somewhat irritable Kuroba Kaito.

Chen En seems more like the owner of this secret base.

In fact, Chen En was already surveying the base and memorizing its structure.

I'm thinking about when I can find a place to build myself a bat cave.

— His special items will eventually become so numerous that they are difficult to store.

It is necessary to create a secret base for yourself that no one knows about, specifically for storing special items.

"Alright, let's get down to business."

"You said you know where my dad is... really? But my mom said he's most likely dead in the accident back then."

"My mother has been searching for him for so many years and still hasn't found him. And you just open your mouth and say you know where he is?"

Kaito Kuroba said with a hint of disbelief.

He didn't really believe it, but he was able to talk about things related to him to this extent.

It's not good that he doesn't believe it.

Therefore, Kaito Kuroba decided to believe it to some extent.

Then, he broke down.

"Is it possible that your mother already found your father's whereabouts?"

"Were the two of them investigating the whereabouts of a mysterious organization while enjoying some time together at a Las Vegas casino in the United States?"

Chen En's words immediately made Kaito Kuroba unable to hold back.

What does it mean when my mom and dad are enjoying time together?
If my mom really found my dad, or if my dad is still alive and free, how could she not send me a message explaining the situation for eight years?

"No, I can't even find my dad, so how could my mom find him?"

Kaito Kuroba quickly pressed for more information.

Chen En paused for a moment, then said,

Is it possible that your mother was also a phantom thief, and debuted a few years earlier than your father?

Kuroba Kaito:?
Are you saying my whole family are thieves... all phantom thieves?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!
I have never seen my mother act as a phantom thief!

Kaito Kuroba immediately turned to look at Kinosuke Terai.

— Terai Kinosuke was the butler who worked with his father, the first Kaito Kid.

If his mother, Kuroba Chikage, was also a phantom thief, then Terai Kinosuke couldn't possibly not know.

Then, Terai Kinosuke fell silent.

Kuroba Kaito:?
Sometimes, silence is more deadly than words!
"Grandpa Terai, why aren't you saying anything?"

"Could my mom really be a phantom thief? And debuted even before my dad? Why have you and she never told me this?"

(End of this chapter)