The gem exhibition began in the afternoon. To showcase the gems, Akiyama Yui suggested putting them inside a fish's belly, but this plan was not adopted by Taiqin Gongyue. However, he still found a huge dragonfish and embedded the "Purple Firefly" gem into a specially made strap, which he then placed on the dragonfish's body.

At the center of the exhibition, arowanas were placed in a blast-proof glass aquarium, where the jewel-adorned arowanas swam for visitors to admire.

The group of juvenile detectives gathered together, watching "Hideko" warily as she stood in front of the aquarium admiring the gems not far away.

"She's leaving the exhibition, let's hurry and catch up."

"We must find out exactly who she is!"

The three children cautiously followed Jiang Jin out of the exhibition hall, thinking they hadn't been discovered.

The exhibition was held in the banquet hall on the fifteenth floor of the Century Grand Hotel, which also included several lounges. The corridors were carpeted, so walking on them was completely silent.

After Jiang Jin walked around the corner, the three children followed him but found that he had disappeared.

"Strange? Where did they go?"

As far as the eye could see was another corridor stretching out into the distance, with decorative vases as tall as a person placed at intervals. The lighting was dim, and the sudden disappearance of the person made the three children feel inexplicably frightened.

"Could it be that we're going into a room?" Ayumi looked at the doors in the hallway.

"Could it be hiding behind the vase?"

The three exchanged a glance, then hesitantly looked at the vase closest to them. Mitsuhiko recalled the expression on the other person's face that he had seen on the Ferris wheel, and secretly swallowed.

Just as Mitsuhiko was about to grit his teeth and step out, a voice suddenly came from behind them: "What are you three brats doing here?"

The voice was cool and abrupt, startling the three children. They quickly turned to look, and saw Akiyama Yui standing expressionlessly behind them, watching the three children.

"You...you are?"

“The detective Mr. Suzuki hired,” Akiyama Yuu replied. “Children shouldn’t run around, or they might get kidnapped by that phantom thief.”

Mitsuhiko breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that the other party was a detective, and then said, "We have discovered suspicious persons. By the way, have you seen a woman wearing a black dress?"

Akiyama Yuu raised her eyes, but still answered expressionlessly, "I didn't see any. But... Ms. Suzuki Sonoko was looking for some children just now, could it be you?"

Upon hearing that Sonoko Suzuki was looking for them, the three of them knew they had no choice but to hurry back to the exhibition hall even if they couldn't find Jiang Jin. However, they could tell Conan about it.

Qiushan Yuying watched the three children's backs disappear before turning around. Jiang Jin was already leaning against the vase. Of course, she had seen Jiang Jin deliberately peeking out when the three kids turned around, so it was just her lying through her teeth. It was normal practice and not worth mentioning.

“Let’s go, let’s meet with Tai Qin…” Jiang Jin said, walking towards Qiu Shan Yu Ying, but Qiu Shan Yu Ying raised her hand and shouted, “Don’t move!”

Jiang Jin looked bewildered and subconsciously stopped in his tracks. He saw Qiu Shan Yu Ying raise her phone at him, and the sound of her taking pictures rang out frequently.

“The lighting is perfect there,” Akiyama Yuu said.

"I didn't call you out to take pictures." Jiang Jin's lips twitched. Qiu Shan Yu Ying suddenly smiled and approached him. The next second, Jiang Jin grabbed Qiu Shan Yu Ying's hand that was attacking his chest. However, the other party raised her other hand with lightning speed and touched his chest, giving it a rather impolite squeeze, and whistled, "Ouch, feels good, so realistic."

Jiang Jin: ...That would be very presumptuous.

"You..." Jiang Jin was about to speak when a young man dressed as a hotel waiter and wearing a hat suddenly walked into the corner where the two were, and unfortunately witnessed the rather strange behavior of Jiang Jin and Qiu Shan Yu Ying.

The man looked a little stiff, paused for a moment, and then said, "Uh... sorry to bother you, I... I'll take another route."

Qiushan Yuying calmly lowered her hand and made a "please" gesture. The young man turned and left in a hurry, so he didn't see Jiang Jin's meaningful gaze.

As dusk fell, all the lights in the exhibition hall were turned on, and all the police officers outside the hotel were on standby. The huge aquarium in the center of the exhibition hall looked empty, but in fact, a trap had been set up to await Kidd's arrival.

