【Quick New】In the Name of Love · In the Name of Love- XXIV

Phantom Thief Kid doesn't give him many clues—poorly enough, but he's Kanto High School detective Kudo Shinichi, and he'll always find a way.

Kudo Shinichi first asked Police Officer Megure of the First Search Section to ask him if there was a way for him to enter the internal reference room to look up some information.After three weeks of fiddling and fiddling, Mumu finally let go, secretly let him into the information room of the Metropolitan Police Department, and repeatedly warned him not to spread this matter to the outside world.He spent a week in the reference room, forgetting to eat and sleep, searching for the information he wanted like a needle in a haystack among the rows of densely packed files.His focus is mainly on eight years ago, which is the time when the first generation of Phantom Thief Kidd disappeared, and on the materials going back about two years.

Pandora must have something to do with gems and moonlight—he finally understood after thinking about it for a long time, which was why Kaitou Kidd always appeared when there was moonlight.He needs moonlight to identify gems.As for what it will be like, he has no idea yet—in his guess, this gem may contain some valuable information, or the key to some treasure. In short, it must not be a simple Gems are as simple as that.

Cross-comparison of the cases that Kaitou Kidd participated in eight years ago and the cases that happened on the same day - the repetition rate is surprisingly high, although the places where the incidents happened are always far apart, almost every time the first generation Kaitou Kidd appeared Every now and then, there will always be incidents, ranging from car accidents to homicides, which make Kudo Shinichi's back feel chills, and his hands and feet are sweating.

——What kind of incident did Kaito Kidd get himself involved in?

When he came out of the reference room, the stars were already drooping.He called Police Officer Megure and told him that he was about to leave, but the other party inevitably asked curiously, "Xinichi, what are you investigating? Did something happen?"

Kudo hesitated for a moment, and replied ambiguously: "It has something to do with Kaitou Kidd."

The other person gave a thoughtful "Oh", and then said, "Actually, you can ask your father, maybe he will know something."

"Eh?"

"You know Yusaku is the named father of Phantom Thief Kid, right?"

"Ah... but what does it matter?"

"That's what I heard, just listen to it—I heard that your father actually had a personal relationship with Kaitou Kidd."

"……what?!"

"It's all heard and heard, don't be so surprised, there is no evidence, but you can ask, even if there is no personal relationship, maybe he knows something that others don't."

"Okay, thank you, Officer Megure."

"Small things, go back early, be careful on the road."

"Ah."

The first thing Kudo did when he got home was to make an overseas call to his father—it was almost morning in the United States at this time anyway, so it was a good morning call.

The phone was picked up after two rings, and a sleepy voice came from the receiver: "Hello, Shinichi... Well, what's the matter with calling so early?" Then there was the rustling of turning over, and A familiar female voice said in surprise: "Wow, is it Xinjiang!"

Kudo Shinichi felt guilty for a second for waking up his parents early in the morning, and then got straight to the point: "Dad, do you know Kaitou Kidd? I mean, the first Phantom Thief Kidd."

"……Uh."

"you recognize."

"...It's inconvenient to talk about these things on the phone, or your father might be arrested in a while." Yusaku Kudo wiped the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead, and said with a dry smile, "Why do you suddenly ask?" this?"

Kudo Shinichi blinked: "The detective's curiosity." He lied without changing his face.

"Well," Yusaku Kudo pondered for a moment, "We'll go back tomorrow and we'll talk about it then."

Kudo Shinichi raised his eyebrows.There was a loud background sound from the opposite side.

Kudo Yusaku coughed twice, trying to cover up something, but Kudo Shinichi already knew what happened, and said wordlessly: "You are in Japan. You didn't tell me. That's great."

Yuu Kudo coughed hard twice: "Anyway... we plan to go back to Tokyo tomorrow, you know, surprise."

Kudo Yukiko's voice came from the background: "Hey, shall we go back to Tokyo tomorrow? Didn't you say that you came back secretly and didn't go to find Xinchan?"

"..."

"..."

"Then what, hang up first! See you tomorrow!"

"...Hello."

"What do you want to know?"

"Do you know Pandora?"

"...Wow, you found it yourself?"

"Uh. The second Kaitou Kidd and I... have a little personal relationship." That's right, a personal relationship at the level of soul mates, usually meeting will only disrupt each other. So far, it's really embarrassing to be a friend with a subtle identity.

