Nagai Hikaru's Ke Xuexing

Suzuki Sonoko was determined to find out what the relationship was between Karasuma Akimitsu and Kidd. After the three little girls were driven into the fitting room to try on skirts, she grabbed Karasuma Akimitsu's neck and pretended to tighten it: "Tell me the truth, are you still in private contact with Mr. Kidd? Why do you know so much information about Mr. Kidd?"

Karasuma Akiko took off his monocle, wiped the lens slowly and put it back on: "Okay, it's just that he accidentally fell on my bedroom balcony yesterday, so I asked casually."

"…The balcony of Karasuma Manor? Did he fall down accidentally?" Suzuki Sonoko looked at Karasuma Akimitsu half-mooned, "Do you think I believe it?"

"There are so many unscientific things in this world." Karasuma Mingguang raised his hand and a deck of playing cards opened into a fan shape from his hand, "Look, I can do this too."

"Did Lord Kidd teach you this?" Suzuki Sonoko let go of Karasuma Akimitsu's neck, grabbed Karasuma Akimitsu's wrist and began to turn up his sleeves.

"No, this is white magic." Karasuma Akimitsu said seriously, folded the poker cards in his hand into a stack, and turned his palm over and they disappeared.

Suzuki Sonoko was still grabbing his sleeve, not understanding at all how the poker card disappeared. Her mind was filled with shock, wondering if this guy had inherited the true teachings of Lord Kidd.

"Look, I know magic, why can't you believe that it was a coincidence that Kidd fell on my balcony?" Karasuma Akimitsu said confidently.

Suzuki Sonoko's eyebrows jumped: "Isn't it just changing a deck of cards? Mr. Kidd can also turn playing cards into pigeons. Okay, stop giving me the cold shoulder and explain what's going on."

Karasuma Akimitsu said helplessly: "I can't control what kind of bird lands on the balcony. What can I do if he comes over to take a look at me?"

"Will he come tonight?" Bai Yuba, who was standing next to him, suddenly asked.

Karasuma Akimitsu turned his head and gave Haba Haku a strange look: "Isn't he going to steal something tonight? He's busy so he won't come, right?"

Suzuki Sonoko was still looking at Karasuma Mingguang's hand unwillingly, and then she pulled up the sleeve of his right kimono to expose his entire forearm: "Now change another one, the poker card just now."

Karasuma Akimitsu shook his head: "Okay, my magic cooldown hasn't expired yet, and now I'm out of mana. Stop playing, the kids are out, let's show them the dresses."

Suzuki Sonoko clicked her tongue.

After the three little girls came out, Suzuki Sonoko and Karasuma Akimitsu carefully selected little skirts for them and stopped talking about Kaito Kid. After buying skirts for the three girls, they went to the Mika Department Store restaurant for afternoon tea.

"Officer Sato?" Ayumi happily greeted someone at the door.

Miwako Sato looked at them in surprise: "Sonoko, you guys come too... this one..."

"Karasuma Akimitsu." Karasuma Akimitsu stretched out his hand and shook hands with Sato Miwako. "This is Haba Shira."

"Oh, I know Mr. Haneba. He used to be Ms. Xiaoguang's bodyguard..." Sato Miwako was stunned for a moment after she finished speaking. She continued to look at Karasuma Akimitsu's face, then thought for a while, and then suddenly realized, "You are the one on the Internet who is very popular recently... Xiaoguang's brother."

Karasuma Akimitsu didn't explain, but looked at the paper bag that Sato Miwako was holding: "Chino Fruit Dessert Shop? Officer Sato is here to buy dessert?"

"Yes, I just happened to see this shop introduced on TV this morning." Seeing that Karasuma Akimitsu didn't want to talk about Nagai Hikaru, Sato Miwako considerately changed the subject, "I really wanted to try it, so I came here to buy it right away."

