Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends.

Chapter 1366 Amuro Tooru's Attack

"Amazing!" the three girls exclaimed in amazement.

Sonoko Suzuki exclaimed excitedly, "Mr. Amuro, perhaps he could even challenge Lord Kid!"

Amuro Tooru was both amused and exasperated: "You're exaggerating too much. This was just a simple little magic trick."

Conan, always eager for drama, said, "No, if it were Amuro-nii, maybe there really would be a chance~"

Just as everyone was chatting and laughing, a disdainful voice suddenly came from the side: "Isn't that just a very ordinary double flip technique?"

Huh? Everyone looked over in surprise and saw a man wearing a hat, with a full beard and looking somewhat dejected standing behind them.

Without a word, he took the playing cards from Amuro Tooru's palm, and everyone looked at this man who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere with suspicion.

The man fiddled with the playing cards while exposing Amuro Tooru's magic trick.

The key to this magic trick is that when you first draw two cards from the top, you actually draw two cards. Then, when you put the two cards back on top, you slightly shift the top card—which is actually the second card that was drawn—to make others mistakenly believe that it is the card they saw.

Next, remove the second card from the top and half of the card and place them on top. This way, the real card that everyone sees will be back on top.

Sonoko Suzuki and the others stared in disbelief: "So that's how it is."

Amuro Tooru's expression changed slightly.

The man's lips curled into a disdainful smile: "If you think you've won with these childish tricks, you'll be in for a world of hurt!"

Yuya and Conan exchanged a glance. Could this person be Kaito Kid?

As soon as the man finished speaking, he flicked his finger, and the entire deck of cards flew into the air, falling like a shower of flowers. To everyone's astonishment, it transformed into white doves.

Sonoko Suzuki stared blankly at the white doves in the sky and said, "What's with that person? He suddenly appeared..."

Yuya said calmly, "If I'm not mistaken, that person should be Kaito Kid, right?"

Kaito Kid must have come to scout the place beforehand, but when he heard Sonoko Suzuki say that Amuro Tooru could beat him with his poker magic, his proud nature made him restless.

"Huh? Really?" Sonoko Suzuki was surprised. She didn't recognize Lord Kid?

Yuya nodded slightly: "Is it because they saw so many of us here and heard Sonoko's words that they came here on purpose to provoke us?"

Standing here are Suzuki Sonoko, the Kaito Kid Killer; Yuya, the mastermind behind the Kaito Kid Killer; and Conan, the little Kaito Kid assassin. Given Kaito Kid's personality, it's not surprising that he did what he did.

"Yuya, are you telling the truth?" Amuro Tooru lowered his head, his hat covering his face, so his expression was not visible, but his tone was somewhat cold.

Yuya was stunned.

Amuro Tooru slightly raised his face, his eyes filled with intense killing intent. Even Yuya couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he saw it.

He said stiffly, "Yes, it should be correct."

Amuro Tooru immediately took out his phone and dialed a number: "Kazami?"

"I remember you're off today, right? Sorry, you can participate another time."

"I said, you need to come and meet me right now, immediately."

Yuya's lips twitched slightly, seeing right through Amuro Tooru's plan, and he whispered, "Wouldn't you call this an abuse of power?"

Amuro Tooru smiled slightly, his expression dangerous: "How could that be? I have a perfectly legitimate reason."

Yu remained silent. He hadn't expected that Amuro Tooru would also have such a petty side, getting so easily provoked by Kaito Kid.

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Inside the art museum.

Nakamori Ginzo looked at the man in front of him, completely bewildered: "You say you're a police officer?! What are you doing here, a police officer?"

Kazami Yu calmly explained, "Queen Celesta of the Duchy of England will be visiting Japan in three days. She is very much looking forward to this treasure exhibition. Didn't you know?"

"Nakamori Ginzo?" he murmured, clearly unaware of the matter.

Suzuki Jirokichi seemed to remember something: "A few days ago, the police came here to inspect the area. They saw that the security measures were very comprehensive, so they went back."

"There shouldn't be any problem, right?"

Kazami Yuya said seriously, "That's because we hadn't received any advance notice from Kaito Kid before today!"

Kazami Yuya's purpose in coming here was to confirm whether Nakamori Ginzo had taken any countermeasures against the Phantom Thief Kid's theft announcement.

Because if the jewels were stolen, the Queen might be disappointed with the exhibition and change her itinerary, or even leave a bad impression of Japan.

Yuya pursed his lips. Kazami Yuya's words sounded very convincing. If it weren't for the incident where Kaito Kid provoked him, he would have actually believed him.

Jirokichi Suzuki began, "Telling you won't hurt, but that blond man standing behind you..."

Kazami Yuya was taken aback. He naturally knew who Suzuki Jirokichi was referring to and was still thinking about how to introduce him when Amuro Tooru spoke up.

"I am the chief apprentice of the famous detective Kogoro Mouri. My name is Tooru Amuro. I came here today to be Yuya-kun's assistant because I heard that Kaito Kid would be here to steal jewels."

Yuya looked at Amuro Tooru in surprise and asked in a low voice, "How come I didn't know about this?"

Amuro Tooru smiled slightly: "What does it matter?"

Yu was speechless. Now I suspect even more that you abused your power and that it was driven by personal grudges.

No, Kid is a thief, and Amuro Tooru is a policeman—public security police are policemen too, so there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with policemen catching thieves.

That's fine.

Jirokichi Suzuki nodded slightly and said to Sonoko Suzuki and the other girls, "Please excuse us for a moment, ladies, since you might be Kid in disguise."

The best way to expose Kid's disguise is, of course, to pinch his cheeks hard. However, it would be too rude to do that to several girls, so asking them to leave is the best approach.

The girls didn't mind, and after encouraging everyone, they went to the next room.

Seeing everyone leave, Nakamori Ginzo grinned wickedly and stretched out his sinister hands: "Before we discuss countermeasures, shall we perform our routine ritual?"

Amuro Tooru and Kazami Yuya looked confused. A ritual? What ritual?

A moment later, apart from Conan who escaped unharmed, everyone else present had swollen cheeks on one side.

Amuro Tooru and Kazami Yuya swelled up the most, making it hard not to suspect that Nakamori Ginzo had ulterior motives.

Yuya originally wanted to refuse, but doing so would only arouse suspicion that he was Kaito Kid, so he could only reluctantly let Nakamori Ginzo pinch his cheeks.

But he didn't pinch his face for nothing; for the same reason, he pinched Nakamori Ginzo's cheek hard.

Since Nakamori Ginzo was caught out, Suzuki Jirokichi naturally couldn't escape the same fate.

So, everyone present, except Conan (who was too small for Kaito Kid to disguise himself with), had their faces pinched.

Each of them had half their face swollen, and they were just forcing a laugh.

Conan struggled to suppress his laughter.