Kudo Yusaku gave Kudo Shinichi a meaningful look, then shook his head: "Don't investigate any further."

"You know it's impossible. Just tell me."

"Hey, do you think I don't want to tell you? Over the past eight years, I have checked many times, but in the end there is still nothing. And it's too dangerous... I'm very worried."

"Then tell me what you know." Kudo Shinichi insisted, "I will investigate no matter what. If it attracts more attention, wouldn't it be more dangerous."

"Have you learned this trick yet?" Kudo Yusaku said jokingly, but there was no smile in his eyes.He looked at Kudo Shinichi's persistent gaze, hesitated for a while, and finally let go.

"Before the first Kaitou Kidd came to his end, he sent me a message. After that, I secretly investigated many things about this mysterious organization, including Pandora, and finally found..."

a few days later.

After Kudo Shinichi quickly finished the homework assigned by the teacher, he dived into the case again, trying to find the truth among the messy clues, trying to find clues to the organization.Things have become clearer, and there are only a few missing pieces of the puzzle left.Maybe Phantom Thief Kidd has those important pieces of the puzzle.

His thoughts were interrupted by a crisp sound from the window.He looked up and saw a white dove pecking at his window.After seeing his sight, he immediately flew away.

...Phantom Thief Kidd?

He frowned, stood up, put on a coat, and went upstairs to the rooftop.

He pushed open the door of the rooftop, and as expected, he saw the back of Kaitou Kidd looking at the dim city skyline, with the windbreaker hanging behind him.Kaitou Kidd turned around after hearing the sound of the door opening.

"Shinichi Kudo."

Kudo had never heard the Kaitou Kidd call his name so seriously, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and even forgot to accuse the other party of showing up on the roof of his house in the middle of the night.

The strange thief in white stood there, his lips tightly pursed into a straight line: "I need you to stop everything you are doing. Stop all investigations on Pandora and mysterious organizations." He was not even in the mood To say some polite opening remarks, it is almost extremely urgent to enter the topic.

Kudo Shinichi was originally in the mood to joke a little bit, but after hearing this sentence, his expression immediately cooled down, he frowned, and replied in a rather displeased tone, "Impossible."

Kaito Kidd clenched his fists, the poker face and relaxed attitude that he usually maintained disappeared completely.Now he looks like a balloon that is about to explode at any time, barely controlling the edge of not bursting.

"I knew I would regret telling you." Kaitou Kidd said regretfully, "It's good for anyone's sake, can you please stop? Put away your stupid detective heart of justice, or something like that Yes, get out of this muddy water before it's too late. You'll only get their attention if you look further down, and you might end up..." He stopped, took a deep breath, and calmed down as he became more and more The more agitated voice continued, "Anyway, I need you to stop. You're moving enough now that I'm not even sure you're being targeted by them."

Kudo Shinichi put his hands on his chest, snorted softly, raised his chin slightly and said, "No. That's right, this is my stupid detective heart at work, whatever you say, but you can't stop me. Besides , I can't just watch you sink in the quagmire and do nothing, which undoubtedly makes me an accomplice of those underground organizations. It's not me, and I won't stop."

Kaitou Kidd couldn't control his outburst of emotion anymore, he roared: "Damn it, Kudo Shinichi, can you listen to other people's persuasion, even once, instead of going your own way! Have you considered caring about yours?" People's feelings? If something happened to you—did you think about their feelings? Did you think about my feelings?"

Kudo Shinichi looked at him, his eyes widened slightly, and a vague feeling came to his heart.He felt that he was about to hear something that he hadn't expected at all.He blinked, suddenly unable to find his voice.

"...what?" he finally managed to ask.

The Kaitou Kidd roared angrily: "Yes, that's right, fuck him, I fucking like you! Did you hear me, I like you, Kudo Shinichi, so I can't just watch you for execution You just jumped into the abyss with me. I don't care what kind of feelings you have for me--special friend, delicate soul mate, anyway, I regret it, I shouldn't tell you about the organization Anything and everything. God, I can't believe I'm having a day when I'm in love."

Kudo Shin subconsciously took two steps back, shook his head, and murmured: "I, I don't know...how could this be...it shouldn't be like this"

"You know now." Phantom Thief Kidd closed his eyes, adjusted his shortness of breath, opened his eyes again, and said, "Then can you stop, detective, I beg you. You know that no one can watch the person he likes being dragged into the abyss of eternal doom."