Jiang Jin glanced at the time; there was still an hour until the time stated in the notice. He had originally planned to stay with Conan and the others to guard the jewel and wait for Kid, but then he received a message from Gin.

After leaving the exhibition hall with his phone, he looked around and decided to find a quiet, deserted lounge to return the call. Just as Jiang Jin left, Conan quietly slipped away from the crowd and followed him out.

Jiang Jin was holding his phone. As he was holding the phone, his gaze swept across the whitewashed wall under the wall washer light. He stopped and suddenly turned his head.

With no one behind him, Jiang Jin squinted for a moment before turning back to continue walking. Just as he rounded a corner, a hand holding a handkerchief reached out and covered Jiang Jin's mouth. The tall figure paused for a moment, then slumped into the arms of the person behind him.

When Conan cautiously peeked out again, the corridor was completely empty. He was startled and frowned slightly; he had barely heard any doors open or close.

Inside the lounge, a young man dressed as a hotel waiter dragged a tall woman into the room. Exhausted, he took off his hat, revealing a face that looked remarkably like Shinichi Kudo.

This man was none other than Kidd, who had already infiltrated the hotel. He had originally planned to come back yesterday to scout the place, but this time the hotel's security was so tight that he couldn't find any loopholes to get in.

Left with no other option, he managed to sneak in during the busiest time before the exhibition started. When the exhibition opened, Kidd entered the exhibition hall and naturally saw the purple gemstone worn by the dragonfish.

"Why is it so heavy?" Kidd wiped his sweat, then recalled what he had seen in the exhibition hall that afternoon, and said with a pale face, "How could anyone come up with the idea of ​​putting gemstones on a fish!"

But the notice has already been sent out; it would be incredibly pathetic if he didn't even show up. Besides, if it's discovered that he abandoned the operation because he's afraid of fish, wouldn't that expose his weakness?

Therefore, Kidd decided that even if an operation might fail, he had to take control of the reasons for the failure!

Kidd crouched down, took out a cloth strip from his pocket to cover his eyes, and prepared to remove the clothes of the person he was going to disguise himself as. After careful observation, he concluded that this woman was the most suitable for him to disguise himself as.

First, she's tall, so it's not easy for her to be discovered when she's disguised; second, Conan probably doesn't know her well; third, this woman seems to have some connection with the owner of the gem, so maybe he can get the gem without getting close to that annoying dragonfish.

Kidd pulled the person close to him so that he could unzip the back of the other person's dress, so that Jiang Jin was completely leaning against Kidd.

The human body's most vulnerable part, the neck, was thus exposed to an assassin.

A slightly cold hand suddenly pressed down on the back of Kidd's neck, startling him into a freeze. He immediately tried to retaliate, but Jiang Jin was much faster, easily pinning him to the ground.

"Don't move, kid, you'll die." A low, sinister male voice rang out, followed by a finger pulling down the blindfold over Kidd's eyes.

Kidd's eyes widened as he saw the 'woman' before him, a mocking smile playing on her lips, looking down at him. Her long, black hair cascaded down his neck, tickling him. His neck felt like it was being gripped, and his hand, which had been pulling down the zipper of his dress, froze in mid-air. The black dress was partially unzipped, and the shoulder straps were hanging loosely.

He was pinned to the ground, unable to move, by this seemingly 'delicate' woman, who looked rather 'disheveled'. Kidd only glanced at her casually, and his face immediately turned red.

"You, you... are a boy... Ah, I misjudged you." Kidd tried his best to remain calm.

“If you like this voice, I can tell you about it too.” Jiang Jin smiled and thoughtfully changed her voice back to a gentler female voice.

Kidd gave an awkward laugh: "No...no need. Why don't you put your clothes on first?"

"What does it matter? I'll have to take it off anyway."

Kidd's brain went blank. Take off? Take off what? Who should take off? Him or me? No, no one can take off!

“Of course, we’ll both take our clothes off together.” Jiang Jin said with a smile, using the calmest tone to utter the most provocative words. Kidd’s eyes widened in shock. How could he forget seeing this person and another woman doing something strange around the corner that afternoon?

Could it be that the other woman was also...? He's run into a pervert!!

"No, it's actually a misunderstanding, I..." Kidd hadn't finished speaking when there was a knock on the door and a voice saying, "Is anyone home?"

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