"Oh, I know this feeling!" Suzuki Sonoko nodded happily, "Every time I see a store exploration program on TV, my stomach growls with hunger."

"Yeah, I have such moments too. And I don't know why, even if I know all the secret recipes, what I make at home is never as good as what I eat in the restaurant." Karasuma Akimitsu also nodded. The few of them walked into the Rice Flower Department Store restaurant together, sat down, and ordered exquisite afternoon tea snacks and drinks.

Several people were eating snacks and chatting in the restaurant. Suzuki Sonoko asked curiously, "By the way, Officer Sato, do you know that Kaito Kid is taking action today?"

"Ah, Kaito Kid, that's the business of Investigation Section 2. We in Investigation Section 1 won't interfere too much." Sato Miwako shook her head.

"Ah? Is it so clear?"

"In fact, I have intervened before, quite a long time ago." Sato Miwako recalled while holding a cup of coffee, "Kudo Shinichi, because Officer Megure promised to take him on a helicopter ride, he took him to participate in a case of arresting Kaito Kid during a mission, and as a result, that Kudo..."

"Lost to Lord Kidd?" Suzuki Sonoko asked with shining eyes.

"Oh, it was the time when Kidd tried to steal the clock tower, right?" Karasuma Akimitsu held up his chin and looked upwards in thought, "Kidd didn't succeed in stealing it in the end, right? Whether it was the clock tower or the gems on the hour and minute hands."

Sato Miwako was surprised: "Have you also been following Kid's case? Yes, he didn't steal anything, but Kudo took Officer Megure's service pistol and shot him. Officer Megure came back and wrote a very bad report. The gun was taken away by a minor and the bullets were consumed. Although he didn't tell Kudo in the end, he vowed not to bring Kudo to the affairs of the Second Investigation Section. He also tried not to interfere with the work of the Second Investigation Section when no one actively asked for help." After saying that, Sato Miwako laughed, "But not long after that, Kudo didn't show up again. Maybe he went abroad to study, right?"

"That guy Shinichi... actually took someone else's service gun. Isn't that too rude?" Suzuki Sonoko snorted.

Karasuma Akimitsu took a sip of his tea and said, "Yeah, it's really reckless. Sooner or later, you will suffer a great loss because of this recklessness, right?"

"..." Suzuki Sonoko unconsciously glanced at Himimiyuki who was eating the cake obediently, and then laughed dryly, "Yeah, I hope he can suffer a big loss and learn a lesson."

"But Kudo-san is really perceptive. He always notices clues to solve the case. Inspector Megure still likes him very much." Sato Miwako picked up a piece of cake and started eating.

"There is also a mask exhibition at the Beihua Department Store today, right? Do you want to go and have a look later?" Karasuma Akimitsu put down his teacup, picked up his phone and clicked on it. "There will also be a special exhibition of selected diamond designs by Khal Murzabayev in a few days."

"...Will Lord Kidd give advance notice of the theft? Otherwise it would be such a shame." Suzuki Sonoko carefully looked at the promotional page in Karasuma Akimitsu's hand.

"Yes, there is a diamond over 100 carats that is not for sale...wait." Karasuma Akimitsu looked at it carefully, then clicked on the page to check his email, "Oh, this diamond has been reserved by me, and it will be sent to the manor after the exhibition. Kidd will not steal it."

"Because he can just take it from you, no need to steal it?"

"Yes, he entered the room where I collect gems several times. I put the facial recognition of him in the trusted list to avoid calling the police in the middle of the night." After saying that, Karasuma Akimitsu noticed that the voice just now was not Suzuki Sonoko, so he looked up at Haneba Haku.

Habashiro smiled and said, "It seems that Mingguang has a really good relationship with that thief."

On the other side, Suzuki Sonoko also looked over with a death gaze: "Xiao Guang, what is going on between you and Mr. Kidd..."