Kudo Shinichi licked his lips, then shook his head slowly but firmly.

"It's too late. Speaking of which, I've almost found what I need, maybe you want to see it."

Kaitou Kidd was stunned.

... Isn't it just less than two months, isn't the efficiency of the great detective a little too fast?

Kudo Shinichi had already turned around and opened the door to the roof, stood at the door and tilted his head, motioning for him to follow. It seemed that he had no intention of discussing the confession with him that had the wrong timing, wrong atmosphere, and completely wrong tone.Kaitou Kidd didn't know what kind of mood he should be facing Kudo now, he didn't know whether he should be happy or disappointed, so he had to force himself to pack these things and leave them behind his head, and followed Kudo Shinichi Afterwards, I came to the study of Kudo House, but my heart still beat like a galloping wild horse.

Stop, don't think about it, Kuroba Kaito, business is more important.

Don't think about it anymore.

This is not the first time he has come to Kudou House, but this is the first time he has come to Kudou House openly as Kaitou Kidd.He looked at Kudo Shinichi, who was walking in front, whose black hair was not as neatly combed as usual, and his mood suddenly calmed down a lot.

In any case, he didn't expect Kudo Shinichi to agree to himself—this confession came from Kaitou Kidd, and the relationship between Kaido Kidd and Kudo Shinichi is ironically nothing but a soul mate Any close relationship anymore.They're opposites, but complicated friends because of these inexplicable relationships, but that's about it.How could Kudo Shinichi agree to his confession?He didn't know that he was Kaito Kuroba.Even if he knew, he might not agree.

He sighed silently.

"Pandora is the key, which may lead to a certain treasure—power or wealth, I don't understand this. The underground organization is planning a transnational operation, and it is very likely that it is an action to be taken against a certain regime. These two points have nothing to do with it. wrong?"

"...As expected of a detective."

"I need to ask you something now, after all, you are the one who fought against them. About..."

Kudo Shinichi, who has entered the detective mode, seems to have changed his aura, becoming powerful, calm and confident.He easily grasped the key points from the messy clues provided by the strange thief Kidd, chased the foggy shadow in this invisible chase, and calmly searched for the direction in the maze. He didn't look discouraged at all when he ran into his train of thought. He just pondered for a while, and then came up with another idea.

Fortunately, tomorrow is a rest day, and Kaito Kidd was also affected by Kudo Shinichi's aura, and gradually forgot the unexpected things that happened when they met at night, and cooperated efficiently with Kudo Shinichi to sort out all the clues and cases together. Before he knew it, the sky had already begun to turn pale.

Kudo Shinichi stretched his waist, let out a long sigh of relief, leaned on the back of the chair and closed his eyes slightly: "It's almost there, let's stop here today." He opened his eyes, raised his chin, She teased and said, "Do you want me to take you out?"

Kaitou Kidd laughed dryly: "No, no, I'd better go out by myself, big detective, hurry up and rest."

"At least call me before you come next time." Kudo Shinichi stretched his sore neck, "Do you have my phone number? Well, forget it, I'll write you one..." He said As he said that, he stood up, walked to the desk, tore a piece of paper, wrote down his mobile phone number in a frantic manner, and handed it to Kaitou Kidd. "Don't just send me a message if you have nothing to do." He gave him a warning look.

The Kaitou Kidd took the piece of paper, his fingers accidentally brushed the cold fingertips of the other party, and his heart skipped a beat.The scene at night flooded back like a tide, reminding him of that sudden confession.The big detective hasn't given him any response yet.

He took a deep breath and thought to himself, why not ask, since he has already said everything.

"By the way, what I said before..." Phantom Thief Kidd said hesitantly, looking at Kudo Shinichi with obvious nervousness in his eyes.He cleared his throat, and wanted to say something like "Please forget about it", but when he saw Kudo Shinichi, he suddenly felt unable to speak, his brain seemed to stop functioning, and he could only hear himself The loud sound that hits one's eardrum when the heart beats.

... Can you have such a little, just a little unrealistic expectation?

Kudo Shino caught his gaze, immediately understood what he was talking about, said "Oh", and then stopped talking.

After being silent for a while, he finally lowered his head, avoiding the sight of Kaitou Kidd, and said softly, "Sorry."

"But, I have someone I like."