"...Ah, because he would return it anyway, so I thought it was okay for him to take whatever he wanted." Karasuma Akimitsu picked up a piece of Napoleon and stuffed it into Suzuki Sonoko's mouth, "Okay, okay, let's go to the sixth floor to see the mask exhibition later."

After viewing the mask exhibition, the group had dinner together on the top floor of Mihua Department Store.

Suzuki Sonoko volunteered to take the three children home, while Karasuma Akimitsu and Haba Shiro went straight to the underground parking lot.

"You have been sending emails since the beginning. Is there any work arrangement for the intelligence group?" Karasuma Akimitsu recalled that there seemed to be nothing busy on the Japanese side of the organization recently.

"I was just walking around the mall and noticed some people seemed to be checking out the place, so I asked Feng to come over and take a look."

"Scouting? For the jewelry exhibition?"

Hanaba Haku shook his head: "I don't know, but the security arrangements for each exhibition are different. It's useless to scout the location a few days in advance. We don't even know the layout of the exhibition hall. If they really have problems, they should be trying to steal other things."

"So Kazami has to work overtime today? How pitiful. Miss Yoko has a live variety show tonight."

"Vodka has returned?" Yuba Bai was not surprised that Karasuma Akimitsu knew this, but he guessed that it was Vodka who said it.

"No, he and Gin are still in Europe. He called Shuichi this morning and asked him to help record it. I heard it. But recently Yoko Okino is going to shoot another TV series. I remember they were looking for a villa as a filming location and asked Dracula if they could rent it. I refused."

The two got in the Mazda and returned to the manor.

When Karasuma Akimitsu returned to the bedroom, he found that the few small things that Kid had kept for charging had disappeared. They must have been taken away.

After taking a shower, Nagai Hikaru put on her nightgown again and didn't see Kid come back until she went to bed.

It was not until after twelve o'clock that Nagai Mitsuru opened his eyes in a daze and saw Kidd easily pry open the floor-to-ceiling window on the balcony and slide in smoothly.

"It's so late, what are you doing here?" Nagai Hikaru, wrapped in a blanket, whispered, "Do you want to charge your equipment again?"

"It's okay, you can go back to sleep." Kidd smiled and ran to the charging port and fiddled with it for a while before standing up and walking to the bed. "This time I stole a brooch, but I don't need your help to return it. I returned it to the lady right away. The ruby ​​was man-made. Poor lady."

"Did you identify it on the spot?" Nagai Mitsuru was not very sober and just asked casually.

"No, I just happened to eavesdrop on the conversation between the person who sold the gem to her and someone else. They also wanted to say that I stole the gem and switched it." Kidd sat down on the edge of the bed and reached out to tidy up Nagai Hikaru's messy hair, revealing his face.

"How many times has this happened to someone like this? It's happened before, right? The authentic item was sold to someone who deliberately lets you steal it." Mitsuru Nagai yawned.

"Yes, the clock tower, the Ryoma pistol, and the diamonds on the island, it seems that someone always thinks that Kidd is a chess piece that can be used." Kidd's hand continued to lift Nagai Hikaru's hair, and watched him slowly close his eyes again.

"But you are a KID, a child, and you are the most unpredictable." Nagai Mitsuru closed his eyes and shrank into the blanket.

Kidd chuckled: "And you asked a child for candy. Children value their candy the most."

Nagai Hikaru still closed his eyes. He fumbled under the pillow for a while, took out a fist-sized, delicately packaged small bag, and stuffed it into Kid's hand: "Children's candy, I give it to you in advance. Happy birthday, Kid."

Kidd held the small white silk bag with a look of surprise on his face. The bag was decorated with a playing card pattern of black clubs. He untied the bow tie and found a ball-shaped chocolate and several colorful hard candies inside.

Taking out a red one and putting it in his mouth, Kidd stood up with a smile: "It's a small electric carving knife that's charging. Remember to take it down for me tomorrow and put it in the third drawer of your dressing table. Please, sleeping Rose Princess."